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Alekhine Gambit in Alekhine Defense
Alekhine Defense - Alekhine Gambit [B05]
An interesting gambit and one which is best declined. White sacrifices the d-pawn for a huge lead in development. It is interesting that Alekhine worked as hard as White in this opening as he did when it was his experimental pet as Black. 6...dxe5
Declining the gambit with 6...e6, 6...c6 or 6...Nc6 leads to normal Alekhine lines, and since Black has chosen this defense, it makes sense to sidestep the gambit and simply play your normal variation as Black. 7.Nxe5
Bxe2
8.Qxe2
Qxd4
9.0-0.
White is only one tempo ahead in development, but will gain more time. 9...N8d7
[ 9...Nc6
10.Nxc6
bxc6
11.Na3
e6
12.Rd1
Qf6
13.Qe4!
gave White sufficient compensation in Bosboom-D.Cramling, 1982.] 10.Nxd7
10...Qxd7!
If you are going to accept the gambit, this is the best way to play. [ 10...Nxd7
has been heavily criticized, but it is not terrible, just inferior to the capture with the queen. 11.Nc3
forces Black to cope with the threats of Nb5 and Nd5. 11...c6
( 11...e6
12.Be3
Qe5
13.Rad1
Bd6
is unclear, Dean-Margolis, 1941.) 12.Be3
Qe5
13.Rad1
e6
14.Qf3!
0-0-0
15.Bxa7
( 15.Qxf7
Bd6
16.g3
Rhf8
caused White to give up in Evans-Wall, 1974.) 15...Qa5
16.Bd4
Qf5
17.Qg3
e5
18.Be3
Bb4
19.Na4
Ba5!
20.f4!
Bc7
21.b3
f6
22.fxe5
Qe6
23.h3!
White was able to break through on the queenside in Alekhine-Reshevsky, 1937. Black's position doesn't look too bad, but the inevitability of the attack and lack of counterplay make this a fairly prospectless position.]
11.Nc3
[ 11.Rd1
Qc6
12.Nc3
e6
13.Bg5
h6
14.Bh4
Qxc4
and White is now down two pawns, Sziebert-Mozes, 1991.] 11...c6
[ 11...e6
12.Be3
Qc6
was pleasant for Black in Hamann-Brameld, 1994.] 12.Be3
Qe6
13.b3
g6
14.Rae1
Bg7
left White with nothing to show for the pawn in Fedorovsky-Contreras, 1959.
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