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C42: Petrov, Nimzovich attack

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3

Petrov, Nimzovich attack

C42 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 4343
Last Played: Jan 2025
Overall score:
39.2% 43.7% 17.1%

Played frequently by:

White  
Sergey Karjakin 24 games
Peter Leko 19 games
Andrei Volokitin 16 games
Black  
Zlatko Ilincic 35 games
Yue Wang 33 games
Daniel Fridman 25 games

Possible continuations:

5... Nxc3  3394
38.1 % 45.2 % 16.7 %
5... Nf6  832
40.1 % 42.2 % 17.7 %
5... d5  94
63.8 % 23.4 %
5... Bf5  14
71.4 % 14.3 % 14.3 %
5... Qe7  7
57.1 % 14.3 % 28.6 %