Alekhine's gun

Alekhine vs. Nimzowitsch, 1930
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b8 black rook
f8 black king
a7 black pawn
c7 black rook
d7 black queen
e7 black knight
g7 black pawn
a6 white pawn
b6 black pawn
c6 black knight
e6 black pawn
h6 black pawn
b5 white bishop
d5 black pawn
e5 white pawn
f5 black pawn
b4 white pawn
d4 white pawn
f4 white pawn
c3 white rook
f3 white knight
c2 white rook
g2 white pawn
h2 white pawn
c1 white queen
g1 white king
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55
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Position after 26.Qc1

Alekhine's gun is a formation in chess named 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 Sanremo 1930, ending with Alekhine's decisive victory.


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