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Palle Ravn vs Tigran Petrosian
Munich Olympiad qual-1 (1958), Munich FRG, rd 7, Oct-07
Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation (A55)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Dec-13-10  Everett: On a quick run-through, I don't understand half of these moves.

Analyzing the ramifications of the possible positions during the moves 17-21 would be good practice.

Sep-01-12  Ruud van Caspel: Palle died. This is his (incomprehensible) legacy.
Dec-03-22
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Seems like the final position still contains a lot of play. Since this insanity took place during an Olympiad, perhaps the team captains made a deal: "We'll agree to a draw in our slightly better game if you agree to a draw in your slightly better game."
Dec-03-22
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  beatgiant: <An Englishman>

It's not obvious who's ahead in the final position here, but it is clearly a lot of work for either side to try to win it, and the outcome wouldn't affect the team standings. The USSR beat Denmark on two other boards and the other draw, Tal vs J Enevoldsen, 1958, has a simple forced perpetual coming in the final position. So I really doubt any trade was involved.

Dec-04-22
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: <beatgiant>, sounds reasonable to me, too.
Dec-04-22
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  Fusilli: <Everett: On a quick run-through, I don't understand half of these moves.

Analyzing the ramifications of the possible positions during the moves 17-21 would be good practice.>

For what is worth, I fed the computer the position after 16...Bh4 and checked the computer evals of the moves from then to 25.Be2. Basically, all the moves are reasonable, and sometimes the top computer choice. The point is that no one blundered, and the position favored white but not decisively, with the eval in the +0.6 to +1.5 range, roughly.

I quit after white's 25th move. In short, the position is very complex but there was (most likely) no wrongdoing, fix, or major craziness going on.

If I were less lazy today, I would try to think through that move 17-23 sequence, but I'll leave that for another day.

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