Alekhind's Gun

Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today's theme is: Alekhind's Gun!

What is an Alekhind's Gun

First, you might ask, what is an Alekhind's Gun? Well don't worry because Chess.com has a nice description of it. They say, "Alekhine's gun is a well-known piece configuration that is created when a player places their heavy pieces on the same file, thereby creating a battery—specifically by placing the queen behind both rooks."

It does not matter the order of the queen and two rooks, just that they are all in a line as seen above.

History

The Alekhind's Gun was named after Alexander Alekhine, who was a former world champion. The crazy assortment of pieces became famous after Alexander Alekhine used it on Aaron Nimzowitsch in their game played at San Remo in 1930.

This is that game:

Famous Match

In 2014, GM Magnus Carlson played GM Viswanathan Anand in a World Championship match and used the Alekhind's Gun to win.

Carlson moves Qe2 to create an Alekhind's Gun, giving white a very large advantage.

There is no puzzle today but if you didn't know already, you can hover over 'puzzles' go to the option 'custom' and from there, you can select Alekhind's Gun and the rating you want. 

Make sure you share your puzzles below!

Good Luck in your next game and look out for opprtinites to create an Alekhind's Gun!