Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › Alekhine Defense › Normal Variation › Alekhine Defense › Alekhine Defense › Alekhine Defense › Four Pawns Attack
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Alekhine Defense B02
- Normal Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense B03
- Alekhine Defense B03
- Alekhine Defense B03
- Four Pawns Attack B03 you are here
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack
Overview
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO B03.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It begins with 9 plies and takes 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Alekhine Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
6 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include Cambridge Gambit, Fianchetto Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 7 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- B03
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 9
- Parent
- Alekhine Defense
- Direct variations
- 6
- Total in subtree
- 7
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