Today we will look at Four Pawns Attack in Alekhine Defense. Four pawns attack is a very aggressive approach to Alekhine Defense. Four pawns attack is not considered the best option against Alekhine defense at the highest level. We will watch some of the best games against four pawns attack with white pieces. Here is a list of strong grandmasters who used fours pawn attack in their games.

Grandmasters who played four pawns attack

1: Gawain C B Jones (Peak Rating 2702)

2: Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Peak Rating 2645)

3: Sergei Movsesian (Peak Rating 2751 )

4: Alexander Morozevich (Peak Rating 2788)

5: Leinier Dominguez Perez (Peak Rating 2689 )

6: Alexei Shirov (Peak Rating 2705)

7: Viktor Bologan (Peak Rating 2669)

8: Jan H Timman (Peak Rating 2625 )

In our database, GM Gawain played 8 games, and he scored 100% by 8/8. So we will watch 2 games played by GM Gawain in order to understand Four Pawns Attack. So let’s start.

Game Jones vs Baburin

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 18th"] [Site "Bunratty"] [Date "2011.02.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Baburin, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "2593"] [BlackElo "2539"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2011.02.25"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "IRL"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe4 Nc7 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. f5 Kh8 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. f6 gxf6 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Qf5 Bxf4 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Qxf4 Qd7 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. d6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Jones vs Short

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 18th"] [Site "Bunratty"] [Date "2011.02.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "2593"] [BlackElo "2658"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2011.02.25"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "IRL"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd7 14. Qc1 Qxc1+ 15. Rxc1 O-O-O 16. a3 Ndb8 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. f4 Nbc6 19. Bc4 g6 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bh6 23. Bh4 Rd7 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Bf6 Nd8 26. b4 Bf8 27. Bg2 Be7 28. Bh3 Ne6 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Kd8 32. Kd2 c6 33. Rh5 Bxf6 34. exf6 Nf8 35. Rh4 b6 36. Kd3 Kc7 37. Re4 Rd8+ 38. Kc3 Ng6 39. Rd4 bxc5 40. bxc5 Ne5 41. Bf5 h5 42. h3 Nd7 43. Bxd7 Rxd7 44. Kc4 Kd8 45. Kd3 Kc8 46. Ke4 Rb7 47. Ke5 Kc7 48. Ra4 Kd7 49. h4 Kc7 50. Kf5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

So now you have understood the idea and plans behind these games and i hope that you learned how to play against Four pawns attack. Now let’s watch 3 more games of grandmaster who used this line in their games.

Game Ljubojevic vs Honfi

[Event "Cacak"] [Site "Cacak"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Honfi, Karoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1970.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Qd4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bb4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rg1 Qc7 15. e6 f6 16. Bh6 Qxc4 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Rg8+ Kxg8 19. Qg1+ 1-0 [pgn_compat] <a href="https://www.chessonly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GM-Morozevich.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2918" src="https://www.chessonly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GM-Morozevich.png" alt="GM Morozevich" width="524" height="380" /></a> <h5>Game Morozevich vs Bratchenko</h5> [pgn_compat] [Event "RUS-Cup9"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Bratchenko, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2390"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1997.06.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bc8 13. Bb5+ c6 14. dxc6 O-O 15. O-O Qc7 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Qg4 Qxe5 18. Rae1 Bd6 19. Nf5 Bc8 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Qh4 Bc5 22. Nxf7+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game Bologan vs Rozentalis

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"] [Site "France"] [Date "2010.05.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Bologan, Viktor"] [Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2010.03.26"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ne7 17. Bb5+ c6 18. Bd3 g6 19. b4 Bh6+ 20. Kc3 Kd7 21. b5 Rhc8 22. h4 b6 23. h5 Bf8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh7 Ke6 26. a4 Nf5 27. Bxf5+ gxf5 28. Rah1 cxb5 29. axb5 a6 30. c6 axb5 31. R1h6+ Bxh6 32. Rxh6+ f6 33. Rxf6+ Ke7 34. Kb4 Ra1 35. Bh4 Rb1+ 36. Kc3 Rc1+ 37. Kd2 Rc4 38. Rd6+ Ke8 39. Rxd5 R4xc6 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Kf4 Rd3 42. e6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

So I hope you learned sth new today. and if you play four pawn attack I advise you that you must watch it again, Good luck.