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C42 Petrov's Defense

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1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6

C42 is the opening Petrov's Defense of the volume C · Open games: 4 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 40 variations in the ECO table.

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7,471 games in the collections, from 1620 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2495.

White wins 33 %, draws 53 %, Black wins 14 %

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All 40 variations

  1. Petrov's Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6
  2. Petrov's Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5
  3. Petrov's Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6
  4. Petrov's Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3
  5. Petrov's Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4
  6. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4
  7. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Berger Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗e7 7.O-O ♘c6 8.♖e1 ♗g4 9.c3 f5 10.♘bd2
  8. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗e7 7.O-O ♘c6 8.♖e1
  9. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Browne Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♘c6 7.O-O ♗e7 8.c4 ♘b4 9.cxd5
  10. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Main Line 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♘c6 7.O-O ♗e7 8.c4 ♘b4 9.♗e2
  11. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Closed Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 ♘f6
  12. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Jaenisch Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♘c6 7.O-O ♗e7 8.c4
  13. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Krause Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♘c6 7.O-O ♗e7 8.♖e1 ♗g4 9.c3 f5 10.c4
  14. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Trap 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗d6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 ♗g4 9.cxd5 f5 10.♖e1 ♗xh2+
  15. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗d6
  16. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation, Chinese Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗d6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6 9.♖e1 ♗g4
  17. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Maróczy Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗e7 7.O-O ♘c6 8.♖e1 ♗g4 9.c3 f5 10.c4 ♗h4
  18. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Mason Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗e7 7.O-O O-O
  19. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Mason-Showalter Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♘c6
  20. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Staunton Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗d6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c6
  21. Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Tarrasch Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d4 d5 6.♗d3 ♗d6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 ♗g4
  22. Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘xf7
  23. Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit, Bishop Check Line 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘xf7 ♔xf7 5.♗c4+
  24. Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit, Center Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘xf7 ♔xf7 5.d4
  25. Petrov's Defense: Cozio Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.♕e2
  26. Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 ♘xe4
  27. Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 ♘xe4 4.♕e2 ♕e7
  28. Petrov's Defense: French Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.d3
  29. Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♗c4
  30. Petrov's Defense: Karklins-Martinovsky Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘d3
  31. Petrov's Defense: Kaufmann Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.c4
  32. Petrov's Defense: Millennium Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.♗d3
  33. Petrov's Defense: Moody Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♕e2 ♘c6 4.d4
  34. Petrov's Defense: Nimzowitsch Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘f3 ♘xe4 5.♘c3
  35. Petrov's Defense: Paulsen Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 d6 4.♘c4
  36. Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 ♘c6
  37. Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit Accepted 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 ♘c6 4.♘xc6 dxc6
  38. Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit Accepted 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 ♘c6 4.♘xc6 dxc6 5.♘c3 ♗c5
  39. Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit Accepted 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘xe5 ♘c6 4.♘xc6 dxc6 5.d3 ♗c5
  40. Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.♘c3