Horowitz – Petrosian Horowitz Petrosian Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1955.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: USSR vs USA Match Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "USSR vs USA Match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Horowitz"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nge2 Nh5 9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f4 exf4 {Since White has more room for his pieces, it wouldn't make sense to maintain the central tension. While after these exchanges Black gains the e5 square for his pieces.} 12.Nxf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 {13.gxf4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf6 is fine for Black due to the holes in White's position.} Ne5 {This outpost at e5 is the foundation of Black's winning strategy.} 14.Qe2 a6 15.Bh3 {Played with the idea of exchanging his bad light squared bishop.} Bd7 16.exf5 gxf5 {Takes away the e4 square from White's pieces. 16...Bxf5 would play into White's hands after 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Ne4} 17.Rae1 Qe8 18.Nd1 Qg6 19.Ne3 Rae8 20.Qc2 Qh5 {Black eases the pressure against his f-pawn by driving back the light squared bishop.} 21.Bg2 Re7 22.b4 b6 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Qb3 Rfe8 25.Nc2 a5 {Before beginning play in the center Black locks up the queenside.} 26.h3 a4 27.Qb6 Qg6 28.Qa6 Bh6 29.Kh1 {Very nice Black exchanges off White's best minor piece.} Bxf4 30.gxf4 Nd3 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 {White has no way of opposing the invasion of the Black army.} 32.Qa5 Re2 33.Qd8+ Be8 34.Bf3 Rxc2 35.Bh5 Nf2+ {White resigned, since he gets checkmated after.} 36.Rxf2 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 Qg1# 0-1 [Event "USSR vs USA Match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Horowitz"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nge2 Nh5 9.O-O Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f4 exf4 {Since White has more room for his pieces, it wouldn't make sense to maintain the central tension. While after these exchanges Black gains the e5 square for his pieces.} 12.Nxf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 {13.gxf4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf6 is fine for Black due to the holes in White's position.} Ne5 {This outpost at e5 is the foundation of Black's winning strategy.} 14.Qe2 a6 15.Bh3 {Played with the idea of exchanging his bad light squared bishop.} Bd7 16.exf5 gxf5 {Takes away the e4 square from White's pieces. 16...Bxf5 would play into White's hands after 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Ne4} 17.Rae1 Qe8 18.Nd1 Qg6 19.Ne3 Rae8 20.Qc2 Qh5 {Black eases the pressure against his f-pawn by driving back the light squared bishop.} 21.Bg2 Re7 22.b4 b6 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Qb3 Rfe8 25.Nc2 a5 {Before beginning play in the center Black locks up the queenside.} 26.h3 a4 27.Qb6 Qg6 28.Qa6 Bh6 29.Kh1 {Very nice Black exchanges off White's best minor piece.} Bxf4 30.gxf4 Nd3 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 {White has no way of opposing the invasion of the Black army.} 32.Qa5 Re2 33.Qd8+ Be8 34.Bf3 Rxc2 35.Bh5 Nf2+ {White resigned, since he gets checkmated after.} 36.Rxf2 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 Qg1# 0-1 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.
