[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1963.04.24"] [Round "14"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "Kasparov,Garry"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1963.03.23"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Unzicker,Wolfgang} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 {A relatively modern idea to avoid the classical Carlsbad system and transpose the game into the Queen's Gambit Declined with a knight already developed on f3. This somewhat limits White's opportunities. Eine moderne Idee, um die klassische Abtauschvariante zu vermeiden und die Partie ins Abgelehnte Damengambit mit einem Springer auf f3 zu transponieren. Das schränkt die weißen Möglichkeiten einigermaßen ein.} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 { In dieser Fassung wird die Abtauschvariante für ungefährlich gehalten, da Schwarz seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer aktivieren und somit das wichtigste Problem im Damengambit lösen konnte.} ({RR} 6... Nf6 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. Bd3)) 7. g4 $1 {Botvinnik suddenly causes inconvenience in the black ranks. Botvinnik bringt auf einmal Unruhe in die schwarzen Reihen.} Be6 ({If the bishop stays on it best diagonal Bleibt der Läufer auf seiner besten Diagonale, wird er weiter gejagt:} 7... Bg6 {it will be further chased:} 8. h4 $1 {and that brave pawn is untouchable: und der tapfere Bauer ist unantastbar:} Bxh4 $2 ({After Nach} 8... h5 9. g5 {or oder}) (8... h6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. h5 Bh7 11. Bd3 {White's substantial gains on the kingside guarantee him a lingering initiative. garantiert der deutliche weiße Vorteil am Königsflügel eine andauernde Initiative.}) 9. Qb3 b6 10. Nf3 ({Fritz: hier hat mein Analyseprogramm Fritz eine drastischere Lösung parat:} 10. Rxh4 $1 Qxh4 11. Nxd5) 10... Bf6 11. g5 Be7 12. Bxb8 $1 Rxb8 13. Ne5 {with a quick collapse. mit einem raschen Zusammenbruch der schwarzen Stellung:} Rc8 14. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Kd7 18. Rc1) 8. h3 ({In 1970 in a game with Spassky Botvinnik tried a more aggressive approach: 1970 gegen Spassky versuchte er eine aggressivere Fortsetzung.} 8. h4 $5 {The pawn is still not digestible: Der Bauer ist immer noch ungenießbar:} Bxh4 ({After} 8... Nd7 9. h5 Ngf6 ({In my 1985 match against Karpov I also employed this line. His unusual response: 1985, in der 21. Partie meines Wettkampfs gegen Karpov, habe auch ich diese Variante eingesetzt. Karpovs ungewöhnliche Antwort,} 9... Nh6 $5 {planning to meet zielte darauf ab, 10.f3 mit dem Durchbruch 10...f5 zu begegnen. Das führte zu einer sehr komplizierten Partie, in der Schwarz unter ständigem Druck stand.} 10. f3 {with the breaking} f5 {led to a very complicated game, though Black remained under constant pressure.}) 10. f3 {despite acting against the classical canons White severely restricted Black's minor pieces and stayed in full control of the board. konnte Weiß, obwohl er gegen die klassischen Lehrsätze verstoßen hatte, die schwarzen Leichtfiguren stark einschränken und das Brett voll unter Kontrolle halten.}) 9. Qb3 b6 (9... g5 $5) 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Ne5 Bd7 (12... Rc8 $1 {Yusupov-Gulko}) 13. e4 $1) 8... Nf6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Kf1 $1 O-O 12. Kg2 { White's accomplishments look small, but in modern chess to limit the opponent's chances for active counterplay counts for something. Petrosian chose Die Ausbeute für Weiß sieht nicht gerade eindrucksvoll aus, aber im modernen Schach ist man zufrieden, wenn ein aktives Gegenspiel der anderen Seite verhindert werden konnte. Petrosian spielte} cxd4 ({Later, in another World Championship match, Karpov (as Black) preferred to keep up the tension against Korchnoi with Später, in einem anderen Weltmeisterschaftskampf zog es Karpov als Schwarzer gegen Kortchnoi vor, die Spannung mit} 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 {but after aufrechtzuerhalten, erlitt aber nach} 14. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 15. Nb5 {he suffered a memorable defeat. eine denkwürdige Niederlage.}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 ({RR} 16... Qb6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 ({RR} 17... fxe6 18. g5 Ne4) 18. g5 Ne4) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 ({RR} 17... Bxc8 18. exd4 a6 19. Nc7 Re7 20. Qc2) 18. exd4 Qd7 ({RR} 18... Re7 19. Nxa7 Qa8 20. Qa4 b5) 19. Nc7 Rc8 ({RR} 19... Rd8 20. Qb3) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Re1 a6 ({RR} 21... Bd6 22. Be5) 22. g5 Ne4 23. Qg4 ({RR} 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5) 23... Bb4 24. Re2 Rf8 ({RR} 24... Re8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Qh5 g6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7 ({RR} 28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 ({RR} 29... Kg8 30. Be5) 30. Qf6#) 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. a3) 25. f3 Qf7 ({RR} 25... Nd6 26. a3 Ba5 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qh5 g6 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rxe6 Qd7 33. Rg6+ Kf7 34. Rg7+ Ke8 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. Qxf8) 26. Be5 Nd2 27. a3 {Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Karpov,A (2690) Merano 1981 MainBase [Unzicker,Wolfgang] 1-0 (41)}) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 {but couldn't bear the difficulty of a passive defence. konnte aber die Schwierigkeit einer passiven Verteidigungsstellung nicht meistern und verlor nach 57 Zügen.} Nd7 $146 ({RR} 14... Ne8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rhe1 Ng7 17. Be5 Qd7 18. f3 Bh4 19. Re3 f6 20. Bh2 f5 21. Qa4 Qf7 22. Rf1 h5 23. Be5 a6 24. Qb3 b5 25. Be2 Qd7 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Rh1 Rf7 28. a4 fxg4 29. hxg4 {Lutz,H-Dlugy,M (2310) Rio de Janeiro 1982 ½-½ (57)}) 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. f3 Rc8 17. Be5 Bd6 18. Rae1 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 g6 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Re2 Nb6 22. Rhe1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Re3 a6 26. b3 Rc6 27. Na4 b6 28. Nb2 a5 29. Nd3 f6 30. h4 Bf7 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Qe3 Bf7 33. g5 Be6 34. Nf4 Bf7 35. Nd3 Be6 36. gxf6 Qxf6 37. Qg5 Qxg5+ 38. hxg5 a4 39. bxa4 Rc4 40. a5 bxa5 41. Nc5 Bf5 42. Kg3 a4 43. Kf4 a3 44. Ke5 Rb4 45. Nd3 Rb5 46. Kd6 Kf7 47. Kc6 Bxd3 48. Rxd3 Rb2 49. Rxa3 Rg2 50. Kxd5 Rxg5+ 51. Kc6 h5 52. d5 Rg2 53. d6 Rc2+ 54. Kd7 h4 55. f4 Rf2 56. Kc8 Rxf4 57. Ra7+ 1-0 [Event "ARM-ch"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "2005.04.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Galstian, Beniamin"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2599"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2005.04.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "CBM 107"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rad1 Bc5 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb1 {Petrosian has very active pieces and he will certainly look for ways to benefit from it.} (16. Qd3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ne5 18. Qb1 Qb6 19. Nb3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Neg4 21. Rd4 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Rc4 23. e3 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 Nxe3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 {½-½ Renman,N-Strauss,D/Gausdal 1980/ (41)}) 16... Rxe3 $146 (16... Nc4 17. Nxd5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Ng4 19. b4 Bf8 $13) ({RR} 16... Nc4 17. Nxd5 Ba4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. b3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qe5 21. bxa4 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxd4 23. Qxb7 Bf6 24. Rd7 Qxe2 25. Rxf7 Rc2 26. R7xf6 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Re2+ 30. Kh3 Kg7 31. Ra6 {Gaprindashvili,N (2435)-Marinello,B (2175) Le Havre 1990 1-0 (42)}) 17. fxe3 Nc4 18. Nxd5 $1 (18. b4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Ne3 20. Qd3 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Bf5 $15) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxe3 (19... Nd6 20. Qg6 Qe7 21. Rf3 $18) 20. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 64] Galstian reaction to the unexpected problems is courageous and possibly the best.} (20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Ne6 Nxd1+ 22. Nxc5 Ne3 23. Rc1 Bf5 24. Nd3 Ra8 $15) 20... Nxd5 (20... Nxd1 $2 21. Rxd7+ $18) 21. Qg6 Bf8 22. Nf5 (22. Rdf1 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 $17) 22... Bxf5 (22... Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rdxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc2 26. Rxb7 Rxe2 27. Kh1 $16) 23. Qxf5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Ne3 25. Rxg7+ $1 {White decides to eliminate g7 pawn in order to weaken the defences of black king.} (25. Qxc8 Kxf7 26. Rd7+ Be7 27. Qxb7 Qe6 28. Kg1 $13) 25... Bxg7 (25... Kxg7 $2 26. Rd7+ $18) 26. Qxc8+ Kh7 (26... Kf7 $2 27. Qd7+ Kg8 28. Rd6 Qc5 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Rc8 $18) 27. Rd3 Qf6 (27... a6 28. Qe8 Ng4 29. Qe4+ Qg6 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. Rd6+ Kf5 32. Rb6 $14) 28. Qc1 $8 {Galstian had to see this narrow escape from the immediate problems. White has two pawns and a rook for missing light pieces.} (28. Qh3 $2 Qxb2 29. Rxe3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qxe3 31. Qf5+ Kg8 $19) 28... Ng4 (28... Nc4 29. Rd5 $5) 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. h3 (30. Qf4 b6 31. b4 $11) 30... Ne5 31. Re3 b5 32. b3 b4 (32... a6 $5 $15) 33. Kg2 Nc6 (33... Qc6+ $6 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Re6 Nd4 36. Re7 $15) 34. Qc4 Nd4 35. Qd5 a5 $6 {Black should have prevented the advance of white pawn to g4. White is now getting initiative.} (35... h5 $1 36. Qe4 a5 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Re8 Kf7 39. Ra8 Nxe2 40. Rxa5 $11) 36. g4 h5 (36... Qc6 37. Qxc6 Nxc6 38. Rd3 $14) 37. Re7 (37. Qxh5+ Qxh5 38. gxh5 Kh6 39. Re7 Bf6 40. Rf7 Bg5 41. e4 Kxh5 42. Rh7+ Kg6 43. Ra7 $14) 37... Nc2 (37... Qc6 38. e4 Qc2+ 39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kxh4 Qf2+ 41. Kh5 Qe3 (41... Qf6 42. Qg5 $18) 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. h4 $16) 38. Re6 $6 {Time trouble is the main enemy of quality in chess, players decisions are rarely perfect under pressure.} (38. Qxh5+ Qxh5 39. gxh5 Kh6 40. e4 $16) 38... hxg4 39. h4 (39. Rxg6 Ne3+ 40. Kf2 Nxd5 41. Rxg4 Nc3 $15) 39... Ne1+ $2 (39... g3 $5 40. Rxg6 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Nxd5 42. Rg5 Nc3 43. Rxa5 g2 44. Rh5+ Bh6 45. Kxg2 Nxe2 $11) 40. Kf1 Nc2 (40... Qb1 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Re8+ Bf8 43. Qxg4+ $18) 41. Kg2 Ne1+ 42. Kg3 $1 Qc2 {Petrosian is losing coordination of pieces and his king will become a target for white forces.} (42... Qf7 43. Kxg4 $16) 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Re8+ Bf8 45. Qxg4+ Kf7 (45... Kh7 46. Rc8 $18) 46. Qe6+ Kg7 47. Rc8 Qb2 48. Qg4+ (48. Qg4+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Kh6 50. Rc6+) 1-0 [Event "Wch U20 43rd"] [Site "Cochin"] [Date "2004.11.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2539"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2004.11.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Bb4 15. Bd4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rxe2 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Qb5 b6 20. b4 Nb7 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Re7 24. Rae1 Rc7 $146 ({RR} 24... Rb8 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. a3 a5 27. Qd4 axb4 28. axb4 Nd8 29. Rd1 Ne6 30. Qe5 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bd5 Qc7 33. Qe4 Qd6 34. h4 Kf8 35. Kg2 Nc7 36. Bb3 Ne6 37. Kg1 Qd4 38. Qa8+ Ke7 39. Qb7+ {Rubio Mejia,L (2350)-Garcia Pichon,E (2282) Madrid 2009 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 24... Rb8 25. h4 a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Nd8 28. h5 Ne6 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rc7 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. Rd7 Rxb4 33. Bd5 Rf8 34. Rf5 Nd8 35. Kg2 Rb2 36. g4 b5 37. Kg3 b4 38. Rd6 Re2 39. Rb6 {Lingnau,C (2385)-Bischof,D (2262) Germany 2006 0-1 (39)}) 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rd1 g6 28. h4 h5 29. Rd2 Qc3 30. Be4 Kf8 31. Qg5 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qf6 33. Qd5 Re7 34. Bf3 Rc7 35. Be2 Qe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Bf3 Kf6 38. Be4 a5 39. a3 axb4 40. axb4 g5 41. hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Kh3 Kf6 43. f4 Ke7 44. Bxb7 Rxb7 45. Re2 Rc7 46. f5 Kf6 47. fxe6 Ke7 48. Re5 Rc6 49. Kh4 Rc4+ 50. Kxh5 Rxb4 51. g4 Rb1 52. g5 Rh1+ 53. Kg6 Rb1 54. Kh6 b5 55. g6 Rh1+ 56. Rh5 Rg1 57. Kh7 Kf6 58. e7 Re1 59. g7 Rxe7 60. Rh6+ 1-0 [Event "Batumi BCSA op"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2003.07.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D68"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2259"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2003.07.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.09.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Bb3 exd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. Rg3 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 19... b6 20. Re4 Rac8 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg3+ Kf6 23. Qh4+ Kf5 24. Qxh7+ Kf6 25. Ng4+ {1-0 (25) Gomez Esteban,J (2463)-Alvarez Ibarra,R (2432) Vitoria 2003}) ({RR} 19... Qc7 20. h4 Qb6 21. Qc2 Rf4 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Re5 Qc7 24. Ng5 Rf5 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxf5 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Qe7 28. h5 Nc7 29. h6 g6 30. Qc8+ Ne8 31. Rd3 Kf8 32. a3 a6 33. g3 Qg5 34. Rf3+ {Rees,I (2297)-Yueh,W (1920) Dresden 2008 1-0 (34)}) 20. Nd3 Rae8 21. Rg4 Rf7 22. Rge4 Qf6 23. Qa3 a6 24. Qd6 Rd8 25. Qg3 Ne7 26. Rxe6 Qxd4 27. Ne5 Nf5 28. Qb3 Qd5 29. Nxf7 Qxb3 30. Nxd8 1-0 [Event "URS-ch16 Semifinal"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1947.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Nd2 f5 8. c5 ({RR} 8. f3 Bd6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. b3 e5 11. Bb2 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13. a3 c5 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. O-O-O Be5 16. f4 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Be6 18. g4 Rad8 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bg2 Bg4 21. Qxg4 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Qxd2+ {Suvorov,A (2338)-Fedoseev,V (2674) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. O-O-O a5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qf6 17. Ne5 Qf5 18. Qe2 Qf2 19. Rhe1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 a4 21. a3 b5 22. c5 Bxe5 {Krysa,L (2446)-Fiskaaen,M (2360) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (69)}) 8... Nd7 $146 ({RR} 8... b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Qh4 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a3 Na6 14. Ba2 c5 15. O-O Bd6 16. g3 Qh3 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb3 Nd3 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Qe2 e5 21. Ne6 f4 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. exf4 {Tolush,A-Panov,V Leningrad 1951 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qh3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O O-O 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nf1 Nc6 19. Bd2 Ne5 20. Bc3 Nd3 21. a3 Bb7 22. Qh6 Rf7 23. Ng3 {Kan,I-Bondarevsky,I Leningrad 1951 ½-½ (32)}) 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. b4 Nxe5 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Qh5+ Ng6 16. f3 O-O-O 17. fxe4 Ne5 18. exf5 Be7 19. Ne4 Bf6 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Qe2 h5 22. h3 Be8 23. Rad1 h4 24. Nxe8 Rhxe8 25. Be6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qg3+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bxb2 30. Rd3 Bf6 31. f4 a5 32. bxa5 Rd8 33. Bc4 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Be7 35. a4 Bxc5 36. Kf3 Ka7 37. e4 Bb4 38. Kg4 Bxa5 39. Kg5 Bc3 40. Kg6 Kb8 41. e5 Kc7 42. Kxg7 1-0 [Event "EU-ch 14th"] [Site "Legnica"] [Date "2013.05.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2013.05.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Bareev,Evgeny} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. Be3 ({RR} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 ({RR} 13. Bxd4) 13... Bxh2 14. Rh1 Qc7 15. O-O-O $146 ({RR} 15. g5 hxg5 16. Ncxb5 Qb8 17. Nc3 ({RR} 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 O-O 19. Bxa7 Qf4 20. Be3 Qb8) 17... c5 18. Nf3 g4 19. Nxh2 Rxh2 20. O-O-O ({RR} 20. Rxh2 Qxh2 21. O-O-O) 20... Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Qe5 22. Qa4 a6 ({RR} 22... Kf8 23. Rh8+ Ke7 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Qxa7 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Bb5 g3) 23. Rd1 Rd8 ({RR} 23... Bxe4 24. Rxd7) 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rb8 26. Rd2 Qe4 27. Qxe4+ ({RR} 27. Qxa6 g3) 27... Nxe4 28. Rc2 f5 29. Bxa6 Ra8 {Dreev,A (2570)-Bareev,E (2660) Biel 1993 CBM 037 [Bareev,Evgeny] ½-½ (51)} ({RR} 29... g5 30. Bd3 Ndf6 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 f4 33. d6)) ({RR} 15. g5 Nh7 16. g6 fxg6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Qxg6+ Ke7 19. Nf5+ Kd8 20. Nxg7 Qa5 21. O-O-O Nhf6 22. Bg5 Kc7 23. Ne6+ Kb6 24. Be3+ Ka6 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Bxb5+ Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Bc8 28. Nbc7+ Kb7 29. Nxa8 {1-0 (29) Khotenashvili,B (2490)-Muzychuk,M (2490) Jiangsu Wuxi 2012}) 15... g6 16. Kb1 a6 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. g5 Ng4 19. Bd4 Nge5 20. Rxh6 O-O-O 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bg4 Rhe8 23. Rh7 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qf4 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxe4 28. Rd1 Re5 29. Qd3 Rd5 30. Qh3+ Qf5+ 31. Qxf5+ Rxf5 32. Rd6 c5 33. Rf6 Rxf6 34. gxf6 Bd5 35. Rh3 b4 36. Re3 Kc7 37. a3 a5 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Re7 Kc6 40. Kd3 Kb6 41. Ke3 Kc6 42. Kf4 Bb3 43. Ke5 a4 44. Re8 Kc7 45. Rh8 Kd7 46. axb4 cxb4 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-0"] [Site "Velden"] [Date "1980.03.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1980.03.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Bb4 ({RR} 11... Ne6 12. Be5 h6 13. g4 b5 14. Rhg1 b4 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qxc6 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Ng5 18. Qxa8 Qa5 19. Qc6 Rd8 20. Qb5 Qc7+ 21. Kb1 Nxh3 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Rg3 Nxf2 24. Rc6 a6 25. Qb6 {1-0 (25) Nilssen,E (2160)-Bansal,S (1979) London ENG 2025}) 12. Kb1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 12... Ng6 13. Bh2 Qa5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf5 18. Nc4 Qb5+ 19. Qb3 Qg5 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Qa3 Re7 22. g4 b5 23. Ka1 Bd5 24. Qc5 Qf6 25. Bg3 Qe6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 {Vishnu,P (2518)-Ni,H (2697) Caleta 2016 0-1 (63)}) 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Bh2 Nf8 20. Qb3 Ba5 21. Nc4 Bb6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Bc5 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Red8 26. Rhd1 Qe6 27. Nxb7 Rdb8 28. Rb5 Qf6 29. Rd2 Qg6 30. g3 h6 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Rbd5 Rab8 33. Qc3 Kh7 34. Qe5 Rd7 35. Nf5 Rdb7 36. h4 Ne6 37. Nd6 Rb4 38. h5 Qg4 39. a3 Ra4 40. Ka2 Nc7 41. Qf5+ Qxf5 42. Rxf5 f6 43. b3 Ra6 44. Nxe4 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-0"] [Site "Velden"] [Date "1980.03.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1980.03.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. h3 ({RR} 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 c5 11. Bb1 Rc8 12. O-O Bc6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Ne5 Nf8 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Nc3 21. bxc3 Qb7 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. h4 b5 {Kortschnoj,V (2548)-Goh,C London 2010 1-0 (54)}) 9... c5 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Qb3 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nf8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Na4 Ne6 15. Bh2 Qe7 16. Nf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Ne4 18. Rc2 b5 19. Kg1 Qd6 20. Rfc1 bxa4 21. Qxb7 Reb8 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 24. R1c2 {Grigore,G (2479)-Epishin,V (2600) Badalona 2005 ½-½}) 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Rc1 c4 11. Bb1 a6 12. Ne5 b5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Ne2 Ne8 15. Ng3 Nd6 16. h4 f5 17. h5 Ne4 18. f3 Nxg3 19. Bxg3 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nc8 21. g4 Nd6 22. Rc2 fxg4 23. Rg2 g3 24. h6 g5 {Kosakowski,J (2549)-Chylewski,P (2305) Chotowa POL 2026 1-0}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. Bh2 Ne4 15. f3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qf4 f6 19. Ng4 d4 20. Rd3 Ba6 21. exd4 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxb2 25. Bf4 Be5 {Demeter,D (2039)-Provaznik,M (2127) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bb1 Re8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Bf8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qc2 g6 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Nxc5 Rac8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Qe2 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd3 Ra8 24. a3 a5 25. Bb5 Qc7 {Janzelj,L (2254)-Lubuuto,B (1607) Batumi 2018 1-0 (46)}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. a3 Re8 15. Ne5 Nf8 16. Bh2 Qb6 17. f3 a5 18. Kh1 b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Ra1 N6d7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. e4 Nf8 23. Bg1 Bc6 24. Rfe1 Rab8 25. axb4 axb4 26. b3 c3 27. Bd3 Qb7 28. Ba6 Qd7 29. Bh2 dxe4 30. fxe4 Qxd4 31. Rad1 Qa7 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33. Bc4 Be8 34. Rf1 Bg5 35. Rd5 Qe7 36. Nc5 g6 37. Qf2 Bh6 38. e5 Bg7 39. Ne4 Bxe5 40. Re1 Kg7 41. Nd6 Bxd6 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Rd1 Bf6 44. Rf1 Nd7 45. g4 Rc8 46. Bb5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch17 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1949.10.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "1949.10.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxc8+ Qd8 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ 1-0 [Event "ARM-chT"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "2008.06.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Melkumyan, Hrant"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "2616"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2008.06.16"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. a4 ({RR} 12. Qe2 Qb8 13. h3 O-O 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bc2 e5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nh2 b4 18. Na4 Ncd7 19. Ng4 Bc6 20. Bd3 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bb5 22. Qd2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Re6 24. g3 Qb7 25. g5 h6 26. Qd5 Qxd5 {Paragua,M (2617)-Borgo,G (2414) San Marino 2006 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 12. Rc1 O-O 13. h3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Bb1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Bb8 19. Nb1 g6 20. Nf3 e5 21. Nbd2 e4 22. Nd4 Qe5 23. Nf1 Qe7 24. Bb1 b4 25. a3 Nd3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Peng,J (1837)-Xiao,Y (2361) Daqing CHN 2026 0-1 (36)}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 b4 14. Nb1 Bf4 $146 ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. Nbd2 N7f6 16. g3 O-O 17. Qe2 Nc3 18. Bxc3 bxc3 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rb8 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rfc1 Qa5 23. h4 h6 24. Qc4 Rc7 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. Rab1 Rbc8 27. Rc2 Qd5 28. b4 e5 29. Qe3 {Larrua Gonzalez,F (2255)-Gutierrez Delgado,Y (2263) Havana 2009 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Nbd2 Nb6 16. Nc4 Nbd5 17. Re1 Bc7 18. Nce5 Qd6 19. Ng5 Nf4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nd5 23. Rc1 Ne7 24. Rh4 Rac8 25. Qd3 h6 26. Rh5 Bb8 27. Nc4 Qf4 28. g3 Qg4 29. Ra5 {Becker,J-Woller,R (2238) Ruhrgebiet 1999 0-1 (67)}) 15. Nbd2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Nb6 17. Qe2 Nbd5 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Nc4 a5 20. Rac1 Ne7 21. Ne3 Ng6 22. Qg3 Nd5 23. Rfe1 Qf6 24. Rc5 h5 25. Nc4 h4 26. Qg4 Ngf4 27. Bf1 Nc3 28. Bc1 Ncd5 29. Ne5 Rfc8 30. g3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rxc5 32. dxc5 Ng6 33. Nxg6 Qxg6 34. Qxg6 fxg6 35. Rxe6 Rc8 36. Bc4 Rxc5 37. Re5 Bc6 38. Bb2 Rxc4 39. bxc4 Nb6 40. Bd4 Nxc4 41. Rc5 Nd2 42. Rxc6 Nf3+ 43. Kf1 Nxd4 44. Rc4 Ne6 45. Ke1 Kf7 46. Kd1 Kf6 47. Rc6 Ke5 48. Ra6 Nc5 49. Rxa5 Kd4 50. Kc2 g5 51. g4 Ne4 52. Kb3 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959.09.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Olafsson, Fridrik"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1959.09.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "28"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. Na4 {(? 15.?c5)} b6 15. Nc3 ({RR} 15. a3 g5 16. g3 h5 17. b4 h4 18. Nc5 Ng6 19. e4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Be7 21. e5 Qg7 22. Kh1 g4 23. Ne1 hxg3 24. hxg3 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Kg1 Raf8 27. Nd3 Bf5 28. Bxg4 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Nh4 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2352)-Bluebaum,M (2695) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (49)}) 15... Rfb8 ({RR} 15... Rfc8 16. Qf1 b5 17. a4 c6 18. Nb1 bxa4 19. Nc3 Bg4 20. Nxa4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rcb8 22. Qe2 a5 23. Qd2 Bb4 24. Qd3 g6 25. b3 Qd6 26. Rc2 Rb5 27. h4 h5 28. g3 Rab8 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Nc3 {Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Eljanov,P (2751) Astrakhan 2010 ½-½ (36)}) 16. a4 $146 (16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qf4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6) ({RR} 16. a3 Bf5 17. b4 c6 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. a4 b5 20. a5 g5 21. Nd1 Re8 22. Nb2 Kg7 23. Bd3 Bb8 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. Nc5 Qe7 27. Qd3 Nd6 28. Re1 Ne4 29. Nd2 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Be5 {Bukic,E-Sofrevski,J Skopje 1968 ½-½ (31)}) 16... Nc6 (16... c5 $142 17. a5 c4 18. axb6 Rxb6) 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qf4 19. d5 $1 Qxe4 20. dxe6 Rd8 (20... fxe6 21. Rc4) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qe1 $1 Kf8 23. Rc4 Qe8 24. Rac1 Ne5 25. Re4 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qf7 27. Re3 $1 Bf4 $1 (27... Rab8 28. Be2 $1) 28. Bxa8 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rxa8 30. Qg3 Kg8 31. Rxc7 Qf6 32. Qf2 $14 (32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Rd8 34. Rc2 Rd3 35. Kf2 Rb3 {? ...?b4=}) 32... Qe5 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Rd3 Qe4 35. Qc2 Kh7 36. Qd1 Re6 37. Rc3 Rg6 38. Qc2 Qxc2 39. Rxc2 Rd6 40. Kf2 Rd3 41. Kf3 Rb3 42. Ke4 a5 43. Kd4 $16 g5 44. e4 Kg7 45. Rf2 Rb4+ 46. Kd5 Rxa4 47. e5 Ra1 48. e6 b5 49. e7 Rd1+ 50. Kc6 Re1 51. Kxb5 Re5+ 52. Ka4 Rxe7 53. Kxa5 Ra7+ 54. Kb4 Ra8 (54... Rb7+ 55. Kc5 Rc7+ 56. Kb6) 55. b3 h5 56. Kc5 Rc8+ 57. Kd6 Rd8+ 58. Kc6 Rc8+ 59. Kd7 $1 $18 Rc1 60. Rb2 Rh1 61. b4 Rxh2 62. b5 Rh1 63. b6 Rd1+ 64. Ke6 Rd8 65. b7 Rb8 66. Kf5 $1 1-0 [Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial op"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "2004.11.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Pantsulaia, Levan"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2321"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2004.11.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Nd2 c6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. Rac1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rfd1 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Kg7 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxc8 Qf6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Be4 Nb6 {Sapocinic,S (2355)-Soojay,J (2100) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0 (35)}) 10... Nf8 11. a3 Be7 12. O-O-O $146 ({RR} 12. O-O g6 13. b4 a6 14. Nb3 Ne6 15. Bh4 Ng7 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bf2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. e4 Nb6 21. Nc5 Qc7 22. Bg1 Rad8 23. a4 dxe4 24. fxe4 a5 25. e5 Be7 26. bxa5 Bxc5 {Abbasov,F (2537)-Bajarani,U (2393) Baku 2011 1-0 (38)}) 12... Be6 13. Kb1 b6 14. Nf3 b5 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Ne2 b4 17. Qxc6 bxa3 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nc6 Bd6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Ne4 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Rhf1 Kf8 24. Nb4 Nf6 25. b3 Ke7 26. Ka2 Kd6 27. Rc1 Rec8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Kxa3 g6 30. Kb2 Nd7 31. Bb5 Nf6 32. f3 Nc7 33. Rc1 h5 34. h4 1-0 [Event "Fajr op 10th"] [Site "Iran"] [Date "2001.02.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran A"] [Black "Akbarinia, Sayed Arash"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2122"] [BlackElo "2196"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2001.02.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IRI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.03.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxg5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Bf5 ({RR} 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 f5 17. f4 Qh4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qf2 Qf6 20. f5 Qh6 21. Qf4 Rf8 22. Qxh6+ gxh6 23. Rf4 Kh7 24. Raf1 Bd7 25. Nh5 Rf7 26. g4 Rg8 27. h4 Be8 28. Kh2 Rff8 {Sarkar,J (2290)-Mejias Nunez,R (2012) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (32)}) 14... g6 15. Bxd7 ({RR} 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. f4 Qh5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Rf3 Kg7 19. Rh3 Qg4 20. Rf1 Rh8 21. Rff3 Rxh3 22. Rxh3 Re8 23. Rg3 Qh4 24. Qd1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. f5 g5 27. Rh3 Qg4 28. Rf3 Kf6 29. Qd2 Qh4 {Flear,G (2470)-Garcia,A (2270) Aosta 1990 1-0 (59)}) 15... Bxd7 16. Rae1 $146 ({RR} 16. Ne2 Kg7 17. Ng3 Qh4 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. a4 Rf6 20. e4 Rf4 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qc7 Rh8 23. h3 Bc6 24. Qe5+ Kh7 25. Red1 Re8 26. Qc7 Kg7 27. b4 Rxd4 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxb4 30. Re7 Qf6 {Requejo,O-Iriarte,W Lima 1993 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 16. Ne2 Kg7 17. Qc5 b6 18. Qd6 Rad8 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. Nxg3 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. b3 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Kf1 d3 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. f3 Ba6 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Kf2 f5 {Asensio Soto,F-Palazon,A Mesa 1993 ½-½ (43)}) 16... Kg7 17. f4 Qh5 18. Qf2 Bg4 19. Qg3 Re6 20. Rf2 Rae8 21. Rd2 b6 22. b4 Qf5 23. b5 1-0 [Event "Batumi BCSA op"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2003.07.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran A"] [Black "Chokhonelidze, Salome"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2259"] [BlackElo "2067"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2003.07.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.09.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Nh5 ({RR} 10... c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bf5 a6 13. Nf4 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qxg5+ Kh8 17. Qh6+ Nh7 18. Ncxd5 Bg5 19. Qh3 Ndf6 20. Qf5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rc8 22. f4 Bh6 23. Qh5 Qd6 24. Rf3 Qg6 25. Qxg6 {Yushko,O (2033)-Leung,H (1618) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (39)}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 13. f4 Bg4 14. Nxd5 Qe6 15. e4 Rac8 16. f5 Qd6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qa3 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Qc6 20. Nef4 b5 21. h3 Ng3 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qxg3 Qxb2 24. Qxg4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Ne5 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. f6 g5 {Legrand,S (2129)-Meslage,J (1930) Paris 2010 1-0}) ({RR} 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Rac8 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qb1 Nc4 19. Nce2 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Qe5 21. Rd4 Ne4 22. b4 Rc6 23. Qd3 Qxf5 24. Rxd5 Ne5 25. Qd4 Re8 26. f4 Qg4 27. Rxe5 Rec8 {Pokorny,P (2229)-Ptacek,L (2066) Czech Republic 2008 ½-½ (34)}) 13... Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rfd8 16. Qb5 Nf6 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd4 Rad8 20. f3 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. Rad1 g5 23. Nfe2 Ne8 24. g4 Nf6 25. h4 Rh8 26. Rh1 Rc8 27. a3 Rdd8 28. Kg3 Rg8 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Kf2 Rh8 31. Rdd1 Rcd8 32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Ng3 Rd8 35. Rd4 Rd7 36. Nge2 Rc7 37. Rd1 Rc8 38. Ng1 Rd8 39. Rd4 a6 40. Kg3 Kd6 41. Nh3 Rg8 42. Rb4 Kc6 43. Ne2 Kc7 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Rb3 Be6 46. a4 Nh7 47. a5 Rd8 48. f4 gxf4+ 49. exf4 Rg8 50. f5 Bd7 51. Rb6 Bc6 52. Nxc6 bxc6 53. Rxa6 Rb8 54. Ra7+ Rb7 55. Rxb7+ Kxb7 56. g5 Ka6 57. Kf4 Kxa5 58. Ke5 Kb4 59. g6 Nf8 60. g7 Nd7+ 61. Kd6 1-0 [Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2006.02.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2514"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2006.02.