A chess personality modelled on Alexander Alekhine, world champion from 1927 to 1935 and again from 1937 until his death in 1946. Alekhine played some of the most famous attacking combinations in chess history, and he prepared for his games with a thoroughness that was unusual in his era. This personality follows the same idea: active pieces, open lines, and pressure on your king.
This is not a strength-limited Stockfish. The six historical personalities on Chessy run on Rodent IV, an engine that accepts personality configuration files controlling how it values king safety, pawn structure, piece activity and initiative. That is why they play differently from one another rather than simply making a different number of mistakes.
Rodent IV's own notes sum this personality up in four words: aggressive, active, likes bishops. Expect it to keep its bishops, open the position, and point everything it has at your king.
How it plays
- ▸Builds attacks with active pieces and open lines
- ▸Values mobility and pressure on the king over quiet material gains
- ▸Keeps its bishops and steers towards open positions where they work
- ▸Prefers dynamic, double-edged play to slow manoeuvring
Who should play it
Practising defence against a well-prepared attack, and learning how attacking players use open lines and active bishops.
Things they say
Chess is not a game to me. It is a struggle. Let us begin.
You have opened a door. I am coming through it.
Your position is collapsing. I can see the end clearly.
The combination worked as planned. They usually do.
A style emulation, not the player, and not affiliated with or endorsed by the Alekhine estate. The 2690 is a rating requested from Rodent IV, which honours it by limiting how much the engine calculates; it is not a measured strength. Alekhine himself never had an official rating: the system was introduced decades after his death.
