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Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Petrosian-Spassky World Championship Match (1966)  ·  French Defense: Rubinstein Variation. Blackburne Defense (C10)  ·  1/2-1/2
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Sep-28-05  offramp: Spassky could have tried the shot 20.Qg4 Nf6 ( not 20...g6 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Qxe6+ Kf8 23.Rh3 ) 21.Qxg7 Ke7 22.Bg6 Rhf8 23.Rf5 exf5 24.Re1+ Kd6 25.Qxf6+ Kc5 26.Qxf5+ Kb6 27.Bxh7.
Sep-28-05  MoonlitKnight: Nice line, offramp. I'm guessing Spassky overlooked Bg6.

(By the way: Mayhem rocks! :-) )

Apr-05-08  Knight13: After Spassky dropped the g5 pawn he became super aggressive to force trades into a drawn ending. Very clever.
Mar-01-09  Maynard5: White's decision to go into the endgame with 23. Qc6 is surprising, since Black has an extra pawn. However, it was Petrosian rather than Spassky who offered the draw at this juncture. Black's pawns are set up in such a way that it would take an inordinate amount to time to establish connected, passed pawns on the kingside. Still, it might have been worth playing out the endgame.
Aug-11-09  WhiteRook48: 15 Nxc6?!?!?!
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