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Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Panov Variation

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Overview

Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Panov Variation is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B05.

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. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
B05
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
9
Parent
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line

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Sister lines that share the same parent Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line:

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