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Tigran Petrosian vs Andre Lilienthal
Moscow 01 (1957)
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Howell Attack (C81)  ·  1-0

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Mar-01-07  zev22407: Unbelivible Petrosian played 1)e4!!
Mar-01-07  Plato: Yes, that was one of his few mistakes in an otherwise well-played game.
Mar-01-07  larsenfan: Well, you know, even a genius like Tigran can make a mistake once in a while...
Mar-01-07
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  keypusher: <larsenfan>, <plato> Ah, a couple of comedians, I see.

I was very surprised to learn he made this "mistake" no less than 50 times, according to the database.

Repertoire Explorer: Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (white)

Mar-01-07  larsenfan: Sorry to insist but 50 out of 1000 is not a bad mistakes ratio ;-)...
Jun-02-07  Dr. Siggy: "Lady Theory" still takes a dim view of 10...Nxb3, mainly because of the flashy 16.Nxb5, played in <Gipslis vs Haag, Pecs 1964>. However, the sacrifice was flat wrong: after 16.Nxb5? Rb8! 17.Nd6+ cxd6 18.exd6+ Qe6 19.d7+ Kd8 20.Bg5+ f6 21.Qf4 Qb6!! 22.Re1 Bc5!, White would be completely lost!

Since the alternative 15.Bg5, played by Petrosian in this game, is very strongly met by 15...Bc5!! 16.Rd8+ Qxd8 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Nbd2 Bd3 19.Qg4 0-0 20.Nb3 Nc2 21.Rc1 Bb6 22.Ng5 Bg6! 23.h3 Rd5, which gives Black at least an even game (if not a small plus...), in spite of its (marginal) material disadvantage, it seems to me that 10...Nxb3 is as playable as the more usual (and perhaps not very promising...) 10...Be7.

May-13-08  RookFile: This game is another reminder that Petrosian was fully capable of sitting down and blowing you right off the board with a strong attack, based on tactics.
Jan-12-12  Petrosianic: According to The Games of Tigran Petrosian, Volume I, this was an exhibition game played in between rounds of the Botvinnik-Smyslov match. Under the circumstances, you're more likely to see crazy, unsound stuff like 1. P-K4.

I'm not sure of the circumstances behind exactly why the game was played. At a guess, I would imagine that a postponement was announced at the last minute, the crowd was already in the hall, and someone told Petrosian and Lilienthal to get out of the press room and go out there and entertain people.

Oct-06-19  iron john: why not 14..qb7 ?

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