The Petroff Defense Group

This is The Petroff Defense | Petrov Defense Russian Game group. A group for players who play the Petroff or perhaps you are simply interested in learning more about this rock solid opening. The Petroff is a high class opening. The choice of the Super GM:s. The opening is rock solid and often depresses the white players who mostly are not at all as prepared for it as he is against the sicilian for example. In this group we can talk about The Petroff in general. Discuss important games. Repertoire choices,books,videos and more. A VERY good way to start learning this opening is by watching the video : The Petroff for the beginner" by FM Valeri Lilov . It can be found here on www.chess.com