Tal – Petrosian Tal Petrosian Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1962.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Candidates Curacao Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Candidates Curacao"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "40"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Qd3 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qb5+ {A bad move which wastes time while developing the Black pieces.} Bd7 11.Qxb7 {Vulnerable b-pawns are often referred to as poisoned pawns because the time wasted in capturing them is often used by the opponent to develop forces and punish the greedy consumer.} Rb8 12.Qxa7 Rxb2 13.Bd3 {White gives back the extra pawn fearing the Black bishop on f6. Now we see how the pawn he ate earlier turns out to be "poisoned".} cxd4 14.O-O Bc6 {The tactics have cleared with Black standing better thanks to his two center pawns.} 15.Qa3 {White desperately tries to keep the Black king from castling.} Qb6 16.Bc4 Rb4 {A good move which blocks the White queen from the a3-f8 diagonal.} 17.Qd3 O-O 18.a3 Ra4 19.Rfd1 Qa7 20.Ra2 Rxc4 {White resigned as 21. Qxc4 Bd5 followed by Bxa2 would leave White a piece down.} 0-1 [Event "Candidates Curacao"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "40"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Qd3 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qb5+ {A bad move which wastes time while developing the Black pieces.} Bd7 11.Qxb7 {Vulnerable b-pawns are often referred to as poisoned pawns because the time wasted in capturing them is often used by the opponent to develop forces and punish the greedy consumer.} Rb8 12.Qxa7 Rxb2 13.Bd3 {White gives back the extra pawn fearing the Black bishop on f6. Now we see how the pawn he ate earlier turns out to be "poisoned".} cxd4 14.O-O Bc6 {The tactics have cleared with Black standing better thanks to his two center pawns.} 15.Qa3 {White desperately tries to keep the Black king from castling.} Qb6 16.Bc4 Rb4 {A good move which blocks the White queen from the a3-f8 diagonal.} 17.Qd3 O-O 18.a3 Ra4 19.Rfd1 Qa7 20.Ra2 Rxc4 {White resigned as 21. Qxc4 Bd5 followed by Bxa2 would leave White a piece down.} 0-1 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.