Petrosian – Zaitsev Petrosian Zaitsev Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1966.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Soviet Union Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Soviet Union"] [Site "?"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Zaitsev"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 {Played with the idea of stopping Black's intended 8...Nf4} f5 9.exf5 Qf6 {9...gxf5 9...gxf5 would drop a pawn after 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bxh5} 10.Ng5 {A very strong move whose purpose is two-fold. First, White is threatening to win a pawn with 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. Qxh5. Secondly, The knight is looking to penetrate the Black camp at e6.} Qxf5 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bd3 Qg4 13.Be2 Qf5 14.f3 Bh6 15.Bd3 Qd7 16.Ne6 {White has a big advantage due to his powerful knight on e6 and Black's undeveloped queenside.} Bxc1 17.Qxc1 {17.Nxf8 Be3+ 18.Kh1 Kxf8 when Black stands better due to his materialadvantage of two pieces for the rook.} Rf7 18.f4 {With Black's queenside out of the game White wastes no time on his kingside attack. The remainder of the game is pretty much forced.} exf4 19.Qxf4 Nxd5 {Perhaps Black hoped that White would not notice either of the attacks on his queen.} 20.Qxf7+ Qxf7 21.Rxf7 Bxe6 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxc7 {Black resigned due to his material deficit.} 1-0 [Event "Soviet Union"] [Site "?"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Zaitsev"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 {Played with the idea of stopping Black's intended 8...Nf4} f5 9.exf5 Qf6 {9...gxf5 9...gxf5 would drop a pawn after 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bxh5} 10.Ng5 {A very strong move whose purpose is two-fold. First, White is threatening to win a pawn with 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. Qxh5. Secondly, The knight is looking to penetrate the Black camp at e6.} Qxf5 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bd3 Qg4 13.Be2 Qf5 14.f3 Bh6 15.Bd3 Qd7 16.Ne6 {White has a big advantage due to his powerful knight on e6 and Black's undeveloped queenside.} Bxc1 17.Qxc1 {17.Nxf8 Be3+ 18.Kh1 Kxf8 when Black stands better due to his materialadvantage of two pieces for the rook.} Rf7 18.f4 {With Black's queenside out of the game White wastes no time on his kingside attack. The remainder of the game is pretty much forced.} exf4 19.Qxf4 Nxd5 {Perhaps Black hoped that White would not notice either of the attacks on his queen.} 20.Qxf7+ Qxf7 21.Rxf7 Bxe6 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxc7 {Black resigned due to his material deficit.} 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.
