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
The Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Trifunovic Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C43, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5. It is a line of the Petrov's Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 18 times by this move order. White won 61%, 0% were drawn and Black won 39%. The most popular continuation is 8. dxe5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.60 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nd4)
- ECO
- C43
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/ppp2ppp/8/3pb3/2PPn3/3B4/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 8- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| 2000+ | 13 | |
| All | 18 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. dxe5 | 18 (100%) |
Master games
28 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 43%, Black 18%). The strongest:
- GM Kirill Shevchenko (2694) – GM Alexey Sarana (2685) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Cup 2023 · 2023-08-05
- GM Sanan Sjugirov (2675) – GM David Paravyan (2653) 0-1 · 73rd ch-RUS HL 2020 · 2020-10-16
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2725) – GM David Paravyan (2592) 1/2-1/2 · CGC KO 2022 · 2022-09-16
- GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2536) – GM Kirill Shevchenko (2652) 1-0 · chess.com Junior Speed · 2022-04-15
- GM Grzegorz Nasuta (2552) – GM David Paravyan (2601) 1/2-1/2 · ChessKid Cup Play-In · 2023-05-01
Search all games of the Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Trifunovic Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM luisangel1808 (2535) – Parwis (2496) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- michi_h57 (2285) – Bodlja (2357) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- tatamaco (2298) – brautsch (2300) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Center Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3
More Petrov's Defense lines (all)
- Petrov's Defense (2. Nf3 Nf6) C42
- Petrov's Defense (2… Nf6 3. Nxe5) C42
- Petrov's Defense (3. Nxe5 d6) C42
- Petrov's Defense (3… d6 4. Nf3) C42
- Petrov's Defense (4. Nf3 Nxe4) C42
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack C42
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Berger Variation C42
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation C42
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Browne Attack C42
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Chigorin Variation, Main Line C42
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Closed Variation C42
- Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Jaenisch Variation C42
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.