[Event "GEO-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palavandishvili"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 12. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 12. a3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxd4 14. Qd1 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nf5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bd3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe5 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Qd2 Rfd8 22. e4 Qd6 23. Rcd1 Qxa3 24. Rhg1 Qc5+ 25. Ke2 Qh5 26. Rg2 Nxe4 {Norena Yepez,V (1644)-Torres Cueto,J (2075) Medellin 2016 0-1}) 12... Qxd5 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nb4 15. Qb3 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Rfc8 17. Rg1 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. h4 Nd5 20. Kb2 Rac8 21. Bd2 h5 22. Kb3 b5 23. Rc1 g6 24. Ra1 Ra4 25. Bc1 Kg7 26. Ba3 Rxc3+ 27. Rxc3 Nxc3 28. Kxc3 Rxa3+ 29. Kb4 Rxf3 30. Kxb5 Rxf2 31. Ka6 Rf4 32. Kxa7 Rxd4 33. a4 Rb4 34. a5 f5 35. a6 f4 36. Ka8 e5 37. a7 g5 38. Ra5 Kf6 39. hxg5+ Kf5 40. g6 f3 41. Ra3 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GEO-ch"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Zhuk Tripolitov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. f3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 ({RR} 8... Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. Bd3 d6 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. O-O g5 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. a4 Na5 15. Rb1 c5 16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Qa2 Nf4 18. Nxf4 gxf4 19. Kh1 Qe6 20. d5 Qf6 21. Qe2 O-O-O 22. Rg1 Rdg8 23. g3 {Semcesen,D (2490)-Denisov,I (2348) Stockholm 2011 0-1 (74)}) ({RR} 8... d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 e5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. Qd2 Qf8 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Rae1 g6 17. Ne3 Qg7 18. d5 Nc5 19. Bc2 Nh5 20. Ng4 Ba6 21. Ne3 Nf4 22. Bf2 Kg8 23. h4 {Becerra,J (2296)-Runets,I (2176) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (43)}) 9. Bf2 d5 10. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. e3 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. c4 Na5 13. h4 g4 14. fxg4 dxc4 15. Rh3 Ne4 16. Qc2 b5 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Ne5 Nb3 19. Ra2 O-O-O 20. Be2 c5 21. Bf3 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 cxd4 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Qf5+ Kb8 {Schrik,R (2198)-Rodchenkov,V (2330) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 10. e3 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. c4 Na5 13. h4 g4 14. fxg4 dxc4 15. Rh3 Ne4 16. Qc2 b5 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Ne5 Nb3 19. Ra2 O-O-O 20. Be2 c5 21. Bf3 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 cxd4 23. Bxb7+ Qxb7 24. Qf5+ Kb8 {Schrik,R (2198)-Rodchenkov,V (2330) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (31)}) 10... exd5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 c5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 O-O-O 15. Nf5 Qe6 16. Qa4 c4 17. Bb1 a6 18. Qb4 Nh5 19. Qd6 Rde8 20. Kd2 Nf4 21. Qxe6 Nxe6 22. Nd6+ Kb8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. h4 Rg8 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. g4 Rg7 27. Rxh6 Bc8 28. Bf5 Ndf8 29. Bg3+ Kb7 30. Be5 Rg8 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4+ Ka7 33. Rh8 Rxh8 34. Bxh8 Ng5 35. Ke3 Nfe6 36. Bf6 b5 37. d5 Nxe4 38. dxe6 Nxf6 39. exf7 Nh7 40. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Qc2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 ({RR} 6... Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ba3 Rf6 11. Rab1 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c4 Be6 14. Rfc1 Kh8 15. Rb5 a6 16. Rb2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 b5 19. Qd3 Qd5 20. Rbc2 Re8 21. Qb3 {Popov,V (2525)-Orlov,V (2465) St Petersburg 2008 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 6... Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. Bc1 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Bf1 Bf5 16. Qd1 Rb8 17. b4 Nd8 18. Na4 b5 19. Nc5 c6 20. Bb2 Ne6 21. Nh4 {Rajapaksha,A (1743)-Jayasekera,H (1388) Colombo 2014 1-0 (49)}) 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Bd6 $146 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. f3 b5 18. Bd5 c6 19. Bb3 a5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Be6 22. Qd6 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 {Mastrovasilis,A (2175)-Miladinovic,I (2560) Kavala 1996 1-0 (31)}) 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nb5 Ng6 12. Bd2 Nh5 13. Rfc1 Bg4 14. Ne1 Nhf4 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qb3 b6 18. f3 Bd7 19. Bf1 f5 20. g3 fxe4 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Bd4 e3 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Nh4 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Qc2 g5 27. Bd3 Bh3 28. Be4 Qf7 29. a4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Qg2 h6 32. a5 Qxd5 33. axb6 axb6 34. h4 g4 35. Ra7 Rf7 36. Qa2 Qxa2 37. Rxa2 gxf3 38. Nxf3 Be4 39. Kg2 Kh7 40. Ra6 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grigoriev, Nikolay Dmitrievich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Ba5 ({RR} 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 a6 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qa4 12. Qc2 Qxc2 13. Nxc2 Nc6 14. e3 Ne5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Be2 h5 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Kf2 f5 19. Rae1 g5 20. fxg5 {De Sousa,E (1800)-Pires,E (1650) Faculdade Crista da Amazonia 2021 0-1 (41)}) 6. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 6. Bd2 d6 7. Nb5 Ne4 8. b4 a6 9. bxa5 axb5 10. cxb5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qxa5 12. e3 b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Qxa5 Rxa5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Ba8 17. Nc4 Ra7 18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nc4 Bd5 {Molchanova,T (2312)-Sudakova,I (2391) St Petersburg 2006 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Bc7 11. e4 d6 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. exf5 exf5 14. Rae1 Qh5 15. d5 Nd7 16. Be7 Rf7 17. Ng5 Rxe7 18. Rxe7 Qxg5 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Rxc7 f4 {Takac,Z (2132)-Majeric,Z (2344) Velika Gorica 2002 0-1 (74)}) 6... d5 7. dxc5 d4 8. b4 dxc3 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Rb1 e5 12. Rb5 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Qxc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. f4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. O-O a6 19. Rb6 O-O 20. Rfb1 Rab8 21. e5 Nxe5 22. Be4 Qxc5 23. Bd5 Qe7 24. Kh1 Ng4 25. Qf3 Qh4 26. h3 Ne5 27. Qg2 f3 28. Bxf3 Nxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxc4 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Re8 32. Kg2 h6 33. Rb4 Qc2 34. Rb6 Qc4 35. Rb4 Qc5 36. Rb7 Qg5+ 37. Kh2 Re1 38. Qg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Ra1 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Rb3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "URS U20-ch04 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Korolkov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 (3... b6 $142 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5) (3... d5 $142) 4. Nc3 b6 ({RR} 4... O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Ng5 g6 12. Qg4 h5 13. Qg3 Qe8 14. Bd3 Kg7 15. Qf4 Rh8 16. Rh3 Nd7 17. Rg3 Nf8 18. Be4 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 {Gruenenwald,J (2362)-Herb,P (2310) Switzerland 2000 ½-½}) 5. e4 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4]} d6 6. g3 $146 ({RR} 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. Qe2 Na6 11. Bf4 Nac5 12. Bc2 a6 13. Rad1 f6 14. Ne4 Qe8 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxc7 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxb2 19. Qc6 Rf7 20. Ng5 Re7 {Garcia Padron,J (2451)-Buho Torio,C Cala Galdana 1999 1-0}) ({RR} 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3 e5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. d5 a5 11. Be3 Nc5 12. a3 g6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Ncd7 16. Qa7 Qc8 17. Ra1 Nh5 18. Ba4 Nb8 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Ba6 {Ishvi,A (2008)-Karimova,G (2115) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (82)}) ({RR} 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 c5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. d5 e5 12. a4 a5 13. Ra3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Nb8 15. Bb1 Bc8 16. h3 f5 17. Nxe5 Bh4 18. Nf3 Be7 19. e5 Na6 20. exd6 Bxd6 {Rosin,R (1727)-Buenz,H (1609) Mecklenburg VP 2015 ½-½}) 6... Bb7 7. d5 {[%csl Rb7]} Nbd7 8. Bg2 c6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Be3 Ng6 14. O-O-O $1 $32 {[%csl Re8]} O-O $2 (14... Ng4 15. Nce4 (15. Bd2 Nxf2) 15... h6 16. Bh3 Nxe3 17. Bxe6 $13) 15. Bh3 $18 Qe8 16. Nxe6 b5 17. Qb3 bxc4 18. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "URS U20-ch04 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Asaturian, Sergey Rubenovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 (10... Nxd2) 11. b4 Qe7 12. Nf3 ({RR} 12. Bc1 a5 13. b5 Ne5 14. Bb2 Ng4 15. Nh3 O-O 16. Be2 e5 17. O-O Ngf6 18. f4 Bxh3 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. cxd5 f5 21. exf6 Nexf6 22. Rf3 Bxg2 23. Bc4 Bxf3 24. d6+ Qf7 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rc1 Nd7 {Ivanisevic,I (2614)-Almasi,Z (2675) Vogosca 2007 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 12. Bc1 O-O 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Bb2 a6 15. Rd1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 e5 17. h3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. O-O Rac8 21. Qf5 h6 22. Nf3 Rfe8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Qb1 Qe6 25. Rfd1 Rcd8 26. Ba1 Rxd1+ {Munkhgal,G (2392)-Szalay-Ocsak,B (2156) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (47)}) 12... Qf6 $146 (12... Nxd2 {½-½ Alatortsev,V-Ragozin,V URS-ch09 Leningrad 1934}) 13. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. cxd5 O-O 16. Bd3 exd5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O Bg4 19. h3 Be2 20. Bc3 Qb5 21. Qxe4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rac8 23. Bd4 a6 24. f4 Rc6 25. f5 Qe2 26. f6 g6 27. Bc5 Rfc8 {Volovich,J (1892)-Merriman,J (1967) Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. cxd5 O-O 16. Bd3 exd5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O Bg4 19. h3 Be2 20. Bc3 Qb5 21. Qxe4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rac8 23. Bd4 a6 24. f4 Rc6 25. f5 Qe2 26. f6 g6 27. Bc5 Rfc8 {Volovich,J (1892)-Merriman,J (1967) Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0 (37)}) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. Bc1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng5 17. Be2 Ne4 18. Bf3 (18. f3 $2 Qh4+) 18... Ng5 19. Be2 Ne4 20. Bf3 Qc3+ 21. Qxc3 Nxc3 22. Rd2 dxc4 23. Rc2 Nd5 24. Rxc4 Bd7 25. Rd4 Bc6 (25... Rac8 $11) 26. O-O Rac8 27. Bb2 Nb6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rdd1 Nc4 30. Bd4 a6 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Rfc1 f6 33. a4 e5 34. b5 Rcc8 35. Bc3 axb5 36. axb5 Nd6 37. Rab1 Nxb5 38. Rxb5 Rxc3 39. Rcb1 Rdc8 40. Kf1 Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Rxb1 42. Rxb1 Rc7 43. Rb6 Kf7 44. h4 Ke7 45. g4 Rd7 46. Kf3 Kd8 47. Ke4 Kc7 48. Rb2 Kc6 49. g5 b5 $15 {[%csl Gb5]} 50. Kf5 Rd6 51. gxf6 gxf6 52. f4 exf4 53. exf4 Kc5 54. Rc2+ Kb6 55. Rb2 Rc6 56. h5 Ka6 57. Ra2+ Kb7 58. Rb2 Rb6 59. h6 Kc7 60. Rg2 b4 61. Rg7+ Kd6 62. Rxh7 b3 63. Rg7 b2 64. Rg1 b1=Q+ 65. Rxb1 Rxb1 66. Kxf6 Rh1 67. Kg7 Ke7 68. h7 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch06"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1946.06.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kalashian, Loris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1946.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8. d5 Qe7 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 $146 ({RR} 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. Bf3 Qc4 13. b3 Qh4 14. O-O d6 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. g3 Qe7 18. Qd4 f5 19. Rc2 a5 20. Bg2 Ne5 21. Re1 Ba6 22. Rd2 Nd7 23. b4 Ne5 24. Rc1 axb4 25. axb4 {Botterill,G (2350)-Short,N Brighton/ East Sussex 1977 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 10... c5 11. O-O d6 12. f4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nc7 15. e4 Rfe8 16. Re1 Qd7 17. b4 Re7 18. Ra2 Nfe8 19. Rae2 f6 20. Bb2 a6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd6 25. Ne4 {Zaja,I (2405)-Rotstein,A (2445) Cannes 1996 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 10... Qe5 11. f4 Qe7 12. Bf3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. b4 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. axb4 Ne8 17. g4 Qh4 18. Rb2 Ra1 19. Rg2 Qe7 20. Qd2 Ba6 21. Re1 Qh4 22. g5 Bc8 23. Rg4 Ne5 24. Rxh4 Nxf3+ 25. Kf2 {Chernyavsky,A (2358)-Le,D (1973) Bangkok THA 2025 1-0 (61)}) ({RR} 10... c6 11. Bf3 Qe5 12. dxc6 dxc6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ba6 16. Rd1 Bc4 17. Be3 Bb3 18. Qd2 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Ncxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. g3 Nc5 24. Bxc6 Qh5 25. h4 {Akesson,R-Kostic,V Valjevo 1984 0-1 (36)}) 11. f3 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. e4 Ne5 14. Bg5 a6 15. Qd4 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Bc8 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Bd3 b5 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Ne2 Nf8 23. Ng3 Nh7 24. Re2 Rad8 25. Rc2 Bc8 26. Rfc1 c5 27. dxc6 d5 28. c7 Rd6 29. exd5 Qe3 30. Qxe3 Rxe3 31. Nf5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fridstein, German Samuilovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1947.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Re8 13. f3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5 15. Rae1 cxd4 16. cxd4 h4 17. Nf5 h3 18. g4 ({RR} 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. e4 hxg2 20. Kxg2 Ng6 21. Qd2 dxe4 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. Kg3 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. d5 Qh4+ 29. Kf3 Qh3+ 30. Ke4 Qg4+ 31. Kd3 Nf4+ 32. Kc3 Qf3+ {Berdayes Ason,D (2488)-Habans Aguerrea,J (2448) Barcelona ESP 2025 0-1 (53)}) 18... Ne7 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. Rf2 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 20... Nh7 21. Qf1 Ng5 22. f4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. f5 Nd5 25. Qxh3 f6 26. Qg3 Rac8 27. h4 Kf7 28. g5 Ke7 29. g6 Qa4 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Rfe2 Rc2 32. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 33. Qf2 Rc8 34. h5 Qd3 35. h6 {Wei Yi (2722)-Maghsoodloo,P (2720) chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (69)}) ({RR} 20... Nh7 21. Qf1 Ng5 22. f4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. f5 Nd5 25. Qxh3 f6 26. Qg3 Rac8 27. h4 Kf7 28. g5 Ke7 29. g6 Qa4 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Rfe2 Rc2 32. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 33. Qf2 Rc8 34. h5 Qd3 35. h6 {Wei Yi (2722)-Maghsoodloo,P (2720) chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (69)}) 21. Qf1 Ng6 22. Qxh3 Qb5 23. g5 Nh7 24. Qg4 Qb3 25. h4 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Re2 Qd3 28. Kf2 Re6 29. Qf5 Qb3 30. Qc2 Rxe3 31. Qc8+ Nhf8 32. Rxe3 Qxb2+ 33. Ne2 Nxh4 34. Qg4 Nhg6 35. f4 Qb5 36. Qc8 Qb1 37. Qg4 Qb5 38. f5 Qd7 39. Ng3 Ne7 40. Qf4 Nc6 41. Nh5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1947.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Ba5 $6 9. b4 Bb6 10. e3 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O c6 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. Na4 Bg4 16. Nd2 Bc7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 Rce8 19. Rab1 Bc8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Qc2 h5 22. Nb3 g6 23. Re1 Kg7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 {Martin,P-Bolbochan,J Buenos Aires 1946 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Bd3 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 O-O 14. Nge2 Nc6 15. O-O Ne7 16. Na4 Nf5 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Qc7 Nh4 19. Qxb6 Nxg2 20. Qd6 Nh4 21. Qf4 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qxf4 25. gxf4 {Korol,D (2287)-Sarkar,J (2288) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 10... Be6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Na4 c6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a4 Bf5 17. Qb3 Qe6 18. Rfc1 Qd6 19. a5 b5 20. Qc3 Nb8 21. Ra2 Na6 22. Rb2 Re8 23. Ne5 Re7 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 {Belistri,F-Gonzalez Mestres,L Barcelona 1965 0-1 (54)}) 11. Bd3 Bxd3 (11... Qg6 12. Bxf5 Qxg2 13. f4 Qxh1 14. O-O-O { Bg4} h5 15. Qf2 $18) 12. Qxd3 c6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. b5 Bc7 (17... Ba5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa6 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nb6 21. Nd2 $16) 18. Ra2 Re6 19. Rac2 (19. bxc6 $142 bxc6 20. Rac2) 19... Qa3 $1 20. bxc6 bxc6 $2 (20... Rxc6 $142 21. Qb5 Nb6 22. a5 a6 $1 23. Qb1 Qxa5 $1 24. Ra2 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3) 21. Qa6 Nb6 22. a5 Re7 23. g3 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nc4 25. Qxc6 $2 (25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc6 Bxa5 27. Nd5 { Qxc4}) 25... Nxd2 26. Nxd5 Bxa5 27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Qd5 Bb4 29. Rc7 Qf6 30. Rxa7 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Ng5 32. f4 Ne6 (32... Qe6 33. Qxe6 Nxe6 34. Rb1) 33. Ra8 (33. Rb1 $142) 33... Rxa8 34. Qxa8+ Kh7 $2 (34... Bf8) 35. Qe4+ g6 (35... Kg8 36. d5 Bd2 37. dxe6 Bxc1 38. e7 $18) 36. d5 Bd2 37. Rd1 (37. dxe6 $2 Bxc1 38. e7 Qa6 $1 $11) 37... Nc5 38. Qd4 {time} (38. Qd4 Qxd4 39. exd4 Ne4 40. Rxd2 Nxd2 41. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Oltetsian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1948.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. a4 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Rf6 11. f3 Nd6 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Ba3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Rh6 17. a5 Nd5 18. c4 Nc7 19. Nf4 Qh4 20. h3 g5 21. Nd3 Qg3 22. Qb4 Bd7 23. Qe7 Rxh3 24. Bd6 f4 25. exf4 {Ernst,S (2538)-Tworuszka,M (2260) chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 10... Rf6 11. f3 Nd6 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Ba3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Rh6 17. a5 Nd5 18. c4 Nc7 19. Nf4 Qh4 20. h3 g5 21. Nd3 Qg3 22. Qb4 Bd7 23. Qe7 Rxh3 24. Bd6 f4 25. exf4 {Ernst,S (2538)-Tworuszka,M (2260) chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) 11. f3 Ng5 12. Ng3 Qe8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Qg6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. e4 Nf7 20. a5 Nd7 21. Ba3 Rfc8 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxf5 Re8 24. Ne7+ Rxe7 25. Bxe7 Re8 26. exd5 Bb5 27. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lubienski, Tadeusz"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1949.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 g6 14. Qxd5 Nxb4 15. Qxb7 Nxd3 16. Qc6 Qe8 17. Qc4 Nxc1 18. Rfxc1 c6 19. e4 b5 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22. Rd1 a5 23. e5 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 b4 25. Ne4 {Tran,T (2518)-Ilincic,Z (2414) Budapest 2019 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 10... c5 11. Nce2 Nc6 12. Ng3 g6 13. b3 Bd6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ra2 Ne5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rd2 Qb6 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Qa1 Re8 20. Rfd1 Qxb3 21. Nd3 Nfd7 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Rb1 Qa4 24. Rxb7 Nc4 25. Ra2 {Kouroglou,K (1884)-Sioutis,A (1897) Loutraki GRE 2025 1-0 (56)}) 11. Nce2 $146 ({RR} 11. Qf3 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. f3 Ng6 16. Qg3 Re8 17. Rab1 Qd7 18. Qf2 Rad8 19. Rb2 Ne7 20. g4 Qd6 21. Ne2 Rb8 22. Rfb1 Nc8 23. Qh4 g6 24. Qg5 Qe7 25. Rc2 Nd6 {Moser,A (2159)-Lichii,E (1862) Berlin 2017 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 11. Qf3 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. b4 Re8 15. Bb2 c6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Rc2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. Rfc1 R4e6 21. b5 cxb5 22. Qe2 R6e7 23. Bc3 Rc8 24. a4 Rc4 25. Be1 h6 {Wenninger,P (2332)-Mischustov,M (2313) Bayern 2015 ½-½ (87)}) 11... a5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bc3 Qb6 16. Bb1 Rfe8 17. Ba2 Qc6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rfd1 Nb6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O-O ({RR} 9. d5 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. Rfe1 Nc5 12. Bf1 Bc8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Qe3 h6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 g5 22. Bg3 Qg6 23. Rac1 h5 {Machlik,M (2107)-Krasteva,B (2281) New York USA 2024 ½-½ (67)}) 9... O-O 10. d5 $146 ({RR} 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Re8 12. Rhe1 a5 13. b3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. f3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. a4 Qg5+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nc5 20. Kc2 f6 21. g4 Ne6 22. h4 {½-½ (22) Borisenko,G-Lisitsin,G Leningrad 1956}) 10... Nc5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 c6 13. Nd2 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qd7 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. Rc1 a5 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Qd2 Nxc3+ 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qe1 Qg4 22. Qf1 Nh5 23. f3 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O (5... Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 (8. e5 Ng8 9. Nh3 $13 {1-0 Kotov,A-Keres,P Candidates Tournament 1950 (14)}) 8... Na5 {0-1 Simagin,V-Petrosian,T Moscow-ch 1950}) 6. f3 d5 (6... c5 7. e4 Nc6 $132) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c5 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nc7 ({RR} 12... Qd7 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. a4 Nc7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qc2 Qd3 18. Qf2 Rad8 19. Ra3 c3 20. Qe1 Ncd5 21. e4 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Qb4 23. Nf5 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Qxc3 Red7 26. Qc2 c4 27. Rc3 {Pultinevicius,P (2579)-Pedoson,G (2224) Tallinn EST 2025 1-0 (40)}) 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Qd3 ({RR} 14. Ra2 Nb5 15. Qd3 Nd6 16. Re2 Qd7 17. e4 Qb5 18. Qxb5 Nxb5 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. e5 Nc4 21. exf6 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Nxb2 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nf4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Rb4 Nxa3 28. Rxd4 Nb5 {Jones,G (2625)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Caleta 2016 ½-½ (32)}) 14... Qd7 15. e4 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb2 Qb5 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Rae1 Rcd8 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 c4 20. Bc1 Ne6 21. Nf5 Kh8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rf3 b5 27. Ref1 Qd7 28. Qf2 a5 29. h4 Qc6 {Bobkov,V (2253)-Rosner,J (2434) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 15. Bb2 Qb5 16. Qd2 Qc6 17. Rae1 Nb5 18. e4 cxd4 19. cxd4 dxe4 20. Nf5 e3 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qe5 {1-0 (23) Kociscak,J (2432)-Poloch,P (2297) Czech Republic 2015}) 15... Qb5 16. Qxb5 Nxb5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bb2 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 g6 {[%csl Gf5]} 21. Rfd1 Nc7 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb6b5,Gc7e6]} 22. Nf1 b5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Ne3 Rab8 25. Bc1 Rb3 26. Rxa4 a6 27. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch28"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Primel,Dominique} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 ({RR} 5... c5 6. e3 Nc6) 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Na5 9. Qe2 Nb3) 8... Na5 $3 $146 (8... h6 {½-½ Geller,E-Smyslov,V URS-ch17 Moscow 1949 (17)}) 9. e5 (9. Qa4 $142 {Kotov}) ({RR} 9. Qa4 h6 10. Bh4 Qc8 11. Nh3 Qb7 12. Nf2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 dxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ng4 Ke7 16. Ne3 c5 17. d5) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Nh5 12. h4 ({RR} 12. c5 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 d6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. h4 gxh4 16. Rxh4 Nf6 17. c4 dxc5 18. dxc5 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd7 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Ne2 Rc8 22. Nc3 Rxc4 23. Ne4 Rc7 24. Nd6+ Kf8 25. Bg3 e5 26. Nf5 f6 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Ding,L (2805) Cupar 2019 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 12. Qa4 f5 ({RR} 12... Qc8 13. h4) 13. h4 ({RR} 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Nh3 O-O-O) 13... g4 14. fxg4 fxg4 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Qe4 ({RR} 16. Qg6+ Qf7 17. Qxg4 Rg8 18. Qd1 ({RR} 18. Qe4 Bb7) ({RR} 18. Qe2 O-O-O) 18... O-O-O) 16... Bb7 17. Qxg4 Qf7 18. Nh3 Rg8 19. Qe2 O-O-O 20. Qe3 ({RR} 20. O-O-O) 20... Rg4 21. Be2 Re4 22. Qd3 Rg8 23. Rg1 Qf5 24. Be3 Ng3 ({RR} 24... Ba6 25. g4) 25. Bf3 Rxe5 26. O-O-O Bxf3 {Bannik,A-Petrosian,T Moscow 1961 EXT 2023 [Primel,Dominique] 0-1 (31)}) 12... f5 $1 ({RR} 12... Bxc4 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nh3) 13. exf6 $2 (13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nh3 Qg6 15. g4) ({RR} 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nh3 Qg6 15. g4 Ng7 16. Bh4 Bxc4 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. Bf6 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nc4 20. Qd3 b5 21. a4 c6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. d5 a6 24. O-O-O Rg8 25. gxf5 Rc8 26. dxe6 Nxe6 27. fxe6 {1-0 (27) Weetik,V (2423)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2611) chess.com INT 2025}) 13... Qxf6 14. c5 $146 ({RR} 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Nh3 O-O-O 16. c5 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Rde8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qe2 e5 20. O-O-O Qc6 21. Qc2 Rhg8 22. Rfe1 Nc4 23. d5 Qd6 24. Qa4 Qxa3+ 25. Qxa3 Nxa3 26. d6 Nc4 27. dxc7 Kxc7 28. Re4 b5 {Gomez,J (2463)-Mollah Abdullah,A (2454) Ashkhabad 2017 1-0 (40)}) 14... Bxf1 15. Kxf1 g4 $1 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. g3 (19. fxg4 Nd3 20. Re2 Ne3+ 21. Rxe3 Qxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Rxf2#) (19. Bg3) 19... Qf5 $1 20. Rc1 (20. Qxf5 Nd2#) 20... Qd3+ 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Rd1 Ndb2 23. Ra1 gxf3 24. Nh3 bxc5 25. Kg1 Nd3 26. Kh2 Rab8 27. Ra2 Rb3 28. dxc5 e5 29. g4 e4 30. g5 e3 31. gxh6 exf2 32. Nxf2 Nxf2 33. Rxf2 Kh7 34. Rd1 Rf7 35. c6 d6 36. Rd3 Rb2 37. Kg3 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Ne5 39. Rd4 Nxc6 40. Ra4 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "Match/Club Spartak-Dynamo"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Baturinsky, Victor Davidovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1950.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 e4 9. Bc2 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxc4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc6 13. Bd3 Na5 14. O-O d5 15. Rb1 b6 16. f3 Re8 17. e4 f6 18. Re1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc4 20. a4 Qd7 21. Qc2 Re6 22. Rb5 Rae8 23. Qa2 c6 24. Rb1 Qf7 25. Bf4 h5 26. Re2 {Real de Azua,E (2455)-Vokhidov,S (2643) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (40)}) 12. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 12. Ng3 d5 13. f3 Re8 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 c5 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bb2 Qc7 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nf8 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Nh5 Nd7 24. d5 f5 25. Qf3 Qd6 26. Rf1 Rc2 {Moskalenko,V (2520)-Gonzalez Rodriguez,J (2353) Barcelona 2003 1-0}) ({RR} 12. Ng3 d5 13. f3 Re8 14. Kf2 h5 15. Re1 g6 16. Kg1 c5 17. Ne2 Nb8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Nf4 Nc6 20. Nd3 b6 21. Nf2 Rad8 22. Bb2 Ba6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Na5 25. e4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qc4 {Mitev,V (2281)-Ince,T (2120) Novi Sad 2022 ½-½}) 12... Nb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. f3 Qd7 15. O-O Qb5 16. a4 Qa5 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20. e4 c5 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. e5 Nd7 23. Qa2 Ndb6 24. Rb5 a6 25. Rxc5 Qxa4 26. Qf2 Qd7 27. Nh5 Qf5 28. g4 Qd3 29. Rc7 Qxc3 30. f4 a5 31. f5 Qb4 32. Qf4 h6 33. Nxg7 Re7 34. Nh5 Rxc7 35. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.11.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 10. e4 Re8 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Re1 {½-½ (12) Csonkics,T (2280)-Pogats,J (2240) Hungary 1996}) ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Re1 Na5 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bf1 c5 16. g3 Re7 17. Bc1 h6 18. d5 Nh7 19. f3 Rb8 20. Re3 Qe8 21. Rde1 Nf6 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. h3 Nh5 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. h4 {Vitiugov,N (2719)-Morozevich,A (2739) Tromsoe 2013 ½-½ (96)}) 11. Re1 ({RR} 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Nf1 Nf4 15. Ng3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Ba6 17. a4 Rb8 18. Nf5 g6 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. Qd2 Qe6 21. Qe2 Nh5 22. g3 Nf6 23. Rad1 c6 24. Qd2 Bxc4 25. d5 cxd5 {Sarana,A (2713)-Niemann,H (2733) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (80)}) 11... Nbd7 12. a4 a5 13. Rb1 $146 Bc6 14. Bc2 Nf8 15. f3 Ng6 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Ne3 h6 18. Kh1 Nh7 19. Qd2 Ng5 20. Qf2 Ne6 21. Rd1 Nef4 22. c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Ba3 Ne6 25. Rd2 Qc8 26. Nf5 Bc6 27. Bxc5 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne2 cxd4 ({RR} 8... a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bc7 11. b4 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ned4 Ne4 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd4 f6 19. Nd2 Be2 20. Rfe1 Bd3 21. Qc3 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rd5 23. f4 {Garcia Caro,J (2172)-Rodriguez Avila,A (2040) Isla 2022 0-1 (62)}) 9. exd4 Be7 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Bg5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. Bh4 Bf8 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. f4 Nd5 15. Qd3 Be7 16. Bf2 Rd8 17. Qf3 f5 18. a3 Qb6 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. Rfc1 Nce7 21. b4 Qd6 22. h3 Rf8 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. Nb5 {Dimakiling,O (2432)-Yu,Y (2607) Ho Chi Minh City 2011 0-1 (38)}) 10. b3 $146 ({RR} 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bb3 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Bc2 g6 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Ba4 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Nxd4 21. Ne5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nf5 23. Qb3 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qg5 {Assad,K (2168)-Rainfray,A (2400) France 2000 0-1}) ({RR} 10. h3 Nb4 11. cxd5 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nxd5 13. a3 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f4 f5 16. g4 Nf6 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Ng3 Qd5 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 g6 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Bd2 Rad8 23. Bb4 Nd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 {Pourebtehaj,M (2141)-Shalamberidze,A (2422) Teheran 2006 0-1}) 10... b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Rc7 14. Ne5 g6 15. Qe2 dxc4 16. Nxc6 cxd3 17. Nxd8 dxe2 18. Rxc7 exf1=Q+ 19. Nxf1 Rxd8 20. Rxe7 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Petrosian-Mukhitdinov +7-0=6"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzhan"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 d6 11. O-O Na5 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. a4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qxa4 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd7 19. cxb6 axb6 $146 ({RR} 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 axb6 21. Qa6 d5 22. Qxb6 Nc4 23. Qb3 Ned6 24. e5 Nc8 25. Nh5 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Kh8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ {½-½ (32) Klachkou,P (1992)-Runets,I (2194) Minsk 2022}) ({RR} 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 axb6 21. Qa6 d5 22. Qxb6 Nc4 23. Qb3 Ned6 24. e5 Nc8 25. Nh5 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Kh8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ {½-½ (32) Klachkou,P (1992)-Runets,I (2194) Minsk 2022}) 20. Qa6 Rb8 21. d5 Nc7 22. Qd3 b5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bc5 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Nc4 26. Qb3 Qf7 27. Bb4 Na6 28. Nf1 d5 29. Ra1 Nxb4 30. Qxb4 Qf8 31. Qb3 dxe4 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qg3 Ra8 34. Re1 Qd5 35. h4 h6 36. Qg4 Qf5 37. Qe2 Qf4 38. Rb1 Rb8 39. h5 Qe5 40. Rb3 Ra8 41. Rb1 Ra1 42. Rxa1 Qxa1 43. Qg4 Qe5 44. Qe2 Qf4 45. Qc2 e3 46. Nxe3 Nxe3 47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qxe6 Nd1 49. Qg6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch19 Semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1951.06.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Veltmander, Iogannes G"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1951.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. g3 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 Ndf6 15. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 15. d5 e5 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. f3 Nc5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Nxd5 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. f4 Ra7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Qc3 c6 25. Rf5 e4 26. Rdf1 Raf7 27. h3 Nfd7 28. g4 Qe7 29. Qg3 Rxf5 {Matveeva,S (2411)-Demina,J (2357) Serpukhov 2008 ½-½ (37)}) 15... Ng4 16. Bc1 Qh5 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Nd3 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Kh2 e5 21. f3 Ng5 22. Nf2 Rad8 23. Bd2 a4 24. bxa4 Ne6 25. Rb1 Nd4 26. Qd1 Qf7 27. e3 Ne6 28. Qc2 f4 29. exf4 exf4 30. g4 Nd4 31. Qd3 Ba6 32. Rb5 Nd7 33. Re1 Ne5 34. Rxe5 Bxb5 35. axb5 dxe5 36. Qc3 Ra8 37. Bf1 Ra4 38. Ne4 Rfa8 39. Bc1 Qa7 40. h4 Rxa3 41. Bxa3 Qxa3 42. Qxa3 Rxa3 43. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 02nd final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1951.09.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.09.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Leningrad"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. Ne2 {?!} (9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. c4 {'with the idea'} dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc3 14. Qb3 Qxa1 15. Bb2 {[%eval 122,0]}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 {?!} (10. Nfxd4 {=}) ({RR} 10. Nexd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bb6 15. Qe2 Qxd4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rfd1 Qe5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. g3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 f5 22. Kg2 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Be2 Bb6 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2652)-Landa,K (2550) Playchess.com INT 2004 0-1 (57)}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. Bf4 ({RR} 12. Be3 Bc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qb6 15. b4 Rd8 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Be8 19. Qe1 Ne7 20. b5 Bxb5 21. Rab1 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qa6 23. Rc5 Bxe2 24. Ra5 Qd3 25. Ne5 Qe4 26. Nxf7 Rxd4 {Nikolaou,S (2138)-Papadopoulos,P (2177) Loutraki GRE 2025 0-1 (59)}) 12... a6 $146 ({RR} 12... Ne7 13. Rc1 Nfd5 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. b4 Bb6 17. Qb3 Nf5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. b5 a4 20. Qb1 Nd6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nc3 Ba5 23. Nxd5 Nxb5 24. Qa2 Nxa3 25. Ne3 Nb5 26. Ng6 Nc3 27. Rxc3 {Kashlinskaya,A (2346)-Bukavshin,I (2435) Kirishi 2010 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 12... Bc7 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Qd6 15. Qd3 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Ne5 Ned5 19. Rfe1 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bd5 21. Ba6 Rad8 22. Qh3 Be4 23. Bc4 Bf5 24. Qh4 Qc7 25. Re3 Ng4 26. Rc3 Nxe5 27. fxe5 {Spassky,B-Kozma,J Varna 1958 ½-½ (41)}) 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. Ba2 Bd7 15. Be5 Nfd5 {[%eval -48,0]} 16. Bb1 Bb5 17. a4 (17. Qc2 Ng6 18. Rfd1 Qd7 {'with the idea' Rfc8$17}) 17... Bc6 18. Bg3 Nb6 {?!} (18... Nb4 {%03'better is'} 19. Ne5 Bb6 {[%eval -122,0]}) 19. Qd3 Nf5 20. Nh4 g6 (20... Nxa4 {?} 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5 g6 23. Qc2 Qd5 24. Nf4 Qxd4 25. Nxg6 $40 {'with the idea'} fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Qg7 27. Ba2+ Kh8 28. Be5 {+-}) (20... Qd5 {?} 21. Nf4 Qxd4 22. Nxf5 {[%eval 122,0]}) 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Rc5 (22. Bf4 Nxa4 23. Bxh6 Re8 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. f3 Bb5 {[%eval -122,0]}) (22. b3 Be4 23. Qd1 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 Nd5 {[%eval -122,0]}) 22... Nxa4 (22... Bb4 {?!} 23. Rxf5 {!}) 23. Rxc6 (23. Rxf5 {?} Nxb2 24. Qc2 Ba4 {!} 25. Qxb2 gxf5 {[%eval -122,0]}) 23... bxc6 24. Qa3 Re8 25. Bd3 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Qxd4 27. Ra1 Re8 28. Bxa6 Re4 (28... Nc5 29. Qxa5 Nb3 30. Qa3 Nxa1 31. Qxa1 Ra8 {!}) 29. b4 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Be5 Re4 32. Bd6 Bd2 33. Kf1 Nb6 34. Bb7 Nc4 35. Bc5 Na5 36. Ba8 Nb3 37. Rd1 Ba5 38. Bd6 Nd2+ 39. Kg1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 02nd final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1951.09.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bannik, Anatolij"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.09.