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Bobby Fischer meets Tigran Petrosian at the Bled Chess Tournament 1961 - Caro-Kann defence
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[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
{Tigran Petrosian (Armenian: ÕÂÕ«Õ£Ö€Õ¡Õ¶ ÕŠÕ¥Õ¿Ö€Õ¸Õ½ÕµÕ¡Õ¶ Tigran Petrosyan;
Russian: âøóрðý Ã'ðртðýþòøч ßõтрþÑÂÑÂý Tigran Vartanovich
Petrosyan; June 17, 1929 â€" August 13, 1984) was a 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] Petrosian has no losses in 1962 according to
chessgames.com!} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd5 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Qe4 b5 (15... O-O 16. Bd3 g6 17. h4 Qb4 18. Ka1 h5
19. Be2 (19. g4 Nf6)) 16. Bd3 a5 17. c3 Qd6 18. g3 (18. Rhe1 Qf4) 18... b4 19.
c4 Nf6 20. Qe5 c5 (20... Qxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Rhe1 Nc5 23. Bf1) (20... Qxd4
21. Qxa5 O-O (21... Rb8 22. Bxh7 Qxc4 23. Bc2) 22. Bxh7+) 21. Qg5 (21. Qxc5
Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rc8 23. Bc2 Ke7) 21... h6 22. Qxc5 (22. Qxg7 Ke7 23. Bg6 Rdf8 24.
dxc5 Qc6 (24... Qxc5 25. Rhe1 Rhg8 26. Rxe6+ Kxe6 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. Re1+ Kf5
29. g4+ Kf4 30. Qxf7 Qd4) 25. Rhe1 Rhg8 26. Rd6 Rxg7 27. Rxc6 Rxg6 28. Rc7+ Kd8
{unclear}) 22... Qxc5 23. dxc5 Ke7 24. c6 Rd6 (24... Rc8 25. Rhe1 Rxc6 26. Re5
Rd8) 25. Rhe1 Rxc6 26. Re5 Ra8 27. Be4 Rd6 (27... Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd6 {equal})
28. Bxa8 (28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. Rxe6+ fxe6 30. Bxa8 Nd7 31. Be4 Kc5 {black seems
solid enough} 32. b3 Kd4 33. Bc2 g5) 28... Rxd1+ 29. Kc2 Rf1 30. Rxa5 Rxf2+ 31.
Kb3 Rh2 (31... Kd6 32. c5+ Kc7 33. Bh1 Nd5) (31... Nd7 32. c5 Kd8 33. c6 Nb6
34. Ra7 Nxa8) 32. c5 (32. Ra7+ Kd6 33. Rxf7 Rxh3 34. Kxb4 Rxg3 35. c5+ Ke5 36.
c6 Nd5+ 37. Ka5 g5 38. c7 Nxc7 39. Rxc7 g4 40. Rc5+ Kf6 41. a4 Rb3 42. Rb5 Rd3)
32... Kd8 (32... Nd7 33. Bc6 Kd8 34. Ra8+ Kc7 {Equal}) 33. Rb5 (33. Kxb4 Rxb2+)
33... Rxh3 $6 (33... Kc7 34. Rxb4 (34. Rb7+ Kc6 35. Rxf7+ Kxc5 36. Rc7+ Kb5)
34... Nd7 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Rb5 Rxh3 37. a4) (33... Nd7 34. c6 Nf6 35. Rb8+ Kc7
36. Rf8) 34. Rb8+ Kc7 (34... Kd7 35. Rb7+ Kd8 36. Rxf7 Rxg3+ 37. Kxb4) 35. Rb7+
Kc6 (35... Kc8 36. Rxf7 Rxg3+ 37. Kxb4 Kb8 38. Bb7) 36. Kc4 1-0 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
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Fischer
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