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The Modernized Alekhine Defense when Thinkers Publishing suggested I could try to produce a book on the

Alekhine Defense, since for some reason I seem to have the reputation of using maverick openings, this idea

looked reasonable. In that Covid period I had nothing better to do after all! After a few months I however realized

that Thinkers Publishing had passed me a hot potato (many thanks!), i.e. the arduous task of checking the

serious recent works of Kornev and Negi, plus the mammoth book of Chetverik and Kalinichenko, not to

mention some ‘already ancient’ suggestions from John Shaw dated 2016!

The Modernized Alekhine Defense

You will therefore find some references to those inspiring sources throughout this book (Chetverik &

Kalinichenko being abbreviated to C&K).

Christian Bauer

I wasn’t sure at first whether I wanted to talk about ‘all existing’ lines of this intriguing opening, and

discovered in the process there were quite a few, or whether I would sort them out to offer a Black

repertoire. I finally decided on the first approach, to give you, dear reader, a broader choice. Among all

the lines included in that book, the Four Pawns Attack Classical, covered in the Bonus Lines chapter, is

probably the only one where a Black player would need more knowledge in order to be ‘safe’ from a

theoretical standpoint.

The Modernized Alekhine Defense

Hope you’ll enjoy reading this book!

French Grandmaster Christian Bauer is one of his country’s leading players. He is a former national champion

and has represented France in numerous international team events.

He has written many articles and books for several publishing houses: ‘Play 1…b6’ and ‘The Philidor Files’, ‘Play

the Scandinavian’, Candidates Moves and Modernized Nimzovitch Defense for Thinkers Publishing . Many of his

books have been translated into other languages. This is his tenth book and his fifth for Thinkers Publishing, his

second in the Modernized series.

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