Talk:Alekhine's Defence

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[edit] Alekhine Defence or Alekhine's Defence?

Alekhine Defence or Alekhine's Defence? Is one name more correct than the other? --Sonjaaa 20:04, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)

ECO says Alekhine's, but both are generally accepted. --Fermatprime 20:23, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Lasker attack

Does anyone know which one of the two Laskers invented the Lasker Alekhine Attack? The name should be linked, just to which one? Viruswitch 23:40, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I've always known and read about it as the "Two pawn attack". If anybody gave Emanuel Lasker credit for it, it's probably for just one game, same as in the Lasker-Pelikan variation (now Sveshnikov variation) of the Sicilian. AFAIK, no opening name credits Edward Lasker. --Wfaxon 15:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
It is probably named after Emanuel Lasker, but I can't be sure. MCO says that the Alekhine was embrased by the hypermodern school when he used it to defeat Maroczy in 1924. But the MCO-13 calls it the two pawns attack and has no Lasker games. Bubba73 (talk), 16:17, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
This is probably the stem game (for the name, anyway): Em. Lasker v. Buchholtz, simultaneous exhibition, Copenhagen 1927, billed as an "Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation. Lasker Simul Gambit" by www.chessgames.com. That reminded me that I've also seen "Hunt variation" used for 4.c5, and I think that might even be more popular than "Two pawn attack". (At least Google(tm) agrees...) I'm pretty sure the Lasker name would be associated only with the subvariation. --Wfaxon 17:36, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
I've just made some changes to the article, and MCO uses "two pawns attack", so I changed it to that. If you're familiar with the opening, please check the article for errors. Bubba73 (talk), 18:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
4.c5 is also known as the "Chase variation". A lot of names for probably the worst of White's major lines. --Wfaxon 18:28, 27 April 2007 (UTC)