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Tigran Petrosian's inexorable advance against Bobby Fischer in the Caro-Kann defence - 1959

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â–ºPlaylists: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/c... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"] [Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1959.09.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1959.09.07"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d4 9. Nb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 e5 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe2 g5 14. Nf3 h6 15. h4 Rg8 (15... g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. f3 {white better}) 16. a3 Qe7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qd2 Nd7 (18... g4 19. Nh4) 19. c3 O-O-O 20. cxd4 exd4 21. b4 Kb8 22. Rfc1 Nce5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 (23... Nxe5 24. Rxc5) 24. Rc4 Rc8 25. Rac1 g4 26. Qb2 Rgd8 27. a4 (27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. Bf1 Rc7) 27... Qe7 28. Rb1 (28. bxc5 Ne5 29. Rxd4 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Bf1 Rdd8) 28... Ne5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Nxd3 31. Qd2 Nxc5 32. Qf4+ Qc7 33. Qxg4 Nxa4 34. e5 Nc5 35. Qf3 d3 36. Qe3 d2 37. Bf3 Na4 (37... Rd3 38. Qe2 a5) 38. Qe4 (38. Rxb7+ Qxb7) 38... Nc5 (38... Nb2 39. Rxb2 (39. Bd1 Nxd1 40. Rxd1 Qc1 41. Qa4 a5) 39... Qc1+ 40. Bd1 (40. Kg2 Qc2 (40... Qxb2)) 40... Qxb2) 39. Qe2 a6 40. Kg2 Ka7 41. Qe3 Rd3 42. Qf4 Qd7 43. Qc4 b6 44. Rd1 a5 45. Qf4 Rd4 46. Qh6 b5 47. Qe3 Kb6 48. Qh6+ Ne6 49. Qe3 Ka6 50. Be2 a4 51. Qc3 Kb6 52. Qe3 Nc5 53. Bf3 b4 54. Qh6+ Ne6 55. Qh8 Qd8 56. Qh7 Qd7 57. Qh8 b3 58. Qb8+ Ka5 59. Qa8+ Kb5 60. Qb8+ Kc4 61. Qg8 Kc3 62. Bh5 Nd8 (62... b2 63. Qxf7 Qxf7 64. Bxf7 Kc2) 63. Bf3 a3 64. Qf8 Kb2 65. Qh8 Ne6 (65... a2 66. Rxd2+ Rxd2 (66... Kc3 67. Rd1 b2) 67. e6+ Qd4) 66. Qa8 a2 67. Qa5 Qa4 (67... a1=Q 68. Qxa1+ Kc2) 68. Rxd2+ Ka3 (68... Rxd2 69. Qxd2+ Ka3 70. Qd6+ Qb4 71. Qa6+ Kb2 72. Qe2+) 0-1 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Fischer vs Petrosian 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 Fischer By Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-76052-0335,_Schacholympiade,_Tal_(UdSSR)_gegen_Fischer_(USA).jpg: Kohls, Ulrich derivative work: Karpouzi [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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