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 112"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2 Rc8 ({RR} 15... Ba6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. Qxd4 Qxa4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nb6 21. Qd6 Qd7 22. Qxb4 Bf8 23. Qh4 Bg7 ({RR} 23... Be7 24. Bf6 h6 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rad1 Nd5 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Qe4) 24. Rad1 Qa4 25. Rd4 Qxa2 26. Be7 Qe6 27. Bb4 Bf8 ({RR} 27... a5 28. Red1 f6 29. Bc5 Rb8 30. Rd6 Qxe5 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Qa4+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Rd8+) 28. Qf6 Rg8 29. Rd6 Qf5 30. Rxb6) 16. Nc4 ({RR} 16. Ne4 h6 ({RR} 16... Nxe5 17. Bf1 Be7 ({RR} 17... Nd7 18. Qxd4) 18. Qxd4 Bxg5 19. Nd6+ ({RR} 19. Bb5+ Bc6 20. Qxe5 O-O 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qxg5 Qxa4) 19... Kd7 20. Qxe5 Bf4 21. Nxb7 Qxa4 22. Qxh8) 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nf4 19. b3 Nxe5 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd5) 16... Rxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. Rc1 O-O $146 ({RR} 18... Nxe5 19. Rxe5 ({RR} 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Bh6 Bd6 22. Bb3 Qf5 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. g4 Nf4 27. gxf5 Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Ba6) ({RR} 19. Nc5 Qxc5 20. Ba6 Nc3 ({RR} 20... Qb6 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa4+ Nd7 23. Qb5 N5b6 24. Qxb4 Bf6) 21. Bxb7) ({RR} 19. Bb3 Nd7 20. Bd2 O-O 21. a3 Rb8 22. Qe2 Ba6 23. Qd1 Bb7 24. Qe2 Nc3 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Bf4 Rd8 27. Bd6 Nb6) 19... Bxe5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Bh6 Bd6 22. Bb3 Qf5 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. g4 Nf4 27. gxf5 Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Ba6 29. Ke1 gxf5 30. Be3 Ng1 31. f4 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxh2 33. Bxa7 {Carlsen,M (2714)-Karjakin,S (2694) Bilbao 2007 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 18... Nxe5 19. Bf1 Nd7 20. a3 O-O 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Qb3 Ba8 23. Rc4 Ne5 24. Rc5 Qd8 25. axb4 d3 26. Qd1 Nd7 ({RR} 26... Qh4) 27. Rc4 Ne5 28. Rc5 ({RR} 28. Rce4 Qd6 29. Nc5 Rd8) 28... Nd7 29. Rc4 Ne5 {½-½ (29) Mamedyarov,S (2752)-Gelfand,B (2736) Moscow 2007 CBM 122 [Krasenkow,Michal]}) ({RR} 18... Nxe5 19. Nc5 Qxc5 20. Ba6 Nc3 21. Bxb7 {1-0 (21) Hansen,L (2572)-Palac,M (2567) Heraklion 2007}) 19. Bb3 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Qxd4 Nc6 23. Qh4 f6 24. Bh6 g5 25. Qe4 f5 26. Qe1 Rd8 27. Nb7 Bxb7 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxd5 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-38"] [Site "Dresden"] [Date "2008.11.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Rodgaard, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2383"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2008.11.13"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 128"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.01.28"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "Faroe Islands"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "FAI"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Bb6 11. e3 Nc6 12. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Be2 d4 14. O-O Qg6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rac8 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Kf2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Kg3 Rd7 26. Kf4 g6 {Xu,X (2580)-Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P (2445) Caleta 2020 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Be2 d4 14. O-O Qg6 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Be3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rac8 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Kf2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Kg3 Rd7 26. Kf4 g6 {Xu,X (2580)-Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P (2445) Caleta 2020 ½-½ (38)}) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. O-O Qf6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxd5 Qxb2 18. Qd7 Na5 19. Be5 Qe2 20. Qd1 Qb5 21. a4 Qb3 22. Qxb3 Nxb3 23. Rc3 Na5 24. Bc7 Rfc8 25. Rfc1 Nc6 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rc4 Ra6 28. Rd1 Raa8 29. Rd7 Nd8 30. Rb4 Kf8 31. Ng5 Ke8 32. Rd2 Rc6 33. Ne4 Ke7 34. Rbd4 Re6 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Nc3 Rc8 37. Nb5 Rec6 38. Kg2 Rc2 39. Rxd8+ 1-0 [Event "Benasque op 31st"] [Site "Benasque"] [Date "2011.07.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Recuero Guerra, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2441"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2011.07.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ ({RR} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qb6 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Rfe1 h5 19. Rac1 Kf7 20. Rc3 Rae8 21. Re3 Qd8 22. d6 Qxd6 23. Qc4+ Kf8 {Gbiorczyk,M (1937)-Czernek,T (2389) Warsaw POL 2025 0-1 (37)}) 9... Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxb5 ({RR} 10... gxf6 11. O-O a6 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Rc1 h5 15. Qe2 Ke7 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. f4 h4 18. h3 Rhg8 19. e5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rg3 21. exf6+ Nxf6 22. Nd4 Rgxc3 23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Nxh4 {Mamedyarov,S (2782)-Aronian,L (2782) chess24.com INT 2021 0-1 (47)}) 11. Nb3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bd4 Bxc3+ 14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. g3 Bc4 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qf3 e5 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rg4 21. Ke2 Rxe4 22. Kf3 f5 23. Rhd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ke7 25. h3 h5 26. Rc1 {Tomashevsky,E (2699)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Moscow 2010 ½-½ (32)}) 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Qh5 Rxg7 14. Qxb5+ Nc6 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Rd1 f5 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. exf5 a6 19. Qc4 exf5 20. O-O Bd6 21. Rd1 Rg6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Nd5 Kb8 24. Nb6 Qc7 25. Nxc6+ Qxc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27. Nc4 Bc7 28. Rd7 h6 29. Re7 Kb7 30. f4 Rf6 31. Kf2 c5 32. Ne3 1-0 [Event "Benasque op 31st"] [Site "Benasque"] [Date "2011.07.16"] [Round "10"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Burg, Twan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2011.07.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bd2 ({RR} 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Be6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rac1 h6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qb1 c5 20. a4 Qb8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bf4 24. Qd3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Re8 26. Qd3 Qb6 {Sasikiran,K (2720)-Le,Q (2703) Zaozhuang 2012 ½-½ (49)}) 12... Bb7 ({RR} 12... c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Be1 Be7 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Qd4 Rfd8 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Na4 23. b3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Bxc3 Nd5 {½-½ (25) Manea,A (2272)-Botea,D (2127) Craiova ROU 2025}) 13. b4 e5 14. a3 $146 ({RR} 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Ra1 {½-½ (15) Ftacnik,L (2580)-Korneev,O (2657) Austria 2006}) ({RR} 14. Rac1 exd4 15. exd4 Rfe8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (18) Sorokin,M (2560)-Suvrajit,S (2391) Mumbai 2003}) 14... Rfd8 15. h3 exd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Ne4 Ne6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rac1 Re8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Bf5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qd8 27. Bc3 Rf4 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qc5 Kg7 30. Re3 Rd4 31. Rg3+ Kh6 32. Qc1+ Kh5 33. Bg4+ Kg6 34. Be6+ Kh5 35. Bxf7+ Kh4 36. Qh6# 1-0 [Event "Dubai op 15th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2013.04.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Rahman, Ziaur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2511"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2013.04.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.04.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.04.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Bb5 Bxc5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 O-O 15. g3 Rad8 16. Qe4 Ba3 $146 ({RR} 16... Rfe8 17. Qf4 Qxb2 18. Kg2 Bc3 19. Rab1 Qa3 20. Rhc1 Bf6 21. Qa4 Qxa4 22. Bxa4 Re4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Ra4 25. Rc2 Rd3 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27. Rb7 Rc3 28. Rd2 Kg6 29. e4 Raa3 30. Ne1 Rc4 31. Nd3 {Kursova,M (2319)-Khurtsidze,N (2409) Mamaia 2016 ½-½ (65)}) 17. Bxc6 Bxb2 18. Rb1 bxc6 19. Kg2 Rb8 20. Rhd1 c5 21. Qc2 Qc3 22. Rd2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Ba3 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nd2 c4 26. Rxc4 Rb2 27. Nb3 a5 28. Nxa5 Bb4 29. Nb3 Be1 30. Kf1 Bxf2 31. Rc3 Rxa2 32. Nc1 Rd2 33. Ne2 Bxg3 34. hxg3 g6 35. Kf2 h5 36. Rc7 Kg7 37. Kf3 Rd1 38. Nf4 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Rg1 40. Ne6+ Kf6 41. Nc5 Kg7 42. Ne4 Kg8 43. Rd7 Rh1 44. Ng5 f6 45. Ne6 g5 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. Rg6 Rh2+ 48. Kf1 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Rxf6 h3 51. Rh6+ Kg8 52. Ng5 Rh1+ 53. Kf2 h2 54. Nf3 1-0 [Event "Las Vegas National op"] [Site "Las Vegas"] [Date "2008.06.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Pruess, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2616"] [BlackElo "2425"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2008.06.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. g5 ({RR} 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxf6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. c4 c5 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. O-O O-O 19. Bf4 Bxf3 20. Rxb8 Nxb8 21. Bxf3 Qxd4 22. Bc7 Bh4 23. Qxa7 Nd7 24. Qa6 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qc6 Rd8 {Vijayakumar,R (2311)-Suleymanli,A (2633) Eforie Nord ROU 2025 0-1 (71)}) ({RR} 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. fxe7 cxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Qxe7 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Nb3 Qb4+ 18. Qd2 Qb5 19. O-O-O c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. dxc5 O-O 22. Qc2 Rc7 23. Kb1 {½-½ (23) Dreev,A (2697)-Petrosian,T (2558) Moscow 2006}) 12... hxg5 13. Nxg5 Kf8 $146 ({RR} 13... c5 14. dxc5 b4 15. Na4 Rh4 16. c6 Rc8 17. cxd7+ Nxd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Rxe4 20. Rg1 Qa5 21. Kf1 Rxe2 22. Kxe2 Ne5 23. Rg3 Qb5+ 24. Ke1 Ba6 {0-1 (24) Miedema,D (2396)-Giri,A (2552) Haaksbergen 2009}) ({RR} 13... b4 14. Na4 c5 ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. Rg1 c5 16. e5 cxd4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rc1 ({RR} 18. a3) 18... Rxh2 ({RR} 18... Rc8) 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bc8 21. Bxb4) ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg6+ Kf8 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qg3 e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nc5 Qxg3 23. Nxd7+ Ke8 24. Rxg3 Kxd7 25. Rxg7+) ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. e5 ({RR} 15. O-O-O) 15... Nd5 16. Rg1 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Rxh2 18. Bg4 c5 19. Rc1 Kf8 ({RR} 19... c4 20. Bxe6) 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5+ Qxc5 22. Rxc5) 15. Nxc5 ({RR} 15. dxc5 Rh4 {RR} 16. c6 Rc8 17. Bb5 ({RR} 17. cxd7+ Nxd7) 17... a6 18. cxd7+ Nxd7 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qb3 Qb5 21. Nc3 bxc3 22. bxc3 f6 23. Qxb5+ axb5 24. Nf3 Rxe4+) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Qa4+ ({RR} 17. Bxb4 Nd7 18. Bb5 O-O 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. h4 f6 21. Nf3 Qb5 22. Bc3 Rxc5 23. O-O-O e5 24. Rde1 Rc7) 17... Bc6 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5+ Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Nxd7 21. Ke2 Rh4 22. Rac1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. f4 ({RR} 24. f3) 24... e5 25. h3 exf4 26. Nf3 Rh6 27. Bxf4 Re6 ({RR} 27... Rg6) 28. Nd2 {Carlsen,M (2776)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 2009 CBM 129 [Krasenkow,Michal] 0-1 (93)}) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Rg1 Nf8 15. e5 b4 16. Na4 N6d7 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nexc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qd4 21. Be3 Qxe5 22. Bb5+ Ke7 23. O-O-O) ({RR} 13... Qb6 14. O-O-O Qxd4 15. Be3 Qb4 ({RR} 15... Qe5 16. f4 Qb8 17. Rhg1 ({RR} 17. Kb1) 17... Bc5 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. e5 b4 ({RR} 20... Nd5) 21. exf6 bxc3 22. Qd4 gxf6 23. Nh7 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Nd7 25. Qxd7+ Qxd7 26. Nxf6+ Ke7 27. Nxd7) 16. f4 a6 ({RR} 16... Qa5 17. f5 e5 18. Rhg1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Kb1 Ncd7 21. Qb3 Rf8 22. Ne6 fxe6 23. Bh5+ Kd8 24. fxe6 Nxh5 25. Rxd7+ Kc8 26. Qd1 Rh8 27. Qd6) 17. f5 exf5 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Qxf5 Neg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Qe5 Nd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qg4 24. Qxg7 Rf8 25. Nce4) ({RR} 13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb5+ Nfd7 16. Rg1 a6 17. e5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qc7 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Rd6 Rxh2 22. Qd2 Rh3 23. Be3 g6 24. Bg5 Rc8 25. Rg4 Rh1+ 26. Ke2 Rh3 27. Rh4 Rxh4 28. Bxh4 {Czakon,J (2484)-Savchenko,S (2508) Montpellier 2006 1-0 (40)}) 14. Rg1 b4 15. Na4 c5 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qg6+ Kf8 19. Qxe6 cxd4 20. Qf5+ Ndf6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. Rc1 a5 24. h4 Qe8 25. Bg5 Rd8 26. Rg3 Qf7 27. b3 Bd6 28. Rd3 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Be4 30. Rxd4 Bxf5 31. Rxd8+ Ne8 32. Bc4 Qg6 33. Re5 1-0 [Event "Fajr op 13th"] [Site "Teheran"] [Date "2005.02.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Babaev, Rashad"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2568"] [BlackElo "2463"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2005.01.04"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IRI"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.03.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. e3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 ({RR} 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 c5 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 cxd4 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 Rd7 24. Bc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Kg2 Kf8 28. g4 Bb6 {Vidit,S (2707)-Wei,Y (2741) Danzhou 2019 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qc1 b2 16. Qxb2 Rc8 17. Qb3 h5 18. Na4 h4 19. Rac1 Bf5 20. Nc5 h3 21. Qd1 Rb8 22. Bf3 Qc8 23. a3 Qe6 24. Nd3 Qd6 25. Nf4 Bh7 26. Bg4 Bg5 27. Bxh3 Qxa3 28. Nd3 Rb3 {Maltsevskaya,A (2410)-Agrest,I (2285) Monaco MNC 2026 1-0 (36)}) 14... a5 $146 ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 Rxb3 18. Nc5 Rb5 19. Rxa7 Qb8 20. Qa2 Qd6 21. Rc1 Rfb8 22. Ra8 Kh7 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Bf1 Rb2 25. Qa3 g6 26. Qc3 Be7 27. Bd3 Bh3 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 {Liebert,H (2435)-Drvota,A Decin 1977 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 14... Be7 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. b3 Rb4 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qb3 Qa5 19. Nb2 Rc3 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Ra3 22. Nb2 Rb8 23. Nd1 Bf5 24. f3 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Bxb1 26. Nc3 Bc2 27. Nd1 Bf6 28. Kf2 Rxa2 29. Nc3 {Henttinen,M (2270)-Martynov,P (2420) Finland 2011 0-1 (33)}) 15. b3 Bc8 16. bxc4 Ba6 17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 cxd5 19. Nc3 g6 20. Nxd5 Bg7 21. h4 h5 22. Rc1 Kh8 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rc5 Rb2 25. Nf4 Ra2 26. Be4 Rxa4 27. Qd1 Bxd4 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Qxa4 1-0 [Event "Benasque op 31st"] [Site "Benasque"] [Date "2011.07.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Lacrosse, Marc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2185"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2011.07.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 Re8 16. Be3 Qe7 ({RR} 16... Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Nd4 Nh5 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. f4 f6 24. Qb3 Qf7 25. Bb6 a4 26. Qa2 Rd7 27. Be2 g6 28. e5 Bc7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Bg4 f5 31. Bf3 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Anand,V (2801) Moscow 2007 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 16... Bd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. b4 Nd7 20. Rab1 Ne5 21. Ng3 Bc8 22. Be2 Be6 23. Kh2 axb4 24. axb4 f6 25. Nf5 Ra2 26. Rb2 Rea8 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Qd1 Qc7 29. Kg1 Rb2 30. Nd4 Bf7 31. f4 {Kick,J (2087)-Naumann,A (2473) Tegernsee GER 2025 0-1 (35)}) 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Rad1 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 18... Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qc2 Qh4 21. Bb6 c5 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Qxc5 Rae8 24. Bxa5 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe4 26. f3 Qe2 27. Qd4 Re6 28. Bg3 Rg6 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Rd2 Qf1 31. Qd7 Qc1 32. h4 h5 33. Re2 {Rodshtein,M (2616)-Tan,M (2425) Eilat 2012 1-0 (34)}) 19. f3 Nh5 20. Ne2 Qf6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qc5 Rcd8 26. Bf1 f6 27. Qb6 Qb8 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Be2 Ba8 30. Qc5+ Kg8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Qd8 34. Bb3+ Kh8 35. Ke3 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 25th"] [Site "Ohrid"] [Date "2009.10.06"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Vysochin, Spartak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2009.10.04"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "MKD"] [SourceTitle "CBM 133"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Yerevan Mika"] [BlackTeam "Kiev Kievchess"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "UKR"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. Qc2 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qg5 20. Kh2 $146 ({RR} 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. Rd6 Rad8 23. Rcd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 g6 25. Ne2 h5 26. Qd2 Qc5 27. h4 Bb5 28. Nf4 Bc6 29. a4 Qe5 30. Qd1 Kh7 31. g3 Kg7 32. Ne2 Kf8 33. Qd2 Ke7 34. Qd4 Kf8 {Ftacnik,L (2573)-Iskusnyh,S (2463) Dresden 2007 1-0 (50)}) 20... Bd7 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Qd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bc6 24. Rd1 Kh7 25. Qd6 Re7 26. Qb8 Re8 27. Qf4 Qxf4+ 28. Nxf4 Rc8 29. g4 a5 30. Kg3 a4 31. Ne2 Bb5 32. Nd4 Bd3 33. bxa4 Rc4 34. a5 Rc5 35. Nb3 Rc2 36. Rc1 Rxa2 37. Rc7 Kg8 38. Rxb7 Ra3 39. h4 g5 40. Rb6 gxh4+ 41. Kxh4 Bc4 42. Nc5 Rxa5 43. Nxe4 Kg7 44. Ng3 Be6 45. f4 Ra2 46. Nh5+ Kh7 47. Kg3 Ra3 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kg3 Rg2+ 51. Kh3 Bf3 52. Nf6+ Kg7 53. e4 Ra2 54. Nh5+ Kh7 55. Rb7 Kg8 56. Rb3 Bg2+ 57. Kg3 Bh1 58. Rb8+ Kh7 59. f5 Ra4 60. Re8 Rb4 61. Nf6+ Kg7 62. e5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch16 Quarterfinal"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1947.08.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Buslaev, Aleksander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1947.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. h3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Be6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4 Bd5 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qa4 f4 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1 Rxb1+ {Nakamura,H (2791)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2819) Chess.com INT 2016 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 12. O-O Ne7 13. Re1 g6 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Nh4 Ne8 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Re8 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Qd8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Na4 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Nc5 Ra7 26. Ra1 Qa8 {Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2462)-Hernandez,C (2348) Benasque ESP 2026 1-0 (69)}) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O Re8 14. Kb1 b6 $146 ({RR} 14... Be6 15. g4 b5 16. Rc1 a6 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Nc3 Qe6 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qc6 Rad8 23. Nb3 Rd6 24. Qc7 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Rc7 Rf6 27. Rhc1 h5 28. R1c2 h4 29. Nc5 {Antoshin,V-Pietzsch,W Leipzig 1965 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 14... Qe7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxf7 Ne4 17. f3 Qxf7 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nf8 20. Nd6 {1-0 (20) Landsman,K-Grant,E Groningen 1984}) 15. g4 Qe7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne5 c5 18. f3 Bb7 19. h4 Nd7 20. f4 f6 21. Nxg6 Qxe3 22. Rd3 Qe6 23. f5 Qd6 24. h5 cxd4 25. Nb5 Qc5 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. h6 gxh6 28. Rdh3 Kg7 29. Nd6 Ba6 30. Nf4 Rh8 31. Ne6+ Kg8 32. Nc7 Rb8 33. Re1 Ne5 34. Nxd5 Nxg4 35. Rg1 h5 36. Nxf6+ Kg7 37. Nxh5+ Kf8 38. Rxg4 Be2 39. Rgh4 d3 40. Ne4 Rb4 41. Nhf6 Rxh4 42. Rxh4 d2 43. Rh8+ Ke7 44. Rh7+ Kd8 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. Rxd2 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas-02"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1973.04.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Huguet, Bernard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1973.04.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O ({RR} 8... Nf8 9. h3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rab1 Re8 15. b4 a6 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. a4 Bd7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Nf3 Rec8 23. Rec1 {Vitiugov,N (2719)-Deac,B (2702) Linares ESP 2023 ½-½ (56)}) 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Rab1 b6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe7 15. c4 Be6 16. f3 Nd6 17. c5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rxb6 Bd5 21. Rbb1 Ra3 22. e4 Be6 23. exf5 Rxf5 {Mekhitarian,K (2540)-Do,H (1980) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (66)}) 9... Re8 10. a3 Ba5 $146 ({RR} 10... Bf8 11. h3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. b4 a5 14. Qb3 b5 15. bxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. a4 Ne4 18. Bf4 Ndc5 19. Qc2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 b4 21. Ne2 Ba6 22. Qc2 Nc3 23. Nxc3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 bxc3 25. Qxc3 {Ruzele,D (2525)-Gheng,J (2320) Boeblingen 1997 0-1 (39)}) 11. b4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nf8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Bg4 16. Nh4 Qd6 17. g3 Kh8 18. Rfc1 Ne6 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Qf8 21. Qd1 Rac8 22. Qh5 Kh7 23. h4 Bb8 24. e4 Nc7 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Re1 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation HUN-URS 12,0-20,0"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1955.05.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Barcza, Gedeon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1955.05.23"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd1 ({RR} 9. Nge2 Na6 10. Nf4 Nc7 11. Nh5 Be7 12. Ng7+ Kf8 13. Nf5 Ne6 14. Bd3 a5 15. Rd1 a4 16. a3 Ng7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. h4 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. h5 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Ne6 22. h6 Rg8 23. Qf5 Rg5 {Chatalbashev,B (2596)-Sulskis,S (2562) Vienna 2008 ½-½}) 9... Qb6 ({RR} 9... Bg7 10. Bd3 Qd6 11. h4 h5 12. Qc2 Rh6 13. Nge2 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. Nf4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne6 17. Nce2 Bf8 18. O-O Qd8 19. b4 a6 20. Rab1 Bd6 21. g3 Qd7 22. Ng2 Rg6 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Qf5 {Kawka,M (2061)-Diz Lorono,I (1873) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0 (36)}) 10. Qd2 Na6 11. Nf3 O-O-O $146 ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rfe1 Ne6 15. g3 Kf8 16. Rac1 f6 17. Bd3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 fxg5 19. Qc2 Kg7 20. Bxf5 Raf8 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. e4 Qxd4 23. Re2 Qf6 24. exd5 Rxh2 25. Ne4 Qf3 26. Qc3+ {Flear,G (2500)-Brouwer,D Antwerp 1993 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 11... Be4 12. Be2 Rg8 13. O-O Nc7 14. Nh4 Ne6 15. f3 Bg6 16. f4 Be4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qc2 O-O-O 19. Kh1 Rd5 20. Bc4 Rh5 21. Qxe4 Nd8 22. Bxf7 f5 23. Nxf5 Rg6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Ng3 Rh6 26. Qe8 {Zude,E (2384)-Andersen,R (2076) Helsingor 2012 1-0 (35)}) 12. a3 Nc7 13. b4 Ne8 14. Be2 Nd6 15. Qa2 Ne4 16. Rc1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd6 18. O-O Kd7 19. Nh4 Ke7 20. f4 Be4 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rd7 23. Nf5+ Kd8 24. Rb1 a6 25. Qf2 Re8 26. Rdb3 Qb5 27. Rc3 Bf8 28. Qc2 Qb6 29. Rcb3 Qb5 30. Kf2 Rc7 31. Rc3 a5 32. Rcb3 Qc4 33. Qb2 axb4 34. axb4 Kd7 35. Ra1 Rcc8 36. Ra7 Qb5 37. Qa3 Rc7 38. Ng3 Rec8 39. Qb2 Qc4 40. Qb1 Ke8 41. Nh5 Bd6 42. b5 b6 43. Ra2 cxb5 44. Rxb5 Be7 45. Rxb6 Rc6 46. Rxc6 Rxc6 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Ra7+ Rc7 49. Rxc7+ Kxc7 50. Qxh7 Qa2+ 51. Kf3 Qd2 52. Qb1 f5 53. Ng3 Bh4 54. Ne2 Be7 55. h3 Bb4 56. Ng3 Kc6 57. Nxf5 Kb5 58. Nd6+ Ka4 59. Nxf7 Ba3 60. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Moscow-ch28"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Beilin, Mikhail Abramovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1950.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 c6 14. Nf3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 14... Bb7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. b4 a5 17. b5 c5 18. a4 Re8 19. Bg4 Rxe5 20. dxe5 Kf8 21. f4 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Nd7 23. Ke2 Rd8 24. Rd2 Nf8 25. Rcd1 Ne6 26. Bf3 Nc7 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. f5 {Najdorf,M-Pilnik,H Mar del Plata 1955 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 14... f6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Ra7 18. Ne1 Rb7 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. g4 Be4 21. f3 Bg6 22. Nf4 Bh7 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 bxa5 25. bxa5 Rb5 26. Rc5 Rb7 27. Rcc1 Rc8 28. Rb1 Rb5 29. Rxb5 {Citak,S (2035)-Bayram,Y (2312) Batumi 2002 1-0 (45)}) 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Rc8 17. Rc3 f6 18. Nd3 a5 19. Rhc1 Kf7 20. Nf4 Rd8 21. Rb3 Ra6 22. h4 Ke7 23. h5 Kd6 24. Rbc3 Ra7 25. Ng6 Rad7 26. Nh4 Kc7 27. Nf5 Kb7 28. Kf3 Re8 29. a3 b5 30. Kg3 Re6 31. f3 Na6 32. Kf4 Nc7 33. e4 dxe4 34. fxe4 Ne8 35. Rc5 Nc7 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rxa5 Nb5 38. d5 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 09th Group1"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1963.08.09"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1963.08.07"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Moscow"] [BlackTeam "Latvia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "LAT"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 {[%CAl Gb2b4]} (11. Bg5) (11. Qc2 {[%CAl Gc2c5]}) 11... a5 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Ra2 Bf5 14. Bb2 Be4 15. Qd2 d4 16. Raa1 Qd5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Rc5 Qb3 19. Qc1 Qe6 20. Re1 h6 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Rfe8 23. Rcc1 a6 24. h4 Rd6 25. Ba1 Kf8 26. Nd2 {Shevchenko,K (2684)-Harikrishna,P (2704) Bucharest ROU 2023 0-1 (91)}) 12. Bg5 ({RR} 12. Ne1 d4 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Re1 Rc8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb5 Na7 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Rc1 Na7 24. Qf5 Re8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Rc2 Nc6 {Petrosian,T (2635)-Peters,J (2370) Lone Pine 1976 1-0 (50)}) 12... f6 13. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Ne1 Rad8 16. Nd3 Bd4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. b5 Na5 23. Qb4 Nc6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Rxc6 Bd4 27. Rd6 Rxd6 {Mamedov,E (2239)-Rosh,J (2248) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (81)}) ({RR} 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bf7 17. Qb5 a4 18. Bd2 Na7 19. Qxa4 Rxe2 20. Rf1 d4 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Nc6 23. Qb5 Na7 24. Qf5 Nc8 25. Be4 g6 26. Qf3 Nd6 27. Bd5 Qe7 {Sula,Z-Zhang,W (2270) Luzern 1982 1-0 (41)}) 13... Ba7 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Ne1 Re8 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. b4 axb4 18. Nxb4 $1 Nxb4 19. Rc7 $36 Qd8 20. axb4 g5 $6 {[%csl Rg8,Rh7]} 21. Qd3 Re7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Be3 $1 $40 {[%csl Rd5,Re6,Rf6]} d4 $6 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. e3 Bxd4 26. exd4 Qxb4 27. d5 Qd6 28. Be4 Bf7 29. Bxh7+ Kg7 30. Be4 Qc5 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Qf3 Bg6 33. Bxg6 Kxg6 34. Qd3+ Kg7 35. Rb5 Qe7 36. Qf5 Rd6 37. Kg2 Qd7 38. Qxd7+ Rxd7 39. Kf3 Re7 40. Rb6 f5 41. d6 Rd7 42. h4 Kf6 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. f3 Kf6 47. Rb5 Ke6 48. Rxf5 Kxd6 49. g4 Ke6 50. Rf8 b5 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Cup 05th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1966.10.05"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Birbrager, Isaak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1966.09.24"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Spartak"] [BlackTeam "Mekhnat"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. Nf3 Ne6 9. Bh4 g6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 ({RR} 11. Rb1 Ng7 12. h3 h6 13. Bg3 Nfh5 14. Be5 Ne6 15. Qc2 Kh7 16. b4 a6 17. a4 f5 18. Qb3 c6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Ra3 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. Rfc1 Bd7 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. Nb3 Qb4 {Deuer,M (2282)-Dietmayer Kraeutler,M (2312) Austria 2022 1-0 (43)}) 11... a6 12. a4 c6 13. Qb3 Ng7 $146 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. b5 c5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 cxd4 17. Rac1 b6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Bc6 Rd8 21. Qb2 axb5 22. axb5 Kg7 23. e4 Nc5 24. e5 Qe7 25. Rc4 d3 26. Rd1 Be6 27. Rf4 Bb3 28. Rd2 {Comas Fabrego,L (2405)-Spassky,B (2550) Lyon 1991 ½-½ (40)}) 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Bf5 16. Ne5 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Ne6 18. Ne5 g5 19. Bg3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qd1 Nce4 23. Ne2 Qb6 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Qd3 Bxd4 26. exd4 Rc8 27. f3 Rc3 28. Qd1 Nxg3 29. hxg3 h6 30. Qa4 Rc8 31. Kh2 Qd6 32. Qa7 Qc7 33. b6 Qe7 34. Re1 Rc3 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Ra1 Ne8 37. Ra8 f6 38. Qxe8 Qxe8 39. Rxe8 fxe5 40. Rxe5 Kf6 41. Rxd5 Rc6 42. Rb5 Rc4 43. Rd5 Rc6 44. Kh3 Rxb6 45. Kg4 Rb2 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Kf5 Rxg2 48. g4 Rf2 49. Rd7+ Kf8 50. Kg6 Rxf3 51. Kxh6 b5 52. Kxg5 b4 53. Rb7 b3 54. Kg6 Ke8 55. g5 Kd8 56. Kh5 Ke8 57. g6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch22 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.03.01"] [Round "12"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1955.02.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 $5 7. O-O (7. a3 $5) 7... O-O 8. Qc2 Bd6 $2 (8... dxc4 $142 9. Bxc4 Bd6 {? e5 Petrosian}) ({RR} 8... Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rac1 Qb8 11. Rfe1 h6 12. h3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Bb4 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Qe4 Bd7 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qh7 g6 22. Qxh6+ Bg7 23. Qg5 {Bauer,C (2602)-Piskov,Y (2448) Biel 2009 ½-½ (38)}) 9. b3 $1 ({RR} 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. exd5 Rd8 16. Qe4 Bf8 17. Qh4 Bg7 18. Ne4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Qd6 22. Qe7 Qe6 23. Qh4 Qg4 {Lipus,D (1568)-Kozelsky,M (1929) Orlova 2014 ½-½ (39)}) 9... dxc4 (9... e5 $6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 $1 $16) 10. bxc4 e5 11. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 c5 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. e4 a6 18. e5 Ne8 19. Qc2 Qh4 20. g3 Qh6 21. f5 Qc6 22. Rf4 Qa4 23. Qb1 f6 24. e6 Bc6 25. Rd1 Qa5 {Burke,J (2065)-Johnson,E Chicago 1996 1-0 (40)}) 11... Re8 12. Ne4 $1 $16 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 (13... g6 $142 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 f5 16. dxe5 Bb4 $13 {Petrosian}) (13... g6 $2 14. Bd3 $1 Qe7 15. c5 Bc7 16. Bc4 $1 {Novotelnov}) 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Bh7+ $1 (15. Rxd4 Nf6 $1) 15... Kh8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 (16... Be7 17. Ne5 Rf8 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Rfd1 $18) (16... Qe7 17. Rfd1 Bc7 18. Re4 Qd8 19. Rg4 f6 20. Bf5 Qe7 21. Nh4 $18) (16... Nf6 17. c5 Nxh7 18. Rxd6 {? ?xh6? Novotelnov}) (16... Bc7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Re4 Qf8 19. Rh4 $16) (16... Be7 {Petrosian}) 17. Rf4 Qe7 (17... Rf8 18. Rd1 $1) 18. Re4 $1 Qf8 19. Rh4 $1 {(? ?xh6)} f6 (19... Nf6 20. Rxh6 $1 $18) 20. Bg6 Re7 21. Rh5 $1 {(? ?h4)} Bd6 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Ba3 c5 24. Nh4 $1 {[24...?d8 25.?e4 ?g8 26.?d5+ +-; 24...?g8 25.?h7! ?xh7 26.?g6+ +-]} 1-0 [Event "Moscow GM-Young M"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Katishonok, Nikolaj"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1972.10.