Petrosian – Minic Petrosian Minic 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 "Minic"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Nf6 {After 5 moves we have reached a position from the King's Indian Defense.} 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 e6 {Black adopts the strategy of the Modern Benoni opening.} 9.h3 exd5 10.exd5 Re8+ 11.Nge2 a6 {11...Na6 This might be better, moving the knight to c7 before occupying a6.} 12.a4 {A preventative move with the idea of discouraging Black's intended pawn b5.} Nfd7 13.f4 {This is not only a kingside attacking move but a positional move which takes away the e5 square from the Black pieces.} Qh4+ {This check does not accomplish anything, since White's king is better off at f1 than on the exposed e-file. 13...Nf8 may be the best move at this point.} 14.Kf1 b6 15.Qe1 Qd8 16.g4 a5 17.Qg3 Nf6 18.f5 {With the Black knight no longer able to go to e5 White immediately launches a kingside attack.} Nbd7 {Black sacrifices a pawn for play down the f-file.} 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Bxg6 Rf8 21.Kg2 {The king could be in danger on the f-file, since there is a Black rook at f8.} Ne5 22.Bd3 Ra7 {22...Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Nxg4 Black is attacking with just a knight, supported by a rook, but the queen cannot help out: 25.Raf1 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Qh4 27.Qh3} 23.Nf4 Raf7 24.Be2 Nh7 {Black wants to move this knight to g5.} 25.Rhf1 Nf6 {But now it returns back home. 25...Ng5 26.h4 Nh7 27.Ne6 Bxe6 28.dxe6 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 Rxf1 30.Bxf1 Qe7 31.Nd5 Qxe6 32.Be2 Nd7 33.Bd3 Bxb2 34.Bf5 Qf7 35.Qxd6} 26.Rae1 Re7 27.b3 Rfe8 28.Bd1 Nf7 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 30.Be2 {Black resigned because he is material down and without counterplay. At this level of competition that is more than sufficient reason.} 1-0 [Event "Sarajevo"] [Site "?"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Minic"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Nf6 {After 5 moves we have reached a position from the King's Indian Defense.} 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 e6 {Black adopts the strategy of the Modern Benoni opening.} 9.h3 exd5 10.exd5 Re8+ 11.Nge2 a6 {11...Na6 This might be better, moving the knight to c7 before occupying a6.} 12.a4 {A preventative move with the idea of discouraging Black's intended pawn b5.} Nfd7 13.f4 {This is not only a kingside attacking move but a positional move which takes away the e5 square from the Black pieces.} Qh4+ {This check does not accomplish anything, since White's king is better off at f1 than on the exposed e-file. 13...Nf8 may be the best move at this point.} 14.Kf1 b6 15.Qe1 Qd8 16.g4 a5 17.Qg3 Nf6 18.f5 {With the Black knight no longer able to go to e5 White immediately launches a kingside attack.} Nbd7 {Black sacrifices a pawn for play down the f-file.} 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Bxg6 Rf8 21.Kg2 {The king could be in danger on the f-file, since there is a Black rook at f8.} Ne5 22.Bd3 Ra7 {22...Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Nxg4 Black is attacking with just a knight, supported by a rook, but the queen cannot help out: 25.Raf1 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Qh4 27.Qh3} 23.Nf4 Raf7 24.Be2 Nh7 {Black wants to move this knight to g5.} 25.Rhf1 Nf6 {But now it returns back home. 25...Ng5 26.h4 Nh7 27.Ne6 Bxe6 28.dxe6 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 Rxf1 30.Bxf1 Qe7 31.Nd5 Qxe6 32.Be2 Nd7 33.Bd3 Bxb2 34.Bf5 Qf7 35.Qxd6} 26.Rae1 Re7 27.b3 Rfe8 28.Bd1 Nf7 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 30.Be2 {Black resigned because he is material down and without counterplay. At this level of competition that is more than sufficient reason.} 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.