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Petrov's Defense: Paulsen Attack

ECO C42 · 277 games · Black to move

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4

45% White8% Draw47% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
Nxe4	260	93.9%

A further 17 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: Paulsen Attack 4. Nc4

Other lines in this family

Petrov's DefenseC42…6,237 Petrov's DefenseC42… 4. Nf35,386 Petrov's DefenseC42… 4. Nf3 Nxe45,273 Classical AttackC42… 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d42,112 Cozio AttackC42… 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe21,053 Nimzowitsch AttackC42… 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc31,013 Classical Attack, Marshall VariationC42… 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6684 French AttackC42… 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3576 Cochrane GambitC42… 4. Nxf7445 Classical Attack, Staunton VariationC42… 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6351

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.