Petrosian – Tolush Petrosian Tolush Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1950.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Soviet Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Tolush"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg5 {The White bishop pins the knight.} O-O 8.e3 Bg4 9.Ne5 {The White knight takes up a powerful post in the center. While, at the same time threatening to win a piece.} Bh5 10.f4 {10. f4 is a multipurpose move which reinforces the White knight and gains space on the king side.} Qa5 11.Bd3 {11. Bxf6 gxf6 ,doubling the Black f-pawns, is also playable. However, 11.Bd3 developing another piece into the kingside attack is better. White is now threatening to win a pawn.} h6 12.Bxf6 {12. Bxf6 breaks open the Black's king position.} gxf6 13.g4 {13.g4 is a beautiful way to continue the kingside attack. Although, at a first glance it appears that White has forgotten about his knight.} fxe5 14.fxe5 Be7 15.O-O-O Bg5 {15...Bg6 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Qxg6+ Kh8 18.Qxh6+ Kg8 19.Qe6+ Rf7 20.Rhf1 would win the Black rook.} 16.gxh5 Kh8 17.Qf2 f5 18.h4 Be7 19.Qf4 {Faced with a mating attack Black resigned.} 1-0 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Tolush"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bg5 {The White bishop pins the knight.} O-O 8.e3 Bg4 9.Ne5 {The White knight takes up a powerful post in the center. While, at the same time threatening to win a piece.} Bh5 10.f4 {10. f4 is a multipurpose move which reinforces the White knight and gains space on the king side.} Qa5 11.Bd3 {11. Bxf6 gxf6 ,doubling the Black f-pawns, is also playable. However, 11.Bd3 developing another piece into the kingside attack is better. White is now threatening to win a pawn.} h6 12.Bxf6 {12. Bxf6 breaks open the Black's king position.} gxf6 13.g4 {13.g4 is a beautiful way to continue the kingside attack. Although, at a first glance it appears that White has forgotten about his knight.} fxe5 14.fxe5 Be7 15.O-O-O Bg5 {15...Bg6 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Qxg6+ Kh8 18.Qxh6+ Kg8 19.Qe6+ Rf7 20.Rhf1 would win the Black rook.} 16.gxh5 Kh8 17.Qf2 f5 18.h4 Be7 19.Qf4 {Faced with a mating attack Black resigned.} 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.
