Petrosian – Hort Petrosian Hort Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1972.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Sarajevo Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Sarajevo"] [Site "?"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Hort"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6 5.c4 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 {We have transposed into a Tarrasch Defense, which usually involves active piece play for Black but a better pawn structure for White.} Bg4 10.dxc5 {Black's choice of opening involves accepting an isolated d-pawn.} Bxc5 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Nd4 {As Aron Nimzovitch showed there are three steps to playing against the isolated pawn: Blockade, attack, destroy.} Bxe2 14.Ncxe2 {White has the d-pawn firmly blockaded.} Qd7 15.Nf4 Rfd8 16.Qd3 Ne4 17.Nxc6 {White exchanges one advantage for another. Black no longer has to worry about an isolated pawn, but the pawn which will land on c6 will be a new target.} bxc6 18.Rc2 {Preparing to double rooks, bringing more pressure against Black's weak c- pawn.} Bf8 19.Rfc1 Qb7 20.Qe2 Re8 21.Qg4 {Practically forcing Black to weaken his kingside due to the threat of 22. Nh5.} g6 22.Qd1 {A new weakness has arisen in the Black camp, namely the a1-h8 diagonal.} Bd6 {Played with the idea of meeting 23. Qd4 with Be5.} 23.Nxd5 Rcd8 {23...cxd5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qd4 f6 27.Qxd5+ Kg7 28.Qxe4 leaves White with a winning material advantage.} 24.Rxc6 Qb8 25.f4 Re6 26.Qd4 {Black resigned due to his material disadvantage. If you don't see a clear winning plan for White after 26...f6 try playing it out against Gambit.} 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo"] [Site "?"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Hort"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6 5.c4 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 {We have transposed into a Tarrasch Defense, which usually involves active piece play for Black but a better pawn structure for White.} Bg4 10.dxc5 {Black's choice of opening involves accepting an isolated d-pawn.} Bxc5 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Nd4 {As Aron Nimzovitch showed there are three steps to playing against the isolated pawn: Blockade, attack, destroy.} Bxe2 14.Ncxe2 {White has the d-pawn firmly blockaded.} Qd7 15.Nf4 Rfd8 16.Qd3 Ne4 17.Nxc6 {White exchanges one advantage for another. Black no longer has to worry about an isolated pawn, but the pawn which will land on c6 will be a new target.} bxc6 18.Rc2 {Preparing to double rooks, bringing more pressure against Black's weak c- pawn.} Bf8 19.Rfc1 Qb7 20.Qe2 Re8 21.Qg4 {Practically forcing Black to weaken his kingside due to the threat of 22. Nh5.} g6 22.Qd1 {A new weakness has arisen in the Black camp, namely the a1-h8 diagonal.} Bd6 {Played with the idea of meeting 23. Qd4 with Be5.} 23.Nxd5 Rcd8 {23...cxd5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qd4 f6 27.Qxd5+ Kg7 28.Qxe4 leaves White with a winning material advantage.} 24.Rxc6 Qb8 25.f4 Re6 26.Qd4 {Black resigned due to his material disadvantage. If you don't see a clear winning plan for White after 26...f6 try playing it out against Gambit.} 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.