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 ({RR} 12. c4) ({RR} 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Ba3 Ned7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Bb2 Qe7 22. Qf5 Rc6 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Bb5 Rcd6 25. Rg1 g6 26. Bc4 Ne8 {Korotylev,A (2600)-Landa,K (2678) Serpukhov 2007 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Ba1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 dxc4 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Qc3 f6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rd6 Ne5 23. Qe6 Qc5 24. Rd5 Rc6 25. Rxc5 Rxe6 26. Rc7 Rb6 {Kalogridis,A (2080)-Andriasian,S (2298) Tornelo INT 2021 ½-½ (44)}) 12... Qc7 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxc5 18. c4 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Qe3 Nf5 21. Qf4 Nd3 22. Qf3 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Nd4 24. Qe4 ({RR} 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Ne2+) 24... b6 25. Kh1 Qe6 26. Qf4 Qe2 27. Kg1 {Panno,O-Averbakh,Y Buenos Aires 1954 MCL [ChessBase] 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 12... Qc8 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Ba1 Nxc5 16. Rb2 b6 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nc4 20. Rb4 Qe6 21. Qa2 Ne4 22. Bd3 Ned6 23. Re1 {½-½ (23) Saigin,V-Tal,M Riga 1954}) 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. a4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd7 17. Kg2 Rc6 18. Rg1 Qc8 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qd4 Rxc5 21. Kh1 Rc6 22. e4 Re8 23. Bh6 g6 24. exd5 Rxe2 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Rg3 b6 27. Rd1 a5 28. Kg2 Re5 29. Rg5 Re2 30. Rd5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kopylov, Nikolai Georgievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase/Botvinnik/Bronstein} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 cxd4 9. Na4 Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 ({RR} 10... d6) 11. b4 ({RR} 11. Re1 d5 12. c5 bxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Ne5 Ba6 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. b4 Nc6 19. Rc1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5 Kf8 23. Bb3 Rc6 24. Qxh7 Rac8 25. Rcd1 d4 {Sarana,A (2679)-Erigaisi,A (2799) Chennai IND 2024 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 11. Nc3 d5) ({RR} 11. h3 d5) 11... Ng4 ({RR} 11... d5 12. c5) ({RR} 11... a5 12. b5 d5 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb2 ({RR} 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Bb2) 15... Be7 ({RR} 15... Ne4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+) 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Ne5) 12. g3 ({RR} 12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 14. Kf1 f5 15. Qxa8 Nc6 16. Qb7 Nxd4) ({RR} 12. d5 b5 13. cxb5 Bxd5) 12... f5 ({RR} 12... Qc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. Qxg4 Nc6 16. Nxc6) 13. Re1 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne1 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nd8 15. Ng2 Nf7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. c5 Qd8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Bf6 22. Qe2 Nh8 23. Rc2 Ng6 24. f4 Nge7 25. b5 Qe8 26. Rfc1 Qf7 27. Qd2 Rb8 {Alatortsev,V-Lisitsin,G Tbilisi 1937 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 13. Nc3 a6 14. Re1 Nc6 ({RR} 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Bb2) 15. Bf1 ({RR} 15. d5 Nce5 16. Nxe5 ({RR} 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nxe5) 16... Nxe5 17. Bf4 Bd6 ({RR} 17... Bf6 18. Qe2 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rae8 21. Bxa6) 18. Bf1 ({RR} 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxe5 ({RR} 20. Na4 Qxd5) 20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxc3) 18... Nxc4 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. Rxe6 Qc6 ({RR} 20... Bxf4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Kh8 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Bc7 25. Rd1) 21. Nd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxd6) 15... Nd8 ({RR} 15... f4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. gxf4 Nxd4 ({RR} 17... Qxf4 18. Re4) 18. Qxd4 Bxf3 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bf6 ({RR} 20... Rf8 21. dxe6 Rxf4 22. Qxd7 Qb8 23. Rac1 Rc4 24. f4 Qxf4 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. Qf7+) 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxa1 23. dxe6 dxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Rxa1) ({RR} 15... Rac8) 16. Bf4 ({RR} 16. d5 Bf6 17. Bf4 ({RR} 17. Bb2 Nf7) ({RR} 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. a4) 17... e5 18. Bg5 Nf7) 16... Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bg2 ({RR} 18. Ne5 Nf6 ({RR} 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc6 20. f3 Nf7 ({RR} 20... Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxf3 22. Na4 Rb8 23. c5 b5 24. Nb6 Bc6 25. a4) 21. Bg2 Rad8 22. Qe2 d6) 19. Rc1) ({RR} 18. d5 Nf6 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 exd5 22. Rh4 h6 23. Rc1) 18... Nf7 19. c5 ({RR} 19. Qb3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxd4) ({RR} 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. c5) 19... Qc7 ({RR} 19... bxc5 20. dxc5 Qe7 21. Nd5) 20. Rc1 ({RR} 20. Na4 b5 21. Nb6 Rae8 22. d5) 20... Rae8 21. Na4 ({RR} 21. d5 bxc5 22. dxe6 dxe6 23. Na4 c4 24. Nc5 Bd5 25. Nd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 e5 27. Nxf5 Qc6+ 28. f3 Ng5 29. h4 Qxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nxf3 31. Kxf3 h5 32. Rxc4) ({RR} 21. Nh4 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Ng5 23. Nf4 Qb7 24. c6 dxc6 25. h4) 21... b5 22. Nc3 ({RR} 22. Nb6 d5 ({RR} 22... Nf6) 23. h3 Nf6 24. Ne5) 22... f4 23. d5 ({RR} 23. Ne4 fxg3 24. hxg3 Rc8 ({RR} 24... Nfh6 25. Nd6) 25. a4) 23... fxg3 24. fxg3 ({RR} 24. hxg3 exd5 25. Nxd5 Rxe1+ ({RR} 25... Qc6 26. Nh4 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1) 26. Nxe1 Qe5 ({RR} 26... Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Nf6 28. Nf3 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qd8 30. Rd1) 27. Qxg4 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rd1) 24... exd5 25. Qd4 ({RR} 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Nd4 Ne4) ({RR} 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 ({RR} 25... Qc6 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Ng5 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Qc3 Qh6 30. Nh4 ({RR} 30. Qb2 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 32. Kh1 Nfxh2) ({RR} 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7 Nxf3+ ({RR} 31... Kxg7 32. Nxg5) 32. Bxf3 Bxf3 33. Rxd7 Bc6 34. Rc7 Ne5 35. Rd1 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne1+ 37. Kh3 Bg2+ 38. Kh4 Nf3+ 39. Kh5 Rg8 40. Rd6 Nxh2 41. Rdd7 Bf3+ 42. Kh4) 30... Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qc6+) 26. Qxd5 ({RR} 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxd5 Ne3 28. Re1 Qc8 29. Qd3 Nxg2 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Kxg2 Qe6 32. h4) 26... Ne3 27. Qd2 ({RR} 27. Qb3 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 d6) 27... Nxg2 28. Qxg2 ({RR} 28. Kxg2 Qc6) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 d6) 25... Nf6 26. Nh4 Re5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 {Botvinnik,M-Bronstein,D Moscow 1951 MainBase [ChessBase/Botvinnik/Bronstein] 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 13. Ne1 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nd8 15. Ng2 Nf7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. c5 Qd8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Bf6 22. Qe2 Nh8 23. Rc2 Ng6 24. f4 Nge7 25. b5 Qe8 26. Rfc1 Qf7 27. Qd2 Rb8) 13... f4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. gxf4 Qxf4 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxe7 Nc6 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Be4 dxe4 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Qxg4 Nd8 23. Qg3 Bxf3 24. Rac1 Ne6 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Nd5 Qf7 28. Rce1 b5 29. Re7 Qg8 30. Kf1 bxc4 31. Ne3 c3 32. Rc1 c2 33. Nxc2 Qc4+ 34. Ke1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg Leonidovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5) 8. a3 Ba5 9. Qc2 $1 dxc4 (9... a6 10. b3 Bc7 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rad1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 $14 {Averbakh-Estrin, 1950}) 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 12. b4 Bc7 13. Bg5 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Rac1 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rec1 Bc4 23. Rd1 f6 24. Be3 Rfd8 25. Rcc1 Bb3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {Varas,L-Najdorf,M Mar del Plata 1968 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Qc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. b4 Bb6 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Qb3 Rfe8 21. Rd3 Rc4 22. Bg3 Bc7 23. Rfd1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Nb6 25. Rd8 Rc8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {Sarana,A (2688)-Kamsky,G (2634) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (130)}) ({RR} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rae1 Bd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qf5 Nb6 21. Re3 Rae8 22. Rg3 f6 23. Qg6 Re6 24. f4 Kh8 25. f5 Re4 26. Qh5 Qe7 {Duzhakov,I (2441)-Vokhidov,S (2412) St Petersburg 2018 0-1 (45)}) 12... b5 13. b4 Bb6 (13... Bc7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 { 17.g5}) 14. d5 (14. Bg5 $142) 14... exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Ra7 17. Rd1 (17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Bb2 Qxd5 19. Bxf6 Bf5) 17... Qc7 18. Qb2 Nf6 19. Bh6 {} Bxf2+ $8 (19... Rd8 20. Rac1 Qe7 21. Bg5) (19... Rd8 20. Ng5 gxh6 21. Qxf6 $40) 20. Qxf2 (20. Kh1 Qb6) 20... Ng4 21. Qd4 Nxh6 22. Rac1 Qe7 (22... Qb8 23. Ne5 Nf5 (23... Rc7 24. Nc6) 24. Qc5 Ne7 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nc6) 23. Re1 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc6 Nf5 26. Qf2 a5 27. Rcxe6 Qd7 28. R6e5 axb4 29. axb4 Rc7 30. Qb6 (30. Ng5 {( 31.e6)} Nh6 (30... Nd4 31. Qa2+ Rc4 32. Rc5 Rc8 33. Re7 $1 Qd8 34. Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Ra7 Nc6 36. Ra8 Nb8 37. h3) 31. Qa2+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Re8 33. Nxc7 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Qd4+) 30... Rb7 31. Qc5 Rc8 32. Ng5 g6 33. Qf2 Rbc7 34. Ne4 Kh8 35. Nc5 Qf7 36. g4 Ng7 37. Qd4 (37. Qxf7) 37... Rf8 38. R5e2 Kg8 39. g5 $2 Qf5 40. Rg2 Rcf7 {[Moiseyev]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1952.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1952.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5 ({RR} 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. exd4 Ba6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxc4 Nd7 15. Qb5 Rfd8 16. a4 Qf4 17. c4 Rac8 18. a5 Rc7 19. Rfd1 Rdc8 20. h3 h6 21. axb6 axb6 {½-½ (21) Lombardy,W-Keres,P Zuerich 1961}) 8... bxc5 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Kf1 Rfd8 14. Ke2 Be7 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1 17. Nxd1 Kf8 18. Nc3 h6 19. h3 Nd7 20. Ne4 Nb4 21. Nc3 Nc6 22. Bb5 Nc5 23. Kd2 {Ivanchuk,V (2722)-Cheparinov,I (2677) Sibenik 2016 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 8... Bxc5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. e4 Ng4 12. Rf1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. h3 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 Ba6 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Bc4 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Nd4 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. Ba4 b5 23. Bd1 {Averchenko,S (2164)-Safin Safarullakhan (2075) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (57)}) 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. b3 $146 ({RR} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 c4 12. bxc4 Nc5 13. a3 Ba5 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd6 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Nb5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. a4 Rfb8 20. Nfd4 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 {½-½ (21) Yermolinsky,A (2498)-Nevednichy,V (2518) Bucharest 2019}) 10... e5 11. Bb1 e4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. a3 Bd2 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxd2 Bxc4 18. axb4 Qg5 19. Ra5 Qh4 20. h3 Rfb8 21. Ng3 Rb5 22. Rxb5 Bxb5 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Bd4 Ne4 26. Qxd3 Nxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Qe7 Qb8 30. Bxa7 Qxa7 31. Qxd8+ Nf8 32. Qe8 Qa3 33. Rc7 Qb3 34. Qe7 Qd5 35. Kh2 h6 36. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1952.03.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1952.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O Nc6 11. f3 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. Ng3 h5 ({RR} 13... Na5 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bb7 16. Bg5 Re6 17. Nh5 Qb6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kf8 20. e5 fxe5 21. Qg7+ Ke7 22. Rxf7+ Kd8 23. Rf8+ Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Qd7# {1-0 (26) Kleschevnikov,A (2055)-Wang,Y (1836) Yekaterinburg RUS 2025}) 14. Nh1 ({RR} 14. Qe1 a5 15. e4 h4 16. Nh1 h3 17. Bg5 Ne7 18. Rb1 hxg2 19. Kxg2 Nh7 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Qg3 Ra6 22. e5 Nf8 23. Nf2 Nfg6 24. Kh1 Nf5 25. Qg5 Ngh4 26. Ng4 Rg6 27. Qh5 Qe7 28. Rxb5 Qxa3 {Yilmaz,M (2650)-Schitco,I (2503) Budva MNE 2023 ½-½ (41)}) 14... Na5 $146 ({RR} 14... a5 15. Nf2 Bd7 16. e4 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. e5 Nh7 20. f4 g6 21. f5 gxf5 22. Qxh5 bxc3 23. Ng4 Qa7 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. exf6 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 {1-0 (27) Roedl,L-Habermann,E Bad Elster 1940}) ({RR} 14... a5 15. Nf2 Rb8 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. h3 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 b4 20. Ba4 Bd7 21. Qxh5 Qe7 22. axb4 Nd8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxa5 Rxe4 25. Bf4 Nc6 26. Qh5 Rbe8 27. Raf1 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Qxd4 29. Bg3 {Borkowski,S (1592)-Kozlowski,T (1801) Polanica Zdroj 2021 1-0 (34)}) 15. Nf2 Bb7 16. Re1 Nb3 17. Bxb3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Qb6 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Nd3 Rc7 21. Reb1 Bc8 22. Qxb5 Bf5 23. Qxe8+ Nxe8 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Nb4 Nf6 26. Kf2 g6 27. Ke2 Kg7 28. Be1 g5 29. a4 Kg6 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. Rb1 Kf6 32. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 c6 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 ({RR} 13. O-O Nd7 14. b4 Be4 15. Nd2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 a6 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. Nb3 Re7 19. Nc5 Nb6 20. a4 Nc4 21. a5 Rae8 22. Re1 Qf6 23. h3 Nd6 24. Ra2 g6 25. Rae2 Kg7 26. f3 Nf5 27. Nb3 Qd6 {Merriman,J (2224)-Ohanyan,E (2504) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 13... Qxf5 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. b4 Re6 17. Rac1 Rae8 18. Qc2 Qh5 19. Qd1 Qf5 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Qd1 Qf5 {½-½ (21) Shianovsky,V-Khasin,A Baku 1961}) ({RR} 15. b4 Nb6 16. a4 Nc4 17. b5 cxb5 18. axb5 a5 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 bxa6 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Rc8 23. Qe2 Rc6 24. h3 Qc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Ra1 Rc6 27. Ra5 Rd6 28. Rc5 Kf8 29. Rc7 Ke8 {Erdos,V (2480)-Balogh,C (2531) Kazincbarcika 2005 1-0 (69)}) 15... Nf6 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Ne4 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. g3 a5 20. a4 Ra6 21. b3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 (11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. exd4 Ne4) 12... Nb4) (11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 Rb8 $1) 11... c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ne4 (13... Bxf3) 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bh5 16. f3 Bg6 17. e4 Qd7 18. Rae1 dxe4 $146 ({RR} 18... f5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. a4 Rfe8 21. Qg5 Qf7 22. Ba3 h6 23. Qg3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2 Na5 27. Qf4 Nb3 28. Bxf5 ({RR} 28. d5 Qxa4 29. d6 Qxa3 ({RR} 29... Qc6 30. Bxf5) 30. d7 Qe7 31. Qc7) 28... Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxa4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ {Smyslov,V-Petrosian,T Zuerich 1953 Candidates [ChessBase] ½-½ (48)}) 19. fxe4 Rfe8 20. Qf4 (20. a4 Ne5 $1 21. Ba3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxa4) 20... b5 21. Bd1 Re7 22. Bg4 Qe8 23. e5 a5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rfe1 {} Re6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Petrosian's best known strategical exchange sacrifice. Petrosians berühmtes postionelles Qualitätsopfer.} 26. a4 $32 (26. h4 { h4-h5, g3}) 26... Ne7 (26... b4 27. d5 Rxd5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qxc4) 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qf1 (28. Qf2 Nd5 29. Rf3 b4) 28... Nd5 29. Rf3 Bd3 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 b4 32. cxb4 (32. c4 Nb6 33. Rc1 Nxa4 34. Ba1 Qc6) (32. c4 Nb6 33. d5 exd5 34. c5 Nxa4 35. Bd4 Rc8 36. Qf3 Qe6) 32... axb4 (32... Nxb4 33. Qb3 Nd5) (32... Nxb4 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5 Nd3 35. Re2 Rb8 36. Rd2 Rxb5 37. Rxd3 Rxb2 38. d5 $10) 33. a5 Ra8 34. Ra1 Qc6 35. Bc1 Qc7 (35... Rxa5 $2 36. Rxa5 Qxc1+ 37. Qf1 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 h6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Qb1+ g6 41. Ra7+ Kh8 42. h3) 36. a6 Qb6 37. Bd2 b3 38. Qc4 h6 39. h3 b2 40. Rb1 Kh8 41. Be1 {[Bronstein]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 ({RR} 11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 ({RR} 12. exd4 Ne4) 12... Nb4) ({RR} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 Rb8) 11... c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ne4 ({RR} 13... Bxf3) 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bh5 16. f3 Bg6 17. e4 Qd7 18. Rae1 f5 $146 (18... dxe4 19. fxe4 Rfe8 {Reshevsky-Petrosian} {RR} 20. a4 Ne5 21. Ba3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxa4) ({RR} 18... dxe4 19. fxe4 Rfe8 20. Qf4 b5 21. Bd1 Re7 22. Bg4 Qe8 23. e5 a5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Re6 26. a4 ({RR} 26. h4) 26... Ne7 ({RR} 26... b4 27. d5 Rxd5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qxc4) 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qf1 ({RR} 28. Qf2 Nd5 29. Rf3 b4) 28... Nd5 29. Rf3 Bd3 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 b4 32. cxb4 ({RR} 32. c4 Nb6 33. Rc1 ({RR} 33. d5 exd5 34. c5 Nxa4 35. Bd4 Rc8 36. Qf3 Qe6) 33... Nxa4 34. Ba1 Qc6) 32... axb4 ({RR} 32... Nxb4 33. Qb3 ({RR} 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5 Nd3 35. Re2 Rb8 36. Rd2 Rxb5 37. Rxd3 Rxb2 38. d5) 33... Nd5) 33. a5 {Reshevsky,S-Petrosian,T Zuerich 1953 Candidates [ChessBase] ½-½ (41)}) 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. a4 Rfe8 21. Qg5 Qf7 22. Ba3 h6 23. Qg3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2 $16 Na5 27. Qf4 Nb3 28. Bxf5 (28. d5 Qxa4 29. d6 Qxa3 (29... Qc6 30. Bxf5) 30. d7 Qe7 31. Qc7) 28... Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxa4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kh7 37. Be7 Nc1 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. d5 Qa2+ 42. Kg3 Qd2 43. d6 (43. Qe6+ Kh8 44. d6 Ne2+ 45. Kg4 Qf4+ 46. Kh5 Qxh2+) 43... Qe1+ 44. Kg4 Nd3 45. Qd5+ (45. d7 h5+ 46. Kxh5 Qxe7 47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. d8=Q (48. Qe4+ Qxe4 49. fxe4 Nf4+) 48... Nf4+) 45... Kh7 46. d7 Qe5 $1 {} 47. Qxd3+ (47. d8=Q Nf2+ 48. Kh4 Qxh2#) (47. Qd4 Qxh2) (47. Qd6 $3 Nf2+ 48. Kh4 g5+ 49. Kh5 $18) 47... cxd3 48. d8=Q (48. d8=Q Qe2 49. Kh3 d2 50. Qd7 d1=Q 51. Qf5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f3 Be6 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. Bd2 Qe6 16. a4 a5 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Rfb1 Rfb8 19. Be1 Qe8 20. Ba6 Bxa4 21. Bg3 Bc6 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Bb5 Rc8 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. Ra3 h6 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Rc1 {Bosiocic,M (2577)-Bilobrk,F (2381) Sibenik 2012 1-0 (32)}) 14. Qe1 Nd7 15. e4 $146 ({RR} 15. Ra2 f5 16. h3 c4 17. Bb1 b5 18. g4 Nb6 19. Rg2 Qd6 20. Qh4 Na4 21. Bd2 Rae8 22. Qg5 Qd7 23. Be1 Qe7 24. Qh5 Bf7 25. Qxf5 g6 26. Qc2 Qxe3+ 27. Kh2 Qe7 28. Qc1 a5 29. Bc2 Rb8 {Taimanov,M-Bagirov,V Tbilisi 1957 1-0 (44)}) 15... c4 16. Bc2 f5 17. e5 Rf7 18. a4 a5 19. f4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Ba3 Nb6 22. Qh4 Qe8 23. Rf3 Nc8 24. Ba4 Rd7 25. Rb1 Qd8 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Rg3 Na7 28. Be7 Bf7 29. Qg5 Bg6 30. h4 Nc6 31. Ba3 Nd8 32. h5 Ne6 33. Qh4 Bf7 34. h6 g6 35. Qf6 Qd8 36. Be7 Qc7 37. Rxg6+ hxg6 38. h7+ Kxh7 39. Qxf7+ Ng7 40. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Ne5 d5 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Nd3 16. Bxc8 Nxe1 17. Rxe1 Qxc8 18. Qxa7 Bd8 19. Qa4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. Qb5 Qa8 {Naiditsch,A (2700)-Erdos,V (2614) Minsk 2017 ½-½ (53)}) 8... cxd4 $146 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Nb5 cxd4 10. a3 Be7 11. exd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc3 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Bb4 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Qb1 a5 22. Bc3 Rc7 23. Bxc4 {Demerzhan,L (1996)-Pedashenko,A (2145) Dagomys 2004 0-1}) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Rd1 Rc8 10. Qc2 cxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Bf3 Nb2 18. Qc2 Bxf3 19. Re1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc4 21. Nf3 Qd5 22. Bg5 Kh8 23. Bxf6 {Chen,D-Yu,S (1726) Shanghai CHN 2024 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Nb5 cxd4 10. Nfxd4 Qe7 11. Bf3 Rfd8 12. a3 Bc5 13. Qc2 Bxd4 14. exd4 a6 15. Bxc6 dxc6 16. Nc3 Rxd4 17. c5 b5 18. Be3 Rd7 19. b4 Ng4 20. Ne4 Rd5 21. h3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rf8 23. Nd6 {Bluvshtein,M (2333)-Teplitsky,Y (2541) Toronto 2001 ½-½}) 9. Qxb4 Nc6 10. Qa3 dxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. a3 Rf6 14. b4 Rh6 15. Bb2 d6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd3 a5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. Ne1 e5 22. f3 Bb7 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Qe6 25. f4 e4 26. Nc2 Nc5 27. Nd4 Qf7 28. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.02.04"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. c4 ({RR} 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. c4 Qd7 16. Bb2 Ba6 17. Qd1 c6 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Qe6 21. Nb3 Bxc4 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. Ba3 Ne8 25. Rb1 Rdd8 26. Rb2 Nf6 {Wu,C (1503)-Chkhartishvili,L (1836) Montesilvano ITA 2024 0-1 (44)}) 12... Re8 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rc1 c6 16. Bc4 Nd6 17. Bd3 b5 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Rce1 bxa4 21. e4 Bb3 22. Qc3 Nb5 23. Bxb5 cxb5 24. d5 Ra6 25. Re3 b4 26. Qd4 Qb6 27. Qd3 Nd7 28. e5 Nc5 {Meier,D (2176)-Ahmels,V (2209) Germany 2013 1-0 (38)}) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd6 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Qb3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qa3 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Nd4 Qg5 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qg6 24. Bd4 Nde4 25. Ne5 Qe6 26. Nd3 Qb3 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Qxb3 Nxb3 29. Rb1 Rc3 30. Nf4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 g6 32. Nd5 Rc4 33. Nxb6 Rb4 34. Rd6 Nc5 35. h4 Nxa4 36. Nd5 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Nc5 38. Rc6 Ne6 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. g4 h6 41. Ra8 Rb5 42. Nc3 Re5 43. Kg2 Nc7 44. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation ENG-URS"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1954.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1954.07.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 $146 ({RR} 11. Ng3 b6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rae1 Na5 15. Re5 Nd7 16. Re3 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qg5 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. h3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Bc1 Qd5 22. Qf4 Qxc5 23. Re5 Qf8 24. Qh4 Nd7 25. Rh5 f5 {Gligoric,S-De Greif,B Portoroz 1958 1-0}) ({RR} 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Qc2 b6 13. Ba3 Na5 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Rfe1 Nc4 16. Bb4 Be6 17. a4 Qc8 18. Ba3 Bd7 19. Be7 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 Be6 21. Re1 Kf8 22. Nf5 Ng8 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. R7xe6 fxe6 25. Ne3 Qe8 {Alves,F-Rocha,A Recife 1963 ½-½ (41)}) 11... Ne7 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 f4 18. Bxg6 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qg5 20. Kf2 Rf6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 Raf8 23. Rae1 Qh5 24. Kg1 Re8 25. Qd2 b6 26. g4 Qf7 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. g5 hxg5 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Qxg5 Rh6 31. Kf2 Rh5 32. Qf4 Qd8 33. Re1 Rh6 34. Re5 c6 35. Qe3 Qg8 36. Re7 Be6 37. Qe5 Bf7 38. Bf5 Rh5 39. Rb7 Be8 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation SWE-URS (2-6) (1-7)"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1954.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Goode, Royal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1954.07.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Nc6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Be6 ({RR} 12... a5 13. Kh1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Ra2 Ra7 16. a4 Rae7 17. Qb3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Re2 Rc7 20. Ba3 Rc4 21. Rd1 Qd7 22. Bb2 Rec8 23. e4 Nc2 24. e5 Ne8 25. Qd3 g6 26. f4 Qxa4 27. f5 {Tregubov,P (2585)-Mareco,S (2635) Doha 2016 0-1 (40)}) 13. Bb2 Rf8 $146 ({RR} 13... h5 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Rae1 Rc8 16. Qf2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd7 18. h4 Rc7 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Ba1 Qg4 23. Rc1 b5 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Rec8 26. d5 Nxa3 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Bxf6 {Vestby Ellingsen,M (2358)-Sorensen,H (2219) Stockholm 2019 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Re1 h5 15. Nh1 Na5 16. Nf2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. Qb3 Re7 19. Rad1 Rec7 20. Bc1 Qd7 21. Bb1 Na5 22. Qb2 Qa4 23. Nd3 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Nxb3 25. Bb2 Bf5 26. h3 h4 27. Kf1 Na5 28. Nb4 {Akesson,R (2359)-Maerevoet,S (2448) Belgium BEL 2025 0-1 (73)}) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Rae1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e4 Qc7 19. Ba1 Rc2 20. Qe3 h6 21. e5 Nh7 22. Nh5 Qe7 23. Nf4 Nf8 24. Rc1 {½-½ (24) Karsa,L (2337)-Takacs,B (2333) Hungary 2018}) 14. a4 Rc8 15. Ba3 Na5 16. e4 Ne8 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Ba6 Ndb7 19. Nf4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Bc1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qd7 24. Ra2 Rcd8 25. d5 Nbd6 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Re2 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Ba3 Rfe8 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. Nh5 Kf8 33. Rc3 Ng6 34. Ng3 Ne5 35. h3 g6 36. Rec2 Red8 37. Kf2 f5 38. exf5 Rxd5 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. Ne4 Ke7 41. Rc7+ R5d7 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Rc8 Re7 45. g4 Kd7 46. Rf8 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 02nd"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.09.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1954.09.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Army"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 ({RR} 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. h3 Rc8 14. Kh2 a6 15. Bd2 Nb5 16. Be1 Bf8 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Rac1 Be4 21. f3 Bg6 22. g4 Bd6 23. Bg3 h5 24. Kh1 hxg4 25. hxg4 Qe7 {Wang,H (2710)-Leko,P (2723) Beijing 2014 1-0 (42)}) 11... c5 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Be3 Bf8 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ng3 Nfd5 18. Bd2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 c5 20. d5 Bd6 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qd6 23. Qf3 f6 24. c4 b5 25. Bf1 Rab8 26. Nf5 {Vifleemskaia,S (1942)-Ganzhurov,R (2065) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (32)}) 12. g4 b6 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. h3 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Qd3 Bf8 17. b3 Qh4 18. Nce2 Bd7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Rf2 Na6 21. a5 Nb4 22. Qd1 Na8 23. Bd2 cxd4 24. exd4 Nc7 25. Rf3 Nb5 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 {Sarosi,Z (2405)-Petran,P (2425) Hungary 1997 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. h3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Ncb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 Bc5 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Bc3 a5 {½-½ (20) Santiago,Y (2446)-Mareco,S (2585) Vitoria 2014}) 13. Nf4 h6 14. Rf2 Re8 15. Nce2 Bd6 16. Ng3 a5 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. a4 Ra7 19. b3 Bf8 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. Qd2 Na6 22. Bb2 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. Qb2 Be7 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. Be5 Nc5 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Bb5 Bd7 29. Nf5 Bxb5 30. axb5 Ncd7 31. Bd4 Bc5 32. Rg2 Bxd4 33. exd4 Nf8 34. Nd3 Ng6 35. Ne5 Rc7 36. Nc6 Qd7 37. Qd2 h5 38. h3 Qe6 39. Kf1 Rd7 40. Rc3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Rc7 42. Re3 Rxc6 43. bxc6 Qxc6 44. Rge2 Rc8 45. Kf2 Qc7 46. Kg1 Kf8 47. Qe1 Nf4 48. Rh2 Ng6 49. Nh4 Nf4 50. Nf5 Ng6 51. Ra2 Nf4 52. Re7 Qc1 53. Ra1 Qxe1+ 54. Raxe1 Ne6 55. Rb7 Ng5 56. Kg2 g6 57. Rxb6 Rc2+ 58. Kg3 gxf5 59. Rxf6 fxg4 60. Kxg4 Rg2+ 61. Kf4 Kg7 62. Rb6 f6 63. Kf5 Nxf3 64. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 02nd"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.09.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1954.09.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak"]
[BlackTeam "Dinamo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Qb1 Qe8 17. h3 h6 18. Bd3 Bd6 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Qa1 Ne8 21. Bb1 a5 22. b5 Nb8 23. Nf4 Nd7 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nc5 26. Ba2 {Dimitrov,V (2368)-Nikolic,Z (2174) Nis 2017 1-0}) ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nb5 Bg6 14. Nbd4 Qd7 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qd4 Rc7 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Bg4 Qd6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxa7 Ne4 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qd4 {Aleksandrov,A (2574)-Gao,O (1653) Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0 (49)}) 12. O-O a5 13. bxa5 Qxa5 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bb5 Rfc8 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Nf4 Ndf6 18. Nd4 Nd2 19. Ndxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Nde4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rc1 Nd6 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Bd7 Nb6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Rf1 d4 27. Qf3 Nxa4 28. Bd5 Qd8 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Be4 Nc3 31. Qh3 h6 32. Bd3 Qe8 33. Qf5 Kg8 34. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1954.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rabar, Braslav"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1954.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f3 a5 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. Bd2 Qe6 16. a4 a5 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Rfb1 Rfb8 19. Be1 Qe8 20. Ba6 Bxa4 21. Bg3 Bc6 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Bb5 Rc8 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. Ra3 h6 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Rc1 {Bosiocic,M (2577)-Bilobrk,F (2381) Sibenik 2012 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Qe1 Nd7 15. e4 c4 16. Bc2 f5 17. e5 Rf7 18. a4 a5 19. f4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Ba3 Nb6 22. Qh4 Qe8 23. Rf3 Nc8 24. Ba4 Rd7 25. Rb1 Qd8 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Rg3 Na7 28. Be7 {Taimanov,M-Petrosian,T Zuerich 1953 1-0 (40)}) 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 b5 $146 ({RR} 15... Re8 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Rae1 h6 18. Qf2 b5 19. e4 b4 20. e5 Nh7 21. cxb4 c3 22. Be3 axb4 23. axb4 Kh8 24. Bd3 Qb6 25. Qc2 Bb5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Qxc3 Rec8 28. Qb2 Qd3 29. Qe2 Qa3 30. Rb1 {Jakobsen,P (2182)-Dedebas,E (2253) Antalya 2017 1-0 (42)}) 16. e4 Be6 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. Qg3 f6 19. Bf4 Rf7 20. Rfe1 Nf8 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Postny,Evgeny} ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 {½-½ (14) Iotov,V (2519)-Nikolaidis,I (2516) Kallithea 2008}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 ({RR} 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Ba5 10. Ba3 d6 11. c5 O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Qd7 16. Ne5 dxe5 17. Bxf8 exd4 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Rbc1 Rxf8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6) 8. bxc3 Nxc3 ({RR} 8... f5) ({RR} 8... O-O) 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 Qxf3+ 13. Rg2 f5 14. Qxc3 ({RR} 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Rf1 Nc6 ({RR} 15... Rg8 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. d5 Qh6 19. e4 f4 20. c5 c6 21. dxe6 dxe6 22. Rd1 b5 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. Rxe6 Kxe6 25. Qb3+) ({RR} 15... Nf6 16. d5 Na6 17. Be2 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. f3 Nec5 21. Rxg7+ Kd6 22. Rd1 exd5 23. Rxd5+ Kc6 24. f4) ({RR} 15... O-O 16. d5 Nf6 17. Be2 Qh3 ({RR} 17... Qe4 18. Qd1 e5 19. Bd3 Qh4 20. Bxf5) 18. c5 exd5 19. Rfg1 g6 20. Rxg6+ hxg6 21. Rxg6+ Kh7 22. Rg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3) 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. d5 Ne7 19. Rxg7 Qh6 ({RR} 19... Nh5 20. Rg5 Rg8 21. Rxg8+ Nxg8 22. Rg1 Kf7 23. Qc3 ({RR} 23. Qa4 Nhf6 24. dxe6+ dxe6 25. c5) 23... Ngf6 24. dxe6+ dxe6 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. c5) 20. Rfg1 Rf8 21. dxe6 dxe6 ({RR} 21... Qxe3 22. exd7+ Nxd7 23. Bc1 Qc5 ({RR} 23... Qe6 24. c5 O-O-O ({RR} 24... Nxc5 25. Bg5) 25. Bc4 Qe5 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Qa4 Kb8 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Bd5) 24. Qd3 Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. c5) 22. c5 Rf7 23. cxb6 ({RR} 23. Bb5+ Kf8 ({RR} 23... c6 24. Bxc6+ Nxc6 25. cxb6 Ne7 26. b7 Rb8 27. Qa4+ Kf8 28. Qxa7 Nd7 29. Qa3 Ke8 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Rg7+ Qxg7 32. Bxg7) 24. R7g2 a6 ({RR} 24... Qxe3 25. Bc1) ({RR} 24... c6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. cxb6) 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Bc4 Qxe3 ({RR} 26... Rc8 27. Qd3 Nfd5 28. Ba3) 27. Qd1 Nfd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Bc1 Qc5 30. Bh6+ Ke8 31. Rg8+ Nxg8 32. Rxg8+ Kd7 33. Rxa8) 23... Rxg7 24. Rxg7 axb6 ({RR} 24... Qxg7 25. b7 Rb8 26. Qxc7 Rxb7 27. Qxb7) ({RR} 24... cxb6 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Qc7+ Kf8 28. Bc6 Qh3 29. Kg1) 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Rxe7 ({RR} 26. Rg2 Rxa2 27. Qxc7 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qxe3 29. Qd8+ Kf7) 26... Kxe7 27. Qxc7+ Kf8 28. Qd6+ ({RR} 28. Qe5 Kf7 ({RR} 28... Ne8) 29. Bc4 ({RR} 29. Qc7+) 29... Re8 30. Qxf5 Qg6 31. e4 Qxf5 32. exf5 Nd5) 28... Kf7 {Postny,E (2622)-L'Ami,E (2592) Germany 2011 CBM 145 [Postny,Evgeny] ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Rf1 Rg8 ({RR} 15... d6 16. Be2 Qh3 17. c5) ({RR} 15... c5 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. dxc5) ({RR} 15... Nf6 16. Be2 Qe4 17. Qb3 f4 18. Qd1 fxe3 19. fxe3 Nc6 20. Bf3 Qh4 21. Rxg7 O-O-O 22. Bxc6 dxc6 23. Qf3 Rhg8 24. Rxg8 Nxg8 25. Qxc6) 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. d5 Kf7 19. e4 c5 20. Bb2 f4 21. e5 Nh5 22. Kg1 g6 23. Rg4 Rd8 24. Bd3 Rg8 25. Rf2) 14... Qd1+ $146 {RR} 15. Rg1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation HUN-URS 12,0-20,0"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1955.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1955.05.23"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. e4 e5 ({RR} 8... d6 9. Ne2 Na5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Nh5 Qe7 14. O-O Rg8 15. Qf3 Rg6 16. d5 O-O-O 17. e5 fxe5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qf6 Kd7 20. dxe6+ Qxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kxe6 22. Ng3 Nxc4 23. f4 {Duda,J (2739)-Aravindh,C (2729) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (70)}) ({RR} 8... d6 9. Ne2 Na5 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 O-O 12. Ng3 Bxc4 13. f5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 e5 17. d5 Qd7 18. Ne2 b5 19. Kh1 a5 20. g4 h6 21. Rg1 Nh7 22. f6 Nxf6 23. g5 {Ronka,E (2263)-Sorensen,H (2424) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (40)}) 9. d5 Na5 10. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 10. f4 d6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. O-O h6 14. Ra2 Bg4 15. Raf2 Nd7 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxc4 18. Bh5 g6 19. Rxf7 Qxf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Bxg6+ Kg7 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qg3 Kf8 24. Bf5 Rg8 {Ryskin,A-Artishevsky,S Minsk 1985 1-0}) ({RR} 10. f4 d6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh5 Qd6 15. Ra2 O-O 16. O-O Bd7 17. Raf2 f6 18. Rf3 Qe7 19. Rg3 Nb7 20. Be2 Nd6 21. Qf3 Be8 22. h4 Bg6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Bg5 Qd7 {Chen,Y (2181)-Li,W (2441) Hefei 2010 0-1 (52)}) 10... Qe7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Nf3 d6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Rd6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. e5 Rd7 21. Rxf6 h5 22. h4 Bb7 23. Qa4 Rg8 24. Raf1 Rg7 25. d6 Qd8 26. e6 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-03"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1955.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov,Valery A Keres} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 (9... d5 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 c4 12. axb4 cxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Nc5 $16 {Alatortsev-Moiseyev, 1954}) 10. Bf4 (10. Re1) ({RR} 10. Re1) ({RR} 10. Nc3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rd1 N7f6 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Qe5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nhxf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nhf4 19. Nxd5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qxd5 21. Ne1 Rfd8 22. f3 Rac8 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd2 Rc7 {Gligoric,S-Petrosian,T Siegen 1970 ½-½ (41)}) 10... Ne4 $146 ({RR} 10... d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 ({RR} 12. b4 Nh5 13. Bd2) ({RR} 12. h3 d5) 12... Re8 ({RR} 12... d5) 13. h3 Nf8 ({RR} 13... Rc8) 14. d5 e5 ({RR} 14... exd5 15. cxd5 a6 ({RR} 15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxd5) 16. Bc2) 15. Bd2 N6d7 16. b4 Ng6 ({RR} 16... g6 17. g4) 17. Rc1 Ndf8 ({RR} 17... Nh4) 18. Bc2 Bc8 19. Ne4 Nh4 ({RR} 19... f5 20. Ng3 e4 21. Nd4) 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 bxc5 ({RR} 22... Qxd5 23. Nd6) 23. Nxc5 Nd7 24. Ne4 ({RR} 24. Ba4 Nxc5 25. Bxe8 Nd3 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qf3+ Qf6 28. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bxe1 30. Bxe1) 24... Nf6 25. Be3 {Najdorf,M-Golombek,H Moscow 1956 MCL [Chekhov,Valery A] 1-0 (42)} {RR} Qxd5 ({RR} 25... Nxd5 26. Bc5) ({RR} 25... Nxe4 26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bc2 Be7) 26. Nxf6+) ({RR} 10... d5 11. c5) ({RR} 10... Na6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 d6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. b4 h6 16. Nc3 Bf8 17. Rcd1 Qd7 18. Bc1 Rcd8 19. Bc2 Qc8 20. h3 Qa8 21. Rd3 d5 22. c5 Ba6 23. Ne5 bxc5 24. dxc5 d4 25. Nd1 {Salem,A (2656)-Jobava,B (2702) Doha 2016 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 10... d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. b4 Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. Nc3 g6 15. Rc1 a6 16. h3 Rc8 17. Bf1 h6 18. Bh2 Rc7 19. c5 Rc8 20. cxd6 Nb8 21. Ne5 Bxd6 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd2 Nh5 25. Qe2 {Urh,Z (2244)-Bulmaga,I (2362) Rhodes GRE 2025 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 10... Na6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 d5 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc7 15. Be5 Ncd5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Nd5 18. Rcc1 Bg5 19. Rcd1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Ba6 Qd5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rd3 Bd6 24. Ng5 Qd5 25. Ne4 {Hebert,J (2400)-Mohebbi,J (2250) Paris 1995 1-0 (41)}) 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd5 $2 (13... exd5 $142) 14. Re1 Nc6 (14... Qh5 15. Re5) 15. Rb1 Rfd8 (15... Qxa2 16. Re2 Qd5 17. c4 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Na5 $13) 16. Rb5 Qxa2 $1 (16... Qd7 17. Rh5 g6 18. Rh3 { 19.g5}) 17. Re2 Qa3 18. Qb1 Qxc3 19. Rb3 $22 (19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Re3 Nxd4 21. Rxc3 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf1 Nxc3 23. Qb2 Rac8 $17) 22... Nxc3 23. Qb3 (23. Qb2 $1 $16) 23... Rd1+ 24. Ng1 Rad8 25. Bc2 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxf4 $44) 19... Qa5 20. Rb5 Qc3 21. Rb3 Qa5 22. