[Event "Championship of Georgia"]
[Site "Tiflis"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Sorokin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Qb6 8. a3
e6 (8... Qxb2 9. Na4 Qc2 10. Qxc2 Bxc2 11. Nc5 b6 12. Bb5) 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3
Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. e4 dxe4 (12... Qxb2 13. Bd2) 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Qb3 15.
Qd2 Nc4 16. Qg5 h6 (16... Nxb2 17. Rfb1) (16... f6 17. Qg4 Kf7 18. Neg5+) 17.
Qg4 h5 18. Qg5 Rh6 19. Rae1 Nxb2 (19... f6 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Nxf6+ Kd8 22. Re8#
) (19... Rg6 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Re8#) 20. Nfd2 Qb5 21. f4 Rg6 22.
Qxh5 Rh6 23. Qf3 Qd3 24. Qf2 g6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Be7 (27...
Qg7 28. Qxd5) 28. Qxf7+ Kd7 29. Nf3 Qh8 30. Be5 Qh7 31. Qxh7 Rxh7 32. Bxb2 Rc2
33. Bd4 Bxa3 34. Ne5+ Kd8 35. Ng5 Rh5 36. Nxe6+ Ke7 37. Ng6+ Kd6 38. Ngf4 Nxf4
39. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "The All-Union Junior Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunaev"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Be7 (7...
Nc6 8. Nb3 Na5) 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nb3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 (12...
Rb8) 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. g5 Nd7 16. a5 (16. f5 Ne5) (16. Bg4) 16...
Rb8 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Na4 Rb4 (18... Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxb2 20. Qc3) 19. b3 Rxe4 (
19... Bxe4 20. c3 (20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. c4) 20... Bxf3 21. cxb4 Bb7 22. bxc5) 20.
c4 (20. Bxe4 Bxe4) 20... h6 21. g6 (21. Nc3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 hxg5 23. fxg5 Ne5 24.
Bxc6+ Qxc6) 21... f5 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rad1 d5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. f5
d4 27. Bf4 Qc8 28. Ne2 Qxf5 29. Bg3 Qxg6 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. Qc2 g5 32. Ne2 d3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbach"]
[Black "Estrin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 (7. e5
cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Qa4+ (9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10.
Qxc3 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Qc5 12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. Bh6 Qxf2+ 14. Kd1 Nd7 15. Re1 Nef6 16.
Bxe6 Qxb2 17. Rc1) 9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bd7 *

[Event "Georgian Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Mikenas"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. dxe5 e6 8.
a3 (8. c4 Nb4 9. Qxb7 Nc2+ 10. Ke2 Nd7) 8... Nd7 (8... c6) 9. c4 Ne7 (9... N5b6
10. Qxb7 Nxe5 11. Qe4) 10. Bf4 (10. Qxb7 c6 11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 Nc5) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Mikenas"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. Qb4 (9. Qa4 c5) 9... Qc8 (9... Nc6 10. Qxb7) *

[Event "USSR Championship semi-final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Averbach"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 *

[Event "Absolute USSR Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres"]
[Black "Botvinnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bf5 13. e3 Rc8 14. Bd3
Qd7 15. Kb1 Bxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qf5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Ka1 O-O 19. Rd1 b5 20. Qxb5 Nd4
21. Qd3 Nc2+ 22. Kb1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas"]
[Black "Botvinnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qa3 Be6 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Qf6 15. e3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. Ne2 Rxc5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. Bxd7 Bxd7
1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik"]
[Black "Smyslov"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. g4 (10. Qf3 c6) 10... c6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Bd6 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. h5 Re8 17. Nd6 *

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Habana"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer"]
[Black "Minev"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. g3 Bd7 (
7... f5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg2 b6 10. Nge2 (10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5) 10... Bb7 11. Nf4
Qd6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O) 8. Nf3 Bc6 9. Qe2 f5 10. Ned2 Bf6 11. c3 *

