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Tigran Petrosian vs Anatoly Avraamovich Bikhovsky
Moscow Championship (1968), Moscow URS
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek (Petrosian) Variation (D31)  ·  1-0

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Dec-18-04  ArturoRivera: Wow, black gets mated after:
29.-Kd7
30.-Bf5+ Kc7
31.-Bf4

Who said Petrosian was Boring?

Jul-23-09  stanleys: <ArturoRivera:>

30.Qd5+ Ke8 31.Bg6+ seems even stronger to me

btw at the closing ceremony Petrosian received a prize for this game.He was really surprised:

"I wouldn't have given a prize for such a game!"

Jul-29-15  1971: So is Petrosian the best player ever?
May-14-16  andrea volponi: 19...Cd4!=
May-14-16  ewan14: It appears so effortless !

Blacks pieces become so passive

May-15-16  andrea volponi: 19Cd4!-Axh6 gxh6-Cd6 Dd7-Dxh6 f5-Dg6=
May-15-16  ndg2: Yet again a tactical masterpiece by the great wizard from Latvia, Michail Ta...

Oops!

Jun-22-16  andrea volponi: 17Cxh6!!+Rh8-Cd5 exd5-exd5 Ac5-Ag5 Cd4-Axf6 Ce6- . 2.93-deep 28
Oct-13-21
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  kingscrusher: Petrosian seems to have been pressured into playing like Tal - another use of tactical ability - to just destroy kings rather than prophylaxis!

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