Tigran Petrosian vs Zandor Nilsson (1967)

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Tigran Petrosian vs Zandor Nilsson
corr (1967) (correspondence)
French Defense: Winawer. Retreat Variation Armenian Line (C18) · 1-0

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Oct-21-10		Benzol: Did Petrosian play many other correspondence games? This game would seem to be a rarity.

Oct-21-10		whiteshark: <Benzol> [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1960.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Skold, Kristian"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Rb1 dxc3 12. g4 Ne7 13. gxh5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Nd4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Rxh5 17. Nb5 Qc6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qf3 Rh7 20. Rg1 Nf5 21. Rb3 d4 22. Qd3 Rh4 23. Bg3 Nxd6 24. Bxh4 Nf5 25. Bg5 b6 26. f3 Bd7 27. Rg3 Qd5 28. Rh3 Kg8 29. Qe4 Bc6 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. Kd1 Ba4 32. Rb4 b5 33. f4 a5 34. Rb1 Re8 35. Rc1 f6 36. exf6 b4 37. axb4 Bb5 38. Rd3 Bxd3 39. cxd3 Ne3+ 0-1 Kristian Skold They played this one otb: Petrosian vs K Skold, 1962

Oct-21-10		whiteshark: <Benzol> They have also played a corr game before this game: [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Nilsson, Zandor (SWE)"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. c5 Qc7 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Bg5 exd4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxd4 Ne5 17. Qe3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qe7 19. Nd2 Be5 20. Rab1 a5 21. Nf1 a4 22. Bc2 Rd8 23. Ne3 Rd2 24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Be6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. b3 Qd2 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qd1 axb3 32. axb3 Qc3 33. Kf1 h6 34. g3 c5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd3 Qxd3+ 37. Bxd3 1/2-1/2 Skold and Nilsson seems to be team mates: K Skold vs Z Nilsson, 1966 so maybe there is a club-related friendship/connection to Petrosian....

Oct-21-10		whiteshark: <Benzol> here is the last one, mentionend on p147 of Dr. Fritz Baumbach 's book <52-54 Stop <>>. Game was between ex-world champion Petrosian and East German broadcasting organisation, supervised by correspondence world champion Horst Robert Rittner. Each week a move was made. Baumbach says that Rittner practically played the game himself. [Event "television game 7071"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rittner_H & DDR TV viewers"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. b4 c6 8. Rb1 Ne7 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qb7 12. a4 g6 13. Nd1 Nd7 14. Ne3 b5 15. Ng4 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. h4 h5 18. Ne3 a6 19. a5 Nf8 20. g3 Qc7 21. Ng2 Nf5 22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Nf4 Kd7 24. Qd2 Kc8 25. Nd3 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Bf8 27. Kg2 Be7 28. Rh1 Kb7 29. Rh2 Raf8 30. Nf4 Qd8 31. Nh3 Rh7 32. Rbh1 Rfh8 33. Nfg1 Qf8 34. c3 Qd8 35. Ne2 Ka7 36. f4 Qg8 37. Nhg1 Kb8 38. Nf3 Kc7 39. Rh3 Kd7 40. R1h2 Ke8 41. Qc1 Kf8 42. Kf2 Kg7 43. Qh1 Bd8 44. Ne1 Be7 45. Nd3 Bf8 46. Nec1 h4 47. g4 Ng3 48. Qe1 Be7 49. Ne2 Qd8 50. Nxg3 hxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Rxh3+ 52. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 53. Kxh3 Qh8+ 54. Qh4 Qc8 55. Kg3 Kg8 56. Ne1 Qd7 57. Nf3 Qc8 58. Qh3 Kg7 59. Kf2 Qd7 60. Nh4 Kg8 61. f5 exf5 62. gxf5 Bxg5 63. e6 Bxh4+ 64. Qxh4 fxe6 65. fxg6 Qg7 66. Qd8+ Qf8+ 67. Qxf8+ Kxf8 68. Ke3 1-0 Source: All three additional games have been found in Tim Harding's MegaCorr Database 2006

Oct-22-10		Benzol: <whiteshark> Thankyou so much. Those games are incredible finds. Correspondence games very often don't get the recognition they deserve IMHO. :)

Oct-22-10		HSOL: whiteshark: The Sköld vs Nilsson game is from the Swedish championships.

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