Beating Sakura's Petroff on chess.com

Here is a quick tutorial on how to beat Sakura-BOT on chess.com.  Obviously she's not the strongest BOT and makes mistakes ... therefore it's just a case of knowing how to capitalize on these.  I managed to gain a passed pawn in this game ... but at one stage I had her Bishop for three of my pawns. Remember, if you want to claim a valid and legitimate win, you must not seek out help or hints from the engine.  You must try and play unassisted ... ! 

Greg_b vs Sakura-BOT

I think that, if you follow the opening 5 -> 10 moves from my game, you will probably get a similar game, given that she always seems to play the same opening moves.  Give it a try ... ! 

Here's the conclusion ...
 

As usual, any comments welcome.  

Learning the Petroff (Analysis - Day 3)

How did Fischer deal with the Petroff?  

Fischer vs Maciel German

Courtesy of Kingcrusher!  

Learning The Petroff (Analysis - Day 2)

 I am still trying to beat ... Sakura a 2200 rated Bot on chess.com that plays The Petroff.  I've been looking on youtube.com and I've found a slightly different approach that was demonstrated on the previous post. 

So instead of playing 5.d4 I am going to try and play 5.Nc3 to aim for a completely different game ... After Black captures the Knight on c3, the aim here is to recapture Black's Knight with the d pawn.  White eventually castles Queenside in some lines.  Let's see what happens when I play this against Sakura

Here is the game that I lost ... 👎




But at least I got to an endgame ... just couldn't work out how to win ... maybe I need to study this type of game a bit more to arrive at a concrete plan ... ?? 

Let's have another go ... 

Here is the analysis to get a draw against Sakura 😊

Learning the Petroff (Analysis - Day 1)

I am currently trying to beat Sakura, a Bot on chess.com who likes to play the Petroff as Black.  I have studied the Petroff when Black plays the Stafford Gambit line, however I’m not so sure about the line that Sakura plays and how to break it?  Here is the classic Petroff position after the first few moves of the opening.  

As can be seen, Black has an annoyingly solid Knight on e4, which is difficult to dislodge.  I am going through chess.com analysis to check the best move for White here in an attempt to learn something!  

Petroff Analysis - 1
Classic Petroff