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 ({RR} 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. Nc1 Nf6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Nc5 b6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Rc1 c5 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Nb5 Nxb5 25. Bxb5 Ree7 {Keymer,V (2776)-Aronian,L (2729) Doha QAT 2025 ½-½ (71)}) 11... c5 ({RR} 11... b5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bf2 a6 14. Nf4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bf5 Bf8 17. Nce2 Bc8 18. Nd4 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 g6 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Rc2 Ncd7 23. Rfc1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne5 25. b3 a5 26. Nd3 {Klukin,K (2414)-Bouska,J (2334) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 12. Bf2 $146 ({RR} 12. Bc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Re1 Bc5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Na4 Bf8 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. a3 Bg7 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bf2 Ne5 21. Qb3 Bd7 22. Qxd5 Rac8 23. Bb3 Red8 24. Qa5 Qxa5 25. bxa5 Nd3 26. Red1 Rc3 {Montano Vicente,G (1938)-Ozen,B (2128) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bb5 Rf8 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qe2 a6 18. Qxc4 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd5 Qe4 21. Rfe1 b5 22. Qc6 Ra7 23. Qc5 Rd7 24. Qxf8+ Kh7 25. Rxc8 Rxd5 26. Qg8+ Kg6 {Venkatesan,K (2011)-Fletcher,J (1994) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0}) 12... a6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Nce2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Qe5 18. g3 Nce4 19. Kxh2 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Qxe3 21. Kg1 Nh5 22. Rc3 Qe5 23. Kg2 f5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Qh1 Qf7 26. Nf3 Nf6 27. Ne5 Qe7 28. Qc1 Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nd4 Qb4 31. Rc4 Qb6 32. Rfc2 Be6 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34. Rc7 Red8 35. Rxb7 Rac8 36. Rcc7 Rxc7 37. Qxc7 Rd2+ 38. Kh3 Qf6 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Qc8 1-0 [Event "URS U18-ch Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1946.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Khavsky, Sergey V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1946.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 Nd5 13. O-O ({RR} 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bc4 Qh5 18. Ne5 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. b4 Bd7 24. f4 Bc6 25. Kf2 g6 26. g3 h5 27. Bd4 Kf8 {Yakubboev,N (2621)-Lysyj,I (2603) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (47)}) 13... Qa5 $146 ({RR} 13... a6 14. Bd3 f5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rc1 b5 17. Bc2 Na5 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. f3 Rfd8 20. b4 Nc6 21. Bb3 Qd6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Qxf5 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 {Banas,J (2238)-Sukuba,Z (2099) Slovakia 2020 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa4 c5 18. Rab1 Bd6 19. Qc6 Qxc6 20. Nxc6 cxd4 21. Bxd4 a6 22. Rbd1 Bd7 23. Bb6 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Bxc6 25. Rd6 Rfc8 26. c4 Ba4 27. c5 Kf8 28. Kg3 {Kalashnikov,A (2258)-Lorite Cruz,F (2198) Collado Villalba 2000 ½-½ (50)}) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Qb5 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. Nd3 Rad8 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Rfe8 22. Re1 Ba6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. h4 Qc4 25. Qd2 Re4 26. Rc1 Qa4 27. Re1 h6 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Kh2 Bd3 30. Nxd3 Qxd4 31. Qf4 Qxd3 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qxa7 Qd6+ 34. g3 f5 35. Qe3 Kg6 36. b4 Kf6 37. Qc3+ Kg6 38. h5+ Kf7 39. a4 Qd5 40. Qe3 Qd1 41. a5 Qxh5+ 42. Kg2 Qd1 43. a6 Qa1 44. Qb6 Qc3 45. Kh2 f4 46. Qc7+ Kg6 47. a7 Qd4 48. Kg2 f3+ 49. Kh3 Qd5 50. Qf4 Qd3 51. Kh2 Qa3 52. Qxe4+ Kg5 53. Qe3+ 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-19 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Siegen"] [Date "1970.09.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1970.09.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Peru"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "PER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 e5 8. cxd5 exd4 $146 ({RR} 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Be2 Qg5 13. g3 Ng4 14. Qd1 Nf6 15. f4 Qh6 16. O-O Bh3 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Bg4 Bb4 19. Bb2 Bxe1 20. Nf5 Qa6 21. Bxh3 Bc3 22. Bxc3 Nxc3 23. Qd2 {Voloshin,L (2390)-Supatashvili,K (2435) Mlada Boleslav 1994 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 8... cxd5 9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Qb2 a6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Rd1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nb6 17. Qd4 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc8 20. O-O Rc2 21. a4 Qc7 22. a5 Nd7 23. Qxd5 {Kovalenko,I (2644)-Sethuraman,S (2644) Riga 2021 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 8... cxd5 9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ne4 12. Qb4 a6 13. Nd6+ Nxd6 14. Qxd6 e4 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Be2 Bd7 18. O-O-O Ke7 19. Kb2 a5 20. a3 Kd6 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 {Nemeth,Z (2234)-Szakmary,D (2141) Budapest HUN 2026 ½-½}) ({RR} 8... Nxd5 9. Ne4 Bb8 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qc5 Bf5 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc3 Bxe4 17. Bxe5 Ng6 18. Bc3 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bd5 20. h4 f6 21. h5 Ne7 22. O-O-O g5 23. h6 {Prosdocimi,A-Camara,H Rio de Janeiro 1958 1-0 (46)}) 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. dxc6 Ne5 11. Be2 bxc6 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. h3 Ng6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Rxd6 e5 17. Rhd1 Nd5 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-05"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "1962.02.25"] [Round "18"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Pomar Salamanca, Arturo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1962.01.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Be5 ({RR} 8. Bd2 O-O 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nhf6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 Bd6 13. h3 g6 14. Re2 a5 15. Rae1 Kg7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nb6 18. Qc1 Be6 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bc2 Nbd5 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. a3 Qb6 {Lazavik,D (2621)-Erigaisi,A (2751) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 g6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12. Qe3 Be6 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Ne4 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Nd7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Ng5 Kd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Re1 Qd5 20. b3 Rae8 21. Rh4 Rhg8 22. Bc4 Qd6 {Shohradova,L (2182)-Kryuchkov,E (2090) Odintsovo RUS 2026 ½-½ (67)}) 8... f6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. e3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 12. O-O Bd6 ({RR} 12... Bf5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. Nf3 Qb6) 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qc3 Be6 17. a3 Bd5 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Ng4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qg5 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ne6 23. h4 {Durucay,U (2125)-Munkhgal,G (2406) Cesme TUR 2025 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 8... Nd7 9. e3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 12. O-O Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Qc3 Be6 17. a3 Bd5 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Ng4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qg5 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ne6 23. h4 {Durucay,U (2125)-Munkhgal,G (2406) Izmir 2025 0-1 (48)}) 9. Bg3 Na6 10. e3 Qb6 11. a3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 O-O-O 14. b4 Nb8 15. Rc1 Be4 16. Qa2 Nd7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 a5 19. Qxa5 Qxa5 20. bxa5 Bxa3 21. Rb1 Kc7 22. Nd2 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nc4 h6 25. Be2 Rhe8 26. Bf3 Rb8 27. Rb5 Bf8 28. Ke2 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Rc1+ Kd7 32. Rb1 Kc7 33. Rb5 Bd6 34. Bd5 Kc8 35. Kf3 Bc7 36. Ke4 g6 37. g4 Bd6 38. Rb6 Kc7 39. g3 g5 40. Rb5 Kc8 41. Kf5 Kd7 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-02"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1952.10.18"] [Round "20"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Stoltz, Gosta"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1952.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 Nf8 $2 (8... Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 $16) (8... O-O $142 {Stahlberg}) 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. h3 Ng6 10. Bh2 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. g4 Qe7 15. Nd2 b6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Bb7 18. h5 Ngf8 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Nf3 c5 22. Nh4 Qf6 23. Kb1 Bc6 {Pushkov,N (2520)-Komliakov,V (2510) Orel 1998 0-1}) ({RR} 9. h3 Ne6 10. Bh2 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 12. g4 O-O 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. f4 f5 16. gxf5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bxf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. d5 b5 23. Qb3 b4 {Bardyk,A (2411)-Poliakova,V (2108) Baku AZE 2026 1-0 (37)}) 9... Ne6 10. Be5 g6 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. O-O-O Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Be2 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Be6 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bxh7 O-O-O 19. Bd3 Kb8 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. h4 f6 23. Ng6 Rhe8 24. g5 Qd7 25. gxf6 {Petrosian,T-Radulescu,M Bucharest 1953 1-0 (42)}) 11. h3 $1 Bd6 $146 (11... Ng7 12. g4 $16) (11... Bd7 {Petrosian}) ({RR} 11... Ng7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Be6 16. b5 Qa5 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Ne2 Bd6 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. e4 Qe7 23. Rac1 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. e5 Ba3 26. Ra1 {Ikonnikov,V (2518)-Klein,D (2509) Netherlands 2016 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 11... Ng7 12. g4 O-O 13. O-O-O Bd6 14. Rdg1 Re8 15. Rg3 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qh4 19. Rf3 Ne6 20. Qf2 Qxf2 21. Rxf2 b6 22. Bf1 Bb7 23. Bg2 Rad8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. b4 b5 26. Kb2 {Stielau,J (1935)-Guenther,T (2164) Berlin 2007 0-1 (50)}) 12. O-O-O O-O (12... Bxe5 $142 {Petrosian}) 13. Kb1 $16 (13. g4 $5 $16) 13... Ng7 14. g4 Nfe8 15. Rdg1 f6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Ne2 (17. h4 $6 f5 18. h5 fxg4 19. hxg6 h5 $13 {Petrosian}) 17... f5 18. g5 {(? h4,h5)} Ne4 19. Nf4 $1 Ne6 20. h4 $18 c5 21. dxc5 Qc7 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. h5 Bf7 24. hxg6 Bxg6 25. Nd4 Qe5 (25... Qxc5 26. Bxe4 $18) (25... Nxc5 26. Nxf5 $18 {Stahlberg}) 26. f4 Qe7 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Rc1 Be8 30. Rh6 Bg6 31. c6 Rac8 32. Rh2 bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Nxc6 Rf7 35. Rd2 Rc7 36. Rd6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch21 Final"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1954.01.28"] [Round "13"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "1954.01.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 (5. Bh4 $2 Bb4+ (5... dxc4 6. e3 b5 $13 {Ljubliniski}) 6. Nc3 g5 $1 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Rc1 h5 $1 $17) 5... Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 (7. Qb3 $1 {(? e2-e4, Alekhine)}) 7... Nd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. a3 {?} ({RR} 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qe4 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Rxd8 {½-½ (21) Ruck,R (2528)-Bilych,O (2437) Pontevedra ESP 2024}) 9... Ba5 $146 {?} (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 e5 11. e4 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 $15) 11... dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qf4 $15 {Konstantinopolsky}) ({RR} 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Qc2 c5 14. a4 exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Bd5 Qd6 18. Be4 Ng4 19. g3 Qe5 20. Rab1 Qh5 21. h4 Re8 22. Rb5 Re5 23. Qc7 g6 24. f3 {Salov,V-Antoshin,V (2335) Nikolaev 1983 1-0}) ({RR} 9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Ba2 Bf5 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Na4 17. Rdc1 exd4 18. cxd4 Qg5 19. Rc4 Nb6 20. Rc5 Bg4 21. Rxg5 Bxf3 22. Ra5 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxa7 {Gurr,L-Freeman,M (2230) Guernsey 1991 1-0 (44)}) 10. O-O dxc4 (10... e5 11. cxd5 $1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ $16 {Konstantinopolsky}) 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Ba2 $14 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Qb1 {(? ?c5)} Nd7 17. Nfd2 e5 18. d5 Nb8 $16 19. Rfd1 Qg6 (19... cxd5 $2 20. Rxc7 dxe4 21. Rxf7) 20. d6 $1 Bb6 (20... Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxb1 22. Nxb1 $16) (20... Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nxe5 $16 {Ljublinski}) 21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Rc4 Re8 23. Qc1 Bd8 24. Ng3 e4 (24... Nf6 25. Qc3 e4 26. Ne5 Qg5 27. Rc5 $18) 25. Nd2 Nf6 26. Ndxe4 Nxe4 27. d7 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 Nd6 29. Rd4 Be7 30. R4xd6 Bxd6 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Ne4 Rad8 35. g3 Re7 36. Kg2 Be5 37. b3 g6 38. h4 Kg7 {?} (38... a6) 39. Qc5 Rdd7 40. Qxa7 Bd4 41. Nc5 Bxc5 42. Qxc5 $18 Re6 43. h5 g5 44. Qc3+ Kh7 45. Qc2+ Kg7 46. Qf5 Rde7 47. f4 gxf4 48. exf4 Rd6 49. Kf3 Re1 50. Qg4+ Kf7 51. Qc8 {(? ?c7+, ?xb7)} Re7 52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. a4 Re1 54. Qg4+ Kf7 55. Qc8 Re7 56. b4 Rd3+ 57. Kg4 Kg7 58. Qf5 Rd6 59. Qc5 Rdd7 60. Kh4 Re6 61. Qc3+ Kh7 62. Qc2+ Kg7 63. Qb2+ Kh7 64. Qb1+ Kg7 65. Qf5 Rdd6 66. Kh3 Re7 67. Kg4 Ree6 68. Kf3 Re7 69. Qc2 Ree6 70. Qf5 Re8 71. b5 cxb5 72. Qxb5 Re7 73. g4 Rf6 74. a5 Rfe6 75. Qb2+ Kg8 76. Qb3 Kh7 77. Qd3+ Kg8 78. g5 hxg5 79. fxg5 Re5 80. Kf4 R5e6 81. g6 b6 82. a6 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-04"] [Site "Portoroz"] [Date "1958.08.22"] [Round "11"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Rossetto, Hector"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1958.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 {(? ?c7-e6)} 8. a3 O-O 9. e3 Nc7 10. Bd3 Ne6 11. Be5 g6 12. O-O Ng7 13. b4 a6 $146 ({RR} 13... Bf5 14. b5 cxb5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qb3 a6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bg7 19. Rfc1 Ne7 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Nd3 Qd5 22. Qb4 Nc6 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. Rc5 Qd8 {½-½ (24) Lengyel,L-Drimer,D Balatonfured 1960}) ({RR} 13... Bf5 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kxg7 18. Nb3 Nb6 19. Na5 Qc7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf6 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Qf3 Bg5 25. Ne4 Bxc1 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Rxc1 Rfe8 28. Qh4 {Oney,A (2305)-Kacheishvili,G (2505) Ankara 1997 0-1 (37)}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. b5 axb5 (17... c5 $5 18. dxc5 Rc8 {Gligoric, Matanovic}) 18. axb5 Qd6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 $14 Rfb8 21. Nc5 Qe7 {(? ?d6-c4)} 22. Nd3 Qb7 23. Nfe5 $1 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ne7 26. g3 Qb2 (26... Qc7 $142 {Darga}) 27. Qd1 h5 $6 28. Rc1 Rb6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Qa3 $2 (30... Nf5 $1 31. Rc2 Qb3 $1 {? Darga}) 31. Ra1 Qb2 32. g4 $1 hxg4 33. hxg4 $16 {?} Rb7 34. Rc1 Qb5 $2 (34... f6 $142 35. Nxc6 $140 $2 Rc7 {Gligoric, Matanovic}) 35. Qf3 f6 36. g5 $1 Nf5 (36... fxe5 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Rh1 $18) (36... f5 37. Qh3 $18) 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rxc6+ Ke7 39. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation GER-URS 13-51"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1960.08.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1960.07.27"] [EventType "team-schev"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. g4 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Ne4 14. Ngxe4 dxe4 15. Rg1 Rc8 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Be5 Rf7 19. Rg3 Bd6 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qb5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Ba6 {Sjugirov,S (2657)-Berkes,F (2647) Ulcinj 2019 1-0 (46)}) 9... cxd5 ({RR} 9... Nxd5 10. Bg3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. e4 Rc8 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qe8 18. a4 Rc3 19. a5 Qc8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Be5 Nd7 22. Bf4 Nf6 23. Bd2 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 {Le Tuan Minh (2598)-Mamedov,E (2492) Doha QAT 2025 1-0 (42)}) 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O b5 $146 ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. Rac1 Qc6 13. Qb1 b5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Bc7 Qa7 16. Nd6 Nb6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Rfc8 20. Bc5 Qb7 21. f4 Bc6 22. g4 Nbd7 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nxe5 25. gxf6 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 {Ahrens,E (1492)-Bohne,Y Hagenbach 1998 1-0 (32)}) 12. a4 $1 b4 13. Na2 Ne8 14. Nc1 a5 15. Nb3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 Ra7 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 20. Rc6 Nb8 21. Rc2 Nd7 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Qb5 Nc4 24. Nfd2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Qa8 26. Rdc2 Rd8 27. Rc6 g6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kf1 Kg8 (29... Rb8 30. Rb6 Rd8 31. Rcc6) 30. h4 h5 31. R1c2 Kh7 32. Ke1 Kg8 33. Kd1 Kh7 34. Kc1 Kg8 35. Kb1 Kh7 36. Qe2 Qb7 37. Rc1 Kg7 38. Qb5 $1 Qa8 (38... Qxb5 39. axb5 a4 40. b6 Rad7 (40... Raa8 41. b7 Rab8 42. Na5) 41. Na5 Ra8 42. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 43. b7 Rb8 44. Rc8 Rd8 45. Rxd8 Rxd8 46. Nc6) 39. f4 Kh7 40. Qe2 Qb7 41. g4 $1 hxg4 42. Qxg4 Qe7 43. h5 Qf6 44. Ka2 Kg7 45. hxg6 Qxg6 46. Qh4 Be7 (46... Rh8 47. Qf2 $18) 47. Qf2 Kf8 48. Nd2 Rb7 49. Nb3 Ra7 50. Qh2 $1 Bf6 (50... Bd6 51. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 52. f5 exf5 53. Rc8+ Ke7 54. Qh8 $18) 51. Rc8 $1 Rad7 (51... Rxc8 52. Rxc8+ Ke7 53. f5 Qxf5 54. Qb8 Rd7 55. Re8#) 52. Nc5 $1 b3+ (52... Rxc8 53. Nxd7+ Ke7 54. Rxc8) (52... Rd6 53. f5 Qxf5 54. Qxd6+) 53. Kxb3 Rd6 54. f5 $1 Rb6+ 55. Ka2 1-0 [Event "EU-chT 03rd Final"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1965.06.16"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Donner, Jan Hein"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1965.06.06"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EU-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Netherlands"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe7 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. c5 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. b4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 Be8 18. a3 g6 19. Rae1 Kg7 20. f4 a5 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxg6 Qd7 23. Ne7 {1-0 (23) Andreikin,D (2729)-Ismagilov,D (2156) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. b4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 Be8 18. a3 g6 19. Rae1 Kg7 20. f4 a5 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxg6 Qd7 23. Ne7 {1-0 (23) Andreikin,D (2729)-Ismagilov,D (2156) chess.com INT 2023}) 14. Qe2 b6 15. b4 Rd8 16. Rac1 bxc5 17. bxc5 Nf6 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. Rb2 Rab8 20. Rfb1 Be8 21. g3 Nd7 22. Kg2 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Rb8 24. Ne5 Rxb2 25. Qxb2 f6 26. Nc4 Nf8 27. Nd6 Bg6 28. Bc4 Kh7 29. Qb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 e5 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Nd8 Nd7 33. f3 Nxc5 34. Nxc6 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-10a"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1976.07.31"] [Round "15"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Larsen, Bent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1976.07.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 ({RR} 12... Qe8 13. Rac1 Ra7 14. e4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 {½-½ (18) Lemos,D (2458)-Ricardi,P (2515) Mendoza 2008}) ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qxe7 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Bxa6 Nxe4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc3 21. Rdc1 Nd5 22. Qb3 Qa6 23. g3 h6 24. Rab1 Ra8 25. Ra1 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qb5 {Meljan,D (1877)-Farkas,I (2018) Hungary 2019 0-1 (39)}) 13. exd4 Re8 14. Rac1 Nf8 $146 ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. Ne4 N7f6 16. Ng3 h6 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Ne5 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qd6 20. f4 Rac8 21. f5 Qb4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Nf5 Rcd8 25. Rf1 Nbd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Nxg7 Re7 28. Nh5 Ne3 29. Rf4 {Crisan,A-Hossu,E Calimanesti 1985 1-0 (34)}) 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rc3 f6 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. g3 Rd7 22. Rcd3 Kh8 23. Qe4 Rc8 24. b3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne3 Re7 27. d5 exd5 28. Qxd5 Qe8 29. Kg2 Re5 30. Qb7 h6 31. b4 Ne6 32. h4 Rb8 33. Qf3 Nf8 34. Nf5 Qg6 35. Nd6 h5 36. Rd5 Nd7 37. Nf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxd7 Qg6 39. R1d4 Rbe8 40. Rb7 Qb1 41. Qd3 Qxd3 42. Rxd3 Rc8 43. f4 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. Rxb5 Rc4 46. Rxh5+ Kg8 47. Kg4 Rcxb4 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Rhh8 Rb7 50. Rhf8+ Ke7 51. Kf5 R2b3 52. g4 Rg3 53. Rde8+ Kd6 54. g5 fxg5 55. hxg5 Rb5+ 56. Kg6 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-10a"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1976.07.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Lombard, Andre"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2420"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1976.07.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bf4 ({RR} 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Ba6 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. e4 Na5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qe2 Nc6 {½-½ (18) Tregubov,P (2628)-Gurevich,M (2688) Clichy 2001}) 6... O-O 7. e3 Qa5 ({RR} 7... a5 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qa2 Ba6 14. Rfc1 Nd5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Bb7 18. Rac1 h6 19. Qb1 Rfc8 20. Qe4 Nb6 21. Bd3 f5 22. Qf4 {Florescu,C (2194)-Sasvatha A (1788) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a4 a5 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rab1 Re7 17. Na2 Rae8 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Bg4 20. Nd2 Ne4 21. Nf1 Nh4 22. Ng3 {Petrosian,T-Fuchs,R Yerevan 1965 ½-½}) 8. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. Bd6 Nxc5 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Qxc4 g6 14. Qh4 Kg7 15. Nd4 Be7 16. Nb3 Qe5 17. Qd4 Qb8 18. Ne4 e5 19. Qc3 Nd5 20. Qc4 Rd8 21. Nec5 a5 22. Be4 b5 {Kievelitz,B (1897)-Drogovoz,I (2144) St Petersburg 2016 0-1 (36)}) 8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. exd4 Rd8 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Re5 Rd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Qc2+ g6 21. Be5 Bf5 22. Qd2 f6 23. Bd4 Qd6 24. Re1 Rh8 25. Nh4 Bd7 26. Qd3 Be8 27. f4 Kg7 28. Qg3 Rh5 29. Qg4 Bf7 1-0 [Event "Belgrade"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1954.10.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Karaklajic, Nikola"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "167"] [EventDate "1954.10.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 ({RR} 10. Ke2 h6 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Re1 b6 14. Kf1 Ba6 15. b3 O-O 16. Kg1 Rad8 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bb2 Rfe8 19. Qc3 Qf7 20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Bb3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Qh5 {Bruzon Batista,L (2637)-Fridman,D (2578) Mallorca 2004 1-0 (121)}) ({RR} 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf6 14. Rhe1 Nxe4+ 15. Rxe4 f6 16. Rae1 Kf7 17. Rf4 Rd8 18. Kc3 Kg8 19. g4 Bd7 20. g5 fxg5 21. Nxg5 Rf8 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rxe6 Rxf2 {Toma,R (2382)-Dobre,C (2291) Eforie Nord ROU 2025 ½-½}) 10... Be7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Bc2 Be7 12. h3 c5 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qe2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. g4 Rad8 20. Kg2 Nd7 21. h4 Bf6 22. Qe4 g6 23. h5 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qe5 25. Qd2 {Varlet,N (2150)-Pascal,Y (1810) France 2004 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bc2 h6 13. Be3 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qe2 c5 16. Ba4+ Kf8 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. c6 Qxe5 19. cxb7 Rb8 20. Qf3 g5 21. Rd1 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bc6 Nd6 24. Bd4 f6 25. c5 {Jelen,P (2173)-Danek,P (2245) Tatranske Zruby 2001 ½-½ (57)}) 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. c5 Rc8 18. b4 Be7 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bg3 O-O 21. Ne5 a6 22. Qe2 Ba4 23. h3 Nc3 24. Qe1 Nd5 25. Kg1 Bg5 26. Kh2 Bf4 27. Qe4 f5 28. Qe2 Qc7 29. Rhe1 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rfe8 32. Bc4 Kf7 33. g4 fxg4 34. hxg4 Nf6 35. f3 Bc6 36. Kg3 Bd5 37. Be2 Red8 38. Rec1 Bc6 39. a4 Rd5 40. Bd6 Rd2 41. Bc4 Rb2 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Bxb5 44. Bxb5 Rxb5 45. Rab1 Rxb1 46. Rxb1 Nd7 47. Rxb7 Ke8 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke3 Nxc5 50. Re7+ Kd8 51. Rh7 Rc6 52. Bf8 e5 53. Bxh6 Rg6 54. Bg7 Ke7 55. Bxe5+ Ke6 56. Bd4 Nd7 57. Rh5 Rg8 58. Rh7 Rg6 59. Rh8 Kd5 60. Rd8 Re6+ 61. Kd3 Rd6 62. Re8 Ra6 63. Re7 Ra3+ 64. Ke2 Ra2+ 65. Ke3 Kd6 66. Re8 Kd5 67. Bg7 Ra6 68. Kf2 Rg6 69. Bc3 Nc5 70. Rf8 Nd3+ 71. Kg3 Nf4 72. Rf5+ Kc6 73. Kf2 Rh6 74. Be5 Ne6 75. Bf6 Rg6 76. Ke3 Kd6 77. Bc3 Nd8 78. Ke4 Ke6 79. Ra5 Nb7 80. Re5+ Kf7 81. Bd2 Nd6+ 82. Kd5 Ne8 83. Rf5+ Rf6 84. Ke5 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-19 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Siegen"] [Date "1970.09.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Trikaliotis, Georgios"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1970.09.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Greece"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "GRE"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Qa4 c5 12. Qa3 Rc8 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. O-O Qf6 15. Ba6 Rd8 16. Bb7 Rab8 17. Qxa7 Qe7 18. Bc6 c4 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qa6 Qc6 23. Qa3 Ra8 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qb3 Rc7 26. Qc3 Rxa2 27. e4 {Enkhrii Enkh-Amgalan (2184)-Arakelyan,M (2219) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. O-O Qa7 15. Be2 h6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. b4 c4 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Qc3 Qb8 21. a4 Bg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. b5 Ne4 26. Qb4 axb5 27. axb5 Ra2 28. f4 Qh5 {Saavedra,A-Juarez,C Pinamar 1973 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O Ra7 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Nd2 c4 18. Qc3 Nc6 19. Bb1 Qd7 20. Kh1 Rac7 21. f3 Be6 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Nf1 Qb4 24. Qc2 g6 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. Re1 Ne7 28. Ng3 c3 {Kummer,H (2275)-Brestian,E (2475) Austria 1991 ½-½ (45)}) 14... Ra7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b3 a5 17. O-O Na6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rc3 Kf8 20. Rfc1 c4 21. Qb2 Rac6 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. h3 h6 24. Qd2 Kg8 25. R3c2 Qc7 26. g4 Qe7 27. Kg2 h5 28. Qe2 hxg4 29. hxg4 g6 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Qf3 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. Rh1 Qg5 35. Nxe6+ fxe6 36. Qh3 Rc8 37. f4 Qd8 38. Qh7+ 1-0 [Event "Chigorin Memorial-12"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Suba, Mihai"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2455"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1977.08.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8. a3 a6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. h3 Nh5 ({RR} 10... b5 11. c5 h6 12. Bf4 a5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O Ne4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 bxa3 19. bxa3 f6 20. Bh2 Bf8 21. Rb1 e5 22. Rb6 Qc8 23. Qb2 Rxb6 24. cxb6 Nd6 25. Rc1 {Stohl,I (2525)-Kovacevic,V (2530) Novi Sad 1990 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O Nf8 14. b4 Bd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Rb1 h5 22. a4 Nc7 23. Rfc1 h4 24. Nd3 Rd5 25. Nc5 {Sobek,J (2191)-Derlich,S (2002) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (36)}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. b4 $146 ({RR} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nhf6 14. O-O Ne4 15. Na4 Ndf6 16. Ne5 g6 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. dxe5 Be6 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. f4 c5 25. Rd7 Kf8 26. Red1 Re7 {Chernin,A (2570)-Chesney,B Somerset 1986 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nhf6 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. Be2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Qe4 Qg5 19. f4 Qg3+ 20. Kf1 f6 21. Rd3 Qh4 22. g3 Qh6 23. Qe3 fxe5 24. fxe5 Rf8+ 25. Kg2 b5 26. Qxh6 gxh6 {Fritz,A (2027)-Rainer,P (2046) Wroclaw POL 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 12... Nhf6 13. Qb3 b5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 a5 16. O-O axb4 17. axb4 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Ra1 g6 22. Rec1 h5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qb1 Re8 25. Ne2 Qd6 26. Ng3 Qe6 27. Rc5 h4 28. Re5 hxg3 29. Rxe6 gxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxe6 31. Qa2 Kg7 32. Qa7 Bc8 33. Qc7 Bd7 34. Nb3 Re8 35. Nc5 Be6 36. Qxc6 Bc4 37. g4 Re7 38. g5 Nd5 39. Qd6 Re8 40. Nd7 Kg8 1-0 [Event "Yerevan-ch"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Oganesian, Samvel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1948.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 b6 ({RR} 13... Bc7 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. h4 Bc8 18. h5 h6 19. g4 Nh7 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Nxf7 Rd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Ng5 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Re3 Rf4 26. f3 Rdf7 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Kg3) ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. Re1 Ba3 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Qd2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 b6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. h3 Qa3 21. Bb1 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Qg3 h5 24. Qf4 a5 25. Qg5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Be4 27. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2) ({RR} 13... Bc7 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. h4 Bc8 18. h5 h6 19. g4 Nh7 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Nxf7 Rd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Ng5 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Re3 Rf4 26. f3 Rdf7 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Kg3 {Viani,A (2397)-Kovacs,K (2293) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (44)}) 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Qh3 $146 ({RR} 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Qh3 h6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. Be5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nf6 25. Be5 Kf8 26. Bc3 Be7 27. b4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kf1 Bc7 {Do Carmo,G (1941)-Carvalho,F (2062) Manaus/AM 2024 ½-½ (71)}) ({RR} 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Qh3 h6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. Be5 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bg3 Rad8 23. Rad1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nf6 25. Be5 Kf8 26. Bc3 Be7 27. b4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kf1 Bc7 {Do Carmo,G (1941)-Carvalho,F (2062) Manaus BRA 2024 ½-½ (71)}) 16... g6 17. Rae1 Bf8 18. Bc1 c5 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Qh4 Nh5 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Re5 Qe7 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Qe2 Nd7 27. Re3 Rad8 28. f4 Nc5 29. Ne5 f5 30. b4 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Qb2 Qd6 33. Re2 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rc1 Red8 36. Kf2 Rd2 37. g3 Kf8 38. Ke3 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Ke7 40. Rd1 Rxd1 41. Kxd1 a6 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Bg2 44. Kd4 b5 45. c5+ Ke7 46. a3 Bd5 47. h4 Bg2 48. c6 Kd6 49. Nf7+ Kxc6 50. Ke5 Bd5 51. Ng5 Kd7 52. Kf6 Bb3 53. Nxh7 Kd6 54. Nf8 Bc4 55. Nxg6 1-0 [Event "World-ch26 Spassky-Petrosian +6-4=13"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1969.06.09"] [Round "20"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1969.04.