Welcome to our first Short & Sweet course with video-sync - and yes, it's entirely free.International Master Christof Sielecki, better known on YouTube as ChessExplained, author of '
Fight 1.e4 Like Caruana', brings you this exclusive short course on the Petroff.
The Modern Petroff
The Petroff is, of course, world championship challenger Fabiano Caruana's go-to defence as Black.
The American utilised it to great effect in the 2018 Candidates tournament in Moscow to win through to the title match in London, and then he successfully used it in London to keep an attack-minded Magnus Carlsen at bay.
Here, IM Sielecki presents 21 lines to get you up and running in the Petroff. It is simple and easy to learn.
The Petroff is renowned as being super-solid. But IM Sielecki, inspired by Caruana, has modernised the opening to great effect.
This is premium chess content, available for free. Enjoy!
