[Event "European Team Championship (Kapfenberg"] [Site "?"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Hort"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1970.??.??"] {This impressive positional game by World Champion Petrosian features an exchange sacrifice on move 22 for the purpose of securing a solid structure and control of space. This theme, characteristic of Botvinnik in particular, was known as the "sacrifice of the Soviet exchange"} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bb4 Rf7 15. h4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nbc6 17. h5 Rc8 18. Rh3 Nd8 19. Rg3 Rc4 20. h6 Ndc6 21. Nh5 g6 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. exf6 Nc8 24. Qd2 Rxd4 25. Rd3 Rh4 26. Rh3 Rg4 27. Kf1 Nd6 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Bc3 Ne4 30. Qd3 Nc5 31. Qd1 Rc4 32. Bb2 Qd6 33. Qe2 b5 34. Kg1 Ne4 35. Rd3 Qc5 36. Rc1 e5 37. Qe3 d4 38. Qe2 Nxf6 39. Rdd1 e4 40. Qd2 Nd5 41. Qg5 Nc7 42. Rd2 Ne6 43. Qh4 a5 44. Rcd1 Rxc2 45. Rxc2 Qxc2 46. Rc1 Qxb2 47. Rxc6 d3 48. Ra6 Qd4 0-1
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