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Tigran Petrosian vs Ratmir Kholmov
URS-ch sf Moscow (1947), Moscow URS, rd 3, Oct-??
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical. Traditional Variation Main Line (E19)  ·  0-1

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Jan-25-09  Maynard5: Kholmov's win in this game is rather surprising, considering his unfavorable position coming out of the opening. After 21 moves, Black's bishop on b7 has no scope, while White's pieces are more active in the center. Petrosian's first mistake appears to be 22. a3, allowing Black to blockade with 22. ... a4. Instead, 22. b3 followed by a3 and b4 should maintain White's advantage. Even so, the position after move 30 is roughly level, and a draw could have been agreed. Instead, Petrosian attempts to open up the kingside. This enables Kholmov to exchange White's pawn on e7 for his own on b6, after which Black gets the advantage in the resulting Queens endgame. Interestingly enough, in a much later game between these two players in 1982, in an analogous position, Petrosian adopted the maneuver b3, a3, b4 successfully.

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