Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1966)

Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Petrosian-Spassky World Championship Match (1966) · French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation (C11) · 1/2-1/2

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Oct-05-05		offramp: After move 14 Spassky has a well-developed position. Perhaps he should have played 15.N4g5, so as to avoid the exchange of knights. That might have won.

Apr-05-08		Knight13: Me was thinking of 15...Nd5 but that's too inviting <offramp>'s N4g5 and looks bad. Like 15...Nd5 16. N4g5 Bg4 (trade a knight off) followed by ...Nf4 or ...Nb4 maybe but then 16...Bxg6!? scares me.

Mar-08-09		sillybilly47: Spassky just "mails this game in." No life. I do understand that the loss in the previous game hurt, but this makes two very poor efforts in a row.

Jul-01-09		sillybilly47: How often in this match is Spassky not able to get anything started? Petrosian is always able to fall back on his great dfensive acumen.

Jul-01-09		WhiteRook48: 14 Ne4-g5 looks intriguing. But Petrosian is a great defensive player and probably wouldn't lose (ok, "he's a great defensive player" is an understatement.)

Jul-03-09		sillybilly47: 14 Ne4-g5 does look interesting at that.

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