The Petroff (or Russian) Defence which is characterised by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 has been popular at the highest levels for many years and enjoys the reputation of being an extremely solid defence.
Carlsen couldn't break Caruana's Petroff Defence in the classical games, but in the German Bundesliga last weekend Ganguly played a great game beating Fridman's Petroff, which we will study tonight.
As a warm-up question: How would you have played in the notorious final position of the 12th match game?
White to move
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