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98_C42f_Russian Game (all but 4.Nxf7!?)
Compiled by whiteshark
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1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 Petrov Defense (C42)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 exd4 4 e5 Ne4 5 Qxd4 Petrov, Modern Attack (C43)

Check: Game Collection: The Cutthroat Petrov (70 games) Yes, you read right. If you think the Petrov Defense is a boring way to start a chess game, that's only because you don't play it correctly. All you need to do is to be on the tactical alert and fireworks result even in this supposedly sleep-inducing opening. Don't believe it? Play over the following games, then decide.

Database mainline is: <1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 >


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Hydra vs A Nickel, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2

Leko vs Kramnik, 2004  
(C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 0-1

Janowski vs Marshall, 1912 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

A Zapata vs Anand, 1988 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0

Polgar vs Karpov, 2003 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Kramnik, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Psakhis vs Yusupov, 1980 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 64 moves, 1-0

Beliavsky vs Yusupov, 1981
(C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Dolmatov vs Yusupov, 1981 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

Kupreichik vs Yusupov, 1987 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Nepomniachtchi vs C Li, 2017 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Qun Ma vs Liu Qingnan, 2017 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Wei Yi vs Y Yu, 2017 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 64 moves, 1-0

Kamsky vs Yusupov, 1992
(C42) Petrov Defense, 76 moves, 1-0

Kamsky vs Yusupov, 1992 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 79 moves, 1-0

Adams vs Yusupov, 1993 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

buergelized Petroff
G Milos vs M Sorokin, 1995
(C42) Petrov Defense, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

buergelized Petroff
T Gara vs A Gara, 2008 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 9 moves, 1/2-1/2

buergelized Petroff
A Zhigalko vs Gelfand, 2009 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 8 moves, 1/2-1/2

buergelized Petroff
M Damjanovic vs H Lehmann, 1967 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2

buergelized Petroff
I A Zaitsev vs Karpov, 1966 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2

buergelized Petroff
J de la Villa Garcia vs B Lalic, 2001 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1/2-1/2

Games That Need Not Be in the Database
M L Garcia vs J Diaz, 2001 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 4 moves, 1/2-1/2

I Lowens vs Stafford, 1950 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 0-1

R Franz vs Mayet, 1858 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 0-1

de Firmian vs K Shirazi, 1986 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 0-1

Lasker vs Marshall, 1914 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

S Boden vs Morphy, 1858  
(C27) Vienna Game, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Loewenthal vs Morphy, 1858 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 80 moves, 0-1

Loewenthal vs Morphy, 1858 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 70 moves, 1-0

Loewenthal vs Morphy, 1858 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Yates vs Marshall, 1925 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1914 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Capablanca vs Marshall, 1914 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Alekhine vs Marshall, 1914 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs Marshall, 1914 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Capablanca vs Marshall, 1914 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 61 moves, 1-0

Capablanca vs Marshall, 1913 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 53 moves, 0-1

H Wang vs Y Wang, 2017
(C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Naiditsch vs H Wang, 2017
(C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

H Wang vs H Ni, 2017 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 57 moves, 0-1

Ganguly vs H Wang, 2015 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 1-0

Jakovenko vs H Wang, 2007 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 87 moves, 1/2-1/2

Karjakin vs H Wang, 2013 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Nakamura vs H Wang, 2013 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

H Wang vs Fridman, 2013 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

Ponomariov vs H Wang, 2013
(C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

H Wang vs Nisipeanu, 2013
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Caruana vs H Wang, 2013 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 0-1

Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 53 moves, 1-0

Kupreichik vs M Dvoretzky, 1974 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 26 moves, 0-1

E Mukhin vs Dolmatov, 1977 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 46 moves, 0-1

Timman vs Yusupov, 1992
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Timman vs Yusupov, 1992 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Timman vs Yusupov, 1992 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 52 moves, 1-0

Liu Qingnan vs X Xu, 2017
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Vachier-Lagrave vs C Li, 2017 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

Bacrot vs S Bogner, 2016
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Short vs M Condie, 1984 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Van der Wiel vs Short, 1985 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 66 moves, 0-1

So vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kavalek vs B Toth, 1976 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 52 moves, 0-1

Svidler vs Landa, 2005
(C42) Petrov Defense, 52 moves, 1-0

Karjakin vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

Grischuk vs Caruana, 2018 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 69 moves, 0-1

G Halvax vs A D Ivanova, 2012 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 85 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky vs Alatortsev, 1945
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

3N
K Saravana vs Ali Al-hamed Zayed, 2017
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Caruana vs Y Hou, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2

cr 4.dxe5 Bc5 5.Bc4 Nxf2 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Qd5+ Kg6 8.Qxc5 Nxh1
T Turgut vs R Moll, 2013 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Vitiugov vs Caruana, 2018 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 40 moves, 0-1

dull Petrov
Geller vs Yusupov, 1979
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d5 7. Ne3 Be6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. f4
O Sarapu vs C Purdy, 1952 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

