Alekhine Defense: Welling Variation

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.b3

ECO B02

The Alekhine Defense: Welling Variation is a chess opening line in the Alekhine Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.b3.

It is catalogued under code B02 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move b3 is chosen by White on move 3.

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