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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Tigran Petrosian
Botvinnik - Petrosian World Championship Match (1963), Moscow URS, rd 2, Mar-25
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Rubinstein Variation (D27)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-02-08  Knight13: A great fight at least. 29. a5! is good.
Jul-16-09  nymsso: Both sides play tactically...
Though Botvinik plays it like drawing....
Still you learn a lot with this game...
Mar-10-14  zydeco: Petrosian is fairly critical of his play in this game. He thinks 7.a4 isn't such a great opening plan by white, and that black obtains dynamic equality with 11....Nd5 and 17....Nfd5.

Then Petrosian decides to play for some complications with 20.....exd5 instead of a drawish ending with 20....Qxd5, but he immediately goes wrong by playing 21....Qd6 when 21....Qa5 would have threatened both .....Qxa4 and .....Qd2!

21....Qd6 sets a trap. 22.Nxf7 would have been answered by 22.....Qf4!

Petrosian was very unhappy about 23.....b6, but felt that both alternatives -- 23....Nxe5 24.dxe5 Qe6 and 23....Ne7 24.Qf4 f6 25.Nd3 -- gave white an advantage.

White had his opportunity with 28.Qe5 Rc7 29.Re3 (or 29.Kg2) when the possibility of Nf4 puts black in a squeeze. Botvinnik probably traded queens with the promising idea of 29.a5 and 30.Rb8, but missed 30.....Rf8, which secures the draw.

Feb-25-18  tgyuid: oh, yeah....
Mar-03-23
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  plang: 11 Bg5 was a new move, normally 11 Nc3 is played almost automatically in the variation. 20..Qxd5 21 Qxd5..exd 22 Rb3..Rc7 24 Nd3 would have given White some initiative in the endgame. White kept up some pressure and with 28 Qe5 could have continued it. 30..g6 31 Ra1 would have been awkward for Black.

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