C42 Petroff Defence: 3.Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4)

This game is from the first round of the WORLD OPEN RAPID tournament that was played at the FIDE Online Arena on March 30th 2015. When I won this first round game, I had no idea how well the rest of the tournament would go. The rest of the tournament went as well as it could have gone because I ended up winning this tournament for the second time! I do not remember much from the first win but I do remember this second one because in this, I won all my five games and had a performance rating of 2413!! I have not been able to reproduce similar results after this but who knows, maybe one day I can and even get a higher performance rating. I did offer a draw in my last round game but as my opponent did not accept the first offer, I thought I just had to show my opponent that it was the wrong decision... Which I managed to do this time. I have added one mate in one, two mate in two and two mate in three puzzles. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

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Move	N	Result	Elo

1.e4	1,166,623	54%	2421
1.d4	947,298	55%	2434
1.Nf3	281,602	56%	2441
1.c4	182,102	56%	2442
1.g3	19,702	56%	2427
1.b3	14,265	54%	2427
1.f4	5,897	48%	2377
1.Nc3	3,801	51%	2384
1.b4	1,756	48%	2380
1.a3	1,206	54%	2404
1.e3	1,068	48%	2408
1.d3	954	50%	2378
1.g4	664	46%	2360
1.h4	446	53%	2374
1.c3	433	51%	2426
1.h3	280	56%	2418
1.a4	110	60%	2466
1.f3	92	46%	2436
1.Nh3	89	66%	2508
1.Na3	42	62%	2482

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 C42 Petroff Defence: 3.Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves. LiveBook: 29 Games 6.Be2       6.h3 seems wilder. Bf5 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Re1 6...Bxf3 6...d5= 7.Bxf3± Much worse is 7.gxf3?! Nf6= 7...Qe7?

7...d5±

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Vierjoki,T

1841

eliagirgis

1446

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