Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Mikhail Botvinnik (1963)

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Petrosian-Botvinnik World Championship Match (1963) · English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Indian Formation (A15) · 1/2-1/2

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Mar-20-08		Knight13: 6. bxc3 is better. Gives White more central control and stuff. But Black could play stuff like ...c5 and ....Nc6 and attack it. 6. dxc3 is begging for a draw.

Jul-22-09		just a kid: <knight13>But White was up in the match.Don't you think he would want a draw?

Jan-07-12		RookFile: 6. dxc3 is a perfectly fine move. It gains a tempo and secures the d4 square. In the position with the pawns on e4 and e5, white might be able to get a knight to d5, but black is not getting his knight to d4. No, it doesn't win the game or anything.

Jan-07-12		King Death: < Knight13: 6. bxc3 is better...6. dxc3 is begging for a draw.> White often plays lines like this to avoid the Grunfeld which he'd probably get after 6.bc Bg7. The variation with 6.dc Qd1+ 7.Kd1 has some poison to it if Black isn't careful. Under the circumstances both players were happy with this, to get another step closer to the end. All of the heavy lifting in this match was done and I'll bet there wasn't much of an audience for this game.

Jan-07-12		Edeltalent: <<RookFile>In the position with the pawns on e4 and e5, white might be able to get a knight to d5, but black is not getting his knight to d4.> That doesn't make much sense. Black can just play c6 himself to prevent the knight on d5.

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