what do you think of blacks response to e4... Nf6. Alekhine's defense. I had used it in the past but don't see it played much at anymore.
Honestly.....are any guys reading what she wrote or just looking at her pic...lol.....Thought I was on another site....
Nf6 is a good response to e4. I have seen a Master in my group play it. That is when i first saw it. Go for it.
I have played it but back when i was a little less on my game. Point of fact it was the only reponse I could play to e4, I had total mental block. OCD Quality. Having not read more then a handful of books on chess and never getting out the practice board when I did, in my mind Nf6 was blacks best/only choice. I have since learned this to be entirely false, obviously. Alekhine's D. is fun but it get's crazy heady and can tend to be alot cramped on the queen side. It does however lead to some of the most beautiful if not complex positions. I dropped playing it here because Im not quite quick enough with it live. Might be time to dig back into it, already know white's handful of responses.
Nf6 works because to many players know e5 or c5 is coming after 1 e4. They know the book moves. What happens when your opponent takes you out the book. Like a man falling out a plane without a parachute.
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If you play something weird your opponent will yes be outside of his preparation...but he won't need it.
Now the Alekhine's is a respectable defence so I'm not critizing the choice of playing 1...Nf6 but it's hardly something that can worry a white e-4 player - even if he doesn't have any preparation on it.