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Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Mikhail Botvinnik
"Botvinnik and Paid For" (game of the day Oct-27-08)
Petrosian-Botvinnik World Championship Match 1963  ·  Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights. Burille Variation (D94)  ·  1-0


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Oct-27-08
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  sleepyirv: A defensive postition that turns into an attack and a king walk- all classic Petrosian.
Oct-27-08
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  JohnBoy: Fischer mastered Petrosian's style:

Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971

Oct-27-08   carelessfills: The King is a strong piece. Use it in good health.
Oct-27-08   carelessfills: <Ulhumbrus: 22 Rc1 threatens b4, a move which transforms Black's c pawn from an asset into a liability. 22...Rc7 answers this threat by unpinning the c pawn.>

Absolutely agree that allowing b4 and b5 was fatal for Black. The weak pawn on e6 was bad enough, but possibly survivable (at least against mortals lesser than Petrosian). Two weak pawns made it almost hopeless, maybe even against a fish like myself.

However a very nice minority attack in the endgame by Petrosian. It's interesting how the Black dark square Bishop on the long diagonal ends up having no targets!!

Oct-27-08   carelessfills: <An Englishman: Good Evening: A typical example of how Petrosian exploited what he called "pawn islands." He had two, Botvinnik had three, and that was all the Tiger needed to win.>

Make it 4 black pawn islands after b4,b5.

Oct-27-08
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  kevin86: The problem with leading with the king in the opening is that it is like boxing with an exposed jaw.

In the middle game,and especially the ending,it is IMPERITIVE to use the king aggressively. In the middlegame,a degree of caution is necessary.

Here,the white king is aggressive and powerful while the black one cowers in self-defense.

Oct-27-08   MR. NIMZO: is it possible to be a great positional and not be a good strategist or visa versa, because a lot of the the time you hear somebody say oh he is a positional player, that one is more of a strategist, frankly i don get the difference.
Oct-27-08   CapablancaFan: Your king is a strong piece...use it!
Oct-27-08   Brown: < JohnBoy: Fischer mastered Petrosian's style:

Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971>

...only in Petrosian's very strong but well-past-peak years. Since this is a Petrosian victory page, let's stay focused on the great man, and remember Petrosian's dominance in the late 50's and early 60's

Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1959
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1962

Oct-27-08   garrido: the style of Petrosian is positional and
strategist
beautiful game, interesanty the ending of game
37.- king e5 is winer
Oct-28-08   alfa.vimapa: ˇfantastic game!
Oct-28-08   M.D. Wilson: Smooth style of a positional master. Don't underestimate his tactical prowess, though, for many of his games were based on rational, concrete calculation, especially when foiling his opponents' plans.
Oct-28-08
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  stoy: Levon Aronian recently stated that this game was the best that he had ever seen!
Mar-19-09   WhiteRook48: I doubt it
Apr-02-09
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  arsen387: I think this game deserves to be called so
Apr-02-09   M.D. Wilson: I thought Botvinnik resigned after 44. Ke8.
May-25-09
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  birthtimes: The above analysis by Fischer back in 1963 seems to have not taken the 10. Nxc6 variation into consideration, which has since led to a number of White wins (6 Be2 c5 7 O-O cxd4 8 Nxd4 Nc6 9 cxd5 Nxd5 10 Nxc6 bxc6 11 Na4 ...).
May-25-09   ewan14: 1971 match
Petrosian's one victory over Fischer in the 1970s when Fischer got too over confident

Perhaps the 2 draws in 1966 are more worthy of examination

Jun-17-09   VaselineTopLove: LoL...just love the king march all the way to the other side.
Jun-17-09   WhiteRook48: <WhiteRook48: I doubt it> What was I thinking?? Of course it's a great win
Jun-21-09   pom nasayao: patience is tigran's unique strategy. persoally, it's hard to maintain the initiative if you are a defensive player.
Jul-16-09   nymsso: This game is amazing...Petrosian prove that the king in endgame is really a fighting piece...
Jul-17-09   totololo: There'is no scale to bring K's near Capablanca or Petrosian for positional play. Only Fischer and Spassky came near them .... sorry for all the K's of the world! They are just K's , not Keys ! I apologize in advance for Garry who is from a fiece Alekhine descent...
Jul-17-09
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  parisattack: Beautiful conception! The isolated KP is OK in the Grunfeld if there are more pieces ont he board...but apparently not here.
Oct-15-09   WhiteRook48: Alekhine was mainly an attacker but he could be positional if he wanted to
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