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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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Aug-14-05
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  patzer2: <Calli> Never thought about it much, but for a novice or someone with only a basic knowledge of Chess to hear tactical moves described as sacrifices, pins, forks, deflections, skewers, obstruction, clearance, interference, double attacks etc. must at first sound like some kind of a foreign language. I suppose that's characteristic of all specialized areas of knowledge. They tend to develop their own vocabulary and definitions, which only specialists and enthusiasts understand. Unfortunately in Chess, as your illustration so humorously demonstrates, the definitions and descriptions of Chess tactics have not, at least historically, always been uniform or consistent.
Aug-14-05
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  tpstar: <patzer2> A good example of How to Quickly Confuse Non-Enthusiasts would be your average Bridge column. I've never played the game, but with their peculiar yet distinctive terminology, I've never had the interest. Chess is much better. ;>D
Aug-23-06
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  positionalgenius: EVERYONE LOOK AT THIS GAME.Spassky and Petrosian played two great WCC matches in 1966 and 1969.
Jul-06-07   sanyas: Somebody should have told Petrosian not to play the Najdorf against Spassky!
Oct-19-07
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  dabearsrock1010: love the pawn sac must have felt so good to win a game like this.
Apr-07-08
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  Knight13: There was no way White could've prevented 15. g4. I say Black could've delayed castling and started his counter attack on the queen side with ...b5 earlier.
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   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   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   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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