Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Genrikh Kasparian (1946)

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Genrikh Kasparian
Erevan (Armenia) 1946 · King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Classical Main Line (E69) · 1-0

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Jul-14-07		engmaster: 8) E4 preparing the move d5. 8) c6 black protects d5 and opens the diagonal d8-a5 9)h3 preventing the freeing maneuver Ng4. 9) Re8 mobilising the rook 11) Be3, mobilising the bishop 12) Qd2, typical lining up of the queen threatening B-g7 swapping off the defending black bishop. 15)Rec1, at this stage white has more space and an advanced pawn chain. The black Kt on f8 is in a very passive position. White seeks to gain control of the key C file. 15) Qa5, black seeks to mobilise his queen and generate counterplay. 20) Bb6 a great move this severely cramps the black rooks, the key issue is that black is short of maneuvering space. White will now shift the attack to the King side

Jul-14-07		engmaster: 25) White has seized control of the f file 28) Despite the attack Black is trying to generate on the kingside white ignores it and protects his pawn & secures his Bishop. The well positioned Kts can move to e2 & f2 to defend g3 & h3 if needed. Black has control over c file however the file is blocked by the white Kt on c3. 34) Bd4 Whites Bishop springs to life. Observe how active the white bishop is compared to the black bishop 40) R-f5 a mistake, now white can play Bh3xg4 with no compensation for Black

Aug-07-07		Cactus: Wouldn't the game site be Yerevan, the capital of Armenia (as opposed to Erevan)

Aug-07-07		Karpova: <Cactus> Yerevan = Erevan (but <Yerevan> seems to be the correct transliteration indeed) http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.p...

Nov-18-12		Cemoblanca: How many of us would survive such a game? Certainly not many, but "Iron Tiger" has found the best defensive moves & @ the end he won this 1 absolutely deserved! Wow! :)

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