The epic K march! Iron Tiger scratches win out of nowhere
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0
Holding the advantage with cool defense and then crushing!
Petrosian vs Stein, 1961  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 39 moves, 1-0
Pure Strategy and Amazing Pawn Moves in the End
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 0-1
The most beautiful game ever played in WC finals' history
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Strategy masterpiece
Petrosian vs Unzicker, 1960  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0
"U think my K is in danger? No buddy, it's yours"
R Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 50 moves, 0-1
Slow squeezing finished with great combo
Petrosian vs M Pavey, 1955  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
The perfect pawn chain
Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
An exemplary exchange sac
Aganalian vs Petrosian, 1945  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 0-1
Simple Chess
Petrosian vs Suetin, 1958  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 61 moves, 1-0
Slowly paving pass pawn's road to queening
Petrosian vs Alburt, 1977  (A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 1-0
A subtle Q trap
Filip vs Petrosian, 1956  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1
Another K walk by the master
Petrosian vs J Peters, 1976  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 1-0
Those weak light squares...
Petrosian vs Mecking, 1969  (B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 1-0
Retreating to win
Petrosian vs Aronin, 1961  (A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
A great Q sac leading to a favourable endgame
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1972  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0
No other human could defend this, only Petrosian
Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
A lightning from the blue
Petrosian vs Polugaevsky, 1963  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
A win in a pure positional style
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1959  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 31 moves, 1-0
Smells like Petrosian spirit
Petrosian vs Najdorf, 1961  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 40 moves, 1-0
Q trap followed by a R trap
Petrosian vs R Cardoso, 1958  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
Minority attacks
Petrosian vs H Rossetto, 1958  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
Quick KO
Petrosian vs L Schmid, 1961  (A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 31 moves, 1-0
Sac'ing for a monster center
Petrosian vs G Pfeiffer, 1960  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
11 years before the title match
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1952  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 46 moves, 0-1
K walk to complete the mating net
Petrosian vs Filip, 1953  (D80) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 1-0
Long term strategical planning
Petrosian vs B Milic, 1954  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 50 moves, 1-0
Long term strategical planning 2
Petrosian vs G Kluger, 1955  (E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
Amazing K walk while Q R and B on the board
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 68 moves, 0-1
Petrosian - The flawless attacker
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1971  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0
No formalities, just a quick KO!
Petrosian vs F Visier Segovia, 1974  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Both positional and tactical. A great game by Tigran
Petrosian vs Gulko, 1978  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 40 moves, 1-0
Another fierce attack stopped coldly
Simagin vs Petrosian, 1955  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
Doubled Pawns as Weapons
Petrosian vs M Aaron, 1962  (A26) English, 49 moves, 1-0
Devastating attack
Petrosian vs A A Bikhovsky, 1968  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
All tied up in the end, UNBELIEVABLE!
Petrosian vs H Ree, 1972  (A26) English, 30 moves, 1-0
Restricted Bs
Petrosian vs A Nielsen, 1960  (A80) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0
A French lesson
Y Sakharov vs Petrosian, 1957  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 42 moves, 0-1
Somehow everything's taken into consideration
Petrosian vs M Mukhitdinov, 1951  (E91) King's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Outstanding strangulation
Petrosian vs Savon, 1972  (D94) Grunfeld, 36 moves, 1-0
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