Kornev: Play the Alekhine Defence buchpakete Petersburg geboren

Petersburg geboren

when the opening phase is over

Timman follows in the footsteps of his teachers Max Euwe and Michael Botvinnik

all important rules and goals explained

Kornev: Play the Alekhine Defence buchpakete Petersburg geborenIn the Alekhine Defence, contrary to the classical methods of playing in the opening, Black does not fight for the centre with his pawns, but begins to exert immediate pressure against White's centre. Black's knight on f6 attacks the pawn on e4, and if it advances, then Black's d pawn joins into the attack against it. The Alekhine Defence is particularly applicable in encounters against players who are inferior in class, as well as in games with a