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♦️ March Unity Open Tournament
♦️March 10th, 2018
🔹 4SS | USCF Rated
♦️ Time Control: G/55 ; +5
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♦️ March Unity Open Tournament
♦️March 10th, 2018
🔹 4SS | USCF Rated
♦️ Time Control: G/55 ; +5
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▪️ Tigran Petrosian
▪️ Chess Grandmaster
♦️Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet Armenian Grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasised safety above all else.
🔸 Full name: Tigran Vardani Petrosian
🔸 Country: Soviet Union
🔸 Born: June 17, 1929 Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Tbilisi, Georgia)
🔸 Died: August 13, 1984 (aged 55) Moscow, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (1952)
🔸 World Champion: 1963–1969
🔸 Peak rating: 2645 (July 1972)
♦️ Petrosian was born to Armenian parents on June 17, 1929 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR (modern-day Georgia). As a young boy, Petrosian was an excellent student and enjoyed studying, as did his brother Hmayak and sister Vartoosh. He learned to play chess at the age of 8, though his illiterate father Vartan encouraged him to continue studying, as he thought chess was unlikely to bring his son any success as a career. Petrosian was orphaned during World War II and was forced to sweep streets to earn a living.
♦️A memorable game by Petrosian vs Bobby Fischer known "King Leer" in chessgames.com site 👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Robert James Fischer vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
▪️ Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Sep-08
▪️ Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack. Mindeno Variation Exchange Line (B11)
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▪️ Chess Grandmaster
♦️Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet Armenian Grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasised safety above all else.
🔸 Full name: Tigran Vardani Petrosian
🔸 Country: Soviet Union
🔸 Born: June 17, 1929 Tiflis, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Tbilisi, Georgia)
🔸 Died: August 13, 1984 (aged 55) Moscow, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Grandmaster (1952)
🔸 World Champion: 1963–1969
🔸 Peak rating: 2645 (July 1972)
♦️ Petrosian was born to Armenian parents on June 17, 1929 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR (modern-day Georgia). As a young boy, Petrosian was an excellent student and enjoyed studying, as did his brother Hmayak and sister Vartoosh. He learned to play chess at the age of 8, though his illiterate father Vartan encouraged him to continue studying, as he thought chess was unlikely to bring his son any success as a career. Petrosian was orphaned during World War II and was forced to sweep streets to earn a living.
♦️A memorable game by Petrosian vs Bobby Fischer known "King Leer" in chessgames.com site 👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Robert James Fischer vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
▪️ Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 2, Sep-08
▪️ Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack. Mindeno Variation Exchange Line (B11)
Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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📘 23...Nc5?
The only chance to save the game is: 23...R×d6 24.e×d6 Nc5.
24.Rc4! Qh6 25.Rh4
Nakamura has completely exploited his opponent's mistake.
The only chance to save the game is: 23...R×d6 24.e×d6 Nc5.
24.Rc4! Qh6 25.Rh4
Nakamura has completely exploited his opponent's mistake.
📘 27.Ng5+!!
A brilliant sacrifice by Anand.
Anand creates another masterpiece!
27...h×g5 28.R×f7+ Q×f7 29.h×g5+ Kg7 30.Qh6# 1-0
A brilliant sacrifice by Anand.
Anand creates another masterpiece!
27...h×g5 28.R×f7+ Q×f7 29.h×g5+ Kg7 30.Qh6# 1-0
📘45...Bg4?
Karjakin had obtained a winning position, so he did not need to complicate the game.
45...Q×c2 46.Re1 (46.R×d4 Qc5 -+) 46.Qc3-+
46.B×e5! B×d1 47.Bc4+ Kg7 48.B×f6!+ K×f6 49.Qd6+ Kg7 50.Qe7+ Kh6 51.Qh4+ Bh5 52.Qf4+ Kh7 53.Qf7+ Kh6 54.Qf4+ =
Karjakin had obtained a winning position, so he did not need to complicate the game.
45...Q×c2 46.Re1 (46.R×d4 Qc5 -+) 46.Qc3-+
46.B×e5! B×d1 47.Bc4+ Kg7 48.B×f6!+ K×f6 49.Qd6+ Kg7 50.Qe7+ Kh6 51.Qh4+ Bh5 52.Qf4+ Kh7 53.Qf7+ Kh6 54.Qf4+ =
📘 26.Rad1??
Mamedyarov's blunder in the first round of Tal Memorial blitz tournament.
(26.Qd1! Rc2+ 27.Kg1=)
26...Rc2+ 27.Ke3 B×e4 28.B×e4 Qf2+ 29.K×d3 Rd8+ 0-1
Mamedyarov's blunder in the first round of Tal Memorial blitz tournament.
(26.Qd1! Rc2+ 27.Kg1=)
26...Rc2+ 27.Ke3 B×e4 28.B×e4 Qf2+ 29.K×d3 Rd8+ 0-1
📕 17...d5!
Strong, thematic, but so powerful precisely because White's entire strategy rests upon preventing this very breakout.
Strong, thematic, but so powerful precisely because White's entire strategy rests upon preventing this very breakout.
📕20.Nh3!
Apparently the move which Kasparov underestimated in his calculations. The importance of the move is two-fold. Firstly, this square is quite secure, and the knight will not be dragged away from the crucial function of keeping Black's 'Grunfeld' bishop out of the play for some time. Secondly, the possibility of playing f2-f3 spells some restriction for his opponent's light-squared bishop too.
Apparently the move which Kasparov underestimated in his calculations. The importance of the move is two-fold. Firstly, this square is quite secure, and the knight will not be dragged away from the crucial function of keeping Black's 'Grunfeld' bishop out of the play for some time. Secondly, the possibility of playing f2-f3 spells some restriction for his opponent's light-squared bishop too.