Petrov's Defense
Petrov's Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs e4, e5, Nf3, Nf6. The book has 50 lines under this name, across ECO codes C42 to C43.
Play the main line
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Petrov's Defense
Play the next move in the line.
- e4
- e5
- Nf3
- Nf6
Move by move
- White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
- Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.
- White knight moves from g1 to f3.
- Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
Variations
Classical Attack16 lines · C42Cochrane Gambit3 lines · C42Cozio Attack1 lines · C42Damiano Variation2 lines · C42French Attack1 lines · C42Italian Variation1 lines · C42Karklins-Martinovsky Variation1 lines · C42Kaufmann Attack1 lines · C42Millennium Attack1 lines · C42Moody Gambit1 lines · C42Nimzowitsch Attack1 lines · C42Paulsen Attack1 lines · C42Stafford Gambit1 lines · C42Stafford Gambit Accepted3 lines · C42Three Knights Game1 lines · C42Modern Attack10 lines · C43
Named gambits and traps
12 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 12.
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Trap (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation, Chinese Gambit (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit, Bishop Check Line (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit, Center Variation (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Moody Gambit (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit Accepted (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit Accepted (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit Accepted (C42)
- Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Tal Gambit (C43)
Puzzles from this opening
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Find the move.