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Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation

The Modern Variation is 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3, the most common variation of the Alekhine Defense. Play White's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 — and the trainer plays Black's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 10 named lines that continue it, such as Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line, Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen Variation, Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alburt Variation, Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert Variation, Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Schmid Variation, Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Panov Variation, Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine Variation, Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Flohr Variation.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.