Alekhine's gun is a well-known piece configuration that is created when a player places their heavy pieces on the same file, thereby creating a battery—specifically by placing the queen behind both rooks.

Alekhine's gun is a formation in chess named after the former world chess champion Alexander Alekhine. It is a specific kind of battery.

Here, Aron Nimzowitch resigned because of this incredible zugzwang. Next chapter Alekhine's Gun (G): Alekhine v. Nimzowitch, San Remo 1930 (The Original Game)

6 сент. 2015 г. · Alekhine's gun is when you put your queen behind your doubled rooks to increase the power of the battery.

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Naming the battery "the Gun" shrouds it in mystery. Oct-08-17 Mats G: It seems ... Alekhine himself is notoriously unreliable in recording his own games.

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3 июл. 2007 г. · A position where the Queen stands behind the rooks to supply even more power! It was named after Alexander Alekhine, who used the idea more than once in his ...