C43 · Open · a defense for Black
Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Tal Gambit
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nf63.d4exd44.e5Ne45.Bb5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Tal Gambit147 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
65%9629%
16%2352%
4.8%729%
4.1%60%
3.4%510%
3.4%540%
1.4%250%
1.4%20%
0.7%10%
Famous games in this line13 master games
Shamkovich, Leonid (2520) – Smyslov, Vassily (2620)Zezulkin, Jurij (2473) – Rozentalis, Eduardas (2577)Kveinys, Aloyzas (2565) – Neiksans, Arturs (2440)Kraut, Rainer (2515) – Mohebbi, Jaffar (2430)Jansa, Vlastimil (2450) – Kolarov, Atanas S (2435)Zapata, Alonso (2454) – Castro Rojas, Oscar Humberto (2359)Kuijf, Marinus (2430) – Hartoch, Robert G (2355)Kremenietsky, Anatoly M (2390) – Vasiliev, Rustam N (2390)Heroes of this opening Rozentalis, Eduardas · Kraut, Rainer · Jansa, Vlastimil · Zapata, Alonso
- Family
- Petrov's Defense
- Category
- Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C43
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bb5
GambitSolidAggressiveClassical
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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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