Library/Openings/Alekhine Defense/Hunt Variation/Lasker Simul Gambit ECO B02
Opening· 11 plies

Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B02), reached after 11 half-moves: 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3.

Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit ECO B02
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About this opening

Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B02. ECO group B (B00–B99) covers semi-open games (1.e4 with Black playing anything other than 1…e5), with the Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann and Pirc/Modern at its heart. This particular variation is reached after 11 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3.

It belongs to the Alekhine Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Hunt Variation → Lasker Simul Gambit line). The immediate parent line is Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, transitioned via 6.Nc3.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 Nf6, 2.e5 Nd5, 3.c4 Nb6, 4.c5 Nd5, 5.Bc4 e6, 6.Nc3. 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.