Fischer – Petrosian Fischer Petrosian Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1962.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Candidates' Tournament Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Candidates' Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "85"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Ba5 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 {Black develops with tempo at the bishop's expense.} 10.Bc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 {White is worse because of his doubled c-pawns and backward development.} f6 12.f4 {Since White is lagging behind in development he desperately tries to keep the position closed. 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Nf3 e5 when Black's initiative would give him a big advantage.} fxe5 13.fxe5 Ne7 {The knight makes way for operations against White's center and queenside.} 14.Nf3 c5 15.O-O Qa5 16.Qe1 Bd7 {Black is building up his forces for an attack against White's doubled c- pawns.} 17.c4 Qxe1 18.Rfxe1 dxc4 19.Be4 {White sacrifices a pawn to free his pieces up. 19.Bxc4 b5 20.Bd3 c4 allows Black to stabilize his queenside advantage.} cxd4 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Ba6 Rb4 22.Rad1 d3 {Petrosian eliminates the remaining obstacle and creates a passed pawn.} 23.cxd3 cxd3 24.Rxd3 Bc6 {Black has the advantage due to, the White bishop being offside while his minor pieces have an excellent post on d5.} 25.Rd4 {25.Nd4 Bd5 would leave the White pieces in each others way.} Rxd4 26.Nxd4 Bd5 27.a4 Rf4 28.Rd1 Ng6 29.Bc8 Kf7 30.a5 Nxe5 31.a6 {With Black being a clear pawn up White's chances rest with the a-pawn.} Rg4 32.Rd2 Nc4 33.Rf2+ Ke7 34.Nb5 Nd6 35.Nxd6 {35.Nxa7 Rc4 Wins material for Black.} Kxd6 36.Bb7 Bxb7 37.axb7 Kc7 38.h3 {38.Rf7+ Kb8 39.Kf2 a5 40.Re7 Rg6 41.Rd7 e5 42.Rd5 Ra6 when White has no good way of stopping the a-pawns advance.} Rg5 39.Rb2 Kb8 40.Kf2 Rd5 41.Ke3 Rd7 42.Ke4 Rxb7 43.Rf2 {White resigned because he is two pawns down.} 0-1 [Event "Candidates' Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fischer"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "85"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Ba5 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 {Black develops with tempo at the bishop's expense.} 10.Bc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 {White is worse because of his doubled c-pawns and backward development.} f6 12.f4 {Since White is lagging behind in development he desperately tries to keep the position closed. 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Nf3 e5 when Black's initiative would give him a big advantage.} fxe5 13.fxe5 Ne7 {The knight makes way for operations against White's center and queenside.} 14.Nf3 c5 15.O-O Qa5 16.Qe1 Bd7 {Black is building up his forces for an attack against White's doubled c- pawns.} 17.c4 Qxe1 18.Rfxe1 dxc4 19.Be4 {White sacrifices a pawn to free his pieces up. 19.Bxc4 b5 20.Bd3 c4 allows Black to stabilize his queenside advantage.} cxd4 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Ba6 Rb4 22.Rad1 d3 {Petrosian eliminates the remaining obstacle and creates a passed pawn.} 23.cxd3 cxd3 24.Rxd3 Bc6 {Black has the advantage due to, the White bishop being offside while his minor pieces have an excellent post on d5.} 25.Rd4 {25.Nd4 Bd5 would leave the White pieces in each others way.} Rxd4 26.Nxd4 Bd5 27.a4 Rf4 28.Rd1 Ng6 29.Bc8 Kf7 30.a5 Nxe5 31.a6 {With Black being a clear pawn up White's chances rest with the a-pawn.} Rg4 32.Rd2 Nc4 33.Rf2+ Ke7 34.Nb5 Nd6 35.Nxd6 {35.Nxa7 Rc4 Wins material for Black.} Kxd6 36.Bb7 Bxb7 37.axb7 Kc7 38.h3 {38.Rf7+ Kb8 39.Kf2 a5 40.Re7 Rg6 41.Rd7 e5 42.Rd5 Ra6 when White has no good way of stopping the a-pawns advance.} Rg5 39.Rb2 Kb8 40.Kf2 Rd5 41.Ke3 Rd7 42.Ke4 Rxb7 43.Rf2 {White resigned because he is two pawns down.} 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.