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-03"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1955.09.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Panno, Oscar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Rad1 ({RR} 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. a4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. Qe3 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd8 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rfxd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra3 Nf6 23. Rb1 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ne5 Ne4 26. h3 Nxc3 27. Rb3 Nd5 {Gabrielian,A (2531)-Sjugirov,S (2627) St Petersburg 2011 ½-½ (85)}) 13... Bxc3 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. a4 Qa5 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Qe3 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Rb8 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. Ne5 Nbd5 20. Qh3 Rbc8 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Qh4 Ne7 23. Be3 Nf5 24. Qh3 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rc1 Nd6 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Nb6 {De Fotis,G (1890)-Rama,T (2131) Dulles 2021 0-1 (40)}) 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Rc1 Bd5 17. Ne5 Rfe8 18. h4 Qb7 19. Qh3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Re3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Qd5 23. Bh6 Qxe5 24. Bxg7 Qf4 25. Be5 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Qf5 27. Qxf5 {½-½ (27) Taimanov,M-Djurasevic,B Zagreb 1958}) ({RR} 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ng5 Qf4 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxd5 22. a3 Rc7 23. e4 Ba8 24. a4 Rfc8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rb1 Rxc3 27. Rxb5 h6 28. Nf3 Rc1 29. Re5 f5 {Cordes,H (2310)-Legde,G (2255) Germany 1999 ½-½ (33)}) 15... Ng4 16. Bh4 Bxf3 17. Bg3 Nge5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bb7 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. c4 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. cxb5 Rxb5 24. f4 g5 25. Rc7 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. fxg5 Rxe5 28. Ra7 Rxg5 29. Rxa6 Rc8 30. Ra7 Rc2 31. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-03"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1955.09.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 ({RR} 9... Be7 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qb5 Rb8 17. Qa6 Ra8 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd1 Qa5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxa4 24. Qxa5 {Giri,A (2773)-Niemann,H (2637) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 c6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ba3 c5 14. Bf5 c4 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Rxb4 Qe7 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf4 Rbe8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 {Schekachikhin,M (2370)-Rahul Ramakrishnan (1990) Kottayam IND 2025 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. b4 c6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. b5 cxb5 13. Bxb5 a6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qd8 16. a4 Bb4 17. Qb3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Ba5 f6 20. Bxb6 Qe7 21. Nf3 Rfc8 22. Bc5 Qd7 23. Rfb1 Bc6 24. Qc2 {Petrosian,T-Pietzsch,W Munich 1958 1-0 (60)}) 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 11. Qc2 h6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f4 c5 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Rf4 Ng5 17. Bd2 Bc8 18. h4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 g6 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Raf1 Re7 22. Be1 c4 23. Qe2 h5 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. g4 hxg4 {Chiesa,G (1678)-Liberto,M (1459) Crema 2022 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 h6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. f4 c5 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Rf4 Ng5 17. Bd2 Bc8 18. h4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 g6 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Raf1 Re7 22. Be1 c4 23. Qe2 h5 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. g4 hxg4 {Chiesa,G (1678)-Liberto,M (1459) Crema 2022 1-0 (31)}) 11... Nc6 12. c4 Na5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ba6 Nd6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. a4 Qd5 19. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-03"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1955.09.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Bb2 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Rac8 16. Qb1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qb1 e5 19. Bb2 c4 20. Qf5 e4 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Qh3 Rd5 23. a4 Rh5 24. Qg3 Ra5 25. Qf2 Qd7 {Tunik,G (2460)-Landa,K (2570) Smolensk 1997 0-1 (66)}) ({RR} 11. O-O cxd4 12. Qe2 dxc3 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Ba3 Rfc8 16. Ba2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. h3 e5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nf5 Nf6 21. f3 e4 22. fxe4 Bxe4 23. Qf2 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh2 Rc5 {Plotkin,V (2273)-Rusonik,M (2196) Toronto CAN 2024 0-1}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Bd3 Qb7 $146 ({RR} 13... Qxc2 14. Bxc2 Nc6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. Nb3 Na5 18. Nxa5 bxa5 19. Kd2 Rb8 {½-½ (19) Matveeva,S (2420)-Harika,D (2478) Biel 2007}) 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3) 10. Qc2 $6 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 (11. Nh4)) 10... Na5 11. cxd5 (11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Bd3 Ba4 $10 {Borisenko-Khasin, 23rd URS-ch, Leningrad 1956}) 11... c4 12. Be2 exd5 13. Nd2 $1 Bg4 $2 (13... Re8 $142 {( ... g6, ... f5)} 14. Bf3 (14. h3 g6 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Bf5 (16... Bxh3)) (14. f3 Rxe3 15. Ne4 Rxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 $13) 14... g6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nb3 18. Ra2 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Qf4 $15) 14. Bxg4 $146 ({RR} 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Ne4 17. f3 Ng3 18. Re1 f5 19. Nf1 Nxf1 20. Kxf1 g6 21. Bd2 Nb3 22. Rab1 Re6 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rbe1 Qe7 25. Bc1 b5 26. g4 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 Qh4 28. gxf5 Qxh3+ {Fahed,A (2001)-Maharramzade,J (2433) Abu Dhabi 2000 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nf1 Nf6 17. f3 Qc6 18. Bd2 Nb3 19. Rad1 Qa4 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Nc5 22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. Ng3 b5 24. Rc1 h6 25. Rb1 a6 26. Kf2 Rad8 27. Re2 Re6 28. Kf3 Nd7 {Kashlinskaya,A (2344)-Belikov,V (2505) Alushta 2009 0-1 (39)}) 14... Nxg4 15. g3 f5 16. Rb1 Nc6 $2 {Geller} (16... Qd7) (16... b6 17. a4 Rae8 18. Ba3 Rf6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Nf1 Rfe6 $36 { e  (Euwe)}) 17. a4 Qd7 (17... Rae8 $142 18. Rb5 Qd7) 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Re2 $1 Qe6 (20... g6 21. Rbe1 Re6 22. f3 Nf6 23. e4) 21. Rbe1 Qh6 22. Nf1 Qh5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Nd2 Re6 25. e4 Rae8 26. e5 Nd7 27. Nf1 $1 (27. f4 $6 Nf6 $1 28. Nf1 Ne4 29. Ne3 Rd8 $10 {Polugayevsky}) 27... Qxf3 28. Rf2 Qd3 29. Qc1 { 30.e3} Nxd4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Rd1 Qg4 (31... Qxe5 32. Bb2 Qd6 (32... Qe4 $2 33. Rd4) 33. Rxf5 $18) 32. Ne3 Qe4 33. Rf4 $1 Qxe5 34. Nxd5 Qe2 35. Rf2 Qxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 Ne5 39. Ne3 $6 $138 (39. Ne7+ { 40.xf5}) 39... c3 40. Kf2 g5 41. h3 Rc8 42. Rd5 Nc4 43. Bc1 Nb2 44. Nxf5 Rc4 $2 (44... Rc5 $142) 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nf4 ({RR} 11. b3 h6 ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. f3 c5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. h3 Bb8 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. f4 Rcd8) ({RR} 11... a5 12. a4 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. a4 c6 14. f3 Bb4 15. Re1 h5 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Bf1 Bd6 18. h4 Re7 19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Nc1 Nbd7 21. Ncd3 Rae8) 12... Bb4 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Bh7 17. Ng3 Nbd7) 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bb2 Bb4 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Bd6 18. Re1 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb8 21. Ra2 Na6 22. Rae2 Re7 23. Ne5 Nb4 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 {Carlsen,M (2862)-So,W (2762) Wijk aan Zee 2015 CBM 165 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Nf4 c6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. b3 Bf5 15. Qa2 h6 16. a4 a5 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Nd3 Nbd7 19. Rab1 Bb4 20. Qb2 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qe7 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Rdd1 Nb8 25. Qd2 Na6 {Poghosyan,S (2266)-Iljiushenok,I (2547) Ershovo RUS 2024 ½-½ (37)}) 11... c6 ({RR} 11... Bf8 12. Kh1 Bf5 13. a4 a5 14. f3 h6 15. Nd3 Nc4 16. Re1 c6 17. b3 Nd6 18. Ba3 Bh7 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. Ne5 Red8 21. Nd1 Nd7 22. Bb2 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nf5 24. Bc3 b6 25. f4 c5 26. Rc1 {Szabo,L-Smyslov,V Amsterdam/Leeuwarden 1956 ½-½}) 12. f3 ({RR} 12. b3 Bd6 ({RR} 12... Bf8 13. Nd3 a5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 a4 19. b4 Nc4) 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Bb2 h5 15. h4 Qe7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Be4 18. Nef4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 g6 20. f3 Qc7 21. Qc2 Nbd7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rae1 Rde8) 12... c5 $1 13. Kh1 $146 ({RR} 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. g4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Nxd4 Qc4 17. b3 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Bd6 19. g5 Nfd7 20. f4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Nb5 Bxe3+ 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Be6 26. Nc7 Rf8 27. a4 d4 {Cosman,A (2063)-Gelip,I (2169) Calimanesti 2014 ½-½ (46)}) 13... Bf8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nd3 (15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nfxd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Ba4 18. b3 Qxd5 (18... Nxd5 $15)) 15... cxd4 (15... c4 $2) 16. exd4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Na4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Bd2 (20. Bh3 Rc2 (20... Bd7 $1) 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qe6+ Kg6 23. Bf5+ Kh5 24. g4+) 20... Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam/Leeuwarden"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 11. b3 ({RR} 11. Nf4 c6 12. b3 ({RR} 12. f3 c5 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Na4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Bd2 Nd7) 12... Bd6 ({RR} 12... Bf8 13. Nd3 a5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 a4 19. b4 Nc4) 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Bb2 h5 15. h4 Qe7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Be4 18. Nef4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 g6 20. f3 Qc7 21. Qc2 Nbd7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rae1 Rde8) ({RR} 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Nf4 c6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. b3 Bf5 15. Qa2 h6 16. a4 a5 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Nd3 Nbd7 19. Rab1 Bb4 20. Qb2 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qe7 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Rdd1 Nb8 25. Qd2 Na6 {Poghosyan,S (2266)-Iljiushenok,I (2547) Ershovo RUS 2024 ½-½ (37)}) 11... a5 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bb2 Bb4 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Bd6 18. Re1 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb8 21. Ra2 Na6 22. Rae2 Re7 23. Ne5 Nb4 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 {Carlsen,M (2862)-So,W (2762) Wijk aan Zee 2015 CBM 165 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. f3 c5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. h3 Bb8 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. f4 Rcd8) 12. a4 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. a4 c6 14. f3 Bb4 15. Re1 h5 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Bf1 Bd6 18. h4 Re7 19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Nc1 Nbd7 21. Ncd3 Rae8) 12... Bb4 13. f3 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Qd3 Nbd7 15. Nf4 b6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Nd3 Bf8 18. Qf2 c5 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Bd6 21. Nb5 Bb8 22. Bh3 Rc6 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. Re1 c4 25. Ba3 Qd8 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Nb2 g5 28. e4 {Guliev,S (2498)-Iordachescu,V (2644) Nakhchivan 2012 0-1 (38)}) 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Bh7 17. Ng3 Nbd7 18. h4 Bd6 19. f4 Bb4 20. g5 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qg4 g6 24. f5 h5 25. Qf4 Nf8 26. Ra2 Qd7 27. Rf2 c6 28. b4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Bxf5 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 26-38"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1956.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Djurasevic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1956.06.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 e5 12. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Rc1 Qe8 17. Qe1 Rac8 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nh4 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Qa4 21. Bxh5 Nxh5 22. Nf3 e4 23. Nd4 Nf4 24. b3 Qd7 25. exf4 Qxd4 26. Be3 Qd3 {Zamikhovsky,A-Klavins,J Kharkov 1956 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nbd5 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Bb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Nd2 {½-½ (21) Bluebaum,M (2670)-Harikrishna,P (2711) Lublin POL 2023}) ({RR} 12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Ba2 Bg4 15. Qe1 Be6 16. b3 Bd5 17. Bb2 Nbd7 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Qe2 Nfe4 20. Rfc1 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rad8 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. e4 Bxe4 24. g3 Nd3 25. Re1 Qf5 26. f4 Rc8 {Casas,F-Eliskases,E Mar del Plata 1957 0-1}) 12... b6 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Qe7 18. b5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rc7 20. b3 g6 21. Ne4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. Qe2 Qxc3 13. Bd2 Qc2 14. Bd3 Qa4 15. Rfc1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bb4 $146 ({RR} 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. g3 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. Bb4 Rd8 21. Rd1 f5 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nf6 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Bc4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. f4 a5 28. Bc5 b5 29. Kf2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Bxb4 Ra2+ {Dilleigh,S (2120)-Jackson,S (2160) England 2009 ½-½ (40)}) 17... Bd7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd7 9. dxc5 Bc6 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxc5 11. a3 Qb8 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bc3 Qd5 16. e4 Qh5 17. Be2 Be8 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. Ng4 Rd8 21. Qc1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Qc7 Bd8 24. Qxb7 {Danielian,E (2416)-Sandu,M (2298) Douglas IOM 2023 1-0 (35)}) 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bxc5 12. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 12. b3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Ne2 Be7 {½-½ (16) Furman,S-Bronstein,D Moscow 1957}) 12... Bd5 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxd5 Nbxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. b4 ({RR} 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nb5 Be5 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe7 15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Kf8 21. Rc5 b6 22. Rcc1 a5 {Firouzja,A (2777)-Carlsen,M (2835) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. O-O d4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Re8 16. Bxc6 d3 17. Qa4 bxc6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Rd1 Rb8 21. Qc4 Be4 22. Qxf7 Qd6 {Kocharin,T (2255)-Gireman,J (2208) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 8... b6 9. Nge2 c5 10. b5 $146 ({RR} 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nb5 Ne5 14. a4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qd7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Nf4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nd3 Ne4 {Diaz Mino,P (2050)-Plotkin,V (2242) Caleta 2018 0-1 (48)}) 10... a6 11. O-O axb5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Nce2 Na7 16. Bd3 c4 17. Bc2 b5 18. f3 Nc6 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Rf4 Ne3 22. Qd2 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Qb6 24. Kh1 b4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Qxc4 Rxa1+ 27. Bxa1 Ba6 28. Qb3 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Qa6 30. Qd1 Bg5 31. Rf1 Qc4 32. Bc3 Nd3 33. Rf3 Be3 34. Qf1 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bxf2 36. Qxf2 Rb8 37. h3 Ra8 38. d5 Kf8 39. Qe3 Ra2 40. Ng3 Ra3 41. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5 9. Nh3 Bd7 ({RR} 9... Qa5 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. c4 Qxc5 12. a4 Nc6 13. e3 Qa5 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16. Qb2 e5 17. Nf2 h6 18. Ra2 Qc7 19. Bd2 Be6 20. a5 b6 21. Rfa1 Rab8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Bc3 Nd7 24. e4 {Ding,L (2707)-Adams,M (2727) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. c4 Ne3 12. Qb3 Nxf1 13. Kxf1 Nc6 14. Bb4 Nxb4 15. axb4 Qe7 16. g3 O-O 17. Kg2 e5 18. c5+ Be6 19. Qc3 f4 20. Nf2 Bd5 21. Rhd1 Rad8 22. g4 a6 23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Rad1 {Caspi,I (2471)-Soffer,R (2442) Israel ISR 2024 ½-½ (40)}) 10. Nf4 Qa5 11. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. c4 Nf6 15. e3 e5 16. Be2 e4 17. Nf4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qe5 19. O-O Qxc5 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21. axb4 Qc8 22. c5+ Kh8 23. Rac1 a6 24. Rfd1 Bc6 25. Ne6 Ba4 {Milov,V-Sakaev,K (2370) Sochi 1990 ½-½ (38)}) 11... exd5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qe3+ Kf7 14. Qd3 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qd6 16. g3 Rhe8 17. Bg2 Ne5 18. Qd4 Nc4 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. O-O Ne3 21. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. f4 Be6 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. Bxd5 Rcxc3 26. Bxb7 Rxe2 27. Rdc1 Rb3 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Ba6 Rd2 30. Rxa7 Rbb2 31. Bf1 Rxh2 32. Ra6 Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. Ra6 Kf7 35. Ra7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-04"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Cardoso, Radolfo Tan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 cxd4 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Be1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Qd2 b6 16. Bh4 Qe7 17. Bf2 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc4 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rfc1 Bb5 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Nd1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Re6 25. Nb2 h6 26. g4 {Aleksandrov,A (2574)-Zhang,Z (2645) Doha 2016 ½-½ (64)}) 12. cxd4 b6 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Ra2 Na5 15. Re2 Nc4 16. Bb1 Qb6 17. Qd3 Red8 18. Rd1 g6 19. h4 h5 20. Kh1 Qd6 21. Nf1 Bf5 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bg4 24. e5 Qe6 25. Bg5 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Qg4 27. Qxg4 {Mateus,M (1963)-Hobaica,J (2412) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (40)}) 13. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Ra2 Rc8 15. Re2 a6 16. Bb2 b5 17. Kh1 Qb6 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. e5 Red8 22. exf6 Qxd3 23. Re8+ {1-0 (23) Brem,S-Schlenga,K Dortmund 1989}) ({RR} 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Ra2 Na5 15. Re2 Rc8 16. Qe1 Nc4 17. Qf2 Nd6 18. Bb2 Rc7 19. Rfe1 Rce7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Ba3 Re6 22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxa4 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Kh1 Bb3 26. g4 Bc4 27. Rc2 h6 {Ott,F (2255)-Wettengel,A (2105) Ditzingen 2016 1-0 (41)}) 13... Bb7 14. Ng3 Rc8 15. Rb1 Rc7 16. Qa4 g6 17. Rfc1 Re6 18. Rc2 Qe8 19. Nf1 Kg7 20. Rbc1 Qd8 21. Bb5 Qa8 22. Bd3 Rd7 23. Ng3 Rdd6 24. Kh1 Nd7 25. Qb3 Qd8 26. Ne2 Qh4 27. Qb2 Nf6 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Bb5 Kg8 30. Qc1 Rc8 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bg5 Qh5 33. Ng3 exf3 34. Nxh5 fxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Nxh5 36. Qc4 Nd8 37. Qb4 Re6 38. Kg1 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Re4 40. Kf3 a5 41. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-04"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 a6 10. Rc1 ({RR} 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Ne5 c5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Be1 g6 16. Bh4 gxf5 17. Bxf5 Bg7 18. Rf3 Qd6 19. Rg3 Ne7 20. Bc2 Ng6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qh5 cxd4 23. exd4 Qxf4 24. Nf3 Re2 {Harikrishna,P (2732)-Firouzja,A (2728) Lichess.org INT 2020 0-1 (34)}) 10... Bd6 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. Be1 Kh8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qe8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. f5 f6 20. fxg6 Qg7 21. Qxh7+ Qxh7 22. gxh7 Kxh7 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Rae8 25. Rf4 {Gligoric,S-Pirc,V Zagreb 1955 1-0}) 11. Ne5 c5 12. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Be1 f6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 cxd4 19. Qxb7 {1-0 (19) Yoo,C (2588)-Atis,H (2102) chess.com INT 2025}) ({RR} 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Be1 Ne7 15. Ng3 f6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4+ Nd5 18. Qb3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qd7 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Qxb6 Kh8 22. Qxc5 fxe5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Ba5 {1-0 (24) Pultinevicius,P (2552)-Zwardon,V (2470) Legnica 2021}) 12... Re8 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qg5 Nfd7 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. f4 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. Bf3 Nb6 19. e4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. exd5 Bb7 22. Ne4 Nxd5 23. f5 Be7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. b3 Rac8 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Rce1 Bc6 28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Rc7 30. Ne4 Kg7 31. Rc1 Ne3 32. Rfe1 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Nd5 34. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-04"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.08.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f3 b5 17. Re1 Bb7 18. e4 c4 19. Bf1 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. Be3 Ne6 22. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 22. a4 Bc6 23. a5 Rad8 24. Bb6 Rd7 25. Rad1 Ree7 26. g3 h6 27. Bg2 g5 28. Bh3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Qd2 Bc6 {½-½ (31) Rytov,B-Spassky,B Tallinn 1975}) 22... Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-13 Final A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1958.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DDR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Be7 ({RR} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. c4 Na5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ba6 Nd6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. a4 Qd5 19. Ba3 {½-½ (19) Petrosian,T-Filip,M Gothenburg 1955}) 10. b4 c6 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qb5 Rb8 17. Qa6 Ra8 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qd1 Qa5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxa4 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Ba3 {Giri,A (2773)-Niemann,H (2637) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Qb3 c6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ba3 c5 14. Bf5 c4 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Rxb4 Qe7 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf4 Rbe8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 {Schekachikhin,M (2370)-Rahul Ramakrishnan (1990) Kottayam IND 2025 1-0 (56)}) 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. b5 $146 ({RR} 12. Rc1 a5 13. Qb3 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd6 19. Ne5 Bg5 20. Rc5 Rae8 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxg5 Qf8 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bc3 Rfe7 25. Re5 Na4 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 {Del Barrio Gomez,J-Ramo Frontinan,C (2366) Barcelona 2000 ½-½ (41)}) 12... cxb5 13. Bxb5 a6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qd8 16. a4 Bb4 17. Qb3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Ba5 f6 20. Bxb6 Qe7 21. Nf3 Rfc8 22. Bc5 Qd7 23. Rfb1 Bc6 24. Qc2 Rab8 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Ne1 Qb2 27. Ba7 Rb7 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Nd3 Rb7 30. Bc5 Rb3 31. Nf4 g5 32. Ne2 Rb2 33. Re1 Kf7 34. f3 Nxc5 35. dxc5 Rc2 36. Nd4 Rxc5 37. Reb1 Rc4 38. a5 h5 39. Rb6 Bb5 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Rxc1 Rxc1 42. Nxb5 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 axb5 44. Rxb5 h4+ 45. Kh3 Re2 46. a6 Ra2 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. a7 Kh5 49. Rh7+ Kg6 50. Rd7 Kh5 51. g3 hxg3 52. hxg3 Kg6 53. g4 Kh6 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. f4 gxf4+ 56. exf4 d4 57. f5+ Kh6 58. Rf7 d3 59. Rxf6+ Kg5 60. Rg6# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.02.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E31"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1959.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. dxe6 ({RR} 7. Qc2 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. e3 Bg4 13. Bxf6 Bxd1 14. Bxe7 Bxc2 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Bc4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Be4 18. Nxd6 Bxd5 19. O-O Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd8 21. e4 Rxd6 {Dzagnidze,N (2516)-Hou,Y (2578) Beijing 2011 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 b5 9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 Re8+ 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Rc1 bxc4 13. Rc2 Bf5 14. Rd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bd3 16. Kf1 Bxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. Kxe2 Nxd5 20. Kd2 Nc6 21. Bg3 Rb8 {Fayard,A (2153)-Palczert,M (2345) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (36)}) 7... Bxe6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nf3 g5 $146 ({RR} 9... d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Bxf6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 gxf6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bb5 a6 15. Be2 Ke7 16. O-O Rhd8 17. Ne4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 b6 19. Nh4 c4 20. Ng3 Rd8 21. Nhf5+ Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nd4 b5 24. Ne4 {Varnusz,E-Portisch,L Budapest 1958 0-1 (41)}) 10. Bg3 d5 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Nd2 b5 16. Bd6 O-O-O 17. Bxc5 Rd5 18. Ba3 Ng4 19. Ne4 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 f5 21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Ke1 b4 23. cxb4 Kxd6 24. h3 Nge5 25. b5+ Kc7 26. bxc6 Rb8 27. Kd2 Rb1 28. Kc2 Ra1 29. Bb2 Rxa2 30. Be2 Nxc6 31. Ra1 Nb4+ 32. Kc3 Rxa1 33. Bxa1 Na2+ 34. Kd4 c3 35. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 24,5-15,5"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1959.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1959.07.02"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bulletin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 ({RR} 6. Bd3) 6... b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 9... Be7 10. a3 Ne4 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Bc6 13. Rc1 Qe8 14. Nc3 bxc5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nxc6 dxe3 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. fxe3 Qb7 20. Qd6 Qxb2 21. Rc7 Nd7 22. Bg4 Nf6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ {Fuderer,A-Unzicker,W Munich 1954 0-1}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. a3 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qb3 Rc7 14. Rfd1 Qa8 15. Nc3 a6 16. a4 d5 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Qg3 Rc6 22. Bb5 f5 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. f4 {Djuric,S (2350)-Mikhalchishin,A (2460) Vrnjacka Banja 1978 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bf1 Rc7 15. Nc3 Qa8 16. Rc1 Rcc8 17. Qd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Na4 Rb8 21. Rc2 g6 22. Nc3 Red8 23. Bc1 e5 24. Nb5 {Fritsch,R (2256)-Kaiser,D (2280) Wuerttemberg 2002 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. a3 Ne4 11. b4 f5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qb3 d6 14. Nc3 ({RR} 14. c5 Bd5 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qe8) 14... Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd7 ({RR} 15... Nxc3) 16. Nxe4 fxe4 ({RR} 16... Bxe4) 17. Ne1 Bg5 18. Nc2 Rf7 19. Bc1 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Raf8 21. Ne3 Ba8 22. Rc2 Kh8 23. a4 Qg5 24. Qa3 {Petrosian,T-Olafsson,F Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade 1959 Candidates [Bulletin] 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Ndf6 14. h3 Qd7 15. Nb2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 b5 17. c5 Bd5 18. Qc2 Bxa2 19. c6 Qc7 20. Bxb5 Qb6 21. Bd3 Bd5 22. b5 a6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 {Khasin,A-Spassky,B Leningrad 1956 ½-½ (34)}) 10. c5 $1 bxc5 (10... Ng4 11. g3 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. hxg4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc6 $1) 11... bxc5 12. a3 Ba5 13. dxc5 Qc6 14. b4 Ne5 15. Kg2 $1) 11. a3 Ba5 12. dxc5 Ng4 13. h3 (13. g3 $142 Qc6 14. b4 Ne5 15. Kg2 $1) 13... Bxf3 14. hxg4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc6 16. b3 Bc7 (16... d6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 $36) 17. Rd1 Na6 (17... d6 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qe5 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 f6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qd5 $18) 18. Be3 f5 19. gxf5 Rxf5 $2 (19... exf5 $142 $1 {( f5-f4)} 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Rd5 $132) 20. Rac1 Be5 $2 (20... Raf8 $8 21. Nc3 (21. Nb6 Nb8) 21... Bf4 (21... Nxc5 22. b4 Nb3 23. Rc2 $18) 22. b4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rf2 24. Qg4 $14) 21. f4 $1 Bc7 (21... Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Rd6 $18) 22. Nb6 $1 axb6 23. cxb6 Qb7 24. Rxd7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. bxc7 Rc8 27. Qh5+ Kf8 28. Rd1 Qxc7 29. Qxh7 Qc3 30. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 (6. Bd3) 6... b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 {(Alatortsev, 1937)} cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bf1 Rc7 15. Nc3 Qa8 16. Rc1 Rcc8 17. Qd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. Na4 Rb8 21. Rc2 g6 22. Nc3 Red8 23. Bc1 e5 24. Nb5 {Fritsch,R (2256)-Kaiser,D (2280) Wuerttemberg 2002 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. c5 bxc5 ({RR} 10... Ng4 11. g3 ({RR} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. hxg4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qc6) 11... bxc5 12. a3 Ba5) 11. a3 Ba5 12. dxc5 Ng4 13. h3 ({RR} 13. g3 Qc6 14. b4 Ne5 15. Kg2) 13... Bxf3 14. hxg4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc6 16. b3 Bc7 ({RR} 16... d6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1) 17. Rd1 Na6 ({RR} 17... d6 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qe5 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 f6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qd5) 18. Be3 f5 19. gxf5 Rxf5 ({RR} 19... exf5 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Rd5) 20. Rac1 Be5 ({RR} 20... Raf8 21. Nc3 ({RR} 21. Nb6 Nb8) 21... Bf4 ({RR} 21... Nxc5 22. b4 Nb3 23. Rc2) 22. b4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rf2 24. Qg4) 21. f4 Bc7 ({RR} 21... Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Rd6) 22. Nb6 axb6 23. cxb6 Qb7 24. Rxd7 {Petrosian,T-Matanovic,A Kiev 1959 MCL [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0}) 10. a3 Ne4 ({RR} 10... d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qb3 Rc7 14. Rfd1 Qa8 15. Nc3 a6 16. a4 d5 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Qg3 Rc6 22. Bb5 f5 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. f4 e3 25. Nc4 {Djuric,S (2350)-Mikhalchishin,A (2460) Vrnjacka Banja 1978 1-0 (46)}) 11. b4 f5 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. bxa5 bxa5 13. Nd2 Bf6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Nb5 d6 20. Qa4 Bc6 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Qc2 g6 23. a4 Qd7 24. Rfd1 Rb7 25. Qd2 Ra8 26. Bg5 {Portisch,L-Unzicker,W Varna 1962 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 11... a5 12. Qb3 axb4 13. axb4 Nc6 14. Ba3 Bf6 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Nf5 21. Qa4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 g6 23. c5 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. c6 dxc6 26. Qxc6 {Pollak,G-Mohrlok,D Buesum 1968 ½-½ (43)}) 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qb3 d6 $1 14. Nc3 (14. c5 $5 Bd5 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qe8 $1 $13) 14... Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd7 (15... Nxc3 $142 $10) 16. Nxe4 fxe4 $2 {b7 is blocked now.} (16... Bxe4 $142) 17. Ne1 Bg5 18. Nc2 Rf7 19. Bc1 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Raf8 21. Ne3 Ba8 22. Rc2 Kh8 23. a4 Qg5 24. Qa3 Rf6 25. Ra2 h5 $138 (25... d5 { ...e5}) 26. a5 Bb7 27. Qc3 R8f7 28. axb6 axb6 29. g3 Nf8 30. h4 Qh6 31. Ng2 g5 32. hxg5 Qxg5 33. Qe3 Qg7 $18 34. Bxh5 Rc7 35. Be2 Rh6 36. f4 exf3 37. Bxf3 Qxg3 $2 (37... Qxg3 38. Qxh6+) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bd6 $6 (5... Bxc3+ $5 6. bxc3 c5) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c5 $1 Be7 8. b4 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 9... f5 10. Bd3 Bf6 11. O-O Qe8 12. a4 Nc6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Ne2 c6 16. Rfc1 g5 17. Ne5 g4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bc3 a6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. a5 Ng6 22. Rab1 Ra7 23. Qa4 h5 24. Rb6 {Seer2.8.0 (3499)-Ethereal14.35 (3523) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bd3 c6 12. g4 Ba6 13. b5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. c6 Bd6 16. h4 Qe7 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. g6 Nxc6 21. Qe2 f5 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Bxb5 Kg8 24. Kf1 {Stockfishdev-20240413-c55ae37 (3657)-KomodoDragon3.3 (3592) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 9... f5 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O b6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Rc1 a5 15. b5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 bxc5 17. Rxc5 cxb5 18. Qd2 Rf7 19. Rxb5 Nc6 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. Bh5 g6 22. Be2 h5 23. Rb7 Rb8 24. Rxb8 {RubiChess20240420 (3531)-StoofvleesII d2 (3479) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (103)}) 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ne2 $1 Bf6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bg5 15. Bd4 {f2-f3} Bh6 16. f3 Ng5 17. c6 $2 b6 (17... bxc6 18. Bc5 $16) 18. b5 {c8 has no squares.} a6 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nf7 22. Qc3 Qh4 23. Ra1 Ng5 24. Qe1 Qh5 {Black has to hope for some sort of attack, but there are no real attacking chances.} 25. Ra7 Qg6 26. Kh1 (26. Rxc7 $2 Nxf3+ $17) 26... Qh5 27. f4 Ne4 28. Rxc7 g5 {attack??!} 29. Bxb6 Kh8 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Bc5 Rg8 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 (5... cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 $5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 bxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. dxc5 a5 {Averbakh-Panno, 1958}) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 (12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 $10) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Rfe1 (14. d5 Ne5) 14... Ne7 ({RR} 14... Qd7 15. Ba2 Rfd8 16. Bb1 Ne7 17. f3 Ng6 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Ne4 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rac8 22. Nc3 Bd5 23. h4 Qf7 24. Qe5 Rd7 25. Rd2 Qf6 26. Qg3 Rcd8 27. Re5 Kh7 28. Kf2 Rf8 29. Qg4 {Timman,J (2610)-Carstensen,J (2375) Helsingor 2014 ½-½ (40)}) 15. Bf4 Rc8 ({RR} 15... Nfd5 16. Bg3 Ng6 17. f3 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Rc1 h5 21. Kf2 Qf6 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. Be5 {½-½ (23) Kortschnoj,V (2575)-Hansen,C (2635) Biel 1992}) 16. Be5 $146 ({RR} 16. Ba2 Ng6 17. Bc1 Nd5 18. Ne4 Rc7 19. Qg3 Rd7 20. Bb1 Nde7 21. Nc3 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Rd7 Ba8 25. Rxa7 Nf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. h3 Qc2 28. Be3 Qxb2 29. Na4 Qxa3 30. Qc7 Qa1+ {Zugic,I (2478)-Hernandez Onna,R (2420) Havana 2004 ½-½ (40)}) 16... Nfd5 17. Nb5 {( 18.xa7, 18.d6)} Ba6 18. a4 (18. b3 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nc3 20. Qg3 $2 Nf5) 18... Nf5 19. b3 Ra8 20. Qf3 Bb7 21. Qg4 Qg5 22. h3 Rfd8 23. Bd3 Rd7 24. Qxg5 hxg5 $15 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Nd6 f6 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Bd6 Kf7 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rc6 Rbd7 31. Ba3 Rb8 32. Ree6 Rbd8 33. Kf1 (33. g3 $142) 33... Nf4 34. Red6 (34. Re1 Rxd4 35. Re7+ Kg8) 34... Rxd6 35. Bxd6 Ne6 36. d5 Nd4 37. Rc7+ Kg8 (37... Kg6 $2 38. Be7 Rxd5 39. Rxa7 Nxb3 40. Bf8) 38. Be7 Rxd5 39. Rxa7 Nxb3 40. Rb7 Nd2+ 41. Ke2 Nc4 42. Bb4 Re5+ 43. Kf1 Re8 {( 44...a8)} 44. Ra7 f4 45. Bc3 Kh8 46. Rc7 Nd6 47. Rc6 Ne4 48. Be1 Rb8 49. f3 Ng3+ (49... Nc5 50. a5) 50. Bxg3 fxg3 51. Rc4 Rd8 52. Ke2 Rd5 53. f4 $1 $10 gxf4 54. Rxf4 Rc5 55. Rb4 $2 (55. Kf3 Rc3+ 56. Kg4 Rb3 57. Rf3 Rb4+ 58. Rf4 $10) 55... Rf5 $1 56. Rxb6 Rf2+ 57. Ke3 Rxg2 (57... f5 58. Rg6 f4+ 59. Ke4 Kh7 60. Rg5 Kh6 61. h4) 58. Kf3 Ra2 59. Kxg3 Rxa4 60. Rb3 Kh7 61. Rc3 Kh6 62. Rb3 Kg5 63. Rc3 f5 64. Rc8 $2 (64. Rb3 $142 { 65.c7!}) 64... Ra3+ 65. Kg2 Kf4 66. Rc4+ Ke3 67. Kg3 $2 (67. h4 f4 68. Rc7 f3+ 69. Kg3) 67... g5 68. h4 $4 (68. Rc8 $1 $10) 68... Kd3 $1 (68... f4+ 69. Kg4 gxh4 70. Rxf4 $10) (68... f4+ 69. Kg4 f3 70. hxg5 f2 71. Rc1 $10) 69. Rb4 Kc3 $1 70. Rb8 Kd4+ 71. Kg2 g4 72. h5 Rh3 73. Rh8 Ke5 $1 74. h6 Kf6 75. Rf8+ Kg6 76. Rg8+ Kxh6 {(77.h8+ g5 78.xh3 gxh3+ 79.xh3 f4 -+) [Gligoric]} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.11"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
