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Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
"Taming the Tiger" (game of the day Oct-29-08)
Petrosian-Spassky World Championship Rematch 1969  ·  Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B94)  ·  1-0


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Oct-29-08
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  al wazir: Now I know the theme of the week! It's the Great October Revolution!
Oct-29-08
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  Marmot PFL: Yes he should have played Petroff or Caro-Kann (like karpov).
Oct-29-08   Superbull: Great finish by Boris. If 24...hxg5 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Rg3 threatening mate by Rh3. If 27...e5 28. Qh5#. White's bishop on b3 is critical to the kill.
Oct-29-08
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  PinnedPiece: <Superbull: Great finish by Boris. If 24...hxg5 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Rg3 threatening mate by Rh3. If 27...e5 28. Qh5#. White's bishop on b3 is critical to the kill.>

Good work. Thx.

Oct-29-08   Zappa XP: 17...Re7! 18.Rgf1 Qh5 19.f5 exf5 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.Rxf5 Qg4 22.Qxg4 Nxg4 23.Rdf1 Nxh2 24.R1f4 g5 25.Rf2 Ng4 26.Rxf7 Rxf7 27.Rxf7 Kh8 =
Oct-29-08
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  maxi: Ouch!
Oct-29-08
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  kevin86: Here is a case where the "tiger" is pummelled by yet another tiger.
Oct-29-08   HannibalSchlecter: You don't grab pawns that open lines to your king. When will these former world champions ever learn?
Oct-29-08   NewLine: The theme of the week: How a WCC game SHOULD look like...
Oct-29-08   drpoundsign: you can get whacked playing Sicilian. Some pretty traps and sacs. the Tiger chased his tail..beat at his own game.
Oct-29-08   Etienne: "The theme of the week: How a WCC game SHOULD look like..."

What? Because you found the Anand-Kramnik games boring?

Oct-29-08   slomarko: i found them boring too.
Oct-29-08   tivrfoa: why not 22-Ne4 Nxe4?
Oct-29-08   Chessdreamer: <tivrfoa> 22.-Nxe4 23.Rxf8+ mates.
Nov-02-08
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  maxi: Probably Petrosian did not foresee, neither at home or OTB, the tandem sac of a Pawn and a Knight: 21.e5 dxe5 22. Ne4
Nov-02-08
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  maxi: The spirit of this game reminds me of the one of another famous Spassky victory, Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960
Aug-11-09   WhiteRook48: this one's better
Aug-12-09
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  arsen387: <Great finish by Boris. If 24...hxg5 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Rg3 threatening mate by Rh3. If 27...e5 28. Qh5#. White's bishop on b3 is critical to the kill.> there's another defense too on move 27, instead of e5 27..g4 also postpones mate, 27..g4


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and from here I can't find any other quick mate but with spectacular 28.Rff3 (unless I miss smth of course), coz otherwise 28.Rxg4 Qe7 and whites can win the Q but no quick mate.

Position after 28.Rff3


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Aug-17-09
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  notyetagm: 21 ?


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21 e4-e5! <clearance: e4> with the idea Nc3-e4


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Dec-21-09   pts92: I didn't understand anything from this game :))
Dec-21-09   TheChessGuy: <pts92> Trust me, it's a good one. Tigran Petrosian did NOT lose in 24 moves. It took extremely strong play to make him capitulate so early.
Dec-21-09
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  talisman: somebody check me on this , but i think tigran beat boris early on with a Sic.Nadj. and Boris was just waiting the whole match for another chance.
Dec-21-09   Petrosianic: No, the game you're thinking of is this one, and it wasn't a Najdorf:

Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969

Dec-21-09
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  talisman: <Petrosianic> thanks!
Dec-28-09   Jim Bartle: What's the need for that manuevering, by both players, on moves 13 and 14?
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