Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack

C42

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3

How it went

257 ours · 1,565 masters

White wins 47% Draws 25% Black wins 28%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1-0 · 2015
Carlsen, Magnus — Hou, Yifan 1-0 · 2016
Carlsen, Magnus — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Caruana, Fabiano — Wang, Hao 1/2-1/2 · 2020
Carlsen, Magnus — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2018

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2704) — Topalov,V (2730) 1/2-1/2
Sjugirov,S (2703) — Urbina Perez,J (2266) 1-0
Anton Guijarro,D (2642) — Esipenko,Andrey (2689) 1/2-1/2
Kryvoruchko,Y (2682) — Vazquez Igarza,R (2551) 1-0
Eljanov,P (2672) — Santos Latasa,J (2600) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2667) — Indjic,A (2620) 0-1
Sokolovsky,Yahli (2461) — Santos Latasa,J (2656) 1-0
Demchenko,A (2654) — Plazuelo Pascual,Juan (2451) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 Nc3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nxe5 d6 Nf3 Nxe4 Nc3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nf6, Nxe5, d6, Nf3, Nxe4, Nc3