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Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Boris Spassky
"Boris Bad and Off" (game of the day Oct-28-08)
Petrosian-Spassky World Championship Match 1966  ·  King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Panno Variation Blockade Line (E63)  ·  1-0


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Oct-28-08   newzild: Okay, apple pi, I predict Fischer-Spassky 10th game (or maybe 7th).
Oct-28-08   M.D. Wilson: One of the best remembered games from the '66 Match. Spassky and Petrosian had a fantastic rivalry.
Oct-28-08
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  Marmot PFL: Geller has a similar attacking game, both based on the idea of the Na5 being out of play on the king side Geller vs Velimirovic, 1971.

Here probably Spassky should play 20...Rxf4 21.Rxf4 Qg5+ 22.Kh1 Qxf4 instead of 20...Bh3 as he keeps the strong Ne5. When I played this with white the toughest lines to meet though were Rb8, bxc4 and the exchange sac Rxb2.

Oct-28-08   Eggman: The ending here is reminiscent of another classic Petrosian game: Petrosian vs Simagin, 1956
Oct-28-08
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  whiteshark: <One of the best remembered games from the '66 Match.> The One!
Oct-28-08
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  kevin86: A brilliant queen sac:white gobbles up rook and queen in next two moves!

Strange:I knew about Boris Badenov before I ever heard of Boris Gudanov (and the time of troubles).

Oct-28-08   AniamL: Very nice pun :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_...

Oct-28-08   melv: Why not 25.Kf8 Instead of Rf7?
Oct-28-08
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  whiteshark: <21... Rxf4 22.Rxf4 Qg5+ 23.Rg4 Bxg4 24.Nxg4 Nxg4 25.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 26.Kh1 Qd4 27.Rg1+ Kh8 28.Qxd4+ cxd4 29.Ne4>


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would have offered at least some drawing chances

Oct-28-08   Alphastar: <melv> 25. ..Kf8 26. Ne4! bxc4 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxh7+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ Rf8 30. Qg6+ Ke6 Bg4! (Keene/Simpole)
Oct-28-08   HannibalSchlecter: Damn! Petrosian threw Spassky around like a ragdoll in this game.
Oct-28-08   futonchild: wow. wow wow wow.
Oct-29-08
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  whiteshark: <19...Bd7 20.Ne3 Qg5 21.Ng2 Qg7 22.Qa3 Nb7 23.Rae1 Ng4 24.Rf4 Ne5 25.Kh1>


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is worth a deeper look.

Nov-16-08   MarbleSkull: I don't think Petrosian would respond to 19.Rxf4 with 20.Rxf4. I think he planned to use the same reply, 20.Nc3.

Truly a masterful game.

Nov-28-08   jazzy: Why 7... a6 ? Seems like it just wastes time.

Also why 11. b3 and not 11. Nde4, opening lines for the dark squared bishop and centralizing the knight?

Sorry, I'm kind of new so I may have missed the nuances of the position :P

Nov-28-08
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  euripides: <jazzy> 7...a6 prepares b5. The combination of a6 and Nc6 is the Panno variation, which has quite a good reputation.

11.Nde4 loses the c pawn.White could try 11.Nce4 with the same idea, but Black could play 11...Nxe4 12.Nxe4 h6 (preventing Ng5) and then drive White back and launch a kingside attack with f5.

Nov-28-08   jazzy: Ahh thank you <euripides> i didn't see the hanging c pawn (it was late when i watched this game :))
Nov-29-08   maxi: A wonderful game with a double exchange sacrifice, plus a Queen sac delivering the coup de grāce. The strategical basis for all of this is the great strength the White Bishop has in e6 as it is working in tandem with the White Queen on the diagonals attacking the Black King, and Black's misplaced Knight on the side of the board. Great game by Petrosian.
Jan-11-09
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  talisman: sweet.
Feb-18-09   VaselineTopLove: Wow the tactic after the last move reminds me of Anand vs Morozevich, 2007
Mar-01-09   WhiteRook48: nice fork in advance!!
Jun-18-09
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  kamalakanta: <VaselineTopLove: Wow the tactic after the last move reminds me of Anand vs Morozevich, 2007>

How about this one? Same idea!

Anand vs Leko, 2009

Jul-23-09   matherd1: beginner's question. What's wrong with 25...Kf8, rather than Rf4. Is there something worse than the game for black about kf8, 26. Qh7 Ke7 27.Qxd7 Rxd7, or have I missed something? Thanks in advance.
Aug-05-09
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  arsen387: <matherd1> after 25..Kf8 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.Qxh7+ Ke8 blacks gonna lose the f4 R after a couple of checks with Q (e.g. 28.Qh5+ Ke7 29.Qg5+), after which blacks remain completely lost being a R down and having his K in the centre right under the attack of whites Q and 3 minors
Oct-22-09   CeeFoR: Amazing.
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