Beat the Alekhine: Four Pawns Attack

Bust the Alekhine defense with a super-aggressive, cutting edge approach.

The Alekhine Defence, named after the fourth World Champion Alexander Alekhine is commonly employed as a surprise, off-beat weapon – especially at the club level.

If you are a player for whom the moves 1.e4 Nf6 are a Knightmare , well-known Chessable author and strong 2200+ rated player Till Plewe has you covered. In his latest Chessable course, he offers a super-sharp and aggressive weapon against this dubious opening.

Blow Black off the board with the Four Pawns Attack!

With the move 1… Nf6, Black violates the basic principle of occupying the center with his pawns.

The Four Pawns Attack, featuring the moves 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4, tries to directly punish Black for his neglecting of opening principles as White immediately builds a large pawn chain then uses it to mount a devastating attack.

Till has actually realized the strength of the Four Pawns Attack when analyzing the Alekhine for Black. This repertoire is the result of his failed attempts to find a good answer to White's central approach and his inability to find a clear path to equality.

Here is what you will find inside this course:

✔️ 259 trainable lines and over 30 000 words of instruction

✔️ All weird Alekhine Sidelines including the rare Planinc Gambit with 5… g5

✔️ Old and tricky lines arising after early 6…c5 , both involving setups with 7…e6 and 7…g6

✔️ Extensive coverage of the absolute mainline providing you with an answer to every possible shenanigan Black may throw your way.

✔️ 10 Model Games and 10 Key Positions, to help you understand the resulting position better and to optimize the learning process.

Thus, it is time to violate the principle of „knights first“ by playing 4.Nf3 in favor of starting a devastating pawn storm as early as move 4.

So start pushing Freddie the f-pawn and start taking scalps of your Alekhine opponents!