Do you know this? e4/e5; kf3/kc6; bc4/kf6; kg5/KXE4(!). If kxe4/d5(!) fork k/b. If kxf7/qh4; g3/kxg3(!); fxg3;qe4+(!) fork rook.. take a look and tell me what you think about it
Take the pawn on f7+ and after the K moves, d3 doesn't drop a piece since Black can't play Nxg5, because Bxg5+ wins the Q
Alekhine but you gotta know your theory. I switched from Sicilian and love it.
Imo, it's not aggresive, tend to be defensive before trying to counter. I also find white's pawn at e5 is annoying. I have used it during the early days of playing online here, but never used since then.
Alekhine is terrible in blitz under 1800 cos of:
And so forth.. RA3 line legit wins so much..
So how come it's respected at GM level in classical?
The way things normally go is that people playing hyper aggressive openings often have a field day at the lower levels but then start to get "found out" as they go up higher and higher in levels.