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1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 e5 7. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 7. e4 Qa5 8. Qc2 Nxe4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. f3 O-O 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Rb2 Bd7 18. Rfb1 b6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. h3 Qd8 21. Kh2 e4 {Nicolas,C (1660)-Bagheri,A (2375) Tornelo INT 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 7. e3 Qa5 8. Ne2 Ne4 9. Bh4 Nd6 ({RR} 9... Nxc3 10. Qd2) ({RR} 9... g5 10. Qc2 f5 ({RR} 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3 gxh4 12. Bd3) 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 gxh4 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Nd6 Rf8 16. Bd3) 10. Qb3 ({RR} 10. Qd3 b6) 10... Nf5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Kd2 ({RR} 12. e4 Ne7 ({RR} 12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. f4) ({RR} 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. g4) 13. f4 f6) ({RR} 12. f4 Nxe3 ({RR} 12... f6) ({RR} 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. g4 exf4 15. exf4 Nf6 16. g5 Ne4 17. Qc2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Ng3 Bg4) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O) 12... a6 13. f3 b5 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. Ng3 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Bd3 Nxd5 20. Bxh7 Be6 21. Rhb1 Ke7 {Marin,M (2527)-Gaprindashvili,V (2414) Benasque 1999 EXT 2001 [Marin,Mihail] ½-½ (56)}) ({RR} 7. Nf3) 7... d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. e4 Nf8 13. Bf2 Ng6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Rb1 Rb8 (15... O-O-O) 16. Be3 Kd8 17. Qc1 Kc7 18. Qa3 Ra8 19. Kd2 g4 20. Ng3 Nh4 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Qd1 gxf3 23. gxf3 Nh7 24. Kc1 Ng5 25. Be2 Rbf8 $2 (25... f5 $142) 26. Bxc5 $1 b6 (26... dxc5 27. d6+ Qxd6 28. Rxb7+ Kc6 29. Qxd6+ Kxd6 30. Rd1+) 27. Be3 Ng2 $2 (27... f5) 28. Bxb6+ $1 axb6 29. Qg1 Rb8 30. Qxg2 Nh3 31. Bf1 Nf4 32. Qd2 $18 Qg5 33. Kb2 h5 34. Rg1 Qf6 35. Ka1 h4 36. Ne2 Ng6 37. Qe3 Rh5 38. Rg2 Qh8 39. Nc1 Ne7 40. Rgb2 Nc8 41. Nd3 Qh6 (41... Qh6 42. Qxh6 Rxh6 43. Nb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Beverwijk"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1960.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qe7 ({RR} 11... f5 12. Nd2 Qg5 13. f4 Qg6 14. Bf3 Ndf6 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nxf4 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Qb3+ d5 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Bg4 Rxf1 24. Rxf1 h5 25. Be2 Kh8 26. Nf3 {Srihari,L (2353)-Erigaisi,A (2782) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 12. b4 Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Bb2 a5 14. b5 Rad8 15. a4 Kh8 16. Ba3 Rf6 17. h3 Rh6 18. d5 e5 19. Bd3 Ndf6 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21. Bc1 Rg8 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Ne1 g5 24. f3 Ng3 25. Qf2 f4 26. Nd3 Bf5 27. Ra2 {Nachtigall,W (1652)-Siegmund,R (2125) Bad Griesbach 1998 0-1}) 13. Qxc3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch27 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.02.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1960.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Let's Check} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. a3 Bc5 14. Be1 a6 15. b4 Bd6 16. Rac1 b5 17. Bb3 Rac8 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bg3 Rfd8 20. Bf2 Bb8 21. Na2 Nd5 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. e4 h6 25. Kf1 {Laznicka,V (2693)-Quesada Perez,Y (2625) Havana 2012 CBM 149 [Let's Check] 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. a4 Rac8 14. a5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rc7 17. e4 N5f6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qb4 21. Bd3 Qxd4 22. Bb5 Qc5 23. a6 Ne5 24. f4 Ng6 25. Bg3 {Mesquita,E (2014)-Redzisz,M (2234) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (42)}) 11. d5 Bxc3 12. dxe6 Ba5 $146 ({RR} 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Bd3 Nxc3 18. Qh5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Na4 20. Qg4 Qxf7 {½-½ (20) Arutinian,D (2578)-Payen,A (2367) Cappelle la Grande 2011}) 13. exd7 Qc7 14. e4 Nxd7 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Ne6 Qc8 18. Nxd8 Ba6 19. Qe3 Re7 20. Qb3+ c4 21. Qa3 Nc5 22. Be3 Rxe4 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qf3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch28 Final & Zonal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1961.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 ({RR} 6... exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Ne2 a6 14. Qf5 c4 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. a3 Ba5 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. Qh3 Rc5 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Rfd1 Bd8 21. Rd4 {Gukesh,D (2725)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2743) Wijk aan Zee NED 2024 ½-½ (40)}) 7. e3 Qe7 8. dxe6 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. c4 Re8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. a4 Re7 17. a5 Rae8 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Qh5 h6 20. Qd1 Re5 21. Rb3 Rg5 22. f4 Rg4 {Hijazi,M-Fawaz,K Beirut 2014 1-0 (41)}) 8... Bxe6 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 f5 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Be2 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Kg7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Kf6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Kf1 h5 26. Ke1 g4 27. f3 b6 28. Kf2 gxf3 29. gxf3 h4 30. gxh4 Qh7 31. Qd2 Qxh4+ 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. f4 Qh8 34. Qe1 e4 35. a3 Bf7 36. Qg3 Qxc3 37. Qg5+ Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Kf2 Kg6 40. Bf1 Kh5 41. Kg3 Be8 42. Bh3 Bd7 43. Bf1 a6 44. Be2+ Kh6 45. Kf2 Be8 46. Bf1 Kh5 47. Kg3 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. Be2+ Kh6 50. Kf2 c4 51. Ke1 Bh5 52. Bf1 Bg4 53. Kd2 Kh5 54. a4 bxa4 55. Bxc4 Kh4 56. Bb5 a3 57. Bc4 Kg3 58. Bb3 Bh5 59. Be6 Bg6 60. Kc3 Kf3 61. Kd2 Be8 62. Bc4 Bb5 63. Be6 Bd3 64. Kc3 Kg4 65. Kb3 Bf1 66. Kc3 Bh3 67. Kc2 Kg3 68. Kc3 Bg4 69. Kc2 Kf2 70. Kd2 Bd1 71. Bf7 Bc2 72. Be6 Bd1 73. Bf7 Ba4 74. Be6 Bd7 75. Bf7 Kf3 76. Bh5+ Kg3 77. Bf7 Be8 78. Be6 Kf3 79. Bc4 Kg4 80. Kc3 Kh5 81. Kb4 Bd7 82. Kc3 Ba4 83. Be6 Kg4 84. Bf7 Bb5 85. Be6 Bf1 86. Kc2 Bh3 87. Bf7 Kf3 88. Kd2 Bf1 89. Be6 Bb5 90. Bf7 Bd3 91. Be6 Bb1 92. Kc3 Kg4 93. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch28 Final & Zonal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1961.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. dxc5 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 6... Bxc5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Qb8 12. Nbd2 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Ne4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Qe2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Nc5 Nxd3 20. Nxd3 O-O 21. Nc5 {Portisch,L (2630)-Garcia Palermo,C (2470) Mar del Plata 1982 ½-½}) ({RR} 6... Bxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Ke2 Ke7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rhg1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (17) Dlugy,M (2530)-Gulko,B (2610) USA 1989}) ({RR} 6... Bxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. a3 Ke7 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Ke2 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rhd1 Rac8 14. Bd3 Rhd8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rac1 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bf3+ 19. Kxf3 Rxd3 20. Nd5+ Rxd5 21. Rxc8 {Usov,A (2367)-Ostoich,M (2028) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bxc5 8. Nc3 Ke7 9. Ke2 a6 10. Rd1 b5 {½-½ (10) Frey Beckman,K (2410)-Garcia Palermo,C (2520) Havana 1985}) 7. O-O Bxc5 8. Qe2 Bc6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a3 Bc5 13. Be1 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Nbd4 Bd5 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Ba5 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc6 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. h3 b6 21. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch28 Final & Zonal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.02.04"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1961.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bulletin RR} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O ({RR} 4... c5) 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7) 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 ({RR} 8... Nc6) 9. Qe2 a6 ({RR} 9... b6 10. d5) 10. a3 ({RR} 10. a4) 10... cxd4 11. axb4 ({RR} 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Bg5 Nbd5 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. f3 Nd7 19. f4 Nf5 20. Be1 Rc8 21. Rb1 Bd5 22. Bd2 Nd6 23. a4 f5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rfc1 Be4) 11... dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bb2 ({RR} 13. e4) 13... e5 ({RR} 13... Rb8 14. Bb3 ({RR} 14. Bd3 b5 15. Rfc1 Nb6 16. c4 Qe7 17. Be5 Ra8 18. c5 Nbd5 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qd2 Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Qxd3 23. c6+ Ke8 24. Rd1 Nd5 25. Qd6 Qg6 26. Nd4 f5 27. Nxb5 Kf7 28. Nc7 Ra7) 14... b6 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rbc8 19. Nf1 Qb8 20. Qf2 a5 21. Rd4 Ne5 22. Rcd1 Ng6 ({RR} 22... Ba6 23. e4 Nf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 23. e4 Ndf4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxb6 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 axb4 27. cxb4 Nd3 28. Bd4 {Colin,V (2389)-Picard,R (2069) Sautron 2016 EXT 2019 [RR] 1-0 (41)}) 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Ra5 Rac8 17. c4 Nbd7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Ra8 21. c5 Rad8 22. Ba4 Re7 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bc2 Nxc5 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe3 Ncd7 27. Qd3 Qb6 28. Bc1 h6 29. Be3 Qb7 {Evans,L-Reshevsky,S New York 1963 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Ra5 Nbd7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc6 19. Re1 b5 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21. f3 Nb6 22. Rd1 h6 23. Kh2 Nh5 24. Raa1 Qg6 25. Qf2 Nf4 26. g3 Nh5 27. Rd3 Nc4 28. Rd7 Qc6 29. Rad1 Nf6 {Vranesic,Z-Johansson,M Havana 1966 MCD [Bulletin] ½-½}) 15... Bg4 16. Ra5 Nh5 17. g3 Rad8 18. Qe3 f6 19. Rc5 Qd7 20. Be2 Bh3 21. Ra1 Nf4 22. Rca5 Qg4 23. Bc1 Rd6 24. R5a2 Rfd8 25. Ne1 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rd1 28. f3 Nc4 29. Kf2 R8d3 30. Rc2 Rd7 31. g4 g5 32. Rca2 h5 33. gxh5 Be6 34. Re2 Rh7 35. Ng2 Rxh5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Nxe1 Rh7 39. Nc2 h3 40. Be3 Rd7 41. Re1 Kh7 42. Ke2 Nb2 43. f4 Nd1 44. f5 Bc4+ 45. Kf3 Rd3 46. Rh1 Bb3 47. Rxh3+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Spartak Moscow T"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik, Anatolij"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "Primel,Dominique"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1961.03.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 {Curieusement, le champion du Monde ne cite pas ce tournoi dans son livre "Python Strategy"} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 (5... c5 {La grande ligne mais dans la course de vitesse des adversaires sur les ailes opposées,les Noirs ont parfois intérêt à économiser ce coup} 6. e3 Nc6) 6. f3 Ba6 (6... d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 {½-½ Ichim,T-Najdorf,M Olympiad-06 Warsaw 1935 (8)}) 7. e4 Nc6 $1 {Une partie du championnat du Monde jouée le même mois a montré que la suite naturelle d5 laissait un petit avantage statique aux Blancs} (7... d5 $143 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Bg5 $14 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gg5d8] ;1-0 Botvinnik,M-Tal,M World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6 1961 (7)}) 8. Bg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Ge4e5,Gg5d8]} (8. Bd3 Na5 9. Qe2 Nb3 $1 $132 {[%cal Gb3c1]}) 8... h6 (8... Na5 9. e5 $6 (9. Qa4 h6 10. Bh4 Qc8 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8b7,Gb7c6,Gb5a4,Gc6a4,Gc6c4] Une manoeuvre typique dans la Saemisch} 11. Nh3 Qb7 12. Nf2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 dxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ng4 Ke7 16. Ne3 c5 $132 17. d5 {1-0 Volkov,S (2628)-Ovetchkin,R (2543) Champions Challenge 177th blitz 2006 (5.1)}) 9... h6 $132 {0-1 Simagin,V-Petrosian,T Moscow-ch28 1950}) 9. Bh4 Na5 10. e5 g5 11. Bf2 Nh5 12. Qa4 $146 {[%cal Ga4e8,Ga4c4]} (12. h4 $5 f5 (12... Bxc4 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Nh3 $13) 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. c5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 g4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. g3 Qf5 20. Rc1 Qd3+ 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Rd1 Ndb2 23. Ra1 gxf3 24. Nh3 bxc5 25. Kg1 Nd3 26. Kh2 Rab8 27. Ra2 Rb3 28. dxc5 e5 29. g4 e4 30. g5 e3 31. gxh6 exf2 32. Nxf2 Nxf2 33. Rxf2 Kh7 34. Rd1 Rf7 35. c6 d6 36. Rd3 Rb2 37. Kg3 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Ne5 39. Rd4 Nxc6 40. Ra4 Kxh6 {0-1 (40) Simagin,V-Petrosian,T Moscow 1950}) 12... f5 (12... Qc8 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb7c6] La manoeuvre c8b7 est trop lente} 13. h4 $1) 13. h4 (13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Nh3 O-O-O $132 {0-1 Nikitin,A-Goldin,V Moscow Central CC-ch09 1966}) 13... g4 14. fxg4 fxg4 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Qe4 (16. Qg6+ $6 Qf7 17. Qxg4 Rg8 18. Qd1 (18. Qe4 Bb7 $17) (18. Qe2 O-O-O) 18... O-O-O $32 {[%csl Re1]}) 16... Bb7 17. Qxg4 Qf7 18. Nh3 Rg8 19. Qe2 O-O-O $146 {La position Noire est quasi gagnante} ({RR} 19... Ng3 20. Bxg3 Rxg3 21. Qf2 Rxc3 22. Kd2 Qxf2+ 23. Nxf2 Rg3 24. Kc2 Ke7 25. Rh3 Rag8 26. Rxg3 Rxg3 27. Bd3 Rxg2 28. Rf1 c5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Kc3 Rg3 31. Re1 h5 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Nc6 34. Kd2 {Sugden,J (2193)-Griffiths,R (2267) Hastings 2011 0-1 (49)}) 20. Qe3 $6 (20. O-O-O) 20... Rg4 $1 {[%csl Re1,Re3][%cal Gg4e4]} 21. Be2 Re4 22. Qd3 Rg8 $36 23. Rg1 Qf5 $1 $40 {[%csl Ga6,Rc4,Rd3][%cal Gb7a6,Ga6c4,Gf5e4]} 24. Be3 Ng3 (24... Ba6 $2 25. g4 $1) 25. Bf3 Rxe5 $19 26. O-O-O Bxf3 27. dxe5 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Ne2+ 29. Kd2 Nxg1 30. Nxg1 Bg4 31. Rd4 Nb3+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1961.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kupper, Josef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1961.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Ba3 Qe7 14. b5 c6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bxa3 15. Qxa3 Nf8 16. Ne5 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 axb5 18. Nxb5 Re7 19. Rb1 Ne8 20. Bc2 Nd7 21. Nd3 c6 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. Rab3 Nc4 24. Rd1 g6 25. Nb4 Nf6 26. Bd3 Na5 27. Rb2 c5 28. Nc2 Re6 29. Rdb1 {Sagar,S (2441)-Chen,P (2289) London 2015 1-0 (49)}) 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bh3 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qxa3 20. Rxa3 Rac8 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Rb1 f5 24. g4 Rec8 25. Na2 Rf8 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. Nxc3 Rf6 29. Ne2 Bc6 30. a5 bxa5 31. Nc3 a4 32. Bf1 f4 33. Bxa6 fxe3 34. fxe3 a3 35. Be2 Rf8 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Kf2 Nb6 38. Ke1 Bd7 39. Ra2 Kf7 40. Kd2 Ke7 41. Bd3 Kf6 42. Nb1 Rg8 43. Kc3 Re8 44. Rxa3 Rxe3 45. Kb4 Bf5 46. Bxf5 Rxa3 47. Nxa3 Kxf5 48. Kc5 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Parma, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Aronian,Levon} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 ({RR} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 {½-½ (12) Dyachkov,S (2554)-Motylev,A (2638) Moscow 2006}) 3... Bb4+ 4. Nc3 (4. Nbd2) 4... c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 ({RR} 9... a6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 cxb4 12. Na2) 10. Rd1 (10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ba5 12. exd7 Qxd7 $10) ({RR} 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4) 10... cxd4 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5) ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qe7 15. a3 Ba5 16. e4 Nf6 17. Re5 Qb7 18. Rb1 b5 19. Rxc5 a6 20. e5 Bb6 21. Rc2 Ng4 22. Qe1 Rae8 23. Re2 f6 24. exf6 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 {Hinrichs,P (2210)-Wiley,T (2126) Engers GER 2023 0-1 (54)}) 11. Nxd4 (11. exd4 Bb7 12. Bd3) ({RR} 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bb3 ({RR} 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qc7) 13... Qc7 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Bb2 Qf4 16. Qe3 ({RR} 16. Rd3) 16... Qf5 17. Ne1 ({RR} 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qe4) 17... b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Qg3 Nf4 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. f3 N6h5 22. Qf2 Bd5 23. Bc2 Qg5 24. Kh1 Bc4 25. g3 Ng6 {Aronian,L (2754)-Leko,P (2751) Nalchik 2009 CBM 130 [Aronian,Levon] 1-0 (54)} ({RR} 25... Nd5 26. Nd3 Ne3 27. Bb3 Bd5 28. Ne5 f6 29. Re1)) 11... Bb7 12. Bd2 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Rac1 b5 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. Be1 Rfd8 16. f3 Rac8 17. a3 Bc5 18. Bf2 Ne5 19. Ba2 Ng6 20. Qe1 Qa7 21. Nce2 e5 22. Nf5 e4 23. b4 Bf8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ned4 exf3 26. Rc7 Rd7 27. Rxd7 {Adly,A (2594)-Debashis,D (2484) Dubai 2014 1-0 (61)}) 13. Bb3 Qe7 14. Be1 Rfd8 15. f3 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 17. a3 Bd6 18. e4 $2 (18. Bf2) 18... Nh5 19. g3 $2 (19. Kh1 $142 Nf4 20. Qf1) 19... Bc5 20. Bf2 Qf6 $1 21. Kh1 (21. f4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxd4+) (21. Kg2 Ng6) 21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 {} (22... Qxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Nxf3 24. Bxb6 Rd2 $1 25. Rxd2 Nxd2 $17) 23. Rxd4 Nxf3 $2 (23... Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qh6+ 25. Kg2 Qxc1 26. f4 Ng4 $1 $17) 24. Rdd1 Nd4 25. Qxh5 (25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxh5 Bxe4+) 25... Nxb3 26. Rf1 Qg6 $2 (26... Qe7) 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rcd1 Nc5 29. Kg1 Rc7 $2 $138 (29... Nxe4 {;} 30. Rd7 $6 Bc6 31. Rdxf7 $2 Ng5 $1) 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. b4 Nxe4 (31... Nb3) 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.06.05"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 $146 ({RR} 6... d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 d5 13. Ng5 g6 {1-0 (13) Vila Antunez,J-Solino Nebot,L Burjasot 1996}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. e4 ({RR} 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5 Nde7 12. e4) ({RR} 9. Nd2 O-O ({RR} 9... e5) 10. f4 ({RR} 10. Qc2 cxd4 ({RR} 10... e5 11. Ne4 h6) 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ba6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rfd1 d5 16. Qb3 Bxc4 ({RR} 16... Rc8 17. Rac1 Qd7) 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qd7) ({RR} 10. Bb2 Ba6 11. e4 e5 12. f4 Na5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nb3 Nb7 15. a4 Re8 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. dxe5 dxc4 19. exf6 cxb3 20. Qxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxa6 Qc2) 10... Ba6 11. Ba3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nc6 17. Bd6 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxd3 19. Rc3 Qd8 20. Rg3 Kf8 21. Rxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Bxf6) 9... e5 10. h3 ({RR} 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Re1 g5 13. Nf1 Ba6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15. Qc2 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. Qa2 Nh5 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rdg8 20. Rb1 Kc7 21. f3) 10... h6 11. Be3 g5 ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Kh2 O-O-O 15. Ng1 g5 16. g3 Nh7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Ng6 19. Nf3 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Ng5 22. h4 f6) 12. Bc2 Qe7 ({RR} 12... g4 13. hxg4 ({RR} 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. dxe5 gxf3 ({RR} 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxa4 18. Qg7) 15. exf6 fxg2 16. Re1 Qxf6) 13... Nxg4 14. Qe2) 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd2 Kf8 15. Qe2) 13... Rg8 ({RR} 13... g4 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Nh4) 14. Nh2 ({RR} 14. g4 h5) ({RR} 14. Qe2 Bd7) 14... Na5 ({RR} 14... h5 15. Nf3 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nh4 Bd7) 15. Bd3 g4 16. h4 g3 17. fxg3 Rxg3 18. Bxh6 Ng4 ({RR} 18... Nh7 19. Be3 Qxh4 20. Bf2 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bh3+ 22. Kh1 Qxf2 23. Qf3 Qh4) 19. Bg5 ({RR} 19. Nf3) 19... f6 20. Be2 ({RR} 20. Bc1 Qg7 ({RR} 20... Qh7 21. Nf3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Nf2 23. Kxf2 Qxh4+) 21. Qc2 cxd4) ({RR} 20. Nf1 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 fxg5) 20... fxg5 ({RR} 20... Nxh2 21. Kxh2 Rxc3 22. Bd2 Ra3 23. Bc1 Rc3 24. Bb2) 21. Nxg4 {Li,C (2746)-Flores,D (2595) Baku 2016 CBM 175 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (37)} {RR} Be6 22. h5 exd4 ({RR} 22... O-O-O 23. d5) 23. cxd4 O-O-O 24. d5 Bxg4 25. Bxg4+ Kb8 26. Rc1 Qe5) ({RR} 6... Bb7 7. Bd2 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfe1 N7f6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Ne4 Rc7 16. Ng5 Bd6 17. Rac1 h6 18. Ngf3 Ne7 19. Nh4 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bb8 21. Qe3 {Grebnev,A (2477)-Bocharov,D (2526) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2022 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 6... Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d5 Bxc3 9. dxc6 e5 10. bxc3 e4 11. Be2 exf3 12. Bxf3 Qc7 13. cxd7 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. f3 Rad8 16. e4 Nxd7 17. Qd5 Qc7 18. Qf5 g6 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Qh3 f5 21. Rad1 {Furman,S-Bojarinov,V Leningrad 1965 1-0 (35)}) 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng3 g6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Qa4 Bb6 17. axb4 Ng4 18. Rfe1 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rad1 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rfc8 22. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 c5 $13) 7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ (8... Ba5 $6 9. b4 Bb6 10. e3 $16) 9. Qxc3 c6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 $1 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Be2 c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qd2 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 d4 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. O-O Nf6 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Qd2 Bb3 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Qc3 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qd2 {Suder,J (2347)-Kosakowski,J (2551) Warsaw POL 2025 0-1 (71)}) 12. Ng3 $6 (12. Nf4 $4 Qxf4) (12. Nc1 { d3-c5}) 12... g6 $1 { 13...h4-h5} 13. f3 $146 (13. Bd3 $5 h5 14. Ne2 {15.b4, a4}) ({RR} 13. Bd3 h5 14. h4 Nd7 15. Ne2 Nf8 16. Rc1 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qb4 Qe4 19. Kf1 Re7 20. Rh3 Rae8 21. Qa4 a6 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. Nc3 Qe6 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. Qd3 Ng4 26. Re1 Qf6 27. Re2 Kg7 {Akhsharumova,A (2395)-Misanovic,V (2330) Novi Sad 1990 ½-½ (92)}) ({RR} 13. Bd3 h5 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qb4 Qd7 17. h3 Na6 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Nf4 Nb5 20. g4 hxg4 21. Rg1 gxh3 22. O-O-O Nd6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Rh6 Rh8 26. e4 Rxh6 27. Qxh6 Rg8 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Ivanchuk,V (2632) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2024 0-1 (67)}) 13... h5 $10 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Kf2 (15. O-O h4 16. Nh1 Qg5 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 19. Bc4 Nf6 $17) 15... h4 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Rhe1 Bf5 $15 19. h3 $6 (19. Nf1 $5) (19. b4 $5) 19... Rae8 20. Nf1 Ne6 21. Qd2 (21. Bd3 $6 c5 $1 22. Bxf5 cxd4 23. exd4 Qxf5 24. Re5 Qf4 25. Rae1 Rc7 $1 $19 {(26.e3 c2 27.e2 xe2+ 28.xe2 xd4+ -+)}) 21... Ng7 $2 {} (21... Ng5 $1 22. Kg1 Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kh2 Rxe3 $1 25. Nxe3 Qf4+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kf1 Nh3 29. Bd1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Nf4# {#}) 24... Qg5 $1 25. Kh2 Qg1+ 26. Kxh3 Rxe3 27. Kxh4 R8e4+ 28. fxe4 (28. Kh3 g5 $19) 28... g5+ $19) (21... Ng5 $1 22. Qd1 Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3 Ne4+ $1 24. Kg2 Qg5+ 25. Kh2 Nf2 26. Qd2 Rxe3 27. Bd1 Qf4+ 28. Kg2 Nxd1 29. Raxd1 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Re2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Qg5 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxb2 $19) 22. Rad1 Nh5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rc3 Ng3 25. Kg1 (25. Nxg3 hxg3+) 25... Nh5 (25... Nxf1 26. Bxf1) 26. Bd1 Re6 27. Qf2 Qe7 28. Bb3 (28. f4 $5 { f1-h3-f3(g4)-e5}) 28... g5 29. Bd1 $2 (29. e4 $5 Nf4 30. Qd2 {31.ce3!?}) 29... Bg6 30. g4 $2 {Petrosian} (30. Bc2 $5 $17) 30... hxg3 31. Nxg3 Nf4 $1 32. Qh2 (32. Qf1 c5 33. dxc5 d4 34. Rb3 dxe3 $19) 32... c5 (32... Nd3 $1 $19 33. Re2 Rxe3) 33. Qd2 c4 34. Ba4 b5 $1 35. Bc2 (35. Bxb5 $5 Rb8 36. Ba4 Nd3 $19) 35... Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 Qf6 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. exf4 Rxe1 39. fxg5 Qe6 40. f4 Re2+ $1 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Bxf4 12. exf4 b6 13. f5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qa4 Nb8 16. Bf4 b5 17. Qd1 $146 ({RR} 17. Qc2 Nbd7 18. g4 a5 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Qb6 23. b3 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qb6 26. Bd2 h6 27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Rab8 29. Rg1 Nh7 30. Rag4 Qxb3 31. Qxb3 Rxb3 {Dinh Nho Kiet (2264)-Dang,A (2080) Chiang Mai THA 2023 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 17. Qc2 Nbd7 18. g4 a5 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Qb6 23. b3 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qb6 26. Bd2 h6 27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Rab8 29. Rg1 Nh7 30. Rag4 Qxb3 31. Qxb3 Rxb3 {Dinh Nho Kiet (2264)-Dang,A (2080) Chiang Mai THA 2023 ½-½ (42)}) 17... Nbd7 18. g4 h6 19. Rf2 Qb6 20. Kh1 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Rd2 Nb6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Na2 Qe7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nb4 Re8 27. Nc6 Qb7 28. Nd4 Nc4 29. Rc2 b4 30. b3 Nxa3 31. Rc7 Qb6 32. Rc6 Qd8 33. g5 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Qe7 35. Qg1 Qe1 36. Bxf6 Qxg1+ 37. Kxg1 gxf6 38. Kf2 Nb1 39. Rxf6 Nc3 40. Ra6 Re7 41. f6 Rb7 42. Ke3 Kh7 43. Kf4 Kg6 44. Ke5 Rb8 45. Nc6 Rh8 46. Ne7+ Kg5 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1964.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Rubinetti, Jorge Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "Glatman,Victor"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1964.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. b4 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. Qb3 c6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qd1 g6 16. b5 c5 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 h5 19. Ba3 Bc7 20. Qb1 Kg7 21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Nc3 Re8 24. Re1 Nf6 25. Ne5 Ng4 {Aranha Filho,A (2286)-Sztokbant,B (2271) Pocos de Caldas 2014 0-1 (67)}) 11... Ne4 12. b5 Bd6 13. a4 {[%cal Ya4a5] a5} a5 14. Qb3 Kh8 $2 15. Rac1 (15. Nxd5 Ndc5 $1 16. dxc5 Bxd5 17. Qc2 (17. Bxg7+ $5 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 20. cxd6 cxd6 $16) 17... Nxc5 18. Bxh7 $2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qh4 $19) 15... Ndf6 16. Rc2 Ng4 17. h3 f5 18. Ba3 $18 Nh6 19. Ne5 Bxa3 20. Qxa3 f4 21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Qc1 Rf8 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. f3 Nd6 25. Qe3 Nhf5 26. Qf2 Qg5 27. Rfc1 Nc4 (27... Qe7 28. Ng3 Nh6 (28... Nxg3 29. Qxg3) 29. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Yf2c2] Dc2} Nhf7 30. Nf5 Qd8 31. Qg3) 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Rxc4 Qe7 30. Ng3 Nd6 31. R4c3 Bd5 32. Kh2 Qg5 33. R1c2 Qf4 34. Kg1 Ne8 35. Nd7 {[%cal Yd7b6] Sb6} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-16 Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1964.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Binet Tapaszto, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1964.11.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Venezuela"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VEN"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Ba2 Nd5 14. Bb1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 16. Ba2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Qe4 Qc8 19. Qf4 Bg7 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Qh4 Ne7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxh7+ Kf6 24. Qh6 Rh8 25. Nh7+ Rxh7 26. Qxh7 Qc6 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qd4+ Qxd4 {Bogdanov,E (2333)-Chumak,D (1808) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 1-0 (48)}) 16... Nf6 17. Ng3 Qd6 18. Ba2 Ng4 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. h3 Nce5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Nc3 Nc4 26. Qe2 Nd6 27. d5 e5 28. Qf3 f5 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. a4 Kg7 31. Rfd1 Re7 32. a5 bxa5 33. Na4 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rc7 35. Nc5 Rc8 36. Qe1 f4 37. Bd2 Ba8 38. Ne6+ Kh8 39. Bc3 Nf7 40. Nxf4 Qd6 41. Ne6 Bxd5 42. Bxe5 Rxc1 43. Bxf6+ Kg8 44. Qxc1 Bxe6 45. Bxe6 Qxe6 46. Bc3 h5 47. Bxa5 g5 48. Qc7 a6 49. Bc3 g4 50. Qb8+ Kh7 51. Qf8 Kg6 52. Qg7+ Kf5 53. h4 Qg6 54. Qf8 Qe6 55. Qc5+ Kg6 56. Qd4 Nd6 57. Qg7+ Kf5 58. Qg5+ Ke4 59. Qxh5 Kd3 60. Qe5 Qh6 61. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-16 Final A"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1964.11.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Ghitescu, Theodor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1964.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne2 ({RR} 8. Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nbd7 16. e4 Qb6 17. f3 Rab8 18. Bf4 Qb3 19. Rfc1 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Rb7 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Kf2 h6 {Tabatabaei,M (2677)-Yuffa,D (2592) Sharjah UAE 2023 1-0 (60)}) 8... c5 $146 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Ng3 c5 10. Bb5 Ba6 11. a4 Bxb5 12. axb5 Qd7 13. Qd3 h5 14. f3 Re8 15. O-O c4 16. Qb1 g6 17. Ra2 Qb7 18. Re1 h4 19. Nh1 a6 20. Rae2 axb5 21. Nf2 Nc6 22. Qxb5 Qd7 23. Qb2 {Narayanan,S (2638)-Marin Ferragut,P (2387) Roquetas de Mar ESP 2025 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. Ng3 c5 10. Bb5 Ba6 11. a4 Bxb5 12. axb5 Qd7 13. Qd3 a5 14. O-O c4 15. Qb1 h5 16. f3 Re8 17. Ra2 a4 18. Re2 a3 19. e4 h4 20. Nf5 dxe4 21. fxe4 Rxe4 22. Ra2 Ra5 23. Qc2 {Ratkovic,M (2439)-Akhmedov,D (2368) Senta SRB 2025 0-1 (32)}) 9. Ng3 Qc7 10. f3 Re8 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 g6 16. Bg5 Nbd7 17. e5 h5 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qd2 Nh7 21. f4 f5 22. Ne2 Nf8 23. Nc3 a6 24. Na4 Ne6 25. Qb4 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nxb6 Rc2 28. h4 Kf7 29. Kh2 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Trade Union-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1964.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1964.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qe8 ({RR} 7... Qe7 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 Nf8 13. Ne4 g5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rad1 Qg6 18. Rd2 Nd7 19. f3 e4 20. f4 g4 21. Qa3 Qe6 22. Qa6 {Wang,Y (2704)-Jussupow,A (2587) Amsterdam 2008 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 7... c5 8. a3 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 b6 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. O-O h6 16. h4 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 d5 20. b3 cxd4 21. exd4 dxc4 22. bxc4 {Hald Falkesgaard,J (2353)-Hansen,S (2513) Helsingor DEN 2024 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. e4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bc6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Nf8 18. Red1 Ng6 19. g3 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 e5 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 {Kortschnoj,V-Petrosian,T Yerevan 1965 ½-½ (42)}) 8. Bh4 e5 $146 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 e5 12. d5 c6 13. e4 Rc8 14. Qf3 h6 15. Bd3 Nh7 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. O-O Nxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Rfe8 21. f3 Nf8 22. Bf2 Ng6 23. Be3 {Yakovich,Y (2525)-Fries Nielsen,J (2395) Copenhagen 1992 ½-½ (45)}) 9. O-O-O c6 10. Nd2 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nde4 Qe6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Na4 e4 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rd4 Re8 18. Rhd1 b5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 b4 21. Qd2 b3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. Qb4 Nb7 24. Qb6 a5 25. Bg3 c5 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. R4d2 Rb6 28. Kc2 Be6 29. Ra1 f6 30. h3 Kf7 31. Bg4 f5 32. Be2 Rb4 33. Be5 a4 34. Rxa4 Rbxa4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. b3 Ra2+ 37. Kc1 Ra3 38. Kb2 Ra6 39. Bc3 g6 40. Rd1 Ke7 41. h4 h5 42. Bf1 Nd8 43. Be5 Nf7 44. Bf4 Kf6 45. Be2 Ne5 46. Ra1 Rb6 47. Kc3 Nc6 48. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt sim"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Weiler, Ludwig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. O-O Nxc3 ({RR} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 Qxf3+ 13. Rg2 f5 14. Ba3 Ne4 15. Rf1 Rg8 16. Be2 Qh3 17. f3 Nf6 18. d5) 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 c5 10. Rb3 ({RR} 10. dxc5 Na6) 10... Ba5 11. e4 ({RR} 11. dxc5 Na6) 11... d6 12. d5 e5 13. Ng5 ({RR} 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. h3 Qe7 15. Nh2) 13... h6 14. Nh3 Nd7 15. f4 Qe7 ({RR} 15... exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Nh5 O-O 18. Bb1) 16. f5 O-O-O 17. Bc2 Kb8 18. Rg3 Rdg8 19. Ba4 Nf6 20. Qe2 Bc8 21. Qf3 Ba6) 7... f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. a4 ({RR} 10. Ne1 c5 11. f3 Nd6 12. Ba3 Na6 13. e4 ({RR} 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 e5 17. d5 Nc7 18. Nf3 ({RR} 18. Kg1 Rf8 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Bc1 d6 21. Rb1 Bc8 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Be3 Nh8 24. a4 Ng6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rb7 Bg4 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. Qa4 Bc8 29. Rb1 Qd8 30. Qxa5 Ne6 31. Qxd8+ Nxd8 32. Ra1 a5) 18... Ba6 19. Kg1 Rf8 20. Rf1 h6 21. Bc1 Nce8 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Nd2 Qe8 24. a4 Nb7 25. Nb3 d6 26. Ra1 Na5 27. Nd2 ({RR} 27. Nxa5 bxa5) 27... Bc8) 13... fxe4 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. e5 Nf7 15. f4 g5 16. d5 gxf4 17. Nf3 Nh8 18. Rae1 Ng6 19. Bc1 Kh8 20. Qf2 Qg7) 14. fxe4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qf8+ ({RR} 15... e5 16. d5 Nc7 17. Nf3 Qe7) 16. Nf3 ({RR} 16. Kg1 Qf4) 16... cxd4 17. e5 ({RR} 17. cxd4 Nxc4) 17... Nxc4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Ne3+ 20. Kf2 Nxc2 21. Bxc2 Rxf8 22. cxd4 Nb4) ({RR} 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 ({RR} 11. f4 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qg4 13. Rf2 Qg6 14. Raf1 d6 15. Re2 Be4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. g4 Nc6 18. Rg2 Na5 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Qf7 21. Qxe4 Nxc4 22. Qd3 d5) ({RR} 11. g3 Ng5 12. d5 Nh3+ 13. Kg2 Qh5) 11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 d6 13. Be1 ({RR} 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nd7) ({RR} 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. e4 f4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rae8) ({RR} 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. e4 f4 17. Bc1 Na5 18. Qa4 Bc6 19. Qa3 Qd7) 13... Qg5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. e4 fxe4 ({RR} 15... Rae8 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bd2 Qg6 18. Qa4) 16. Bxe4 ({RR} 16. fxe4 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Qf4 18. Bd3 Bxe4) 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 18. Qb7 Qd8) 10... a5 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Ba3 Rf6 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Rfb1 Ng5 13. Nd2 Qf6 14. f4 Nf7 15. e4) ({RR} 11... Ne7 12. Ne1 d6 13. f3 Ng5 14. c5) 12. Rfb1 ({RR} 12. d5 Na5 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Rfd1 ({RR} 15. Qd3 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. e4 Bc4 20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qh3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qf6) ({RR} 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qg4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg6) 15... Qe8 16. Qd3 ({RR} 16. Bb4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. h3) 16... Qh5 17. Nd2 ({RR} 17. e4 Raf8) 17... exd5 18. cxd5 Qxd5) ({RR} 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Na5 {RR} 14. Qd3 Rxf3 15. gxf3 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Bxf3#) 12... Rb8 13. Bb4 ({RR} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb4 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc4 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qf6) 13... Rg6 14. Bf1 Rh6 15. Rd1 g5 16. Nd2 g4 17. g3 Nxb4 ({RR} 17... Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 19. Kg1 ({RR} 19. Ke1 Qg5) 19... Rh1+ ({RR} 19... Qg5 20. Kxh2 ({RR} 20. Nf3 Rxc2 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Nxe6 dxe6) 20... Qh6+ 21. Kg1 Qxe3+ 22. Kh2 Nxb4 23. cxb4 Qf2+) ({RR} 19... Qe8 20. Kxh2 Qh5+ 21. Kg1 Nxb4 22. cxb4 Qh1+ 23. Kf2 Qh2+ 24. Ke1 Bf3 25. Nxf3 Qxc2 26. Nd2) 20. Kf2 Qf6) ({RR} 17... Qg5 18. Nxe4 ({RR} 18. d5 Ne5) 18... Qh5 19. h4 gxh3 20. Qe2 ({RR} 20. Kh2 Nxb4 21. cxb4 Bxe4 22. Bd3 Qf3 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rg1 Rf8) ({RR} 20. Nd2 Nxb4 21. cxb4 h2#) 20... h2+ 21. Kh1 fxe4 22. Qxh5 Rxh5) 18. cxb4 Qg5 ({RR} 18... Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Be4) 19. d5 Nxd2 ({RR} 19... Qh5 20. h4 gxh3 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. dxe6 ({RR} 22. Qxe4 exd5 23. cxd5 Re8) 22... d6 23. a5 Qf3 24. Kh2 Bc8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rd4 ({RR} 26. e7 Bg4) ({RR} 26. Ra7 Bxe6 27. Rxc7 Bg4 28. Re1 Qg2+ 29. Bxg2 hxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bf3+ 31. Kg1 Rh1#) 26... Bxe6 27. Ra2 Bf5 28. c5) 20. Rxd2 Qh5 21. h4 gxh3 22. Kh2 d6 23. a5 Qf3 ({RR} 23... e5 24. axb6 axb6 25. c5 f4 26. exf4 exf4 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Qc7 fxg3+ 29. fxg3 Qe8 30. Ra7 Qc8 31. Qxb6 Bxd5 32. Qd4 Bf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Rf2+ Kg8 35. Bc4+) 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 {Bukavshin,I (2622)-Vallejo Pons,F (2706) Jerusalem 2015 CBM 166 [Marin,Mihail] 1-0 (33)}) 11. Rb1 d6 12. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. f3 Nef6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qb7 Qd7 21. c5 Rb8 22. Qa6 Qxa4 23. cxd6 Qxa3 24. dxc7 Rbc8 25. Qxb6 Qe7 26. Re1 Rfe8 {Von Saldern,R (1973)-Dehlinger,A (2275) Bad Woerishofen 2014 0-1}) ({RR} 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nd7 14. e4 f4 15. f3 e5 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rfd1 Qd3 21. Qa2+ Qc4 22. Qc2 Raa8 23. Bc1 g5 24. Rd5 Nf7 25. h4 Rad8 26. hxg5 Rxd5 {Sahetchian,A (2040)-Liu,Z (2067) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Rf6 14. c5 Rg6 15. Kf1 Rxg2 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qe2 Bxb1 18. Kxg2 Be4 19. cxd6 Qg5+ 20. Kf1 Qg4 21. Nd2 Bd3 22. Qxd3 Qxd1+ 23. Kg2 Qxa4 24. c4 cxd6 25. Bxd6 Qc6+ {0-1 (25) Armstrong,R (1804)-Lamb,B (2232) Toronto 2009}) 12... Nd7 13. f3 Nef6 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 e5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Re1 Kh8 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Rbd1 Nh5 20. Bc1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Rae8 22. d5 Qf6 23. Re3 Bc8 24. Kh1 Nc5 25. Bd2 Bd7 26. Ra1 g5 27. Ng1 g4 28. g3 Nh3 29. Nxh3 gxh3 30. Qd1 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Leningrad"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. Nd2 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. f3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 11... a5 12. a4 Ba6 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Qd2 d5 17. cxd5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 exd5 19. e5 Nh5 20. f4 g6 21. f5 Ng7 22. f6 Ne6 23. Qd2 Nb4 24. Qh6 Rc3 25. Nd2 Kh8 26. Nf3 {Vaisser,A (2530)-Velten,P (2457) Montpellier 2015 CBM 166 Extra [ChessBase II] ½-½ (45)}) 12. e4 Ng6 13. g3 Rc8 14. Rf2 Ba6 15. d5 Re8 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. a4 Re7 18. a5 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. c4 Ba6 21. Bb2 Qe8 22. Bf1 Rb8 23. Bc3 e5 24. Bd3 Bc8 25. Nf1 Reb7 26. Bc2 a6 27. Ne3 Nf8 28. Qf1 h6 29. Re1 N8h7 30. f4 Ng4 31. Nxg4 Bxg4 32. h3 Bd7 33. Qg2 f6 34. Ref1 Qd8 35. Ra1 Qe7 36. Kf1 Qe8 37. Ke2 Qc8 38. f5 Rb4 39. Bxb4 cxb4 40. Bb3 Qc5 41. Kf1 Ng5 42. Re2 Qd4 43. Rb1 Qd3 44. Rbb2 Be8 45. h4 Nf3 46. Kf2 Nd4 47. Re3 Qc3 48. Rxc3 bxc3 49. Rb1 Rxb3 50. Rxb3 Nxb3 51. Ke3 Nd4 52. Qa2 c2 53. Kd2 Bh5 54. c5 dxc5 55. d6+ Bf7 56. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Petrosian sim"]
