Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1966)

Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Petrosian-Spassky World Championship Match (1966) · French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation (C11) · 1-0

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Oct-21-06		RookFile: A crushing win, but the result of the match was not in doubt.

Jul-07-07		Billy Ray Valentine: So I take it if 31...Kd8 than 32. b6 is White's follow-up?

Jul-07-07		nescio: <Billy Ray Valentine: So I take it if 31...Kd8 than 32. b6 is White's follow-up?> In fact 31...Kd8 is what Petrosian played, but he resigned without waiting for Spassky's reply, which would have been the even more convincing 32.c5!, although 32.b6 also wins.

Apr-05-08		Knight13: Instead of 7...Bd7-c6, ...b6 bollowed by ...Bb7 puts the bishop in a better place, and then Black can follow up with ...c5.

Mar-08-09		sillybilly47: A stinker by Petrosian.

Nov-29-11		profK: A cute way to crush the Burn. Spassky exhibits the tactical simplicity that Capa was famous for.

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