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Tigran Petrosian Amazing Immortal Chess Game! vs Bobby Fischer - Candidates Match (1971) : Gruenfeld

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â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags: 20 consecutive victories, iron tigran, Gruenfeld defence, Bf4 solid va... (Show Full Description)

â™šPlay turn style chess at Chessworld.net: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 Instructive game tags: 20 consecutive victories, iron tigran, Gruenfeld defence, Bf4 solid variation, capturing away from center, handling c3 threat elegantly, giving up bishop pair, central pawns, maximising central pawns, central knight, powerful a2 bishop, doubling pawns, f5 target, playing on both sides of the board, pawn duo, pawns side by side, dynamic aggressive, aggressive pawns, dynamic pawns, dynamic pawn structure, f-file pressure, maximising bishop, opposite coloured bishops Game quality tags: amazing, awesome, astonishing, brilliant, classic, crushing, dynamic, elegant, exceptional, excellent, exciting, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fascinating, finest, flashy, greatest, important, impressive, incredible, instructive, incredible, interesting, magnificent, marvellous, memorable, mind-blowing, must see, outrageous, remarkable, scintillating, sparkling, stunning, superb, thrilling, top, unbelievable, wonderful Tigran Petrosian Soviet Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasised safety above all else.[1][2] Petrosian was a Candidate for the World Championship on eight occasions (1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1980). He won the world championship in 1963 (against Mikhail Botvinnik), successfully defended it in 1966 (against Boris Spassky), and lost it in 1969 (to Spassky). Thus he was the defending World Champion or a World Championship candidate in ten consecutive three-year cycles. He won the Soviet Championship four times (1959, 1961, 1969, and 1975). Petrosian was recognised as the hardest player to beat in the history of chess by the authors of a 2004 book.[3]} 1. d4 {Fischer had 20 consecutive victories prior to this game} ... In the quarter-finals of the Candidates Matches leading to the world championship, Fischer swept Grandmaster Mark Taimanov 6Ã¢â‚¬"0. In the semi-finals, Fischer swept Grandmaster Bent Larsen by the same score.} [Event "Fischer - Petrosian Candidates Final"] [Site "Buenos Aires ARG"] [Date "1971.10.05"] [EventDate "1971.09.30"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Ba2 Bf5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nd4 Qxc5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. O-O Qa5 18. Qc2 f4 19. c4 fxe3 20. c5 Qd2 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. Rcd1 Qe2 23. d6 Qh5 24. f4 e2 25. fxe5 exd1=Q 26. Rxd1 Qxe5 27. Rf1 f6 28. Qb3 Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. dxe7 f5 31. Rxf5 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 1-0 â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail : Petrosian By uploader Koperczak (talk) 08:49, 3 April 2009 (UTC), photographer unknown (scanned from "Szukam raju" Iskry, Warsaw 1975) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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