Oleg Romanishin vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1975)

Oleg Romanishin vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Ch URS 1975 · English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Queens Indian Variation (A17) · 1-0

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Given 6 times; par: 49 [what's this?]

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May-04-04		Tigran Petrosian: Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant.

May-04-04		TrueFiendish: You must have been devastated. (Sorry, I can't resist.)

May-04-04		Tigran Petrosian: Yeah.

May-04-04		Tigran Petrosian: I have to stop being so ironic!

Nov-22-05		offramp: The game starts off being an English, but becomes a Sicilian. White plays the regulation 16.Nd5, and black takes it to reach this position. click for larger view The question is, can white now win with 17.Nf5.

Oct-11-09		siggemannen: If i'm not mistaken, this was the first outing of "Romanishin system" in english-opening, that is the idea of Bd3-Bc2

Jan-07-10		gareeb: what a game ..!! breathtaking attack .. absolutely briliant ..

Aug-23-11		DrMAL: Romanishin was a wonderfully creative player, particularly in openings and this game shows it too. His Maroczy bind type position with the LS bishop maneuver had great positional merit, after 8.Nxd4 moves like b5 to break through it are delayed. With the center secure and both bishops aimed at black's K-side 12.Kh1 and 13.f4 are very logical. Here either 14...Nxd4 15.Qxd4 b5 or simply 15...b5 right away was clearly better than 15...Rad8 that lost some tempo. 15.Rf3 stayed consistent while 15...g6?! did not. 16.f5! may have been even stronger but 16.Nd5! was sure a great shocker to complicate matters. True to form, Petrosian responded with best moves instead of panicking, even playing 20...Re5 the best here too. However, 21...Qc7? was an ambitious blunder, all black could do here was 21...Ng5 to hope for a repetition. I guess Petrosian did not realize this yet since he continued with 22...Bc8? allowing the rook to be taken and losing faster. Awesome game by Romanishin!

Jun-22-12		Mimchi1: Petrosian's defense was truly brilliant! Moves like 20. ...Re5 and 25. ...Ng4! really highlight his talent. Unfortunately, Romanshin was equally creative in attacking!

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