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Opening· 5 plies

Alekhine Defense: Sämisch Attack

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B02), reached after 5 half-moves: 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3.

Alekhine Defense: Sämisch Attack ECO B02
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About this opening

Alekhine Defense: Sämisch Attack 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 5 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3.

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

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 Nf6, 2.e5 Nd5, 3.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.