[Site "Wiesbaden"]
[Date "1965.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fried"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1965.03.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 5/1965 Seite 138 Ergebnis für Petrosian: +24, =5, -5} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Bb7 7. e4 d6 8. Bg5 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nfd7 9. Ne2 Qh4+ 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. O-O h5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. a4 h4 14. Ne2 h3 15. g3 Na5 16. Nc1 Ba6 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 dxc5 19. dxc5 Nc4 20. Bf2 O-O 21. f4 Rad8 22. Qe2 Nf6 {Harutyunyan,T (2511)-Sjugirov,S (2712) Almaty KAZ 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 8. h4 Nc6 9. h5 h6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Be3 c5 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nb3 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Qf2 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Rh3 Rc5 21. Kf2 Bc8 22. g4 Bxf5 {Manvelyan,M (2258)-Cuellar Montes,A (2212) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (46)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Qc2 e5 11. Ne2 Re8 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 Nf8 14. Rae1 g5 15. h4 Nh5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. g3 Ng6 18. Qd1 f6 19. d5 Kf7 20. Kg2 Rh8 21. Rh1 Qe7 22. Rh2 Rh7 23. Reh1 Rah8 24. Kf2 {Norman,G-Michell,R Hastings Town Hall 1924 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 9... e5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bh4 Nf8 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bf2 O-O 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rfb1 Rad8 16. a4 a5 17. Qb2 Qe7 18. Qb5 Bc8 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Bd7 21. Qa6 Bc8 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Qa6 bxc5 24. Qxa5 {Balchikliev,M-Malchev,A Sofia 1943 ½-½ (47)}) 10. Ne2 e5 11. a4 a5 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 g5 {Schwarz hat die richtige Einstellung: unbefangenes risikofreudiges Spiel.} 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Rb1 O-O-O $1 16. Nc1 Nf4 17. Nb3 h5 {Nun ist zu sehen, dass der schwarze Angriff schneller kommt. Petrosian entschließt sich, den Springer f4 abzutauschen, doch bekommt Schwarz dadurch offene Angriffslinien.} 18. Be3 g4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 f5 $1 22. Qxf5 Rdf8 23. Qg4 Qh7 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rxh3 26. Rbd1 Rg8+ 27. Kf2 Nf6 $1 28. d5 Ng4+ 29. Kg2 $2 {} ({Notwendig war} 29. Ke1 {wonach Weiß allerdings die Qualität einbüßt. Die Textfolge jedoch ist sofort entscheidend.}) 29... Ne3+ $1 {Hier nahm Petrosian den Turm auf h3, erkannte aber in der gleichen Sekunde Th8 matt und schob kapitulierend die Figuren zusammen. Doch wäre auch ohne den weltmeisterlichen Fehler die Partie nicht mehr zu halten gewesen. Weit wichtiger jedoch als alle schachlichen Leistungen sind die propagandistischen Wirkunegn für das königsliche Spiel und seine Anhänger. Und hierin hat der Weltmeister eine Mission erfüllt.} 0-1

[Event "Zagreb Tournament of the Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1965.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1965.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 ({RR} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 {½-½ (12) Zvjaginsev,V (2659)-Swiercz,D (2654) Tromsoe 2013}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O b6 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. e4 Rfd8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qh4 Nxc3 20. Ng5 h5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Nxe6 Qc6 23. d5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Nf4 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Qc4 {Srdanovic,J (2200)-Yoo,C (2588) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) 12... Nd7 ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nd7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. R3c2 Nd6 19. Ba6 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 {½-½ (20) Beilin,M-Antoshin,V Leningrad 1955}) 13. Bb5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 $146 ({RR} 14. bxc3 Nf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Ne5 g6 18. Rfd1 Kg7 19. f3 Nd5 20. Kf2 a6 21. Be2 Kf6 22. Nd3 Rdc8 23. e4 Ne7 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd7 Bxe4 {0-1 (26) Van Scheltinga,T-Bouwmeester,H Beverwijk 1958}) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Rd1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb Tournament of the Peace"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1965.04.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1965.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Portisch/Kortchnoi} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qb3 ({RR} 9. Qc2) 9... a6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 ({RR} 10. Qxb4 dxc3 11. Qxc3 b6) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6) 10. a4 b6 ({RR} 10... Ba5 11. Rd1 cxd4 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Bd2 Bc7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb7 17. Be2 Be4 18. Be1 Bd5 19. Bc4 Rfb8 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Be2 Bd5 22. Bc4) 12. exd4 Qb6 ({RR} 12... Nb6 13. Ne5 ({RR} 13. Bg5)) 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Bd3 ({RR} 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Nbd5) 14... h6 ({RR} 14... b6 15. d5 ({RR} 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3) 15... Bxc3 ({RR} 15... exd5 16. Nxd5) 16. dxe6 Be5 ({RR} 16... Ne5 17. exf7+) 17. exd7 Bxd7) 15. Bd2 Bb4 ({RR} 15... b6 16. Rab1 Bb4 17. Qb3) 16. Qb3 ({RR} 16. Qc1 Re8) ({RR} 16. Rac1 Qa5) 16... Bd6 ({RR} 16... Qa5 17. Bf4) 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Bb1 b6 19. Ne5 ({RR} 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Qe3 Nxe4 ({RR} 23... Rd7 24. Bc2) 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Be3 ({RR} 26. Bb4)) 19... Bb7 ({RR} 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxh6 Qc7 22. Be3) 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Qc2 Rac8 ({RR} 22... Nf8 23. Qd2) 23. Nxd7 ({RR} 23. Qd3 Nf8) 23... Qxd7 ({RR} 23... Bxf4 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qh7+ ({RR} 25. Nd5 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bxd5 27. Qxc8 Kf8) 25... Kf8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxc8 Qxd4) 24. Be5 Qd8 ({RR} 24... Be7 25. d5 Rxc3) 25. Bxf6 {Portisch,L (2630)-Kortschnoj,V (2670) Belgrade 1970 MCL [Portisch/Kortchnoi] ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 10... Nb6) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8) ({RR} 10... Rb8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 e5 16. b3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be2 e4 19. Nd2 Qe5 20. Ra2 Bb4 21. Rc2 Bc3 22. Nb1 Ba1 23. Nd2 Be6 24. Ba3 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ {Bjerke,R (2044)-Lilliehook,V (1928) Stavanger NOR 2024 1-0 (44)}) 11. Rd1 ({RR} 11. d5 Bxc3 12. dxe6 Ba5 13. exd7 Qxd7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Ne4 17. Rd3 Nd6 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. Ne5 b5 20. Qc3 Rad8 21. Rad1 c4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rd4 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 f6 25. Nf3 Nf7 {Petrosian,T-Simagin,V Moscow 1966 1-0 (37)}) 11... Bb7 12. d5 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Be1 Ng4 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxh2+ 16. Kf1 Ndf6 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. d5 e5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Ne4 Nh5 21. Bxb4 f5 22. Be1 Rf8 23. Ke2 Qxg2 24. Nc3 f4 25. e4 Ne3 26. Qb3 c4 {Fedoseev,V (2514)-Bukavshin,I (2510) Taganrog 2013 0-1 (71)}) ({RR} 12. Na2 Ba5 13. dxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 bxc5 15. Qc2 Qb8 16. Rb1 Qe5 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Kf1 Qxh2 22. b4 cxb4 23. Nxb4 Ng6 24. f4 Nh4 25. Bc6 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 {Babula,V (2556)-Ponizil,C (2480) Slovakia 2018 0-1}) 12... b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bxb5 exd5 16. Bd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 03rd Final"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1965.06.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1965.06.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. a3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Qe6 $146 ({RR} 16... Rad8 17. Rd6 Bc8 18. Qf4 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qe6 20. h3 f6 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Kh2 Ba6 23. f3 Bd3 24. fxe4 Qxe4 25. Qg3 Kf7 26. Rd2 c4 27. Rf2 Qe6 28. Kg1 Qxd6 29. Qh4 Qe6 30. Qg3 Qd6 31. Qh4 {Valenzuela Gomez,F (2388)-Guerrero Vargas,A (2342) Linares 2019 ½-½ (57)}) 17. Qh4 Bd5 18. Rd2 a5 19. a4 Rab8 20. h3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ZSK International-07 Erevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1965.09.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1965.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 ({RR} 7... Qe7 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 Nf8 13. Ne4 g5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rad1 Qg6 18. Rd2 Nd7 19. f3 e4 20. f4 g4 21. Qa3 Qe6 22. Qa6 {Wang,Y (2704)-Jussupow,A (2587) Amsterdam 2008 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 7... c5 8. a3 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 b6 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. O-O h6 16. h4 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 d5 20. b3 cxd4 21. exd4 dxc4 22. bxc4 {Hald Falkesgaard,J (2353)-Hansen,S (2513) Helsingor DEN 2024 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 7... Qe8 8. Bh4 e5 9. O-O-O c6 10. Nd2 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nde4 Qe6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Na4 e4 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rd4 Re8 18. Rhd1 b5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 b4 21. Qd2 b3 22. axb3 {Petrosian,T-Taimanov,M Moscow 1964 1-0 (48)}) 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 c5 $146 ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Bd7 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be4 Bc6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 c6 19. dxc6 Rac8 20. c7 {½-½ (20) Robatsch,K (2410)-Urday Caceres,H (2470) Moscow 1994}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. O-O e5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 c6 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4 Bc7 15. d5 c5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. e4 g6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Rab1 b6 21. g3 Rf8 22. Nh4 Rae8 23. f3 Bd8 24. Ng2 {Lopez Gonzalez,A (2222)-Grigoryan,K (2665) Penafiel 2020 0-1 (40)}) 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. e4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Bc6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Nf8 18. Red1 Ng6 19. g3 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 e5 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Kd6 28. Bd1 Nf8 29. Nh4 g6 30. Bg4 Nh7 31. Bd1 Ng5 32. f3 Ne6 33. f4 exf4+ 34. gxf4 Nxf4 35. Kxf4 g5+ 36. Kf5 Ke7 37. e5 Bd7+ 38. Ke4 Bc6+ 39. Kf5 gxh4 40. Kf4 f6 41. Bc2 b6 42. Be4 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ZSK International-07 Erevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1965.10.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1965.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 Ng6 11. g3 a5 12. h4 Bg4 13. Nh2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 h6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nd7 15. Ng4 Ne7 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. O-O-O f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Ng2 b5 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Rhe1 Na4 23. Ne3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rab8 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Rd2 Rf3 27. Kd1 Qc5 28. c4 a4 29. Re4 {Teh,E (2272)-Megalios,K (2106) Al Ain 2013 0-1 (38)}) 15. h5 Ne7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nf3 f6 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. O-O Qd7 20. f5 Rfb8 21. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Training"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1966.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Portisch/Kortchnoi} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qb3 ({RR} 9. Qc2) 9... a6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 ({RR} 10. Qxb4 dxc3 11. Qxc3 b6) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6) 10. a4 b6 ({RR} 10... Ba5 11. Rd1 cxd4 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Bd2 Bc7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb7 17. Be2 Be4 18. Be1 Bd5 19. Bc4 Rfb8 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Be2 Bd5 22. Bc4) 12. exd4 Qb6 ({RR} 12... Nb6 13. Ne5 ({RR} 13. Bg5)) 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Bd3 ({RR} 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Nbd5) 14... h6 ({RR} 14... b6 15. d5 ({RR} 15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3) 15... Bxc3 ({RR} 15... exd5 16. Nxd5) 16. dxe6 Be5 ({RR} 16... Ne5 17. exf7+) 17. exd7 Bxd7) 15. Bd2 Bb4 ({RR} 15... b6 16. Rab1 Bb4 17. Qb3) 16. Qb3 ({RR} 16. Qc1 Re8) ({RR} 16. Rac1 Qa5) 16... Bd6 ({RR} 16... Qa5 17. Bf4) 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Bb1 b6 19. Ne5 ({RR} 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc5 23. Qe3 Nxe4 ({RR} 23... Rd7 24. Bc2) 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Be3 ({RR} 26. Bb4)) 19... Bb7 ({RR} 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxh6 Qc7 22. Be3) 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Qc2 Rac8 ({RR} 22... Nf8 23. Qd2) 23. Nxd7 ({RR} 23. Qd3 Nf8) 23... Qxd7 ({RR} 23... Bxf4 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qh7+ ({RR} 25. Nd5 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bxd5 27. Qxc8 Kf8) 25... Kf8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxc8 Qxd4) 24. Be5 Qd8 ({RR} 24... Be7 25. d5 Rxc3) 25. Bxf6 {Portisch,L (2630)-Kortschnoj,V (2670) Belgrade 1970 MCL [Portisch/Kortchnoi] ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 10... Nb6) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8) ({RR} 10... Rb8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 e5 16. b3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be2 e4 19. Nd2 Qe5 20. Ra2 Bb4 21. Rc2 Bc3 22. Nb1 Ba1 23. Nd2 Be6 24. Ba3 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ {Bjerke,R (2044)-Lilliehook,V (1928) Stavanger NOR 2024 1-0 (44)}) 11. d5 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. d5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bxb5 exd5 16. Bd2 Qe7) ({RR} 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. d5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bxb5 exd5 16. Bd2 Qe7 {½-½ (16) Petrosian,T-Ivkov,B Zagreb 1965}) 11... Bxc3 12. dxe6 Ba5 $146 ({RR} 12... Bb4 13. exd7 Bxd7 14. e4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bd5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Ng5 h6 22. Ne4 c4 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd5 Be7 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qa8 {Lohse,S-Unzicker,W Bad Pyrmont 1963 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 12... Bb4 13. exd7 Qxd7 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bd2 a5 16. Bc3 Bg4 17. Rd2 Ne4 18. Rc2 {½-½ (18) Vaisser,A (2540)-Kovacevic,S (2365) Linares 1995}) 13. exd7 Qxd7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Ne4 17. Rd3 Nd6 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. Ne5 b5 20. Qc3 Rad8 21. Rad1 c4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rd4 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 f6 25. Nf3 Nf7 26. Qb4 Qb7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Qxb5 Qxb5 31. Nxb5 Na5 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Kd2 Kd5 35. Kc3 h5 36. Nc7+ Ke5 37. Kb4 1-0

[Event "World-ch25 Petrosian-Spassky +4-3=17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.05.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1966.04.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7) 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 $6 (12... Re8 $5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 Bc6 17. e4 Rad8 18. Bc4 b6 19. Bd2 Rd7 $14) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 ({RR} 15... Be6 16. e4 Rfd8 17. f4 Qd6 18. Be2 Qc6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bf3 Qd6 21. Re1 Qe5 22. g3 Bc6 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. Qe2 Re8 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bd2 Qd7 27. e6 fxe6 28. fxe6 Qe7 29. Qe5 Rad8 30. Bh5 {Lodici,L (2359)-Cadilhac,I (2269) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016 1-0 (39)}) 16. a4 $1 (16. Re1 Ba4 $1 17. Qb2 Rad8 18. Bf1 b6 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. e4 Nd7 22. Bb2 Re6 23. e5 Nb8 24. Be2 Nc6 $13 {Geller-Spassky, Amsterdam (ct) 1956}) ({RR} 16. Re1 Ba4 17. Qb2 Rad8 18. Bf1 b6 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Bb2 Re6 22. e4 Nd7 23. e5 Nb8 24. Be2 Nc6 25. Bd1 Bxd1 26. Raxd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Kf8 28. f4 Na5 29. Rc1 Re8 30. Kf2 Rd8 {Geller,E-Spassky,B Amsterdam/Leeuwarden 1956 ½-½ (43)}) 16... Rfe8 $146 (16... c4 $5 17. Bxc4 (17. Be2 $6 Nd5) 17... Rac8 $1) ({RR} 16... Bc6 17. e4 Rad8 18. Bb5 c4 19. Be3 Ng4 20. fxg4 Bxe4 21. Qf2 Bd3 22. Bc5 a6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rfe1 Qd5 25. Be8 {1-0 (25) Bjerke,R (2285)-Hultin,J (2225) Oslo 1992}) ({RR} 16... Bc6 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. e4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bc4 Rd7 21. Be3 Rad8 22. a5 h5 23. Bf1 h4 24. Rad1 {½-½ (24) Lugovoi,A (2485)-Gershon,A (2553) Hamburg 2001}) ({RR} 16... Rfd8 17. Re1 Bc6 18. e4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. g3 g5 22. Qc1 Rd6 23. Re2 Kh8 24. Bh3 h6 25. Bf5 Rad8 26. Qe1 Rd3 27. Rf2 Qf6 28. Bg4 c4 29. Ra3 Nc5 30. Ra2 Nb3 31. e5 {Kostin,S (2210)-Tunik,G (2460) Smolensk 1997 0-1 (47)}) 17. e4 {[ 18.f4, 19.e5]} c4 (17... Qc7 {(or 17...e7)} 18. c4 $16) 18. Be2 Be6 (18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 $5) 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rab1 Nd7 21. Rb5 $1 $16 b6 22. Rfb1 Qc6 23. Bd4 f6 24. Qa2 Kh8 25. Bf1 h6 26. h3 Rab8 27. a5 Rb7 (27... a6 28. Rxb6 $1 Nxb6 29. axb6 Qb7 30. Qa5 $16) 28. axb6 axb6 29. Qf2 $6 (29. Qb2 $142 $1 Ra8 30. Qb4 Rba7 31. Bxb6 Ra3 32. Bd4 Rb3 33. Rxb3 cxb3 34. c4 $1) 29... Ra8 30. Qb2 Rba7 $1 (30... Ra6 31. Qb4 $1 $16) 31. Bxb6 Ra2 (31... Ra3 $5 32. Bf2 Rb3 33. Rxb3 cxb3 34. c4 Rb8) 32. Qb4 Rc2 $2 (32... R2a4 {(Nikitin)} 33. Qe7 Rb8 34. R5b2 Raa8 35. Bc7 $16 (35. Bd4 Re8 36. Qb4 Reb8 37. Qxb8+ Rxb8 38. Rxb8+ Nxb8 39. Rxb8+ Kh7 40. Rb4 $10 {/})) (32... R8a3 $1 33. Bd4 Rb3 34. Rxb3 cxb3 35. c4 Rc2 $1 36. Qxb3 Rc1 $1 (36... Rxc4 $5 37. Bxc4 Bxc4 38. Rb8+ Nxb8 39. Qxb8+ Kh7 $10 {/}) 37. Rd5 $1 $13) (32... R2a3 33. Bd4 Rb3 34. Rxb3 cxb3 35. c4 $16) 33. Bf2 Qc7 (33... Raa2 34. Bg3 $1) 34. Qe7 Bxh3 $2 (34... Qc6 35. Bd4 $16) 35. gxh3 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Qh2+ 37. Bg2 Ne5 38. Rb8+ Rxb8 39. Rxb8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Ng6 (40... Nd3+ 41. Rxd3 $18) 41. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 ({RR} 12. Bd3 b6 13. c4 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Qf4 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rac8 19. Red1 Nh5 20. a4 Nf4 21. Bf1 Nb8 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bc4 Nc6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Ba3 Na5 26. Ba6 Rc6 {Jakab,A (2415)-Portisch,L (2591) Hungary 2001 0-1 (60)}) 12... b6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. c4 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 14... Ng4 15. g3 Qc6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Be3 a5 19. Rfd1 Qe4 20. Kh2 h6 21. Nh4 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Rac8 26. d6 Nc5 27. Qb5 Qc6 28. Nf5 Kf8 29. Ne7 {Grishchenko,S (2404)-Ernst,T (2302) Sundsvall 2020 ½-½ (143)}) ({RR} 14... e5 15. d5 Ne4 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Ndc5 18. Qc2 Bc8 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Nh4 Nd6 21. g3 Bh3 22. Ng2 Bf5 23. Qd1 Bh7 24. Rf1 Qd7 25. f4 e4 26. Ne3 Nd3 27. Rc2 Qa4 28. Bd4 Rac8 29. Rc3 {Romanenko,V (2499)-Kleiman,J (2318) Philadelphia 2010 ½-½ (31)}) 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bamberg"]
[Site "Bamberg"]
[Date "1968.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1968.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Ba2 ({RR} 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bf6 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Qxb7 Na5 19. Qe4 Nb3 20. Rb1 Nxc1 21. Rexc1 Qa5 22. h4 Rab8 23. Rc2 Rfe8 24. Qf4 h6 25. Rc7 Rb5 26. b4 Qxa3 {Bortnyk,O (2605)-Haydon,D (2230) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (42)}) 12... Rc8 13. Qd3 Re8 $146 ({RR} 13... Nb8 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Rad1 Nbd7 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa6 Rc7 20. Ne4 Bh6 21. Ne5 Nb6 22. Ng4 Bg5 23. g3 Be7 24. Ne5 Qd5 25. Qe2 Qb5 26. Rd3 Nd5 27. Nc3 {½-½ (27) Panno,O-Sanchez,L Munich 1958}) ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Rf8 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. b4 h6 22. Nf3 Bc2 23. Rc1 Ba4 24. h3 {½-½ (23) Huzman,A (2575)-Zilberman,Y (2513) Tel Aviv 1999}) 14. Ne5 g6 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne3 b4 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Nc4 Rcd8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Rad1 Be8 24. Nxe8 Rexe8 25. Qa6 Nxd4 26. Qxa7 b3 27. Bb1 Nc2 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rf1 Qxb2 30. Qb6 Rd5 31. a4 Qc3 32. h3 Kg7 33. g3 Ra5 34. h4 Rxa4 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qd8 h6 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch 46th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1968.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Bb7 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. b4 d6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 14. Bb2 f4 15. Bd3 d5 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. exf4 Rxf4 20. bxc5 Ndxc5 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Ng5 h6 23. Qc7 Rd7 24. Qxf4 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Re7 26. Qe3 Qb5 27. Qd4 Rf7 28. f3 Nd6 {Karner,C (2370)-Lettieri,G (2246) Steinbrunn 2005 ½-½ (42)}) 14... Qf6 15. f3 Ng5 16. Bb2 Qh6 17. Rd1 e5 18. f4 Ne4 19. Nd3 Qe6 20. Nf2 Ndf6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. b5 g5 23. Bd3 gxf4 24. exf4 Rae8 25. Rde1 Rf6 26. Re2 Rg6 27. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Gran Torneo-04"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1968.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Visier Segovia, Fernando"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1968.11.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Nd2 ({RR} 10. Re1 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nd2 c4 14. Bc2 Ne4 15. Nf1 f5 16. f3 Nd6 17. a4 Nf6 18. Ba3 g6 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. h3 {½-½ (20) Nedobora,M (2480)-Granda Zuniga,J (2620) Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1995}) ({RR} 10. Qe2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Ng5 Rfe8 14. f4 h6 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Be1 Rac8 17. Ne5 f6 18. Ng6 Nf8 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Qh5 Qf7 21. Qg4 Rc7 22. Rf3 h5 23. Qh3 Bc8 24. Nf5 Qg6 {Lexa,V (1875)-Roesemann,R (2247) Pardubice CZE 2024 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 d6 15. e4 e5 16. f4 f6 17. d5 Na5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Bg5 Rae8 20. Rf1 {½-½ (20) Debarnot,R-Visier Segovia,F Las Palmas 1975}) 10... Nc6 11. a4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. Qe2 d6 13. f3 Rae8 14. Qf2 Bc8 15. g4 Kh8 16. Qg3 e5 17. Rae1 Nfg8 18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 f5 20. g5 Ng6 21. d5 Qf7 22. Kf2 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Bc2 Bd7 {Priehoda,V (2425)-Stohl,I (2550) Kaskady 2002 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 11. Nb3 Ne7 12. f3 d5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qe2 e5 15. cxd5 Nexd5 16. c4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. a4 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Bf5 e4 21. f4 Ba6 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Qc3 f6 25. Rd2 Nb6 {Morales Santos,N (1719)-Vazquez Maccarini,D (2015) San Juan 2019 0-1 (34)}) 11... d6 12. Nb3 Ne7 13. f3 e5 14. e4 Ng6 15. d5 Bc8 16. g3 Ne8 17. Qc2 Ne7 18. Be3 h6 19. Nc1 f5 20. Ne2 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bd3 Bh3 23. Rf2 e4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rxf2 26. Bxf2 g5 27. Nc1 Ng6 28. Nd3 Re8 29. a5 Qf7 30. axb6 axb6 31. Rb1 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33. Qe2 Qe8 34. Rxb6 Rxe4 35. Qd1 Rxc4 36. Qb3 Qe4 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Qb7+ Qe7 39. Qb3 Qe4 40. Qb7+ Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kh5 42. Qf7+ Kg4 43. Qd7+ Qf5 44. Qxf5+ Kxf5 45. g4+ Kxg4 46. Bg3 Rxc3 47. Bxd6 Kf3 48. Rf8+ Ke4 49. Rd8 Rc2 50. Bf8 0-1

[Event "World-ch26 Spassky-Petrosian +6-4=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1969.04.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 $6 6. Nge2 (6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 $10 {Kortchnoi}) 6... d5 (6... Bb7 7. a3 Be7 (7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 $14) 8. d5 $14 {Kortchnoi}) 7. O-O dxc4 (7... Bb7 $5 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 $10 {Kortchnoi, Bondarevsky;  Boleslavsky}) (7... c5) 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. f3 $1 c5 (9... Be7 $5 { c5 Bondarevsky, Kortchnoi}) 10. a3 cxd4 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 $16) 11. axb4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 $146 {} ({RR} 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxc3 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Ra3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bd2 Nb3 20. Bc3 f6 21. Rd1 Rc7 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. h4 Nc5 24. Ra1 Bd5 25. e4 Bb3 26. Ra3 e5 {Seemann,J (2365)-Janik,I (2536) Bialystok POL 2022 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qb3 a6 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15. c4 Qe5 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. e4 Qh5 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Nf4 Qh4 20. g3 Qh6 21. Be2 g5 22. Nd3 Rxd3 23. Bxd3 Nfg4 24. fxg4 Nxg4 25. Rf2 Nxe3 26. Be2 {1-0 (26) Ac,M (2243)-Csonka,A (2362) Slovakia 2005}) 12... Nc6 $6 $14 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qe1 Nc6 $10 {Geller}) (12... a6 13. Bd2 (13. b5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Nxb5 $14) 13... b5 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Qe1 $16) (12... a6 13. e4 b5 14. Bb3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nc6 16. Bg5 Nxb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 $40 { Boleslavsky, Kortchnoi}) (12... Nd5 $5 13. b5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 {Bondarevsky}) 13. b5 Ne5 (13... Na5 14. Be2 $1 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nb3 16. Ra3 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 $16 {× a7 Boleslavsky}) (13... Nb4 $5 {(O'Kelly)} 14. Qb3 a5 15. bxa6 Nxa6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qc5 $13) 14. Be2 Qc7 (14... Nd5 15. Bd2 $16 (15. Qd4 $14)) 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Qe1 $1 Qc5+ {} (16... Nfd7 { c5 Smyslov}) 17. Qf2 $1 $16 Qe7 (17... Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Be3 $1 $16 Ne8 21. Ra4 Nd6 $6 22. Ke2 $18) (17... Nd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Bg5 {Bondarevsky}) (17... Nfd7 $1 18. Be3 Qb4 $1 $14 {Geller}) 18. Ra3 $1 $16 {[ × a7]} Ne8 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Be3 Nd6 (20... Qb4 21. Rb1 Ne5 22. Bf1 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Rba1 $16 {Boleslavsky, Bondarevsky}) 21. Rfa1 Nc8 22. Bf1 {( e2-d4)} f5 $6 23. exf5 exf5 24. Ra4 Re8 25. Bd2 $1 {( h2-h4-h5+-)} Qc5 26. Qxc5 $1 $18 bxc5 27. Rc4 Re5 28. Na4 a6 (28... Nb6 29. Rxc5 $18) 29. Nxc5 $1 $18 axb5 30. Nxb7 $1 Rxa1 31. Rxc8+ Kf7 32. Nd8+ Ke7 33. Nc6+ Kd7 34. Nxe5+ Kxc8 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. Bc3 Rb1 37. Kf2 b4 38. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch37 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 Ba5 11. a4 ({RR} 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. c6 Ba5 13. cxd7 Nxd7 14. b4 Bc7 15. Bb2 e5 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rfd1 e4 18. Qc3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Nd2 f5 21. Rac1 Be5 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Ne5 24. Bd5 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 {Tomashevsky,E (2709)-Zhigalko,S (2661) Kiev 2013 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 b5 13. Ba2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Rac1 Ne4 17. Bb1 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. a4 bxa4 21. c4 Qf4 22. c5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nf6 25. Be4 Rfd8 {Yaran,S (2288)-Grigoriants,S (2569) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (59)}) 11... Qe7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Ba2 Bb7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Bb4 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. Nc2 Bc5 21. Rd1 Rcd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 {½-½ (23) Donner,J-Platonov,I Wijk aan Zee 1970}) ({RR} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nc2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfe4 17. Bb4 a5 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Bb5 e5 21. Nf3 Qe6 22. Rad1 Bd5 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rc1 Nxb5 26. axb5 Qb6 27. Rfd1 h6 {Polugaevsky,L-Kholmov,R Moscow 1960 0-1 (65)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Gran Torneo-05"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1969.12.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1969.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Na5 ({RR} 11... Ne7 12. a4 Bc8 13. a5 bxa5 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Qxa5 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 a6 18. Nb3 Rb8 19. Ra3 Rb6 20. Be3 f5 21. f3 f4 22. Bf2 Kf7 23. Rb1 Ke8 24. Raa1 Kd8 25. Na5 Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1 {Wang,Y (2718)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Huaian 2016 ½-½ (85)}) 12. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bh4 Nf8 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 Kd7 19. Nf1 Ba6 20. Ne3 Raf8 21. Rab1 Nf4 22. Bf1 f6 23. Bh2 g5 24. g3 Ng6 25. Bh3+ Kc7 26. hxg5 fxg5 {Parrondo Romero,F (1855)-Garcia Gutierrez,E (1960) Madrid 2000 0-1 (38)}) 12... Bc8 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Nh7 16. Qh5 Qf6 17. Ne3 Qg6 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. g3 Re8 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Rb2 Rb7 22. Qg2 Rbe7 23. f3 Qh7 24. Bc1 g6 25. Rf2 Qg7 26. Qf1 Kh8 27. Kg2 Nb7 28. Qe2 Nd8 29. a4 Nb7 30. Qc2 Ng8 31. Ref1 f6 32. h4 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rovinj/Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1970.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marovic, Drazen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1970.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 ({RR} 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 Qe8 12. f3 Ng6 13. Bd2 e4 14. fxe4 Ng4 15. Nf3 b6 16. e5 N4xe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. a4 a5 19. Rfb1 {½-½ (19) Portisch,L (2630)-Seirawan,Y (2575) Luzern 1982}) ({RR} 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Ng6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 h6 14. Nd2 Nh7 15. Bf1 Qd7 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Nf1 f5 18. Rb1 f4 19. Rxb7 Ng5 20. Rd1 Nh4 21. gxh4 f3 22. Ne3 Rf4 23. Qb1 Rg4+ 24. Nxg4 Qg2# {Colonetti,F (2101)-Savanovic,A (2365) Palmanova ITA 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 g6 12. e4 Nh5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qd2 f5 15. Bg5 f4 16. Be2 Rf8 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxh5 Rf6 23. Rb2 Kh8 24. g4 fxg3 {Petrosian,T-Zaid,L Moscow 1972 0-1 (33)}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Kh8 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Ng6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. f5 Ne5 17. Bg5 Rad8 18. Qd2 Bc8 19. Rae1 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Re8 22. Qh4 Qe7 23. Re3 Qxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Qf4 Rxd3 26. Qxd6 {Kirschneck,E-Wallner,J Krumbach 1973 ½-½ (41)}) 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. e4 Nf6 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Kh2 h6 17. g3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-19 Final A"]
[Site "Siegen"]
[Date "1970.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1970.09.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nc3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rd1 N7f6 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Qe5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nhxf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nhf4 $146 19. Nxd5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qxd5 21. Ne1 Rfd8 22. f3 Rac8 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Kf2 Rdc8 26. b3 Kf8 27. Rb1 Ke7 28. Rbb2 Kd6 29. Rbc2 a5 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Nc2 Rc3 32. Ne3 Kc6 33. Ke2 Kb5 34. Rb2 Rc6 35. Kd3 a4 36. Nc2 axb3 37. axb3 g5 38. Na3+ Ka5 39. Nc2 Rc7 40. Ne3 Kb4 41. Nc2+ Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-19 Final A"]
[Site "Siegen"]
[Date "1970.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Lengyel, Levente"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1970.09.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bg5 ({RR} 11. O-O Ng6 12. Re1 a6 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Ne2 f5 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 f4 18. Bf2 fxg3 19. Bxg3 Nf4 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. Qd2 g5 22. Be2 Qe8 23. Nh2 h5 24. Qd1 Qg6 25. Bxf4 gxf4 {Robson,R (2700)-Theodorou,N (2619) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Ng6 13. h3 Bc5 14. Re1 h6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ne8 17. Bf1 Nd6 18. a5 Qe7 19. g3 Bd7 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Qb4 Rac8 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. Rc1 Nf8 24. Na4 Bb5 25. Bxb5 axb5 {Zemlyanskii,I (2585)-Urazayev,A (2490) Aktobe KAZ 2025 ½-½ (51)}) 11... Ng6 12. g3 $146 ({RR} 12. Nh4 Nf4 13. Qf3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. g3 a6 16. Bf1 g6 17. Ng2 Nxd5 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne3 Bc5 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd4 22. Rb1 f5 23. Nc2 Bb6 24. Bc4 f4 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Rd2 Bh3 {Ivanov,I (2475)-Hracek,Z (2595) Newark 1995 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 12. h3 a6 {½-½ (12) Zaja,I (2421)-Cvitan,O (2410) Veli Losinj CRO 2024}) 12... h6 13. Bd2 a6 14. h3 b5 15. Bf1 Bb7 16. Be3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Bg2 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-19 Final A"]
[Site "Siegen"]