Junior vs The Baron, 2009
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

F Vallejo Pons vs R O Perez Garcia, 2009 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 47 moves, 1-0

E Romanov vs Khismatullin, 2018
(C42) Petrov Defense, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Fun
G Palchun vs I Bocharov, 2018 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 33 moves, 0-1

M Antipov vs M Codenotti, 2012 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

I Vargha vs K Darga, 1979
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

A Polyaninov vs W Leenen, 2001
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 15 moves, 1-0

Tal vs K Darga, 1963 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 48 moves, 1-0

Tal vs V Osnos, 1965 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Shamkovich, 1972
(C42) Petrov Defense, 45 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Karpov, 1975
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tal vs Suetin, 1977 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 38 moves, 0-1

Tal vs G Garcia Gonzalez, 1983 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

I Iljiushenok vs A Iljin, 2018
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Attack
Anand vs Y Hou, 2017 
(C01) French, Exchange, 53 moves, 1-0

Budapest vs Paris, 1843 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

Kamsky vs Karpov, 1994 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kasparov vs Ehlvest, 2002 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 61 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Ljubojevic vs Smyslov, 1984
(C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

P H Clarke vs S Fazekas, 1956
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2

3.d3 - Philidor's Defense Reversed
Keres vs D Allan, 1975 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Karjakin vs Harikrishna, 2016 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 62 moves, 1-0

G Sanakoev vs J S Morgado, 1994
(C42) Petrov Defense, 64 moves, 0-1

M Kribben vs A Dronov, 2011
(C42) Petrov Defense, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Gavrilov vs I Frog, 1989 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 60 moves, 1-0

Morozevich vs Shirov, 2001 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 1-0

Shirov vs Gelfand, 2001
(C42) Petrov Defense, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bologan vs Smeets, 2011 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 81 moves, 0-1

Fischer vs E German, 1962 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 29 moves, 0-1

Wei Yi vs C Li, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Robson vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

Nakamura vs Zherebukh, 2018 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

4.Nd3
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2

Svidler vs Ponomariov, 2001 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 44 moves, 0-1

Urusov Gambit
L G L Copp vs R Kerr, 1944 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Korneev vs C Humeau, 2005 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 18 moves, 1-0

E Blomqvist vs G Kjartansson, 2015
(C42) Petrov Defense, 54 moves, 0-1

Navara vs Gelfand, 2019 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 100 moves, 1/2-1/2

Giri vs Motylev, 2017
(C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Giri vs Motylev, 2017
(C42) Petrov Defense, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nepomniachtchi vs Y Yu, 2019 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 44 moves, 1-0

McShane vs P Tregubov, 2019
(C42) Petrov Defense, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Firouzja vs H Ni, 2019 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 56 moves, 1-0

A Petrov vs Allies, 1837 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Leko vs Nisipeanu, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

T Beerdsen vs A Zatonskih, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Harikrishna vs Y Yu, 2019
(C42) Petrov Defense, 57 moves, 1-0

19 mover
Nepomniachtchi vs Nisipeanu, 2019 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 19 moves, 1-0

B Savchenko vs Mo Zhai, 2017 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sutovsky vs E Inarkiev, 2009 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

D Paravyan vs S Golubov, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Lagno vs Ju Wenjun, 2019 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Vitiugov vs So, 2019 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 60 moves, 1-0

3N
K Kuderinov vs Mamedyarov, 2005
(C42) Petrov Defense, 80 moves, 0-1

B Adhiban vs L Wu, 2019 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2017 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Svidler vs Ivanchuk, 2007 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Carlsen vs Shirov, 2019 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 43 moves, 1-0

F Vallejo Pons vs N Huschenbeth, 2019 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2

Anand vs H Wang, 2019 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 28 moves, 0-1

Johan Behting vs R Behting, 1895
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

H Wang vs T Lei, 2019
(C42) Petrov Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Kasimdzhanov vs Adams, 2004 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

Van der Wiel vs Yusupov, 1985 
(C46) Three Knights, 38 moves, 1-0

D Anton Guijarro vs C Li, 2016
(C42) Petrov Defense, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Leko vs C Li, 2015 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 46 moves, 0-1

Anand vs C Li, 2017 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Predke vs Zvjaginsev, 2016 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 70 moves, 0-1

Rublevsky vs Zvjaginsev, 2016
(C42) Petrov Defense, 66 moves, 0-1

Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Giri vs Y Yu, 2022
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

R Hovhannisyan vs M Mingachev, 2006 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 51 moves, 0-1

J Plaskan vs M Mingachev, 2006
(C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Rahunoks vs M Mingachev, 2006
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 27 moves, 0-1

M Lagarde vs Bluebaum, 2022
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2

E Roebers vs A Kashlinskaya, 2022 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

A Erigaisi vs N Abdusattorov, 2023 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 43 moves, 0-1

Nd3-f4
Carlsen vs Rapport, 2023 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

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