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Alekhine Alekhine Defence attack axb5 Bb4+ Bb5+ Bishop Black moves Black resigns black-squared Black's King Black's position Black's Queen Botvinnik bxc3 Bxc4 Bxc5 bxc6 Bxd5 Bxe4 Bxf3 Bxf6 Bxf7+ capture Caro-Kann Defence castle combination cxd4 cxd5 d4 exd4 Defence discovered attack DOP Diagram DOP DOP draw dxc4 dxe4 dxe5 endgame study exchange exd5 exf4 extra Pawn follows fxe5 fxe6 Giuoco Piano gxf6 gxh6 isolated Pawn King's King's Gambit Knight Kxf7 Lasker mate Nbd7 Nf3 Nc6 Nxc3 Nxc6 Nxd4 Nxd5 Nxe4 Nxe5 Old Indian Defence opening opponent opponent's passed Pawn Pawn on e4 perpetual check pieces and Pawns play and win position in Diagram Q-side Qh4+ Qh5+ Queen's Gambit Qxd4 Qxd5 Qxe5 rank reply Réti Opening Rook sacrifice Sicilian Defence smothered mate square stalemate Steinitz Tchigorin threat threatens tournament variation versus weaker White resigns White to play White wins white-square White's King White's play wins a Pawn