Oct-16-04
 | | keypusher: I read that after losing this game Najdorf said, "Look at me, I'm laughing, I'm joking and I am not going to be able to sleep tonight." I am trying to work out the end: 40...Bb7 41 Nd8 Ba8 42 Rc8 Bb7 43 Rb8 looks decisive. A real Petrosian squeeze. |
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Oct-16-04
 | | Chessical: <Keypusher> Najdorf is losing his B, <40...Bb7> 41.Na5 Ba8 42.Rc8 |
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Oct-16-04
 | | keypusher: Same as my line, right? 42...Bb7 43 Rb8? |
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Jan-06-07 | | sixfeetunder: White's King never moved. |
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Apr-05-07 | | stanleys: It's true but as Petrosian shows, black had a very interesting possibility 30...Rf2! |
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Apr-05-07 | | aazqua: Nadjorf blinked at the moment of truth. As soon as he pulled the bishop back he was reigned to losing. |
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Apr-05-07 | | Brown: <stanleys> Interesting... After 30...Rf2 31.hxg4 Rxg4 32.Rf1 it seems a mess to me. But, after 30...Rf2, the immediate 31.Rf1 looks good. If black goes tactical with 31...Be2? 32.Rxf2 Qxf2+ (32...Bxd3 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Nxd3) 33.Kxf2 Bxd3 34.Nxd3 amounts to black losing a piece. The bishop ends up getting crunched in this game, but it's really the knight on e7 that is terrible for most of it. |
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Apr-05-07 | | mormonchess: Petrosian was pretty famous for his delayed castling. Or, in this case, no castling at all! |
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Apr-06-07 | | stanleys: <Brown:> And what about 30...Rf2 31.Rf1 Rxg2 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.hxg4 Rg1+ 34.Ke2 Rgf1 ? |
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Apr-07-07 | | Brown: <stanleys> Yes, I think you're right, though 34...Rg2+ was the line offered by Keene in "Petrosian vs The Elite" Thanks for following up! |
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Apr-07-07
 | | ray keene: <brown> in petrosian v the elite we also mention 34---Rgf1 as well as --Rg2+. |
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Apr-07-07 | | Brown: Thank you Mr. Keene! Really enjoy the book, as well. Please keep the good work coming. |
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Apr-07-07 | | stanleys: <mormonchess:> <Petrosian was pretty famous for his delayed castling. Or, in this case, no castling at all!> Another thing that really impresses me is his pawn play.Here is a good example of both: Petrosian vs Bisguier, 1954 |
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May-16-10 | | wordfunph: <keypusher: I read that after losing this game Najdorf said, "Look at me, I'm laughing, I'm joking and I am not going to be able to sleep tonight."> written by Andy Soltis in the book The Great Chess Tournaments & Their Stories page 220. |
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Apr-02-22 | | tbontb: As befits a thematic duel between two KI specialists, the game is close to equal for a long time, Najdorf's Black K-side attacking chances balancing Petrosian's more subtle White Q-side positional pressure. Finally, the breakthrough 35.Qb6 wins so the last defensive chance is 34....Bf8 35.Qb6 Qe8 where White is clearly better but still has work to do. |
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