Four Pawns Attack
Alekhine Defence · B03 · you play Black. 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5
About the Four Pawns Attack
The Four Pawns Attack, c4 and f4, builds the biggest centre in chess. Black undermines it with ...dxe5, ...Bf5, ...e6 and ...Nc6, then breaks with ...d5 or ...c5. If White overextends, the centre collapses.
As Black you reach the Four Pawns Attack after 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6. It belongs to the Alekhine Defence (B03), which has 3 lines on this site. Learn the Four Pawns Attack move by move, then play it against the computer until the book moves come automatically. Knowing the moves is only half the work, so this page also covers the plans for the middlegame, the endgames to aim for and some grandmaster games. Train it regularly as part of your set of defences against 1.e4 and 1.d4: the speed mode and drill show quickly which moves you still forget.