Complete Repertoire against Alekhine and Scandinavian

Zahar Efimenko prepared a database for White against the Alekhine Defence (1.e4 Nf6) and Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 d5). Both are relatively rare but quite provocative openings in the sense that Black lures White into pushing his central pawns in the opening, only to attack and undermine them later. Such an approach is often dangerous in shorter time controls as Black gives up some space in the centre and then tries to launch a counter-attack while waiting for White's mistake as he is defending his central pawns. Another similarity between the two is that in both cases Black puts a piece on d5 (a knight in the Alekhine and typically the queen in the Scandinavian Defence) as early as move 2. In some cases, there are even overlaps in the type of position that arises out of the opening, such as the Scandinavian gambit (2.exd5 Nf6) which can lead to an Alekhine-Defence type of position once Black recaptures on d5 with the knight. The database, which consists of 15 chapters and 15 test positions, can naturally be divided into two parts.

Chess Training Repertoire 1: 50 Chess by Sawyer, Tim

Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 Volume 2

Alekhine Defense - Schachversand Niggemann

New: A Complete Black Repertoire against 1.d4, 1.Nf3 & 1.c4 by Robert Ris - ChessBase India

Alekhine Defense - The Dark Knight Rises

The Alekhine revitalised

Opening Repertoire: The Open Games with Black – Everyman Chess

Carlsen shows how to play Alekhine's Defence🛡️

How to tame the Alekhine, Scandinavian and Pirc