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Viktor Korchnoi vs Tigran V Petrosian
3rd Soviet Team Cup (1961), Moscow URS, rd 5, Dec-??
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation Morozevich Line (C11)  ·  1-0

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Jun-26-08  Ulhumbrus: 13...b5 disturbs without necessity the pawns on the side where Black is going to castle. Instead of this, an alternative is 13..0-0-0 at once with the plan of ..Rg8, ...Nf8, ...Ng6 and in the event of g3, ..f5 and ..f4 as in the game

Nimzowitsch vs J Perlis, 1907

Nimzovich comments on this game in his book "My system".

Apr-14-11  ewan14: 13 ... b5

I cannot believe Petrosian was taking this game ( too ) seriously

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