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#about_Tigran_Petrosian
▪️ Tigran Petrosian
▪️ Soviet Armenian Grandmaster
▪️ World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969
🔰 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)
🔰 Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was born in 1929 in Tbilisi, Georgia of Armenian parents. His parents died before he was 16 and he found consolation in chess. He was greatly influenced by Nimzovitch's theories and his play was deeply prophylactic, preventing any plans his opponents might come up with. He enjoyed slowly improving the position of his pieces and closed positions where he could quietly fight for the control of key squares. His style of play made his games less accessible to anyone other than masters and this made him one of the least popular of the World Champions. He defeated Mikhail Botvinnik in 1963 to become World Champion and lost his title to Boris Spassky in 1969.
♦️ A memorable game by Petrosian👇
🔸Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush
🔸USSR Championship (1950), Moscow URS, rd 2, Nov-13
🔸Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43)
♦️ Review and download annotated PGN file👇
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▪️ Tigran Petrosian
▪️ Soviet Armenian Grandmaster
▪️ World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969
🔰 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)
🔰 Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was born in 1929 in Tbilisi, Georgia of Armenian parents. His parents died before he was 16 and he found consolation in chess. He was greatly influenced by Nimzovitch's theories and his play was deeply prophylactic, preventing any plans his opponents might come up with. He enjoyed slowly improving the position of his pieces and closed positions where he could quietly fight for the control of key squares. His style of play made his games less accessible to anyone other than masters and this made him one of the least popular of the World Champions. He defeated Mikhail Botvinnik in 1963 to become World Champion and lost his title to Boris Spassky in 1969.
♦️ A memorable game by Petrosian👇
🔸Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush
🔸USSR Championship (1950), Moscow URS, rd 2, Nov-13
🔸Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43)
♦️ Review and download annotated PGN file👇
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25... Kh7?
Black had probably predicted that his h-pawn would be lost, but he intended to penetrate to the-g-file. Although this plan turns out to be a mistake.
25... Rae8! would be better, with the idea of ...f6.
26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Qd3!+ Kh8 28. Qd1 Bh6 29. Qxh5 Rg8+ 30. Kh2 Rg2+ 31. Kh3 Kh7 32. Nf3 Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Rag8 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Rxg1 +-
Black had probably predicted that his h-pawn would be lost, but he intended to penetrate to the-g-file. Although this plan turns out to be a mistake.
25... Rae8! would be better, with the idea of ...f6.
26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Qd3!+ Kh8 28. Qd1 Bh6 29. Qxh5 Rg8+ 30. Kh2 Rg2+ 31. Kh3 Kh7 32. Nf3 Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Rag8 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Rxg1 +-
19. Bxg7?
Overlooking the opponent's intermediate move, costs White a pawn and the game. 19.Bxe4 should have been played first.
19...Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxf2! 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rd2 Kxg7 23. Nc3 Ne4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Re2 f5 0-1
Overlooking the opponent's intermediate move, costs White a pawn and the game. 19.Bxe4 should have been played first.
19...Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxf2! 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rd2 Kxg7 23. Nc3 Ne4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Re2 f5 0-1
24... Rf7?
24... Bxc4!
Black's only way to get counterplay.
25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. R1h7+ Ke8 =
25.Ke1! Re7 26. Rh8+ Qxh8 27. Rxh8+ Bxh8 28. Bg5 Nd5 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. g4 axb3 31.axb3 Bc8 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Qg3+ Kf7 34. Qxc7 +-
24... Bxc4!
Black's only way to get counterplay.
25. bxc4 Nxc4 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. R1h7+ Ke8 =
25.Ke1! Re7 26. Rh8+ Qxh8 27. Rxh8+ Bxh8 28. Bg5 Nd5 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. g4 axb3 31.axb3 Bc8 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Qg3+ Kf7 34. Qxc7 +-
28... Rc8!
A winning move that requires to deep calculation.
29. c3
29. Rd2 Qg1+ 30. Rd1 Rxc2!+
The point of 28...Rc8!.
31. Kxc2 Rc7+ 32. Kd2 Qf2+ 33. Qe2 Rc2+
29... Nc5 30. Qd6+ Rac7 31. Rd1 Qe3+ 0-1
A winning move that requires to deep calculation.
29. c3
29. Rd2 Qg1+ 30. Rd1 Rxc2!+
The point of 28...Rc8!.
31. Kxc2 Rc7+ 32. Kd2 Qf2+ 33. Qe2 Rc2+
29... Nc5 30. Qd6+ Rac7 31. Rd1 Qe3+ 0-1
It's important to note that Ng5-e4 is a threat. It's worth Black's while occupying d5 and the knight is the best man for the job.
19...h6! 20.Rc1 Nc7 21.Rdc2 Nd5=/+
19...h6! 20.Rc1 Nc7 21.Rdc2 Nd5=/+
This was not a trick question and the simplest course of action is clearly the best. Black should pressure the c2-pawn and with ... b7-b5 as well as ...Bxc4 always available to budge the knight, Black's position should practically play itself! --- The game continued:
18...Rac8 19.0-0 Rc6 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Na5 R6c7 22.Qd2 Qf4 23.Qxf4 exf4-/+
18...Rac8 19.0-0 Rc6 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Na5 R6c7 22.Qd2 Qf4 23.Qxf4 exf4-/+