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2 {[Kortchnoi]} b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 ({RR} 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. b4 Rc8 16. bxc5 Rxc5 17. Qa3 Ra5 18. Qb4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Kf1 Nc4 22. Ke1 Nd6 23. a4 Nc4 24. Nb3 Ra6 {Petrosian,T (2605)-Karpov,A (2710) Moscow 1983 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. dxc5 Na6 16. c6 Bxc6 17. Nbd4 Bb7 18. O-O Nc5 19. Rfc1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. h3 Rc4 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. Qd1 Bc8 {Korobov,A (2634)-Kuznetsova,O (2142) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (35)}) 10... Bb7 (10... Be6 $5 {Geller} 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 Nd7 {? c5= Boleslavsky}) ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Rab1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. h3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Rc4 24. Rd7 Rcxe4 25. Rxa2 {Karpov,A (2674)-Spassky,B (2548) Mainz 2005 ½-½}) 11. Rb1 c6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. b5 Re8 13. a4 Nf8 14. g3 Ne6 15. Bg2 c5 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. O-O Nc7 18. Qa2 Qd7 19. Ne1 Bb7 20. Nc2 Rab8 21. Rfc1 Be7 22. Ne2 Red8 23. Nc3 Bd6 24. Nb5 Nxb5 25. axb5 Qf5 26. Nb4 {Kortschnoj,V-Ciric,D Sukhumi 1966 1-0 (63)}) 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfc1 $14 {??} a5 $2 {?} (14... Be7 {? ?f6, ?d6, ?e4 Boleslavsky}) 15. bxa5 $1 (15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 b5 $1) 15... Rxa5 16. Bf5 $16 {[? ?d7]} Ra6 (16... b5 $2 17. Nxd5 $1 (17. Bxd7) 17... cxd5 18. Bxd7 $18) 17. Rb3 g6 18. Bd3 (18. Bh3 $5) 18... Ra7 19. Rcb1 (19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bg7 21. Nd6 Re6 $15 {Geller}) 19... Bg7 {?} (19... Kg7 {(Kortchnoi)}) (19... Be7 $5 {? ?e7-d6-c7}) 20. a4 (20. Bf1 $5) 20... Qe7 21. Bf1 Ba6 $2 (21... Qe6 $1 $14) 22. h4 {[?! Geller, Bondarevsky; ! Kortchnoi, Tal]} Bxf1 23. Rxf1 h5 $2 (23... Qe6 $5 24. g3 Qh3 25. Rfb1 Re6 $1 {Geller}) 24. Re1 $1 Raa8 25. g3 Qd6 26. Kg2 Kf8 27. Reb1 Kg8 28. Qd1 Bf8 29. R3b2 Bg7 30. Rc2 {? 31.?bc1} Ra7 31. Rbc1 Nb8 $2 (31... Raa8 32. Ne2 c5 $1) 32. Ne2 $1 $16 Rc7 (32... Rxa4 $2 33. Rxc6 $1 Nxc6 34. Qxa4 Rc8 35. Qa6 $18) (32... Qb4 33. Rb1 Qxa4 34. Rxb6 $16) 33. Qd3 Ra7 (33... c5 34. Qb5 Nd7 35. a5 c4 36. Nf4 $16) 34. Qb3 Ra6 35. Nf4 Rd8 36. Nd3 Bf8 (36... Rc8 37. Nb4 Ra5 38. Nxc6 $1) 37. Nfe5 $18 Rc8 38. Rc3 $1 Be7 39. Nf4 $6 (39. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Nxc6 41. Qb5 Nb8 42. Rc8+ $18) 39... Bf6 40. Ned3 (40. Nxc6 $1 $18 {Geller}) 40... Ra5 41. Qxb6 Rxa4 42. Rc5 $1 Ra6 (42... Nd7 43. Rxc6 $1 $18) 43. Rxd5 $1 $18 Qxf4 $1 (43... Rxb6 44. Rxd6 Be7 45. Nd5 $1 $18) (43... Qf8 44. Qb7 $18) 44. Qxa6 $1 Qe4+ 45. f3 Qe6 46. Qc4 Qxe3 (46... Re8 47. Re5 $1 Bxe5 48. Qxe6 Rxe6 49. Nxe5 $18) 47. Ne5 $1 {[? 48.?xd8 ?xd8 49.?f7 ? ?g6#]} Rf8 48. Rc5 $1 Be7 49. Rb1 $1 Bxc5 (49... Kg7 50. Rb7) (49... Bd6 50. Rb2 $18) 50. Rxb8 $1 (50. Rxb8 Kh8 51. Nxf7+ Kg7 52. Ng5) 1-0 [Event "ZSK International-07 Erevan"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1965.09.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Nei, Iivo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "1965.09.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rae1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f4 exf3 15. Bxf3 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. e4 Ne6 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. Kh1 Qh4 20. e5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxe5 $146 ({RR} 21... Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxc4 24. Rf2 Re6 25. Nb1 Qb4 26. Re4 Qd6 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Nc3 h5 30. Ne4 h4 31. Rd2 Re8 32. Kg2 Qf4 33. Rd3 f5 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Rb8 36. Qh5+ {Benkovic,P (2361)-Muckle,J (2391) Germany 2022 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 21... Bxe5 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxc4 24. Rf2 Re6 25. Nb1 Qb4 26. Re4 Qd6 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Nc3 h5 30. Ne4 h4 31. Rd2 Re8 32. Kg2 Qf4 33. Rd3 f5 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Rb8 36. Qh5+ {Benkovic,P (2361)-Muckle,J (2391) Germany 2022 1-0 (39)}) 22. g3 Rxe1 23. gxh4 Rxf1+ 24. Kg2 Rf6 25. Ne4 Rg6 26. Ng3 Re8 27. c5 Be5 28. Qb3 b6 29. h5 Bxh5 30. Qe3 Kf8 31. Qa3 Kg8 32. Qxa7 bxc5 33. Qxc5 Bg4 34. Bc3 h5 35. Nf3 Bd6 36. Qd4 c5 37. Qd3 Bd7 38. Kf2 Bc6 39. Nxh5 Bxf3 40. Qxf3 Bxh2 41. Bxg7 Rd8 42. Ke2 Bg1 43. Bf6 Re8+ 44. Kd2 Bd4 45. Kc2 Rb8 46. Kd3 Bxf6 47. Nxf6+ Kg7 48. Kc2 Rb4 49. Nd5 Ra4 50. Nc3 Rag4 51. a4 Rb4 52. Qd5 Ra6 53. Qg5+ Kh7 54. Qe7 Kg7 55. Qe8 c4 56. Qe5+ Kg6 57. Qc5 Rbb6 58. Nd5 Rd6 59. Nb4 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1974.01.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Portisch, Lajos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1974.01.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 {Krasenkow,Michal Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 (6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6) 6... h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 $1 Ba6 (11... Re8 12. Bg2 Ba6 13. Ne5 ({RR} 13. e3 Qb4+ 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. Rfd1) 13... Nd7 14. Rxc7 ({RR} 14. Rxc7 Rac8 15. Rxd7 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxd4 17. Nd3 Rxe2 ({RR} 17... Bxd3 18. Bxd5 ({RR} 18. exd3 Qxd3+) 18... Bxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Rc1+ 20. Kg2 Rxe2 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Rxd4 Rxh1 23. Kxh1 Kxf7 24. Kg2 Rxb2 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Rxa7) 18. Kxe2 Re8+ 19. Kf1 Qxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 21. Kg1 Re1+ 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. h4 Bd3+ 25. Kh2 Re2 26. Rc1 ({RR} 26. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 ({RR} 27. Kh3 Be4) 27... Rf1+ 28. Kg2 Rxh1 29. Rxd3 Rb1) 26... Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 Rxb2 28. Rxd5 Be4) 14... Rac8 15. Rxd7 $6 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxd4 $19) 12. e3 ({RR} 12. Bg2 Re8 ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. O-O c5 ({RR} 13... Nf6 14. Re1 c5) ({RR} 13... Qxe2 14. Rxc7 ({RR} 14. Qxe2 Bxe2 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c5 17. Bxd5 Rad8) 14... Qe6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Rc3) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Qf6 16. b4 Nd3 17. Rb1 Qxd4 18. b5 Bb7 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Rfc8 22. Rbc1 Rc5) 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bb7 16. O-O Red8 17. b4 c6 18. Qb3 Ba6 19. Rxc6 Bxe2 20. Rfc1 Bc4 21. Qb2 Qd7 22. b5 ({RR} 22. R6xc4 dxc4 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxc4 Qd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Rc2 Rd3 27. Kg2 Qf3+ 28. Kh3 Qxf4) 22... a6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bh3 Qe7 25. a4) 12... c5 ({RR} 12... Bb7 13. Bg2 c5 ({RR} 13... Ba6 14. Ne5) 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. dxc5 {RR} bxc5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qb3 Rfb8 17. Qa3 Qe6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Ne1 a4 20. Nd3 d4 21. e4) 14... c4 15. O-O b5 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. bxc4 dxc4 ({RR} 18... bxc4) 19. d5 b4 ({RR} 19... a5) 20. Rxc4 Ba6 21. Rxb4 Bxf1 22. Bxf1 Rab8 23. Rg4 ({RR} 23. Rb3 Qa4) 23... Rb1 24. Qxb1 Qxg4 25. Qb7 Qa4 26. Bb5 Qxa2 27. d6 {Ponomariov,R (2726)-Fridman,D (2655) Dortmund 2012 CBM 150 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½ (33)} {RR} Qb1+ 28. Kg2 a6 29. Qxa6 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qb1+ 31. Bf1 Rd8) 13. Bxa6 (13. dxc5 bxc5 ({RR} 13... Bb7 14. Bg2 bxc5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qb3 Rfb8 17. Qa3 Qe6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Ne1 a4) 14. Qxd5 ({RR} 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qxd5 Nb4 16. Qc4 Qf6 17. Nh4 ({RR} 17. Qe2 Rfc8 ({RR} 17... Rfd8 18. a3 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nxb2 21. Rxc5) 18. a3 ({RR} 18. O-O Nxa2) 18... Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nxb2) 17... Qxb2 18. O-O Qxa2) 14... Bb7 15. Qd1 (15. Qh5 Qe4 $15) (15. Qf5 Qe6 16. Qf4 ({RR} 16. Rxc5 Qxa2 ({RR} 16... Qxf5 17. Rxf5 g6 18. Rf6 Kg7 19. Rf4 g5 20. Rf5 g4 ({RR} 20... Be4 21. Bg2 Bxf5 22. Nd4))) 16... Qxa2 $15) ({RR} 15. Qd1 Qf6 ({RR} 15... Rd8 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Bg2 Nb4) 16. Bg2 Rd8) ({RR} 15. Qf5 Qe6 16. Qf4 Qxa2) 15... Qf6 16. Bg2 Rd8 $17) ({RR} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qxd5 Bb7 15. Qh5 Qe4 16. Be2 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Qxb2 18. Rxc5 Qxa2 19. Rc7 Ba6 20. Nd4 Bxe2+ 21. Qxe2) ({RR} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qxd5 Nb4 16. Qc4 Qf6 17. Nh4 Qxb2 18. O-O Qxa2 19. Qxa2 Nxa2 20. Rxc5 Rfc8) 13... Nxa6 14. O-O (14. Qa4 Nb4 15. O-O Nd3) ({RR} 14. Qa4 Nb4 15. O-O Nd3) 14... Nc7 $146 (14... c4 $5) ({RR} 14... Qb7 15. b3 Rac8 16. Nh4 ({RR} 16. Ne5 f6 ({RR} 16... Rfe8 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Rfd1) 17. Ng6 Rfe8 18. Nf4) 16... Rfd8 17. Qg4 Kh7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Ne5 ({RR} 20. dxc5 bxc5 ({RR} 20... f5 21. Qa4 Nxc5 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. Nxh4) ({RR} 20... Nxc5 21. Rxd5 f5 22. Rxf5 ({RR} 22. Qc4 Ne6)) ({RR} 20... Rxc5) 21. Rxd5) 20... Qe6 21. Qf4 ({RR} 21. Qxe6 fxe6) 21... Kg7 22. h4 Qf6 23. Qg4 Nb4 ({RR} 23... Nc7 24. Nd7 ({RR} 24. h5 Ne6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Kg2) 24... Qe6) 24. dxc5 Nxa2 ({RR} 24... Qxe5 25. Qxb4) 25. Rc2 Qxe5 26. Rxa2 bxc5 27. Rxa7 Qe4 ({RR} 27... Ra8) 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Rc1 {Lputian,S (2625)-Sargissian,G (2470) Yerevan 1999 CBM 074 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (87)} {RR} Rd3 30. Rb7 Kf6 31. Rc4 Ke5 32. b4 ({RR} 32. Rxf7 Rxb3 33. Re7+ Kd5 34. Rcxe4 c4 35. R4e5+ Kc6 36. R7e6+ Kb7) 32... Kd5 33. Rxc5+ Rxc5 34. bxc5 f5 35. Rg7) ({RR} 14... c4) ({RR} 14... Qb7 15. b3 Rac8 16. Nh4 Rfd8 17. Qg4 Kh7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Nf3) ({RR} 14... c4) 15. b3 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. h4 Ne6 $6 (17... Ne8 $1 {? ?f6=}) ({RR} 17... Ne8) ({RR} 17... Ne8) 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. Kg2 cxd4 20. exd4 Rxc1 (20... Qe7 $5 21. Qa6 Rc7) 21. Rxc1 Qf4 $5 22. gxf4 Nxf4+ 23. Kg3 Nxd3 24. Rc3 Nb4 $2 (24... Nb2 $1 25. Rc2 Nd3 26. Rc3 Nb2 $10) 25. a3 Na6 26. b4 Nb8 (26... Rd7 $5 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. b5 Nc7 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. Nxa7 Ne8 $14) (26... Kh7 27. b5 Nb8 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rc8 Rb7 $14 {Petrosian}) 27. Rc7 a5 (27... a6 28. Ne5 $16) 28. b5 Nd7 29. Kf4 h5 (29... f6 30. h5 $16) (29... Nf8 $5 30. Rb7 Rd6 31. Ne5 $16) 30. Ne5 Nf8 (30... Nxe5 31. Kxe5 $18) 31. Rb7 f6 32. Nc6 Ng6+ 33. Kg3 Rd6 (33... Re8) 34. Rxb6 Re6 35. Rb8+ Nf8 36. Ra8 Re1 37. Nd8 Kh7 38. b6 Rb1 39. b7 Nd7 40. Rxa5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch43 Final"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Dorfman, Josif D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1975.11.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 a6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Qc2 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nb5 d4 14. O-O dxe3 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Bc4 Ne4 {0-1 (17) Ernst,S (2558)-Smeets,J (2620) Amsterdam 2012}) 9. O-O b5 10. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. dxe5 Nxb4 15. Nd6 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxc5 17. Qc3 Na4 18. Qxc6 Bd7 19. Qc2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Bg4 21. Qc3 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Rfd1 Qb6 24. Rd5 Rac8 {Sporov,A (1884)-Suslin,A (2170) Prokopevsk 2012 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. Nce4 Bb8 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfd1 b4 16. c5 a5 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bb1 e4 20. g3 Bc7 21. a3 b3 22. a4 Nf6 23. Rc3 Nd5 24. Rxb3 Ba6 {Peglau,P (2112)-Starikov,V (1933) Almaty KAZ 2025 0-1 (57)}) 10... Bb7 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 h6 13. a4 Qe7 14. Ne2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. h3 Rfb8 19. Nd4 Ne8 20. Ra3 Nc7 21. Rfa1 g6 22. Qc3 Qe8 23. R1a2 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qd7 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Qd4 Re8 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Qg3 Rac8 29. Nd4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Bxa6 Nxa6 32. Rxa6 Bxa6 33. Rxa6 Rc7 34. Nxc6 Re6 35. b5 Re4 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Rd7 Rc4 38. Rxd5 Kh6 39. Kh2 f5 40. Kg3 Rc3 41. Kf3 f4 1-0 [Event "Moscow-ch 46th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Ageichenko, Genadi A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1968.05.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 h6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Bc1 $146 ({RR} 17. Ne5 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. a3 Rfe8 23. h3 f5 24. Bc2 Kf7 25. b4 Be7 26. Ba4 Rh8 27. Bd7 Rh6 28. Ba4 Rhh8 29. f3 Bd6 30. Rd4 e5 31. Rdd1 e4 {Weritz,J (2295)-Ydo,P (2115) Goch 2003 1-0 (60)}) 17... Nh7 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rd7 22. Be4 Ng5 23. Bxg5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxg5 25. Bxc6 Qxe5 26. Qd3 g6 27. g3 Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. a4 Qc5 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Bg2 Re8 32. b4 Qc7 33. c5 bxc5 34. bxc5 e5 35. Rd6 e4 36. Qd4 Bf5 37. Bf1 Qa5 38. c6 Kh7 39. Qf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Yerevan-ch"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Agababean, Naira Sr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1948.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 ({RR} 11. Ke2 O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Kf1 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rb8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Kg1 Qf6 20. Ne5 Nf4 21. Re3 Rb6 22. Rae1 Rd8 23. Rf3 Qg5 24. g3 Ba6 25. Qc5 Ne2+ {Korobov,A (2571)-Novita,A (2306) Dubai 2004 1-0}) ({RR} 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. a4 c5 15. a5 Qc7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bc6 19. b4 Qe7 20. a6 Rac8 21. Rfd1 bxa6 22. Rd4 Bb7 23. c5 g6 24. Bb3 Qc7 25. Rf4 Nd7 {McKay,R (2149)-Maton,E (2002) England ENG 2025 0-1 (57)}) 11... Bd6 12. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 12. h4 h6 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. a4 a5 17. Ne5 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rh3 O-O-O 20. Bc3 Bc7 21. Qe1 h5 22. Bxa5 Ng4 23. Bc3 g5 24. Be4 Bxe5 25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. Qe4+ Ka7 {Antoshin,V-Ustinov,G Ashkhabad 1957 1-0 (39)}) 12... b6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 16. f4 Bb7 17. Rd6 Rc8 18. Kf2 h6 19. Rhd1 Rc7 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Ke7 23. R6d2 Rg8 24. h3 h5 25. g3 c5 26. Rg1 Rcc8 27. Bd1 f6 28. Ba4 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rgd1 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rh7 Rg5 34. h4 Rf5+ 35. Ke3 Rc8 36. Rdd7 Rg8 37. Rdf7+ Kg6 38. Rxa7 Rf1 39. Rhe7 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Rxe6+ Kf5 42. Rae7 Rxb2+ 43. Kf3 Rxa2 44. Rxe5+ Kf6 45. R7e6+ Kf7 46. Rxb6 Ra3+ 47. Ke4 Raxg3 48. Rxh5 Rc8 49. Rh7+ Rg7 50. Rb7+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch26 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1959.01.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1959.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 (8. Bd3) 8... b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 (9... Ba6 10. O-O {(? ?e1, ?g3, e3-e4)}) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Ng5 Qe7 (12... Qb8 $5) 13. Bd2 $8 (13. e4 Bxf4 (13... h6 $6 14. e5 hxg5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Ne2 g4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Ng3 {? 19.?e1?}) 14. Bxf4 h6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nh3 (16. Bxd5 hxg5) 16... c5 $17) 13... a5 14. Re1 c5 $1 15. a3 e5 16. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 16. axb4 cxb4 17. e4 exf4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf4 Bb8 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qb5 h6 23. Qxd5 Nb6 24. Qb5 hxg5 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Nc4 28. Qxb4 Qxb4 29. Bxb4 Rb8 30. Bc3 Nxb2 {Stocek,J (2535)-Vogel,R (2471) Tegernsee GER 2023 ½-½ (78)}) ({RR} 16. axb4 cxb4 17. e4 exf4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf4 Bb8 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qb5 h6 23. Qxd5 Nb6 24. Qb5 hxg5 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Nc4 28. Qxb4 Qxb4 29. Bxb4 Rb8 30. Bc3 Nxb2 {Stocek,J (2535)-Vogel,R (2471) Tegernsee GER 2023 ½-½ (78)}) 16... h6 17. Ng3 g6 $17 (17... hxg5 $4 18. Nf5) 18. Nf3 Kh7 (18... e4 19. Nh4 Nd5 20. Qg4 N7f6 21. Qh3 Bc8 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qxh6 Bxg3 $1 (23... Qg7 $6 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxd5) 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 $17) 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. axb4 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 axb4 $2 (21... Bd5 $36) 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. e4 Bc8 24. h3 Be6 25. Qe3 Ng8 26. Qd3 {(? 27.?f5!)} Kg7 27. Rd1 {(? 28.?xh6+)} Bc7 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Qa4 Bd6 30. Qa6 Bc5 $2 31. Nxe5 Qc7 (31... Bxh3 32. Nd3 $16) (31... Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qc5+ 33. Be3 Qxe5 34. Bd4 $18) 32. Bf4 g5 33. Nh5+ Kh7 34. Bg3 Rd8 35. Re1 Qb6 36. Qe2 {(? ?h2, f2-f4)} Bd4 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Ne3 Qc5 40. Qc2 Qxc2 41. Nxc2 b3 42. Nd4 Kg6 (42... Bc4 43. Re3 $18) 43. Nxe6 fxe6 44. Re3 Nf6 45. f3 $18 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 h5 47. h4 g4 1-0 [Event "URS Trade Union-ch"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1964.12.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1964.12.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. g4 Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. O-O-O ({RR} 12. Ne5 c5 13. O-O-O c4 14. Bf5 a6 15. h4 b5 16. g5 Nh5 17. Bh2 b4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qf5 Rf8 20. Nc6 g6 21. Qxd5 Qe8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bd6 Qe8 24. Bxb4 Rb8 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Qxc4 Nhg7 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2641)-Inarkiev,E (2660) Berlin 2015 1-0 (37)}) 12... Rc8 13. Kb1 c5 $146 ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. Nd2 b5 15. Be5 N6d7 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Bf7 18. Bf4 a6 19. Rhg1 Kh8 20. g5 fxg5 21. Bxg5 Nf6 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qd8 25. Qg2 N8d7 26. Bh6 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qf2 {Doornbos,Y (2340)-Gollain,M (2215) Bagneux 1999 1-0}) ({RR} 13... a6 14. Be5 N6d7 15. Bg3 b5 16. Rc1 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Rhd1 Qb6 20. Bf5 Qb7 21. a3 Red8 22. f3 g6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Be1 Bg7 25. Nb3 Na4 26. Qd3 Nb6 27. Na5 Qf7 28. Bh4 {Lu,M (2400)-Mirzoev,A (2445) New York USA 2024 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. Ng5 c5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be5 Bb4 18. a3 Bxa3 19. bxa3 N6d7 20. Bd4 e5 21. Qb3 Nf6 22. Bb5 exd4 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd4 Qxb5 25. Rb4 Qc6 26. e4 Kh8 27. exd5 Qg6+ 28. Ka1 {Kupreichik,V (2402)-Airapetian,G (2336) Lipetsk 2007 0-1}) 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Rcc8 19. Nf5 Bb4 20. Be5 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qe6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. g5 N8d7 24. Qxd5 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-03"] [Site "Gothenburg"] [Date "1955.09.06"] [Round "14"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1955.08.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. b3 cxd4 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Rad1 e5 14. exd4 exd4 15. Na2 Bc5 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Bxd4 Qe7 19. Qa2 a5 20. Qe2 {½-½ (20) Ljubicic,F (2471)-Fodor,T (2432) Split 2008}) 11. exd4 Nb4 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Re1 b6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Rac1 Qh5 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qg4 18. f3 Rxd4 19. Qf2 Qg6 20. Ne2 Rdd8 21. Bd4 Nh5 22. Bxb6 Rd2 23. Be3 Rd7 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rad8 26. Be3 {Mandujano Alagon Ghaydaa Cene (1836)-Rodriguez Rivero,J (2167) Barranquilla COL 2025 0-1 (54)}) 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3 Na5 16. d5 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Rc8 18. dxe6 Rxc4 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Rab1 Bc5 25. Rd8+ Rf8 26. Rd7 Bxe3 27. fxe3 b6 {Martinez Ramirez,L (2459)-Bernabeu Lopez,C (2407) Jerez de la Frontera 2021 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3 Na5 16. d5 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Rc8 18. dxe6 Rxc4 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Rab1 Bc5 25. Rd8+ Rf8 26. Rd7 Bxe3 27. fxe3 b6 {Martinez Ramirez,L (2459)-Bernabeu Lopez,C (2407) Jerez de la Frontera 2021 ½-½ (44)}) 13... Bc6 14. Qd2 Nbd5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na2 Qb8 17. Nc1 Bb4 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. g3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Rd1 Nfd5 22. Qe4 Be7 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Kg2 a5 25. Ng1 Qb7 26. Nf3 Rab8 27. Rac1 h6 28. Kg1 Nb6 29. Be2 N6d5 30. Nd2 Bg5 31. Rc5 Be7 32. Rxa5 Na2 33. Bd3 g6 34. Qf3 Qc7 35. Rc5 Bxc5 36. dxc5 Nab4 37. Bc4 f5 38. Re1 Qe7 39. Qe2 Re8 40. Nf3 Kh7 41. Qe5 Qc7 42. Qe2 Qe7 43. h4 Nf6 44. Bxe6 Ne4 45. Nd4 Rbd8 46. h5 Rxd4 47. hxg6+ Kxg6 48. Bxf5+ Kxf5 49. Qh5+ Ke6 50. Qg4+ Kd5 51. Qf5+ Qe5 52. Qd7+ Kxc5 53. Rc1+ Nc3 54. Rxc3+ Kb6 55. a5+ Kxa5 56. Qa7+ Kb5 57. Qb7+ Ka5 58. Rc1 Rd1+ 59. Rxd1 Qxb2 60. Qa7+ Na6 61. b4+ Kxb4 62. Qb6+ 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 42-22"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1957.07.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Karaklajic, Nikola"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1957.07.03"] [EventType "team-schev"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. a3 (5. Bg5) (5. e3) (5. Qa4+) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 Bc6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb1 Ne4 12. c4 O-O 13. Bb2 f5 14. Be2 Ng5 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 c6 18. O-O Qb6 19. Rab1 Qa6 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21. Qe2 Rac8 {Petrosian,T-Uusi,G Vilnius 1958 1-0 (41)}) 7... b5 ({RR} 7... c5 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. c4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nbd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Qf4 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Qe2 Qf4 19. Rc3 Rc7 20. h3 Rdc8 21. Rec1 Ne4 22. R3c2 {Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Huaian 2016 0-1}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. c4 Ba6 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Red1 Ng6 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qxc5 19. h3 Ne4 20. Qd7 Qc6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 {Hommadov,A (2269)-Khayrullin,D (2386) Odintsovo RUS 2026 1-0 (73)}) 8. a4 c6 9. Qc2 $146 {?e3-e4-e5,?f3-g5-e4} ({RR} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ra5 Qd5 15. Rb1 a6 16. Rba1 Qe4 17. Ne1 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Ne4 19. Be1 Nd5 20. Bf3 Ng5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nb4 Ra7 23. R5a2 Rfa8 {Hager,J (1193)-Fittkau,N (1253) Willingen 2004 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 9. Ba3 Nbd7 10. Bb4 Nd5 11. Qb1 Nxb4 12. Qxb4 Qe7 13. Qb1 a6 14. Qe4 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Qb1 Nd5 17. Qb2 O-O 18. Be2 f6 19. Nf3 c5 20. O-O cxd4 21. Nxd4 f5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qg5 {Garcia Rodriguez,C-Perez Garcia,J Asturias 1992 1-0 (36)}) 9... Nbd7 10. e4 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng5 Qa5 $1 13. Bb2 (13. Bd2 h6 14. Ne4 O-O {? 15...f6}) 13... b4 14. Bxc4 bxc3 15. Ba3 N7b6 16. Be2 Qxa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. O-O Nab6 19. Rfb1 Nf4 $2 (19... a5 $142 $1 20. Bc5 Ba6 $1 $36) 20. Bf1 f5 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 O-O-O 23. Bc5 $1 $16 Kb8 24. Nxf6 Nfd5 25. Ne4 Rhg8 26. Rc1 Rge8 27. Bd6+ Ka8 28. g3 (28. Rxa7+ $2 Kxa7 29. Ra1+ Na4 $1 $13 (29... Ba6 $2 30. Rxa6+ Kb7 31. Nc5+ Kc8 32. Ra8+ Nxa8 33. Ba6#)) 28... Nd7 29. Ra3 N7b6 30. Rca1 Nc8 31. Be5 Rd7 32. Bg2 h5 33. h4 Rf8 34. Nxc3 Ndb6 35. Bf1 Rdf7 36. Ne4 Nd7 (36... c5 37. Ng5) 37. Bd6 Nxd6 38. Nxd6 $138 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 05th final A"] [Site "Vilnius"] [Date "1958.07.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Uusi, Gunnar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1958.07.03"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Moscow"] [BlackTeam "Estonia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "EST"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 Bc6 9. e3 ({RR} 9. Ne5 Bd5 10. Qb5+ Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. f3 O-O 14. e4 Bc6 15. Bf4 Rfc8 16. a4 a6 17. Bd3 h6 18. Kd2 g5 19. Bg3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. h4 Nb6 22. hxg5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 hxg5 {Andrianiaina,H (2141)-Anand,T (2030) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (45)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qb4 $146 ({RR} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qd3 Nd6 13. c4 e5 14. Qc3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. Bb2 Nf6 17. f3 Bg6 18. e4 Qe7 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. c5 Nde8 21. Rad1 h5 22. c6 b6 23. a4 h4 24. Ne2 Nh5 {Chandler,M (2450)-Hess,R (2420) Dortmund 1980 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Qg5 15. f3 Rad8 16. Qc2 h6 17. e4 Qe7 18. f4 Bd7 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 f6 21. Bf4 Ba4 22. Qf2 Kh7 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24. Re6 Bb3 {Marinin,V (2275)-Barbitskij,A St Petersburg 1997 1-0 (33)}) 10... a5 11. Qb1 Ne4 12. c4 O-O 13. Bb2 f5 14. Be2 Ng5 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 c6 18. O-O Qb6 19. Rab1 Qa6 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Rc2 c5 23. Rbc1 Rf7 24. e4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Na4 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxd5 Nxb2 28. Rxb2 Qc6 29. Rd1 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rf4 31. Rxb7 Rxc4 32. g3 Kh8 33. Rc7 Ra8 34. Rg5 g6 35. Re5 Rc3 36. Ree7 Rxa3 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rcg7+ Kf8 39. Rxg6 Re8 40. Rc6 Kg8 41. Rhc7 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-04"] [Site "Portoroz"] [Date "1958.08.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1958.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Romanovsky} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 (8. Rc1) 8... O-O (8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 (10. dxc5 Nc6 $1) 10... Qa5) ({RR} 8... g5 9. Bg3 c4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxc3 16. Bh5 O-O 17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qf6 Qc2 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Be5 Qh7 21. Bxg4 Ne6 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qe7 {Topalov,V (2775)-Aronian,L (2808) Monte Carlo 2011 0-1 (60)}) 9. dxc5 ({RR} 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Qd4 Qa5 16. Bxc4 Nxg3 17. fxg3 dxc4 18. Rf6 Rd8 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Kg7 22. Rb1 b6 23. h4 Be6 {Lomsadze,I (2032)-Kienboeck,B (2219) Innsbruck AUT 2025 0-1}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6 $142 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Bxc5) 10. Be2 Qa5 $146 (10... Nxc5 $142 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nce4) ({RR} 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxc5 12. O-O Nce4 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qb4 Qa4 18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Ba6 Ne4 20. Bb7 Rad8 21. f3 Nc5 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. Nxc6 Rd7 24. Rfd1 Re8 25. Kf2 {Levin,F (2445)-Mitkov,N (2490) Groningen 1991 1-0 (71)}) 11. O-O $1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc5 13. Rc1 b6 {?} (13... Qe7 {? ...?b6}) 14. c4 Bb7 15. Nd4 Rac8 (15... dxc4 $142 16. Bxc4 (16. Rxc4 Qd5) 16... Qa5) 16. Bf3 Qb4 17. a3 $1 Qxa3 18. Ra1 Qc5 19. Rxa7 Ba8 20. Qa1 $1 Kh7 21. Rd1 $1 {(? 22.cxd5 ?xd5 23.?xd7 ?xd7 [23...?xf3 24.?xf3 ?xd7 25.?xd7 ?c1+ 26.?d1] 24. ?f5)} Qxc4 22. Be2 $1 (22. Nf5 Qc2) 22... Qc3 (22... Qc5) (22... Qb4 23. Bd3+ Kh8 24. Bf5) 23. Rxa8 $1 1-0 [Event "Moscow-ch34"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Estrin, Yakov Borisovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Na5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nd6 13. e4 O-O $146 ({RR} 13... dxe4 14. fxe4 Qe6 15. Bd3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 f6 18. O-O O-O 19. Rce1 g6 20. h3 Kg7 21. Qa4 a6 22. Qb4 b6 23. Qb1 a5 24. Bb5 Rad8 25. a4 Nc8 26. e5 fxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 {Izsak,G (2444)-Shengelia,D (2560) Hungary 2010 ½-½ (42)}) 14. Bd3 f5 15. e5 Ndc4 16. g4 fxg4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. f4 g5 19. Bd3 gxf4 20. Rg1 Nc6 21. Qf2 N4xe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bc2 Nf3+ 24. Kd1 Rae8 25. Rh1 Re5 26. Rb1 b6 27. Rb4 d4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. cxd4 Qd5 30. Rg1 c5 31. Bxf4 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-02"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1952.09.28"] [Round "9"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Pachman, Ludek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1952.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 $32 c5 8. Rc1) 7... Qxf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Bg4 (10... Nd7 {? f7-f5, ?d7-f6-?e4}) ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Ne1 Re8 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rc1 Qh4 15. g3 Qe7 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qe6 18. Qf3 Qe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Ndc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Re7 22. Rc2 f5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. h4 Kf7 25. Kf1 {Brunello,S (2580)-Socko,B (2647) Legnica 2013 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 Nd7 13. b5 Nf6 14. a4 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. a5 Rac8 17. a6 b6 18. bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxa7 Bxe2 23. Nxc6 Qh5 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 {Tahmasebi,H (2354)-Sarana,A (2686) chess.com INT 2026 1-0}) 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qe7 13. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 13. Qg4 Rd8 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. b4 b5 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Nf6 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Qf5 Ne4 22. Rbc1 Nd2 23. Rfd1 Nc4 24. Rb1 Re8 25. Re1 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Ne2 Rae8 {Tarigan,G (2149)-Asaka,S (2254) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (64)}) ({RR} 13. Qg4 Rd8 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. b4 b5 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Nf6 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Qf5 Ne4 22. Rbc1 Nd2 23. Rfd1 Nc4 24. Rb1 Re8 25. Re1 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Ne2 Rae8 {Tarigan,G (2149)-Asaka,S (2254) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (64)}) 13... Re8 14. Qg4 Bd6 $2 (14... Qe6 $142) (14... Bxc3 $6 15. bxc3 Qa3 16. Rd3 {? e3-e4, ?g3}) 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 f6 $2 (16... Bxe5 $8 17. dxe5 Qxe5 {, e.g.} 18. Nd6 Rf8 {or 18.?fe1 ?f8 ?/=}) 17. f4 Bc7 (17... fxe5 18. fxe5 Bc7 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 21. e6 $18) 18. Ng3 fxe5 19. Nf5 Qf6 (19... Qf8 20. Nxh6+ {? 21.fxe5 +-}) 20. dxe5 (20. fxe5 $2 Qg5) 20... h5 (20... Qf8 21. Qg6 Kh8 22. Rd3 Qg8 23. Rh3 Re6 24. Nxh6 Rxg6 25. Nf7#) 21. Qxh5 Qf7 22. Qg4 Re6 23. Rf3 Rg6 24. Qxg6 Qxg6 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Nxg6 Kxg6 27. g4 Na6 28. Rd7 Rd8 29. f5+ Kg5 30. Rxg7+ Kh4 31. e6 Bb6+ 32. Kf1 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rd5 34. f6 Re5+ 35. Kf1 Nc5 36. Rf5 1-0 [Event "GEO-ch"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Sorokin, Nikolay Tikhovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D33"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1944.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 ({RR} 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 Bb4 9. b3 Bg4 10. Bg2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 13. exf3 Qxd5 14. Bxb4 Qe5+ 15. Kf1 Rd8 16. Qe1 cxb3 17. Qxe5+ fxe5 18. axb3 a6 19. Re1 Kf7 20. Rxe5 Rd7 21. Kg2 Nf6 {Milos,G (2593)-De Toledo,J (2394) Sao Caetano do Sul 2009 1-0}) 7... