Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Jaenisch Variation

C42

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4

How it went

16 ours · 1,085 masters

White wins 44% Draws 19% Black wins 37%

Continuations

2

Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Browne Attack C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 1 Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Main Line C42 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 12

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 · 2002
Anand, Viswanathan — Giri, Anish 1-0 · 2011
Kasparov, Garry — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Leko, Peter — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 2002
Anand, Viswanathan — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 2001

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2693) — Khamdamova,Afruza (1771) 1-0
Khamrakulov,I (2413) — Tardi,O (1771) 1-0
Estrada Nieto,J (2280) — Khamdamova,Afruza (1784) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 d4 d5 6 Bd3 Nc6 7 O-O Be7 8 c4
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d6 Nf3 Nxe4 d4 d5 Bd3 Nc6 O-O Be7 c4
e4, e5, Nf3, Nf6, Nxe5, d6, Nf3, Nxe4, d4, d5, Bd3, Nc6, O-O, Be7, c4