Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Florin Gheorghiu (1967)

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Florin Gheorghiu
Moscow (1967) · English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Fianchetto Lines (A29) · 1-0

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Given 36 times; par: 66 [what's this?]

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Aug-03-09		LoveThatJoker: This game is featured in "How To Play The English Opening" by Anatoly Karpov. He says about this game, "I suggest you acquaint yourself with this classic."

Feb-28-12		Everett: Simple and smart is 15.e4, getting a solid clamp on the center as White's LSB will be swapped anyway. Petrosian proceeds to create a monster knight vs a sad bishop, and wins without Black making any noise.

Jul-22-12		Garech: 1000 Chessbucks to the man who can explain 37.Rh1!? -Garech

Jul-23-12		Shams: <Garech> Is this a trick question? White wants to keep his h-pawn. By the way, there's a cute tactical reason why Black couldn't play ...Rxh5 on the previous move.

Jul-23-12		Garech: Aha! Thank you, <Shams> - I missed that. Bit out of practice! Cheers, -Garech

Nov-28-12		Everett: <Shams: <Garech> Is this a trick question? White wants to keep his h-pawn. By the way, there's a cute tactical reason why Black couldn't play ...Rxh5 on the previous move.> Is it, after <36..Rh1 37.f4> simply trapping the rook, forcing an exchange sac to extricate it? In the meantime White would be able to infiltrate with Re1-Rc1-Rc6/7/8

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