Anatoly Bannik vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1961)

Anatoly Bannik vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
USSR Championship 1961a (1961) · Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation (A55) · 1/2-1/2

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Feb-05-06		Resignation Trap: Salomon Flohr wrote: "The spectators had barely managed to take their places, and Deputy Chief Controller Grigory Abramovich Goldberg was not yet on the stage, when Bannik and Petrosian set a 'record': a draw in twelve moves. The severest of critics arrived - Vasily Panov . He evidently thought 'A draw in twelve moves? Good, even very good! That's something to write about!' This draw obviously tormented Petrosian, who was afraid of coming under 'Panov's pen'. Tigran found a way out: he won two very important games against his rivals [Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1961 and Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1961 ]. Who after this could reproach Petrosian for his 'malicious' drawing tactics? With two 'fat' ones in the tournament table, Petrosian was not afraid of anyone! Not even Panov!"

Jun-21-07		Petrosianic: I think this is the "Bannik's Apple" game. Bannik used to bring an apple with him to the games, and cut it up and eat it the moment the position became absolutely clear. This was the game where he didn't get to eat the apple.

Mar-24-08		whiteshark: Bannik threatens to cut the apple, and you know as well as I that in chess the threat is often stronger than the execution. Evidently a borrowed but powerful analogy. :D

Sep-11-08		TheaN: Who said that (I've heard Waitzkin say that during his Chessmaster's annotiations, but it's not his I presume)?

Jun-03-09		ewan14: Nimzowich ?

Aug-03-09		Honza Cervenka: I think that Tarrasch has made such a comment in one game in his Dreihundert Schachpartien but I am not sure.

Aug-03-09		shalgo: See this article: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Aug-04-09		Honza Cervenka: From <shalgo>'s article: <In a list of ‘maxims and advice’ on page 229 of A Breviary of Chess (London, 1937) Tartakower included ‘A threat is more powerful than its execution’, and attributed it to Tarrasch.> I think I remember this phrase quite clearly from one of Tarrasch's games in Dreihundert Schachpartien. I will try to find which one (if any) it was.

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