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer"]
[Black "Matulovic"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg7 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qc4 Nc7 (7...
Qb6 8. d4 d6 9. exd6 exd6 10. Qxd5 (10. Qe2+ Be6 (10... Nde7 11. d5) 11. c4)
10... Qxb5 11. Qxd6 cxd4 12. cxd4 Be6 13. Nc3 Qd3 14. Be3 Bf8 15. Qc7 Bb4 16.
Rc1 O-O) 8. Bxc6 (8. Qxc5 b6) 8... dxc6 9. Qxc5 Qd3 10. Qe3 Bf5 11. Qxd3 Bxd3 *

[Event "XVII Olympiad"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malich"]
[Black "Spassky"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be6 (11... Re8 12. Bg2 Ba6 13. Ne5 Nd7 (
13... Qd6 14. Qa4) 14. Rxc7 Qb4+ 15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. Qxb4 (16. dxe5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2
Rxe5) 16... Nd3+) 12. Bg2 c5 13. Ne5 Na6 (13... Nd7 14. Nxd7) 14. O-O Rac8 15.
f4 Bf5 16. Bxd5 *

[Event "DDR-BLR match"]
[Site "Schwedt/Oder"]
[Date "1969.12.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uhlmann"]
[Black "Veressov"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 Ba6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Rxc7
Rac8 15. Rxc8 (15. Rxd7 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 (16. Kf1 Qxd4 (16... Qxb2 17. Bxd5 Rc1 18.
Qxc1 Qxc1+ 19. Kg2) 17. Qxd4 (17. Rxd5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxe5) (17. Nd3 Rxe2 18.
Kxe2 Bxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Re8+) 17... Rc1+) 16... Rc1#) 15... Rxc8 16. O-O Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Qxe5 18. Re1 d4 19. Qd2 Re8 *

[Event "Candidats qf2"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Portisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "Zaitsev, I. - Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 Ba6 (11... Re8 12. Bg2 Ba6 13. Ne5 Nd7
14. Rxc7 Rac8) 12. e3 c5 13. Bxa6 (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qxd5 (14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15.
Qxd5 (15. Qa4 Nb4 16. O-O Nd3) 15... Qf6 (15... Nb4)) 14... Bb7 15. Qd1 (15.
Qh5 Qe4) (15. Qf5 Qe6 16. Qf4 Qxa2 17. Bg2 Qa5+) 15... Qf6 16. Bg2 Rd8) 13...
Nxa6 14. O-O Nc7 (14... c4 15. b3) 15. b3 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. h4 Ne6 18. Qd3
Qf6 19. Kg2 cxd4 20. exd4 (20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. exd4) 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qf4 22.
gxf4 (22. Qe3 Qe4) (22. Re1 Qg4) 22... Nxf4+ 23. Kg3 Nxd3 24. Rc3 Nb4 (24...
Nb2 25. Rc2 Nd3 (25... Nd1 26. Rd2) 26. Rc3 Nb2) 25. a3 Na6 26. b4 Nb8 (26...
Rd7 27. Rc8+ (27. b5 Rc7 (27... Nc7 28. Ne5 Re7 29. Nc6 Re1) 28. Re3) 27... Kh7
28. b5 Nc7 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. Nxa7 Ne8) (26... Kh7 27. b5 Nb8 28. Rc7
Rd7 29. Rc8 Rb7) 27. Rc7 a5 (27... a6 28. Ne5 f6 29. Ng6 Nd7 (29... Kh7 30. h5
Nd7 31. Rxd7) 30. Ne7+) 28. b5 (28. bxa5 bxa5 29. Ne5 f6 30. Ng6 Na6 31. Ra7
Nb8) 28... Nd7 29. Kf4 h5 (29... Nf8 30. Rb7 (30. Rc6 Rb8 31. Ke5 Rd8 32. h5)
30... Rd6 31. Ne5 Ng6+ 32. Nxg6 Rxg6 33. Ke5) 30. Ne5 Nf8 31. Rb7 f6 32. Nc6
Ng6+ 33. Kg3 Rd6 (33... Re8) 34. Rxb6 Re6 35. Rb8+ Nf8 (35... Kh7 36. Rd8) 36.
Ra8 Re1 37. Nd8 (37. b6 Rb1 38. Nb4 axb4 39. a4 b3 40. b7 b2 41. Rxf8+ Kh7 42.
Rh8+ Kg6 43. b8=Q Rg1+ 44. Kf3 b1=Q 45. Qe8+ Kf5 46. Qxh5+ g5 47. Qh7+ Ke6 48.
Re8+) 37... Kh7 38. b6 Rb1 39. b7 Nd7 40. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov"]
[Black "Portisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 (4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3) 4... Nf6 5.
Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 (7... dxc4) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. g3 (11. Qc2 Na6 12. e3 c5) 11... Re8 12. Bg2 Ba6 13. e3 (13. Ne5 Nd7 14.
Rxc7 (14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bb7 16. O-O c6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 c5) 14... Rac8
15. Rxc8 (15. Rxd7 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxd4 17. Nd3 Rxe2) 15... Rxc8 16. Nxd7 Qb4+ 17.
Kf1 Qxb2) 13... c5 14. Qa4 Rc8 (14... b5 15. Qa5) (14... Rd8 15. Ne5 b5 16. Qd1
) 15. Ne5 Qe6 16. Rc3 Rd8 (16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxc3 18. bxc3) 17. h4 Qd6 18. a3
Qe7 (18... b5 19. Qa5) 19. h5 Bb7 20. O-O Na6 (20... a5 21. Qb3 Qd6 22. Qc2)
21. Rfc1 Nc7 22. b4 c4 (22... Ne6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxe5 26.
Rc7 Rac8 27. Qa5 Rxc7 28. Qxc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Rb8 30. a4) (22... b5 23. Rxc5
bxa4 24. Rxc7 Qe6 25. Rxb7 Rac8 26. Rc5 Rxc5 (26... a5 27. Nxf7 Rxc5 28. bxc5
Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. Nd3) 27. bxc5 f6 28. Ng6) 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24.
Bxb7 Rab8 25. Nc6 Qe8 (25... Qd7 26. Qxa7 Nb5 27. Nxb8) 26. Qxa7 b5 27. Nxb8
Rxb8 28. Bc6 (28. Bc6 Qd8 29. a4) 1-0

