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

How it went

43 ours · 1,468 masters

White wins 44% Draws 30% Black wins 26%

Continuations

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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 16 Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Krause 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. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. c4

Master games

Anand, Viswanathan — Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2-1/2 · 2011
Topalov, Veselin — Bacrot, Etienne 1/2-1/2 · 2006
Caruana, Fabiano — Domínguez Pérez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Kramnik, Vladimir — Li Chao2 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Kramnik, Vladimir — Li, Chao2 1/2-1/2 · 2016

Games in Spain

Anton Guijarro,D (2673) — Solodovnichenko,Y (2546) 0-1
Shirov,A (2673) — Laurusas,T (2563) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2668) — Laurusas,T (2566) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2668) — Gomez Ledo,R (2450) 1-0
Shirov,A (2665) — Laurusas,T (2550) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2661) — Samarth,J Rao (1770) 1-0
Shirov,A (2660) — Zarnicki,P (2514) 1-0
Shirov,A (2654) — Laurusas,T (2548) 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
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 d4 d5 6 Bd3 Nc6
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d6 Nf3 Nxe4 d4 d5 Bd3 Nc6
e4, e5, Nf3, Nf6, Nxe5, d6, Nf3, Nxe4, d4, d5, Bd3, Nc6