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Tigran Petrosian vs Anatolij Bannik
USSR Championship (1954), Kiev URS, rd 5, Jan-13
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06)  ·  1-0

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Jul-21-07  benba57: That is a Russian endgame!
Dec-02-12  whiteshark: <benba57> If you say so. :D
Sep-27-13  Howard: Inside Chess magazine gave the last 40 or so moves of this endgame, back around 1991. It was in some article about rook-and-pawn endgames.

The article mentioned that Petrosian was apparently an expert in double rook endgames, as in this case. But then......wasn't Petrosian an expert in almost any kind of endgame ?!

Very lengthy game, obviously, but the ending looks very instructive, if not complicated.

On a final note, Petrosian's endgame win against Bannik (same opponent as here) in 1958 was undoubtedly one of his best games from the late 1950's. The book Creative Chess Strategy analyzes it, in fact.

Oct-30-15  Howard: Jeez ! No one ever replied to my comment, of two years ago. Just noticed it !
Oct-30-15
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  offramp: <Howard:..But then......wasn't Petrosian an expert in almost any kind of endgame ?!>

Yes.

Oct-30-15  RookFile: The double rook ending is great. But I suspect that Petrosian at world champion strength would have won this game in the middle game. It looked like Petrosian had a clear advantage coming out of the opening.
Apr-04-16  Howard: You're probably right---Black's doubled g-pawns look rather weak. There was almost certainly a quicker win.

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