Alekhine's Defense
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Named variations of the Alekhine's Defense
Our opening book catalogues 52 named variations in this family. Here they all are:
- Balogh Variation
- Brooklyn Variation
- Brooklyn, Everglades Variation
- Buckley Attack
- Buntin Gambit
- Exchange Variation
- Exchange, Karpov Variation
- Four Pawns Attack
- Four Pawns, Cambridge Gambit
- Four Pawns, Fianchetto Variation
- Four Pawns, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation
- Four Pawns, Korchnoi Variation
- Four Pawns, Main Line
- Four Pawns, Main Line, Tartakower Variation
- Four Pawns, Trifunović Variation
- Hunt Variation
- John Tracy Gambit
- Kmoch Variation
- Krejcik Variation
- Krejcik Variation, Krejcik Gambit
- Maróczy Variation
- Modern Variation
- Modern, Alburt Variation
- Modern, Alburt, Karpov Variation
- Modern, Alburt, Keres Variation
- Modern, Larsen Variation
- Modern, Larsen-Haakert Variation
- Modern, Main Line
- Modern, Main Line, Alekhine Variation
- Modern, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Alekhine Gambit
- Modern, Main Line, Alekhine Variation, Vītoliņš Attack
- Modern, Main Line, Flohr Variation
- Modern, Main Line, Panov Variation
- Modern, Schmid Variation
- Mokele Mbembe Variation
- Mokele Mbembe, Modern Line
- Mokele Mbembe, Vavra Defense
- Normal Variation
- O'Sullivan Gambit
- Scandinavian Variation
- Scandinavian, Geschev Gambit
- Scandinavian, Myers Gambit
- Scandinavian, Spielmann Gambit
- Sämisch Attack
- Two Pawns Attack
- Two Pawns, Lasker Variation
- Two Pawns, Lasker Variation, Matsukevich Gambit
- Two Pawns, Lasker Variation, Mikėnas Variation
- Two Pawns, Lasker Variation, Mikėnas Variation, Mikėnas Gambit
- Two Pawns, Steiner Variation
- Two Pawns, The Squirrel Variation
- Welling Variation
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