[Date "1970.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1970.09.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Rc1 c6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Ne5 ({RR} 13. Re1 c4 14. Bb1 Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne8 17. Ne2 g6 18. Nd4 Ng7 19. f4 Qd7 20. f5 Bc5 21. f6 Ne6 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qh4 Rfe8 24. Rf1 Nf8 25. Qf4 Kh7 26. b4 Bxb4 27. Bxb4 Qg4 {Yu Jiangwei (2366)-Lee,M (2234) New York USA 2023 1-0 (31)}) 13... Nc6 14. Ba6 $146 ({RR} 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. Rcd1 Qe8 17. Bb5 Qb8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bc3 a6 20. Bc6 b5 21. Qxe4 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 b4 23. Bd2 Qxe5 24. Bc1 Rfc8 25. Qb7 Qc7 26. Rd7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7 Kf8 28. Rd1 Rd8 {Ivkov,B-Filip,M Palma de Mallorca 1970 ½-½ (88)}) ({RR} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. b3 Rc8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. Nc3 Bd6 21. h3 h6 22. Qf3 Be5 23. Na4 Ne4 24. Red1 Re6 25. Be1 Qb7 26. Rc2 Rf6 27. Qh5 Re6 28. f4 Nf6 {Paravyan,D (2647)-Zhigalko,S (2572) Lichess.org INT 2021 0-1 (65)}) 14... Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vinkovci"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "1970.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1970.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Ba3 dxc4 9. e4 Qd7 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 b5 15. Qa5 b4 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 Qc6 19. Bf3 Qb6 20. Qa3 Rab8 21. Nd6 f6 22. Bg4 f5 23. Bf3 Bb5 24. Rab1 {Di Berardino,D (2466)-Bambino Filho,A (2179) Florianopolis BRA 2025 1-0 (40)}) 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O O-O-O $146 ({RR} 11... Ne7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. e5 Ng8 15. f4 g6 16. f5 exf5 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. Rxf5 Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Nxe7 20. Rf2 Bd5 21. Nf1 Kg7 22. Ne3 b5 23. Raf1 Rhf8 24. Rf6 Be6 25. h3 Rab8 26. a3 {Vaisser,A-Tseshkovsky,V Novosibirsk 1971 0-1 (56)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf Petrosian-Kortschnoj+1-0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1971.07.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 (4... c5) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 c5 9. e3 Nbd7 (9... cxd4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. cxd4 Bf5 $13) 10. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. c4 Qa4 16. Qb4 Bd7 17. Be2 Rfc8 18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Rc1 Bb3 20. c5 Na4 21. Bg4 Rc6 22. Bd7 Rg6 23. Bxa4 Bxa4 24. Bf4 Rxg2 {Visser,H-Jap Tjoen San,L (2175) Haarlem 1997 0-1 (31)}) 10... Qa5 11. Ne2 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nf4 Qc4 16. Qa2 Qxa2 (16... Qxc3 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 $13) 17. Rxa2 Rac8 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Ne4 20. Ne2 Nd6 21. h4 Nc4 22. Nf4 Kf8 23. g4 g6 24. Kg2 h6 25. Rd1 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Ne2 Nd6 28. Ng3 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Ne4 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxc3 32. a5 Rdc8 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rb2 R8c4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1971.11.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 O-O $146 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Rf5 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. Rad1 e5 20. Qh3 Rf4 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc3 Qf6 23. Qh5 Rf5 24. Qg4 Rf8 25. f3 Qh6 26. Qh3 {Jedlicka,A (2219)-Nagy,L (2178) Czech Republic 2022 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 Qd6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Rf5 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. Rad1 e5 20. Qh3 Rf4 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc3 Qf6 23. Qh5 Rf5 24. Qg4 Rf8 25. f3 Qh6 26. Qh3 {Jedlicka,A (2219)-Nagy,L (2178) Czech Republic 2022 0-1 (36)}) 12. Nfxd5 Bg5 13. f4 Re8+ 14. Be2 Bh4+ 15. Kf1 Nc6 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Bf3 Na5 18. g3 Nc4 19. Qf2 Be7 20. Kg2 Bf8 21. Rhe1 Rc8 22. Ne3 Nxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Qd7 24. h4 Red8 25. Kh2 Bb3 26. Rd2 Re8 27. Bg2 Be6 28. Qe1 Re7 29. d5 Rd8 30. d6 Ree8 31. f5 Bxf5 32. Re7 Rc8 33. Rxd7 Rxe1 34. Rxb7 Rd8 35. Rxa7 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 37. Ra8+ Bf8 38. a4 g6 39. Bd5 Rc1 40. a5 Rc2+ 41. Kh1 Kg7 42. Ra7 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Bc5 45. Rxf7+ Kh8 46. g4 Bd3 47. Ne4 Bxe4+ 48. Kxe4 Rxb2 49. Rc7 Rb4+ 50. Kf3 Bg1 51. g5 h6 52. h5 Rb5 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kh8 55. Rd7 Rxa5 56. Rd8+ Kg7 57. Rd7+ Kh8 58. hxg6 Rxd5 59. Rxd5 hxg5 60. Ke4 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 12th Group2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail A"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1972.03.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Ba2 Rd8 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. f3 Rac8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bc4 a6 20. dxe5 b5 21. Qc2 Qxe5 22. Bf1 c4 23. Qf2 h5 24. a4 g6 25. h4 Kg7 26. axb5 axb5 {Sarana,A (2693)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (43)}) 12... Rd8 13. Qc2 b6 ({RR} 13... Na5 14. Bd3 c4 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 exd4 17. cxd4 b5 18. e4 Nb3 19. Rc3 Nd2 20. e5 Nd5 21. Rg3 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 g6 23. h4 Qd7 24. Qf3 a5 25. h5 b4 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. axb4 axb4 28. Qe4 {Veloso,H (2221)-Piddubna,B (2152) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (52)}) 14. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Ba2 Na5 16. dxe5 Be4 17. Qa4 Qxe5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. e4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Nc7 25. Kf1 a5 26. Nf4 a4 27. Ke2 f6 28. Kd3 Ne5+ {Reshetnikov,A (2487)-Matlakov,M (2632) Taganrog 2011 ½-½ (47)}) 14... Ba6 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. c4 exd4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd6 19. Ng3 Rc6 20. c5 bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow GM-Young M"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Zaid, Leonid D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1972.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Qc2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O ({RR} 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Kh8 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. e4 Nf6 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Kh2 h6 17. g3 Nf6 {½-½ (17) Marovic,D-Petrosian,T Zagreb 1970}) 10... O-O 11. Ne1 ({RR} 11. e4 Ng6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 h6 14. Nd2 Nh7 15. Bf1 Qd7 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Nf1 f5 18. Rb1 f4 19. Rxb7 Ng5 20. Rd1 Nh4 21. gxh4 f3 22. Ne3 Rf4 23. Qb1 Rg4+ 24. Nxg4 Qg2# {0-1 (24) Colonetti,F (2101)-Savanovic,A (2365) Palmanova ITA 2022}) 11... g6 $146 ({RR} 11... Ng6 12. f4 exf4 13. exf4 Re8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. f5 Ne5 17. Bg5 Nxd3 18. Bxf6 Bxf5 19. Ne1 gxf6 20. Nxd3 Bg6 21. Qd2 Qa6 22. Rxf6 Qxc4 23. Nf4 Re4 24. Rf1 Re7 25. h4 Kg7 26. h5 {Kasyan,A (2326)-Golichenko,I (2419) Chotowa 2010 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 11... Qe8 12. f3 Ng6 13. Bd2 e4 14. fxe4 Ng4 15. Nf3 b6 16. e5 N4xe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. a4 a5 19. Rfb1 {½-½ (19) Portisch,L (2630)-Seirawan,Y (2575) Luzern 1982}) ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. g3 Qa5 13. e4 Ba4 14. Qb2 Nd7 15. Qa3 a6 16. Bc2 b5 17. Bxa4 bxa4 18. Ng2 Nb6 19. Ne3 f5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 fxe4 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. Nxf5 Nxc4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 {0-1 (25) Parulava,T (2300)-Kveinys,A (2520) Marbach 1994}) 12. e4 Nh5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qd2 f5 15. Bg5 f4 16. Be2 Rf8 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxh5 Rf6 23. Rb2 Kh8 24. g4 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qg7 26. Kg1 Bg4 27. Qh1 Rh6 28. Qg2 Bh3 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. Qe3 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Rff6 32. Nf3 Qg4 33. Ng1 Rh1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 05th Final"]
[Site "Bath"]
[Date "1973.07.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1973.07.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nge4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd7 12. Bxc4 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1973.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 cxd4 ({RR} 6... Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Qf6 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Qg4 Rad8 17. Qxe4 Qg5 18. f4 Qh5 19. Qd4 f6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Qd2 {Milov,V (2659)-Kortschnoj,V (2606) Switzerland 2007 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 6... O-O 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Na2 Ne5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. b3 d5 14. Bb2 Ng6 15. h4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Be4 17. Qc3 h5 18. f3 Bb7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Kf2 Rcd8 21. g3 {Cernov,H (2325)-Salimova,A (2063) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 6... Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 O-O 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. Re1 Rab8 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Nfe4 19. f3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nd6 21. Bd4 {Donner,J-Spassky,B Leiden 1970 ½-½ (31)}) 7. exd4 O-O $146 ({RR} 7... Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Ng3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. d6 a6 15. Nc3 Qc8 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. f3 Ba7 18. Kh1 O-O 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 {Paasikangas Tella,J (2325)-Forintos,G (2440) Aaland/Stockholm 1997 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 7... Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O d5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. cxd5 Qxc2 14. Bxc2 Nxd5 15. Bd2 a6 16. Nbc3 N7f6 17. Bb3 O-O 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 {Xing,E-Kimura,T Brisbane 2005 1-0 (50)}) 8. d5 Re8 9. O-O Na6 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bf8 13. Ndb5 exd5 14. cxd5 d6 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. Bc4 a6 17. Nd4 b5 18. Ba2 Qd7 19. Qf3 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Rfd1 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 {½-½ (27) Macarie,E-Radovici,C Bucharest 1974}) 1... Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. a4 Nbd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. Qc2 c5 15. e4 Qc7 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Kh1 Re8 18. h3 Ngf6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. f4 Bb7 22. Ne4 Ng6 23. Qf2 Nb6 24. Bf1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc6 26. Qc2 Nd5 27. a5 Rab8 $146 28. Rea4 Nge7 29. Bd3 Nf5 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Qxf5 Nxc3 32. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 ({RR} 7... Ba6 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. Rd1 a6 10. d5 Ne5 11. e4 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 b5 13. Qc2 bxc4 14. Bf1 exd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Bg5 h6 17. Qf5 hxg5 18. Qxe5 Qb6 19. Rab1 g4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qxc4 {Torre,E (2550)-Van der Wiel,J (2465) Bochum 1981 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. e4 Ne8 10. e5 d6 11. Be4 Bb7 12. Qd3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qd7 16. Bf3 e5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. d5 Qa4 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ng3 Rd8 21. Nh5 Rf7 22. Rae1 {Klek,H (2301)-Federovski,A (1967) Mayrhofen 2022 ½-½ (45)}) 8. exd4 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Be4 Ba6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Be3 Na5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. Qg4 Rcd8 20. h3 Bc4 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf3 a5 23. Re3 {Taimanov,M-Smyslov,V Moscow 1973 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Qb2 axb4 15. axb4 Nd7 16. Bg3 Re8 17. Nb5 Nf6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 g6 20. Qb3 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Nec3 Qb8 23. d5 {Pachman,L-Ojanen,K Helsinki 1952 1-0 (42)}) 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. cxd5 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Re8 15. Bd6 Ng4 16. Qg3 Nh6 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Be5 Qg6 20. Qa4 a6 21. Bf4 b5 22. Qb4 Rec8 23. Qe4 h5 24. Qd3 Rc4 25. Re4 Nh4 26. Bg3 Rxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 h4 29. Rd1 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rc8 31. f3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Games"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Re1 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 Re8 15. d5 exd5 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Qh4 Qc7 20. Bb3 h5 21. Qe4 Kg7 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Bh6 Qd6 $146 ({RR} 23... Bd6 24. Ng5+ Kf6 25. Nh7+ {1-0 (25) Garcia Martinez,S-Pomar Salamanca,A San Feliu de Guixols 1975}) 24. Qc4+ Kf6 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. Qxd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc5 28. h4 1-0

[Event "URS Games"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
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1. c4 {ChessBase Szabo,Krisztian} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3) 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 ({RR} 11. Nh4)) 10... Na5 ({RR} 10... b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Rae1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Bb2 Qc4 20. Rd1 Re4 21. f3 Rxe3 22. Rd4 Qc8 23. Qd2 Qe6 24. c4 Re2 25. Qc1 {Sovetbekova,N (1961)-Kunal,M (2245) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (63)}) 11. Nd2 ({RR} 11. cxd5 c4 12. Be2 exd5 13. Nd2 Bg4 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Bf3 ({RR} 14. h3 g6 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Bf5 ({RR} 16... Bxh3)) ({RR} 14. f3 Rxe3 15. Ne4 Rxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4) 14... g6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nb3 18. Ra2 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Qf4) 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. g3 f5 16. Rb1 Nc6 ({RR} 16... Qd7) ({RR} 16... b6 17. a4 Rae8 18. Ba3 Rf6 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Nf1 Rfe6) 17. a4 Qd7 ({RR} 17... Rae8 18. Rb5 Qd7) 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Re2 Qe6 ({RR} 20... g6 21. Rbe1 Re6 22. f3 Nf6 23. e4) 21. Rbe1 Qh6 22. Nf1 Qh5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Nd2 Re6 25. e4 Rae8 {Geller,E-Petrosian,T Amsterdam/Leeuwarden 1956 Candidates [ChessBase] 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Bd3 Ba4) 11... b6 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. a4 Rfc8 15. Bb2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Ba3 ({RR} 17. e4 Ng4 ({RR} 17... Re8 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. f3) 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Rfe1 ({RR} 19. Ba3 Qh5) ({RR} 19. h3 Ne5) 19... Bc6 20. h3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. f3 Rad8 ({RR} 22... f5)) 17... Qd5 18. e4 ({RR} 18. f3 Bxa4) ({RR} 18. Rfd1 Bf5 19. Qb2 Bd3) 18... Bxa4 19. exd5 ({RR} 19. Qxa4 Qxd2) 19... Bxc2 20. d6 Nd5 21. Rfe1 f6 ({RR} 21... Nxc3 22. d7 Rd8 23. Bb4 Na4 ({RR} 23... Nd5 24. Rxa7) 24. Ra2) ({RR} 21... Bd3 22. Nf3 Nxc3 23. Ne5 ({RR} 23. d7 Rd8 24. Ne5 f6) 23... f6) 22. d7 Rd8 23. Nxc4 Rxd7 24. Nd6 ({RR} 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Ba4) 24... b6 ({RR} 24... Nxc3 25. Rac1 Nb1 26. Rxb1 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Rad8 28. f4) 25. c4 Nf4 26. Re3 {Berkes,F (2601)-Almasi,Z (2672) Paks 2006 CBM 113 Extra [Szabo,Krisztian] 0-1 (40)} ({RR} 26. g3 Nd3 27. Re2 Ba4)) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Re1 $146 ({RR} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Ng4 17. f4 Bb7 18. e4 Rad8 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Re1 Nb6 22. Bd3 c4 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Bf5 c3 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Be3 Rd5 27. Rac1 Na4 {Vaganian,R-Sakharov,Y Voronezh 1969 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. e4 h6 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd6 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Bb2 Qc6 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. h3 a6 22. Re1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Bf1 Qe4 26. Ne5 Ne8 27. Re1 Qf4 {Krstic,P (2327)-Raisanen,K (2062) Sibenik 2007 1-0 (33)}) 13... c4 14. Be2 Re8 15. a4 g6 16. Ba3 Bg4 17. Bb4 Nc6 18. Qb2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Re6 20. Ba3 Rae8 21. Qb5 Qd7 22. Rae1 Qb7 23. f3 Na5 24. e4 a6 25. Qb4 h6 26. e5 Nh5 27. g3 f5 28. f4 Qd7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Nf1 Nb3 31. Ne3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rb2 Ra6 34. Reb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-21 Final A"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1974.06.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1974.06.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. Ng3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Qc2 g6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 18. a4 Rae8 19. f3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rf7 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bh6 Kh8 23. Bg5 Ref8 24. h3 Ng8 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Bd3 Re8 27. Ra2 Bc8 28. Qe1 Kg7 29. Re2 Ng8 30. f4 Ref8 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qxe5+ Nf6 {Kistella,R (2298)-Tueckmantel,R (2098) Germany 2004 1-0 (45)}) 18... Rae8 19. f3 Ng7 20. g4 Qa4 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Bc2 Qa5 23. a4 Qc7 24. h3 a6 25. a5 b5 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Qa3 Qd8 28. Qc1 Qe7 29. Qe1 Rb2 30. Bd3 Bc8 31. Bc1 Rb3 32. Bc2 Rb6 33. f4 h6 34. fxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. Ne4 h5 37. Ba3 Nxe4 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Bxe4 Rb3 40. Bxc5+ Kf7 41. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 08th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1974.08.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1974.08.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak"]
[BlackTeam "Zenit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 Ne7 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Re1 c4 14. Bc2 Ne4 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. g3 g5 17. Ng2 g4 18. f3 Ng5 19. fxg4 Nh3+ 20. Kf1 Qg5 21. Nf4 Bxg4 22. Qd2 Bf5 23. Qg2 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 {Lautier,J (2660)-Kramnik,V (2770) Tilburg 1997 0-1 (53)}) 12. Bb2 ({RR} 12. Ra2 Be6 13. Re2 Rac8 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Qe1 Qa5 16. f3 cxd4 17. exd4 Qb6 18. g4 Ng6 19. Ng2 Bd7 20. g5 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Re8 22. Qd2 Nh5 23. Bc1 Bb5 24. f4 f5 25. Qd1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Ne7 {Wallace,J (2385)-Moiseenko,A (2710) Biel 2015 ½-½ (55)}) 12... Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... c4 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. g3 Qb6 15. Bc1 g5 16. Ng2 Qh6 17. h4 f5 18. f3 gxh4 19. e4 f4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. gxf4 Nf6 22. Qe1 h3 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Rf2 hxg2 25. Rxg2 Bh3 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. Rxg5 {Gligoric,S-Burger,H Hastings 1960 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 12... c4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. a4 Ng6 15. Nf5 Ne4 16. Ng3 b6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ba3 Bb7 19. Qh5 Rad8 20. Qg4 Bc6 21. Rfd1 Rd7 22. Rdb1 Qd8 23. Rb4 Bd5 24. a5 Re6 25. Rab1 Nh4 26. Ba4 Rdd6 27. Rb5 {Kurass,I-Sakharov,Y Kiev 1963 0-1 (36)}) 13. a4 Be6 14. Rc1 c4 15. Bc2 Qd7 16. g3 Ng6 17. Ng2 Bf5 18. f3 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Re6 20. Ra1 Rae8 21. Ba3 h5 22. h4 Ra6 23. Bb4 Qh3 24. Kf2 Ne7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rh1 Qe6 27. Rhe1 Qh3 28. Rg1 Qe6 29. Rge1 Qh3 30. Rh1 Qe6 31. Rab1 Ne8 32. Rhe1 Qh3 33. Rh1 Qe6 34. Rhe1 Qh3 35. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas-04"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1975.04.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Debarnot, Roberto Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1975.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c4 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. a4 Ne4 16. Nf1 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. h3 $146 ({RR} 18. Ba3 Qxc3 19. Qb1 Qa5 20. Bb4 Qa6 21. a5 Nc8 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Ne7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 c3 27. Qc5 Ree8 28. Qxc3 Nxe4 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Ng3 Nxg3 {½-½ (30) Cvitan,O (2505)-Vyzmanavin,A (2590) Manila 1992}) 18... h5 19. Ng3 g6 20. Kf2 h4 21. Nf1 Re6 22. Kg1 Kf7 23. Re2 Rh8 24. Bc1 Nc8 25. Qe1 Bc6 26. Ba3 Qc7 27. Qf2 a5 28. Rae1 Kg7 29. Nd2 Nh5 30. Ra1 Qg3 31. Nf1 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rhe8 33. Ree1 Ng3 34. Nd2 f4 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Bxe4 37. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Bxe4 Rxe4 40. Rb1 b6 41. d5 Re3 42. Rd1 Rxc3 43. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas-04+"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1975.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1975.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. Ne5 Qc7 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Ba3 Na5 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bb5 Qd5 16. f3 Qxb5 17. Rab1 Qd5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Re1 Rec8 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Rc1 Nd5 24. Bb2 f6 25. Ree1 Qc6 26. Qe2 Nf4 27. Qe3 {Sri Darshini T (1839)-Horak,M (2354) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (44)}) 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bb5 Nc6 15. Bxc6 $146 ({RR} 15. Rfe1 Red8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Be7 Rdc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Re3 Kh8 21. Rg3 Rg8 22. Re1 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Rg8 24. c4 Rc8 25. Qa3 Qxc4 26. Qxa7 Kg7 27. Qxb6 Qxa2 28. Qb1 {½-½ (28) Onischuk,A (2650)-Zvjaginsev,V (2664) Poikovsky 2006}) ({RR} 15. Rfd1 Red8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. c4 Rd7 19. Rac1 Qe4 20. f3 Qf5 21. c5 Qd5 22. Bb2 Rad8 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. a4 Ra5 26. Rc4 Nd5 27. Rdc1 f6 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kf7 {Anttila,P (2270)-Koykka,P (2368) Finland 2022 0-1 (42)}) 15... Bxc6 16. c4 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Ng4 f5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. f3 Qd7 22. Bb2 Bc6 23. Re1 f4 24. Nf1 b5 25. d5 exd5 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nd2 Kg7 30. Qb4 d4 31. Nb3 d3 32. Qxf4 Re5 33. h4 Qe7 34. Kh2 Qd6 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. Rd1 Qa3 37. Qg3+ Kf7 38. f4 Rh5 39. f5 Bxf5 40. Qc7+ Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 13th final A"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf6 {½-½ (15) Trifunovic,P-Spassky,B Vienna 1957}) ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bb4 16. Rec1 Nde7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Bxa5 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Bc5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 {Topalov,V (2775)-Karjakin,S (2776) Monte Carlo 2011 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Qd3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Ba2 Be7 15. Bb1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rfe1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bg5 Bxg5 {0-1 (22) Kis,L (1990)-Sierra Vallina,L (2275) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Bg5 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be7 13. Qd3 Nbd5 14. Rfe1 Nb4 15. Qe2 Nfd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Neg5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Ne5 Rf6 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Nd3 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxe7 {Cruz,R-Rubinstein,J Mar del Plata 1962 1-0 (41)}) 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfc1 Nf8 15. Nc5 Ne7 16. Qe4 Nf5 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Rc2 a5 19. Qg4 Qd6 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Rc7 Red8 24. d5 Bd6 25. Bg5 Nf6 26. Rxe7 Nxg4 27. Rxb7 f6 28. Bd2 exd5 29. Bd7 Ngh6 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Rc1 Ne7 32. Nd4 Ra6 33. Bd7 Nhg8 34. Bb5 Raa8 35. Kf1 Be5 36. Ne6 Rdb8 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. b3 Ra8 39. f4 Bd6 40. Nc7 Ra7 41. Ne6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 13th Group1"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Butnorius, Algimantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1975.07.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Lithunia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 O-O 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qd3 ({RR} 12. Qg4 Qd7 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nh6+ Kg7 15. Qh4 Qd8 16. Qh3 f5 17. exf6+ Nxf6 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bxf6+ Rxf6 {½-½ (19) Psakhis,L (2575)-Panchenko,A (2450) Sochi 1987}) ({RR} 12. Ne2 c5 13. h4 cxd4 14. cxd4 f6 15. Ba3 fxe5 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. f3 Nc6 18. Kg1 Nf6 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Qc2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qc6 Qf8 23. Kh2 Re8 24. Rhd1 Qe7 25. Re1 Ng4+ 26. Kg3 Ne3 {Ollier,P (2371)-Swayams,M (2450) Chess.com INT 2017 0-1}) 12... f5 $146 ({RR} 12... Qh4 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Kg1 f5 15. Rf1 g6 16. Ne2 Ng5 17. f3 Ne6 18. g3 Qd8 19. h4 c5 20. h5 Nc6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rf2 Qe7 23. Rfh2 Qg7 24. Bc1 Rac8 25. Bh6 Qe7 26. Bd2 Qg7 27. Bh6 {Bekker Jensen,D (2284)-Christensen,T (2221) Denmark 2002 1-0}) 13. Ne2 Ng5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. g3 Qh6 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Qf3 Ne7 18. Nxd5 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. f4 Rad8 22. Qc6 Qh5 23. Kf2 g5 24. Ke3 Qf7 25. Rhf1 g4 26. Rfd1 Rfe8 27. c4 Re6 28. Qb5 Rh6 29. Rd2 Rh3 30. d5 h5 31. Qb4 h4 32. Rg1 Kg7 33. e6 Qf6 34. Qb2 hxg3 35. hxg3 Qxb2 36. Rxb2 Kf6 37. Kd4 Rdh8 38. Re2 R3h7 39. c5 Re8 40. Kc4 Rhh8 41. Rge1 bxc5 42. Kxc5 Rh3 43. Rg2 Reh8 44. Ree2 R3h7 45. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Milan"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "1975.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1975.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Khalifman,Alexander} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 Ng4 15. Be4 ({RR} 15. g3 Rfe8 16. Bf4 e5 17. Ng5 Ngf6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rae1 Qc6 20. f3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 h6 22. Nh3 Ba6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc1 Rc8) 15... Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ngf6 17. Qd3 ({RR} 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfe8 ({RR} 18... Qb7 19. Qb2 Qa6 20. Qb3 Rc6 21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 h6 23. Bf4 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qf5 25. d5 Nc5 26. Qe3 Rd6 27. Nd4 Qd3 28. Nc6 Rd7 29. Ne5 Qxe3 30. Bxe3 Rb7) 19. Rfe1 h6 ({RR} 19... Qc6 20. Qe3 Qa4 21. Qb3 Qa6) 20. Bd2 Qc6 21. Qd3 a6 22. h3 b5 23. cxb5 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rb1 Rc2 26. Rxb5 Ra8 27. Ra1 Raxa2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Rb7 {½-½ (29) Karpov,A (2735)-Van Wely,L (2605) Wijk aan Zee 1998 CBM 063 [Khalifman,Alexander]}) 17... h6 $146 ({RR} 17... Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rfe8 19. Qb1 h6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a4 Red8 22. a5 bxa5 23. Qa2 Nd5 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Ne7 26. Rxa7 Nc6 27. Raa1 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. c5 Rc6 30. g3 g5 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rab1 {Korobov,A (2711)-Yu,Y (2749) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017 ½-½ (44)}) 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. a4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rfd8 21. h3 e5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd3 24. exf6 Rd4 25. a5 gxf6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rab1 Rdxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "1975.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1975.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. dxc5 Na5 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Ra2 Rfd8 16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qb4 Bd5 18. Raa1 Rab8 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxc4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Nxc4 23. Nd4 Rd7 24. Rfc1 Nd6 25. Ra4 Nb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. g3 {Duda,J (2738)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2792) Zagreb 2021 ½-½ (50)}) 13. h3 ({RR} 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. f3 e5 17. e4 Ng6 18. d5 Ne8 19. c4 Nd6 20. Nf1 Rf8 21. Ne3 Rce8 22. Bd3 Bc8 23. Rc2 Bd7 24. Rf2 f6 25. g3 Rf7 26. h4 h6 27. h5 Nf8 {Gholami Orimi,M (2509)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2611) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (43)}) 13... Rfd8 14. a4 Rac8 15. Re1 $146 ({RR} 15. a5 h6 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. c4 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. Rd1 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Ne4 23. Ba1 Ng5 24. Qb2 Nf6 25. Qb4 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qc7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qb5 Kg7 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2768)-Inarkiev,E (2690) Satka 2018 ½-½ (51)}) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Nh4 21. Bh1 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan 3pl"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "1975.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1975.09.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Rd2 Rd6 {½-½ (18) Kortschnoj,V (2615)-Ljubojevic,L (2590) Amsterdam 1991}) 8... exd5 9. b4 ({RR} 9. b3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Bb7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bb2 Na5 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Ng3 Re8 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nc6 19. b5 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bf6 22. Bxd4 Nc5 23. Qc3 Bxd4 {Svane,F (2639)-Bluebaum,M (2670) Rosenheim GER 2023 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ba6 Rb8 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. a4 Ne4 17. b3 f5 18. Bb2 f4 19. f3 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Rad1 Rbf8 23. Bd3 Rh4 {Nezamyatin,R (2070)-Fiskaaen,M (2292) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (54)}) 9... Re8 $146 ({RR} 9... c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bf5 Bh5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bg6 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. f3 Nd6 21. a4 Nc4 22. Nf4 Nf6 23. Ra2 Re8 24. g4 {Gareyev,T (2597)-Ning,K (2374) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 9... a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. O-O Bb7 13. a4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. h3 Nf8 16. Ba3 Ng6 17. Rfc1 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Ne4 20. Ne2 Rd7 21. Ra2 Re8 22. Rac2 Ree7 23. Nh2 Kf8 24. Nf1 {Ballon,G (2182)-Kessler,L (2019) Triesen 2010 1-0 (48)}) 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bb2 a6 13. Ne5 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. h3 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1975.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Ra8 19. Qd3 Ra3 20. Rdc1 Rfa8 21. Rc2 Qc6 22. Be7 R3a4 23. c4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Qa8 25. a3 h6 26. h3 Ra7 {Aleksandrov,A (2660)-Gulko,B (2580) Groningen 1997 ½-½ (61)}) ({RR} 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rd3 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rg3 Rc7 19. Qe5 g6 20. Bb5 Qe7 21. Re1 Rfc8 22. Ree3 Qd8 23. Bf1 Qd5 24. Qf6 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. f4 Bd5 {Weichlein,P (2045)-Uphoff,L (2197) Rosenheim GER 2024 0-1 (62)}) 12... Nd5 13. Bd2 Be7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. c4 Bf6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nd2 e5 19. d5 g6 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. g4 f5 22. Bg5 Qa3 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Ng3 e4 25. Bb1 Ne5 26. Kh1 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxc4 28. Nh5 {Blackstock,L (2410)-Stean,M London 1977 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nf6 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Ng4 Bg5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qe5 h6 23. f4 Bh4 24. Rac1 Rfd8 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qa6 27. Qh5 {½-½ (27) Iotov,V (2531)-Kovacevic,A (2616) Plovdiv 2008}) 14. Rac1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. c4 Bd6 17. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 09th"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1976.04.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Avangard"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. O-O e5 8. Ne4 exd4 9. a3 Ba5 10. exd4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Bb6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Bd6 Rf7 20. Ne5 Rb7 21. Nxc6 Be6 {Blackburn,J (2235)-Starley,R (2062) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (72)}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 $146 (8. d5 Ne7 {1-0 Panno,O-Bibiloni,J Buenos Aires op 1968 (3)}) 8... dxe5 9. Nd2 Bxc3 $146 ({RR} 9... Ba5 10. a3 Be6 11. O-O Bc7 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Nde4 Ng4 15. h3 Nh6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Nxc5 Bd6 20. Ne4 O-O 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rad1 Rg6 23. Bd5 Kh8 24. b4 {Johansson,V (2149)-Javakhishvili,L (2304) Warsaw 2001 ½-½ (95)}) 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. f3 a5 14. Rd1 Nh5 15. O-O f5 16. a3 Be6 17. Qc2 Qg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Nf3 Qg4 20. e4 Rf8 21. Rfe1 $14 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bf5 23. Rd5 (23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Qf2 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Rc5,Rc6,Gd5]}) 23... Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf6 25. Rg5 Qd7 26. Rxf4 Qe7 27. Qf2 b6 28. h3 Rad8 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-10a"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1976.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. bxc3 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 12... Bd7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Ba3 Nd5 15. Rfc1 Rdc8 16. Nd2 b5 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Nc5 Be8 19. Rc2 a5 20. Rac1 axb4 21. Bxb4 Nc4 22. e4 Ndb6 23. f3 Ra7 24. Kf2 Rac7 25. Nb3 e5 26. Na5 f6 27. Nxc4 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Ruiz Gutierrez,M Malaga 1967 ½-½ (41)}) 13. Bb2 Nd6 14. Be2 b5 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Nc6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Bc3 h6 20. Rfc1 Na7 21. Be1 Rb6 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Rac1 Nb5 24. R7c5 f6 25. f3 e5 26. Bf1 Rd7 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. g4 Ke7 29. h4 Bd5 30. h5 Be6 31. Kg3 Rdd6 32. f4 exf4+ 33. exf4 Rb8 34. f5 Bd5 35. Kh3 Rdd8 36. Bg3 Ra8 37. Bf2 Kf8 38. R5c2 Be4 39. Ra2 Kg8 40. Re1 Bd5 41. Raa1 Bf7 42. Bc5 Nc7 43. Kg3 Rd7 44. Rad1 Rad8 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. Re7 Rd1 47. Kf2 Nb5 48. Rb7 Ra1 49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. Bg2 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Kg1 Nc3 54. Rd8 a5 55. bxa5 Rxa5 56. Bb4 Ra1+ 57. Kh2 Ne2 58. Rd2 Ra2 59. Rxa2 Bxa2 60. Bc6 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-10a"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxh7+ Kxh7 8. axb4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxb4 ({RR} 9... e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 Nd5 13. Bd2 Re8 14. f4 Bf5 15. Nf2 Bc2 16. Ke2 f6 17. e4 Nb6 18. Rhc1 Ba4 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rc3 Bc6 21. Re3 a6 22. g4 Rad8 23. Bc3 Kg6 24. h4 {Milov,V (2633)-Sokolov,A (2580) Switzerland 1998 1-0 (66)}) 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 ({RR} 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nd3 14. b4 Nxb4 15. Ra4 a5 16. Bd2 Nd3 17. Rxa5 Rxa5 {½-½ (17) Injac,T (2429)-Asadli,V (2554) Petrovac MNE 2024}) 11... Qe7 $146 ({RR} 11... Kg8 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qg4 b5 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. e4 Nd3 17. Bh6 Qd4 18. Be3 Qd6 {½-½ (18) Petursson,M (2530)-Tal,M (2610) Reykjavik 1988}) 12. Nxc4 Bd7 13. e4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Nf3 Kg8 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Bg5 Rc5 21. Nf5 Bb3 22. Bxf6 Rxf5 23. Rd4 Nc2 24. exf5 Nxa1 25. Rg4 Re8 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. h4 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1977/78-53 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botterill, George Steven"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1977.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 a5 ({RR} 7... a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 c5 11. h5 cxd4 12. exd4 g5 13. Nfe2 h6 14. f4 g4 15. f5 Kg7 16. Bf4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. O-O-O b5 19. Be5 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Bb1 Bb7 22. Nf4 {Rasulov,V (2549)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2619) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. Qf3 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Nfxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qd6+ 17. Qf4 Qxd5 18. Bb4 a5 19. g4 axb4 20. Bc4 Qd6 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Bxe8+ {Manteiga,F (2029)-Fuentes,A (2088) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 8. b3 c6 9. Be2 $146 ({RR} 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Na4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qd4 Bf5 17. c5 Bf8 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Qf4 Qe4 21. Qg3 Qe7 22. Qf4 Qe4 23. Qc7 Qe7 {Granda Zuniga,J (2675)-Valmana Canto,J (2353) Linares 2014 ½-½ (66)}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ncxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nd3 Qh4 14. g3 Qe7 15. Bb2 Re8 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Bf1 Bf5 18. Bg2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Re7 20. f3 Rae8 21. Qd2 h5 22. Ne5 Qb6 23. Kh1 Qxb3 24. e4 Bh7 25. Bc3 dxe4 26. fxe4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Ng4 28. Bxa5 Nxe5 29. Bb4 Rd7 30. Qg5 Bg6 31. Rc3 Qa2 32. Rce3 Nd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. e5 Qb3 35. Qc1 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1978.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1978.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Ba6 8. a3 ({RR} 8. Nf4 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 Bb7 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 a5 14. b5 O-O 15. Nfd5 Bc5 16. O-O f5 17. Kh1 c6 18. Nf4 Qe7 19. a4 Rf6 20. bxc6 dxc6 21. Qc2 Raf8 22. Nd3 Nxd3 {Dubrovin,R (2219)-Moiseenko,A (2562) Tallinn EST 2025 0-1}) 8... Bxc3 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Ng3 c6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bxf1 12. Nxf1 O-O 13. Ng3 Na6 14. b4 f5 15. O-O Bf6 16. Rac1 g6 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Nxa7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Nb5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Ne2 Nb8 23. Rd1 {Sarana,A (2685)-Moiseenko,A (2573) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (46)}) 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. d5 $146 ({RR} 10. Nf4 d5 11. cxd5 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 exd5 13. Rc1 c6 14. h4 a5 15. g3 Qd6 16. Kg2 Rc8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rc2 g6 19. Rhc1 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Nb6 23. Qa6 Qc7 24. Rc5 Ra8 {Hartman,C (2375)-Bator,R (2285) Malmo 1986 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 10. Nf4 d6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Nd5 c6 15. Nb4 Qe7 16. d5 c5 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. b4 Nf6 19. b5 a5 20. f3 Qd7 21. Bd3 Rae8 22. Qc2 g6 23. Kh1 Nh5 24. g4 Ng7 {Hoi,C (2410)-Iskov,G (2400) Hillerod 1980 0-1 (52)}) 10... exd5 11. cxd5 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nf4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Rc8 15. Rd1 Re8 16. h4 Re5 17. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1978.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1978.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 {Knaak}) 8... Bd6 (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 $13) 9. b4 (9. Nb5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 $10 12. Rd1 Ne4 13. Bd3 Ndf6) (9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. b3 Qe7 $10 {Mecking,H-Polugaevsky,L (02)/Luzern cm/1977/}) 9... dxc4 (9... a5 10. c5 $6 (10. b5) 10... axb4 11. Na4 Be7 (11... bxc5 $1 12. dxc5 Be7 13. axb4 c6 {d7,e6-e5.