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Tigran Petrosian vs Yuri Averbakh
USSR Championship (1950), Moscow URS, rd 11, Nov-29
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation (D31)  ·  0-1

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Aug-15-05  Runemaster: A grinding win by Averbakh against a young Petrosian - the database showed that they ended 2-2 in decisive games.

Averbakh had some pressure to overcome. After 23 moves, he's the exchange down for a pawn, but his queenside pawns end up doing the job for him.

Still, I can't help feeling that Petrosian in his best years would not have lost this game. His 19.Ne5+ is the sort of showy move we don't normally associate with Petrosian. Although it led to him winning the exchange, there was a lot still to do after that. Petrosian in his best years used to mostly sacrifice the exchange, not win it.

Aug-15-05  aw1988: Right, 19. a5 was the move.

<refutor> Here's one for your D44 collection.

May-28-09  The Duffer 1965: Averbakh was a mature 28 and Petrosian an up and coming 21 when this was played.
Sep-28-11  wordfunph: game quote..

"I first played against Petrosian in 1947, in a Semi-Final of the USSR Championship. Despite his youth (he was 18 years old), he gave the impression of being a player who would happily take other players' pawns, but did not like giving up his own."

- GM Yuri Averbakh

Source: Averbakh's Selected Games

Jun-25-12  The17thPawn: Even Petrosian could be overcome by the great grinder Averbakh. There is no shame here as this is a young Petrosian and Averbakh was a top flight GM in his prime. Nobody could afford to take him lightly, except maybe Botvinnik:)

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