Kornev: Play the Alekhine Defence CT The volume analyzes games from

The volume analyzes games from the European Team Championship

Petersburg in 1911

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ROOK VS KNIGHT & BISHOP

Kornev: Play the Alekhine Defence CT The volume analyzes games fromIn 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 Whites centre. Blacks knight on f6 attacks the pawn on e4, and if it advances, then Blacks 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 short