}) 12. axb4 $16) 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 (10... a5 $5) 11. Bb2 a5 (11... Qe7 $6 12. Nb5 $14 {Psakhis,L-Lerner,K/URS-ch/1983/}) 12. b5 (12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. a4 $13) (12. Qb3 $5 {Cvetkovich}) 12... e5 (12... Qe7 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Ng3 Ne4 $10 {Olafsson,F-Bisguier,A/Stockholm izt/1962/}) 13. Re1 (13. a4 Qe7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qe2 {Spassky,B-Tal,M/Moscow/1975/} e4 $1 16. Nh2 Rfe8 $10) 13... e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 (14... Re8 {Portisch,L-Bolbochan/Stockholm izt/1962/}) 15. Be2 (15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Ne4 $1) 15... Rad8 (15... Ne8 $2 {f7-f5} 16. Ndxe4 $1 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxe4 19. Bf3 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 $16) 16. Qc2 $146 (16. f3 Rfe8 (16... Nc5 $6 {Petrosian} 17. dxc5 $2 (17. Qc2 $1 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. dxc5 $1 (19. Nxf3 Nce4 $1) (19. gxf3 Ne6 $1) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 $18) 17... Bxc5 18. Bf1 exf3 19. gxf3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Rxd2 $19) 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Ncxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qh4 21. g3 Qg5 $15 {Sokolov,A}) (16. f4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 f5 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Kh1 h6 21. Rg1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 $10 {Portisch,L-Huebner,R (08)/Abano Terme cm/1980/}) ({RR} 16. f4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 f5 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Kh1 h6 21. Rg1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. g4 g6 25. Rg3 Bb7 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qc2 Rg8 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 {Portisch,L (2655)-Huebner,R (2600) Abano Therme 1980 ½-½ (44)}) 16... Rfe8 17. f3 $6 (17. Nc4 $5 {Byrne}) 17... exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Nd2 Re6 23. e4 $6 Nc5 $1 $17 {a4,d3,f4} 24. Nc4 (24. dxc5 $2 Bxc5+ 25. Kf1 Rxd2 $19) (24. d5 Ree8 $17) (24. e5 Bxe5 $1) (24. Re2 Na4 25. d5 $5 (25. Nc4 $2 Nxb2 26. Nxb2 Bf8 $19) 25... Bc5+ (25... Re7 26. Bd4 Bf4 27. Rae1 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd5 29. exd5 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Rc1 31. d6 cxd6 32. Bxb6 Nxb6 33. Rxd6 $10) 26. Kf1 Rh6 27. Be5 Re8 28. Bxc7 Nc3 29. Ree1 Nxb5 (29... Rf6+ 30. Nf3 Nxe4 31. Rad1 Bxa3 $17) 30. Bg3 Nxa3 $15) 24... Nxe4 $19 25. Rac1 Bf8 $1 26. Ne5 Nd6 27. a4 f6 28. Nf3 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Rd7 30. Nf3 Nf5 31. Kf2 h5 32. Rc2 g5 33. Rc4 Bd6 34. g3 Kf7 35. Ng1 Ne7 36. Ne2 Nd5 37. Bc1 Ke6 38. Rc2 Kf5 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kf2 Rh7 41. Rd2 h4 42. Kg2 Ke4 43. Rd1 Ne3+ 44. Bxe3 Kxe3 45. Nc3 h3+ (45... h3+ 46. Kg1 Rh5 {b4}) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cooper, John Grantley"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wales"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nf8 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qc2 Qg5 15. Qd2 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. exf4 Qh4 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Re3 Qf7 21. Nh5 Rae8 22. Rg3 Re7 {Timman,J (2550)-Kortschnoj,V (2670) Leeuwarden 1976 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ng3 h5 13. h4 g6 14. Qc2 Qf8 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qf2 Rg8 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rab1 O-O-O 19. a4 g5 20. hxg5 Rxg5 21. f4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Rdg8 {Guerrero Orihuela,J (1948)-Tytynnik,A (2197) Vecindario ESP 2024 0-1}) 8... Nbd7 9. f4 $146 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nh5 Qg5 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Ne6+ fxe6 16. Bxg6 exd5 17. cxd5 Ke7 18. Be4 Bd7 19. O-O Raf8 20. a4 Rhg8 21. a5 Bh3 22. f4 exf4 23. exf4 Rxf4 {Pekarek,A (2480)-Damjanovic,M (2325) Prague 1987 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. Ng3 h6 11. Nf5 Qf8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qb1 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qe7 15. Qb5+ Kf8 16. Rb1 g6 17. Bc2 Kg7 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxb7 Rhb8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. O-O Rb2 22. Bb3 Ne4 23. f3 Nxc3 {Tuovinen,J-Puuska,H Vantaa 1997 ½-½}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Rg8 11. Nh3 Qa5 12. Qd2 e4 13. Be2 Qa4 14. Nf2 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. Qd1 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ke7 19. h4 Bf5 20. O-O Nbd7 21. Rb1 b6 22. h5 Rg7 23. Bh2 g4 24. Nh1 Bh7 25. h6 Rg6 26. Bf4 Nh5 27. Ng3 Nxg3 28. Bxg3 Rag8 29. Bf4 Ne5 30. g3 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 exf3 32. e4 Kd7 33. a4 Re8 34. a5 Rxe4 35. axb6 axb6 36. Rxb6 Rxf4 37. gxf4 Rxh6 38. Rb7+ Ke8 39. Ra1 Kf8 40. Raa7 Rf6 41. Kf2 Rxf4 42. Ra1 Rxc4 43. Kg3 Be4 44. Rb8+ Ke7 45. Kxg4 Bxd5+ 46. Kg3 Rxc3 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Rd8 Rc2 49. Rxd6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qd3 ({RR} 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nf4 Re8 15. Rad1 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nh5 Qc7 18. Qd2 h6 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Rc3 f5 23. Rg3 Kh7 24. Re1 Rd8 {Nisipeanu,L (2665)-Sargissian,G (2671) Linares 2013 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Be5 Bd7 13. Qd3 Be7 14. a3 Bc6 15. Bc2 g6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Bg3 Bf6 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. b4 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Nb6 21. a4 Nd5 22. b5 Nxc3 23. bxc6 Nxd1 24. cxb7 Rb8 {Brzezina,P (2296)-Saksham Wadhwa (2121) Piestany SVK 2025 1-0 (37)}) 10... a6 11. a4 b6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Rd1 b6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Nc3 Qb4 21. Re3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Re8 23. Qe2 Bc6 24. Rf1 Qb3 25. Ra1 Qb4 26. Ra3 {Ehlvest,J (2460)-Arnason,J (2460) Tallinn 1983 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Bc2 g6 15. Rfd1 Be7 {½-½ (15) Day,L (2430)-Nurmi,P (2320) Montreal 1981}) 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. h3 h6 16. Be3 Bb4 17. Nf4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qb3 Qf6 20. Be2 Nd6 21. Rc7 Qd8 22. Rdc1 Rb8 23. Bg4 Nf6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bf4 Re7 27. R7c2 Be4 28. Rc3 b5 29. a5 Ra8 30. Rc5 Qe8 31. d5 Nc4 32. f3 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Re2 35. Qd3 Rxb2 36. Bxh6 gxh6 37. Rxc4 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qf2 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Petursson,Margeir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Rf3 ({RR} 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Bc3 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 c4 18. d5 Bc5 19. Rad1 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Nxf5 Bxf4 22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Nc6+ Nxc3 25. Rxd8 {1-0 (25) Shirov,A (2749)-Giri,A (2677) Hoogeveen 2010}) ({RR} 11. g4 Na6 12. Qf3 Nb4 13. Bb1 g6 14. g5 cxd4 15. exd4 Ne4 16. Ng4 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Ne4 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. Nf7+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kxf7 25. Bxe4 dxe4 {Trost,E (2457)-Ostlund,J (2325) Sweden SWE 2025 1-0 (32)}) 11... g6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rh3 $146 ({RR} 13. Qa4 Nb4 14. Bb1 a6 15. a3 b5 16. Qd1 Nc6 17. Be1 Rc8 18. Bh4 Be7 19. Ba2 c4 20. Bg5 Ne4 21. Bh6 Re8 22. Qe2 f6 ({RR} 22... Nxc3 23. bxc3 Bxa3 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc4 Be7) 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Nxe4 Nxd4 ({RR} 24... dxe4 25. Bxc4+ bxc4 ({RR} 25... Kh7 26. Rh3 f5 27. Bf7 Nxd4 28. Qf2) 26. Qxc4+ Kh8 27. Qf7 Rg8 28. Rh3 Qd6 29. Bg7#) 25. exd4 Bf8 ({RR} 25... dxe4 26. Rg3 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Qg4 g5 29. Qf5+ Kh8 30. Rh3) 26. Rg3 dxe4 ({RR} 26... Bxh6 27. Qh5 Bg7 28. Qxg6 Qe7 29. Nxf6+ Kf8 30. Nxe8) 27. Rxg6+ Kf7 {Galliamova,A (2440)-Goldin,A (2590) Novgorod 1997 CBM 060 [Petursson,Margeir] 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 13. Qa4 Nb4 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Be1 f6 16. Nd3 Bc6 17. Qd1 Nxd3 18. Bxd3 f5 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Rh3 c4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Bf2 b5 23. Ng3 Qe8 24. Nf1 a5 25. Nd2 b4 26. Rc1 a4 27. Nb1 Rf7 {Khairul,A (2316)-Chandler,M (2540) Kuala Lumpur 2007 0-1 (35)}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd4 Ne4 16. f5 Qf6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg4 Qxf5 19. Qh4 h5 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Rf1 Be7 22. Qg3 Qg4 23. Qe3 Rad8 24. Kh1 Qe6 25. Ne2 Bb5 26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Re1 h4 28. g4 Qxg4 29. Qb3 e3 30. Qxb5 Bd6 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. Bxg5 f6 33. Bxf6 Bxf4 34. Bxd8 Rxd8 35. Rxh4 Rxd4 36. Rg4 Kh7 37. Re2 g5 38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Rg1 Rd8 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rg7 Rd1 43. Rf7+ Ke5 44. Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Banja Luka"]
[Site "Banja Luka"]
[Date "1979.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. a3 ({RR} 8. Nf4 Bd6 ({RR} 8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nfd5) 9. g3) 8... Be7 9. Nf4 Bg5 10. b4 ({RR} 10. Be2) ({RR} 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nh5) 10... Bb7 11. d5 ({RR} 11. Be2 a5 12. b5 Ne7) 11... Ne5 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Nh5 Bh6 13. Be2 Qh4) ({RR} 12. Be2 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh5) 12... O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O axb4 15. axb4 Bxf4 ({RR} 15... Be7 16. Qb2 Bf6 17. Rfd1) ({RR} 15... Ng6 16. Nh5) 16. exf4 Ng6 17. Rfe1 ({RR} 17. g3 c6 18. Rfd1) 17... c6 ({RR} 17... Qe7 18. Nb5) 18. g3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Bf3 Ra3 21. Be4 ({RR} 21. d6 Nc6 ({RR} 21... Bxf3 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Re3) 22. f5) 21... Qa8 22. Rcd1 {Nakamura,H (2715)-Short,N (2707) London 2009 CBM 134 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 7... Bb7) 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 f5 $146 ({RR} 9... d6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 a6 15. f4 Re8 16. Qd3 c6 17. e4 b5 18. e5 Nb6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Ne4 Nc4 21. b3 d5 22. Nc5 Nxa3 23. Nb7 Qb6 24. Nd6 {Grotnes,N (2260)-Bjerke,R (2280) Steinkjer 1986 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. d5 d6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O a5 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rac1 axb4 15. axb4 Nf6 16. Bf3 e5 17. e4 Bc8 18. g3 Bd7 19. Ra1 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qf8 21. Rab1 h6 22. Qe2 Ra7 23. Nd1 Rca8 24. Ne3 {Soriano Quispe,I (2361)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2489) Caioba BRA 2025 ½-½ (67)}) ({RR} 9... d6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qh4 12. g3 Qh6 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 c6 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. O-O e5 18. Qf5 Rad8 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. Rac1 Nxd5 24. Rfd1 {Stepanencu,N (2296)-Vajda,A (2279) Mamaia ROU 2024 ½-½ (40)}) 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. f4 Nf6 13. d5 Re8 14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Qc2 c6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Kh8 19. Ng5 Bg8 20. h3 Qc7 21. Bf5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Re5 Bg8 25. Be6 Bxe6 26. Nxe6 Qd6 27. Ng5 Qd4+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 h6 30. Nf3 Rd8 31. g4 Kg8 32. Re6 c5 33. Ne5 Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Rxb2 35. g5 Rb3+ 36. Kh4 hxg5+ 37. fxg5 Re3 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Ng6 Rxe7 44. Nxe7+ Kf8 45. Nc6 c4 46. a4 Kf7 47. Kg4 c3 48. Nb4 Kg6 49. h4 f5+ 50. Kf4 a6 51. Ke5 Kh5 52. Kxf5 Kxh4 53. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Banja Luka"]
[Site "Banja Luka"]
[Date "1979.04.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Marovic, Drazen"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Clarin International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1979.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qe2 Nc6 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Nf3 Be4 13. c4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rd8 15. O-O cxd4 16. exd4 Nc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Rc4 Rac8 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Rh4 Ng6 24. Rh5 Rc5 25. Rd1 Qf4 26. h3 {Grischuk,A (2777)-Aronian,L (2773) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½ (59)}) ({RR} 11... a5 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. c4 Nbd7 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Rac1 Ng6 18. Qc2 Qf4 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. g3 Qh6 21. Rb1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. Bd4 Qh3 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rab8 26. Qc6 {Garcia Cuenca,V (2270)-Feygin,M (2452) Belgium BEL 2025 ½-½ (41)}) 12. e4 $146 ({RR} 12. Nf3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. c4 Qg5 16. O-O Bb7 17. f4 Qh6 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfe8 20. Be5 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 f6 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Bd6 Qh4 24. g3 Qg4 25. Rae1 h6 26. Be7 Rac8 {Sorokin,A (2547)-Sankalp,G (2504) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. e4 h6 14. O-O Ne7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. f4 Ne8 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Nf6 19. Ng4 Ned5 20. Ne5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc3 22. Qf2 Na4 23. Rac1 Qd6 24. Nc4 Qd5 25. Ba1 b5 26. Ne5 Rc8 {Garcia Moral Garcia,J (2274)-Santos Latasa,J (2624) Mengibar ESP 2024 0-1 (60)}) 12... e5 13. d5 Na5 14. h3 c4 15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. O-O Ba6 18. Ne1 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Clarin International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Lombardy, William James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1979.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. Qc2 ({RR} 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. cxb5 Nf4 14. Bf1 Bd7 15. Nc4 Nc8 16. a4 Ke7 17. g3 Ng6 18. Bd3 Rf8 19. Ne3 Kd8 20. f3 Nce7 21. Nc4 Kc7 22. h4 h5 23. Ke2 f5 24. Bg5 Rf7 25. Rhb1 fxe4 {Lauber,A (2437)-Womacka,M (2440) Germany 2015 1-0 (62)}) 11... Bd7 ({RR} 11... h5 12. h4 Bd7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. a4 Ng4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. f3 Nh6 17. a5 Rdf8 18. Qa2 f5 19. Bg5 fxe4 20. fxe4 Neg8 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Nf7 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Ke2 Ng4 25. Bg1 Rh6 26. Qa3 {Gligoric,S (2565)-Larsen,B (2590) Bugojno 1980 0-1 (70)}) 12. Nf1 h6 $146 ({RR} 12... O-O-O 13. Ne3 g6 14. O-O Nh5 15. g3 Bh3 16. Ng2 f6 17. Bd2 g5 18. Be2 g4 19. f3 Rhg8 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Qd1 f5 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Rf7 Qc7 24. Qe2 Rdf8 25. Rxf8+ {1-0 (25) Iotov,V (2491)-Bruned,V (1929) Dresden 2007}) 13. Ne3 Ng4 14. Nf1 Nf6 15. h3 Ba4 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Ne3 Nh5 18. g3 Bd7 19. a4 Nf6 20. Ra3 Ng6 21. Kf1 h5 22. Kg2 Kf8 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Ne7 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. Bg5 Nd7 27. a5 f6 28. Be3 Kf7 29. h4 b6 30. axb6 Nxb6 31. Qe2 a5 32. Qf3 a4 33. Qe4 Ra8 34. Rha1 Ra6 35. R3a2 Qa7 36. Bc1 Qc7 37. Bc2 Qd7 38. Bd2 Kf8 39. Be1 g6 40. fxg6 Kg7 41. f3 f5 42. Qe2 Nxg6 43. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 07th Final"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.01.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Schneider, Lars Ake"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1980.01.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 O-O (6... h5 $5 7. h4 Bb7 8. Qd3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 14. Nf5 O-O 15. Bb2 Ne5 $13 {Knaak-Bronstein/Tallin/1979/}) ({RR} 6... Bxc3+) 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 Bxc3+ (9... Na5 $2 10. Qe2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c6 $5 12. Nf5 Ne8 $2 (12... d6 13. Bg5 Bc8 14. g4 Bxf5 15. gxf5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. c4 Kh8 $13) 13. f4 Qc7 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O f6 16. Bf4 $16 {Spassky-Huebner/Munich/1979/}) (9... Ne7 $1) 10. bxc3 Ne7 ({RR} 10... Na5 11. Qe2 Ne8 12. Ba3 d6 13. O-O Nf6 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 f6 16. Nh5 Nc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. g4 Rb8 19. h4 g6 20. Ng3 Qd7 21. Rf2 Rf7 22. Raf1 Rbf8 23. g5 fxg5 24. hxg5 Qa4 25. Qg4) 11. O-O ({RR} 11. h4 d6 12. h5 h6 13. Nf1 c6 14. Ne3 Kh8 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Bd2 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. a4 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. g4 a6 22. Ke2 b5) 11... d6 12. Bg5 ({RR} 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 c6 14. axb6 axb6 15. Bg5 Nc5 16. Be2 Qc7 17. f3 Rfc8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. dxc6 g6 21. Ne3 Rxc6 22. Nd5 Kg7 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Qb2 Nd7 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Rd2 Ba8 {Sadler,M (2668)-Wahls,M (2609) Germany 1999 GER-chT [ChessBase II] 1-0 (68)}) ({RR} 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nd7 14. Qh5 Ng6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Be3 e4 17. Nxe4 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. a4 Ng6 21. a5 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. Bf1) 12... Nd7 13. Qg4 $146 ({RR} 13. Nf5 f6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Be3 Rfc8 16. a4 c6 17. a5 cxd5 18. axb6 axb6 19. cxd5 Bxd3 {½-½ (19) Zueger,B (2405)-Larsson,P (2315) Stockholm 1987}) 13... f6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Rfb1 Qc8 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. Qb3 Ng6 19. Nf5 Nf4 20. Bf1 g6 21. Ne3 f5 22. Qc2 Nh5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Be2 Nf4 25. Bf1 Nh5 26. Be2 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-0"]
[Site "Velden"]
[Date "1980.03.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1980.03.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 7... exd5 8. b4 ({RR} 8. Ng3 c5) 8... c6 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bd2 a5) 8. Qc2 Nd7 ({RR} 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nf4 Qc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be4) 9. Bd2 ({RR} 9. g3) ({RR} 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nf4 Nf6 11. Bd3 a5 12. O-O b6 13. Bd2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. h3 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Be2 d4 19. Bc4 Qc7 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. f3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bg3 {Yang,D (2486)-Macieja,B (2630) Richardson 2013 ½-½ (41)}) 9... c5 $146 ({RR} 9... N5f6 10. Ng3 ({RR} 10. g3 e5 11. Bg2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. O-O c5 14. Nf3) 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qc7 ({RR} 15... Nce4 16. Be1 Qc7 17. Qb1) 16. Qb1 ({RR} 16. b4 Nce4 17. Be1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Rd8) 16... Qb8 ({RR} 16... Nb3 17. Nd5 Qd7 ({RR} 17... Nxd2 18. Rxc7 Nxb1 19. Nxe7+) 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Rd4) 17. b4 ({RR} 17. Qa2 Nfe4 18. Be1 ({RR} 18. Ngxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4) 18... Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bd5 20. Qb1 ({RR} 20. Bc4 Nd3) 20... Nb3) 17... Ncd7 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd4 b5 20. Nb3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qa8 ({RR} 21... Rc8 22. Na5 Ba8 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa6 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bxb4 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Qc8+ Qf8) 22. f3 h5 23. Nf1 Ne5 ({RR} 23... h4 24. h3) 24. e4 {Reshevsky,S-Bisguier,A New York 1957 MCL [ChessBase] 1-0 (41)} {RR} Rd8 25. Bg5) ({RR} 9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3) ({RR} 9... b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qc6) ({RR} 9... N7f6 10. Na4 b6 11. e4) ({RR} 9... N5b6) ({RR} 9... N5f6 10. Rd1 b6 11. Nf4 Bb7 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Rc1 Be4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a6 19. Nc3 Re8 20. Rfd1 Nf8 21. d5 e5 22. Nfe2 e4 23. Qh3 Ng6 24. Be3 {Volkov,S (2575)-Kortschnoj,V (2676) Batumi 1999 ½-½ (85)}) ({RR} 9... N5f6 10. Ng3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Qb1 Qb8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. f3 Bd6 21. Nf1 Rfd8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Be1 {Panno,O-Najdorf,M Mar del Plata 1969 0-1 (41)}) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 ({RR} 11. Bc3) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd5 dxe3 13. Nxe3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Bd6 16. Bc3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Kortschnoj-Petrosian +2-0"]
[Site "Velden"]
[Date "1980.03.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1980.03.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bb2 ({RR} 11. Ba2 b6 12. Bb2 Ba6 {½-½ (12) Andreikin,D (2720)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015}) ({RR} 11. Ng3 Rd8 12. Qc2 b6 13. Be2 Na5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. e4 Bb7 16. Be3 Qe7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qh4 19. f4 Rac8 20. Ne4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. c4 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 {Kortschnoj,V (2607)-Lautier,J (2682) Odessa 2006 1-0 (40)}) 11... Rd8 12. Ba2 b6 13. Re1 $146 ({RR} 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Ne7 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Ng6 17. d5 {½-½ (17) Iljin,T (2408)-Ibrayev,N (2518) Alushta 2008}) ({RR} 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Bb1 e5 16. f3 e4 17. Ng3 exf3 18. gxf3 h5 19. e4 h4 20. Nf1 Qf4 21. h3 Bc8 22. e5 Nh5 23. Re4 Qh6 24. Kh2 Ng3 25. Rg4 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Qf4 27. Qc2 Nxf1+ {Bashirli,S (1941)-Berikkyzy Alanna (2104) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Ng4 15. Ng3 h5 16. Bb1 g6 17. Rfe1 h4 18. Nf1 Na5 19. f3 Nh6 20. c4 Nf5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qc3 e5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Nd6 25. c5 Ndc4 26. Bf6 Rdc8 27. cxb6 axb6 {Mildner,J (1960)-Higgelke,A (1742) Mecklenburg VP 2002 1-0 (44)}) 13... Bb7 14. Ng3 Rd7 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 h6 17. h3 Qc8 18. Bc4 Na5 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. f3 Qb8 21. Qf2 e5 22. Nf5 exd4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Bf5 Rd6 26. a4 Nc4 27. Ba1 a6 28. Rb1 Nd5 29. Bd3 Ne5 30. Bf1 Ne7 31. Rec1 Rg6 32. Kh1 Qa8 33. e4 Nd7 34. Rc2 a5 35. Rc7 Qb8 36. Rbc1 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Qh4 Rg5 39. Rd1 Nc5 40. Bb5 Ng6 41. Qf2 Nf4 42. Nc6 Qc7 43. Qd2 Kh7 44. Be5 Rxe5 45. Qxf4 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas-09"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1980.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1980.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Rc1 cxd4 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. O-O Qe5 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Qb1 Qb8 16. a3 b6 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. b4 f5 20. Ng3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rc2 {Zsinka,L (2420)-Smagin,S (2550) Naestved 1988 0-1 (38)}) 8. Nxd4 a6 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Qg6 12. g3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb1+ 14. Qd1 Qxb2 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Rxb3 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bg2 Rd8 19. O-O b6 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Rbd3 Rac8 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 {Osinski,T (1813)-Fojcik,K (1797) Ustron POL 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. g3 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bg2 d6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Rxc3 O-O 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. e3 Bf5 16. a3 Rac8 17. b4 Rc7 18. b5 Ne7 19. b6 Rcd7 20. e4 Bh7 21. Bh3 Nc6 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Qg4 Rd8 {Gihr,M (1856)-Scheuermann,D Baden 2019 1-0 (31)}) 9... Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Nc6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rd3 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Be6 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Bf3 Rc5 19. Qd3 Qf6 20. Qb3 b5 21. Be2 Rfc8 22. h3 Qg6 23. Bd3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qd1 Qf6 26. b3 Qc6 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Qb5 29. Rd4 Rc3 30. b4 R3c4 31. Rxd5 Qxb4 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Qf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas-09"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1980.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Hernandez Onna, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1980.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. d5 b5 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. cxb5 Bb7 9. Nf3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 9... d5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne2 Qe8 12. Ng3 e5 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bh3 a6 15. Ng5 axb5 16. Ne6 c4 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Nc7 Qe7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. a3 Nb6 21. Qc2 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Ba5 Nbd7 24. Qd2 {Kortschnoj,V (2665)-Karpov,A (2725) Baguio City 1978 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 9... d5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne2 e5 12. Bf5 Qb6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qa4 c4 15. b4 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Nc5 17. Qb1 Rae8 18. a4 Nfe4 19. Ng3 Nc3 20. Qc2 g6 21. Bh3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 d4 23. exd4 exd4 24. Bd2 {Flear,G (2516)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2602) Plovdiv 2003 ½-½ (37)}) 10. Bd2 e5 11. e4 d5 12. exd5 e4 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. Ng5 Nbd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Bb3 Qe5 17. Ne6 c4 18. Bc2 Rf7 19. Re1 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nbxd5 22. Ng5 Re7 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rae8 25. Bxd5+ Bxd5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. f3 Rb7 28. Rd1 Be6 29. Rd6 Bf5 30. a4 Rb6 31. Rd4 Be6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Bd4 Rb7 34. Ra8 c3 35. bxc3 Bb3 36. a5 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas-09"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1980.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gonzalez Mestres, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1980.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Ba2 Nb6 12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. d5 Nbxd5 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Rfd1 Qb7 22. Bd4 Bg5 23. Rb1 Rd8 24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Re1 h6 27. Qe4 Rd7 {Plachetka,J (2284)-Nemeth,Z (2208) Catez SLO 2024 1-0 (44)}) 13... Bd6 14. Nd3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. g3 a6 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Rcd1 Rad8 19. d5 Nbxd5 20. Nfxd5 exd5 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxd5 Kh8 24. Qc2 Qh3 25. Nf4 Qg4 26. Bd5 Rc8 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qb3 Qc8 {Putnam,L (2229)-Sargsyan,A (2384) Chesterfield MO USA 2022 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. g3 a6 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Rcd1 Rad8 19. d5 Nbxd5 20. Nfxd5 exd5 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxd5 Kh8 24. Qc2 Qh3 25. Nf4 Qg4 26. Bd5 Rc8 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qb3 Qc8 {Putnam,L (2229)-Sargsyan,A (2384) Chesterfield MO USA 2022 ½-½ (45)}) 14... Bc6 15. Bg5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qf3 Be7 18. Re5 Re8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. h3 h6 21. Bh4 Rad8 22. Rf5 Qc8 23. Ne5 Rd6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Rfe5 Re6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Bb1 c5 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Bg6 Rb8 30. b4 Qc6 31. Qe3 Rb6 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Qc3 Bd8 34. Qc8 Rb7 35. Bg3 Kf8 36. Qc5+ Be7 37. Qc2 Bd8 38. Be5 Ne8 39. Bxe8 Kxe8 40. Qh7 Qf7 41. Rc3 h5 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas-09"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1980.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1980.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 d6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. Nd2 c5 13. Bf3 Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 13... Qc7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Kf8 18. Rcd3 Ke7 19. b3 Rac8 20. Kf1 Nb8 21. R3d2 Nc6 22. d5 Na5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5 Rd7 25. Ke2 h6 26. Ne4 Rcd8 27. Nc3 Nc6 28. f4 {Zaid,L (2400)-Zaichik,G Tallinn 1976 1-0 (49)}) 14. Qxf3 Nf6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. Qf4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Forintos, Gyozo Victor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1980.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c5 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Nf3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 e5 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 exd3 17. Qxd3 bxc6 18. O-O c5 19. b4 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rae8 21. Rab1 Bc6 22. b5 Bb7 23. a4 {Nakamura,H (2788)-Yu Yangyi (2720) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Bd7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. e3 Ba4 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. Nc3 Ne5 18. f3 a5 19. a4 f5 20. Be2 Kg7 21. O-O Ng6 22. f4 Rd2 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. g3 Be4 25. Ra1 {Aronyak,G (2514)-Predke,A (2631) Sharjah UAE 2025 0-1 (71)}) 11. Qc2 Qa5+ 12. Rd2 b6 13. e3 Bb7 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Bg3 a6 16. Ne2 b5 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Be2 Nb6 19. Bc7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nfxd7 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Qd6 Nxc4 23. Qxc6 Rxc7 24. Qa8+ Nf8 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Qb8 Rd7 27. Ke2 Rd8 28. Qa7 Ng6 29. f4 Nh4 30. g4 Ng6 31. Rc1 Nf8 32. Rc2 Rd7 33. Qb8 Rd8 34. Qa7 Nd7 35. Ne4 Qb5 36. Nc3 Qc6 37. e4 Kf8 38. Rd2 Ke8 39. Ke3 Ra8 40. Rxd7 Rxa7 41. Rxa7 Qb6 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Nd1 Qb7 44. Rg8 Qd7 45. Nf2 Qd4+ 46. Kf3 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. Ng3 ({RR} 13. e4 Re8 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. Ng3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Kh8 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Nh5 fxe5 20. dxe5 Qh4 21. Ng3 Rad8 22. Rac1 Na5 23. Rc7 Ne6 24. Rxa7 d4 25. Bd2 Nc6 26. Rf7 Qg4 27. h3 Qh4 {Korobov,A (2652)-Socko,B (2593) Riadh 2017 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Re8 15. Bg5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Qf5 Nc4 21. Ng3 Ne3 22. Qh5 Nxf1 23. Nf5 Qxh2+ 24. Qxh2 Nxh2 {0-1 (24) Mattenberger,M (2286)-Tahmasebi,H (2298) chess.com INT 2025}) 13... Qd7 14. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Bb2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. e4 Nc4 18. Re2 dxe4 19. fxe4 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Qa4 21. Bc1 Ne5 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. d5 Na5 24. Qe1 Re8 25. Bb2 Nd7 26. Nf5 Rc2 27. Qg3 g6 28. Nh6+ Kf8 {Lopez,D (2171)-Rios,C (2362) Cochabamba 2013 1-0}) ({RR} 14. Ra2 Rad8 15. Re2 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Rd1 Nc4 18. Bc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 b5 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Qg4 22. Rf1 a6 23. Rf4 Qg6 24. Ref2 Rd7 25. Qd1 Nxe4 26. Re2 Ncd6 27. Qe1 f5 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 {Devaev,A (2325)-Fabris,A (2230) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (38)}) 14... Rad8 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne8 17. e4 Nd6 18. Bc1 Nc4 19. f4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oberwart op"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tielmann"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1981.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. O-O Na5 9. Qd3 b6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Nb3 Ba6 12. Nxa5 bxa5 13. Bc6 Qc8 14. Ba3 Rb6 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 a6 17. bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Rab1 Rc6 $146 ({RR} 19... Nd7 20. Rb7 Rc6 21. Rc1 Nb6 22. Rc2 Re8 23. e4 Kf8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxd6+ Rce7 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. c4 Nd7 28. f4 Rb8 29. Kf2 f5 30. exf5 exf5 31. Ke3 Nf6 32. d5 Kd6 33. Kd4 Rb4 34. a3 {Dini,A (1930)-Stella,A (2120) Bratto 2006 0-1 (52)}) 20. Rfc1 Rc4 21. Rb5 Ra8 22. Kg2 Kf8 23. f3 Nd7 24. e4 Ra4 25. Rb3 Rb8 26. Rcb1 Rxa3 27. Rxb8+ Nxb8 28. Rxb8+ Ke7 29. Ra8 Rxa2+ 30. Kh3 Rc2 31. Rxa5 Rxc3 32. Kg4 Rc4 33. d5 exd5 34. Rxd5 c5 35. Kf4 Ke6 36. Rd3 Rd4 37. Ra3 f5 38. Ra7 fxe4 39. fxe4 d5 40. Ra6+ Kd7 41. Ra7+ Kc6 42. Rxg7 Rxe4+ 43. Kf3 c4 44. Rxh7 Re8 45. Rh6+ Kc5 46. Rh7 d4 47. g4 d3 48. Rd7 Kb4 49. g5 Kc3 50. g6 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Boris Kostic Memorial-07"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1981.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1981.09.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. a4 O-O-O $146 ({RR} 14... Ne7 15. Nf1 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Nfg8 17. Nd2 Rf8 18. f3 {½-½ (18) Hracek,Z (2455)-Aseev,K (2525) Brno 1991}) 15. Nf1 Rde8 16. Ra3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-05"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1981.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e3 Be7 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bh4 Nhf6 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Bg3 Rac8 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Qb1 Qb8 21. b4 Qa8 22. Bf1 Ned7 23. Bh4 Re8 24. Qb2 Qa7 {Karpov,A (2686)-Macieja,B (2634) Warsaw 2003 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nf6 14. b4 d6 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Rac1 a5 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. Na4 axb4 19. axb4 Rab8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Bc6 22. b5 Be8 23. Qb4 Qa7 24. Nc3 Ra8 {Sevcikova,L (1975)-Quaranta,C (2119) Forni di Sopra ITA 2023 0-1 (109)}) ({RR} 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. b4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 18. Nb1 Ng6 19. Nd2 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qd3 Red8 22. f4 Nh4 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 b5 {Larsen,B (2610)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2380) Moron 1981 ½-½ (52)}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rac1 d6 16. Qe2 Nbd7 17. e4 Ng4 18. h3 Nge5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bc2 Nf6 21. Qe3 Rac8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Bd3 Nd7 25. Be2 Nb8 {Glavica,Z (2318)-Djurovic,G (2305) Croatia 2009 ½-½ (64)}) ({RR} 11. Bh4 Na6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nc7 14. O-O a5 15. Qb1 axb4 16. axb4 d5 17. Rfd1 Nh5 {½-½ (17) Palsson,H (2182)-Mulyar,M (2431) Sackville 2001}) 11... Bxf6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Ned2 d5 18. b4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Qb8 21. h3 Bf6 22. a4 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qc2 Qd6 26. Qb3 g5 27. b5 Kg7 28. Qc2 Qb4 29. Nd2 Qc3 30. Qd1 Qa1 31. Qxa1 Bxa1 32. Be2 Kf6 33. Nc4 Be5 34. f3 Bg3 35. Bd3 Bd5 36. Kf1 h5 37. Nd2 Ke7 38. Ke2 h4 39. Bc4 Bb7 40. Bd3 f5 41. e4 Bc8 42. Nc4 Kf6 43. Bc2 Bf4 44. Kf2 Bd7 45. Bd3 Be8 46. Kf1 Bh5 47. Kf2 g4 48. fxg4 fxg4 49. hxg4 Bxg4 50. Be2 Bg3+ 51. Ke3 h3 52. gxh3 Bxh3 53. a5 bxa5 54. Nxa5 Bc7 55. Nc4 e5 56. Kf3 Ke7 57. Ne3 Bc8 58. Nf5+ Kd7 59. Ke3 Bb6+ 60. Kd3 Kc7 61. Ne7 Be6 62. Nd5+ Kd6 63. Kc4 Bf2 64. Kb4 Be1+ 65. Kc4 Ba5 66. Bd1 Bh3 67. Ne3 Be6+ 68. Nd5 Bb6 69. Be2 Bh3 70. Nb4 Bg2 71. Bd3 Bf3 72. Nd5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-05"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1981.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1981.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. a3 Be7 11. Qd3 b6 12. Rd1 ({RR} 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rac1 e5 14. Rfd1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qc8 18. Qa4 Qg4 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bf4 Nf6 23. Rd4 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nb5 Nc5 26. Be3 Ne6 {Hort,V (2590)-Miles,A (2575) Surakarta 1982 ½-½ (42)}) 12... Bb7 13. Qh3 ({RR} 13. Ba2 Qd7 14. Qh3 Rfd8 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. b4 Bf8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb8 20. Bb1 g6 21. Ne4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Qa4 23. Re1 Nd7 24. N2c3 Qc6 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 N7f6 27. Nce4 Kg7 {Merriman,J (2251)-Starley,R (2028) Hull ENG 2024 1-0 (34)}) 13... Re8 14. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qc8 17. Qh5 Nd8 18. Nc3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Ne6 20. Bd2 Qc2 21. Bc3 Bf8 22. h4 Rad8 23. Qf3 Qg6 24. h5 Qg5 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Re2 Rc4 27. Re5 Qg4 28. Qd3 Rcc8 {Lalev,D (2385)-Kruszynski,W Albena 1983 1-0 (51)}) 14... Nb8 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. d5 e5 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Nd7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Rac1 Kh8 22. Nb5 Nf8 23. h3 Rec8 24. Qg4 Qd8 25. h4 a6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. h5 h6 28. Bb1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Rd8 30. Be3 Bc8 31. Qf3 Bd7 32. Qe2 Bb5 33. Qg4 Be8 34. f3 Bf7 35. Be4 Be6 36. Qh4 Bg8 37. Qf2 Nd7 38. Rc1 b5 39. Rc6 Qf8 40. g4 Nb8 41. Rc5 Nd7 42. Rc7 b4 43. a4 Bxd5 44. Bxd5 Qd6 45. Rxd7 Qxd7 46. Be4 Qxa4 47. Kg2 Qd1 48. Bc2 Qd5 49. Qe2 b3 50. Be4 Qe6 51. Kg3 Qc8 52. Qf1 Rd6 53. Qa1 Qc4 54. Qa3 Rd1 55. Qe7 a5 56. Qe8+ Qg8 57. Qb5 Ra1 58. Bd5 Qd8 59. Bxb3 Re1 60. Kf2 Rh1 61. Kg2 Re1 62. Bf2 Rb1 63. Bc2 Ra1 64. Qc4 Qg8 65. Qd3 a4 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1982.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,Mikhail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Bd6 ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. f3 h5 ({RR} 11... Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. fxe4 Na6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ncxd5 cxd5 18. Be3) ({RR} 11... c5 12. g4 Be6 13. Nf4) 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Be3 Nh7 15. Qe1 Ng5 ({RR} 15... h4 16. gxh4 Qd8 17. Bf2) 16. Nf4 Na6 ({RR} 16... Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Bh3 19. f5) ({RR} 16... Bf6 17. e5 Be7 18. Rf2 Na6 19. Qf1 Nc7 20. h3 Bf5 21. Kh2 g6 22. h4 Nge6 23. Nxh5 Nxd4 24. Rd1 Nce6 25. Nf4) 17. Kh1 ({RR} 17. Rf2 Nc7 18. Qf1 Nce6 19. h3 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Nxh3+) 17... Nc7 ({RR} 17... Rad8 18. Qf2 Nc7 19. Rac1) 18. Qf2 Bf6 ({RR} 18... Nce6 19. h3 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Nxh3 21. Qg3 h4 22. Qh2 Rfe8 23. f5 Bd6 ({RR} 23... Ng5 24. Qxh4) 24. e5 Bxf5 25. Rf3 ({RR} 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Rf1 ({RR} 26. Qxh3)) 25... Bg4 26. Rxh3 Bxh3 27. Bxh3 Qd8 28. Rg1) 19. Rac1 ({RR} 19. e5 Be7 20. d5 cxd5 21. Ncxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bh3) 19... Rae8 ({RR} 19... Rad8 20. e5 Be7 21. d5 cxd5 22. Ncxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Nh3 24. Qe1 Rc8 25. Bxa7) 20. Rc2 ({RR} 20. e5 Bd8) 20... c5 ({RR} 20... g6 21. Nxh5) ({RR} 20... a6 21. Rd2 Qc8 22. e5 Bd8) 21. e5 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Qxa7 {Gurevich,M (2590)-Cekro,E (2415) Germany 1996 CBM 053 [Gurevich,Mikhail] 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 10... Qd7 11. Re1 Na6 12. f3 Bh3 13. Bh1 Nc7 14. Nf4 h5 15. Nxh3 Qxh3 16. Bg2 Qd7 17. b3 b5 18. Ne2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd4 Bb6 21. Bb2 Rfe8 22. Qd3 Ne6 23. Bh3 Nf4 24. Bxd7 Nxd3 25. Bxe8 {Akshat,K (2335)-Obidjonov,O (2078) Al Ain UAE 2025 1-0 (51)}) 11. f3 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bg6 12. e4 c5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. fxe4 cxd4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Nef4 f5 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Qxb7 Qc8 22. Qb5 Rb8 23. Qa4 Ne5 24. Rac1 Qb7 25. b4 Qg7 26. Qc2 {Inarkiev,E (2672)-Zeynalov,F (2277) Baku 2014 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxf6 Bxg2 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Qb3 Qh5 19. Ng1 Nf6 20. Rf1 Re7 21. h3 Qg6 22. Nf3 h6 23. Nh4 Qd3 24. Rf3 Qh7 25. Be5 Ne8 26. Nf5 {Mohammad,N (2412)-Deshmukh,A (2234) Mumbai 2016 1-0 (32)}) 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxf6 Bxg2 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Bc7 Qd3 20. Bxb6 Rfe8 21. Ng1 axb6 22. Rf1 Qxd4 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qxb7 Rf8 25. Nf3 Qc5 26. Qd7 Rad8 27. Qg4 Rf7 28. Rf2 h6 29. h4 Rd3 30. h5 b5 31. Ne2 Qf5 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Nf4 Re3 34. Rd2 Kh7 35. Rd8 Rc5 36. Nh4 Rce5 37. Rc8 Re8 38. Rxc6 b4 39. a4 Rd8 40. Nf5 Re5 41. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1982.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 Re8 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Rb1 ({RR} 13. Ba3 Rfd8 ({RR} 13... Rfb8 14. Rfb1 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. Ned4 g6 20. Rc1) ({RR} 13... c6 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. b5 axb5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. axb5 c5 18. Bf5 Ra8 19. Qb2 g6) 14. b5 ({RR} 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. b5 Bxa3 16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa3 c5 19. Ra2 Ne4) 14... Bxa3 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rxa3 c6 18. Ra2 Rda8 19. Rc1 h6 20. Rac2 Qd6) ({RR} 13. b5 axb5 14. Nxb5 c5 15. Ba3 ({RR} 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf5 c4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Bc8) 15... Ba6 16. Rfd1 ({RR} 16. Bf5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 g6 18. Bc2 ({RR} 18. Bh3 Rfd8) 18... Rfc8 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Bb2 c4 21. Rab1 Bb4 22. Ba1 Ndf6) ({RR} 16. Rfb1 g6 17. Qd1 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 c4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Rc1 Kg7 22. Nb1 Nf8) 16... Bxb5 17. Bxb5 c4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qa3 Qe6 20. Qb4 Ra5 21. h3 h6 22. Rab1 Rfa8 23. Rdc1 Ne4) 13... c6 ({RR} 13... Ne4 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc3 16. Qb3 Nxb1 17. Qxb1 h6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rfd8 20. e4 Nf8 21. e5 Ba3 22. Be3 Qb4 23. Qc2) ({RR} 13... Rfe8 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Ne4 ({RR} 15... Qe6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. f4 Ba3 18. Bd2 h6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qe6 23. Be1 Bc1 24. Bf2 Qxb3 25. Rxb3 Ra3 26. Rxa3 Bxa3 27. Rb1 Ra8) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc3 18. Qb3 Nxb1 19. Qxb1 ({RR} 19. Bxb1 Nf6 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Re1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxe4 Ra1 24. Ng5 Re7 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Rf1) 19... Nf6 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Re1 f5 22. Ng5 Kh8 ({RR} 22... h6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qf6 25. Bb2 Rad8) 23. Bxe4 Qf6 24. Qb3 ({RR} 24. h4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qg6) 24... h6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Ng5+ Kh8) 14. a5 ({RR} 14. Re1 Ne4 15. b5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 cxb5 17. axb5 a5 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Ra1 Ne4) ({RR} 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bh3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng5 Nb6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bd6) ({RR} 14. Nd2 a5 15. bxa5 c5 ({RR} 15... Rxa5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 c5 18. d5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Ba6 20. Rd1 f5 21. Bc2 c4 22. Qb2 Be5) 16. a6 c4 17. axb7 cxb3 18. bxa8=Q Rxa8 19. Rxb3 Bb4 20. Ndb1 g6 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Nf8 23. Nc2 Rc8 24. Rfb1 Ne6) 14... Rfb8 ({RR} 14... b5 15. Nd2 h6 16. Re1 ({RR} 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6 19. Re1 Bc8 20. Bd2 Be6 21. Qc2 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rac8)) ({RR} 14... bxa5 15. bxa5 Rab8 16. Qa2 c5 17. Ba3 ({RR} 17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qa2) 17... c4 ({RR} 17... cxd4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Nd1) 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Bc2 g6 20. Rb2 Ba8 21. Rfb1 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 h6 23. h3 Rb8) 15. axb6 Bc8 ({RR} 15... Nxb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Re1 Nd5 19. Bxe4 Qc7 20. Bd2) ({RR} 15... a5 16. Na4 Bxb4 17. Bd2) 16. Qc2 Nxb6 ({RR} 16... Bxb4 17. Na4 Nxb6 18. Ne5 Nxa4 19. Nxc6 Qe8 20. Rxb4 Rxb4 21. Nxb4) ({RR} 16... Rxb6 17. Bd2 Rxb4 18. e4) 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Bh7+ ({RR} 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Bb7) 21... Kf8 22. Ne5 Nd5 ({RR} 22... Be6 23. Ng6+) 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Bg6 Bf5 ({RR} 24... Qd7 25. Re8+ Qxe8 26. Bxe8 Kxe8 27. Qxc6+) 25. Bxf5 Nxb4 26. Qe4 Nd5 ({RR} 26... Re8 27. Be6 Qf6 28. Rb3) 27. Be6 {Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Adams,M (2747) Moscow 2017 CBM 179 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0} {RR} Re8) ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Ba3 Rfb8 14. Rfe1 c6 15. a5 b5 16. Bf5 Nf8 17. Rec1 Bc8 18. Bc2 Bg4 19. Nd2 Re8 20. f3 Be6 21. Nf1 Red8 22. Re1 Bb8 23. Qb1 Ba7 24. Ne2 Ne8 25. Nf4 Nd6 26. Bc1 Nc4 27. Ng3 {Gligoric,S (2476)-Portisch,L (2555) Moscow 1999 ½-½}) 13. Ba3 g6 ({RR} 13... Qe7 14. h3 Qe6 15. b5 a5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nf8 19. Qb1 g6 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Bc2 Ne6 22. Nd3 Ne4 23. Bb3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Qa2 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Qc8 27. Ne2 Nf6 28. Ne1 {Levin,E (2491)-Savelev,M (1966) Minsk BLR 2024 ½-½ (47)}) 14. b5 a5 15. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Rc2 Nf8 17. g3 Ne6 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Ne2 Rc4 21. Nd2 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Ng5 23. Nf4 Ne6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qb1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 Bb7 28. Bf1 Kg7 29. Bg2 Qd7 {Muir,A (2315)-Engqvist,T (2405) Budapest 1995 1-0 (45)}) 15... Qe7 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Nf8 19. Ne2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Ne6 21. Nc3 Kg7 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Qb2 Kg8 24. Bf1 Re8 25. Qa2 Kg7 26. g3 Rc8 27. Qb2 Nf8 28. Bh3 Rc4 29. Nd2 Rc7 30. Bg2 Ne6 31. Ne2 Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Ng5 33. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 12th"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1982.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.06.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spartak"]
[BlackTeam "Dinamo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 {Gelfand,Boris} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rb1 ({RR} 10. b3 Bc6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nbd7 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Bb2 f5 18. Rfd1 Ba4 19. Re1 Bc6 20. h3 Ndf6 21. Nd2 Qf7 22. f3 Ng3 23. Qf2 Qg6 24. d5 exd5 {Matlakov,M (2674)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2598) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (81)}) 10... Ne4 ({RR} 10... Rc8 11. Qe2 ({RR} 11. Ne1 Bc6) ({RR} 11. Nd2 Bc6) ({RR} 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6) 12... Bxb4 13. c5 Ba5 ({RR} 13... bxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 ({RR} 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. Ba6) 15. Rxb7) 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nxb6 Bxb6 16. Rxb6 Be4) 11... Bc6 ({RR} 11... Be4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 f5) ({RR} 11... d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b3 Nbd7 15. e4 Bc6 16. Nb2) 12. Bc2 ({RR} 12. b3 Bxa4 13. bxa4 cxd4 14. exd4 d5) 12... d5 ({RR} 12... Be4) 13. cxd5 ({RR} 13. dxc5 bxc5 ({RR} 13... dxc4)) 13... exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4 ({RR} 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. b4 Bb5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. bxa5 c3) 15... cxb4 16. Bd2 ({RR} 16. Nd4 bxa3) 16... b3 ({RR} 16... Ne4 17. axb4 Nxd2 18. Qxd2) 17. Bf5 ({RR} 17. Bxb3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qxa3 19. Nc3 Nbd7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qb7 Qc5 24. Rb5 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Ra5) 17... Bd7 ({RR} 17... Bxd2 18. Bxc8 Ba5 19. Nb2) 18. Bxa5 ({RR} 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxa5 Qxa4) 18... Bxf5 19. Rxb3 Qd7 ({RR} 19... Qe8 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. Qa6) ({RR} 19... Nc6 20. Bc3 Bg4 21. Qb2) 20. Nc3 ({RR} 20. Nb2 Nc6 21. Bc3 Ne4) 20... Bg4 ({RR} 20... Nc6 21. Qa6 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nd4) 21. Qb5 Bxf3 ({RR} 21... Nc6 22. Nd4 Rab8 23. Qa6 Rxb3 ({RR} 23... Nxd4 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 ({RR} 24... Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxb8 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1) 25. exd4) 24. Nxb3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Nc5 ({RR} 26. h3 Nb8 ({RR} 26... Bxh3 27. gxh3 Ne5 28. Nd4 Qxh3 29. Qd6 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Nf3)) 26... Qd5 27. Bb4 Ne5) 22. Qxd7 Nbxd7 23. gxf3 Ne5 24. Rd1 Nc6 ({RR} 24... Nxf3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kh3) 25. Bb4 {Lautier,J (2630)-Gelfand,B (2700) Bad Godesberg 1997 CBM 058 [Gelfand,Boris] 0-1 (33)}) 11. b3 $146 ({RR} 11. Ne1 Bxe1 12. Rxe1 d6 13. b4 Nd7 14. f3 Nef6 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. e4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rac8 18. Rc1 Ne5 19. Bf1 Nh5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Qe3 Nf4 22. Red1 Nfg6 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. c5 Qe8 25. Qb3 dxc5 {Reshevsky,S-Filip,M Tel Aviv 1964 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 11. Ne1 d5 12. f3 Nf6 13. dxc5 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 Nc6 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. b5 Nb8 20. Qd4) ({RR} 11. Ne1 d5 12. f3 Nf6 13. dxc5 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 Nc6 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. b5 Nb8 20. Qd4 a6 21. Qh4 h6 22. bxa6 Bxa6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rb6 c3 {Kortschnoj,V-Antoshin,V Sochi 1966 1-0 (57)}) 11... f5 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Be2 Rac8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nd3 Bc6 ({RR} 17... d5) 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 d6 20. Bb2 Nb8 21. Rfd1 Nbd7 22. Rd2 Rfe8 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rbd1 Red8 25. Qa5 e5 26. Nf2 Nb6 27. Qc3 Rd7 28. Bd3 Qe6 29. Qc2 g6 30. Qc3 Re8 31. f4 Rde7 32. Bf1 Nc8 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Qa5 Nd7 35. b4 Rf7 36. bxc5 Qe7 37. Nd3 Be4 38. c6 Bxc6 39. Nb4 Qe6 40. c5 Be4 41. Rc1 Ref8 42. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-06"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1982.10.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1982.09.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. a4 Ne4 14. Bb2 Ndf6 15. b5 a5 16. Rbd1 $146 ({RR} 16. Ra1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Ba3 Qf6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. Qa3 g6 23. Ra2 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qe7 {½-½ (26) Wirig,A (2464)-Chuchelov,V (2575) France 2009}) 16... Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Ne5 Kh8 20. Qc2 f6 21. Nf3 Bc8 22. Ne1 f5 23. g3 Rf6 24. Nf3 Rdf8 25. Ne5 Rh6 26. f3 Ng5 27. Qg2 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 g5 29. g4 Qf6 30. Rd2 Rh4 31. Rc2 Qg7 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Bc3 Rh6 35. Ng4 Rh5 36. Be1 Qe7 37. Bg3 Rf7 38. Rfc1 Kg7 39. Rc6 Kf8 40. Bxd6 cxd6 41. Qg3 Rh4 42. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1983.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. b4 $146 ({RR} 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. h3 Nc5 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Bg3 Rfd8 19. Bf1 Qb8 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 e5 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qf5 Be7 25. Bd3 g6 26. Qg4 h5 {Astrom,R (2315)-Bergstrom,C (2425) Gothenburg 1990 0-1 (45)}) 12... b6 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. Nf3 b6 8. d5 Bb7 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 e5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. Be2 h5 16. h4 g4 17. Nb1 Kb8 18. Nc3 Rhg8 19. Rhg1 Rg7 20. a3 Rf8 21. b4 Rc8 {Morozevich,A (2787)-Quesada Perez,Y (2580) Dresden 2008 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. d5 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. h3 Bc8 15. f4 Rfe8 16. Rde1 Bb7 17. Qd1 a6 18. a4 Kh8 19. Bb1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 exd5 {Cuenca Jimenez,J (2479)-Oro,F (2427) Punta del Este URU 2025 1-0 (32)}) 7... dxc5 8. O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 b5 12. Nf3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Qb3 N7b6 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 f6 19. Ng6 Qe8 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Bxf4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 {Gabriel,C (2510)-Bischoff,K (2515) Altensteig 1993 ½-½ (43)}) 10. Bd3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13. Nf3 Qe6 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bc2 Ngxe5 16. Ba4 O-O 17. Bf4 f6 18. Rhe1 Rf7 19. h3 Nxf3 20. gxf3 Raf8 21. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. f3 Bd7 12. Ng3 ({RR} 12. Ra2 Rc8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Re2 Qb6 15. Kh1 Nb3 16. Bb2 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. e4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Re6 20. e5 Ne8 21. f4 Rec6 22. f5 h6 23. h3 a5 24. a4 Qb4 25. Kh2 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 {Van Foreest,J (2690)-Cori,J (2651) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (34)}) 12... Qa5 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. Bf1 Nac4 20. Bc3 Ng6 21. Rc1 Qg5 22. Qf3 Nd2 23. Bxd2 Qxd2 24. Rcd1 Qa5 25. Bd3 Ba4 26. Rb1 Bc2 27. Bxc2 {Gaw,C (2114)-Das,A (2196) New York USA 2025 1-0 (59)}) 13. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 13. Bd2 c4 14. Bc2 Re7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. Qe1 Rae8 18. Qf2 Nh5 19. e5 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Bh5 21. Bg5 Rc7 22. Bf4 Rce7 23. h4 Bg6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. h5 Re6 26. h6 Qd5 27. hxg7 Kxg7 {Briseid,H (2052)-Soreng,E (1764) Oslo 2010 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qa4 16. Qf2 Na5 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. e4 Rc3 19. Be2 Bb5 20. e5 Rc2 21. Qe1 Qa6 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qb4 Qd3 24. Rad1 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Rec8 26. Rde1 Qd3 27. exf6 h5 {Stephenson,F-Boyers,J Aberystwyth 1961 1-0}) 13... Qa4 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Bc2 Qc4 16. Bd3 Qa4 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Rb4 Qc6 20. cxd4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qf2 f5 23. d5 Qxd5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Rd4 Qe6 26. Rxe4 Qg6 27. Re7 Bb5 28. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.09.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 ({RR} 9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O a5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Rfb8 15. Qd3 Ra6 16. Bc3 Be4 17. Qd2 Rxb3 18. Qe1 Rb8 19. h3 a4 20. Nd2 Bg6 21. Bf3 h6 22. Rac1 Qa7 23. e4 Qc7 24. Qe3 {Grebnev,A (2555)-Esipenko,A (2691) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (73)}) 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. b4 Rf6 13. d5 Rg6 14. Bb2 e5 15. g3 c6 16. Nd2 cxd5 17. cxd5 Ndf6 18. Rad1 h5 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. Bxh5 Rh6 21. Bf3 Qe8 22. Qe2 Qe6 23. Bg2 Rc8 24. f3 Nc3 {Ftacnik,L (2545)-Larsen,B (2520) Naestved 1985 ½-½ (55)}) 10... Ng5 11. Qd1 ({RR} 11. Nd2 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bb7 13. Rg3 f5 14. d5 Qf6 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. b4 Nce4 17. Bb2 e5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rg2 O-O 20. f3 Qh4+ 21. Kd1 Qh3 22. Rg1 Qxh2 23. Re1 Nf2+ 24. Kd2 Rf6 25. Rg1 Raf8 {Xiong,J (2692)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (38)}) 11... O-O $146 ({RR} 11... Be4 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. e4 e5 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. f3 a5 19. Rfd1 a4 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 h6 24. c5 b5 25. c6 Ra6 26. Rd8+ {Bykhovsky,A (2405)-Krayz,A (2440) Tel Aviv 1996 ½-½ (50)}) 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e5 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Qc6 e4 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 d5 19. b3 h6 20. Rfc1 Re6 21. Qa4 Rb8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra2 g5 24. c5 Kg7 25. cxb6 Rexb6 26. Rac2 Ne8 27. Rb2 Rb5 28. Ba5 R8b7 29. b4 Nd6 30. Rbc2 Nc4 31. h3 h5 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. Rxc4 Qe7 34. Qc2 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Rc6 Rf5 37. Bxc7 Qxb4 38. Qxe4 Qb1+ 39. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 40. Kh2 Rxf2 41. Kg3 Rbb2 42. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 43. Kf5 Rgf2+ 44. Bf4 Rb5+ 45. Rc5 Rxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. Nxc3 b6 9. Be2 ({RR} 9. Qd6 Bb7 10. b3 Nc6 11. b5 Ne8 12. Qg3 Nb4 13. Ra4 a5 14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Be2 Nxb3 18. O-O f5 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. Nb5 Bc6 21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. f3 d5 {Altini,N (2366)-Doknjas,N (2262) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (45)}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O d5 ({RR} 10... a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Ba3 d5 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qc6 22. Qd8+ Ne8 23. Bf1 h6 24. Nd4 Qa4 25. Bb2 {Ashwin,J (2500)-Brown,M (2524) Chess.com INT 2019 1-0 (33)}) 11. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 a6 13. b5 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Ne5 17. Be2 Nfg4 18. g3 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Na4 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 axb5 22. Nxb6 Rab8 23. Bd4 h5 24. Bc5 Nf6 25. Rfc1 Rd1+ {Hruby,M (2037)-Rolinek,F (1872) Czech Republic 2017 0-1 (31)}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bf3 Na6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bc3 Nc7 16. Qd4 Qg6 17. Qe5 Nb5 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. c4 Qe7 22. cxd5 Qxb4 23. d6 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Red8 25. d7 h6 26. Qb7 a5 27. g3 Rdb8 28. Qc7 Qf8 29. Rab1 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 ({RR} 7... Bf5 8. Bf4 O-O 9. f3 h5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 c5 15. O-O c4 16. Qd2 b5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Ng3 a5 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 b4 22. Nf5 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Navara,D (2681) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (58)}) 8. Qc2 Bf5 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qd1 c5 11. e3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. b4 d4 16. exd4 Rad8 17. O-O Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 {0-1 (18) Le Goff,R (2245)-Brodsky,D (2538) chess.com INT 2024}) 9. Qd1 Qf6 $146 ({RR} 9... c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. Be3 d4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. g3 Rad8 16. Bg2 d3 17. Be3 Qa5+ 18. b4 Qb5 19. exd3 Rxd3 20. Qe2 Rxa3 21. Qxb5 Rxa1+ 22. Ke2 Nc3+ 23. Kd2 Nxb5 24. Rxa1 {Rodriguez Vargas,O (2445)-Campos,J (2255) Terrassa 1989 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. e3 Re8 12. Bd3 c5 13. b3 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxd3 17. Kxd3 b5 18. Kd2 c4 19. b4 f6 20. g3 Nb6 21. Rac1 Kf7 22. Nh4 g6 23. Nf3 Re7 24. Ng1 {Potter,S-Beharry,X Novi Sad 1990 ½-½ (31)}) 10. Nf3 g5 11. Be3 O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. h4 gxh4 14. Rxh4 c5 15. g5 Qb6 16. dxc5 Qxb2 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Ng3 21. Rb4 Nxf1 22. Kxf1 Rfb8 23. Bf4 Rxb4 24. axb4 a6 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. Be5 Kd7 28. Kd4 Kc8 29. b5 Kb7 30. b6 Re8 31. e4 dxe4 32. fxe4 Rd8+ 33. Ke3 Re8 34. Kf4 Rd8 35. Bd6 Re8 36. Ra4 Rd8 37. e5 Rd7 38. Ke3 Rd8 39. Kd4 Re8 40. Kc3 Rd8 41. Rf4 a5 42. Kb3 Ka6 43. Ka3 Bh5 44. Rf2 Bg6 45. Rb2 Rd7 46. Rb3 Bh5 47. Rb2 Bg6 48. Rf2 Rd8 49. Ka4 Bh5 50. Rb2 Rd7 51. Rf2 Rd8 52. Rf6 Bg6 53. Kb3 Be4 54. Kc3 Bd5 55. Rh6 Rh8 56. Be7 Re8 57. Bf6 Kb5 58. Rxh7 Kxc5 59. e6 fxe6 60. b7 Kd6 61. g6 e5 62. Be7+ Ke6 63. Bc5 Kf6 64. Rc7 Rb8 65. g7 Bf7 66. Bd6 Bd5 67. Rd7 Ke6 68. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Porper, Edward"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 O-O 7. e4 Ne8 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 d6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bf2 Na5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Ne3 Rae8 20. Bh4 Ne4 21. Nd5 Kg7 22. Qe2 h6 23. g4 Kh7 $146 ({RR} 23... Bb7 24. Qg2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 c4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. f5 Nb3 28. Rad1 e3 29. Re2 Nc5 30. Rd4 Kh7 31. fxg6+ Kxg6 32. Bg3 Qb5 33. h4 Qb6 34. Rxc4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qd3 36. Rb4 Rf2 37. Rxf2 exf2 38. Rf4 {Iljin,T (2329)-Nefedov,S (2300) Anapa RUS 2023 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 23... Bb7 24. Qg2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 c4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. f5 Nb3 28. Rad1 e3 29. Re2 Nc5 30. Rd4 Kh7 31. fxg6+ Kxg6 32. Bg3 Qb5 33. h4 Qb6 34. Rxc4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qd3 36. Rb4 Rf2 37. Rxf2 exf2 38. Rf4 {Iljin,T (2329)-Nefedov,S (2300) Anapa RUS 2023 1-0 (51)}) 24. Qf1 Qg7 25. Ra2 Re6 26. Rg2 Qf7 27. Re3 Kh8 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Bxe4 Bxc4 30. Qd1 fxe4 31. Reg3 e3 32. Nxe3 Qxf4 33. Nxc4 Nxc4 34. Rg4 Qe3+ 35. Bf2 Nb2 36. Qb1 Qd3 37. Qxd3 Nxd3 38. Bg3 Ne1 39. Rb2 h5 40. Ra4 Rg6 41. Rf2 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Rgf6 43. Re2 R8f7 44. Re8+ Kg7 45. Ra8 a5 46. R8xa5 h4 47. Rg4+ Kh6 48. Bxh4 Nxh4+ 49. Rxh4+ Kg5 50. Raa4 Rf2+ 51. Kg1 Rf1+ 52. Kg2 R7f2+ 53. Kg3 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 R1f2+ 55. Kg1 Rc2 56. Rh8 Rfxc3 57. h4+ Kf5 58. Rh5+ Ke6 59. Rh6+ Ke5 60. Rh5+ Ke6 61. Rh6+ Kd5 62. Rh5+ Kc6 63. Ra6+ Kb5 64. Rxd6 Rg3+ 65. Kf1 Rxa3 66. Rd1 Rh3 67. Kg1 Rg3+ 68. Kf1 Rf3+ 69. Kg1 Rg3+ 70. Kf1 Rg4 71. Rb1+ Kc4 72. Rb8 Re4 73. Rxc5+ Kxc5 74. Rc8+ Kd4 75. Rxc2 Rxh4 76. Kg2 Rg4+ 77. Kf2 Rh4 78. Kg2 Rg4+ 79. Kf2 Kd3 80. Rc8 Rf4+ 81. Kg3 Rc4 82. Rxc4 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2007.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kasimdzhanov,Rustam} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8. a4 ({RR} 8. Qd3 d5 ({RR} 8... cxb5 9. e4) 9. Bg5 cxb5 10. Nf3 a5 11. e3 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qg3+ Kh8 14. Nf3 b4 15. e3 bxa3 16. Qh4 axb2 17. Qxf6+ Kg8) 11... Ba6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nc6 ({RR} 13... Qd6 14. Bxf6 ({RR} 14. Rb1 Ne4 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Nd2 Nc6) 14... Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 gxf6 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Ne1 ({RR} 20. Rc7 Ba6 21. Bxa6 ({RR} 21. Ba4 Bc4 22. Rb7 Na6 23. Kc3 Rc8 24. Bd7 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Kb4 Kf8) 21... Nxa6 22. Rb7 Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. Kc3 Nc6) 20... Rc8 ({RR} 20... Ba6 21. Ba4) 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Kc3 Kf8 23. Kb4 Ke7 24. Kc5 Ba6 25. Bd3 ({RR} 25. Bxa6 Nxa6+ 26. Kb6 Nb4) ({RR} 25. g4 Bxb5 26. Kxb5 Kd6 27. Nd3 Nc6) 25... Bxd3 26. Nxd3) 14. Rb1 Qd6 ({RR} 14... Nxb4 15. Rxb4 Qa5 16. Qb1 Ne4 17. Bd3 ({RR} 17. Be7 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Ra7 19. Bc5 Rxc5 20. dxc5 Nc3 21. Qb2 Na2 22. O-O Nxb4) 17... Nc3 18. Qb2 Na2 19. Be7) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qd2 Rfb8 ({RR} 16... e5 17. Be2 Kh8 18. O-O Rg8 19. Rfc1) 17. Bd3 ({RR} 17. Be2 Bc8 18. Bd1 e5 19. O-O Bf5 20. Rb2 Be4) 17... Bc8 18. O-O ({RR} 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Kg7 20. O-O Bb7 21. Rb3 Ne7) 18... Ra4 19. e4 ({RR} 19. Rfc1 Rxb4 20. Rxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxc8+ Kg7) 19... dxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne7 21. Rfc1 Kg7 ({RR} 21... Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qh6 Rxb4 24. Rxb4 Qxb4 25. Qxf6 Qb2 26. Qg5+ Ng6 27. h4) 22. Rc5 Nd5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Naiditsch,A (2676) Fuegen 2006 CBM 115 [Kasimdzhanov,Rustam] 1-0} ({RR} 22... Ng6 23. Rh5) ({RR} 22... f5 23. Qg5+ ({RR} 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Ne5 Be8) 23... Ng6 24. Bc6 Bd7 25. Bxd7 ({RR} 25. d5 Rxb4) 25... Qxd7 26. d5) {RR} 23. Ne5 fxe5 24. Qg5+ Kf8 ({RR} 24... Kh8 25. Qh6 f5 26. Bxd5) 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Qxh7 Rxb4 28. Rbc1 Bd7) ({RR} 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 a6) ({RR} 8. b6 axb6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Rc1 c5 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. e3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Qe7 16. Ke2 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rhd1 d5 19. Kf1 Qd6 20. Bg3 Qa6+ 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 c4 {Sipahioglu,I (2075)-Timmermans,M (2403) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (43)}) 8... cxb5 9. axb5 Bb7 10. f3 $146 ({RR} 10. Nf3 d6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. e3 Qb6 13. Bd3 Rfc8 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qa4 Nd5 16. O-O Nb4 17. Bb1 Qc7 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qd1 h6 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. Bf5 Rc7 23. Qg4 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rcxc8 {Lenaerts,L (2203)-Goossens,H (2215) Maastricht 2015 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 10. Nf3 d6 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qa3 Nb6 14. O-O f5 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Nf6 22. Bg5 e5 23. d5 Rf8 24. Qe3 h6 {Ambartsumova,K (2418)-Araz,B (2390) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (45)}) 10... Nd5 11. Qd2 f5 12. e3 a6 13. b3 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bd3 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Qe7 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Nh3 Qh4+ 19. Qf2 Qd8 20. O-O Qb6 21. Bb2 Na5 22. Qe1 b4 23. e4 Nc3 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Nxb3 26. Rb1 Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. exf5 Nxf5 29. Ng5 h6 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Ne7 32. Rb7 Rd8 33. Bd3 Kf7 34. Bb5 d5 35. Bd7 Kf6 36. Kf2 Nf5 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. Ra6 Rb2+ 39. Kf1 Ne3+ 40. Kg1 Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 Ke7 42. Rxe6+ Kxd7 43. Rxe3 Rg6 44. Rd3 Kd6 45. Rd1 Kc5 46. Rc1+ Kb4 47. Rd1 Kc4 48. Rc1+ Kb3 49. Rd1 Rd6 50. Kg2 d4 51. Kf2 Kc2 52. Ra1 d3 53. Ra2+ Kb1 54. Rd2 Kc1 55. Ke3 Re6+ 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2009.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd2 a6 10. Be2 ({RR} 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Qg4 12. g3 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Qc2 b5 15. h3 Qd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxa5 Nf6 18. Bg2 b4 19. O-O e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Re8 22. Qc4 bxa3 23. b4 Bb7 24. Rfd1 Qxh3 {Kotanjian,T (2545)-Parligras,M (2574) Moscow 2008 0-1 (82)}) 10... Rd8 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. O-O Bd7 13. h3 h6 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bc6 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19. axb4 Rac8 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. b5 axb5 22. Bxb5 c6 23. Bd3 g6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Nc4 {Yedidia,J (2360)-Przybylski,W (2308) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (91)}) 11. a3 $146 ({RR} 11. Rd1 e5 12. Bc4 Qg6 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Nd5 Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Be6 16. Qxb7 Qb1+ 17. Rd1 Qc2 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Qxc7 Bxd5 20. Qxa5 Bxc4 21. b3 Qf5 22. f3 Nxe3 23. Rc1 Bb5 24. Kf2 Ng4+ {0-1 (24) Gagunashvili,M (2591)-Turova,I (2396) Dubai 2009}) 11... Ba5 12. Nh4 Qg5 13. Nf3 Qf5 14. Nh4 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2009.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Bf5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Ke7 $146 ({RR} 14... Nc6 15. Rd1 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rc8 17. Kd2 Bf5 18. Rxd5 Rc2+ 19. Ke3 Bg6 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 Ke7 22. g3 Rc8 23. Ke3 Rc2 24. b4 Rc3+ 25. Kd4 Rxa3 26. Bg2 b6 27. Bd5 Ra4 28. Kc3 a5 29. bxa5 {Bu,X (2692)-Nguyen,A (2537) Macau 2007 ½-½ (37)}) 15. Rd1 Na6 16. g3 Nc5 17. Bg2 Rhd8 18. O-O Ba4 19. Rd2 Kf6 20. Rb1 Rac8 21. b3 Be8 22. Rc1 Ne4 23. Rdc2 Bd7 24. Rc7 b6 25. e3 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 g6 28. h4 g5 29. hxg5+ hxg5 30. Bf3 Ke5 31. Kg2 Nd6 32. g4 Nc4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Ra1 Kd6 35. Rd1 Ne5 36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. Rxd5+ Ke6 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Rd6 g4 40. Bb7 Rc2 41. Kg3 Nc4 42. Rc6 Kg5 43. Rc8 f5 44. Ba6 Na3 45. Rg8+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke6 47. Bd3 Rb2 48. Bxf5+ Ke7 49. Rh8 Rxb4 50. Bxg4 Nc4 51. Rh6 b5 52. e4 Nd2 53. Re6+ Kd7 54. f3 Rb1 55. Kf4 b4 56. Ke5 Kc7 57. Kd4 Rc1 58. Re7+ Kb6 59. Re8 Kb7 60. Re7+ Kb6 61. Re8 Kb7 62. Re7+ Kb6 63. Re6+ Kb7 64. Re7+ Kb6 65. Re8 Kb7 66. Be6 Nxf3+ 67. Ke3 Rc3+ 68. Kf4 Nd4 69. Bd5+ Nc6 70. Re7+ Kb6 71. Re8 Kc7 72. Re6 b3 73. Rxc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O-O ({RR} 10. O-O d6 11. Rae1 Nd7 12. Nd2 Qh4 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e5 15. f4 Rf6 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 exd4 18. exd4 Rf7 19. c5 d5 20. c6 Nf8 21. Re5 Rd8 22. Bxf5 g6 23. Bc2 Rxf4 24. g3 Rxf3 {Socko,B (2642)-Bellahcene,B (2512) Abu Dhabi 2021 1-0 (34)}) 10... d6 11. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 11. h4 Nd7 12. h5 Qe7 13. h6 g6 14. Nh4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 e5 16. c5 Nf6 17. c6 Bc8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bc4+ Be6 20. Qxe5 Rae8 21. Rd7 {1-0 (21) Ruben,C-Antze,O Hamburg 1928}) ({RR} 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. h4 Ndf6 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. f3 Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 c5 17. h5 e5 18. h6 g6 19. d5 a6 20. g4 f4 21. Qc2 Qe8 22. Qg2 fxe3 23. Rh5 Rf4 24. Rdh1 Qf7 25. R5h3 Rf8 {Han,Q (1896)-Zhang,C (1808) London ENG 2025 0-1 (81)}) ({RR} 11. Be1 Nd7 12. Rg1 Qf6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 e5 15. f3 Qg6 16. Bc3 e4 17. Be2 Qh6 18. f4 Nf6 19. h3 d5 20. Qd2 dxc4 21. g4 Nd5 22. Bxc4 Qc6 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Kb1 Bc8 25. b3 a5 {Tartakower,S-Gruenfeld,E Karlovy Vary 1929 ½-½}) 11... Qe7 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c5 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Nxb4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxe3 21. Bd3 Qg5 22. Rhe1 Rc5 23. h4 Qxg2 24. Re7 Bxd5 25. Qd4 Bf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Rg1 Qh2 28. Qxg7+ Ke6 29. Re1+ Kd5 30. Rd1 Kc6 31. b4 Qxh4 32. a3 Rd7 33. Qh8 Rd8 34. Qg7 Rd7 35. Qg8 Rd8 36. Qf7 Qf4 37. bxc5 Qxf3 38. Qb3 Qf2 39. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "Visakhapatnam op"]
[Site "Visakhapatnam"]
[Date "2011.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Mohammad, Minhaz Uddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. g3 f5 10. Bg2 c5 11. O-O d5 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. b4 d6 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. b5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd3 Ne8 20. Qd1 Rd6 21. h4 a6 22. a4 axb5 23. axb5 {½-½ (23) Mattila,P-Nieminen,S Finland 2008}) ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Rab8 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qd6 Kh8 19. e3 h6 20. Bh4 Na5 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Qa6 Qe6 23. Qxe6 dxe6 24. f4 Na5 25. Be7 Rfc8 26. b4 {Hess,R (2581)-Kollars,D (2561) San Francisco 2019 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. Ng5 Bxd5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 h6 18. Bf4 d5 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Be5 Kh7 21. Rad1 Rc8 22. Bd6 Re8 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qf5+ Kh8 25. Rxd5 Qe8 26. e3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2359)-Buchenau,F (2218) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Rd1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Rxd4 Qe7 15. Bd2 g5 {½-½ (15) Ristic,N (2275)-Nestorovic,D (2427) Senta 2008}) 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e3 Qb6 16. Bb2 Ba8 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. f3 Nef6 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Qb2 Nb6 22. Qa2 Qe7 23. a4 Nbd7 24. Qa1 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rb7 26. Qc3 Rbd7 27. Qa5 Kf7 28. h4 Rc8 29. Rbc1 Qd8 30. Qe1 Qb6 31. Qc3 Rcd8 32. a5 Qa6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. cxd5 Bxd5 35. e4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Bb7 37. Rf1 e5 38. Qxe5 Re7 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Rf4 Rde8 41. Rcf1 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Rd1 ({RR} 11. Na2 Ba5 12. dxc5 Bc7 13. b4 a5 14. Ba3 axb4 15. Bxb4 Nxc5 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Nb3 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Rab1 Nc5 23. Qb2 Nxa4 24. Bxa4 Rxa4 {½-½ (24) Melkumyan,H (2619)-Almasi,Z (2710) Germany 2011}) ({RR} 11. Na2 Ba5 12. dxc5 Bc7 13. c6 bxc6 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nc3 Bd6 16. h3 Nxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. e4 a5 19. Rd1 Bb4 20. Bb2 Nh5 21. Qc2 f6 22. Ne2 Be6 23. Rac1 Qf7 24. Kf1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Scotti,M (1885)-Salimova,N (2426) Reykjavik ISL 2024 0-1 (35)}) 11... Ba5 12. e4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Bc7 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rac1 Qh5 15. h3 b6 16. Nd4 Qxe2 17. Ncxe2 Be5 18. Bb4 Re8 19. f4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Bb7 21. Bb3 Bd5 22. Rc7 Rac8 23. Rdc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 e5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd7 Nxb4 {Hoi,C (2340)-Brinck Claussen,B (2385) Horsens 1978 ½-½ (40)}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Bc7 16. Nc2 Rfd8 17. Bg3 Bc6 18. Nd4 Be8 19. Nc2 Ng6 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Ne3 Bc6 22. f3 Nf4 23. Qf2 Qb6 24. Bc4 Qb4 25. Qc2 Nd7 26. Qb3 Qc5 27. Ne2 Ne5 28. Nxf4 Nxc4 29. Re1 Nd2 30. Qc3 Qg5 31. Nh3 Nxf3+ 32. Kf2 Qh5 33. Nf4 Qe5 34. Kxf3 Qxe4+ 35. Kg3 g5 36. Ned5 gxf4+ 37. Nxf4 Qd4 38. Re5 Qxc3+ 39. bxc3 Rd2 40. Kh3 f6 41. Re3 Kf7 42. g4 e5 43. Nh5 Rad8 44. Ng3 Rf2 45. Rae1 Rdd2 46. Ne2 Bf3 47. Kg3 Rfxe2 48. Kxf3 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rg2+ 50. Kf3 Rdf2+ 51. Ke4 Rxg4+ 52. Kd5 Rxa4 53. Rh3 Rd2+ 54. Kc5 Ke6 55. Kb6 Rd7 56. Rg1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Santa Rosa m"]
[Site "Santa Rosa"]
[Date "2016.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.06.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Qe4 Rb8 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 b6 22. c5 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 22... f6 23. Re2 e5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. c4 Bf5 27. Rb4 Rfd8 28. Reb2 Rd6 29. a4 Bd7 30. h4 h5 31. a5 b5 32. Bf3 Ra6 33. Ra2 g6 34. Be2 Rba8 35. cxb5 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. b6 {Indjic,A (2605)-Lazavik,D (2483) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 22... f6 23. Re3 e5 24. c6 Be6 25. f4 Rbd8 26. fxe5 f5 27. c4 f4 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. e6 Rf8 32. e7 Re8 33. Rc1 Rc5 34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. c7 Kf7 36. Rf3+ {1-0 (35) Abdusattorov,N (2634)-Aronian,L (2782) chess24.com INT 2021}) 23. cxb6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 axb6 25. Reb5 Ra8 26. R1b2 Ra3 27. c4 Rc3 28. R2b4 Ra3 29. Rb2 Rc3 30. R2b4 Ra3 31. Rxb6 Rxa2 32. c5 Rc2 33. Rc6 g6 34. Rc7 Kg7 35. h4 h6 36. c6 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rbb7 Kf6 39. Ra7 Ke5 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. Rxf7 Rxc6 42. f4+ gxf4 43. Rxf4 Kd5 44. g4 e5 45. Rf8 e4 46. Re8 Re6 47. Rxe6 Kxe6 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Ke3 Kg5 50. Kxe4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tsaghkadzor ChessMood op"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2021.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daghli, Arash"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Be3 b6 13. Nh5 Bb7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 Nd4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. h3 h6 26. Bb7 {Caruana,F (2835)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qa4 g6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b4 Qc4 20. Rc1 Qg4 21. h3 Qh4 22. Qb5 Rxe3 23. Qxb7 Ne5 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. fxe3 Bh6 26. Rc8 {Hamidi,A (2217)-Khanbutaev,A (2126) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (37)}) 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nbd5 17. Bc2 g6 18. h4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qd5 20. f3 Bb5 21. Qe3 e5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qc4 24. Rab1 exd4 25. cxd4 Rad8 26. Bc3 Rc8 27. Ba1 Qxc2 {Milikow,Y (2057)-Dragun,K (2614) Teplice 2017 0-1 (60)}) 13... Bd7 14. Nge4 Bc6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Bg5 Qh8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Ne2 Nd5 20. h4 h6 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. Bf4 Rd5 24. Be3 a6 25. Qh3 Red8 26. Bc4 R5d6 27. Nc3 Nf5 28. Ne2 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. b3 Qd2 33. Re3 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Tsaghkadzor ChessMood op"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2021.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daghli, Arash"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2021.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Be3 b6 13. Nh5 Bb7 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 Nd4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. h3 h6 26. Bb7 {Caruana,F (2835)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qa4 g6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. b4 Qc4 20. Rc1 Qg4 21. h3 Qh4 22. Qb5 Rxe3 23. Qxb7 Ne5 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. fxe3 Bh6 26. Rc8 {Hamidi,A (2217)-Khanbutaev,A (2126) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (37)}) 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nbd5 17. Bc2 g6 18. h4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qd5 20. f3 Bb5 21. Qe3 e5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qc4 24. Rab1 exd4 25. cxd4 Rad8 26. Bc3 Rc8 27. Ba1 Qxc2 {Milikow,Y (2057)-Dragun,K (2614) Teplice 2017 0-1 (60)}) 13... Bd7 14. Nge4 Bc6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Bg5 Qh8 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Ne2 Nd5 20. h4 h6 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. Bf4 Rd5 24. Be3 a6 25. Qh3 Red8 26. Bc4 R5d6 27. Nc3 Nf5 28. Ne2 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. b3 Qd2 33. Re3 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Rd1 0-1

