Just another exchange sacrifice Hort vs Petrosian, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 48 moves, 0-1 Probably Petrosian's best known game Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 Amazingly, Black is dead lost after move 21 Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1971  (A20) English, 41 moves, 1-0 Bobotsov tries to emulate the master, loses queen instead Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1 Much typical Petrosian manuvering, spectacular finish Keres vs Petrosian, 1959  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 51 moves, 0-1 One king avoids two queens by hiding in a clump of enemy pawns Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2 Here the king does a cute little sidestep Petrosian vs J Peters, 1976  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 50 moves, 1-0 Featuring a positional squeeze and a comical king stroll Petrosian vs Unzicker, 1960  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0 Observe the unique strategy of retreating to the back rank Petrosian vs Aronin, 1961   (A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 Sometimes, the best offense really is a good defense Petrosian vs Stein, 1961   (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 39 moves, 1-0 Black forgoes castling to save his g7 bishop--a good choice Unzicker vs Petrosian, 1962  (B06) Robatsch, 72 moves, 0-1 Whirlwind attack from "boring" position Petrosian vs Hort, 1972  (A15) English, 26 moves, 1-0 Petrosian plays the hippo O Sabitov vs Petrosian, 1983  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 0-1 more subtle and unusual opening strategy Petrosian vs W Schmidt, 1972  (A16) English, 38 moves, 1-0 Black is just plain outmanuvered Petrosian vs M Pavey, 1955  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 48 moves, 1-0 The strangler fig J Sefc vs Petrosian, 1957  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 96 moves, 0-1 The manuver Ra8-b8-b7-g7-f7 combines defense and attack A Pomar vs Petrosian, 1970  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 30 moves, 0-1 E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1 Yet another bizarre king walk by the master R Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 50 moves, 0-1 Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Object: Draw Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2 Petrosian at the top of his game Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1 An exchange sac and suddenly it's all over Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1983  (A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1 Why is Petrosian's king so often his farthest-advanced piece? Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 68 moves, 0-1 Knights are usually better than bishops in closed positions Petrosian vs S Schweber, 1962  (E73) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1-0 Super Nezh is hit with chess kryptonite, part I Petrosian vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1949  (C46) Three Knights, 43 moves, 1-0 Super Nezh is hit with chess kryptonite, part II R Nezhmetdinov vs Petrosian, 1954  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 0-1 Super Nezh is hit with chess kryptonite, part III Petrosian vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1959  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 47 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 0-1 In this game, Tigran didn't crouch Petrosian vs Taimanov, 1955  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 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 If one exchange sacrifice is good, then two must be better O Troianescu vs Petrosian, 1953  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 0-1 Y Sakharov vs Petrosian, 1956  (C16) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 0-1 Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1 P H Clarke vs Petrosian, 1958  (C02) French, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1 B Andersen vs Petrosian, 1960  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 29 moves, 0-1 Another Petrosian king walk J Diez del Corral vs Petrosian, 1969  (C18) French, Winawer, 54 moves, 0-1 Petrosian vs V Loginov, 1983  (E92) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0 K Langeweg vs Petrosian, 1973  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 51 moves, 0-1 Petrosian vs Mecking, 1971  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0 Double feature: exchange sacrifice and king walk A Dueckstein vs Petrosian, 1962  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1 J Durao vs Petrosian, 1977  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 32 moves, 0-1 Petrosian vs C Guimard, 1955  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0 Tolush vs Petrosian, 1957  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1 Aganalian vs Petrosian, 1945  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 0-1 Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 Petrosian vs Geller, 1956  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 73 moves, 1-0 Larsen foolishly allows Petrosian to sacrifice the exchange B Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (C00) French Defense, 48 moves, 0-1 Petrosian vs M Bertok, 1965  (A22) English, 61 moves, 1-0 Yet another example of Petrosian's fighting king Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0 When Petrosian sacrifices, it's time to resign. Petrosian vs G Pfeiffer, 1960  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0 51 games