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 7... Bb4 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Ne5 Qe6 11. Qa4 Nge7 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. d5 Qe7 14. dxc6 O-O 15. cxb7 Rad8 16. Bf4 Bxe2 17. Rae1 Bxe1 18. Rxe1 g5 19. b8=Q Rxb8 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Qc2 Bd3 22. Qc3 {Bolbochan,J-Enevoldsen,J Warsaw 1935 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 7... Bb4 8. Bd2 Bf5 9. O-O Nge7 10. a3 Ba5 11. b3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 b5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rfb1 g5 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Nxb8 21. Qxg5+ Ng6 22. Qd2 {Garriga Cazorla,P (2491)-Essing,A (2215) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 7... Bb4 8. Qc2 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Rad1 Bf5 12. Qc1 Ng6 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd2 Nge7 15. Ndb1 Rc8 16. h3 b5 17. Kh2 Ba5 18. g4 Bc7+ 19. Bf4 Bxb1 20. Nxb1 Ng6 21. e3 Nxf4 22. exf4 {Moses,J-De Carvalho,F Rio de Janeiro 1948 0-1 (37)}) 8. O-O Nge7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Qxd4 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Qg4 g6 14. Rd1 Qg7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Qxc4 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. g4 Rac8 21. Qd3 Nh4 22. Qh3 Nxg2 23. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas-04"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1975.04.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Tatai, Stefano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1975.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 ({RR} 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bb2 f5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Bf6 20. Kf1 Kf7 21. Ke1 Be5 22. g3 g5 23. Kd2 f4 24. Kc2 f3 25. Bf1 h5 26. Bb2 Bd6 27. Bd4 {Nyzhnyk,I (2611)-Duda,J (2731) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd5 Qf5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd5 b6 20. Rd4 Rfe8 21. h3 Kf8 22. Rc1 Rbd8 23. g4 Be6 24. Bxe4 Rxd4 25. exd4 Bxb3 26. Bc6 Rd8 27. axb3 {Oro,F (2528)-Wagner,D (2418) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (43)}) 13. Qc2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qg6 15. f4 $146 ({RR} 15. Rfc1 h5 16. Bf1 Re8 17. a4 h4 18. a5 a6 19. Qc7 Bd8 20. Qc5 Be7 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Bd7 23. Rc7 Bc6 24. Bc4 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Ke8 29. Kg2 Kf8 {Sumets,A (2493)-Merario Alarcon,A (2421) Malaga ESP 2022 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 15. Rfc1 h5 16. Bf1 Re8 17. a4 h4 18. a5 a6 19. Qc7 Bd8 20. Qc5 Be7 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Bd7 23. Rc7 Bc6 24. Bc4 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Ke8 29. Kg2 Kf8 {Sumets,A (2493)-Merario Alarcon,A (2421) Malaga ESP 2022 ½-½ (38)}) 15... Be6 16. Qb2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 h5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc2 Bg4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. h3 Qg3 24. Qc8+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Qg6 26. Qd7 Bh4 27. Qxb7 Qg3 28. Qxe4+ g6 29. Qb1 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Bg3 31. Qa1 Qe2 32. Bh8 f6 33. Bxf6 Qxe3 34. Bh8 Qe7 35. Be5 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-16 Final A"] [Site "Tel Aviv"] [Date "1964.11.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Bouwmeester, Hans"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1964.11.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Netherlands"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "NED"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Bc7 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 b6 19. Ba6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nd6 21. Rc7 Bc8 22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Rxa7 Be6 24. a4 Rc8 25. h3 Rb8 26. b5 {Solovchuk,A (2303)-Pakhomov,E (2366) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (36)}) 12. Bb2 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 12... Bg4 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Qa4 Nd8 16. Be5 Qe7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. O-O Qb6 19. h3 Bc8 20. Rfd1 Ne6 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd6 h6 25. Nxe4 Ng5 26. Rd6 Qa7 27. Nxg5 {Hudolin,K (2065)-Ilic,O (2182) Croatia 2009 1-0 (40)}) 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Re1 Be6 16. Nc5 a5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nd4 axb4 20. axb4 Ng6 21. Bd3 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rdc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. b5 Qb4 25. Rf1 Qc3 26. Qb1 Bd7 27. Bf5 Be8 28. Rc1 Qa5 29. h3 Qb6 30. Qc2 Qa5 31. Qc5 Qa2 32. Qd6 Qb2 33. Rb1 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Qe7 Qa8 38. Ne6+ Kh7 39. Nc7 Qb8 40. b6 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-1"] [Site "Ciocco"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "Mednis,Edmar John"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 ({Partie zu Variante 6.e3:} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O {Adams,M-Seirawan,Y/ Wijk aan Zee1991}) ({Partie zu Variante 6.e3:} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O {Ivanov,I-Dlugy,M/ US National Open 1989}) ({Partie zu Variante 6.g3:} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O {Sirotanovic-Ruban/ Bela Crkva 1989}) 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 {[%mdl 5] Schwarz führt diesen befreienden Vorstoss bereits im 4.Zug aus, doch das Damengambit ist eine sehr starke Eröffnung. Den Ausgleich hat Schwarz damit noch lange nicht erreicht.} 5. cxd5 {Das ist ganz klar die kritische Variante. Andere Fortsetzungen bereiten dem Nachziehenden wenig Schwierigkeiten.} ({Weiss kann natürlich auch eine Symmetriesituation anstreben, in der er am Zug ist, und} 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 {spielen. Doch das bietet nicht so gute Aussichten auf Vorteil wie der Tausch auf d5.}) (5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. Nd5 Be7) 6... Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qh4 dxc4 9. Rd1 $1 Bd7 10. e3 Be7 $11 {Pachman}) 5... Nxd5 {Schwarz verfügt über drei Antworten. Jede von ihnen hat deutliche Schattenseiten. Zur Tarrasch-Verteidigung gelangen wir, wenn Schwarz mit dem Bauern wiedernimmt. Damit willigt er in einen Einzelbauern auf d5 ein und hofft, dass sein Einfluss im Zentrum dafür genügend Gegenchancen bietet. Nach 5...?xd5 sprechen wir von der "Halb-Tarrasch- oder Semi-Tarrasch-Verteidigung", weil Schwarz den von Tarrasch geforderten frühen Gegenstoss c7-c5 ausführt, aber dann von der Grundidee abweicht und den Einzelbauern vermeidet. Er nimmt dafür einen klaren Nachteil in Kauf: Schwarz hat deutlich weniger Einfluss in der Mitte als in der Tarrasch-Verteidigung. Schwarz ist nicht nur im Zentrum unterlegen, ihm fehlt dafür auch ein Gegenwert. In letzter Zeit (1995) hat die Halb-Tarrasch-Variante an Beliebtheit im internationalen Schachgeschehen langsam aber sicher eingebüßt. Grossmeister wählen bei der Suche nach einer soliden Methode im Abgelehnten Damengambit lieber die orthodoxen Varianten (ohne 3. oder 4...c5, mit 3...?f3 und baldigem ...?e7) als die Halb-Tarrasch-Spielweise. Die Orthodoxe Verteidigung gibt Schwarz mehr Kontrolle im Zentrum und bietet nicht geringere Ausgleichs- oder Gewinnchancen als Halb-Tarrasch.} ({Der Vollständigkeit halber erwähne ich, dass} 5... cxd4 {"spielbar", aber mit Vorsicht zu genießen ist. Die Stellungen nach} 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 ({oder} 6... exd5 7. e4 $1) 7. e4 {sind schwierig zu behandeln, und es gibt keinen besonderen Grund, warum Schwarz sie anstreben sollte.}) (5... exd5 {führt zur Tarrasch-Verteidigung.} 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5) 6. e4 {Warum nicht? Schwarz hat dem Gegner erlaubt, kostenlos ein starkes Bauernzentrum aufzubauen, und es gibt keinen theoretischen Grund, warum Weiss diesen Weg nicht einschlagen sollte. Dennoch hat dieser dem Thema am ehesten entsprechende Plan nie den Beliebtheitsgrad erreicht, den er verdient. Dafür gibt es zwei Gründe, einen schachlichen und einen, der den "Spielprozess" betrifft. Zum ersteren ist zu sagen, dass Weiss ausserordentlich genau und kraftvoll agieren muss, wenn er den vereinzelten d-Bauern, der sich bald auf d5 ergeben wird, zu einem Plusfaktor machen will. Offenbar wollen sich viele Spieler nicht gern freiwillig einer solchen Herausfordrung stellen. Die beiden vollgültigen Alternativen, die in der Spielpraxis häufiger vorkommen, sind:} (6. e3 {mit der gebräuchlichen Folge} Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O {Damit ist eine typische Stellung mit dem vereinzelten d-Bauer auf der 4.Reihe und allen leichten Figuren noch auf dem Brett. Das erhöht die Elastizität des weissen Spiels und vermindert das Risiko: anders als in der 6.e4-Variante erhält Schwarz keine Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel. Der zuvor erwähnte Grund, der mit dem "Spielprozess" zusammenhängt, betrifft die Zugreihenfolge. Was die Varianten nach 6.e3 angeht, so ergeben sich 50% der Stellungen aus dem Panow-Angriff gegen die Caro-Kann-Verteidigung (siehe oben Partie Adams-Seirawan). Ausserdem kommt eine beträchtliche Anzahl über die Englische Partie zustande, wenn Schwarz frühzeitig c7-c5 und Weiss e2-e3 gezogen haben (siehe oben Partie Ivanov-Dlugy).}) (6. g3 {wobei die thematische Stellung nach den Zügen} Nc6 ({oder} 6... cxd4 7. Nxd5 exd5 $5 {Pachman}) 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O {entsteht. Weiss hat dann die Wahl, selbst gegen einen vereinzelten d-Bauern zu spielen mittels} 9. Nxd5 exd5 {oder eine starke Mitte anzustreben, indem er nun doch den Zentrumsvorstoss 9.e4 wagt. Auch diese beiden Pläne sind Spielern von geschlossenen Systemen durchaus geläufig. Die nach 6.g3 angegebene Stellung der Hauptvariante ergibt sich meistens aus einer anderen Zugfolge als der "offiziellen". Tatsächlich werden die Stellungen nach dem 8.Zug und nach 9.?xd5 exd5 üblicherweise erreicht, indem Weiss in der Englischen Eröffnung frühzeitig g2-g3 zieht und erst später (d2) d3-d4. Ein charakteristisches Beispiel ist die oben angegebene Partie Sirotanovic-Ruban.}) 6... Nxc3 {Der einzig richtige Zug. Obgleich damit das weisse Zentrum durch Überführung des Bauern b2 nach c3 gestärkt wird, sind die mit dem Tausch verbundenen Pluspunkte wichtiger: Schwarz verliert keine Zeit mit einem Rückzug, und der Abtausch der Leichtfiguren verringert die einengende Wirkung des breiten weissen Bauernzentrums.} 7. bxc3 cxd4 {Wieder mit dem thematischen Ziel, Leichtfiguren zu tauschen, hier die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer. Alles andere ist deutlich schwächer, zum Beispiel:} (7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. d5 {und Schwarz hat keinen Gegenwert für den beträchtlichen Zentrumsvorteil des Weissen in Gligoric,S-Sanchez,L/ Saltsjobaden Interzonal 1952}) 8. cxd4 Bb4+ {An dieser Stelle hat Schwarz eine echte Wahl.} ({Er kann zuerst} 8... Nc6 {spielen und nach} 9. Bc4 {das taktische} b5 {[%csl Rb5,Re1][%CAl Yd8a5] Vordringlich für Weiss ist, seinen d-Bauern beweglich zu lassen. Deshalb ist} 10. Be2 $1 {richtig (und nicht die Selbstverstellung 10.?d3).} ({In der 9.WM-Partie in Reykjavik 1972 erreichte Fischer gegen Spassky nach} 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 a6 13. a4 O-O {leichten Ausgleich,denn} 14. axb5 {würde mit} Nxd4 {beantwortet werden.}) {Ein ausgezeichnetes Vorbild ist folgende Partie:} 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. d5 $1 (12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 a6 $11 {Petrosian-Kortschnoj/ Candidates Ciocco (Rd 2) 1977}) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Nxd2 O-O 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Bf3 Nf5 18. Rc1 Nd6 19. Qd4 Qb6 (19... Qf6 $5) 20. Qf4 $1 {Weiss hat beträchtlichen Raumvorteil, und sein d-Bauer ist weit gefährlicher als ein möglicher Freibauer von Schwarz am Damenflügel in Jussupow,A-Ribli,Z/ Kandidatenturnier Montpellier 1985}) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {[%mdl 32] Die Bauernformation im Zentrum ist geklärt und je zwei Leichtfiguren sind abgetauscht. Was Sie nun sehen ist das, womit beide Seiten fertig werden müssen: der Startpunkt der kritischen, wesentlichen Varianten des Halb-Tarrasch-Komplexes. Betrachten wir die strategischen Themen für beide Seiten. WEISS zielt darauf, den d-Bauern wirkungsvoll vorzurücken, zunächst nach d5. Dort wird er sich im schwarzen Lager befinden und die Rolle eines Freibauern bekleiden und - wie Weiss hofft - ein Ärgernis für Schwarz sein, weil er nur drei Schritte vom Umwandlungsfeld entfernt ist und ausserdem die Verbindung der schwarzen Streitkräfte stört. Hinter dem Rücken des d-Bauern wird Weiss seine Türme auf den zentralen d- und e-Linien aufmarschieren lassen. Er wird versuchen, mit Hilfe seines räumlichen Übergewichts einen Königsangriff einzuleiten. Bei Schwarz fehlen am Königsflügel die leichten Figuren als Helfer bei der Verteidigung, und deshalb sind die weissen Aussichten, erfolgreich durchzudringen, günstig. SCHWARZ hat mit zwei Zielen zu jonglieren: (1) den weissen d-Bauern als harmlos hinzustellen und seinen König in ausreichender Sicherheit zu lassen; (2) seine Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel voranzubringen und einen verwendbaren Freibauern zu bilden. Voraussichtlich wird dies nur im Endspiel möglich sein. Daher muss Schwarz unbedingt das Mittelspiel unbeschadet überstehen. In einer praktischen Partie ist die Lage für einen erfahrenen Weissspieler die weit angenehmere: eine Ungenauigkeit, die er sich leistet, kann vielleicht bedeuten, dass sein Vorteil sich verflüchtigen wird; ein Schnitzer von Schwarz wird höchstwahrscheinlich seine Stellung ruinieren.} 11. Bc4 {Hier steht der Läufer am besten.} ({Unangebracht bescheiden ist} 11. Be2 $143 {Der Läufer könnte ausserdem später den Turm blockieren, der auf der e-Linie eingreifen soll.} b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Qf6 $1 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Na5 $1 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. f4 Qe7 $1 20. d5 $5 exd5 21. exd5 Qc5 $1 22. Kf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 f6 24. Nf3 Rd6 $1 $15 {Quinteros-Pachman, Nathanya 1983}) 11... Nc6 {Der Normalzug, der den Springer auf sein "bestes" Feld bringt und Druck auf den d-Bauern ausübt. Ein Mangel ist jedoch, dass das unvermeidliche d4-d5 des Gegners mit Zeitgewinn erfolgt wegen des Angriffs auf den Springer, und diese Figur wird auch nicht oder nur wenig hilfreich sein bei der Verteidigung des Königs.} (11... Nd7 12. O-O {Die Alternative} Nf6 {entspricht wohl eher den Erfordernissen. Ein wichtiges Beispiel:} (12... b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nb8 (15... Nf6 16. a5) 16. a5 Nc6 17. axb6 {mit weisser Initiative am Damenflügel in Petrosian,T-Tal,M/ URS 1972}) 13. Rfe1 b6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. a5 Qc7 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Rb1 Qa8 {Der weisse Raumvorteil besagt, dass Weiss ein wenig besser steht; aber der unverkennbare Druck des Nachziehenden gegen e4 macht es Weiss schwer, seinen kleinen Vorteil auszubauen in Jussupow,A-Eslon,J/ Mallorca 1981}) (11... b6 $1 12. O-O Ba6 $5 {Es ist die Frage, ob Schwarz zu diesem Abtausch greifen muss, er bekommt mit 12...?b7 ein zum Ausgleich ausreichendes Gegenspiel. (Pachman)} 13. Rac1 ({gar nichts verspricht} 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rac1 Rc8 {usw.}) 13... Bxc4 14. Rxc4 b5 $1 15. Rc5 a6 16. d5 Nd7 17. Rc6 exd5 18. Qxd5 $11 {Anikaev-Bronstein/ Minsk 1983}) 12. O-O b6 {Die Flankenentwicklung des Damenläufers hat sich am besten bewährt. Zwei beachtliche Alternativen sind:} (12... Qd6 {Schwarz hofft, den Druck gegen d4 mittels ? d8 zu verstärken. Das macht Schwarz am Königsflügel jedoch noch verwundbarer. Weiss erlangte mit dem energischen} 13. Rad1 (13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. e5 Qe7 16. Qf4 Be8 17. h4 Rac8 $14 {mit verteilten Chancen (Konikowski) in Petrosian-Kortschnoj/ Candidates Ciocco (Rd 4) 1977}) 13... Rd8 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. d5 $1 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Ng5 $1 {einen sehr starkem Angriff in Browne,W-Olafsson,H/ Reykjavik 1980}) (12... Ne7 {Schwarz dirigiert den Springer in Erwartung des kommenden d4-d5 um. Das kostet jedoch Zeit und einen passiven Springer. Weiss nützte diese Gegebenheiten mit Könnerschaft aus und erreichte wie folgt einen erfreulichen Vorteil:} 13. a4 $1 b6 14. a5 Bb7 15. Bd3 bxa5 16. Rfb1 Rb8 17. Rxa5 Nc6 18. Rab5 Ba8 19. d5 $1 $16 {Seirawan,Y-Kortschnoj,V/ Skelleftea 1989}) 13. Rfe1 {Wie schon an anderer Stelle angedeutet, muss Weiss entschlossen auftreten und das wirkungsvolle Vorgehen des d-Bauern mit seinen Angriffsplänen am Königsflügel verbinden. Deshalb sind Pläne, die mit Zügen wie ? fd1 oder ? ac1 einhergehen, für Schwarz ungefährlich. Zum Beispiel:} (13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 $11 {mit gleichem Spiel (die Partie endete hier remis), Zaitsev,A-Polugaevsky,L/ URS-ch 1968}) 13... Bb7 14. Rad1 {Weiss hat seine Streitkräfte sorgfältig für den kommenden Vorstoss d4-d5 bereitgestellt. Schwarz kann ihn nicht vermeiden, muss sich also darauf einstellen. Die zwei Hauptwege sind: (1) 14...?e7 - siehe Partieverlauf und (2) 14...? c8.} Ne7 {Mit der vernünftigen Idee, den vorwärtsdrängenden d-Bauern zu blockieren. Doch Weiss wird, wenn er energisch vorgeht, infolge seiner kraftvollen Entwicklung und des schwachen Punktes c6 die Führung behaupten.} (14... Rc8 {Schwarz bereitet einen Abzugsangriff auf den Läufer vor und nimmt die c-Linie in Besitz. Führt Weiss seinen Plan aus und zieht} 15. d5 {so muss Schwarz wieder eine grundsätzliche Entscheidung treffen:} Na5 (15... exd5 16. Bxd5 Qc7 17. e5 $1 ({stark ist auch} 17. Qg5 $1 h6 18. Qg4 Rfd8 19. h3 Ne7 20. Nd4 {Swoboda-Plank/ Wien 1985}) 17... Ne7 {Nun empfiehlt Tal} 18. Bb3 $1 ({anstelle des einfallslosen} 18. Bxb7 $6 Qxb7 $11 {mit Ausgleich, Nogueiras,J-Tal,M/ Brüssel 1988}) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kh8 20. Qd6 $36 {in jedem Fall mit starker Initiative des Anziehenden.} ({oder} 20. Qd7)) 16. Bd3 Qd6 (16... exd5 17. e5 {führt zu einem tödlichen Angriff für Weiss in Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M/ URS-ch Moscow 1969}) 17. dxe6 Qxe6 $6 ({Ein geringeres Übel ist} 17... fxe6 {Weiss spielt danach auf die Schwäche e6 mit} 18. Bb5 $1 ({oder er greift an mittels} 18. e5 $1 Qe7 19. Ng5 {wie GM Juri Dochoian angegeben hat.})) 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Nf5 {[%CAl Rf2f4,Ye4e5] Weiss hat einen äusserst gefährlichen Angriff, den er mit f2-f4 und e4-e5 weiterführen wird, Dochoian,J-Webb,S/ EU-Team Cup 1989}) 15. d5 $1 {Jetzt entsteht ein starker Freibauer im Zentrum.} exd5 16. exd5 Nf5 {Bisher folgten beide Kämpen der Vorgängerpartie Uhlmann-Kortschnoj, in der 17.?d3?! geschah. Logisches Nachdenken brachte jedoch Petrosian zu der Überzeugung, dass 17.?d3 nicht nur passiv, sondern auch unlogisch ist. Er wird sich gesagt haben: "Warum sollte Weiss zwei seiner schweren Figuren von dem vorgerückten Freibauern abschneiden?"} 17. Ne5 $1 {Weiss hat Türme, Dame, Läufer, Springer und den d-Bauern harmonisch und zentral aufgestellt. Darum ist es vollständig richtig, den Springer nach vorn zu bringen und damit ? 18.d6 zu drohen. Wie es oft geschieht, so fußt auch hier die logische Strategie des Weissen auf einer glänzenden taktischen Pointe.} ({Nach} 17. Bd3 $6 Nd6 {stand Schwarz beinahe ebenbürtig in Uhlmann,W-Kortschnoj,V/ Zagreb 1970}) ({Sofort} 17. d6 Bxf3 {sagte Petrosian nicht zu.}) 17... Nd6 18. Nc6 $1 {Weiss führte den Angriff im Zentrum sehr energisch. Die Partie geht jetzt in ein Endspiel mit ausschließlich schweren Figuren über, in dem Weiss über einen starken Freibauern auf c6 verfügen wird. (Suetin)} Bxc6 $146 {Der Tausch führt zu einer unhaltbaren Lage. Schwarz musste eine der beiden Alternativen wählen:} ({Ein unerfreuliches Mittelspiel nach} 18... Qf6 $142 19. Bb3) ({oder} 18... Qh4 $142 19. Bb3) (18... Nxc4 $143 {führt zu einem sehr schweren, wenn nicht gar verlorenen Endspiel nach} 19. Nxd8 Nxd2 20. Nxb7 Rab8 21. Re7 ({möglich ist auch} 21. Na5 bxa5 22. Rxd2 {Hier hat Weiss über 50% Gewinnchancen und Null Verlustrisiko - eine Lage, in der sich der Turnierspieler immer sehr wohl fühlt.}) 21... Ne4 22. d6 $18) ({RR} 18... Qf6 19. Bb3 g6 20. h3 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Re1 Nd6 23. Qb4 Kg7 24. Ne5 Re8 25. Nd7 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Qf4 27. g3 Qe4 28. Qa1+ Kh6 29. Nf6 Qf3 30. Bd1 {1-0 (30) Welin,T (2400)-Pyhala,A (2385) Gausdal 1987}) 19. dxc6 Nxc4 20. Qf4 $1 ({Der Versuch einer "brillianten" Schlusskombination mittels} 20. Qxd8 $2 Raxd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. c7 {würde nach} Rf8 $1 23. Rd1 b5 24. Rd8 Nb6 $19 {zu einer schmerzlichen Niederlage führen.}) 20... Nd6 {Auf Kosten einiger Tempoverluste gelingt es Schwarz, den raschen Vorstoss des c-Bauern auf die 7.Reihe zu verhindern.} (20... Qf6 21. Qxc4 Rac8 22. c7) 21. Rxd6 Qc7 22. g3 {Deckt die Dame und gibt zugleich dem König Luft. Skizzieren wir kurz das Ergebnis des bisherigen Kampfes: Weiss hat einen starken, weit vorgerückten Freibauern, seine Türme beherrschen die Mittellinien und die Dame steht wirkungsvoll. Der einzige Trumpf von Schwarz, die Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel, ist ziemlich bedeutungslos, denn die schwarzen Schwerfiguren sind nicht in der Lage, die Bildung eines Freibauern zu unterstützen, weil sie sich auf den gegnerischen Freibauern und den Schutz des eigenen Königs konzentrieren müssen. Weiss beherrscht das ganze Brett, und Petrosian ist der richtige Mann, die Arbeit erfolgreich zu vollenden. Jeder seiner Züge vergrössert seinen Vorteil oder fördert die Sicherheit seiner eigenen Stellung. Weiss braucht sich nicht zu beeilen. Es kommt darauf an, ein mögliches Gegenspiel zu verhindern und in die richtige Richtung zu marschieren.} h6 {Der Textzug bedeutet eine kaum merkliche und doch ganz reale Schwächung der schwarzen Königsstellung, weil der weisse g-Bauer nun als Rammbock dienen kann, um Linien zu öffnen. Schwarz kommt jedoch ohne etwas Luft für seinen König nicht aus, er müsste sonst unaufhörlich auf verschiedene Grundreihenmatts achten.} ({Ein Zug wie} 22... Rad8 {trüge ebenfalls nicht zur Entlastung bei, weil nach dem Abtausch eines Turmpaars der Freibauer eine noch gefährlichere Wirkung entfaltet, zumal dann, wenn der König kein Luftloch hat. Zum Beispiel:} 23. Red1 Rxd6 $6 (23... Rde8 $142 24. Qf3 Rc8 25. Qf5) 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 (24... Qc8 25. c7 $18) 25. Rxd6 Rc8 26. c7 $18 {und gewinnt}) 23. Qe5 $1 {Mit diesem und dem nächsten Zug zentralisiert Weiss kraftvoll seine Dame.} Rac8 ({Falls} 23... Rae8 $2 {so gewinnt Weiss leicht nach} 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 (24... Qxd6 25. Qd7 $18 {gewinnt noch einfacher.}) 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. Red8 Qe7 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. R8d6 b5 29. Rc1 $1 {[%CAl Rd6d7]} Qxd6 30. c7 $18) 24. Qd5 $1 Kh7 {Schwarz tritt auf der Stelle.} (24... Rfd8 $4 {verliert sofort.} 25. Rd7 $1 $18) ({Oder} 24... Rcd8 25. Rd7 Qb8 26. Ree7 $18) 25. Re4 Kg8 26. Kg2 a6 27. h4 b5 28. g4 $1 {Ganz im Stil Alekhines. Nachdem Weiss an einem Brettabschnitt die Vorherrschaft errang, geht er am anderen zum Angriff über. Die weissen Schwerfiguren beherrschen die Zentrallinien und der König steht nicht mehr auf der Grundreihe: damit sind die Voraussetzungen für den erfolgreichen Angriff gegen den verwundbaren Punkt h6 geschaffen.} Kh7 29. Re2 Kh8 30. g5 h5 {Schwarz muss den Königsflügel so geschlossen wie möglich lassen.} ({Nach} 30... hxg5 $6 31. hxg5 {entscheidet die offene h-Linie.}) 31. Rd2 $1 {Das dient nicht nur der totalen Herrschaft über die d-Linie. Die Türme schützen sich jetzt gegenseitig, so dass die Dame auf Beute ausgehen kann. Im Visier hat sie den h-Bauern. Schwarz soll zu g7-g6 provoziert werden - eine weitere Schwächung der Königsstellung. Weiss wird dann beginnen, die neue Schwäche auszunützen. Unaufhaltsam zieht sich die Schlinge um den schwarzen König zusammen.} Rfe8 {Verzweifelte Suche nach Gegenspiel, doch Schwarz sollte besser abwarten.} (31... Qe7 $142 32. Qf3 (32. Rd7 {führt zu nichts.} Qb4) 32... Kg8 33. Qd5 (33. Rd7 Qc5) 33... Kh8) 32. Qf3 g6 $2 ({Mehr Widerstand leistete} 32... Kg8 $142 $1 33. Qxh5 Re5 34. Qg4 Rc5 35. g6 fxg6 36. f3 Rf8 $16 (36... Rxc6 $4 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Rxc6 Qxc6 39. Rd8+)) 33. R2d5 $1 {Indem er die schräge Linie von c6 aus nach f3 und g2 unterbricht, droht Weiss mittels 34.? d7 oder 34.?f6+ sofort zu gewinnen. Daher muss der schwarze Turm den f-Bauern decken.} Rf8 {Schwarz ist wie gelähmt. Das Finale spielt Petrosian überaus exakt.} (33... Re7 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. cxd7 Rd8 36. Qxf7 Qc6 (36... Rg8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. d8=Q) 37. f3 Qc2+ 38. Kg3 Qc7+ 39. Kh3 Qc6 40. Qe7 Qc7 41. Rd6 $18) 34. Rf6 $1 {Dieses Feld ist für den Turm noch besser geeignet als für die Dame. Die Drohung 35.? d7 ist nun unparierbar.} Qe7 (34... Rcd8 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Rxf7 {ist ebenfalls ganz aussichtslos.}) 35. Rd7 Qe8 $2 (35... Qc5 {ist besser, ändert aber nichts am Ausgang der Partie:} 36. Rfxf7 Rxf7 37. Qxf7 Qxc6+ 38. f3 Qxd7 39. Qxd7 $18) 36. Rxg6 $1 {Mit einem taktischen Witz zerstört Weiss den geschwächten Königsflügel.} Qe5 {In Zeitnot lässt Kortschnoj ein einzügiges Matt zu, welches aber nicht mehr zu verhindern war.} ({Oder} 36... fxg6 37. Qc3+ {nebst Matt auf g7.}) 37. Qxh5# 1-0 [Event "URS-ch26 Final"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1959.02.04"] [Round "16"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1959.01.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 Na6 ({RR} 8... g6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nfd7 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Bf4 Kg7 14. g4 Qa5 15. h4 Na6 16. h5 g5 17. Be5+ Bf6 18. Qf5 Qd8 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Bxf6+ Nxf6 21. Ng3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 {Hansen,L (2510)-Hector,J (2500) Stavanger 1991 ½-½ (49)}) 9. a3 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 9... Nc7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nce8 12. O-O Nd6 13. Bg3 Be6 14. h3 Qc8 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qb1 Qa5 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Rfd1 b5 21. Nd4 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qa2 {Toran Albero,R-Szabo,L Buenos Aires 1955 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 9... Qa5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 O-O 12. Rc1 b5 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Be2 Be6 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qd2 Red8 18. Bd3 c5 19. Bxb5 c4 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Qc6 23. Ne2 Qxc5 24. Nd4 {Guillo Longares,C (2081)-Gamboa Ondono,J (1769) Collado Villalba 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 9... Nc7 10. e3 {½-½ (10) Ortega,L (2430)-Efimov,I (2491) Porto San Giorgio 2004}) 10. Rb1 g6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd8 14. b4 Nb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O O-O 17. b5 Qa5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Nf4 Bg7 22. Rb7 Rfd8 23. h3 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Nxb8 25. Rc3 Re8 26. Qc2 Qd8 27. Nd3 Qd6 28. Nb4 Re6 29. Qb1 Re8 30. Qc2 Re6 31. g3 Bf6 32. Qa4 Qd7 33. Nd3 Rd6 34. Rb3 Qc7 35. Qb4 Nd7 36. Qb7 Bd8 37. Qxc7 Bxc7 38. Rb7 Bb6 39. Nfe5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Rf6 41. Nd7 Re6 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-15 Final A"] [Site "Varna"] [Date "1962.09.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1962.09.27"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "DDR"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 ({RR} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 {½-½ (10) Pantsulaia,L (2493)-Paichadze,L (2465) Poti GEO 2026}) 2... e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. c5 b6 8. cxb6 cxb6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Nb4 $146 ({RR} 11... b5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nd7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bh4 b4 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bd3 Rxa2 22. Bg3 Rea8 23. Nh4 Ra1 24. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 25. Kh2 Nf6 26. Nf5 {Bauer,C (2633)-Apicella,M (2512) Nancy 2013 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. a3 h6 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rfc1 Na5 15. Nd2 Nc4 16. b4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bd6 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Nd7 23. Nb3 Nb6 24. Nc5 Qc6 25. Bb1 Nc4 26. Qd3 {Paar,J (1975)-Muskat,G (1986) Bayern 2018 ½-½ (42)}) 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Nb3 b5 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. a3 Rb8 19. Na2 a5 20. Qd2 Ra8 21. Rfc1 Qb6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 b4 24. Nc1 Rfb8 25. a4 Be8 26. Nb3 Nc8 27. Qc2 Kf8 28. Bb5 g6 29. Bxe8 Kxe8 30. Nxa5 b3 31. Nxb3 Nd6 32. Rc3 Nc4 33. e4 Kf8 34. Ra2 Kg7 35. Nc5 Qb4 36. exd5 exd5 37. Nd3 Qb6 38. b3 Na5 39. Nc5 Re8 40. Re3 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament-05"] [Site "Curacao"] [Date "1962.05.24"] [Round "14"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Filip, Miroslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1962.05.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "28"] [EventCountry "AHO"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O (5... dxc4 6. e4 $1 (6. e3 Nd5 $1)) 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 (10. cxd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 $1) 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O {? 13.?fd1}) 10... Qa5 $1 11. Nd2 (11. cxd5 Nxd5) 11... e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 (13... Qc7 $142 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. exd4 a6 16. Nc3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qe5+ 19. Be3 Bf5 $40) 14. Be2 Ng4 (14... Be6 $142 15. O-O Rc8) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. exd4 Qh4 (16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5) 17. g3 Qh3 18. d5 Nd4 (18... Qg2 $142 19. Qe4 Qxf2+ 20. Kd2 Nd4) 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Qg2 21. Qe4 $3 Qxf2+ 22. Kd2 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 22... Nxh2 23. Nd1 Nf3+ 24. Kc1 f5 25. Nxf2 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf5 27. Re3 Nd4 28. Rh4 Nc2 29. Re7 g5 30. Rh2 Nd4 31. Kd2 Rac8 32. Ng4 Kh8 33. Ne3 Bg6 34. Kc3 Nb5+ 35. Kb4 Nd6 36. Re6 Nf5 37. Rxg6 {Lumper,T-Blees,A (2225) Caorle 1984 1-0 (43)}) 23. Qe3 Qg2 24. Qg1 $1 (24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Rh4 Bh3 {? ...?g4, ...?e8}) 24... Qh3 25. Rh4 Qd7 26. Qd4 $1 $18 Re8 27. Bd3 g6 28. Rf1 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires International"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1964.07.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Olivera, Alfredo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "1964.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 a6 11. Bd3 ({RR} 11. Be2 b5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Bb7 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Kf1 Ke7 20. Ne4 Nce5 21. Nec5 Bd5 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Na5 Kd6 24. f4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 {Khairullin,I (2626)-Stefansson,H (2531) Plovdiv 2012 ½-½ (55)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be2 Bd5 16. Ne5 b5 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. Bxd3 Bb3 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Rc3 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Bc4 22. Rd6 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Ra8 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Rc6 Nd5 26. Be5 Ne7 {Pekarek,A (2440)-Prandstetter,E (2450) Prague 1986 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 12. Ne5 Be7 13. Ke2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 b5 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f3 Bd5 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Kd2 Rd8 21. Ke2 Rdc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Kd2 f5 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Ke2 Kg7 26. e4 fxe4 {Batsiashvili,N (2462)-Dronavalli,H (2466) Mumbai IND 2025 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 12. Ne5 b5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bb1 Bd5 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ke2 d4 21. e4 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bg3 Bd6 {½-½ (23) Gipslis,A-Marovic,D Zagreb 1965}) 12... b5 13. Nde4 Bb7 14. f3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Ke2 f5 17. Nc3 Bb3 18. Rc1 Be7 19. Nb1 Nc5 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Be5 Rfd8 22. Bc2 Rac8 23. Rhd1 Nd7 24. Bd4 e5 25. Bc3 g6 26. Bb3 Nc5 27. Bxd5+ Rxd5 28. e4 Rd7 29. Bb4 Rdc7 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Nb3 Rc2+ 33. Rd2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Kf7 35. Kc3 Ke6 36. Nc1 fxe4 37. fxe4 Bc5 38. Nd3 Kd6 39. Kb3 Be3 40. a4 Bd2 41. Kc2 Ba5 42. b3 Bb6 {adjourned} 43. Kd2 Bd8 44. Ke2 Ba5 45. Kd1 Bc3 46. Kc1 Ba5 47. Kc2 Bd8 48. axb5 axb5 49. Ne1 Kc5 50. Nf3 Bc7 51. Ng5 Bd6 52. Kc3 Be7 53. Nf3 Bd8 54. h3 Be7 55. Ne1 Bd6 56. g3 Kb6 57. Nf3 Be7 $4 (57... Kc5 58. Ng5 Be7 59. Nxh7 Kc6 60. g4 (60. h4 Kc5 61. g4 Bxh4 62. Nf8 g5) 60... g5 61. Kd3 Kd7 $17 {[%csl Rh7] ×Sh7}) 58. Nxe5 $1 Bf6 59. Kd4 Ka5 60. Kd5 Kb4 61. Nc6+ Kxb3 62. e5 $1 Bg5 63. h4 Bc1 64. Nd4+ Ka4 65. Kc6 g5 66. e6 Ba3 67. h5 1-0 [Event "Keres Memorial-04"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1983.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Veingold, Aleksandr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1983.