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| Aug-09-04 |
| Lawrence: The Petrov is an opening which was ahead of its time. |
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| Aug-09-04 |
| nikolaas: It was played for the first time in the first great match between NN and Greco. Greco vs NN, 1620 |
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| Aug-09-04 |
| Dillinger: As that game demonstrates, it may have been played but not with a lot of understanding. Openings are generally named for the people who give them credibility, not the ones who play them first. |
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| Aug-09-04 |
| nikolaas: <Dillinger> I have to agree with you. |
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Dec-19-05
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| TheAlchemist: I've read that Petrov actually thought that the Petroff Defence was losing for Black. Another idiotism in English nomenclature, similar to the Ruy Lopez case. A "Napoleon Problem" as mentioned above by <nikolaas>: 
click for larger viewWhite to move
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(<The b1 square represents Moscow, the h8 square Paris; the h1-a8 diagonal represents the Berezina river; the black king represents Napoleon and the white knights the russian cavalry, that chase Napoleon to his doom>) 1.Nd2+ Ka2 2.Nc3+ Ka3 3.Ndb1+ Kb4 4.Na2+ Kb5 5.Nbc3+ Ka6 
click for larger view(<Here white can mate with 6.Qa8#, but the original solution is much more spectacular. Too bad about this flaw, though.>) 6.Nb4+ Ka7 7.Nb5+ Kb8 8.Na6+ Kc8 9.Na7+ Kd7 10.Nb8+ Ke7 11.Nc8+ Kf8 12.Nd7+ Kg8 13.Ne7+ Kh8 14.Kg2# (<Thus, Russia checkmates Napoleon in Paris!>) 1-0 |
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Feb-08-06
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| who: <thealchemist> An example of this is the Damiano defense. Where did you get that Petrov thought the Petrov was losing? |
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Feb-08-06
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| TheAlchemist: <who> It was mentioned in an article (perhaps it isn't 100% reliable). Plus, you see he never played it, though there are only 18 games in the database. I found out why the "flaw" in the Napoleon problem, the White Queen represents the marshall Kutuzov, who was always avoiding direct combat with Napoleon, and thus didn't "finish" him up, although he had the chance, but he did play an important role in the final mating configuration, where the Tzar and Kutuzov checkmate Napoleon together. |
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Feb-08-06
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| who: Maybe this is why A Petrov vs Jaenisch, 1844 |
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| Feb-12-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Alexander Petrov PETROFF, Alexander D.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/petroff.htm
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Apr-16-07
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| gambitfan: Game of the day GOD 16/04/2007 |
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Apr-16-07
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| gambitfan: GOD Su 16/04/2007
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844 |
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Apr-16-07
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| gambitfan: F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844 GOD 16/04/2007 |
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| Apr-16-07 |
| thatsmate: Can someone explain to me why somebody born on the 12th of February, 1794 has a 'current Fide rating'? Seems unlikely. |
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| Jun-05-07 |
| camembert: On the question of why this guy has the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 named after him, the Oxford Companion to Chess says it's because, analysing with Jaenisch, he discovered the value of the move 3...d6 after 3.Nxe5. Since this move is apparently essential to the opening's viabilty, naming the defence after him seems fair enough. (By the way, it's probably obvious, but the reason this dead fellow is shown as having a FIDE rating is because there's a different, not-dead, fellow with the same name who really is FIDE rated.) |
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| Feb-12-08 |
| BIDMONFA: Alexander Petrov New link
PETROV, Alexander D.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/petrov_alex...
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| Feb-12-08 |
| brankat: Vladimir Kramnik's great predecessor :-) |
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| Feb-12-08 |
| Operation Mindcrime: <Brankat> Now that's funny! To echo the query made some time ago: on what basis was he given the ratings mentioned on this page? Chessmetrics? Anyway, his game with Hoffmann is one of my favourite short games. |
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Feb-12-08
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| eternaloptimist: This might surprise a lot of people, but actually one of the best practitioners of the Petrov was Frank Marshall. He had a good record w/ it. |
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| Feb-12-08 |
| Tomlinsky: <Operation Mindcrime: To echo the query made some time ago: on what basis was he given the ratings mentioned on this page? Chessmetrics?> <camembert> answered this a few posts back. |
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| Feb-12-08 |
| DarthStapler: He should have played Anderssen and Morphy |
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| Aug-24-08 |
| nightgaunts: <TheAlchemist> (<Here white can mate with 6.Qa8#, but the original solution is much more spectacular. Too bad about this flaw, though.>) It was deliverately added by Petrov to share the military history opinion that Napoleon could be defeated when he was crossing the Berezina river. |
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| Jan-01-09 |
| walker: I don't see a single game here where he played the Russian(Petrov) defence. Only two Petrov defence games, but Petrov was white.Can anyone elaborate, please? |
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Jan-01-09
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| chancho: <walker> According to his bio above: <A player of GM strength he analysed with Carl Friedrich Von Jaenisch the opening that later became known as the Petrov Defense> <<<(C42)>>> |
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| Jan-01-09 |
| walker: ok, thanks. I understand now. Is there a book or an article with their analysis? |
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| Feb-12-09 |
| brankat: Alexander Petrov died 142 years ago, but according to the info at the top of the page, his current FIDE rating is 2177. Most fascinating stuff, the ratings :-). Most useless, too. But, I digress. R.I.P. Master Petrov. |
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