The Petroff: Move by Move

Move by Move

Cyrus Lakdawala

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781942581
• Year: 2015

This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge. The Petroff Defense is a solid and reliable way to meet 1 e4. It has a strong reputation and has been employed regularly by many grandmasters, most notably former world champions Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir Kramnik. By choosing counterattack instead of defense as early as the second move, Black immediately avoids many favorite weapons for White, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian Game, Scotch Game and a number of daunting gambits. This practical advantage for those playing Black in the Open Games cannot be underestimated. In this book, International Master Cyrus Lakdawala invites you to join him in studying all the important lines in the Petroff. Using illustrative games, he explains the main positional and tactical ideas for both sides, provides answers to all the key questions and tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Petroff Defense. *Essential guidance and training with the Petroff *Provides repertoire options for Black *Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Series Foreword
• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 The Cochrane Gambit
• 2 The Scotch Petroff
• 3 The Old Main Line
• 4 Fifth Move Alternatives
• 5 The New Main Line: Shirov’s Variation
• 6 The Three Knights Petroff
• 7 Odds and Ends
• Index of Complete Games
• Anand.V-Kramnik.V, Corus A, Wijk aan Zee 2010
• Anand.V-Kramnik.V, Corus A, Wijk aan Zee 2008
• Bruzon.L-Ivanchuk.V, Carlos Torre Memorial, Merida 2007
• Camano.C-Ginzburg.M, Argentine Championship, Buenos Aires 1994
• Carlsen.M-Kramnik.V, Amber Rapid, Nice 2008
• Caruana.F-Wang Hao, Kings Tournament, Bucharest 2013
• Deepan.C-Koneru.H, Indian Championship, Visakhapatnam 2006
• Dvoirys.S-Mamedyarov.S, Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2004
• Gashimov.V-Gelfand.B, FIDE Grand Prix, Astrakhan 2010
• Gashimov.V-Kramnik.V, Azerbaijan vs. the World match, Baku 2009
• Giaccio.A-Zarnicki.P, Buenos Aires Zonal 2000
• Guseinov.G-Kramnik.V, Azerbaijan vs. the World match, Baku 2009
• Inarkiev.E-Kasimdzhanov.R, FIDE Grand Prix, Jermuk 2009
• Ivanchuk.V-Wang Yue, MTel Masters, Sofia 2009
• Jakovenko.D-Wang Yue, Pearl Spring Chess Tournament, Nanjing 2009
• Kamsky.G-Karpov.A, World Championship (Game 6), Elista 1996
• Karjakin.S-Mamedyarov.S, FIDE Grand Prix, Beijing 2013
• Kasparov.G-Karpov.A, X3D Match (Game 2), New York (rapid) 2002
• Macieja.B-Rozentalis.E, US Open Championship, Reno 1999
• Malakhov.V-Frolyanov.D, Russia rapid championship, Olginka 2011
• Maslowski.J-Sarwinski.M, Bydgoszcz Open 2001
• Miltner.A-Werle.J, German League 2004
• Morozevich.A-Wang Yue, Amber Blindfold, Nice (rapid) 2009
• Naiditsch.A-Kramnik.V, Dresden Olympiad 2008
• Naiditsch.A-Kramnik.V, Dortmund 2008
• Navara.D-Kramnik.V, CEZ Trophy match, Prague (rapid) 2008
• Negi.P-Li Chao, Casino Graz Open, Austria 2014
• Ni Hua-Sandipan.C, Fujairah Masters, United Arab Emirates 2012
• Nielsen.M-Sargissian.G, Politiken Cup, Helsingor 2009
• Polgar.J-Ivanchuk.V, Amber blindfold, Monte Carlo (rapid) 1994
• Ponomariov.R-Wang Hao, Kings Tournament, Bucharest 2013
• Reinderman.D-Bosboom.M, Groningen 1995
• Rublevsky.S-Shirov.A, Russian League 2006
• Samolins.V-Jakovenko.D, Istanbul Olympiad 2012