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The Alekhine Defense being a great chess opening to study or learn, on this page you can download a special PGN file on the Alekhine Defense. The following is more on the Alekhine Defense PGN file -- you can find the download link and more information about the Alekhine Defense PGN file just below.
I. About Alekhine Defense PGN File
As shown in the above picture, the Alekhine's Defense opening inaugurates with the moves 1.e4 Nf6. But how to play this opening and what is next to do?.. Using PGN files is a great way to learn chess openings and their many variations by replaying the PGN files via a PGN viewer program to see the chess games inside.
The current Alekhine Defense PGN file shows 6 most common variations and contains 300 games on the Alekhine Defense (B02-B05), played by chess masters in 2019. The first 20 were analyzed by a chess engine at the end of the opening phase to highlight who is better and to show you best lines to go for the middlegame.
The Alekhine Defense games were not selected by any special criterion and not sorted by playing lines. 300 chess master games in the PGN file. Of them: • 41 games are the Scandinavian variation; • 239 games run via the Main line (the Exchange variation - 90, Modern - 84, Four Pawns attack - 12, Two Pawns attack - 8).
The Alekhine Defense chess opening (B02-B05) begins with the moves 1.e4 Nf6, and you can download the Alekhine Defense PGN file below. Using the present Alekhine Defense PGN file, you can learn how to correctly play the main variations of the Alekhine Defense chess opening.
II. Download Alekhine Defense PGN File
To download the Alekhine Defense PGN file (from Google Drive), click:
• Download Alekhine Defense PGN File, 268 KB
Note 1. The above file is to be downloaded from Google Drive. First click the above link to open, then click the download icon to download.
Note 2. To read the above PGN file and see chess games inside it, you will need a PGN viewer software (see Lesson 16 to get a decent freeware PGN viewer).
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Note 3. This site is designed for beginners and intermediate chess players to learn the main chess openings, one by one, using 43 lessons -- learning by text, video, images, PDF ebooks and PGN files. The site provides initial but sound knowledge on chess openings, which must be more than enough for the chess beginner to begin.
