Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game

C42

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3

How it went

176 ours · 319 masters

White wins 52% Draws 19% Black wins 29%

Continuations

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Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger Variation C48 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O 56 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Gunsberg Counterattack C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 e4 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Symmetrical Variation, Tarrasch Variation C49 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Be6

Master games

Svidler, Peter — Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 2006
Nepomniachtchi, Ian — Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Harikrishna, Pentala — Wang, Yue 1-0 · 2016
Svidler, Peter — Gashimov, Vugar 1/2-1/2 · 2008
Ponomariov, Ruslan — Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1/2-1/2 · 2016

Games in Spain

Shirov,A (2649) — Gusarov,G (2354) 0-1
Grigoryan,K2 (2647) — Gomez Gonzalez,Agustin (1777) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2644) — Lai,Duc Minh (2131) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2632) — Usov,Aleksandr E. (2367) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2629) — Sebenik,M (2492) 1/2-1/2
Kozak,Adam (2591) — Iglesias Leon,F (2113) 1-0
Santos Ruiz,Miguel (2590) — Panda,Sambit (2452) 1/2-1/2
Bharath,Subramaniyam H (2573) — Narciso Dublan,M (2386) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nc3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nf6, Nc3