Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Petrov's Defense › Petrov's Defense › Petrov's Defense › Cochrane Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Petrov's Defense C42
- Petrov's Defense C42
- Petrov's Defense C42
- Cochrane Gambit C42 you are here
Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit
Overview
Petrov's Defense: Cochrane Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C42, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7, after 7 plies of opening development.
The line refines Petrov's Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: Bishop Check Line, Center Variation.
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- ECO code
- C42
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
- Parent
- Petrov's Defense
- Direct variations
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
378,679 games · White 50.0% / Draw 4.0% / Black 45.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Kxf7 | 370,939 | |
| Nxe4 | 6,374 | |
| Qe7 | 622 | |
| Ke7 | 338 | |
| Be7 | 147 | |
| Bg4 | 88 | |
| Nc6 | 68 | |
| Qd7 | 22 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:39:06
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