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Playing the Petroff by Dhopade
Quality Chess has just announced several forthcoming books, among them is
Playing the Petroff - A Bulletproof Repertoire by GM Swapnil Dhopade
expected release summer 2020
„This Book also provides...

Started 01/09/20 at 19:43:03 by tracke
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Poll: Petroff - A good full time repertoire defense?
What do you think?  How does it compare to 2...Nc6?
Thanks!

Started 02/14/07 at 18:52:11 by Waffles
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By: kalle99
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Petroff with 3. Nc3
(So 1. e4, e5 2. Nf3, Nf6 3. Nc3)
Seems strange to me : White seems to be fine (and even a bit better than that) but it is obviously not the main line > What am I missing here ?

Started 12/07/05 at 05:49:54 by Strptzr
8 5182 Last Post 01/24/06 at 21:42:46
By: Bucklehead(Guest) (Guest)
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C42-C43: Funny thing about Petroff
To increase my endgame skills I have started to read "Capablancas chess endings". I have now come to games 26, a Petroff game. The annotations of Qe2 seems very funny in my view, stating that Nxe5 d6 ...

Started 04/02/11 at 14:14:41 by bragesjo
4 4035 Last Post 04/03/11 at 11:29:18
By: ANDREW BRETT
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Exciting line in the 3. d4 Petroff!?!
I saw a Morozevich game a few months back that went
1.  e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 f5!?
I don't know how the game went, but I think White has to take e.p by:
6. exf6 ...

Started 03/27/04 at 06:54:12 by notagmyet
4 3481 Last Post 04/08/04 at 13:28:55
By: Billy_Cember - Ex Member
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C42-C43: New Petroff Defence Repertoire Book
Chess Stars seem to have a new Petroff Defence repertoire book to be released on 10.09.11:
http://chess-stars.com/graphics/eshop/books_special/contents_Petroff.pdf
It looks interesting; I ha...

Started 09/04/11 at 20:43:09 by Gilchrist is a legend
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By: Zatarra
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C42-C49: Play the Petroff
Everyman's Play the Petroff looks like it is no longer going to happen, not advertised othe site no more? Any info?

Started 03/03/12 at 23:13:27 by najdorfslayer
8 9835 Last Post 03/11/12 at 17:00:58
By: powerplay
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Underrated line in the Petroff?
What's wrong with this reply against the Petroff?:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 Be6!? The normal move is 8. - c6, but what is wrong with 8. - Be6.....

Started 12/12/04 at 05:23:12 by JN
1 2185 Last Post 12/22/04 at 09:41:25
By: glsix
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What's wrong with the Russian
In reply to Fred's item on E5 - gjempty wrote just don't play the Russian (Petroff).
As some strong players do use  this system, what can be wrong with it ?
One critical line appears to be:-...

Started 08/29/03 at 13:16:08 by dilligaf
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By: JN
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Svidler-Adams W.Ch Rnd 1 Petroff: Does it draw?
Hi all, 
MNb, and many others look at the Petroff's almost as Black to play and draw against 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3.
Mickey Adams in round 1 seems to have staked his own claim to that theory, and com...

Started 09/28/05 at 22:51:21 by Smyslov_Fan
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Petroff  6...Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6
Hello guys.
I see that this line is one of the main lines of the Petroff 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6
It seems that now white has 4 main...

Started 07/27/09 at 21:43:52 by Ethernal
4 3392 Last Post 07/30/09 at 16:47:22
By: kylemeister
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C42: Playing Chess against the Petroff
In the London Chess Classic, Adams played an unusual setup against Giri's Petroff:
[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White...

Started 09/26/12 at 06:20:43 by TN
10 10171 Last Post 11/14/12 at 11:55:47
By: Jupp53
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Modernized: The Petroff Defense
Greetings, 
is the book Modernized: The Petroff Defense from Meropolitan Chess going to be published in the near future? According to the Publisher's website the release date was November 2015.

Started 04/29/16 at 15:24:16 by grandpatzer
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By: grandpatzer
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C42-C43: New Petroff book by Sakaev!
After the announcement by Everyman Chess for its Petroff book now Chess Stars Publishing is announcing a Petroff book by Sakaev in December/January. What a treat! It looks like I will play the Petroff...

Started 10/27/10 at 09:29:01 by Zagorka
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By: Zagorka
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Petroff - Search for Advantage
Recently I have done some brief research on the Petroff, with the intention of finding an antidote that offers White a slight edge in all variations. However, I have not been able to find a variation ...

Started 07/06/09 at 12:53:14 by TN
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By: wcywing
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C42: Cochrane Gambit question?
Hey guys, 
Its teyko, you know the Blackmar Diemar Gambit guy. I was wondering if you guys could help me with a position.
I have recently thought about picking up 1.e4 and I have recently be...

Started 03/10/05 at 23:56:05 by Teyko
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By: Beetlejuice
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Question about Petroff line
Does the line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 
have a name and theory? My trainer suggested that I should try it as white agianst a petroff player in local club. He said that To...

Started 12/07/08 at 19:54:02 by bragesjo
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Petroff at the club level
I'm sure you have all noticed how popular the Petroff currently is at the GM level.  Many of the main lines are quite exciting for both sides.  Recall that tactical wizards Marshall and Pillsbury both...

Started 03/23/04 at 21:13:49 by never1b4
12 9160 Last Post 01/03/09 at 17:39:44
By: kylemeister
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Petroff 5.Nc3--- 7.Be3 or 7.Bf4
Hello
I've been trying to find a reference to whether after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 
7.Be3 or 7.Bf4 is considered best but there are few books which ment...

Started 07/13/09 at 09:18:54 by greymattermatters
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By: greymattermatters
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C42: Interesting sideline in Petroff against 5.Nc3
I think this sideline is pretty interesting. Black has done quite well. Is there a known refutation?
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 (or 7.Bf4) Be6 8.Qd2 Nc6 9....

Started 11/15/10 at 08:16:49 by Lauri Torni
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