Petrosian – Keres Petrosian Keres Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1952.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Budapest Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "?"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Keres"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O b6 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.Ne2 {9.cxd5 exd5 would leave Black with hanging pawns.} Nbd7 10.b3 {White wishes to keep an eye on the Black center with 10. b3 and Bb2. Although strategically correct 10. b3 has a tactical flaw. 10.Ng3 would be better, since, it would allow White to control the center after 10... e5 11. cxd5 e4 12. Nxe4.} e5 11.Bb1 e4 {11...d4 looks strong. However, White would get good play after 12.Ng3 Bb7 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4} 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.Bb2 {13.cxd5 would drop material after 13...Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bc3 winning the rook.} Qa5 {Qa5 looks good at first since Black has a double attack on the White knight. However, it does nothing to increase Black's main advantage of time and space. Furthermore, White has a strong tactic to save the piece. 13... Nb6 would put more pressure on White's position for example 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxf6 Qxd2 winning material because of the pin at e2.} 14.Nxe4 {With this tempo rary sacrifice, White is able to trade his knight for the Black bishop.} dxe4 15.a3 Bd2 16.b4 cxb4 {16...Qb6 17.Qxd2 Bxc4 would leave chances for both sides.} 17.Qxd2 Bxc4 18.axb4 Qg5 {Better was 18...Qb6 not losing a tempo with the queen.} 19.Ra5 {With this move White gains a tempo on the Black queen.} Qh4 {19...Qg4 wo uld be better. The idea is to centralize the Black queen after 20.Re1 Qe6} 20.h3 Rfb8 21.Ng3 Rb5 {21...Bxf1 would drop the Black queen after 22.Nf5 Qh5 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Rxh5 when White is winning on account of his material advantage.} 22.Rxb5 Bxb5 23.Rc1 Bd3 24.Bxd3 exd3 25.Bd4 Ne4 26.Qxd3 Nxg3 27.fxg3 Qxg3 28.Qe4 {White takes advantage of Black's weakened back rank.} Rd8 29.Qe7 Qb8 {Forced. Here White uses a deflection theme combined with the back rank weakness to achieve victory. Do you see White's next move? Try to find it!} 30.Bxa7 Qxa7 {Taking the bishop loses the exchange, but Black would still be lost, because of his inactive pieces and material deficit. 30...Qa8 31.Rc7 would leave Black in Zugzwang.} 31.Qxd8+ Nf8 32.Qe8 {White must not bring the rook down to the 8th rank too quickly! 32. Rc8 Qxe3+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.Kg1 Qe1+} Qa3 33.Rc7 {Threatening to mate in two with 34. Qxf7+ and 35. Qxg7++.} Qb3 34.Qe7 Qd5 35.Kh2 h6 36.Rc8 {Black resigned as he has no way of defending the knight on the back rank.} 1-0 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "?"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Keres"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O b6 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.Ne2 {9.cxd5 exd5 would leave Black with hanging pawns.} Nbd7 10.b3 {White wishes to keep an eye on the Black center with 10. b3 and Bb2. Although strategically correct 10. b3 has a tactical flaw. 10.Ng3 would be better, since, it would allow White to control the center after 10... e5 11. cxd5 e4 12. Nxe4.} e5 11.Bb1 e4 {11...d4 looks strong. However, White would get good play after 12.Ng3 Bb7 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4} 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.Bb2 {13.cxd5 would drop material after 13...Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bc3 winning the rook.} Qa5 {Qa5 looks good at first since Black has a double attack on the White knight. However, it does nothing to increase Black's main advantage of time and space. Furthermore, White has a strong tactic to save the piece. 13... Nb6 would put more pressure on White's position for example 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxf6 Qxd2 winning material because of the pin at e2.} 14.Nxe4 {With this tempo rary sacrifice, White is able to trade his knight for the Black bishop.} dxe4 15.a3 Bd2 16.b4 cxb4 {16...Qb6 17.Qxd2 Bxc4 would leave chances for both sides.} 17.Qxd2 Bxc4 18.axb4 Qg5 {Better was 18...Qb6 not losing a tempo with the queen.} 19.Ra5 {With this move White gains a tempo on the Black queen.} Qh4 {19...Qg4 wo uld be better. The idea is to centralize the Black queen after 20.Re1 Qe6} 20.h3 Rfb8 21.Ng3 Rb5 {21...Bxf1 would drop the Black queen after 22.Nf5 Qh5 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Rxh5 when White is winning on account of his material advantage.} 22.Rxb5 Bxb5 23.Rc1 Bd3 24.Bxd3 exd3 25.Bd4 Ne4 26.Qxd3 Nxg3 27.fxg3 Qxg3 28.Qe4 {White takes advantage of Black's weakened back rank.} Rd8 29.Qe7 Qb8 {Forced. Here White uses a deflection theme combined with the back rank weakness to achieve victory. Do you see White's next move? Try to find it!} 30.Bxa7 Qxa7 {Taking the bishop loses the exchange, but Black would still be lost, because of his inactive pieces and material deficit. 30...Qa8 31.Rc7 would leave Black in Zugzwang.} 31.Qxd8+ Nf8 32.Qe8 {White must not bring the rook down to the 8th rank too quickly! 32. Rc8 Qxe3+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.Kg1 Qe1+} Qa3 33.Rc7 {Threatening to mate in two with 34. Qxf7+ and 35. Qxg7++.} Qb3 34.Qe7 Qd5 35.Kh2 h6 36.Rc8 {Black resigned as he has no way of defending the knight on the back rank.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
