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Alekhine's gun

Chess formation

Summary

Chess formation

Alekhine's gun is a formation in chess named (by Jeremy Silman) after the former world chess champion Alexander Alekhine. It is a specific kind of battery. This formation was named after a game he played against Aron Nimzowitsch in San Remo, in 1930, ending with Alekhine's decisive victory.

Concept

The idea consists of placing the two rooks stacked one behind another and the queen at the rear. This can lead to substantial loss for the opponent, as it places considerable pressure on the "target" of the gun, especially if it is pinned (in this case it was only four moves before ).

Original "Alekhine's gun" game

Here is the game that spawned Alekhine's gun:

Other games

Six years later, in 1936, Alekhine defeated William Winter using Alekhine's gun again. Since then, players have learned much about using and guarding against this formation; however, some modern international games are still lost or won by the force of this tactic. In November 2018, it was successfully used by Ju Wenjun against Kateryna Lagno in game 4 of the FIDE Women's World Championship. The attack could have been refuted with perfect defense, but Lagno was unable to find it and resigned five moves later. Ju Wenjun went on to win the match and with it the title. Bobby Fischer used Alekhine's gun in game 1 of his 1992 match against Boris Spassky to penetrate Spassky's .

References

References

  1. Jeremy Silman, How to Reassess your Chess, 1993, page 281.
  2. "Alexander Alekhine vs. Aron Nimzowitsch, San Remo 1930".
  3. "William Winter vs. Alexander Alekhine, Nottingham 1936".
  4. "Kateryna Alexandrovna Lagno vs. Ju Wenjun, WWCC 2018".
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