[Event "XVIII USSR ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Liublinsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Tigran Petrosian, Fritz 7"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 (4... b6 5. Nbd2 (5. d5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bb7
7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxd5 Nc6 {
Petrossian-Kozma, Leipzig Chess Olympiad 1960} (9... Qxb2 10. Rd1 Qc3+ (10...
Qb4+ 11. c3 (11. Rd2 Qb1+ 12. Ke2 Qb5+ 13. Ke1 Qc6) 11... Qxc3+ 12. Rd2) 11.
Rd2 Qa1+ 12. Ke2)) 5... Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qe2 {
Petrossian-Averbach, Moscow ch 1960}) (4... Nc6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O
{Marshall-Capablanca, 1927} 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 (10... Qxe7
11. Re1) 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf1 f5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rae8 15. c4 Nf6 16. Qb3 {
Petrossian-Taimanov,  XXVII USSR ch, 1960}) 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O (
7... Qc7 8. Bf4 Bd6) 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 (10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 (11.
Nf3 f6) 11... f6) 10... f5 (10... f6 11. Qh5 f5 (11... g6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13.
Qxg6+ Kh8 14. h4 fxe5 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bh6 Rf6 17. Rh3)) 11. h4 (11. O-O g5 12.
Bg3 f4) 11... c4 (11... Bxh4 12. Qh5) 12. Bc2 b5 (12... Nc5 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Nd4
Qb6 15. Bg5 Rf7 (15... Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qxb2 17. Rxh7 Nd3+ (17... Kxh7 18. Qh5+
Kg8 19. g6 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Rfc8 {Petrossian writes "White has nothing more than
perpetual check", Fritz found this mating net.} (20... Rf7 $142 21. gxf7+ Kf8
22. Qh8+ Kxf7 23. Qxa8 Qxc3 24. Kf3) 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7+ Kd8
24. Qf8+ Be8 25. Qd6+ Bd7 26. g7 Qe1+ 27. Kxe1 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. g8=Q#))
16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Qb1 Ba4 18. b3 (18. Bxa4 Nd3+ (18... Nxa4 $142 {Fritz}))
18... cxb3 19. axb3 Bd7 20. f4 Rc8 (20... h5) 21. Kd2 a6 (21... h5) 22. g4 Ne4+
23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qa2 Qc7 25. Rhc1 Bb5 26. Qa5 Qd7 (26... Qxa5 27. Rxa5 Bd3)
27. Qb4 Bd3 28. Rg1 (28. f5 exf5 29. e6 Qe8 (29... Qc7) 30. gxf5 Qh5 31. Rg1
Qxh4 32. Rg2 Qf6) 28... Qe8 29. Rac1 Kh8 30. h5 Qd7 31. Rh1 h6 32. Rh2 Ree8 33.
Rg1 Qe7 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. exd6 Rcd8 36. g5 e5 37. fxe5 Rxe5 38. gxh6 gxh6 39.
Rg6 Rg5 40. Rxh6+ Kg7 41. Re6 {0-1 on move 47. Petrossian-Bannik, 1951}) 13.
Nf3 (13. g4) 13... Nc5 (13... b4 14. Ng5 Nc5 (14... Bxg5 15. hxg5 Qe7 16. Rxh7
Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. g6 Nf6 19. Qh2 (19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bd6 Qg7) 19... Qe8 20.
exf6 Qxg6 21. fxg7 Kxg7 22. Be5+ Kf7 23. Bd1) 15. Qh5 h6 16. Qg6) 14. g4 b4 15.
gxf5 (15. cxb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Bxb4+ 17. Kf1 cxd3 18. Qxd3 fxg4 (18... a5)) (15.
Nd4) 15... exf5 16. Ng5 g6 (16... h6 17. Qh5 Nd3+ (17... Qe8) 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19.
Qg6 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qe8 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Rh6 Rg8) 17. h5 Nd3+ (17... Bxg5 18.
Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxd5+ Be6 20. Qxc5) 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. hxg6 hxg6 (19... Bxg5 20.
Rxh7 (20. Qh5 h6)) 20. Qxd3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qa5 23. Bf6 Re8 24. Qd4
Kf7 25. e6+ Rxe6 26. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Tigran V"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 (11... g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3) 12. Nf3
h6 13. b4 g5 (13... cxb4 14. cxb4 Bxb4 15. Nd4) 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 (15. h3)
15... gxh4 (15... g4 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Bb5+) 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 18. Be2 (
18. Bf5 exf5 19. e6 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. exd7+ Rxd7 22. Nd4) 18... a6 19. Kh1
Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8 22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4
26. e4 Bd6 (26... dxe4 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qd8#) 27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29.
Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 (31. exf5 Nf6 32. Qh6 Qd8 {/\ 33...Rh8}) 31... f4
32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 (34. Qe6 Qxe6 35. dxe6 Ne4) 34... Bc8 35. Qb1
g3 36. Re1 h3 37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41. Qd1 Ng4
42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Team ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Suetin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nfd7 (11... Ng4 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. h3 Nf6 14.
Nxe5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh2) 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Qf6 (17... Ng6 18. Be3 f4 19. Bxc5 {
/\ 20...Qxg6}) 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 b6 21. Bh5 Re7 22. Bd1 Qd6
23. Bc2 Ref7 24. Kh1 Ra8 25. Re2 (25. a3 a4) 25... Qf8 26. Ref2 Nb7 27. Qe2 Nd6
28. c5 bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rb8 30. b3 Qc8 31. Qh5 Qa6 32. g4 (32. Bxd6 cxd6 33. Bxf5
Bxf5 34. Rxf5 Qxf1+) 32... f4 33. Re1 Qc8 34. Bxd6 cxd6 35. Bg6 Rf8 36. Ne4 f3
37. g5 Rf4 38. Rg1 Bf5 39. gxh6 Bxe4 40. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "XXV USSR ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Suetin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 (9... Nc5 10. Nd2) 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. O-O a5 12. Ne1 Nf4 13. Nc2 Nc5
14. Ne3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 f5 17. f3 f4 (17... fxe4 18. fxe4) 18. c5
fxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Rc4 dxc5 22. Qxc5 b6 23. Qe3 Qxd5 24. Rxc7
Qd4 25. Bf2 Qxe3 (25... Qxb2) 26. Bxe3 Be6 27. a3 b5 28. Bd2 Rfd8 29. Bc3 a4
30. Re1 Rac8 31. Rb7 Rd5 32. Rb6 Bf7 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Nf5 Kh7 35. Rb7 R8d7 36.
Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. Rxe5 Kg6 39. Rxb5 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Rb6+ Kh7 42.
g4 Rh1 43. h3 Bd5 44. Rd6 Rd1 45. Rd7+ Kg8 46. Ke3 Bb3 47. Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rg6 Bc2
49. Rxh6 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Rd5 51. h4 gxh4 52. Rxh4 Kf7 53. f4 Bd1+ 54. Ke3 Kg6 55.
g5 Bh5 56. Bf6 Rc5 57. Kd4 Rb5 58. Ke4 Bd1 59. f5+ Kf7 60. Be5 Bc2+ 61. Kf4 1-0

