Originally posted by cmsMasterYeah, I meant that its good to know from blacks perspective! I see that black would usually play 3... d6 and push the knight away before 4... Nxe4 in order to avoid the trap.
I should mention, if you're playing against someone that knows what they are doing with a Petroff they will obvously never fall for that trap. So, just make sure that you aren't expecting all of your opponents to fall for that.
I don't play this opening (as black) but seeing as I usually open with e4, or c5 I often find myself playing against it.
After Nf6 my favoured move is Bc4....
I find that this opening is full of traps, which is why I like it.
I then often find players my level seem to play Bc5, this leaves a symetrical pattern on the board, but with White to move...
2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4. Nxe5 0-0 5. d4
Or, instead of 4. 0-0 if black tries...
...Nxe4 5. Bf7+ Kf8 6. d4 (0-0 is Bad as it allows...Bxf2+ Rxf2 Nxf2 Kxf2 Qf6+) Bb6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Bd5
^ With White Winning
So, If you ever meet Bc5 you know what to do....
Originally posted by ChessJesterAs black, you have to play d6. That's the whole point of the opening. I forgot it once and lost ambarassingly.
Yeah, I meant that its good to know from blacks perspective! I see that black would usually play 3... d6 and push the knight away before 4... Nxe4 in order to avoid the trap.
I like the Petrov because it leads to nice lines for the black bishops. Forget about what people saying that it's drawish. At our level, it's not.
Shinidoki: thanks for the tips, those traps look dubious (ominous laughter)...
Siskin: I've read about 3.d4 before... I'm looking at it now... doesn't seem too amazing...
Hey! I kinda figured it out, this move 2... Nf6 is a blunder!! it does nothing! white can simply transpose into something like the kings indian by 3.g3 and simply leave the e4 pawn undefended, tempting black to attack it, and when black does then white plays d3 and then Nxe5