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Since the move d4xe5 is now a strong threat, Black must react.īlack eliminates the threat against the e5-Pawn in the most direct way, by exchanging it on d4. White's fifth move also attacks the Pawn on e5 a second time. Although the Pawn on d4 is attacked by three pieces (Pawn on e5, Bishop on c5, Knight on c6), it is also defended by three pieces, and is thus adequately protected. Rather than defend the e-Pawn, White continues with the plan 5.d4, establishing a Pawn on d4. White would normally defend with Nb1-c3 or Nb1-d2, but both of these moves are impossible, because White Pawns are sitting on both squares. With 4.Nf6, Black shifts the attention from d4 to e4, attacking White's e-Pawn. The move 4.c3 has the temporary disadvantage of preventing the Queen's Knight from developing to its best square, but White expects to carry out the plan of exchanging on d4 in a few moves, freeing the c3-square for the Knight. exd4, then White will be able to recapture c3xd4, maintaining a Pawn on d4. A favorite of the romantics, today it is somewhat less popular than 3.Nf6, but considerably more popular than 3.Be7, The Hungarian Defense.įor more about White's responses to 3.Bc5, see our tutorial The move 3.Bc5 develops the Bishop to its best square, where it eyes White's weak point on f2.

White has developed the Kingside as rapidly as possible and is now ready to castle Kingside (O-O).įor more about Black's responses to 3.Bc4, see our tutorial The romantics liked attacking moves, and 3.Bc4 attacks Black's weak point on f7. During the romantic period, the move was favored over 3.Bb5, which is the more popular move today. The move 3.Bc4 develops the Bishop to one of its two best squares. It also defends the Pawn on e5 which is attacked by the White Knight on f3.įor more about White's responses to 2.Nc6, see our tutorial The move 2.Nc6 develops the King's Knight to its natural square. On that square it attacks Black's Pawn on e5 and provides support for d2-d4.Ī favorite move of the romantic period was 2.f4, the Kings Gambit.įor more about Black's responses to 2.Nf3, see our tutorial The move 2.Nf3 develops the Queen's Knight to its natural square.

It counters White's intentions in the center and hinders d2-d4.įor more about White's responses to 1.e5, see our tutorial The move 1.e5 was the overwhelming favorite as a response to 1.e4 in the romantic period. It threatens an immediate 2.d4, giving White a powerful center with space to develop the pieces.įor more about Black's responses to 1.e4, see our tutorial The move 1.e4 was the overwhelming favorite of the romantic period. Players sacrificed pieces for the sake of introducing tactical complications and took little notice of positional considerations like Pawn structure.įor more about White's first move, see our tutorial The mid-19th century was the great romantic period of chess and this game is an example of the romantic style. In 1824, Petrov wrote one of the first Russian chess manuals. Petrov held them in high regard, comparing them to the match games between Labourdonnais and McDonnell.

Hoffmann, with whom, in the course of twenty years, he played some 200 games. During his years in Warsaw, Petroff had few opponents. Few of his games have come down to us, for Petrov rarely recorded them. How good a player was he? It is hard to tell.

After he moved to Warsaw in 1840, he devoted less time to chess yet, when occasion offered, he met his challengers and confirmed his position as our best chessplayer. Gaining this supremacy in his teens, he held it for more than fifty years. Petrov (1794-1867) was the outstanding Russian player of his day. The game score and some of the notes are from Soviet Chess by Nikolai Grekov (translated by Theodore Reich) and published in 1949. This game was played in 1844 at Warsaw, Poland between Alexander Hoffmann and Alexander Dimitrovich Petrov. Chess Game - Every Move Explained - Move by Move - 1844 A Romantic Game