[Event "USSR ch 26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Yukhtman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bg4 a5 (13... Bxg4 14. Qxg4
h5 15. Qf5 h4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nf3 Qf6 (17... f6 18. g3) (17... Bf6 18. g3))
14. f3 Ncd3 15. Qc2 c6 16. Kh1 h5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. a3 (18. Bxf4 Nb4 19. Qb3
exf4 20. a3 Na6 (20... Na6 21. Qxb7 Nc5 22. Qa7 Ra8)) 18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5
20. Bf2 g4 21. g3 Ng6 (21... Nfd3 22. Bxc5 (22. Be3)) 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Be3 b5
24. Nxb5 Qb6 25. a4 Qa6 26. Nc4 f5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. exf5 Qb7 29. Qg2 Nb3 30.
Ncxd6 Qd7 31. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal"]
[Black "Fischer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tigran Petrosian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pppn1pb1/3p1npp/3Pp3/2P1P2B/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R2QK2R b KQ - 0 9"]
[PlyCount "7"]

9... a6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. b4 Ng5 (12... f5 13. exf5 gxf5 (13... Rxf5)
14. Bh5) (12... Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nhxf6 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Qe3 Ng8 (16...
Rg8) 17. c5 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 dxc5 21. Bd3 cxb4 22. Rae1
Qf6 23. Re6 {Tal-Fischer, Candidats Tournament, 11-10-1959}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Glicoric"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tigran Petrosian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/1pp1q1b1/p2p2pp/2PPppnn/1P2P2B/2N2P2/P2NB1PP/2RQ1R1K w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson"]
[Black "Glicoric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tigran Petrosian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1qrk1/1ppn1pb1/p2p2pp/3Pp1n1/1PP1P2B/2N5/P2NBPPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "30"]

13. f3 Qe7 14. Kh1 f5 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. c5 Nh5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Na4 Nf4 19. Nb6
Rb8 20. b5 a5 21. Nxc8 Rbxc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc4 Bf6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Ne3
Qh7 26. Be1 Bd8 27. Qd2 Rc5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Glicoric"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tigran Petrosian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/1pp1q1b1/p2p2pp/2PPppnn/1P2P2B/2N2P2/P2NB1PP/2RQ1R1K w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "23"]

17. c6 b6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. g3 Bf6 (19... f4 20. g4 Nf6) (19... Nf6 20. f4 exf4
21. gxf4 Nge4) 20. f4 Ng7 21. Nc4 (21. a4) 21... exf4 22. gxf4 b5 23. Nd2 Ne4
24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Bf3 a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Rg6 28. Ndxe4 *

