Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Vladlen Yakovlevich Zurakhov (1956)

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Vladlen Yakovlevich Zurakhov
Ch URS (1/2 final) 1956 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39) · 1-0

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Jan-12-12		optimal play: Instead of the routine 13.cxd4 Petrosian plays 13.fd1! opening up the d-file for his Rook and taking full control by 17.ad1 At 23.exd6 he has achieved his passed pawn. By 24...a8 Black's pieces are literally side-lined. In the end Zurakhov has no satisfactory answer to the lethal threat 30.xg6

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