Petrosian – Botvinnik Petrosian Botvinnik Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1963.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: World Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "103"] 1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 Ne7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.d4 exd4 {6...exd4 gi ves up the central pressure. Better was to retain the tension with 6...d6.} 7.Nxd4 Nbc6 8.Nxc6 Nxc6 {8...bxc6 would leave Black with doubled c-pawns and three pawn islands to White's two pawn islands.} 9.O-O d6 {9...Bxc3 1 0.bxc3 It's true Black has doubled the White c-pawns but at the severe price of Black weakening the dark squares.} 10.Bd2 Bg4 {A subtle move. The idea is to force White to weaken his kingside with 11. h3.} 11.h3 Be6 12.b3 Qd7 {Due to Black's 10...Bg4 the queen now goes to d7 with a double attack on the White h-pawn.} 13.Kh2 Rae8 14.Rc1 f5 {Black overestimates his chances on the kingside. Better was 14...Ne7. 14...Ne7 Controlling the central square of d5 was to be preferred.} 15.Nd5 {White wastes no time in occupying the critical d5 square.} Kh8 16.Be3 Bg8 17.Qd2 Nd8 18.Rfd1 Ne6 19.Nf4 {A strong move which stops the Black knight from reaching the e4 square via c5.} Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Qc8 21.h4 Re7 22.Bf3 Bf7 23.Qa5 Be8 24.c5 {24.Qxa7 is lso good as Bc6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Qxe7 would win the exchange.} d5 {Black sets a positional trap.} 25.Bd6 {25.Rxd5 White avoided 25. Rxd5 as after Bc6 26.Rd2 Bxf3 27.exf3 White's extra pawn would be a useless doubled one.} Qd7 {25...cxd6 26.cxd6 Qd7 27.dxe7 Qxe7 would not only leave White an exchange up, but allow the White rook to enter the seventh rank} 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Rxd5 f4 28.Qd2 Bc6 29.Rd3 Bb5 30.Rd4 {White gives back the exchange which forces an ending where he will be a pawn up.} fxg3+ 31.fxg3 Bxd4 32.Qxd4+ Qg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rc2 Re8 35.Kg2 Kf6 36.Kf2 Bc6 {Black enters into the rook and pawn ending.} 37.Bxc6 bxc6 38.Rc4 Ke5 39.Ra4 {A good move which ties down the Black rook to the defence of the a-pawn.} Ra8 40.Ra6 Kd5 41.b4 Kc4 42.a3 Kb5 43.Ra5+ Kc4 44.Ke3 a6 45.Kf4 {With both of Black's pieces busy on the queenside, the White kings goes over to the unprotected Black pawns on h7 and g6.} Kd5 46.Kg5 Re8 47.Rxa6 Rxe2 48.Ra7 {Remember that rooks belong on the seventh rank where the enemy pawns can't protect themselves.} Re5+ 49.Kf4 Re7 50.Rb7 Ke6 51.a4 Kd7 52.Rb8 {A little finesse which keeps the Black king from White's a pawn. Black resigned.} 1-0 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "103"] 1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 Ne7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.d4 exd4 {6...exd4 gi ves up the central pressure. Better was to retain the tension with 6...d6.} 7.Nxd4 Nbc6 8.Nxc6 Nxc6 {8...bxc6 would leave Black with doubled c-pawns and three pawn islands to White's two pawn islands.} 9.O-O d6 {9...Bxc3 1 0.bxc3 It's true Black has doubled the White c-pawns but at the severe price of Black weakening the dark squares.} 10.Bd2 Bg4 {A subtle move. The idea is to force White to weaken his kingside with 11. h3.} 11.h3 Be6 12.b3 Qd7 {Due to Black's 10...Bg4 the queen now goes to d7 with a double attack on the White h-pawn.} 13.Kh2 Rae8 14.Rc1 f5 {Black overestimates his chances on the kingside. Better was 14...Ne7. 14...Ne7 Controlling the central square of d5 was to be preferred.} 15.Nd5 {White wastes no time in occupying the critical d5 square.} Kh8 16.Be3 Bg8 17.Qd2 Nd8 18.Rfd1 Ne6 19.Nf4 {A strong move which stops the Black knight from reaching the e4 square via c5.} Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Qc8 21.h4 Re7 22.Bf3 Bf7 23.Qa5 Be8 24.c5 {24.Qxa7 is lso good as Bc6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Qxe7 would win the exchange.} d5 {Black sets a positional trap.} 25.Bd6 {25.Rxd5 White avoided 25. Rxd5 as after Bc6 26.Rd2 Bxf3 27.exf3 White's extra pawn would be a useless doubled one.} Qd7 {25...cxd6 26.cxd6 Qd7 27.dxe7 Qxe7 would not only leave White an exchange up, but allow the White rook to enter the seventh rank} 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Rxd5 f4 28.Qd2 Bc6 29.Rd3 Bb5 30.Rd4 {White gives back the exchange which forces an ending where he will be a pawn up.} fxg3+ 31.fxg3 Bxd4 32.Qxd4+ Qg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rc2 Re8 35.Kg2 Kf6 36.Kf2 Bc6 {Black enters into the rook and pawn ending.} 37.Bxc6 bxc6 38.Rc4 Ke5 39.Ra4 {A good move which ties down the Black rook to the defence of the a-pawn.} Ra8 40.Ra6 Kd5 41.b4 Kc4 42.a3 Kb5 43.Ra5+ Kc4 44.Ke3 a6 45.Kf4 {With both of Black's pieces busy on the queenside, the White kings goes over to the unprotected Black pawns on h7 and g6.} Kd5 46.Kg5 Re8 47.Rxa6 Rxe2 48.Ra7 {Remember that rooks belong on the seventh rank where the enemy pawns can't protect themselves.} Re5+ 49.Kf4 Re7 50.Rb7 Ke6 51.a4 Kd7 52.Rb8 {A little finesse which keeps the Black king from White's a pawn. Black resigned.} 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.
