Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack

C42

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4

How it went

247 ours · 3,404 masters

White wins 44% Draws 32% Black wins 24%

Continuations

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Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Closed Variation C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Nf6 2 Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 114 Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Mason-Showalter Variation C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 43 Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Mason Variation C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 9 Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 8

Master games

Anand, Viswanathan — Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Harikrishna, Pentala — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2019
Firouzja, Alireza — Mamedyarov, S.. 1-0 · 2022
Firouzja, Alireza — Duda, J.. 1/2-1/2 · 2022
So, Wesley — Fedoseev, Vl3 1-0 · 2017

Games in Spain

Santos Latasa,J (2656) — Radjabov,T (2747) 1/2-1/2
Santos Latasa Jaime (ESP) (2656) — Radjabov Teimour (AZE) (2747) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2694) — Smeets,J (2585) 1-0
Pichot,A (2644) — Deac,Bogdan-Daniel (2692) 0-1
Anton Guijarro,D (2690) — Fedoseev,Vl3 (2680) 1/2-1/2
Santos Latasa,J (2680) — Nihal,Sarin (2677) 1/2-1/2
Santos Latasa, Jaime (2680) — Nihal Sarin (2677) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2665) — Guliyev,N (2486) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 d4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d6 Nf3 Nxe4 d4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nf6, Nxe5, d6, Nf3, Nxe4, d4