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Dutch Defense: Alekhine Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A92), reached after 12 half-moves: 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Ne4.

Dutch Defense: Alekhine Variation ECO A92
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About this opening

Dutch Defense: Alekhine Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A92. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 12 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Ne4.

It belongs to the Dutch Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Alekhine Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 f5, 2.c4 Nf6, 3.g3 e6, 4.Bg2 Be7, 5.Nf3 O-O, 6.O-O Ne4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.

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