ECO C43: Petrov's Defense & Bishop's Opening
ECO C43 is part of volume C — Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 12 named lines under it, from 2 different openings.
The shortest is Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4.
That position has come up in 2,947,619 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 52.0%, 4.8% were drawn and Black won 43.1%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 |
5 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 |
6 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Symmetrical Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 |
6 |
| Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 |
7 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Center Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 |
7 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Murrey Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 |
8 |
| Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 |
9 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Center Attack | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 |
9 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Steinitz Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 |
9 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Tal Gambit | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bb5 |
9 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Bardeleben Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 Nc5 6. Nxd4 Nc6 |
12 |
| Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Trifunovic Variation | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 |
14 |