Do not fear the Alekhine · Training Game

November 1, 2023 NHaselton Uncategorized

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I played 1.e4 after a while and faced the Alekhine Defense, something I had a great score against over the board when I only played e4. I played a slightly offbeat system against it and gave my opponent the opportunity to try and grab a pawn early on.

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 { B03 Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation } exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. a3 Qd7 11. b4 Qg4 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Nge2 Rhe8 14. O-O Qf3 15. Nf4 h5 16. Qf5+ Kb8 17. Qxh5 Qxh5 18. Nxh5 g6 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Nc4 21. Nf4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bf6 23. Rac1 Rxe3 24. Nfd5 Bg5 25. Rcd1 Ree8 26. Rxf7 Rf8 27. Rdf1 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 { White wins on time. } 1-0

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