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Tigran Petrosian vs Mamadzhan Mukhitdinov
Petrosian - Mukhitdinov Master Title Qualification Match (1951), Tashkent URS, rd 4
English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Catalan Defense Accepted (A13)  ·  1-0

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Sep-30-21
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  kingscrusher: 20.d5 is just fantastic - zero counterplay. Let me put it like this: In detective stories, sometimes it is the person with most motive that is the killer. ( I have been watching "elementary" recently - great series ).

On the chess board, Petrosian finds the positions with the least counterplay.

20.dxe5 (admit it, some of you may have been tempted right? ) - might have given black an inkling of hope with Nd7-c5 and if e6 when Q is on c3 then Nxe6 saving g7. The way it is played with d5 is very strong indeed with a "zero counterplay" approach.

I love kibitzing on these games with zero Kibitzing because I do think there is a little insight here for Petrosian generally and his "no-counterplay" professional approach to the game :)

I feel there are some "little secrets" of these non kibitzed games. I especially like when games have nearly zero kibitzing because of an apparent blunder which also kind of misses the point generally that blunders are a result of pressure. Blunders are not in a vacuum. To really understand the "root causes" of a blunder for me is quite revealing of deeper insights of chess.

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