Alekhine's Defence is a
chess opening beginning with the moves1. Alekhine's Defence is named after
Alexander Alekhine who first used it in two games in the
Budapest tournament: one against
Endre Steiner (which he won) and the other against
Fritz Sämisch (which he drew). Another early exponent of the defence was
Ernst Grünfeld. Its popularity waxes and wanes, and currently is not very common. Its current highest rated proponent is Grandmaster
Vassily Ivanchuk, although Grandmaster
Lev Alburt has done much to promote it. The opening is considered
hypermodern because Black provokes White to attack Black's knight and occupy the centre with his pawns, hoping to prove that White's imposing mass of pawns in the centre (which often includes pawns on c4, d4, e5, and f4) is in fact weak.
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