[Event "Spartak tt"] [Site "?"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E97"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2023.03.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 {Petrosian regularly joked/bragged about feeding his family thanks to his opponents playing the King's Indian. His overall record against it was excellent--a good thing, because if this game had been representative his family would have starved to death.} O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {Thanks especially to Vladimir Kramnik in the 1990s this system became a major challenge to the King's Indian. It (the "Bayonet Attack") was known before that, but wasn't particular successful.} Nh5 (9... a5) (9... Ne8) 10. Nd2 (10. Re1 {is and has been the main line for many years now, and}) (10. c5 {is an interesting second choice.}) 10... Nf4 11. Bf3 {No one plays this way anymore. The bishop is much better on f1, e.g. after 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1.} f5 12. a4 g5 13. exf5 Nxf5 {This position happened a bunch of times in the 1990s (and practically never since), and in those games almost everyone followed in Petrosian's footsteps with 14.g3. It was better to start clearing the long diagonal, however, with 14.Ra2 or 14.Ra3.} 14. g3 $6 Nh3+ 15. Kg2 Qd7 $15 16. Ba3 $2 {Though the Petrosian game was unknown, it seems that no one unknowingly followed in his footsteps - which is good. This move loses.} (16. Be4 $6 {was generally chosen. It's not great either, but it's better than Petrosian's move.} g4 $17 {/-+} 17. Nb3 Qf7 {(generally) followed by ...Qh5 leaves White in deep trouble, though not yet losing by force.}) (16. Nde4 $146 Nd4 17. Be2 g4 $1 18. f3 $1 h5 $1 $15 {was best, with only a slight advantage for Black.}) 16... Nd4 $19 17. Be4 $6 (17. Nce4 {was better, but not great.} g4 18. Be2 Qf5 19. Bb2 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 Nf4+ $1 21. gxf4 exf4 $19 {White must stop the threatened ...f3+, but there's no sensible way to do that and also protect the loose bishop on b2. Black will regain his piece and wind up with an extra pawn and two bishops vs. two knights.}) 17... Nxf2 $1 {A brutal loss for an all-time great, who was still a top five player at the time.} (17... Nxf2 $1 18. Rxf2 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Rxf2 20. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 21. Ke3 (21. Ke1 $2 Qxg3+ 22. Kf1 Bh3+ 23. Bg2 Qxg2+ 24. Ke1 Qg3#) (21. Bg2 Bh3 22. Qh1 Rf8+ $19) 21... Qxg3+ 22. Nf3 Bf5 23. Qh1 Rf8 24. Rf1 g4 $19 {Rather than suffering in such a hopeless position, Petrosian decided to throw in the towel.}) 0-1