One of His Most Famous
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Exchange Sacrifice to Hold onto the Title
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
The Four Queens Game
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pachman Fever
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Petrosian Believed in an Active King
Petrosian vs J Peters, 1976  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 1-0
King goes from one end to the other.
Petrosian vs Unzicker, 1960  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0
At his Best, You Just Can't Break Through Petrosian's Defense
Petrosian vs Stein, 1961  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 39 moves, 1-0
Great Tactical Shot at the End
Petrosian vs Mecking, 1969  (B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 1-0
A Kalantar vs Petrosian, 1948  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 48 moves, 0-1
Petrosian walks through a mating net!
R Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 50 moves, 0-1
Petrosian Teaches the Young Fischer a Lesson
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1959  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 31 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Retreat Game
Petrosian vs Aronin, 1961  (A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1961  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 47 moves, 0-1
Petrosian Really Liked Letting his King Walk Around
J Diez del Corral vs Petrosian, 1969  (C18) French, Winawer, 54 moves, 0-1
He can be Quick on the Attack Too
Petrosian vs E Nievergelt, 1954  (A47) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Queen Merely Threatens the Kingside to Destroy it
Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1961  (E12) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
A Personal Favorite
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs A Pirtskhalava, 1947  (A90) Dutch, 36 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs A A Bikhovsky, 1968  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Petrosian Walks Over Keres
Keres vs Petrosian, 1959  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 51 moves, 0-1
One of the Greatest Defensive Games of All Time
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1
Dunaev vs Petrosian, 1946  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 0-1
Filip vs Petrosian, 1965  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Szabo vs Petrosian, 1952  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 47 moves, 0-1
Tolush vs Petrosian, 1957  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Najdorf, 1961  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 40 moves, 1-0
Unstoppable Queening Pawn!
Petrosian vs Polugaevsky, 1963  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
F Olafsson vs Petrosian, 1961  (C16) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs H Ree, 1972  (A26) English, 30 moves, 1-0
A Queenmate!
Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1
A Chistiakov vs Petrosian, 1956  (C16) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Keres, 1952  (E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 36 moves, 1-0
A Dueckstein vs Petrosian, 1962  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969  (E12) Queen's Indian, 56 moves, 0-1
Larsen Thinks He's Found a Winning Tactic- He didn't!
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1972  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Gligoric, 1959  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 45 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 32 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Gufeld, 1961  (E70) King's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
Similar Tactical Shot of Petrosian vs. Mecking
Petrosian vs Ivkov, 1978  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0
Petrosian Gobbles up Space
Petrosian vs Lutikov, 1959  (E92) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1970  (A14) English, 36 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs J H Donner, 1966  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 55 moves, 1-0
Hort vs Petrosian, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs A Bannik, 1958  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 61 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Lilienthal, 1949  (C49) Four Knights, 44 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Bondarevsky, 1950  (A92) Dutch, 41 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 68 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 0-1
Benko vs Petrosian, 1959  (A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs L Schmid, 1961  (A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 31 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky vs Petrosian, 1953  (E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian vs Tal, 1963  (A36) English, 50 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs I Pogrebissky, 1949  (D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 28 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Gligoric, 1968  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 51 moves, 1-0
Unstoppable pawn
L Schulman vs Petrosian, 1967  (E77) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Kopelevic, 1942  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 24 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (A21) English, 52 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Taimanov, 1955  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs P Trifunovic, 1957  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 48 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs G Pfeiffer, 1960  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
B Andersen vs Petrosian, 1960  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 29 moves, 0-1
Pachman vs Petrosian, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 36 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs C Guimard, 1955  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Ivkov, 1965  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Tal, 1962  (A12) English with b3, 64 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1971  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1971  (A20) English, 41 moves, 1-0
What a Draw!
Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian vs H Corral, 1954  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1969  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 38 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs S Schweber, 1962  (E73) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Joppen vs Petrosian, 1954  (C16) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs A Bisguier, 1954  (A36) English, 46 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs W Schmidt, 1972  (A16) English, 38 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Petrosian, 1950  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Portisch, 1974  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
J Sefc vs Petrosian, 1957  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 96 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs A Sidorov, 1950  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs M Pavey, 1955  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946  (A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (C00) French Defense, 48 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Mecking, 1971  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs A Nielsen, 1960  (A80) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs N Suer, 1962  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
ANOTHER Queenmate From the Master!
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1960  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 45 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Filip, 1962  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
An Instructive Draw
Tal vs Petrosian, 1958  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian vs Y Kotkov, 1946  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1962  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 21 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1951  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 51 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Kelendzheridze, 1945  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Balashov, 1974  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 28 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1977  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs F N Ignatiev, 1958  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
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