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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5
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♞ You have reached Petrov's Defense C42 — the catalogued line ends exactly here.
Matching openings 36
- Petrov's Defense C42 1 ply deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation C42 1 ply deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit C42 1 ply deeper
- Petrov's Defense C42 2 plies deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit C42 2 plies deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Karklins-Martinovsky Variation C42 2 plies deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Paulsen Attack C42 2 plies deeper
- Petrov's Defense C42 3 plies deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit C42 3 plies deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit Accepted C42 3 plies deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack C42 4 plies deeper
- Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit, Bishop Check Line C42 4 plies deeper
…and 24 more lines run through this position — keep making moves to narrow it down.
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