5 Puzzles: Petroff's Defense (C42)

Submitted by WTHarvey on Fri, 10/17/2008 at 5:47am.

Another recurring opening in the World Championship will probably be the C42 Petroff's. This is Anand's most often played opening as White (365chess.com lists 47 of his games) and is his third most often played defense as Black (34 games). Kramnik plays the C42 (47 games) as his second most played defense as Black. Here are five puzzles from Petroff miniatures. None of these games lasted 20 moves. In the first puzzle, White Mates in 4.

More puzzles from the C42 are found at wtharvey.com/c42.html

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by lotus_elise - 12 months ago
olongapo Philippines

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nice:)

by Goatnotsheep - 12 months ago
Brampton Canada

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after the queen takes the rook, the knight is free to take the free bishop

by jonathanrs - 12 months ago
Porto Alegre Brazil

Member Since: Oct 2008
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I don't like the Perez puzzle. The black rook will be lost by the white queen, he don't had any advantage with this! I don't understand this puzzle.

by JCRchess - 13 months ago
Connecticut United States

Member Since: May 2008
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Terrific miniatures.

Wolfgang Stanka uses a basic, but clever combination. With an exposed black King and after white picks off the black rook on h8, white then dominates the light squares, which spells huge trouble for black in the position.

Poor Mario Perez...how did he find himself in such a mess?

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