C42 · Open · a defense for Black
Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit
7/7
1.e4e52.Nf3Nf63.Nxe5d64.Nxf7
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Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit337k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
98%330k49%
1.7%5.8k9%
0.2%59122%
0.1%30711%
0%14211%
0%8431%
0%6519%
0%2013%
0%1613%
0%1414%
Famous games in this line178 master games
Carlsen, M. (2882) – Yu Yangyi (2752)Ivanchuk, V. (2710) – Li Chao2 (2751)Topalov, Veselin (2700) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2751)Short, Nigel D (2663) – Shirov, Alexei (2715)Shanava, Konstantine (2521) – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (2635)Sulskis, Sarunas (2535) – Erenburg, Sergey (2595)Gelashvili, T. (2570) – Bernadskiy, V. (2544)Kangur, Alvar (2539) – Gerzina, Mitja (2535)Heroes of this opening Yu Yangyi · Li Chao2 · Shirov, Alexei · Shanava, Konstantine
- Family
- Petrov's Defense
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C42
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7
GambitSolidClassical
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Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit, Center VariationC42 4…Kxf7 5.d4Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit, Bishop Check LineC42 4…Kxf7 5.Bc4
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Named for the 19th-century Russian master Alexander Petrov, the Petrov spent a century labeled 'drawish' — then Fabiano Caruana brought it to the 2018 World Championship, where it answered both of Magnus Carlsen's 1.e4 games and drew both. All twelve classical games were drawn and the title went to a rapid tiebreak. Symmetry, it turns out, is a weapon too.
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