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 ({RR} 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. e4 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qf4 18. g3 Qg4 19. f3 Qh3 20. Ne3 Qh5 21. d5 exd5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Nf5 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 d4 {Darvishi,M (2300)-Saya,E (2297) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (90)}) 10... Bxe4 11. b3 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Ne1 Bd6 13. f3 Bb7 14. e4 c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Bxe6 Nc5 20. Rd7 Qc6 21. Bh3 Bc8 22. Rd5 Qf6 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rcxc5 Ba6 25. Qc2 Bf4 {Stripunsky,A (2553)-Onischuk,A (2652) New York 2004 1-0 (62)}) 11... c5 $146 ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. e4 Re8 16. a3 a5 17. Rc2 Qc7 18. Bd3 Qb8 19. e5 c5 20. Bb5 Red8 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. e6 Nf6 24. exf7+ Kf8 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne6+ {Wiertzema,M (2205)-Bauer,R (2303) Germany 2003 1-0}) ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Rd1 a5 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. d5 e5 15. Bb5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 f5 17. Qg3 Nf6 18. f3 Qe7 19. Qh3 Bc5 20. Kh1 Ne8 {½-½ (20) Muratidis,N (2184)-Buran,J (2211) Czech Republic 2014}) 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. a3 a5 17. Bb5 Nd7 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Ra7 Qc5 22. Raxd7 Ra8 23. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"] [Site "Lone Pine"] [Date "1976.03.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Peters, Jack"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2370"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1976.03.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 ({RR} 11. Bg5) ({RR} 11. Qc2) 11... a5 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Ra2 Bf5 14. Bb2 Be4 15. Qd2 d4 16. Raa1 Qd5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Rc5 Qb3 19. Qc1 Qe6 20. Re1 h6 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Rfe8 23. Rcc1 a6 24. h4 Rd6 25. Ba1 Kf8 26. Nd2 {Shevchenko,K (2684)-Harikrishna,P (2704) Bucharest ROU 2023 0-1 (91)}) 12. Ne1 ({RR} 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Ne1 Rad8 16. Nd3 Bd4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. b5 Na5 23. Qb4 Nc6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Rxc6 Bd4 {Mamedov,E (2239)-Rosh,J (2248) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (81)}) ({RR} 12. Bg5 f6 13. Rc1 Ba7 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Ne1 Re8 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. b4 axb4 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. axb4 g5 21. Qd3 Re7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Be3 d4 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. e3 Bxd4 26. exd4 Qxb4 {Petrosian,T-Tal,M Moscow 1963 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (50)}) 12... d4 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Nd5 Be6 16. e4 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rf8 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. e4 a4 22. Qc3 Rac8 {½-½ (22) Giorgadze,T-Alburt,L (2505) Decin 1977}) ({RR} 14. b3 Re8 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Be4 18. Nf4 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe7 21. Re1 Bc5 22. Ra1 Bd6 23. Nd3 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qd5 25. b4 Re6 26. Rac1 Rh6 27. e4 dxe3 28. Rxe3 axb4 {Legde,G-Heppner,E Germany 1986 0-1 (71)}) 14... Re8 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Re1 Rc8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb5 Na7 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Rc1 Na7 24. Qf5 Re8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Rc2 Nc6 27. h4 h6 28. Qb5 Na7 29. Qf5 Nc6 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Qb5 Na7 32. Qb3 Nc6 33. h5 Ne7 34. Ke1 Nd5 35. Qb5 Nf6 36. Kd1 Nd5 37. Be5 Ne7 38. g4 Nc6 39. Bg3 Na7 40. Qb3 Nc6 41. Kc1 Re4 42. f3 Re3 43. Kb1 Ne7 44. Bh4 Qd6 45. Bxe7 Rxe7 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47. Rf8 Qc7 48. f4 Bc5 49. Qd5 Re5 50. Rxf7 1-0 [Event "Moscow Team-ch"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Mikhailovic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1967.03.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Qc2 Bxc5 9. a3 Qe7 10. Bg5 Rd8 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 ({RR} 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. e4 Rc8 18. e5 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe6 Bxe6 22. Qe4 Nc6 23. Bc5 Bb3 24. Re1 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 b6 26. Be3 Ne5 {Vescovi,G (2660)-Adly,A (2591) Bursa 2010 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Ba2 Nh5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne4 Be8 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. Nxe8 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxe8 24. Qd6 Nf6 25. Nd2 Qd7 26. Ne4 Qxd6 {Ivanchuk,V (2616)-Stojanovski,D (2412) Prishtina KOS 2025 ½-½ (40)}) 12... Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 h6 14. Bh4 a6 $146 ({RR} 14... Qd8 15. Qxd8+ Nxd8 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. Rd1 Be8 18. Bg3 a6 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Kf8 21. Ne5 Ke7 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Bb3 Rc5 24. Nd3 Rc7 25. f3 Nc6 26. Ba2 Nd7 27. h4 Nb6 28. Nf4 Ne5 29. Nd3 {Minsky,A (2278)-Demidov,M (2395) Moscow 2010 0-1 (64)}) ({RR} 14... Qf8 15. O-O a6 16. Qc2 b5 17. Ba2 g5 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. Bb1 Be7 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Rc1 Qg7 22. Ne5 Ne8 23. Nd3 b4 24. axb4 Nxb4 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Qa4 Qf8 27. Be5 f6 28. Qc2 Qf7 29. Bd4 {Kovanova,B (2373)-Vasilevich,T (2365) Sochi 2017 0-1 (56)}) 15. Bd3 Qd8 16. O-O Be7 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bb1 Be6 21. Rd1 Qf6 22. h3 Rd8 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. Qd2 g6 26. Ba2 Qf5 27. Bb3 h5 28. Kh2 Qb1 29. Kg3 Rc5 30. a4 a5 31. e4 Qg1 32. h4 Kh7 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc6 35. Rd7 Rf6 36. Qd4 1-0 [Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1956.12.09"] [Round "14"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Zurakhov, Vladlen Y"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D39"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1956.11.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 ({RR} 9... c5 10. e5 Qd8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Rad1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. cxd4 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Qe7 20. h3 Nb6 21. Rd4 Qe6 22. Rg4 Nd5 23. Qd2 Ne7 24. Nd4 {Radjabov,T (2741)-Salgado Lopez,I (2629) Heraklion 2017 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 9... Rd8 10. e5 Qe7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Qe4 c6 16. Qg4 a5 17. b5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Bd7 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. Rab1 Bc7 21. Nxb7 Rdb8 22. Nc5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rd8 24. Ne4 {Naranzaya Zorigoo (1900)-Munkhzul,T (2271) Ulaanbaatar MGL 2026 0-1 (47)}) 10. bxc3 c5 11. e5 Qd8 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bc6 15. Nd6 Nd7 16. f4 Nb6 17. f5 Qg5 18. Rf2 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Be4 20. f6 gxf6 21. Nd6 Bc6 22. Rc1 f5 23. Rc3 Kh7 24. Rg3 Qh4 25. Rh3 Qg5 26. Qc2 {Javanbakht,N (2406)-Vaghar,M (2225) Zahedan 2012 1-0 (47)}) 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rd6 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. Bb3 c5 20. c4 Rb6 21. h4 h5 22. Qg5 Rxd6 23. exd6 g6 24. Qe7 Ra8 25. Kh2 Qb6 26. d7 Rd8 27. Rd6 Qc7 28. Kg1 Bb7 29. Bc2 1-0 [Event "Moscow Training"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1966.01.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1966.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Sumets,Andrey} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. a3 ({RR} 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. Qd1 Ne7 14. Na4 b6 15. Nc3 Rfc8 16. Qf1 b5 17. a4 c6 18. Nb1 bxa4 19. Nc3 Bg4 ({RR} 19... a3 20. bxa3 Bf5 21. Na4 Rcb8 22. Bxa6 Be4 23. Nd2 c5 24. dxc5 Be5) 20. Nxa4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3) 11... Bd6 12. Nb5 Bg4 13. O-O Ne7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. b4 f5 ({RR} 15... c6 16. b5 cxb5 17. Qxb5 a6 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. axb4 Rfc8 20. h3 Bf5 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8) 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Bd1 Bh3 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Qc3 c6 21. Kh1 Bg4 22. Ng1 Ne7 23. Kg2) 11. O-O Bf8 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Ne5 ({RR} 12. a3 Bd6 ({RR} 12... Bf8 13. b4 Bf5 14. Qb3 Na7 15. Rfc1 c6 16. Na4 Nc8 17. Nc5 Nd6 18. a4 Bg4 19. Qd1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 b5 21. Ra2) 13. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 14. Nxh2 Rxd5 15. Rac1) 12... Nxe5 13. Qxb4 Ng6 14. Qc5 c6 15. b4 Nh4 16. Kh1 Re8 17. a4 Bf5 18. Qb6 Re7 19. g3 ({RR} 19. b5) 19... Bd3) 12. Rfc1 a6 ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. b4 a6 14. Qb3 c6 15. Na4 ({RR} 15. a4 Ng6 16. b5 a5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd1 ({RR} 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Nd1 Rdc8 20. Nb2 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5)) 15... Bg4 ({RR} 15... Nf5 16. Nc5 Nd6 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. a4) 16. Nc5 Ra7 ({RR} 16... Rab8 17. a4 Nc8 18. Ra2 ({RR} 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Nd6)) 17. a4 Nc8 ({RR} 17... Rda8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nf5 20. Bg4 Nd6) ({RR} 17... Nf5 18. Ra2 Bd6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa2 21. Qxa2 Qe7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qd2 Ra8 24. Nd3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Qg5) 18. Ra2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nb6 20. Be2 g6 21. g3 h5 22. h4 Nd7 ({RR} 22... Bd6 23. Bf1 Kg7 24. Rac2 Qe7 25. b5) 23. Nxd7 ({RR} 23. Rac2 Qd6 24. b5) 23... Rxd7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Rc7 27. Qa8 {Kramnik,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2815) Stavanger 2014 CBM 161 [Sumets,Andrey] ½-½ (63)} {RR} Kg7 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Bb5 g5) 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. Na4 b6 $146 ({RR} 14... Ra7 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Rc3 Na5 18. Qd1 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 c5 20. b3 Qf6 21. Rac1 Nc6 22. Bb1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. g3 Rc7 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Bd3 Nb4 27. Qe2 Ra7 28. Bb1 Nc6 29. Ng5 {Theodorou,N (2634)-Wang,Y (2422) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (46)}) 15. Qd1 g6 16. a3 Bg7 17. b4 Nb8 18. Nc3 c6 19. Qb3 Be6 20. a4 Nd7 21. a5 Rdb8 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Na2 Bg4 24. Qa4 Bf8 25. Rc2 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Re8 27. Rac1 Nb8 28. Be2 Re7 29. g3 Reb7 30. Rb1 Qe6 31. Rcb2 Bd6 32. Nc1 c5 33. dxc5 Bxc5 34. Bf3 Nc6 35. Nd3 Ne5 36. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 37. Kg2 Qg4 38. b5 Nh4+ 39. Kf1 1-0 [Event "Moscow-ch 46th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1968.05.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Gurevich,Mikhail} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bxc5 9. a3 d4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Ne5 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O h6 14. Re1 $146 ({RR} 14. b4 Be7 15. Nb5 Nc6 ({RR} 15... Nxb5 16. cxb5 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bg5 18. Rc4 a6) 16. Nxc6 ({RR} 16. Re1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 a5 18. Nd6) 16... Bxc6 17. Nd6 Ne8 ({RR} 17... Ba4 18. Qxa4 ({RR} 18. Qd2 Nh5 19. c5 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qd7) 18... Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rfd1 Qe5) 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Bd5 ({RR} 19... Nxd6 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Bh7+) 20. Nb5 ({RR} 20. Qg4 Nxd6 21. cxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxh6 Qf6 23. Bg5 Qe5 24. Qh4 f5 25. Rfe1 Qb2 26. Be7) 20... Rc8 21. Be3 ({RR} 21. Nxa7 Rxc5 22. Nb5 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Qa8) 21... Qd7 22. Nd4 Nc7 ({RR} 22... Qb7 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Be4) ({RR} 22... Bxc5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxc5) ({RR} 22... Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxc5 Bxg2 26. Re1) 23. Bc2 Rcd8 ({RR} 23... Bxc5 24. Qd3 ({RR} 24. Ba4 Qd6 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Nxe6 Qc4 27. Nxf8 Qe4 28. Qf3 Qxa4) 24... f5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Bxc5 Qc6 27. Qe3) 24. Ba4 Qc8 25. Qe2 e5 ({RR} 25... Na6 26. c6 Bxa3 27. Ra1 Bc5 28. Rfc1) 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Bxc6 Ne6 28. Bf3 ({RR} 28. Be4 f5 29. Bb1 f4 30. Qc2 Rf6) 28... Qc7 {Gurevich,M (2635)-Barsov,A (2465) Antwerp 1998 CBM 067 [Gurevich,Mikhail] ½-½ (64)}) 14... Nc6 15. Rc2 Qc8 16. Ng4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qh5 Rd8 20. Rc3 f5 21. Ng3 Bf6 22. Nxf5 Bxc3 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Qg6+ Bg7 25. Bxh6 Rd7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rxe6 Re7 28. Rf6+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Byrne, Robert Eugene"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [Annotator "Gagarin,Vasilij"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1975.10.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 dxc4 $6 (8... Nc6 $1) 9. Bxc4 a6 $6 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bg5 $1 $14 (11. Rad1 Nxf4 12. exf4 Qc7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 g6 16. f5 Be7 $1 $10 {Larsen,B-Ciric,D/Beverwijk/1967/0,5 (24) Inf 3/555/})) 10. Bd3 (10. Rd1 $5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 14. Rxd7 $16 {Miles,A-Barua,D/GB(ch)/1985/}) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O (11. Rd1 $5 {-10.?d1/}) 11... b5 12. Ne4 $1 Qb6 (12... Be7 $2 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 $18) 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Bc7 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qc7 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Bd5 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bc7 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. b3 {1-0 (23) Savva,P (2210)-Perdikis,C Cyprus 1996}) 14... Qa7 15. Bd6 $16 Bxd6 (15... Re8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nd6 $16) 16. Nxd6 Qb8 (16... Bb7 17. Ng5 g6 $8 18. Rfd1 $16) 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Ng5 g6 $8 (18... h6 $4 19. Bh7+ $18) 19. Qc7 $1 Bd5 (19... Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bd5 21. b3 $16 (21. e4 $6 Bxa2 22. Ngxf7 e5 (22... Rxf7 $2 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. e5 $18) 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Rxd7+ Kg8 $13)) 20. b3 Ra7 (20... Qxc7 21. Rxc7 $16) (20... h6 $2 21. Ngxf7 $1 Rxf7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. e4 Bb7 24. e5 $18) 21. Qxb8 Nxb8 22. e4 $1 Bc6 23. e5 $1 Nd5 24. h4 $1 h6 (24... h5 25. Nge4 $16) 25. Nge4 Ba8 (25... Nf4 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Bf1 $16 {? g3/}) 26. g3 $1 Nc6 (26... Nd7 $5 27. f4 N7b6 $16) 27. f4 Nd4 (27... Ncb4 28. Bb1 Rc7 29. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 $8 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 32. Rd8+ $18) (27... Nce7 $5 28. Rc5 Rc7 29. Rdc1 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Rd8 $16) 28. Rc5 Nf5 (28... Rc7 $2 29. Nf6+ Kh8 $8 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 32. Bxg6 Rg7 (32... Nf3+ 33. Kf2 Rf8 34. Rd7 $18) 33. Rxd4 Rxg6 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Kf2 $18) 29. Rdc1 Nxd6 30. Nxd6 Rd7 $6 (30... h5 $5 31. Kf2 $16 (31. Rc8 Nb6 $16)) 31. a4 $1 $18 (31. Rc8 $6 Nb6 $16) 31... Nb4 32. Be2 bxa4 33. bxa4 f6 (33... h5 34. Rc8 $1 (34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Bxa6 Nxa6 36. Rxb8+ Nxb8 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rxb8 Ra7 39. Rb4 Bc6 40. Nb5 $16) 34... Bd5 (34... Rdd8 35. R8c7 $18) 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 a5 (37... Nc6 $2 38. Rb6 a5 39. Bb5 $18) 38. Bb5 Ra7 39. Rc8 $1 $18 {? ?f2-e3-d4/}) 34. Bg4 $1 f5 (34... Bd5 $2 35. Rxd5 $18) 35. Be2 g5 (35... h5 36. Rc8 $1 (36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Bxa6 Nxa6 38. Rxb8+ Nxb8 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rxb8 Ra7 41. Rb4 Bc6 42. Nb5 $16) 36... Bd5 (36... Rdd8 37. R8c7 $18) 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rb8 a5 (39... Nc6 $2 40. Rb6 a5 41. Bb5 $18) 40. Bb5 Ra7 41. Rc8 $1 $18 {? ?f2-e3-d4/}) 36. Rc8 Rdd8 (36... Bd5 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Ne8+ Kf7 40. Nf6 Rb7 41. Bh5+ $18) 37. R8c7 $1 gxf4 (37... g4 38. Ra7 {? ?cc7/} (38. Re7 Nc6 39. Rxe6 Nd4 40. Bc4 Nxe6 41. Bxe6+ $18) 38... Nc6 (38... Nd5 39. Bxa6 $18) 39. Rxa6 (39. Rxa8 $6 Nd4 $1 40. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 41. Kf2 Nxc1 42. Rd7 Nd3+ 43. Ke3 Nc5 44. Re7 $16) 39... Nd4 40. Bc4 $18) 38. gxf4 Rb8 (38... Nd5 39. Ra7 Nxf4 40. Rcc7 $1 Nxe2+ 41. Kf2 Rfe8 42. Nxe8 Rxe8 43. Kxe2 $18) 39. Kf2 $40 Nd5 40. Ra7 Rb2 (40... Nxf4 41. Rcc7 $1 (41. Rg1+ Kh8 42. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 43. Rxf7 Nh3+ $19) 41... Rfd8 $8 42. Nf7 Rd2 43. Nxh6+ Kf8 44. Ke3 Rxe2+ 45. Kxf4 Reb2 46. Rf7+ Ke8 47. Rh7 R2b7 48. Raxb7 Rxb7 49. Rh8+ $18) 41. Rg1+ (41. Rg1+ Kh8 42. Rgg7 $1 (42. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 $1 43. Rxf7 Nxf4 44. Rf8+ Kh7 45. Rxa8 Nh3+ $13) 42... Rfb8 (42... Rd8 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rag7+ Kf8 45. Rg1 $1 Rxd6 46. exd6 $18) 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rag7+ Kf8 45. Rg1 $1 (45. Rg6 $4 Rxe2+ $1) 45... Rxe2+ (45... Nxf4 46. Rh8+ Ke7 47. Rg7#) 46. Kxe2 Nxf4+ 47. Kd2 $18) 1-0 [Event "GEO-ch"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Arutiunov, Albert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1945.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 ({RR} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 h6 {½-½ (11) Miladinovic,I (2556)-Savic,M (2529) Sarajevo 2013}) 4... Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. O-O-O ({RR} 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bh2 g6 14. Ne5 Ndf6 15. f4 Ng7 16. g4 h5 17. gxh5 Nfxh5 18. f5 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Ng7 22. Qxf7+ Kh7 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Rf1 Re6 25. Qf7+ Kh7 26. Rf5 Qh4 {Ivanov,A (2078)-Wozniak,M (2016) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (37)}) 12... Bb4 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. g4 Ne4 14. Kb1 Nxc3+ 15. Qxc3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be5 Be6 18. Bd4 Rec8 19. Qd2 a5 20. Ne5 a4 21. f4 Ne4 22. Qe1 Rd8 23. f5 Bd7 24. Rf1 Be8 25. Rc1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Bxb4 27. Bxe4 {Kunz,K (2263)-Funk,P (2159) Badenweiler 2009 1-0 (67)}) ({RR} 12... a6 13. g4 c5 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nxd5 Nxf4 16. exf4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Ne5 cxd4 19. Bh7+ {1-0 (19) Krivoshey,S (2503)-Gonzalez Cueto,J Dos Hermanas 2003}) 13. Kb1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. g4 Ng6 17. Bh2 a5 18. Rdg1 a4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 a3 21. f3 f6 22. Bf4 Ng5 23. h4 Nf7 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Bg6 axb2 26. Kxb2 Qa5 27. Ka1 Be6 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Ke7 30. gxf6+ gxf6 31. Rb1 b6 32. Rb2 Rec8 33. Rhb1 c5 34. Rxb6 Nd8 35. Bd6+ Kd7 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. dxc5 d4 38. R6b2 Nc6 39. Bf5 dxe3 40. Bxe6+ Kxe6 41. Qc4+ 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires International"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1964.07.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Letelier Martner, Rene"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [Annotator "Filip,Miroslav"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1964.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 (12... Qxe7 $142) ({RR} 12... Qxe7 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg4 15. e4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd7 17. d5 Rxe4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Rc1 c5 21. Nd5 Be6 22. Nf4 g6 23. b3 a5 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Qc3 c4 26. Rc1 Qc5 27. Nxe6 {Granda Zuniga,J (2646)-Rivas Pastor,M (2511) El Sauzal 2006 1-0}) ({RR} 12... Qxe7 13. Qd2 Qg5 14. Nf4 Ng6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Qf2 Be6 21. Rc1 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. b4 Qe7 24. Qb2 g5 25. b5 g4 26. fxg4 Bxg4 27. bxc6 {Gut,R (2248)-Hess,M (2388) Munich GER 2026 1-0 (51)}) 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 g6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nf6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Rb1 Ne6 17. Rfc1 Kg7 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Qc7 20. a4 h5 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Re6 23. Nf1 Ra2 24. h3 Bd7 25. Qc3 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. bxc6 Bxc6 28. Nd2 Ra3 29. Bb5 {Pejovic,J (2213)-Boskovic,M (1808) Podgorica 2008 1-0 (58)}) 15. Nc5 Ng7 16. a4 Bf5 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 b6 19. Na6 $1 {[%CAl Ya6b4] ?Sb4,×c6,×d5} cxb5 20. Nb4 {[%csl Rc6,Rd5]} Qd6 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 (21... Qxb4 $142 22. Bd3 Qa4) 22. Qb3 Rd7 23. Nc3 Ne7 24. Nxb5 Qf6 25. Ra1 Ra5 26. Nd3 Rd8 27. Rac1 h5 28. Ne5 Qe6 29. Rc7 f6 30. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 31. Nc6 Qd7 32. Nxa5 bxa5 33. Nc3 Qc6 34. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Bucharest Int 03rd"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "1953.01.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Radulescu, Mihai"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1953.01.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 Nf8 ({RR} 8... Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5) ({RR} 8... O-O) 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. h3 Ng6 10. Bh2 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. g4 Qe7 15. Nd2 b6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Bb7 18. h5 Ngf8 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21. Nf3 c5 22. Nh4 Qf6 23. Kb1 Bc6 {Pushkov,N (2520)-Komliakov,V (2510) Orel 1998 0-1}) ({RR} 9. h3 Ne6 10. Bh2 g6 11. Bd3 Ng7 12. g4 O-O 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. f4 f5 16. gxf5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bxf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. d5 b5 23. Qb3 b4 {Bardyk,A (2411)-Poliakova,V (2108) Baku AZE 2026 1-0 (37)}) 9... Ne6 10. Be5 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 10... g6 11. a3 Ng7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 Bf5 15. Nc5 b6 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Bg3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ne4 20. Ra2 f6 21. Nfd2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Nf5 23. Rac2 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Qd3 {Antal,H (1989)-Danilov,V (2388) Bicaz 2020 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 10... g6 11. h3 Bd6 ({RR} 11... Ng7 12. g4) ({RR} 11... Bd7) 12. O-O-O O-O ({RR} 12... Bxe5) 13. Kb1 ({RR} 13. g4) 13... Ng7 14. g4 Nfe8 15. Rdg1 f6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Ne2 ({RR} 17. h4 f5 18. h5 fxg4 19. hxg6 h5) 17... f5 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nf4 Ne6 20. h4 c5 21. dxc5 Qc7 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. h5 Bf7 24. hxg6 Bxg6 25. Nd4 {Petrosian,T-Stoltz,G Saltsjobaden 1952 IZT [ChessBase] 1-0 (36)} {RR} Qxc5 ({RR} 25... Nxc5 26. Nxf5) 26. Bxe4) ({RR} 10... g6 11. h3 Ng7 12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. g4 Ng7 15. h4 Qd7 16. Rdg1 Rg8 17. g5 Nfh5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 20. Nfd2 Qxa2 21. Rh3 Qa1+ 22. Nb1 Qa5 23. Rc3 Qd5 24. Rb3 O-O-O 25. Nbc3 {Krumpacnik,D (2346)-Dietmayer Kraeutler,M (2310) Austria 2018 0-1 (42)}) 11. O-O-O Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Be2 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Be6 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bxh7 O-O-O 19. Bd3 Kb8 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. h4 f6 23. Ng6 Rhe8 24. g5 Qd7 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. h5 Bf5 27. Rcd1 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qh7 29. e4 Qh6 30. e5 fxe5 31. dxe5 Nc4 32. f4 Rc7 33. e6 Nd6 34. a3 Rh7 35. Ka2 Qg7 36. f5 Qf6 37. Qf3 Kc7 38. Rdf1 c5 39. h6 Qd4 40. Rh4 Qf6 41. Qf4 Kc6 42. Ne5+ 1-0 [Event "Venice"] [Site "Venice"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Zinser, Sylvain"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1967.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 ({RR} 12. Rad1 b6 13. Qb1 Ng7 14. f3 Bd7 15. e4 Bc8 16. e5 Nfe8 17. Bf2 Nc7 18. f4 f6 19. b4 Nf5 20. b5 fxe5 21. dxe5 c5 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe8 {Dubov,D (2648)-Fedoseev,V (2665) Sochi 2016 ½-½ (71)}) 12... Nh5 ({RR} 12... Ng7 13. f3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bf2 Bf5 16. e4 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 dxe4 18. fxe4 Be6 19. h3 Qb6 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Nf4 Rc8 22. Nc3 Nfh5 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. e5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Qb6 27. Nd6 {Steiners,E (1978)-Castro Lombana,J (2129) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (58)}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f3 Qd8 $146 ({RR} 14... f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. d5 Nc5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. b4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nd4 Kg7 25. g3 Nf6 26. Rf2 Re3 27. Rf3 Re5 28. Rf2 Nd5 29. Nxd5 {Menahem,A (2228)-Rohith,K (2468) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (59)}) ({RR} 14... f5 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. d5 Nc5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. b4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nd4 Kg7 25. g3 Nf6 26. Rf2 Re3 27. Rf3 Re5 28. Rf2 Nd5 29. Nxd5 {Menahem,A (2228)-Rohith,K (2468) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (59)}) 15. g4 Nhg7 16. Ng3 Qh4 17. Qg2 Kh8 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Nge2 f5 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Qd6 Rad8 24. Nf4 Ng7 25. Qa3 a6 26. Qb4 Bc8 27. Nce2 Qd6 28. Qd2 b6 29. b4 Rf7 30. Rg1 Re8 31. Nd3 Rfe7 32. Nef4 Qh6 33. a4 Be6 34. Rg3 Bf7 35. Ne5 c5 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Nxf7+ Rxf7 38. dxc5 Qf6 39. Reg1 Rd8 40. Qg2 1-0 [Event "URS-ch16 Semifinal"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Kamishov, Mikhail Pavlovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "1947.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Ne7 6. Bg5 f6 ({RR} 6... h6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qd2 Ng6 9. Bg3 Nd7 10. e3 h5 11. f3 h4 12. Bf2 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qe7 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Qb4 c5 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qe4 Rfd8 20. d5 Nf6 21. Qc2 {Eriksson,A (2413)-Nikolic,P (2657) Sweden 2000 0-1 (55)}) 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 9. e3 Nb6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 a5 16. a3 Nc4 17. Rc2 a4 18. e4 Nb6 19. h4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd5 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rfe8 23. Rc4 Nf8 {Batchelder,W-Steinmeyer,R Saint Louis 1960 ½-½ (65)}) 9... g5 10. Bg3 b5 11. e3 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13. Bd3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng1 a4 16. Rc1 axb3 17. axb3 Ra3 18. Bxb5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Nec8 20. Nxa3 Bxa3 21. Ra1 Qe7 22. Ne2 Bb4 23. Nc3 Na7 24. O-O Nb5 25. Nxb5 Bxd2 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Ra6 Qd8 28. Nb7 Qd7 29. Rxb6 Kg7 30. Ra1 Kg6 31. Nc5 Qe8 32. b4 Qd8 33. Raa6 Rf8 34. b5 Bc8 35. Rb8 Bxa6 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Nxa6 Ba5 38. Bc7 Bxc7 39. Nxc7 Rd6 40. b6 Rxb6 41. Nxd5 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rf1 43. Kg3 f5 44. Nf4+ Kh6 45. Nd5 Rg1 46. f3 gxf3 47. Kxf3 Rh1 48. Ne7 f4 49. Kxf4 Rxh4+ 50. Ke5 Rg4 51. g3 Kg7 52. e4 Kf7 53. Nf5 Rg6 54. Kf4 Rg4+ 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Ne3 Rg7 57. Kf4 Rf7+ 58. Nf5 Kf6 59. d5 Rf8 60. Nd4 Ke7+ 61. Ke5 Rf1 62. Nf5+ Kf7 63. Nd4 Rd1 64. Nc6 Rc1 65. Nd8+ Ke7 66. Ne6 Rg1 67. Ng7 Kf7 68. Nxh5 Kg6 69. Nf6 Rxg3 70. Ke6 Rd3 71. d6 Kg5 72. d7 Kf4 73. Nd5+ 1-0 [Event "Vinkovci"] [Site "Vinkovci"] [Date "1970.10.21"] [Round "14"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Tomic, Dragoslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1970.10.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. g4 f5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. Rdg1 Kh8 $146 ({RR} 18... b5 19. Nce2 Ne6 20. f4 Nf8 21. f5 Bf7 22. Nf4 Kh7 23. Ngh5 g6 24. Qg2 Qd6 25. Rh3 Bxa2 26. fxg6+ Kg8 27. g7 Nh7 28. Qg6 Rad8 29. Rhg3 Bf7 30. Qf5 c5 31. d5 Re5 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. g8=Q+ {Nemeth,J (2280)-Doppelhammer,H Balatonbereny 1997 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 18... Rad8 19. Kb1 Kh8 20. Nge2 Rd7 21. Nf4 Bh7 22. Rh2 Qf6 23. Nce2 Ree7 24. Ka1 Rd6 25. Ng3 Nd7 26. Ngh5 Qf5 27. Rhg2 g6 28. Ng3 Qf8 29. Nge2 Qe8 30. Qa4 g5 31. Qb4 c5 32. dxc5 Rc6 33. Qd4+ {Remlinger,L (2395)-Inocencio,E (2310) Philadelphia 1993 1-0 (34)}) 19. Nge2 Bh7 20. Nf4 Rad8 21. Rg3 Rd7 22. Nce2 Qf7 23. b3 a5 24. Rhg1 Qf5 25. Kb2 Ra8 26. a3 Rc8 27. Qc3 Rcc7 28. R3g2 Qf6 29. Nh5 Qxh4 30. Nef4 Ng6 31. Rxg6 Qxf2+ 32. Kc1 Bxg6 33. Rxg6 Rf7 34. a4 b5 35. Rg2 Qf1+ 36. Kb2 bxa4 37. Qxa5 axb3 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7 40. Nf6# 1-0 [Event "URS-ch18 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1950.11.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1950.11.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bd6 (6... Bg4 $142 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bg6 $10) 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 Bg4 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Qb8 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qd6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Na4 g6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 b6 22. Rc3 c5 23. dxc5 {Kovalenko,I (2657)-Hovhannisyan,R (2637) St Petersburg 2018 ½-½ (91)}) 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 a5 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 Be7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Rcd1 Rcd8 {Furman,E-Gutman,G (2445) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (53)}) 9... Bh5 10. f4 Qa5 $146 (10... Qe8 $142 11. Bd3 Ng4 {or 11.h3 ?fd7?}) ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. f5 Bh5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bxg4 18. Rhg1 Bh5 19. e4 Nd7 20. Rg5 Nxe5 21. Bc2 d4 22. Rxh5 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rfd8 24. Ke2 f6 25. Rb1 {Hajiyev,K (2135)-Srihari,L (2467) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. f5 Bh5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Bxg4 18. Rhg1 Bh5 19. e4 Nd7 20. Rg5 Nxe5 21. Bc2 d4 22. Rxh5 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rfd8 24. Ke2 f6 25. Rb1 {Hajiyev,K (2135)-Srihari,L (2467) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (42)}) 11. Bd3 h6 (11... Re8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Qf5 $40) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g4 $1 {} fxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. O-O-O $1 Bg5 (15... Bxg4 16. Rdg1) (15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Rhf1 {? 20.?f5.}) 16. gxh5 Kh8 (16... Bxe3+ 17. Kb1) 17. Qf2 f5 18. h4 Be7 19. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation URU-URS"] [Site "Montevideo"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Corral, Hector"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1954.04.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "URU"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bf4 Ndf6 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. e4 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Nd7 17. O-O Nf8 18. e5 Qh6 19. Ng3 Re7 20. Bc4 Ng6 21. Kh2 Nh4 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. Qe4 Rf8 24. Rf2 Kh8 25. Raf1 Kg8 26. Rf4 Ng6 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nh4 29. R5f2 g5 30. Rf6 {Chernin,A (2560)-Dake,A (2335) New York 1988 1-0 (32)}) 16. e5 Qh6 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 g6 19. g4 Ng7 20. h4 h6 21. Raf1 Bd7 22. Rhg1 b5 23. f4 a5 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5 Kh8 26. e6 fxe6 27. f6 Nf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Rg7 1-0 [Event "URS-ch50 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1983.04.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1983.04.