Petrosian – Lombard Petrosian Lombard Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1973.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Bath Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Bath"] [Site "?"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Lombard"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 {Petrosian w as the first to use this system regularly as White, but now it is more closely associated with the Kasparov name.} 7.e3 Nd7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Qc2 {Notice how the White queen and bishop form a powerful battery against the Black kingside.} h6 11.b4 a6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.a4 Nf6 15.b5 axb5 16.axb5 {White has given Black a backward c-pawn.} Ne4 17.Bb2 Ng5 18.Ne5 {White stands better due to his more active bishops.} Bxe5 19.dxe5 d4 {Black thinks that the opening of the a8-h1 diagonal is worth the investment of a pawn. But Petrosian simply ignores the offering and maintains the initiative instead. A valuable lesson in the relative merits of the two!} 20.f4 {Stopping Black's trick of Nf3+ and Qg5.} Ne6 21.f5 Qg5 22.fxe6 Qxe3+ 23.Qf2 {Black resigned as after 23...Qxd3 24. exf7+ Kh8 25. e6 as he has no good way of stopping the White pawns. Otherwise he is just a piece down.} 1-0 [Event "Bath"] [Site "?"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Lombard"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 {Petrosian w as the first to use this system regularly as White, but now it is more closely associated with the Kasparov name.} 7.e3 Nd7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Qc2 {Notice how the White queen and bishop form a powerful battery against the Black kingside.} h6 11.b4 a6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.a4 Nf6 15.b5 axb5 16.axb5 {White has given Black a backward c-pawn.} Ne4 17.Bb2 Ng5 18.Ne5 {White stands better due to his more active bishops.} Bxe5 19.dxe5 d4 {Black thinks that the opening of the a8-h1 diagonal is worth the investment of a pawn. But Petrosian simply ignores the offering and maintains the initiative instead. A valuable lesson in the relative merits of the two!} 20.f4 {Stopping Black's trick of Nf3+ and Qg5.} Ne6 21.f5 Qg5 22.fxe6 Qxe3+ 23.Qf2 {Black resigned as after 23...Qxd3 24. exf7+ Kh8 25. e6 as he has no good way of stopping the White pawns. Otherwise he is just a piece down.} 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.
