Fast and Furious: A sharp concept against the Petroff

by Robert Ris
1/30/2020 – IM Robert Ris discusses the revival of a variation of the Petroff Defence to 1.e4 which has gained new life thanks to the work of World Champion Magnus Carlsen, among others. Tune into the live show at 18:00 UTC (19:00 CET / 1 PM EST) which is free to watch, and available on-demand for ChessBase Premium account holders (but FREE for a limited time!). To chat, please visit videos.chessbase.com/live or login via Playchess for Windows. In the diagram, it's Black to play!

Pattern recognition is an important tool in modern chess, as it helps you to understand better the characteristics of a position. Particularly when you have been confronted with a surprise opening system played by your opponent, it helps when you can just

3.d4 ♞xe4 4.♗d3 d5 5.♘xe5 ♞d7 6.♘c3

For many years the line 3.d4 xe4 4.d3 d5 5.xe5 d7 had considered to be pretty harmless for Black. In this lecture I will show matters aren't that simple for Black after the move 6.♘c3, which leads to positions where White accepts an inferior pawn structure in return for wonderful attacking prospects. Recently various top players, including the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, have picked up this variation again after it went out of fashion about ten years ago. Interestingly, Black is struggling to find a safe place for his king in almost all the lines! A very practical and dangerous weapon to add to your White repertoire.

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Do you see White's surprising idea?

 
Sutovsky vs Sakaev, Dresden 2007
Position after 11...O-O-O

Move the pieces on the live diagram — solution below!


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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Be7 9.Qh5 Be6 10.Rb1 Qd7 11.Bg5 0-0-0 12.Bb5 c6 13.Ba6 Bg4 14.Qxf7 Bxg5 15.Rxb7 Qxf7 16.Rxf7+ Kb8 17.0-0 Bc8 18.Rb1+ Ka8 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.Rbb7 Rce8 21.Rxa7+ Kb8 22.Rfb7+ Kc8 23.Rxg7 Kb8 24.g3 Bd2 25.Rgb7+ Kc8 26.Rc7+ Kb8 27.Rcb7+ Kc8 28.Rf7 Kb8 29.Rab7+ Ka8 30.Ra7+ Kb8 31.Rab7+ Ka8 32.Rbc7 Bxc3 33.f4 Bd4+ 34.Kg2 Rc8 35.Rxh7 Rxh7 36.Rxc8+ Kb7 37.Rg8 Kb6 38.h4 Ra7 39.e6 Kc5 40.Rd8 Bf6 41.Rd7 Rxa2 42.Rf7 Rxc2+ 43.Kf3 Bd4 44.f5 Rf2+ 45.Kg4 Re2 46.h5 Kd6 47.h6 c5 48.h7 Rh2 49.Kg5 c4 50.e7 Kd7 51.f6 c3 52.Rf8 Bxf6+ 53.Kxf6 Rh6+ 54.Ke5 Re6+ 55.Kd4 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Sutovsky,E2637Sakaev,K26331–02007C43EU-ch 8th playoff1.1

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Robert is an International Master who mostly spends his time training and coaching talented youngsters. On the PlayChess server The Fast and the Furious is a popular show where he explains sharp opening lines for a wider audience. He is also a well-known ChessBase author who produced numerous DVDs and regularly contributes to ChessBase Magazine as well. Since 2015 he is the organizer of the Dutch Rapid Championships in his home town Amstelveen. He has started a YouTube channel with chess analysis as well.

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