B04: Alekhine's defence, modern variation

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3

Alekhine's defence, modern variation

B04 Sub-variants:

Alekhine's defence, modern variation
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3

Alekhine's defence, modern, Larsen variation
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5

Alekhine's defence, modern, Schmid variation
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6

Alekhine's defence, modern, fianchetto variation
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6

Alekhine's defence, modern, Keres variation
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4

Overview

Games on Database:

13289

Last Played:

Sep 2026

Overall score:

41%

32.9%

26.1%

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Played frequently by:

White
Lothar Vogt	30 games
Michele Godena	26 games
Vlastimil Jansa	23 games

Black
Lev O Alburt	106 games
Zoltan Varga	98 games
Vladimir Bagirov	87 games

Possible continuations:

4... Bg4

5917

42.6 %

30.9 %

26.4 %

4... g6

3090

40.1 %

32.8 %

27.1 %

4... dxe5

2380

38.4 %

39.6 %

22 %

4... Nb6

705

35.3 %

32.9 %

31.8 %

4... Nc6

624

44.2 %

26.3 %

29.5 %

4... c6

401

39.7 %

38.2 %

22.2 %

4... Bf5

143

45.5 %

25.2 %

29.4 %

4... e6

22

63.6 %

27.3 %

4... h6

3

66.7 %

33.3 %

4... c5

2

50 %

50 %