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. a3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ng5 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Ne5 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. f3 Ng5 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qxd4 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Be6 22. Rad1 Qc4 23. Qd2 Bxf5 24. Qxg5 Bh7 25. h3 Qe6 26. Qg3 Re7 27. Rd6 {Gulko,B (2585)-Filippov,V (2595) Elista 1998 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 12... f5 13. Ne5 Bg5 14. f3 Bxf4 15. exf4 Nd6 16. Qf2 Qf6 17. g4 fxg4 18. fxg4 Nd7 19. g5 Qe6 20. Qh4 g6 21. Rae1 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Ng4 Qf8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Nf8 27. Nf6+ {Gasimova,S (1523)-Vicze,K (1662) Tornelo INT 2020 1-0 (31)}) 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Rae1 $146 ({RR} 15. Rac1 Bg4 16. f4 Qd8 17. Qf2 Bh5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 f6 20. d5 Qd7 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qc5 Bf7 23. Bxc6 Rec8 24. Qxf8+ {1-0 (24) Zakharchenko,A (2209)-Vrchotka,J (2060) Zalakaros 2010}) 15... Bd7 16. f4 Qh6 17. Qf2 Re7 18. f5 g6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 gxf5 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Nd6 f4 23. Rxe7 Qxd6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxf4 Rd8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Kh1 Qxd4 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qe7 Ng6 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. h3 b5 32. Rf6 Rg8 33. Rxc6 Rg7 34. Qg5 Kh7 35. Kh2 b4 36. Rf6 bxa3 37. bxa3 Qc4 38. Rf4 Qc7 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Qg3 a5 41. a4 Qb6 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-02"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1952.10.18"] [Round "20"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Vaitonis, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1952.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ne4 (11... Bg4 12. Ne5 Bh5 {? ...?g4}) (11... g6 {? ...?e6-g7, ...?f5}) 12. Bf4 (12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 $14) 12... f5 (12... Nd6 $5) 13. Ne5 Bf6 $2 (13... Ng6 $32) ({RR} 13... g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bd6 17. f4 Qf6 18. Rbe1 Re7 19. Kf2 h4 20. gxh4 gxf4 21. exf4 Qxh4+ 22. g3 Qh2+ 23. Kf3 Qh5+ 24. Kg2 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ne6 26. Qf2 d4 27. Rh1 Qg6 28. Ne4 {Gyimesi,Z (2525)-Schlindwein,R (2440) Balatonbereny 1995 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 13... Ne6 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be2 Nf8 17. b4 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. b5 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Bd7 21. bxc6 Bxc6 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rb7 Re7 25. Rfb1 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Qa5 27. Kh2 Kh7 28. Qe2 {Orzech,D (2248)-Orozbaev,E (2379) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (48)}) 14. f3 $146 ({RR} 14. h3 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng6 16. Bh2 Nh4 17. Nd1 Re6 18. Kh1 Rg6 19. Rg1 Be6 20. f3 Nd6 21. Qf2 Rh6 22. Nc3 g5 23. Rbf1 Nf7 24. Ne2 Qf6 25. b4 a6 26. a4 Qe7 27. Qe1 Bd7 28. Ng3 Re8 {Wisskirchen,A-Essing,A (2350) Germany 1994 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Rf8 19. Bg3 Bh4 20. b5 Bxg3 21. fxg3 axb5 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. axb5 Ra3 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Bg4 h6 27. Qf2 Bb5 28. Be6+ Qxe6 {Havansi,E-Kuijpers,F Halle/Saale 1967 ½-½ (41)}) 14... Nd6 15. Rbe1 g6 (15... Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. g4 $16 (17. h3 $16 {? g2-g4})) 16. h3 Be6 17. g4 Rc8 18. Qh2 $1 Be7 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bxd6 $16 {e.g.} Rc6 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 fxg4 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Rxf8+ $18) (18... Nc4 $5) 19. Kh1 fxg4 $2 20. hxg4 Nf7 21. Nxf7 Bxf7 22. Be5 Bf6 23. f4 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qe7 (24... d4 25. Ne4 $18) 25. Ne2 a6 (25... c5 26. Bb5 Red8 27. f5) 26. Nd4 {? ?f3, f4-f5} Ne6 27. Nf5 gxf5 28. gxf5 Nf8 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Ng6 (30... Bg8 31. f6 Qc7 32. Qg7+ Qxg7 33. fxg7#) 31. fxg6 Bxg6 32. Rxg6 1-0 [Event "URS-ch17 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1949.10.30"] [Round "9"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1949.10.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. Ng3 h6 ({RR} 11... b5 12. Rhe1 a5 13. f3 g6 14. Kb1 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 Ng7 17. f5 Bh4 18. e4 Bxg3 19. hxg3 b4 20. Na4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxf5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. d5 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Qe5 26. g4 {Kern,B (1987)-Kempter,K (1998) Bayern 2018 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 11... b5 12. Kb1 a5 13. Nce2 Ra6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 a4 16. Nf4 b4 17. Qe2 Rb6 18. h4 a3 19. b3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. g3 Qd6 24. Qc4 Ra8 25. Rhd1 Ra5 26. d5 {Kotov,A-Mikenas,V Moscow 1944 0-1 (86)}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nh5 $146 ({RR} 13. Kb1 g6 14. Rhe1 Bg7 15. f3 Re7 16. Qf2 Be6 17. Nge2 a5 18. h4 b5 19. h5 a4 20. Nf4 g5 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Ne2 Rc7 23. Ng3 c5 24. dxc5 a3 25. Nf5 Bxb2 26. Be4 Qf6 27. Rxd5 Ra4 {Markotic,G (2430)-Mascarinas,R (2410) Geneve 1991 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 13. Rhe1 g6 14. Kb1 Bg7 {½-½ (14) Giancotti,E (2093)-Arboscelli,G Milan 2004}) 13... Bg5 14. g3 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Ne6 17. Kb1 Be7 18. h4 Rc8 19. Nhf4 Bd6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. g4 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qd3 Rc4 24. f4 Bc5 25. Ng3 Qa5 26. Rh2 Rc8 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qc7 29. Rd3 Bb4 30. Qd1 Qb6 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 g6 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. Qd3 Kf7 35. Nf1 Be7 36. Nd2 Qc7 37. Rc3 Qd7 38. Nf3 Bd6 39. Qd4 Rxc3 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qxg6+ Qf7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. bxc3 Bc5 44. Ne5+ Kg7 45. Ng4 b5 46. Kc2 b4 47. cxb4 Bxb4 48. Ne5 Bd6 49. Nc6 Kg6 50. Kd3 Bc5 51. Ne5+ Kf5 52. a4 Bb6 53. Nc6 Kg6 54. a5 Bc5 55. Ne5+ Kg7 56. a6 Bb6 57. Nd7 Ba5 58. Ne5 Bb6 59. Nc6 Kg6 60. e4 dxe4+ 61. Kxe4 Kf7 62. Nd4 Ke7 63. Nb5 Bg1 64. Ke5 Bb6 65. g6 Bc5 66. g7 Kf7 67. Nc7 Bb6 68. Nxe6 Kg8 69. Kf6 Be3 70. f5 1-0 [Event "URS-ch18 Semifinal"] [Site "Gorky"] [Date "1950.10.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Sidorov, Boris N"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1950.09.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "16"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O-O ({RR} 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. O-O-O Rfe8 16. Rde1 Rxe3 17. Rxe3 Bf4 18. Qd2 Bxg5 19. Rg1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxh2 21. Qg5 g6 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Rg2 Nh7 24. Qg3 Qxg3 {Sulava,N (2540)-Bensdorp,M (2322) France 2009 1-0 (92)}) 10... Re8 11. g4 ({RR} 11. Kb1 b5 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. f3 Bc7 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 h6 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. e5 Ng4 20. Rhf1 h5 21. h3 Ngxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Ba6 25. Rfe1 b4 {Abreu Jean,C (2265)-Mendez,R (2030) Santo Domingo 2016 1-0 (34)}) 11... Kh8 $146 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Bg4 15. Rdg1 $11) ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Kb1 Nf8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rhg1 h6 15. g5 fxg5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Rxg5+ Ng6 18. Bxg6 Be6 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Bxe6 {1-0 (20) Loebler,H (2201)-Dumancic,P (2175) Austria 2007}) 12. Rdg1 b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. g6 $3 hxg6 (17... h6) 18. Ng5 f5 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. h4 c5 22. d5 Rf6 23. h5 g5 24. Rxg5 c4 25. Kb1 Rcf8 26. Rhg1 R8f7 27. Rg6 Be5 28. h6 gxh6 29. Rg8+ Kh7 30. Bh5 Rf8 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. f4 Bg7 33. Bg6+ Kh8 34. Bxf5 Qc5 35. Qg2 Qe7 36. Qg6 Rxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxe3 38. Rd1 Qf2 39. Qc2 Qxf4 40. d6 Qf8 41. d7 Qd8 42. Qg6 1-0 [Event "Moscow-ch29"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Estrin, Yakov Borisovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1951.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rac1 Qe7 ({RR} 15... Qb6 16. b3 h6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. e3 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Nb4 20. Ne5 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Bxb7 Nc2 24. Rb1 Rab8 25. Nc6 Nxe3 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. fxe3 Rb8 28. Bg2 Rxb3 29. Ra1 Rxe3 30. Rxa7 {Lai,H (2465)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2673) Viernheim GER 2024 0-1 (67)}) ({RR} 15... Qb6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. b3 h6 18. Qf4 a5 19. h4 a4 20. g4 axb3 21. axb3 Ra5 22. Nd2 Rb5 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. Na5 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. Nc5 Bxg4 28. f3 Be6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd4 {Leenhouts,K (2476)-Groen,J (2054) Vlissingen NED 2025 1-0 (63)}) 16. a3 $146 ({RR} 16. Rfd1 Bf5 17. Qf4 Be4 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rad8 21. Nd3 f6 22. Rdc2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Qe4 Qd6 25. Rc5 Re7 26. Rc8 Qd7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Rc5 Qe8 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Qc4 Qd7 {Kreiser,U (2160)-Boehm,J Prague 2004 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. b3 Bd5 18. Qb2 Qf6 19. Rd2 Rd6 20. b4 a6 21. Rcd1 Rad8 22. a3 Be4 23. h4 h6 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne7 26. e3 Nc6 27. Nf3 d3 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Kf1 h5 30. Kg2 Kg7 {Mihir Lal,D (2013)-Swarnavo,C (1966) Tornelo INT 2021 0-1 (55)}) 16... a5 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qg5 Qe6 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. Nh4 Ne5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Be4 Rd7 23. Red1 Re8 24. Rc2 Qb3 25. Qc1 b6 26. Rcd2 Red8 27. Qc2 a4 28. Qxb3 axb3 29. Rc1 b5 30. Bd3 Rd5 31. Rc7 Rb8 32. Rd1 Nd7 33. Be4 Rd6 34. Rd3 f5 35. Bg2 Ne5 36. Rxb3 d3 37. exd3 Nxd3 38. Bf1 Ne5 39. Rc5 Nd7 40. Rbxb5 Re8 41. Rd5 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"] [Date "1956.04.14"] [Round "10"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "1956.03.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 cxd4 (9... Be6 10. dxc5 d4 11. Nb5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. a4 {? 14.?a7;}) (9... c4 10. Ne5 {? b3}) 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 (11. Nb3 d4) (11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Ndb5 Qb4) ({RR} 11. Nb3 Rd8 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Bg5 Be4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd5 Qa6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qc2 Re8 19. a3 Rad8 20. Nc5 Qb6 21. Nxe4 Nd4 22. Qd3 f5 23. Nc3 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Qxb2 {Svane,R (2613)-Lovkov,R (2419) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Rc1 Rfe8 13. Na4 Qd8 14. Nac5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qe7 16. a3 Rad8 17. b4 d4 18. Nxb7 Nd5 19. Nxd8 Nxd8 20. Qxd4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 f6 22. Rc7 Qf8 23. Rxa7 Nf7 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Qd4 h5 {Reymann,N (2226)-Savran,B (2070) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 11... bxc6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Be3 $146 (13. Rac1 $142) ({RR} 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Be3 c5 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1 Bd4 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. e3 Qb7 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rb8 27. Rc4 d3 {Vadasz,L (2380)-Hernandez Onna,R (2360) Graz 1972 ½-½}) ({RR} 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Na4 Qa6 15. Bg5 c5 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxe2 20. Qf5 Re5 21. Qf3 Qb6 22. b4 g6 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxf6 {½-½ (25) Sanchez Gonzalez,S (2270)-Elissalt Cardenas,H (2329) Mostoles 2018}) 13... Qa5 (13... c5 $1 14. Na4 Qb5 $1 15. Bxc5 Rac8 16. b4 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Bd7 $15) 14. Qa4 $1 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. b3 (17. Rac1 $142) 17... Ba3 18. Bd4 Bg4 {?} (18... f5 {? ?f7-e7-d6}) 19. Rd2 Re8 20. e3 Bf5 21. Bb2 Bxb2 (21... Bf8 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Bf1 {? 24.?a6;}) (21... Bb4 22. Rd4 Bd6 $2 23. e4 $1 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Rd1) 22. Rxb2 (22. Nxb2 Nb6) 22... Nb6 23. Nc5 a5 24. Rc1 Rec8 (24... a4 25. Nxa4 Nxa4 26. bxa4 Rec8 27. Rb6 Rxa4 28. Rbxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxa2 30. Bxd5 $14) 25. e4 $1 Bg6 26. f4 f6 27. Bh3 Rcb8 (27... Re8 28. Be6+ Bf7 (28... Kh8 29. f5) (28... Kf8) 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nb7 {? 31.?d6, 31.?xc6}) 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 a4 30. bxa4 Nc4 31. Rxb8+ Rxb8 32. e6 Rb1 (32... Rb2 $2 33. e7 $1 Kf7 (33... Re2 34. Be6+) 34. Re1 Nd6 35. Bd7) 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 34. Bf1 $1 Nd6 35. a3 Kf8 36. a5 Nc8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 Bf5 40. Be2 Na7 41. a6 $16 (41. g4 Bg6 42. h4 h6 43. h5 Bh7 $16) 41... Bh3 (41... Bxe6 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. Kb6) 42. a4 Nc8 $2 {?} (42... g6 43. g4 $8 Bg2 (43... h6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Kf4) (43... Nc8 44. Nb7+ Kxe6 45. Kc5 Kd7 46. Nd6) 44. Ke3 $1 Nc8 (44... Kxc5 $2 45. e7) 45. Kf2 Bh1 46. Kg1 Be4 47. Nxe4+ dxe4 48. Bc4 $18) 43. Nb7+ Kxe6 44. Kc5 Kd7 45. Na5 (45. Nd6 $1 Na7 46. Nb5 cxb5 47. axb5 Kc7 48. b6+ Kb8 49. bxa7+ Kxa7 50. Kxd5) 45... Kc7 46. Nxc6 Nb6 47. Bb5 Nd7+ 48. Kxd5 $2 (48. Kd4) 48... Bg2+ 49. Ke6 Bxc6 50. Bxc6 Kxc6 51. a7 Nb6 $2 (51... Nc5+ 52. Kf7 Kb7 53. Kxg7 Ne4 54. Kxh7 Nd2 $1 55. g4 (55. h3 Ne4) 55... Nf3 {}) 52. a5 Na8 53. Kf7 $2 (53. h4 $18 Kb7 54. Kf7 g5 55. h5) 53... g5 54. Kf6 g4 55. Kg5 Kb7 56. Kxg4 Nc7 57. Kg5 Nd5 58. h3 (58. Kh6 Ne3) 58... Nc3 59. g4 Ne4+ 60. Kf5 Ng3+ 61. Kf4 Ne2+ 62. Ke3 Nc3 63. g5 Nd5+ 64. Ke4 Ne7 65. Kf4 Nd5+ 66. Kf3 Ne7 67. h4 Kxa7 68. Kf4 Ng6+ 69. Kg4 Ne7 70. h5 $18 Ka6 71. Kf4 Kxa5 (71... Nd5+ 72. Ke4 Ne7 73. Ke5) 72. Ke5 Kb6 73. Ke6 (73. Kf6 $2 Nd5+ 74. Kg7 Nf4 75. g6 Nxg6 $1) 1-0 [Event "URS-ch25 Final"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1958.02.04"] [Round "14"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1958.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Be7 $6 (5... cxd4) (5... Nc6) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 Be6 (10... d4 11. Na4 b6 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Bb2) 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nb5 a6 (12... Rfd8) 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 $6 14. Nxd4 Ba3 $6 (14... Rad8) 15. Qc1 Bxb2 $146 ({RR} 15... Bd6 16. Qd1 Rac8 17. a4 Bd7 18. Qd3 Qe5 19. g3 Ne4 20. Bf3 Nc5 21. Qd2 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. f3 Qe7 24. Qd3 Rfe8 25. Rfe1 Qf6 26. Re2 Be5 27. f4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (29) Cabrera Escanelles,A-Planas Garcia,F Havana 1966}) 16. Qxb2 Rac8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. h3 Nd7 {?} (19... Ne4) 20. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 (20... Qe5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxc8 Nxd3 24. Rc3 $18) 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bg4 h5 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Be2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Qd4 Qe7 28. Qb6 Rd7 29. b4 Nc6 {?} (29... Qd6 30. Qa7 b5) 30. Bxa6 Nxb4 31. Bb5 Rc7 32. a3 Nc2 33. Rxd5 Nxa3 34. Qd4 $1 $36 Rc8 35. Bd3 b5 36. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 37. Rd7 Qf8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kh8 {(41.?xg6)} 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo-15"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "1972.03.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Hort, Vlastimil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1972.03.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Be7 ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. g3 Bb8 14. a3 Qd7 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 Rfd8 18. b4 a6 19. Qa1 Qf5 20. Nh4 Qe4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. Rd1 g5 23. h3 Qe4 24. Ng2 h6 25. Qc1 Qe6 26. Qd2 Be5 27. Ne1 {Hort,V-Hernandez Onna,R Havana 1971 ½-½ (53)}) 13. Nd4 ({RR} 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nbd4 Ne4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. N5d4 Re8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Bxa6 Qa5 22. Qd3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxa2 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. f4 Re6 26. Bb7 Rg6+ 27. Kf1 Qa3 {Chelly,Y (1951)-Savitha,S (2351) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 13... Bxe2 14. Ncxe2 Qd7 15. Nf4 $146 ({RR} 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Nxg7 d4 19. Nf5 Nb4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qf5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. h3 Rd6 24. exd4 Qe4 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. d5 Nd4 27. Rc8+ {1-0 (27) Gukesh,D (2563)-Vokhidov,S (2512) Chess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Nxg7 d4 19. Nf5 Nb4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qf5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. h3 Rd6 24. exd4 Qe4 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. d5 Nd4 27. Rc8+ {1-0 (27) Gukesh,D (2563)-Vokhidov,S (2512) Chess.com INT 2020}) 15... Rfd8 16. Qd3 Ne4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Rfc1 Qb7 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qd1 Bd6 23. Nxd5 Rcd8 24. Rxc6 Bb8 25. f4 Re6 26. Qd4 1-0 [Event "Bar"] [Site "Bar"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2440"] [PlyCount "245"] [EventDate "1980.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "8"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Rc1 Bb8 ({RR} 13... a6 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Ncxe2 Re8 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Qd3 Nb4 19. Qb1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qd7 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. a3 Nc6 23. b4 Bd6 24. Qd3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 h6 26. b5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Rd8 28. Ba1 {Xu,Y (2530)-Yang,Z (2372) Xinghua 2025 0-1 (59)}) 14. Re1 Re8 15. g3 $146 ({RR} 15. Nd4 Qd6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Na4 Qf5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Bd6 23. Red1 Qe6 24. Qd4 Qe7 25. Rc2 h5 26. Kg2 Be5 27. Qd3 h4 28. Qf5 hxg3 29. hxg3 g6 {Alekseev,E (2636)-Vunder,A (2147) St Petersburg 2016 1-0 (40)}) 15... h5 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Nh4 Ne5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Qd4 a5 21. f3 Bh3 22. Rd1 Ba7 23. Qxe5 Re8 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Nxd5 Rxe3 26. Nxb4 Rxe2+ 27. Bd4 Bxd4+ 28. Rxd4 axb4 29. Rxb4 Rxa2 30. Rxb7 Kg7 31. Rb5 Rb2 32. Rxh5 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Ke1 Rb1+ 35. Kd2 Rxb3 36. g4 Bf1 37. Ke1 Ba6 38. Kf2 Bb7 39. Rc5 Kg8 40. Kg3 Kf8 41. Rf5 Kg7 42. Rf4 Bc8 43. Rc4 Be6 44. Rc5 Rd3 45. Rc2 Ra3 46. Rd2 Bc8 47. Rd8 Rc3 48. Re8 Kh6 49. Re7 f5 50. g5+ Kxg5 51. Rxf7 Be6 52. Rg7+ Kf6 53. Ra7 Bd5 54. Ra6+ Bc6 55. Ra5 Bd7 56. Rd5 Be6 57. Rd2 Bf7 58. Ng2 Bh5 59. Rf2 Bf7 60. Nf4 Rc8 61. Rb2 Rc6 62. h4 Ra6 63. Rb8 Rc6 64. Rh8 Kg7 65. Rd8 Kf6 66. Nh3 Ke7 67. Rh8 Bd5 68. Rh7+ Kf6 69. Nf4 Rc5 70. Rh6+ Kg7 71. Rg6+ Kf7 72. Rd6 Ba8 73. Nh3 Rc6 74. Ng5+ Ke7 75. Rd5 Kf6 76. Rd8 Ra6 77. Rh8 Kg7 78. Rh7+ Kg8 79. Rd7 Ra5 80. Kf4 Bc6 81. Rc7 Be8 82. Ne6 Bh5 83. Rg7+ Kh8 84. Rd7 Ra6 85. Nd4 Ra3 86. Rb7 Ra4 87. Ke5 Rxd4 88. Kxd4 Bxf3 89. Re7 f4 90. Ke5 Bh5 91. Kxf4 Bg6 92. Kg5 Bh7 93. Kh6 Bg8 94. Rb7 Bc4 95. Rh7+ Kg8 96. Rc7 Bd3 97. Rc8+ Kf7 98. Rc3 Be4 99. Rg3 Bc2 100. Rg7+ Kf8 101. Rg2 Bd3 102. Rg3 Bc2 103. Kh5 Kf7 104. Rg1 Bd3 105. Rg5 Be2+ 106. Kh6 Bd3 107. Rg7+ Kf8 108. Rg1 Bc2 109. Rg3 Kf7 110. Kh5 Bd1+ 111. Kg5 Kg7 112. Rc3 Be2 113. h5 Ba6 114. h6+ Kh8 115. Kg6 Bb7 116. Re3 Bd5 117. Re8+ Bg8 118. Re7 Bd5 119. h7 Be4+ 120. Kh6 Bg6 121. Rd7 Be8 122. Rd6 Bd7 123. Rf6 1-0 [Event "Moscow-ch29"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Moiseev, Oleg Leonidovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1951.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 ({RR} 6... b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be5 f5 15. Nf3 c4 16. Be2 Qe6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bh2 Nd7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 b5 21. f4 {Milov,V (2676)-Kunte,A (2527) Philadelphia 2007 1-0 (79)}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd4 Rac8 15. Qa4 Bg4 16. Bb5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Qa5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxf2 21. Qd2 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qe5 {Valdizon,A (2129)-Pacey,K (2269) Ottawa 2004 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 8. Rc1 Bb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Qxh5 {1-0 (17) Triapishko,A (2473)-Kololli,M (2311) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 d4 13. e4 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. e5 b5 18. Be4 bxc4 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Qxd4 Rb6 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 {Conquest,S (2513)-Glavina,P (2471) Aragon 2005 1-0 (31)}) 8... b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O Bd6 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Bh5 19. h3 g5 20. Bg3 Kg7 21. Qc3 b5 22. e4 Qb6 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nd5 26. Qg3+ Bg6 27. Nxd6 Qxd4+ 28. Kh2 Nxf4 29. Nxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Rxf4 Nd3 32. Bxd3 Bxd3 33. Rc7 Bc4 34. Ra7 Re2 35. b4 h5 36. Rf3 Kh6 37. Rxa6+ Kg5 38. Raf6 Ra2 39. R3f4 1-0 [Event "Match Petrosian-Mukhitdinov +7-0=6"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzhan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1951.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 f5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ndf3 Ng5 $146 ({RR} 11... g5 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 g4 14. f3 gxf3 15. Rxf3 Kh8 16. Rh3 Rg8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rf1 Rg7 20. Qc3 Rag8 21. g3 Be8 22. Rf4 h5 23. Rfh4 Rg5 24. d5 R8g7 25. dxc6 Qd6 26. Rf4 {Nurul,I (1879)-Chowdhury,S (1720) Dhaka 2022 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 11... g5 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 g4 14. f3 gxf3 15. Rxf3 Kh8 16. Rh3 Rg8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rf1 Rg7 20. Qc3 Rag8 21. g3 Be8 22. Rf4 h5 23. Rfh4 Rg5 24. d5 R8g7 25. dxc6 Qd6 26. Rf4 {Nurul,I (1879)-Chowdhury,S (1720) Dhaka 2022 1-0 (41)}) 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 Qe7 14. Nf3 b6 15. Qc2 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bb5 Nf6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qa4 Rfc8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rd8 24. Red1 Rd7 25. b4 cxb4 26. Qc6 Rad8 27. Rd4 Kf7 28. h3 Qe6 29. Qb5 Qe7 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Qxb4 Qc5 33. Qe1 Ke6 34. Qd1 h5 35. Qe1 Qe7 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Qg3 Qf7 38. Qg5 b5 39. Ra3 Rc7 40. Ra6+ 1-0 [Event "URS-ch27 Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1960.01.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Suetin, Alexey S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1960.01.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O c4 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. b3 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bf3 d4 16. Na4 Ba7 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Rd6 20. Qf3 b5 21. Nc5 Rxd4 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 {Giri,A (2764)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (45)}) 9. Ne5 Qc7 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. f4 O-O 11. Bf3 Ne7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxe5 16. Bxa8 Bh3 17. Bg2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bb8 19. e4 Nd6 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Re1 Nf5 22. Qf2 Nxd4 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Rad1 {Ambartsumova,K (2385)-Kulik,N (2128) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (71)}) 10. Nxc6 (10. f4 Bb4 {? ...?xc3, ...?f5}) 10... Qxc6 (10... bxc6 11. b3) 11. b3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bf3 Bd6 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Be6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 h5 18. Qd2 h4 19. h3 Rd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 Kf7 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rac1 Qxd4 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Rcd1 {1-0 (25) Binu,D (2053)-Boda Gyaneshwar (1943) Barcelona ESP 2024}) ({RR} 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Qg6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bh5 Qf6 16. f3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Qe5 18. fxe4 Bg6 19. Bf3 O-O 20. g3 b5 21. Qe2 f6 22. Bf4 Qe8 23. Rac1 Bd4 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Be5 {Darga,K-Portisch,L Amsterdam 1964 1-0 (35)}) 11... b5 $2 (11... Bb4 $142 12. Bd2 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4) 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. e4 dxe4 $2 (13... Nxe4 $142 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. d5 Qg6 {?} 16. Bh5 Qf5 17. Re1 $40) 14. Bg5 Bf5 (14... Be7 $142) 15. d5 Qc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 (17... Bg6 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Re1 Qe5 20. Qa4+ $18) 18. Qxg4 Qe5 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Qh5 $1 O-O-O 21. Nd2 $1 (21. Ng5 Rg8) 21... c3 22. Nc4 Qd4 23. Qxf5+ Rd7 (23... Kc7 24. Qxf7+ Rd7 25. Qe6 $18) 24. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Keres Memorial-02"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "1979.02.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Nei, Iivo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1979.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 ({RR} 7. Nbd2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nfg5 h6 17. Qh5 Qd8 18. Nh7 Re8 19. Bb1 f5 20. Qg6 e5 21. Qxf5 Bf8 {Andreikin,D (2710)-Federer,C (2216) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (34)}) 7... Nbd7 ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Bb1 Rfe8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nf1 Rd7 17. Rd2 Red8 {½-½ (17) Koniahli,M (2334)-Jaracz,P (2443) Germany GER 2025}) 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nfd2 Ndf6 $146 ({RR} 9... f5 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bf6 12. Qc2 g6 13. f4 Be7 14. Rf3 Nf6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Raf1 Rc8 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Nb3 Qa7 20. c5 Rb8 21. Bc3 b6 22. Bb4 Qa4 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Nd2 {Koshelev,V (1984)-Ajrapetian,N (2051) Voronezh 2008 0-1 (58)}) 10. Qf3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 b6 12. e4 g6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Qe3 Nf4 15. Qxf4 Bg5 16. Qg3 Bxd2 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Rf3 Bb4 20. Qf2 Bd6 21. Rf1 Bd7 22. Qc2 Rf7 23. g3 Raf8 24. R3f2 Rg7 25. Kg2 Rgf7 26. Qd2 Rg7 27. Qe3 Rgf7 28. a4 Rb8 29. Qd2 Rbf8 30. c5 Bc7 31. b4 Qe7 32. Qe3 Rb8 33. Bc3 Rbf8 34. b5 g5 35. f5 exf5 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Bb4 Ref7 38. cxb6 Bxb6 39. Bxf8 Rxf8 40. Bxf5 Bxf5 41. Rxf5 1-0 [Event "URS U18-ch Final"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1946.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Kotkov, Yuri M"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1946.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 ({RR} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 O-O 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qb1 Kh8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Rd1 b5 16. Ncd2 b4 17. Nc4 bxa3 18. Nxa3 Na5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Bd2 Nb3 {Smyslov,V (2530)-Sveshnikov,E (2525) Tilburg 1992 ½-½ (46)}) 6... Bd6 ({RR} 6... Be7 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. e4 a6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Na7 16. Bb1 Ba4 17. Qc1 Nd5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qb6 20. Qc4 Qd8 21. Qe4 {Sadek,S (2269)-Kaoma,M (2161) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (34)}) 7. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nf1 c4 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Bc3 b5 14. N3d2 f5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rf6 19. Ng3 Raf8 20. Rf1 Qf7 21. Rad1 a5 {Reinke,M (1864)-Mueller,W (1980) Bad Segeberg 2018 0-1}) 7... Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 a6 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Rc8 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Nb6 1-0 [Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 15-25"] [Site "Teslic"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Ivkov, Borislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1979.03.29"] [EventType "team-match"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "YUG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. b3 ({RR} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne4 b6 10. b3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. a3 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Nd2 Re8 18. b4 Bf8 19. N4f3 g6 20. Nc4 Rc8 21. Qd2 N5f6 {Ehlvest,J (2602)-Shabalov,A (2597) New York 2003 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5 Rf8 13. b4 Nce4 14. a3 Qe7 15. Nd4 Ng4 16. N2f3 a6 17. Be2 Re8 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. h3 Ne5 20. Qb3 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Be6 {Mu,W (1941)-Chen,Y (2285) Shenzhen CHN 2026 ½-½ (66)}) 7... g6 $146 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne5 N6d7 12. f4 f6 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Rf3 Rc8 15. Rg3 cxd4 16. exd4 Bd6 17. Qf3 Qa5 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Rf1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 d4 22. Ne4 {Koblencs,A-Barta,J Brno 1937 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bf8 15. Ndf3 Ne4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5 Qd8 18. f3 Nd6 19. c5 Nf5 20. b4 Qh4 21. g3 Qh6 22. Ng4 {Grinev,V (2422)-Ashraf,A (2401) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (43)}) 8. O-O Bg7 9. Ba3 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. Nd6 Qe7 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. Re1 Kh8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf4 18. Rc2 Qf6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rc4 Qb2 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Bd4 24. Kf1 e5 25. Be4 Kg7 26. Rc2 Rcd8 27. g3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Nd2 Rb8 31. Nc4 Rb4 32. Rd2 Rb7 33. Ne3 Rdd7 34. Ng4+ Kf5 35. Rxd4 1-0 [Event "October Revolution 50years"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1967.05.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [Annotator "Dolmatov,Sergey"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1967.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Dolmatov,Sergey} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 ({RR} 6. e4) 6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 ({RR} 10... Bf6) 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe2 ({RR} 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bc2) 12... Bb7 ({RR} 12... Nb4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxh7+ ({RR} 14. Qe4 Nxd3 15. Qxa8 Nxe1 16. Rxe1 Qd7) 14... Kxh7 15. Qe4+ Kg8 16. Qxa8 Nc2 17. Qxa7) 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nfd5 (15... Nbd5 16. Qd3 ({RR} 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qh3 Rxc3 19. f3) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qh3 $14) ({RR} 15... Nbd5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qh3 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Bd2 Nxc3 22. bxc3 b5 23. Bd3 a6 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxd4 27. Ba5 Rxc4 28. Rxb7 Rc5 29. Bc7 Qd5 30. Ra7 {Ivanovic,B (2500)-Karpov,A (2770) Podgorica 1996 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 15... Nbd5 16. Rd3 Ba6 ({RR} 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6 18. c4) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3) ({RR} 17... exd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rh3 Bxe2 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3+ Bh4) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rh3 Bxe2 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 {½-½ (20) Bobotsov,M-Petrosian,T Moscow 1967 MCL [Dolmatov,Sergey]}) 16. Bd2 Nf6 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. c4 $14) 17. Qe3 Nfd5 $146 (17... Nbd5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 $14) ({RR} 17... Qd6 18. Qh3 Rfe8 19. Bg5 g6 20. Qh4 Nh5 21. a3 Nd5 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. g4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Nhf4 25. Qh6 Re7 26. g5 {½-½ (26) Maenhout,T (2357)-Eliet,N (2410) Belgium 2011}) 18. Qh3 f5 19. a3 Na6 20. Ba2 $16 Nac7 21. Ne2 Bg5 22. Qd3 Bxd2 (22... Ba6 23. Qg3 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qd6 $14) 23. Qxd2 Ne8 $2 (23... Qd6 $5) 24. Nd3 $1 g5 $6 (24... Nec7 25. Nef4 Qd6 26. Re5 $14) 25. Nc3 $16 Ng7 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 (27... Qxd5 28. Qxg5 Qxd4 29. Ne5 Qxb2 30. Rd7 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 $18) 28. Re5 a5 29. Rde1 $16 f4 (29... Rc4 $5 30. Re7 f4 31. Qe2 Qd6 32. Qg4 Qf6) 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qe2 $1 $18 f3 33. Qe3 fxg2 34. Rxg5 Re8 35. Ne5 1-0 [Event "URS-chT Republics 12th Group2"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1972.03.