Petroff Defence /Russian/ is defence when resulting variations tend to lead to symmetrical and quit positions. Number of draw games is unusually high. When White s too agressive he can backfire his own variations. On top-levels players Black chooses this opening if he wants to draw against the strong opponent. Name of opening is by Alexander Petroff who popularized this opening  in  19th  century. Typical  type of GM who likes to play it is Anatoly  Karpov - positional player . Play 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 and see how other professional players played it in 6,756 games in total.

See the largest quality collection of Petroff Defence  6,756 games in total. You may download the report once you register for free. If you would like to use also database and work around it please become our valuable premiere member with either Gold or Platinum Plan.

Opening Name	ECO CODE	# of games played	PDF Free Report to download	Download CBV, SCID, PGN (premiere membership)
Petroff Defence	C42	6,756	Petroff Defence PDF 103.25 Kb