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 "72"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Be3 Nb6 10.Qc5 {10.Qd3 f5 With chances for both sides.} Bg4 11.d5 Nd7 12.Qa3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 14.O-O-O Nxf3 15.gxf3 Nb6 {15...c6 Trying to open up lines to the White king is also possible.} 16.Qb3 Qd7 17.h4 {White starts his kingside attack.} h5 18.f4 e6 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Qxe6 fxe6 21.Rhg1 Kh7 22.Nb5 {White stands better in the endgame because of his more active pieces.} Rf7 23.Nd4 Re8 {23...Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Re8} 24.Nf3 Bh6 25.Ng5+ Bxg5 26.Rxg5 Nc4 {26...Nc8 would be more defensive.} 27.Rdg1 {27.f5 would unleash the energy out of the White pieces after exf5 28.exf5 Rxf5 29.Rd7+ Kh8 30.Bd4+ Ne5 31.f4 winning the knight.} Rg8 28.Kc2 {With no danger of being mated the White king moves to a more active position.} b6 {Black is wrong to place his queenside pawns on Black squares which the enemy bishop can attack. 28...Nd6 Bringing the knight back to defend the kingside.} 29.f3 a6 {With the idea of playing Rd7, Nf7 defending the kingside. While the queenside pawns would be safer on the light squares.} 30.b3 Nd6 {f3 Rd7} 31.R5g2 {Rdd8 a4 Nf7 Bc1} e5 {Be3 exf4 Bxf4 Rd7} 32.Rd2 {Rxd2+ Kxd2} Rd8 {Ke2 c5 a5 White has a big advantage due to his queenside initiative and passed e-pawn. Rd7 39... bxa5 40.Ra1 Rd7 41.Rxa5 Rb7 42.Rxc5 Rxb3 43.Rc7 winning material on the seventh rank . axb6 axb6} 33.Ra1 Kg7 {Ra6 Rb7 Ra8 Kf6 43...b5 44. Rc8 c4 45.b4 would leave Black helpless. Rc8 Ne5 Ke3 Nd7 Rc6+ Kf7} 34.fxe5 {White's passed pawn marches ahead. Nf8} Rf6 {Kg7 Ke4 b5 Rc6 Kf7 Rxc5 With the winning of this pawn the rest is a matter of technique. Ne6} 35.Rd5 {Ke7 Be3} Rb8 36.Rxd6 {b4 Ra6 Rb5 Ra7+ Ke8 f4} Kf8 {f5 Black resigned because he is a pawn down with more losses on the way.} 1-0 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Be3 Nb6 10.Qc5 {10.Qd3 f5 With chances for both sides.} Bg4 11.d5 Nd7 12.Qa3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 14.O-O-O Nxf3 15.gxf3 Nb6 {15...c6 Trying to open up lines to the White king is also possible.} 16.Qb3 Qd7 17.h4 {White starts his kingside attack.} h5 18.f4 e6 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Qxe6 fxe6 21.Rhg1 Kh7 22.Nb5 {White stands better in the endgame because of his more active pieces.} Rf7 23.Nd4 Re8 {23...Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Re8} 24.Nf3 Bh6 25.Ng5+ Bxg5 26.Rxg5 Nc4 {26...Nc8 would be more defensive.} 27.Rdg1 {27.f5 would unleash the energy out of the White pieces after exf5 28.exf5 Rxf5 29.Rd7+ Kh8 30.Bd4+ Ne5 31.f4 winning the knight.} Rg8 28.Kc2 {With no danger of being mated the White king moves to a more active position.} b6 {Black is wrong to place his queenside pawns on Black squares which the enemy bishop can attack. 28...Nd6 Bringing the knight back to defend the kingside.} 29.f3 a6 {With the idea of playing Rd7, Nf7 defending the kingside. While the queenside pawns would be safer on the light squares.} 30.b3 Nd6 {f3 Rd7} 31.R5g2 {Rdd8 a4 Nf7 Bc1} e5 {Be3 exf4 Bxf4 Rd7} 32.Rd2 {Rxd2+ Kxd2} Rd8 {Ke2 c5 a5 White has a big advantage due to his queenside initiative and passed e-pawn. Rd7 39... bxa5 40.Ra1 Rd7 41.Rxa5 Rb7 42.Rxc5 Rxb3 43.Rc7 winning material on the seventh rank . axb6 axb6} 33.Ra1 Kg7 {Ra6 Rb7 Ra8 Kf6 43...b5 44. Rc8 c4 45.b4 would leave Black helpless. Rc8 Ne5 Ke3 Nd7 Rc6+ Kf7} 34.fxe5 {White's passed pawn marches ahead. Nf8} Rf6 {Kg7 Ke4 b5 Rc6 Kf7 Rxc5 With the winning of this pawn the rest is a matter of technique. Ne6} 35.Rd5 {Ke7 Be3} Rb8 36.Rxd6 {b4 Ra6 Rb5 Ra7+ Ke8 f4} Kf8 {f5 Black resigned because he is a pawn down with more losses on the way.} 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.
