Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Svetozar Gligoric (1953)

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Svetozar Gligoric
Zurich Candidates (1953) · King's Indian Defense: Saemisch. Closed Variation (E87) · 1-0

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Sep-06-06		nescio: I don't remember if it was Vukovic or Petrosian himself who pointed out the unexpected sacrifice 37...Rxe4! After 38.fxe4 Nxe4 39.Qe1 Qxd5 White's king is in considerable trouble. I seem to have lost or mislaid Bronstein's tournament book, but he gave several variations to prove it. Perhaps someone can post them here. I will only say that 40.a3 Nd2+ 41.Ka1 Nb3+ 42.Kb1 Nd2+ gives Black a perpetual and he could perhaps try for more with 42...Nxc1 or 42...Qd2. Of course Gligoric will have been in time trouble, so he missed the sacrifice or rejected it because he had no time to calculate.

Nov-12-06		mack: What's wrong with 19.Bxa6?

Oct-20-07		Gameoverziggy: Why give away one of your bishops for a knight on the rim especially when the black bishop on a6 becomes very powerful

Mar-29-08		NM James Schuyler: There's a little more to it than that. 19. Bxa6 allows white to play 20.Nf5, which was presumably his plan with 18.Ng3. In fact, Petrosian may well have intended 19.Bxa6 when he played it (otherwise Ng3 has no point). If so, I can't figure out why he changed his mind.

Dec-14-08		Poisonpawns: It was Bronstein who pointed out the rook sacrifice 37..rxe4

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