| Apr-06-15 | | Howard: British Chess Magazine claims that Petrosian had a significant advantage here. But where was it ?! |
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| Apr-11-15 | | Howard: Still wondering....
Korchnoi analyzed this game, by the way, in the Informant, but for rather obvious reasons, his notes were probably biased. |
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| Apr-13-15 | | Howard: Still beating the drum here...
Just how much better was Petrosian's
position? |
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Apr-13-15
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click for larger viewGoing backwards, the last big decision was after 27...f7-f6,
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I suppose that here, instead of 28.Rd5, Petrosian could have played 28.e5xf6.
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That looks slightly better. But there is a reason that Petrosian was world champion, and there must have been a good reason for him NOT to have played 28.exf6. I don't know what that reason was; the difference doesn't look huge anyway. Prior to that the game looks fairly level throughout, at least to me. Perhaps the BCM was being overenthusiastic. I wish I could be more help! |
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| Apr-13-15 | | jvv: Well, white could try 21.Rd1 or 28.exf6, but I don't see anything decisive. |
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| May-03-15 | | Howard: BCM was apparently "overenthusiastic" then. |
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| Nov-30-16 | | Howard: No forced win for Petrosian, then. BCM apparently made an error, then. |
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| Dec-01-16 | | Petrosianic: <BCM apparently made an error, then.> "Significant advantage" doesn't mean "Won game". |
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| Dec-03-16 | | Howard: True ! But I'm still wondering where that "significant advantage" took place. This particular match has always been of interest to me over the years, but then I've always been a Petrosian buff. |
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Dec-03-16
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| Dec-03-16 | | shalgo: I looked back at Robert Byrne's New York Times columns about this match, but he does not analyze this game in them. (He analyzes only the decisive fifth and ninth games.) |
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| Dec-04-16 | | Howard: BCM didn't give a specific move as far as when Petrosian had an advantage. |
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| Jan-25-17 | | Zenchess: Instead of the drawish 24. Bf1, White can play 24. Bd7, followed by Bb5 at some point. It targets the c-pawn and prevents Black from ever linking up his pawn majority. While I see no clear win, Black has to play a lot of defensive moves and work for equality. |
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Jan-20-21
| | offramp: Sitting by the fireplace, a border collie at my feet, smoking a pipe full of dope (me, that is), reminiscing about the glorious two months when User: Howard went absolutely radio rental about an inconsequential draw from 40 years earlier. It brings a tear of mirth to my tired, locked-down eyes. |
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| Jan-20-21 | | Petrosianic: <Sally Simpson: At what point did BCM say: "Petrosian had a significant advantage here." After which move?>
Beats me. I don't think he did. P missed wins in Games 4 and 5, granted. But in this one, White enjoys the minimal advantage of the first move for most of the game, but is nowhere near a win. K defends properly, and it's a good game all around. |
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