Chess Openings, Alekhine's defence (B03), exchange, Karpov variation

CHESS OPENINGS

Annotated chess games with this chess opening:

chess opening #36177

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Role Reversal
hityerclock (2169) vs. drnf (1810)

Annotated by hityerclock (1200): I play the Alekhine Defense a lot as black. It's my primary answer to 1.e4. In this game, I get to play the Alekhine Defense, but from the white side. The other option here is the Modern Variation, 4.Nf3, which is equally good. The exchange variation. I'm playing for a specific sub-variation that is known to give black trouble. 5....exd6 is also playable, and tends to give black a solid…