Drazen Marovic vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1973)

Drazen Marovic vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Amsterdam 1973 · King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Kavalek Defense (E62) · 1-0

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Dec-22-05		Whitehat1963: What the bloody &^%!@#$%^&&*(()!!! is going on in this game?

Dec-22-05		IMlday: Looks like the tiger played with its food?

Dec-22-05		WannaBe: Wow... Tigran did not bring his A-Game to the table that day.

Dec-22-05		IMlday: Playing Black, paired down 200 points, playing to win.. Work out the math eh. The game is weird, but in a very scientific way.

Dec-22-05		Whitehat1963: Are we even sure Petrosian played black? He seems uninterested in winning. I just can't figure out entire sequences of moves in this one. Really strange play on both sides. Help, someone.

Dec-22-05		Benzol: Yes this is definitely Tigran V Petrosian, it's in the second Shekhtman volume. Petrosian gives light annotated verbal notes saying he was basically playing on his opponent's time-trouble. Two or three minutes for White to get from move 27 to move 40. 32.h5 he calls a mistake and 33.xe4! "An excellent blow!" Maybe it was just a bad day at the office.

Dec-22-05		Whitehat1963: Why not 35. Ba7 or Bf3 or Bg6 or even Bd5? What's the point of the rook move?

Dec-25-05		Assassinater: <Why not 35. Ba7 or Bf3 or Bg6 or even Bd5? What's the point of the rook move?> The pawn on h3 is still hanging.

Dec-25-05		IMlday: 13.Nb3 looks wimpy. 13.Rb1 perhaps? 19.f4 h4 and the game heats up! 25..f7-f5--oh yeah, I forgot this was my break.. ?? 33.Nxe4!? Piece for two pawns is normal in such imbalanced pawn structure. 35.Re3 defends mate at h3. The rest is not too difficult.

Dec-25-05		Whitehat1963: Thanks, <Assassinater> for confirming my blindness yet again!

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