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| Feb-01-05 | | patzer2: Petrosian capitalizes on his superior position by springing a decisive Demolition of Pawn Structure combination, starting with 47...Rg3! |
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| Feb-01-05 | | Knezh: Brilliant pun. |
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| Feb-01-05 | | patzer2: The deflection 51...Qxf4+! simultaneously threatens the Queen (with mate to quickly follow) or a more immediate mate (52. QxQ Rh1#). Since White can't meet both mating threats he resigns. |
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| Feb-01-05 | | jperr75108: yeah nice finish by tigran petrosian |
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| Feb-02-05 | | Hinchliffe: <JohnBoy> Thank you very much for your insightful comments.Yes the slow queen creep is interesting. I think it is part of Petrosian's preparation for luring Keres into centralising his forces whilst quietly creating the opportunity to deliver the decisive kingside attack.For once Keres has centralised Petrosian's plan unfolds. Culminating in the powerful doubled Kingside rooks move 40. It is a tremendous game and a superb example of a player feinting his intention in order that an altogether more devious plan can be executed. |
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Feb-03-05
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: The comments regarding White's 16th and 17th moves all look reasonable. 17.Nd5 might actually be too late, and 16.b3 would be the real culprit. I still think that 16.Nd5 was the way to go. 16...a4 doesn't hinder White's Queen side play, because White shouldn't be playing there in the first place. 17.Bd4 looks good in reply; White's play is in the center. I think I might have found a very subtle error by Keres: 13.Rac1. If he had played 13.Rab1, he would be better placed for an eventual b2-b4 in my Nd5, Bd4 variation. |
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| Feb-03-05 | | euripides: By move 38, the position resembles a Sveshnikov where Black has exchanged off one of the f pawns for the White e pawn. At this time, the Sveshnikov had not been recognised as a standard opening variation, I think. |
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| Mar-18-05 | | mellow: 47...Rg3! indeed
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51...Qxf4+ is icing on the cake
I couldn't help but but feel like I watching one of those nature shows where some small furry creature gets swallowed whole. You want to look away, but can't. It seems to be happening in slow motion. How can something be so methodical, and seem so slow? . All you can do is stare, hypnotized by the spectacle. I loved Petrosian's rook moves in this game. A man with a plan |
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| Apr-11-05 | | EinZweiDrei: The buildup to 51. ...Qxf4+ in this game involves some of the most beautiful constricting maneuvering I have ever seen. This is a phenomenal game. |
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| Jun-16-05 | | mormonchess: I agree with everyone's comments! Petrosian was very much like a python on the board, at least on those days when he wasn't a tiger! ;) |
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| Jul-25-05 | | miamihurricane: A game very worthy of detailed study.I personally prefer Paul Keres(I played through his games many years ago}However no one can help but admire the brilliance of World Champion-Tigran Petrosian. |
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Jul-26-05
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| Aug-11-05 | | danielpi: I don't think the central pressure was supposed to be a distraction. It functioned that way in the continuation, but had Keres concentrated on the K-side, he would have lost in the center. It was more of a fork in the road, where both paths lose (for white). Keres held the center, and Petrosian was perfectly happy to take the road less travelled (in his case, a really wild attack). Petrosian is great. |
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| Sep-29-05 | | refutor: great finish by petrosian |
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| Oct-07-05 | | ThunderStorm: A very admirable and beautiful finish by Petrosian! |
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| Nov-20-05 | | solstys: According to Fritz, after 49. bxc5 Qh4 50. Qxg3 Rxg3 51. bxc6, white has the advantage. Any opinions? |
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| Nov-20-05 | | Albertan: I agree with the comments of An Englishman. 16.Nd5 seems like a timely idea, and if Black were to continue 16...Rc8 then White can play 17.Bg5 which practically forces Black to play 17...Bxd5. Now if White were to play 18.cxd5 after 18...Qb6 White has to avoid the discovered check and play 19.Kh1 Qxb2 20.Rc2 (gaining a tempo for the pawn). If you put this variation into a program like Hiarcs 8 it suggests that White has compensation for the pawn. |
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| Nov-20-05 | | Albertan: I wonder if Keres considered playing 44.Nb5 instead of 44.Rb1 then after 44...Bxb5 45.cxb5 Qf8 Black's queen and one of his rooks is tied down to the defense of the weak d-pawn. |
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| Nov-20-05 | | Albertan: Solstys your variation looks very good for White especially after 51...Qd8 52.b7 Qb8 where the Black queen is forced to blockade the White passed pawn. |
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| Nov-21-05 | | solstys: <Albertan> That's exactly what Fritz says. White has a very strong advantage in that variation, which is essentially forced. |
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| Jan-28-06 | | dakgootje: Yes brilliant finish...now if only i could play chess that way too... |
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| Mar-26-06 | | CapablancaFan: Petrosian's play is so accurate and so exact it just makes Keres moves look childish. |
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| Aug-26-06 | | notyetagm: 51 ... ♕xf4+!! |
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| Jan-26-07 | | oldsjc: Doesn't 50. Nf3 hold it for white? After 50....ef,51.gf the rooks defend the second rank. |
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| Mar-08-07 | | Hans Jochen Peters: If no improvement for black can be found in the line given by Solstys, certainly Petrosjan´s combination and possibly even his whole strategie is put into question. It would really be nice to have R.Keene´s view on this game ("my favorite game of all time"!!)
in the light of the 49.bxc line. - Another example for an "immortal chess beauty" going down the drain? |
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