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💖 Alexander Petrov

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〰 The first major Russian chess master was Alexander Petrov. A popular chess opening (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6) bears his name, as do several variations in other openings (Petrov’s Gambit, Petrov’s Attack, etc.). In Russia, Petrov was unquestionably the strongest player of his time: he won matches against other leading Russian chess players such as Jaenisch, Urusov, and Shumov. Petrov also founded the first chess club in Russia.

He was the author of a fundamental chess manual published in 1824, which, following the fashion of the time, had a long and elegant title:
The Game of Chess, Arranged in Systematic Order with the Addition of Philidor’s Games and Annotations Thereon.

After Pushkin’s death, two copies of this book were found in his library — one of them inscribed by Petrov himself. Evidently, before receiving it as gift, Pushkin had bought the other copy on his own.

Petrov also played Russian draughts very well and wrote a guide to that game as well. The Petrov Triangle is a well-known draughts tactic — a method of trapping an opponent’s king using three of one’s own. In 1851, Petrov was invited to participate in the first international chess tournament in London, but unfortunately, he was unable to attend.

In the first half of the 19th century, the era of professional chess players had not yet arrived, and Petrov’s main occupation was government service. From 1840 onward, he lived in Warsaw, where he worked under the Governor-General of the Kingdom of Poland, Ivan Paskevich. Petrov eventually reached the civilian rank of Actual Privy Councillor, which, under the Russian Table of Ranks, corresponded to that of a general in the army.〰

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