Kornev: Play the Alekhine Defence BILD ZU KLEIN Joe Gallagher is ideally qualified

Joe Gallagher is ideally qualified to write about this topic

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Kornev: Play the Alekhine Defence BILD ZU KLEIN Joe Gallagher is ideally qualifiedIn 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