Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Center Variation

C43

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3

How it went

221 ours · 1,467 masters

White wins 53% Draws 24% Black wins 23%

Continuations

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Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Murrey Variation C43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 57 Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Trifunovic Variation C43 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5

Master games

Carlsen, Magnus — Shirov, Alexei 1-0 · 2019
Carlsen, Magnus — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 · 2021
Caruana, Fabiano — Yu, Yangyi 1-0 · 2020
Kasparov, Garry — Piket, Jeroen 1-0 · 1999
Carlsen, Magnus — Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 · 2009

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2617) — Yu Yangyi (2729) 1/2-1/2
Chigaev, Maksim (2620) — Yu, Yangyi (2711) 1/2-1/2
Vallejo Pons,F (2711) — Bjerre,Jonas Buhl (2598) 1/2-1/2
Martin Fuentes,A (2383) — Tabatabaei,M (2700) 0-1
Anton Guijarro,D (2672) — Xiong,Jeffery (2659) 1/2-1/2
Anton Guijarro,D (2668) — Paravyan,D (2621) 0-1
Ballester Llagaria,L (2298) — Tabatabaei,M (2668) 0-1
Shirov,A (2660) — Finek,Vaclav (2450) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 Nxe4 4 Bd3
e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 Bd3
e4, e5, Nf3, Nf6, d4, Nxe4, Bd3