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Black creates an asymmetrical pawn structure

and nothing that enters leaves unchanged

Starting Out: Alekhine’s Defence tower building Premium Quality: Printed on high-gradeAlekhine's Defence is a sharp and controversial opening in which Black attacks from the very first move, provoking White into lunging forward in the centre. White is often able to construct an impressively large central pawn formation, but Black's hope is that this becomes over stretched and disintegrates in the face of a vicious counterattack. Unsurprisingly, Alekhine's Defence has always been a favourite amongst uncompromising players such as