Take Off with the Petroff
It’s the opening that shut down
even Magnus Carlsen’s 1.e4 in the 2018 World Chess Championship, and has been favored by the pros ever since.
But the Petroff Defense is one of the best defenses against 1.e4 for
pros and amateurs alike. That’s because this rock-solid opening cuts out the theoretically heavy Ruy Lopez, Italian Game and Scotch - but offers plenty of its own opportunity for rich, combative chess!
In this
free Short & Sweet course, award-winning Chessable author and
International Master Christof Sielecki shows you how to start playing the Petroff like the world’s foremost expert:
Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana.
The 2018 World Championship Challenger and 3rd highest rated player of
all time transformed this opening into 1.e4-bruising machine, and the lines in this course are based on the same lines Caruana employed with tremendous success against Carlsen.
IM Sielecki, nicknamed “ChessExplained” for his in-depth yet easy-to-follow teaching style, gives you a sample of
21 lines you need to know to start playing the Petroff Defense like Caruana.
In this course, you’ll learn:
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The basic counterattacking idea behind the Petroff Defense and why it’s such a strong response to 1.e4
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How to fight back when White tries to deviate from the Petroff
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Main lines of the Petroff as it’s played in modern times, and the strong, counter-attacking chess that follows!
In addition to 21 trainable variations, you’ll get nearly
1 hour of video walkthrough with IM Sielecki explaining the lines in depth. It’s not an overstatement to say in just a day or two of study, you could start rocking 1.e4 in your own games!
So if you’re ready to take off with the Petroff, get
Short & Sweet: Petroff Defense today.
Like this course and want a complete, tournament-ready repertoire based on the Petroff Defense? Check out The Unbreakable Petroff Defense for the full course.