35 Bxe6+! Petrosian knows that blockaders do not defend
Petrosian vs Polugaevsky, 1963  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
Petrosian's knights run amok after a Bxf7+! sacrifice
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1962  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 21 moves, 1-0
Petrosian nearly plays an immortal game
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian vs C Guimard, 1955  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0
Unbelievably brilliant king attack by Petrosian
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Petrosian playing his favorite Torre Attack
Petrosian vs F Olafsson, 1962  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs A Sidorov, 1950  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1-0
Petrosian's two(!) exchange sacrifices produce an easy win
O Troianescu vs Petrosian, 1953  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 0-1
Petrosian's c8-bishop is never developed, Tal loses in 27 moves
Tal vs Petrosian, 1973  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 27 moves, 0-1
30 - Rc4! Petrosian again sacrifices exchange for passed pawns
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969  (E12) Queen's Indian, 56 moves, 0-1
Petrosian defeats KID expert Stein with the Petrosian System
Petrosian vs Stein, 1961  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 39 moves, 1-0
Have the better pawn structure? Trade down to endgame.
Petrosian vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1949  (C46) Three Knights, 43 moves, 1-0
Instructive bishop ending
V Tarasov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A56) Benoni Defense, 64 moves, 0-1
Petrosian plays great zwischenzug 23 Rd6! after 22 ... NxBg2?
Petrosian vs N Sorokin, 1944  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
Petrosian gain control of the light squares, wins easily
Petrosian vs Mecking, 1969  (B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Hort, 1972  (A15) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Smilga vs Petrosian, 1946  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 46 moves, 0-1
Petrosian demonstrates the "Importance of Structure" (Stean)
Petrosian vs Portisch, 1974  (A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0
25 Nd2xc4? Qa5-c7! Petrosian pins along newly opened c-file
Szabo vs Petrosian, 1953  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 39 moves, 0-1
23 Qd3xa6!! tactical fireworks after a positional masterpiece
Petrosian vs Psakhis, 1982  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 34 moves, 1-0
Petrosian uses the Samisch to defeat Uhlmann's KID
Petrosian vs Uhlmann, 1968  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 1-0
"aesthetic aggregation of force in the centre" -- Keene
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1971  (A20) English, 41 moves, 1-0
Petrosian plays the 5 Bg5 line against the Grunfeld (Palliser)
Petrosian vs Krogius, 1959  (D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 41 moves, 1-0
Petrosian wins an instructive two bishops endgame versus B+N
Petrosian vs B Gurgenidze, 1956  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 47 moves, 1-0
Petrosian just goes nuts with his knights on moves 31-36
Furman vs Petrosian, 1961  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 0-1
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