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Petrov's Defense

ECO C42 · 5,386 games · Black to move

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3

47% White10% Draw43% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
Nxe4	5,273	97.9%		Petrov's Defense C42
Bg4	30	0.6%
Nc6	28	0.5%
Be7	27	0.5%

A further 28 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4 King's Pawn Game 1... e5 King's Knight Opening 2. Nf3 Petrov's Defense 2... Nf6 Petrov's Defense 3. Nxe5 Petrov's Defense 3... d6Petrov's Defense 4. Nf3

Other lines in this family

Petrov's DefenseC42… 4... Nxe45,273 Classical AttackC42… 4... Nxe4 5. d42,112 Cozio AttackC42… 4... Nxe4 5. Qe21,053 Nimzowitsch AttackC42… 4... Nxe4 5. Nc31,013 Classical Attack, Marshall VariationC42… 4... Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6684 French AttackC42… 4... Nxe4 5. d3576 Classical Attack, Staunton VariationC42… 4... Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6351 Classical Attack, Mason-Showalter VariationC42… 4... Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6259 Millennium AttackC42… 4... Nxe4 5. Bd3134 Classical Attack, Mason VariationC42… 4... Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O124

All 33 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.