A Simple Trap in the Petroff's Defense - Chess Forums - Page 2

Sprite · 2007-08-24T06:46:35-07:00

I saw this trap in an old basic chess book I had from a few years ago. Although I feel like traps aren't worth memorizing (I go for sound opening principles), this one was easy enough for me to remember by only looking at it once, and believe it or not came up in a game I played earlier today.

asto0239

Nov 4, 2024

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#21

1 thing, u misspelled "petrovs defense"

Chess16723

Nov 4, 2024

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#22

#21 Petroff’s and Petrov’s are used interchangeably

SmyslovFan

Nov 4, 2024

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#23

In the 19th Century, Петров was anglicized as Petroff. The modern method is Petrov, but as pointed out above, both are acceptable spellings of the name of the opening. It’s also known as the Russian Defense.