Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian playing the Nimzo Indian as Black

Player profile: Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Opening: Nimzo-Indian (E20-E59)

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Blagidze vs Petrosian ½-½ 40 1945 Final I Category Tournament E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 2. Lubensky vs Petrosian 0-1 21 1949 Ch URS (1/2 final) E46 Nimzo-Indian 3. Alatortsev vs Petrosian   ½-½ 23 1950 Ch URS E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 4. I Veltmander vs Petrosian   0-1 43 1951 Semi-Final 19th USSR Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. M Mukhitdinov vs Petrosian   0-1 49 1951 Tashkent m E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 6. Bannik vs Petrosian 1-0 30 1951 URS-chT E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 7. Taimanov vs Petrosian 1-0 40 1953 Zurich E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 8. Geller vs Petrosian ½-½ 28 1953 Zurich ct E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 9. Smyslov vs Petrosian ½-½ 48 1953 Zurich E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 10. Reshevsky vs Petrosian ½-½ 41 1953 Zurich E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 11. Panno vs Petrosian   ½-½ 31 1955 Goteborg m E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 12. Geller vs Petrosian 1-0 46 1956 Amsterdam ct E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 13. Spassky vs Petrosian   ½-½ 33 1956 Amsterdam E46 Nimzo-Indian 14. Boleslavsky vs Petrosian ½-½ 20 1957 Ch URS E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 15. Polugaevsky vs Petrosian   ½-½ 35 1958 Riga E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 16. Gligoric vs Petrosian   ½-½ 34 1958 Izt E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 17. Gurgenidze vs Petrosian   ½-½ 35 1959 Ch URS E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line 18. Flohr vs Petrosian   ½-½ 16 1960 Beverwijk(10) E20 Nimzo-Indian 19. Polugaevsky vs Petrosian 1-0 24 1960 URS-ch E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 20. Polugaevsky vs Petrosian 0-1 47 1961 Moscow E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 21. Bannik vs Petrosian 0-1 31 1961 Moscow E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 22. Simagin vs Petrosian ½-½ 93 1961 URS-ch E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 23. F Olafsson vs Petrosian ½-½ 25 1963 Cup Piatigorsky E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 24. Averbakh vs Petrosian   ½-½ 21 1965 Erevan E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. Korchnoi vs Petrosian   ½-½ 42 1965 Yerevan E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 52    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Petrosian wins | Petrosian loses

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