Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Staunton Variation
C421. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6
How it went
82
ours
· 732
masters
White wins 51%
Draws 27%
Black wins 22%
Master games
- Carlsen, Magnus — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1/2-1/2 · 2021
- Kasparov, Garry — Shirov, Alexei 1-0 · 2000
- Kasparov, Garry — Shirov, Alexei 1-0 · 2001
- Anand V — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2016
- Giri, A... — Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 · 2018
Games in Spain
- Anton Guijarro,D (2690) — Firouzja,Alireza (2785) 1/2-1/2
- Shirov,A (2704) — Indjic,A (2623) 0-1
- Anton Guijarro,D (2694) — Bogner,S (2573) 1-0
- Shirov,A (2693) — Paravyan,D (2617) 0-1
- Anton Guijarro,D (2691) — Paravyan,D (2612) 1/2-1/2
- Shirov,A (2691) — Moussard,J (2630) 1/2-1/2
- Anton Guijarro,D (2690) — Fedoseev,Vl3 (2680) 1-0
- Shirov,A (2668) — Atanasov,Anthony (2367) 1-0
This line is also written
- 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
- 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 d4 d5 6 Bd3 Bd6 7 O-O O-O 8 c4 c6
- e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d6 Nf3 Nxe4 d4 d5 Bd3 Bd6 O-O O-O c4 c6
- e4, e5, Nf3, Nf6, Nxe5, d6, Nf3, Nxe4, d4, d5, Bd3, Bd6, O-O, O-O, c4, c6