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1972.03.02"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Moscow"] [BlackTeam "Latvia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "LAT"] 1. Nf3 {ChessBase Website} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nb8 ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. a5 h6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. h3 Qd6 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Bd3 {½-½ (23) Cyborowski,L (2459)-Fiedorek,M (2337) Legnica POL 2026}) 16. a5 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 16... bxa5 17. Rxa5 ({RR} 17. Qxa5 Qxa5 18. Rxa5 Nc6 19. Ra4 a5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Bb1 Rfd8 22. Nb3 Ba6 23. Rxa5 Bc4 24. Ra4 Rb8 25. Na5 Rxd4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Nc6 Bb5 28. Nxb4 Rxb4 29. e5 Bc6 30. Bd3 g5 31. f3 Kg7) 17... Nc6 18. Ra4 a5 {½-½ (18) Parligras,M (2601)-Istratescu,A (2579) Calimanesti Caciulata 2017}) ({RR} 16... bxa5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Rxa5 exd5 19. e5 Nc5 20. Rxa7 Qb6 21. Ra3 Ne4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd4 Bc8 27. Rc1 g5 28. Rc6 Kg7 29. Rc7 Kg6 30. Rc6+ Kg7 31. Rc7 {Gelfand,B (2764)-Wang,H (2747) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [ChessBase Website] ½-½ (32)}) 17. axb6 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. bxa7 Rfd8 20. Ra3 Ba8 21. h3 h6 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra2 Rc7 25. Qe3 Qb3 26. Ra1 Rd7 27. Bf1 Qb2 28. Qa3 Qb6 29. Qa5 Qb2 30. Qa3 Qb6 31. Qa6 Qc5 32. Qb5 Qd4 33. Qa4 Qd6 34. Rb1 Rd8 35. Qa5 Kh7 36. e5 Qd4 37. Rb8 Rd5 38. Qa3 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-14 Final A"] [Site "Leipzig"] [Date "1960.11.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Pfeiffer, Gerhard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1960.10.28"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "DDR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"] [WhiteTeamCountry "URS"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. d4 e6 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. h3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. Bb1 c4 20. Rd4 Ne5 21. Rh4 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Be5 23. d6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Bxh7+ Nxh7 26. Qh5 Bxb2 {Mandel,W-Pfeiffer,G Nuremberg 1959 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 Bc6 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Rfe1 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 b5 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. a4 O-O-O 23. Ne5 Bxe4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra5 Kc7 26. Rxb5 Rd5 {Akesson,R (2454)-Pohjala,H (2156) Norrkoeping 2010 1-0 (65)}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Be2 g6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Qc8 20. e6 O-O 21. Qc3 f6 22. d6 Na4 23. Qxc8 Rfxc8 24. Ba1 Rc2 25. dxe7 Rxe2 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Rc1 Rxe6 28. Rc7 Kh6 29. Bxf6 Be4 30. Bg5+ 1-0 [Event "ARM-chT"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "2008.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Babujian, Levon"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2413"] [BlackElo "2616"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2008.06.16"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 Bb4 9. Qc2 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nh5 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxb5 O-O 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rac8 20. Qa4 Nb8 21. a3 Bc5 22. Nxa6 Nxa6 23. Qxa6 Qf6 24. b4 Be7 25. Qb7 Rfe8 26. Rd3 {Korobov,A (2698)-Hovhannisyan,R (2599) Yerevan 2015 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Rad1 Rg8 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. exd5 e5 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Qf5 Kf8 19. Bf3 Rg6 20. Bxe5 Rd8 21. Rfe1 Bc8 22. Qc2 g4 23. Be4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bd7 25. a3 Bc5 26. Qf4 {Ilinca,F (2450)-Fodor,T (2520) Budapest HUN 2026 1-0 (35)}) 12. Be5 f6 $146 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Bxh8 {1-0 (13) Elissa-Sebi chess (2488) Playchess.com INT 2006}) 13. Nd2 fxe5 14. Bxh5+ Ke7 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. a3 Ba5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. a4 a6 19. Ne2 Rhf8 20. b3 Nxe5 21. bxc4 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qe5 23. c5 Bb4 24. Rfc1 bxa4 25. Nc3 a5 26. Nxa4 Rad8 27. Nb6 g4 28. Bxg4 Rd2 29. Nc4 Rxc2 30. Nxe5 Rfxf2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Nd3 Bc3 33. Rd1 a4 34. Nf4 a3 35. Bxe6 Rd2 36. Rb1 Ba6 37. h4 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Be5 39. Bb3 Bxf4 40. Ra1 Rb2 0-1 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2008.01.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2008.01.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.03.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Ba2 ({RR} 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg5 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h3 Red8 21. Qe2 Qb7 22. f3 Rd7 23. Ne4 Rcd8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rxd1 {Sosnowska,E (1810)-Idesis,Y (1867) Krakow POL 2024 ½-½}) 11... b4 12. Na4 $146 ({RR} 12. d5 bxc3 13. dxc6 Qb6 14. bxc3 Qxc6 15. Ne5 Qc5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qc6+ Qxc6 19. Nxc6 Rb2 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Rd8 23. Bc5+ Ke8 24. Bd4 Bd7 25. Bc4 a5 26. f3 a4 {Diamant,A (2481)-Meier,G (2642) Saint Louis 2012 ½-½ (38)}) 12... O-O 13. Bf4 Ra7 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Nc5 Ba8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Qb3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bd6 23. g3 g5 24. Bxg5 Rxf3 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rfd1 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rxa3 28. Rd4 Be7 29. Re4 Bf6 30. Rc7 Ra2 31. Kg2 a5 32. h4 Bd4 33. Rf7 a4 34. h5 a3 35. h6 Rxf2+ 36. Rxf2 Bxf2 37. Kxf2 Rf8+ 0-1 [Event "Piatigorsky Cup-01"] [Site "Los Angeles"] [Date "1963.07.18"] [Round "10"] [White "Benko, Pal C"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [Annotator "Dolmatov,Sergey"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1963.07.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 (7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 $14) 7... Bb7 8. cxd5 $6 exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 $10) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Be2 Qe7 (10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. O-O c4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 $36) 11... bxc5 12. Qb3) 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 Nd7 (12... c5 $6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na4 c4 15. b3 $36) 13. Rfd1 g6 14. Qb1 c6 (14... Nf8 15. b4 {? 16.b4-b5}) 15. b4 a5 16. a3 $146 (16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 $10) ({RR} 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne6 20. Rd3 d4 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Rcd1 Qf6 23. Qb2 Rd6 24. Bf1 Rad8 25. h3 Ba8 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Ne2 Rxd1 28. Qxf6 Rxf1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Qxb6 Rxe2 {Surov,S (2250)-Manukovsky,V (2223) Borisoglebsk 2014 ½-½ (40)}) 16... b5 $6 17. Qb3 $2 (17. e4 $8 dxe4 18. Nxe4 $14) 17... Nb6 18. Ra1 Ra7 19. Ra2 Rda8 20. Rda1 Bc8 21. Bd3 Bg4 22. Nd2 Bg7 23. h3 Be6 24. Qc2 $2 (24. Qb1 $32 Bf8 25. Nb3 axb4 26. axb4 Rxa2 27. Nxa2 $15) 24... axb4 25. axb4 Rxa2 26. Nxa2 $17 Nc4 27. Nb3 Qg5 28. Kf1 Bf8 29. Qc1 (29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 (30. dxc5 Nxe3+ 31. fxe3 Qf6+) 30... Qd8 $17 (30... Qxe3 $1 31. fxe3 Nxe3+ 32. Ke2 Nxc2 33. Bxc2 Ra3 $1 {? ...b5-b4-b3 -+})) 29... Bf5 30. Bxf5 (30. Be2) (30. Qb1 Bxd3+ $1 31. Qxd3 Ra3) (30. Be2) 30... Qxf5 31. Qc3 Ra4 32. Kg1 Qc8 33. Nac1 Bxb4 $19 34. Qd3 Bd6 35. Rb1 h5 36. Qe2 Qf5 37. Nd3 Ra3 38. Nbc1 Kg7 39. Nb3 (39. h4 $1 {? 40.g3}) (39. h4 $1 {? 40.g3}) 39... h4 40. Nbc1 Qe4 41. Qc2 Bc7 (41... Nxe3 42. fxe3 Qxe3+ 43. Qf2 (43. Nf2 Bg3) 43... Rxd3 (43... Qe4 $1 $17) (43... Qe4 $1 $17) 44. Nxd3 Qxd3 45. Rf1 $1 {? 46.?xh4.}) 42. Nb3 Bd6 43. Ra1 Nxe3 44. fxe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kh1 Rxa1+ 46. Nxa1 Qxd4 47. Nb3 Qc4 48. Qb1 Qc3 49. Nbc1 c5 50. Ne2 (50. Qxb5 $2 c4 51. Qxd5 (51. Qb2 Qxb2 52. Nxb2 Ba3 $19) 51... cxd3 $19) 50... Qf6 51. Qxb5 c4 52. Ng1 cxd3 53. Qxd3 Qe5 54. g3 Qxg3 55. Qd4+ Qe5 0-1 [Event "Wch U20 43rd"] [Site "Cochin"] [Date "2004.11.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2539"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2004.11.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "IND"] [SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Re1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 Qxd5 17. Bg2 Qf5 18. Rc1 Rad8 $146 ({RR} 18... d3 19. e3 Bb6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Ba5 22. a3 Rac8 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. b4 Bb6 25. Nc4 Qd5 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qf4 Re6 28. Rd1 h4 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. Qd4 Qf3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxd3+ f5 33. Qd5 {Santos,J (2390)-Frois,A (2400) Lisbon 1991 1-0 (46)}) 19. Be4 Qg5 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. a3 Bb6 23. Rxc6 Qd7 24. Qc1 Qh3 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qh4 Qf5 27. Kg2 d3 28. Qc4 Re4 29. Qa6 Rh4 30. gxh4 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Bxf2 32. Qa5 Rd4 33. Qe5 Rf4 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Qh3+ 36. Nh2 Bg3 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Qd6+ Kh5 39. Qd5+ Kxh4 40. Qg2 Bxe1 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-18 Final A"] [Site "Lugano"] [Date "1968.10.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1968.10.26"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] 1. d4 Nf6 ({RR} 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 {½-½ (22) Verus,B (2070)-Vujic Katanic,B Pula 1984}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Ng4 12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Na4 Nbc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Nc5 Nd6 22. Rac1 Qg5 23. Qd1 $146 h5 24. Kh1 Re7 25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Nc5 Nd6 27. Nd3 Qf5 28. Ne5 f6 29. Nf3 Rg7 30. Nh2 Re8 31. Kg1 Ne4 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Rfd1 g5 34. Qxh5 f5 35. Re1 g4 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. f3 gxf3 38. Nxf3 Rh7 39. Qe5 Qc8 40. Qf4 Rf8 41. Qe5 Rf5 0-1 [Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1963.05.08"] [Round "18"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "Bulletin"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "1963.03.23"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MainBase"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Unzicker,Wolfgang} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 (4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Nf3 c5 $10) 4... exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 6... Nf6 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. Bd3)) 7. g4 $5 Be6 (7... Bg6 $2 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. h4 h5 10. g5 $16) 8. h3 Nf6 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Rdg1 Nbd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. Rxg5 Rac8 16. h4 b5 17. h5 Nb8 18. h6 Ne8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. hxg7+ Nxg7 21. Bg8+ {1-0 (21) Gomes,M (1744)-Tischler Lema Garcia,M (1299) Florianopolis BRA 2024}) ({RR} 9. Bd3 c5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Kf1 Qb6 {½-½ (13) Petrosian,T-Marovic,D Zagreb 1965}) 9... Nbd7 (9... c5 $2 10. Qb3 $16) (9... O-O $5 {? c5, ?c6? Kan}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Kg2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 ({RR} 16... Qb6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 ({RR} 17... fxe6 18. g5 Ne4) 18. g5 Ne4) 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 ({RR} 17... Bxc8 18. exd4 a6 19. Nc7 Re7 20. Qc2) 18. exd4 Qd7 ({RR} 18... Re7 19. Nxa7 Qa8 20. Qa4 b5) 19. Nc7 Rc8 ({RR} 19... Rd8 20. Qb3) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Re1 a6 ({RR} 21... Bd6 22. Be5) 22. g5 Ne4 23. Qg4 ({RR} 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5) 23... Bb4 24. Re2 {Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Karpov,A (2690) Merano 1981 MainBase [Unzicker,Wolfgang] 1-0 (41)} {RR} Re8 25. f3 Nd6 26. Qh5 g6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Qg7 ({RR} 28... Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 ({RR} 29... Kg8 30. Be5) 30. Qf6#) 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. a3) 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Qc2 Nc4 $146 ({RR} 11... g6 12. Bh6 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. e4 Qa5 15. a3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Ne8 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Bf4 Nc7 19. Rhe1 Bd6 20. Bg5 Rde8 21. Bf6 Rhg8 22. Ne5 Kb8 23. f4 Bc8 24. Ne2 Re6 25. Bh4 Bxa3 26. bxa3 {Bronstein,D-Darga,K Amsterdam 1964 1-0 (45)}) 12. Kf1 (12. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 13. e4 {? 0-0-0, d5??? Boleslavsky, Suetin}) (12. Ng5 Bd7 13. e4 $36) 12... Nd6 13. Nd2 {? f2-f3, e3-e4 ?} (13. Ng5 Bd7 14. e4 (14. Nxh7)) 13... Qc8 {? 14...h5! 15.g5? ?xh3+.} 14. Kg2 Nd7 15. f3 g6 16. Rac1 (16. e4 $5 {Tal}) 16... Nb6 17. b3 (17. e4 $1) 17... Qd7 18. Ne2 Ndc8 19. a4 a5 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Nf4 Ne7 22. Nf1 h5 $1 23. Be2 h4 24. Bh2 g5 $5 25. Nd3 (25. Nh5 Ng8 $8 {Kan, Suetin}) 25... Qc7 $1 (25... Bxh2 $2 26. Nxh2 Qc7 27. f4 $1 {? 28.?f3?}) 26. Qd2 {? 27.?xd6 ?xd6 28.?c5?} (26. Be5 $5 Bxe5 (26... Rg8 27. f4 $1) 27. dxe5 d4 $1 28. exd4 O-O-O $1 $44) 26... Nd7 27. Bg1 (27. Bd1 $142 {? e4, Tal}) 27... Ng6 28. Bh2 Ne7 29. Bd1 b6 30. Kg1 f6 (30... f5 $5 {Tal}) 31. e4 Bxh2+ 32. Qxh2 (32. Rxh2 $1) 32... Qxh2+ 33. Rxh2 Rd8 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 Rhe8 $15 {??} 36. Rd2 Kg7 37. Kf2 dxe4 $1 38. fxe4 Nf8 $1 39. Ne1 Nfg6 40. Ng2 Rd7 41. Bc2 (41. Nh2 $5 Red8 42. Nf3 Ne5 43. Nge1 $1 $10) 41... Bf7 $1 42. Nfe3 $2 (42. Rcd1 $142 {? ?fe3=}) 42... c5 $1 43. d5 Ne5 44. Rf1 $2 (44. Nc4 $142 Nc8 (44... Nxc4 45. bxc4 Bg6 (45... Nc8 46. e5 Rxe5 47. Bf5 Rd8 48. Bxc8 Rxc8 49. Rb2 $132 {Kan}) 46. Ne3 Nc8 47. Nf5+ Bxf5 48. exf5 Nd6 49. Bd3) 45. Nge3 Bg6 46. Re1) 44... Bg6 45. Ke1 Nc8 46. Rdf2 Rf7 47. Kd2 Nd6 $17 48. Nf5+ $8 Bxf5 49. exf5 (49. Rxf5 $5 {Bronstein}) 49... c4 $1 50. Rb1 b5 $1 51. b4 c3+ $1 52. Kxc3 (52. Kc1 axb4 $17 (52... Nxg4 53. hxg4 h3 $17)) 52... Rc7+ 53. Kd2 Nec4+ 54. Kd1 Na3 $19 55. Rb2 Ndc4 56. Ra2 axb4 57. axb5 Nxb5 58. Ra6 Nc3+ 59. Kc1 Nxd5 60. Ba4 Rec8 61. Ne1 Nf4 {(62.?h2 ?e7! 63.?c2 ?d3 64.?b1 ?c5 -+)} 0-1 [Event "Lake Sevan"] [Site "Martuni"] [Date "2010.07.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Grigoryan, Avetik"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2584"] [BlackElo "2597"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2010.07.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 138"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.09.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 dxc4 7. Nxc4 c5 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 ({RR} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b5 11. Nce5 Qb6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Bb7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rfa1 a6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rg4 e5 19. Rc4 Qd6 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Bxe5 Qe6 22. Bf5 Qb6 23. Bd4 Qb5 {Zhou,J (2668)-Timofeev,A (2690) Ningbo 2010 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 a6 15. Bb1 Rc8 16. Nf3 b5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Qb8 20. Rd4 Qa8 21. Ne1 h6 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. f3 Rd8 {Wilson,H (1874)-Villegas Ampuero,C (1589) Florianopolis SC 2025 1-0 (33)}) 9... cxd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd4 Nc5 $146 ({RR} 11... N7b6 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bh6 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Qf3 Nb4 18. Bg7 Rg8 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Qd8 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. a3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rd6 g5 25. Qd4 Kf8 26. Bc2 {Ivanov,O (2390)-Vasiliev,V (2305) Voronezh 1991 1-0 (55)}) 12. Bc2 O-O 13. a3 a5 14. Qg4 f5 15. Qg3 Qe8 16. Bg5 a4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rfd1 Ne4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nd6 e3 21. fxe3 Bd7 22. Rac1 Bc6 23. h3 h6 24. Kh2 Kh7 25. Rf1 Nb6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Rxc6 Nd5 29. Qg4 Nxe3 30. Qe4+ Nf5 31. g4 Qh4 32. gxf5 Qf2+ 33. Qg2 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 exf5 35. e6 Qe5 36. Nc4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Rf6 38. Qg1 Qe4 39. Qg2 Qf4+ 40. Qg3 Qe4 41. Rc5 Rxe6 42. Qf2 f4 43. h4 f3 44. h5 Qg4 45. Qc2+ Re4 46. Nd6 f2 47. Rf5 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qg4+ 49. Kh2 Re2 50. Qd3 f1=N+ 0-1 [Event "Alekhine Memorial-02"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1971.11.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1971.11.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O ({RR} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Qa4 a5 16. Bf5 Rfd8 17. Re1 g6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. h3 Qb4 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. b3 Re8 22. Qb2 Ra8 23. e4 dxe4 {Georgiev,K (2671)-Dreev,A (2657) Sibenik 2008 ½-½ (39)}) 9... Bb7 $10 10. Rfd1 ({RR} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 Rac8 18. Ne5 c5 19. a4 cxd4 20. exd4 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. d5 e3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Qc2 Rce8 {Galaktionov,A (2363)-Mattenberger,M (2353) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (74)}) 10... Kh8 $146 ({RR} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qf5 Rad8 19. Rcd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Qe6 {½-½ (20) Swiderski,R-Janowski,D Hannover 1902}) ({RR} 10... c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. d5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Qc6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Rd7 Rc7 22. R7d3 g6 23. h3 Re8 24. Qb4 Qc4 25. Rd8 {Ageichenko,G (2297)-Shalimov,V (2412) Pardubice 2014 ½-½ (66)}) 11. Rac1 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 (13. e4 $14 {Suetin}) 13... exd5 14. Qa4 Nd6 15. Qa3 Rae8 $1 16. Re1 f5 $17 17. Ne5 $2 (17. b3 $142 {? ?f1-g2 Kotov}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxa7 d4 $1 20. f4 (20. exd4 $2 Qxd4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bf1 Ra8 $19 {Kotov}) 20... Qf6 21. Nd1 Qd8 $1 $19 22. Re2 c5 23. exd4 c4 $1 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bf1 Re1 26. Qa3 Ne4 27. d5 Nd2 28. Kf2 Rxf1+ (28... Qh4+ $1 29. Qg3 (29. g3 Rxf1+ {? ?xh2+ -+ Gheorghiu}) 29... Ne4+) 29. Ke2 Bxd5 30. Qe3 c3 $1 {[ ? ?c4]} 0-1 [Event "Jermuk Asrian Memorial 3rd"] [Site "Jermuk"] [Date "2010.10.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Melkonian, Vardan"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "2235"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2010.10.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qd6 $146 ({RR} 13... Nf8 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Ng6 16. Rc1 Ng4 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nf4 a5 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 g5 22. Nd3 a4 23. Qf3 a3 24. Nc5 Qb6 25. Qd5 Qxb5 26. Nde4 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qd6 {Gunchenko,V (2068)-Grigorian,V (2299) Voronezh 2014 0-1 (61)}) 14. Qb1 a5 15. a3 g6 16. b4 Kg7 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Qb4 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Qd8 20. Na4 Ra7 21. Nc5 h5 22. Rcb1 Rh8 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. a4 Qc7 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6 Rha8 28. Rab1 Bc8 29. Bc2 Kf6 30. Ne1 Ke7 31. Nd3 Nf6 32. Nc5 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 34. Kf1 Kc7 35. Ke2 Ra6 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Rc1 Rb6 38. Kd2 Rb4 39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Bxb1 Kb6 41. Bc2 Ka5 42. Kc3 Bf5 43. Bd1 Bb1 44. f3 g5 45. Bb3 h4 46. gxh4 gxh4 47. Bd1 Ba2 48. e4 Bc4 49. exd5 cxd5 50. f4 f6 51. Kd2 Kb4 52. Ke3 Bb3 53. Be2 Kxa4 0-1 [Event "ARM-ch HL 79th"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "2019.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Sargsyan, Shant"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2486"] [BlackElo "2598"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2019.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARM"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.02.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. a3 Bd6 ({RR} 9... c5 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Qd8 12. O-O cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bf6 16. Nb5 Na6 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Nxa7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 g5 20. Be3 Rxa7 21. Bxb6 Rb7 22. Rc6 Nb8 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Ba5 {Ohanyan,E (2481)-Ambartsumova,K (2385) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (68)}) 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. e3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. d5 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Ne5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. O-O a5 18. Be2 Rac8 19. f4 Nf7 20. Ba6 Ra8 21. Bb7 Ra7 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Nf3 Rc7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rfd1 Kf8 26. Rd2 {Georgescu,T (2375)-Gavrilov,A (2454) Albena 2013 ½-½ (63)}) 12. Qa4 Qa5+ 13. Qxa5 bxa5 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Nc4 d5 16. Nxa5 Rxb2 17. Nc6 Nb6 18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. Rc7 Rb1+ 20. Ke2 Ba4 21. Rb7 Bd1+ 22. Kd2 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Rxb7 24. Rxd1 Rxa7 25. Bd3 Rxa3 26. Ke2 Ra2+ 27. Kf3 Rb8 28. Bb1 Rab2 29. Bd3 Ra8 30. h4 Raa2 31. Rf1 h5 32. Kg3 g6 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. Kg3 Kf6 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Bb5 Ra3 0-1 [Event "Batumi op"] [Site "Batumi"] [Date "2001.06.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Shalamberidze, Akaki"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2404"] [BlackElo "2326"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2001.06.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 a6 9. a3 b5 10. c5 a5 ({RR} 10... Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2 Nhf6 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. h3 a5 17. b4 a4 18. Rd4 Bf5 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Qe7 21. Re1 Nd7 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Rac8 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. Bf3 {Popov,V (2557)-Lugovoi,A (2534) St Petersburg 2000 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 10... Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Be2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. h5 Nc7 18. Kf1 g6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g4 fxg4 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxg6+ Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Bxg7 24. Rg1 Rae8 25. Rd3 {Martins,D (2443)-Lahaye,R (2390) Groningen NED 2025 1-0 (84)}) 11. b4 Nh5 12. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Be2 Nhf6 14. Nd2 e5 15. Nb3 a4 16. Na5 Qe6 17. O-O e4 18. Rfe1 Ne8 19. f3 Ndf6 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. d5 cxd5 23. Bxb5 Nf6 24. Nc6 h5 25. h3 Qe8 26. Nd4 Qe5 {Eliet,N (2453)-Hammes,M (2386) Belgium 2008 1-0 (49)}) 12... f5 13. h3 axb4 14. axb4 g5 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. Bd3 Qe8 18. g4 Ng7 19. h4 gxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Rxh4 Qe7 22. Rh2 Qg5 23. Be2 Qg6 24. f4 fxg4 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Bxg4 Ra3 27. Kd2 d4 28. exd4 Rxf4 29. Rg2 Rxd4+ 30. Kc2 Rc4 31. Rg3 Be8 32. Be2 Ra2+ 33. Kb3 Rxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Ra3+ 0-1 [Event "URS-ch19 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.12.07"] [Round "14"] [White "Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1951.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 {? ...?b8-d7-b6, ...?d7} 10. Qe2 (10. a4) 10... b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nd5 (12... Nbd7 13. d5) (12... b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Rac1 $36) 13. Ne4 (13. Qe4 $1 Nxc3 (13... Qd7 $142 14. Bc2 g6 15. Qg4 $14) 14. Qxb7 Ne2+ (14... Nxd1 15. Qxa8) 15. Kf1 Nxc1 16. Qxa8 $16) 13... Nd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bg5 {×c5}) ({RR} 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Ng3 Rfd8 17. Re1 Qc6 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Qg4 Nd3 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Re3 Nxe5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Rxe5 gxf6 24. Rc1 Qxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Bxg2 26. Rh5 Bf3 27. Rh3 Bxh6 28. Rxh6 Rac8 29. Re1 {Garcia Blanco,O (2222)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2512) La Roda 2010 0-1}) 15. Bd2 N7f6 16. Ng5 $2 (16. Nc5 $142) 16... h6 17. Ngf3 Qb6 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. a3 (19. Nd3 $5 {? 20.?fe5}) 19... Rfe8 20. Ba2 Qb8 21. Bb1 Nb6 22. h4 $2 Nc4 23. Bc1 (23. Nxc4 Bxf3 $19) 23... Qa8 24. Qe2 Be4 25. Re1 $2 (25. Ba2 $142 Nd6 $15) 25... Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Qd5 27. g4 $2 (27. Bf4 $142) 27... Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Nd7 $1 (28... Qxd4) 29. Qf3 (29. Nf3 $142) 29... Nxe5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. dxe5 Bxh4 32. Re2 f6 33. e6 (33. Bf4 $19 Rc4) 33... Rc6 34. Be3 Rexe6 35. Rd2 Rc4 36. Rxd5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf1 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Rxg5 39. Rxg5 fxg5 40. Rd1 Rc6 41. Rd7 Kh7 42. Ra7 Kg6 43. b3 g4 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 h5 46. a5 Rf6 47. Kg2 h4 48. Rb7 Kh6 49. Rb6 Kh5 50. Kg1 h3 51. Rb7 g6 52. Rb4 Rf5 53. Ra4 g5 54. Ra2 Rf3 0-1 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2008.01.31"] [Round "10"] [White "Socko, Monika"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2008.01.22"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.03.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Bg5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Qa4 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nxc6 $146 ({RR} 16. g4 Bg6 17. e3 a6 18. Nde2 Nb4 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Nb6 23. Bf3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bf6 25. b3 Bb2 26. Ne2 Nd5 27. Bd6 Bb1 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nf4 Nc3 {Levin,E (2498)-Vunder,A (2271) St Petersburg 2012 1-0 (56)}) 16... bxc6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Rd2 Rb4 19. Qa5 Qe8 20. Bd4 Rdb8 21. b3 R4b7 22. Bc5 Bg6 23. e3 Nd7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Ne2 Ne5 26. Nd4 Rb6 27. Qc3 Rc8 28. f4 Nd7 29. Bxd5 Nf6 30. Bg2 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Qc5 Qd7 33. Kh2 Rb5 34. Qc4 Rd5 35. Rf2 c5 36. Ne2 Re8 37. Nc3 Rh5 38. Qf1 Bf5 39. h4 Rxe3 40. Rd1 Qe7 41. Nd5 Rxh4+ 42. gxh4 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 Be4 44. Rg2 Bxg2 45. Qa6 Qh1+ 46. Kf2 Rf3+ 0-1 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.09.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Szabo, Laszlo"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D55"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1953.08.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 (10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. fxg3) 10... c5 (10... Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 (11... Nxc3 12. Bxd8 Nxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rfxd8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rxc7) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxc7 Bc8 15. Bb5 exf3 16. Qxf3 Rb8 17. Rxa7 $44) 11. Qe2 a6 {? 12...dxc4 13.?xc4 b5, ...?b6} (11... dxc4 $142 12. Bxc4 Ne4) 12. cxd5 ({RR} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc8 15. e4 Re8 {½-½ (15) Suba,M (2525)-Giorgadze,T (2495) Dortmund 1984}) ({RR} 12. a4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Bc2 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rfd8 19. Qg4 Qb7 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Qf4 f6 22. exf6 Qxf4 23. exf4 gxf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 a5 {Mathet,J (1970)-Picanol Alemany,A (2216) La Pobla de Lillet 2021 0-1 (55)}) 12... exd5 (12... Nxd5 13. Bxe7 (13. Bg3) 13... Qxe7 14. Nxd5 Bxd5) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 Re8 $146 ({RR} 14... Qb6 15. Bf5 Rfd8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Na4 Qb4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. b3 Bc6 20. Nxc5 Bb5 21. Nd3 Qg4 22. Nd4 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 Rdd8 24. Nd4 Ba3 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. g3 Rxc2 27. Nxc2 Bd6 28. Nd4 Rc8 29. Nxb5 {Papadatos,G (2198)-Haratsidis,V (1875) Nikaia 2003 1-0 (49)}) 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. Bb3 c4 17. Ba4 {(? ?xf6, ?xd7)} Bc6 18. Bxc6 (18. Bc2 $142 $1 Rab8 19. Nd4 Ba8 20. Rb1 {? ?g3, ?f5}) 18... Qxc6 19. b3 $2 (19. Nd4 $142 {??f5}) (19. Rc2 $142 {??c2}) 19... Rac8 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Nd2 (24. Rd4 $142 Bb4 25. Rxc4 Bxc3 26. R1xc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. h3) 24... Rc6 25. Nxc4 Qc7 26. Na4 (26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Bf6 $32) (26. Nb1 Rc8 27. Nbd2 Bb4 28. Rb1 Nd5 29. Rxb4) 26... Rc8 27. Rd4 Ne8 $1 (27... Nd7 28. Rc2 $1 Ne5 29. Nab2) 28. e4 Bf6 29. e5 Bxe5 30. Re4 Nf6 31. Nab6 (31. Rxe5 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Qxc4 33. Qd1 (33. Qxc4 Rxc4) 33... Qxa4) 31... Rxb6 32. Rxe5 Rc6 33. Re7 Rxc4 34. Re1 Qc6 35. h3 Rc1 36. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc4 38. Qf3 Qxa2 39. Ra7 0-1 [Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"] [Site "Tiayuan"] [Date "2005.07.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Zhao, Xue"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2581"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2005.07.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 108"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. a3 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd4 Nh7 17. e4 $146 {White players find it pretty difficult to get any advantage in this pawn structure.} ({RR} 17. Na4 Qd7 18. h4 Bf5 19. Re1 Be4 20. Bc5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Re4 22. e3 Qf5 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 24. Nc5 Re5 25. Nd3 Re6 26. Nf4 Rf6 27. Qd3 Qg4 28. f3 Qd7 29. e4 dxe4 {½-½ (29) Gelfand,B (2714)-Grischuk,A (2669) Biel 2001}) ({RR} 17. Be3 Ng5 18. Kh2 Bd6 19. Qd2 Nxh3 20. f4 Qe7 21. Nd1 Qd7 22. f5 Bxf5 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Bxh3 Bxh3 25. Qxh6 Bxg3+ {0-1 (25) Epiney,F (2078)-Malysheva,P (2364) Biel 2004}) 17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Bxe4 Bxh3 19. Bxc6 Re6 20. Bd5 Bxf1 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Kxf1 Qd7 $11) 18... Bd5 (18... Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Rxe4 20. Be3 (20. Bc3 Ng5 21. Bg2 Re6 22. Qa4 $44) 20... Qf6 21. Qc2 Rae8 22. Bd7 R8e7 23. b4 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qe5 25. Bxc6 Qxg3+ 26. Qg2 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxa3 $15) 19. Qd3 $2 {[%mdl 64] Very instructive mistake, black will refute this move with a help of the original and deep combination.} (19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 $11) 19... Rxe4 $3 20. Bxe4 Ng5 21. Bxd5 (21. Bxg7 Bxg7 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 $17) (21. f3 Bxe4 22. fxe4 c5 $17) 21... Qxd5 22. Rc3 {Zha Xue has to worry about the pin along the d file as well as about the leaky kingside position.} (22. Rfd1 Rd8 (22... Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Be3 (24. Qc4 Qxc4+ 25. Rxc4 c5 $17) 24... Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Ke2 Ne5 27. f4 Rb3 28. fxe5 Rxb2+ 29. Kf3 $15) 23. Rc3 Nxh3+) 22... Rd8 23. Rd1 Nxh3+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kh2 Nxf2 25. Bxf2 Qh5+ 26. Kg2 Rxd3 27. Rdxd3 a5 $17) 24... Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qg2 $5 {Petrosian keeps pushing against the poorly ccordinated white pieces.} (25... Ng1+ 26. Rxg1 (26. Kd2 c5 $19) 26... Qxg1 27. Rxc6 Qh1 $17) 26. Qe3 (26. b4 a5 27. Qc4 Re8+ 28. Kd2 axb4 29. axb4 Nxf2 $19) 26... Rd6 27. Rc5 (27. Bc5 Rxd1 (27... Re6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Rd8 Ng1+ $15) 28. Kxd1 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Nxf2+ 30. Ke1 Nd3+ 31. Qxd3 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Qxc5 $19) 27... Ng1+ 28. Kd2 (28. Rxg1 Qxg1 29. Qe4 Rd7 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Rxc6 Qb1 $19) 28... Nf3+ 29. Kc3 Re6 {Black already had a pleasant choice of lines promising decisive advantage.} (29... Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Rf6 $1 31. Rf4 Bxc5 32. Qxc5 Rxf4 33. gxf4 Qf3+ $19) 30. Qd3 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Rd6 32. Qxd6 (32. Qg4 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Bxc5 $19) 32... Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxf2 34. Rdxc6 Qxg3+ 35. Kb4 Qb8+ (35... Kh7 36. Rc7 f5 $19) 36. Rb5 (36. Kc3 Qf4 37. b4 f5 $19) 36... Qd8 {Petrosian has too many pawns on the kingside waiting for the moment to start the mad rush towards the first rank.} 37. a4 (37. Ka4 Qd7 38. Rbc5 g5 $19) 37... g6 38. Rb7 Qd4+ 39. Ka3 h5 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rcc7 Qd6+ 42. b4 Qg3+ 43. Kb2 Qf2+ 44. Kc3 h4 0-1