Good play by the Hungarians. Budapest vs Paris, 1842  (C42) Petrov Defense, 46 moves Petrov beats the opening named after him. A Petrov vs C Jaenisch, 1844  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 26 moves, 1-0 Staunton knew how to poison his pawns. E Williams vs Staunton, 1851  (C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 0-1 3. Bc4--Morphy's pet line for the Petrov. Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857  (C27) Vienna Game, 29 moves, 1-0 And check this one out. Morphy vs T Barnes, 1858  (C27) Vienna Game, 38 moves, 1-0 "Boden shmoden. Pass me a scotch..." J Robertson vs Blackburne, 1867  (C27) Vienna Game, 29 moves, 0-1 An American plays the Russian Game. Lasker vs Pillsbury, 1895  (C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 0-1 Let wimps worry about king safety, says Steinitz. Steinitz vs Pillsbury, 1895  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 60 moves, 1-0 The Chess Doctor. Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1898  (C42) Petrov Defense, 34 moves, 1-0 He didn't play like the Drawing Master in this game, did he? Janowski vs Schlechter, 1902  (C42) Petrov Defense, 23 moves, 0-1 Steady defense by Maroczy. Tarrasch vs Maroczy, 1905  (C42) Petrov Defense, 51 moves, 0-1 And this was Marshall's pet line. Spielmann vs Marshall, 1910 (C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 0-1 A Queen sac in the Petrov?! Get real! Janowski vs Marshall, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1 Marshall's famous upset. Capablanca vs Marshall, 1913  (C42) Petrov Defense, 53 moves, 0-1 How to dismantle passive play by black. Alekhine vs S Levitsky, 1914  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 17 moves, 1-0 Complications against Lasker? Forget it. Lasker vs Marshall, 1914  (C42) Petrov Defense, 29 moves, 1-0 Alekhine could lob bombs even in "boring" openings. Alekhine vs A Rabinovich, 1918  (C42) Petrov Defense, 29 moves, 1-0 The KGB variation, part I. M Chodera vs J Dobias, 1924 (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 30 moves, 0-1 A Marshall K.O. Yates vs Marshall, 1925  (C42) Petrov Defense, 23 moves, 0-1 Move 29: Alekhine blows a rook just for kicks. C Bauer vs Alekhine, 1926  (C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 0-1 Alekhine's last game is a Russian Game. Poetic irony... F Lupi vs Alekhine, 1946  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1 A Keres Gem. Keres vs C H Alexander, 1954  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 1-0 There are no easy draws against Bronstein. P Trifunovic vs Bronstein, 1957  (C42) Petrov Defense, 34 moves, 0-1 The KGB variation, part II. Simagin vs A Khachaturov, 1959  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 33 moves, 1-0 The start of a long rivalry. Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974  (C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1-0 Attack as Black! Makarichev uncorks 11. ... Nxf2! Ljubojevic vs S Makarichev, 1975  (C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 0-1 Even Tal gets outcombined in this opening. Tal vs Suetin, 1977  (C42) Petrov Defense, 38 moves, 0-1 A Petrov specialist at work. R Korsunsky vs Yusupov, 1979  (C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 0-1 Larsen discovers the 5. ... Nd7 main line. And what a victory! Karpov vs Larsen, 1980  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 66 moves, 0-1 Two hard fighters = a hard fight. Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981  (C42) Petrov Defense, 53 moves, 1-0 A theoretical dispute: 8. ... Bf5 vs. 8. ... Bg4. Karpov vs Portisch, 1982  (C42) Petrov Defense, 38 moves, 1-0 How to defend against the Cochrane. A Vitolinsh vs Khalifman, 1984  (C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 0-1 Should it be called the Vitolinsh Gambit instead? A Vitolinsh vs T Viksna, 1985  (C42) Petrov Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 How to blast open a closed position and checkmate. de Firmian vs B M Kogan, 1986  (C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 0-1 The will to attack. Kupreichik vs Yusupov, 1987  (C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 Khalifman gives up his queen right out of the opening. Khalifman vs Rozentalis, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 43 moves, 1-0 The Kaufmann variation isn't dull either. Kholmov vs A Raetsky, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 Stay humble now that you're World Champ, Vishy. A Zapata vs Anand, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0 When computers were patzers. Kasparov vs Fritz, 1992  (C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 A nasty fork by Kasparov. Kasparov vs Timman, 1994  (C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1-0 A Petrov king hunt. Smirin vs B Alterman, 1995  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 The unconventional Karpov: 11. ... Kd8!? Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 29 moves, 0-1 "My king likes to go for a walk." (Steinitz) Shirov vs Yusupov, 1997  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 36 moves, 1-0 Chucky's nerves get better with age. Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1998  (C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1-0 Rozen Tal Is. Macieja vs Rozentalis, 1999  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 34 moves, 0-1 Sac pieces in the endgame. Shirov does it frequently... Anand vs Shirov, 2000  (C42) Petrov Defense, 41 moves, 0-1 A slugfest. Anand vs Shirov, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 44 moves, 1-0 Shirov takes black's position apart (ho hum?). Shirov vs Piket, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 43 moves, 1-0 Shove that rook in e4 and let white choke on it... Svidler vs Ponomariov, 2001  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 44 moves, 0-1 Leko, not Drawko. Leko vs Grischuk, 2002  (C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 1-0 No grandmaster draw, this. Grischuk vs Gelfand, 2002  (C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2 Nimzo's 5. Nc3: opposite side castling and cutthroat attacks. Khalifman vs S Atalik, 2002  (C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1-0 Karpov gets the last laugh. Kasparov vs Karpov, 2002  (C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 0-1 Anand foils the sacrifice. Topalov vs Anand, 2003  (C42) Petrov Defense, 61 moves, 0-1 Stay alert against this lady, oh grandmasters. Polgar vs Karpov, 2003  (C42) Petrov Defense, 26 moves, 1-0 A speculative sacrifice from Kramnik, of all people. Leko vs Kramnik, 2004   (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 0-1 Shirov takes the bait, and gets fed his own medicine. Shirov vs M Bluvshtein, 2005  (C42) Petrov Defense, 23 moves, 0-1 Kramnik goes bust in his own opening. Anand vs Kramnik, 2005  (C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1-0 Humpy gets zapped with 17. Qh6! Motylev vs Koneru, 2006  (C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 Who's scared of 5. Nc3? Rublevsky vs Shirov, 2006  (C42) Petrov Defense, 27 moves, 0-1 A hard struggle. Winning in the endgame is also good. Grischuk vs Gelfand, 2006  (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 0-1 Emre gets canned (sorry...). E Can vs Yusupov, 2007  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 21 moves, 0-1 Not Nigel's best tournament. Short vs Harikrishna, 2007  (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 0-1 Artur's tragicomedy. Watch those triplets. I Cheparinov vs Yusupov, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 36 moves, 1-0 The best Petrov of the tournament, in spite of the draw. Morozevich vs Gelfand, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 To beat the Petrov with white, you have to play like this! V Gashimov vs B Lalic, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 "A La Kasim..." Kasimdzhanov vs R D Miedema, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0 For a kingside attack with black, play the KID...or the Petrov. S Milliet vs T Mamedjarova, 2007  (C42) Petrov Defense, 24 moves, 0-1 Gelf's queen dies of embarrassment. Topalov vs Gelfand, 2008  (C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 Marshall? Tal? Bronstein? No, just Kramnik... Naiditsch vs Kramnik, 2009  (C42) Petrov Defense, 27 moves, 0-1 70 games