| Apr-21-04 | | Everett: Oh my. Petrosian dark squared bishop might as well not be on the board for half the game |
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| Apr-21-04 | | iron maiden: A great example of taking advantage of the opponent's "bad" bishop. 62. Nxg3 Qh3+ wins back the piece, with more to follow. |
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| Aug-29-04 | | ruylopez900: In the tournament book, Petrosian is talking about White's troubles and problems by move 13! I find 17.Qd1 as well as White's general set-up just a little too passive. You'd have never guessed that Larsen had played a KID - like formation. |
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| Nov-13-04 | | kostich in time: Larsen was prouder of this game than he was of his first win against Tigran at santa Monica..the famous queen sacrifice game. It could be said that Larsen was an interesting blend of styles, half "romantic' half hypermodern. In this game, he wins in Nimzos style, in the first game, he won like a romantic |
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Mar-12-05
 | | notyetagm: Tremendous play by Larsen. |
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Oct-19-06
 | | keypusher: Petrosian often did great things with bad bishops...but not this time. |
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Mar-03-07
 | | Marmot PFL: Great Larsen game, with the characteristic rook pawn advances and a long manuvering buildup to the sac on g3. |
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| Oct-05-07 | | Maynard5: This game features superb positional play by Larsen. By move 26, Black has accumulated a series of small advantages. Black's solid pawn chain, on e4 and d5, drives a wedge into White's position. White's pawns are isolated, in three separate "islands". White's dark-bound bishop is completely paralyzed. White light-square bishop is not much better off, and in fact within a few moves, White decides to exchange it for Black's more active bishop. The win takes some time, but Larsen patiently weakens White's king position, isolating the pawn on g3, and preparing for the incursion of the queen on the h-file. There is very little that Petrosian can do to stop the inevitable breakthrough. |
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Dec-25-07
| | notyetagm: A simply -stupendous- King's Indian game by Larsen. |
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Dec-25-07
| | notyetagm: Petrosian vs Larsen, 1966 Black to play: 64 ... ?
click for larger viewThis position is from a variation given by GM John Nunn, explaining why Petrosian resigned after move 61. Here Black has the tremedous tactical blow 64 ...  g3xe3+!!, 
click for larger view<REMOVING THE GUARD> of the d4-royal forking square by taking the White e3-pawn chain base defender. After 65  d1xe3 <illusory protection> f5xd4+ <royal fork> 
click for larger view66  e2-d2 d4xc6, White would be three(!) pawns down in a hopeless endgame, shown below: 
click for larger viewSo the stunning tactical blow 64 ... g3xe3+!! not only forces the queens off the board, ending White's hope of a miracle perpetual, it also wins two additional pawns for Black, making White's cause completely hopeless. |
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Dec-25-07
 | | perfidious: One of the drawbacks of the fianchetto system for White vs the KID is the weakness of c4 and Black's attempts to exploit it. While Petrosian doubtless realised that playing 16.cxb5 was a major concession, the positions which would arise after ....b4, axb4 Nxb4 offered no prospects other than a grim defence of the weakness at b3. Once Black plays ....e4 followed by ....d5, the central pawn formation is a French defence with reversed colours where, in effect, White has played cxd5 cxd5, totally freeing Black's hands. No annotations a weak player such as myself might offer could better illustrate the fate that comes to White in the aftermath of this. It's ironic how the first move of the culminating combination is to eliminate the bad bishop which has been a millstone about White's neck during the entire game, a phenomenon I first saw mentioned in Nunn's Secrets of Grandmaster Play. |
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Dec-25-07
| | notyetagm: <perfidious: One of the drawbacks of the fianchetto system for White vs the KID is the weakness of c4 and Black's attempts to exploit it.> Good point. I experience this exact problem every time I play the English with 1 c2-c4 and 2 g2-g3 and face a KID setup. |
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Dec-26-07
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Petrosian had to be at least a little bit flattered--Larsen's play is quite a fine example of his own style! |
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Dec-26-07
| | notyetagm: <An Englishman: Good Evening: Petrosian had to be at least a little bit flattered--Larsen's play is quite a fine example of his own style!> Yes, in this game it is Petrosian(!) who gets squeeezed by a python. :-) |
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| Dec-09-09 | | Dravus: Larsen's pawn-wrenches tighten and bend Petrosian in this constrictor. At Black's moves 36 & 41, Larsen illustrates what truly opposing knights are, maintaining that advantage. |
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Feb-19-11
 | | GrahamClayton: Position after 26...b4:
click for larger view"I considered this a winning position - and told Donner that if I did not win it, I would really go and see a doctor" Larsen in "Larsen's selected games of chess, 1948-69" |
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Feb-20-11
| | notyetagm: Game Collection: EXCHANGE ON THE LOOSE SQUARE: THEN NA++,ND-- Petrosian vs Larsen, 1966 60 ... Bd6xg3! works as 62 ... Qh8-h3+ fork regains the piece |
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Feb-20-11
| | notyetagm: P-W-N-E-D |
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| Jan-31-12 | | Whitehat1963: One of you premium members needs to post this game to the Guess-the-Move database. |
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