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 Nc6 (7...
d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 (10. Bg5 h6 11. Qa4+) 10... Ng8) 8. Bg5 (8.
e5 Ng8 9. Nh3 Na5 10. Qa4 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 (11. g3 Qh5 12. Nf4 Qxf3) 11... f6 12.
g3 Qh5) 8... Na5 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 (10. exf6 hxg5) 10... g5 11. Bf2 Nh5 12. h4
f5 13. exf6 (13. g4 Nf4 14. hxg5 Qxg5 15. Bh4) 13... Qxf6 14. c5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1
g4 16. Qd3 (16. fxg4 Ng3+) 16... O-O (16... O-O-O 17. Qe4 Kb8 18. Qxg4) 17. Re1
(17. fxg4 Qxf2#) 17... Nf4 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. g3 Qf5 20. Rc1 (20. Qxf5 Nd2#) (20.
Re4 gxf3 21. Rxf4 (21. gxf4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Nd2+) 21... Qxc2) 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 {Black later won} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bg5
Na5 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Nh5 12. Qa4 f5 13. h4 g4 14. fxg4 fxg4 15. Qc2
Qe7 16. Qe4 Bb7 (16... O-O-O 17. Qa8#) 17. Qxg4 Qf7 18. Nh3 Rg8 19. Qe2 O-O-O
20. Qe3 Rg4 21. Be2 Re4 22. Qd3 Rg8 23. Rg1 Qf5 24. Be3 Ng3 25. Bf3 Rxe5 26.
O-O-O Bxf3 27. dxe5 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Ne2+ 29. Kd2 Nxg1 30. Nxg1 Be4 (30... Be4 31.
Rd4 Nb3+) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov"]
[Black "Keres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/p1p2p2/bp2p1np/n2pP1p1/2PP3B/P1P2P1N/2Q3PP/RB2K2R w KQ - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "35"]

16. Nf4 gxh4 (16... Nxc4 17. Nxg6) 17. Nxg6 Re8 (17... Qg5 18. Ne7+) 18. Nh8
Kf8 19. Qh7 Re7 20. f4 Nxc4 21. f5 exf5 22. O-O Bc8 (22... Ke8 23. Bxf5) (22...
Ne3 23. Rf3) 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Ke8 25. Rxf7 Kd7 26. Qf5+ Kc6 (26... Ke8
27. Rf8#) 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. e6+ Kc6 (28... Kd6 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Nf7+) 29. Rxe7
Qxh8 30. Rxc7+ Kb5 (30... Kxc7 31. Qe7+ Kc6 (31... Kb8 32. Rf1) 32. Qd7#) 31.
Qe7 a5 32. Qd7+ Ka6 33. Rb1 0-1

[Event "XVII USSR ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller"]
[Black "Smyslov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Na5 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Nh3 Nh7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. e5 Re8 (13... d6 14. exd6
cxd6 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxd6 Bxc4) 14. O-O Nf8 15. Nf4 (15. f4) 15... d5 (15... g5
16. Nh5) 16. cxd5 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Av.,Gel.,Pet.,Taim.,Bot.,Smys"]
[Black "Keres, Kotov, Tolush, Boles."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "Tigran Petrosian, Lev Abramov, Fritz 7"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 (5... O-O) (5... c5) 6.
f3 (6. e3) 6... b6 (6... d6) 7. e4 Ba6 (7... Ba6 8. Bg5 (8. e5 Ng8 9. Nh3 Na5
10. Qa4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh5 12. Kf2) 8... h6 (8... Na5 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2
Nh5 12. h4 f5 13. g4) 9. Bh4 Na5 10. Qa4 c5 11. e5 g5 12. Bf2 Nh5 13. dxc5 Qc7
(13... bxc5 14. Bxc5 Rc8 15. Bb4) 14. cxb6 Qxe5+ 15. Ne2) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qc8
(9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. f4) (9... Na5 10. e5 g5) 10. Bd3 (10. e5) (10. Bd3
Na5 11. Qe2) 10... Na5 11. Qe2 (11. Qe2 Qb7 12. Rb1 Qc6 13. Rb4) 11... Qb7 (
11... Qb7 12. Rb1 Qc6 (12... O-O-O 13. e5 g5 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Be4 c6) 13. Rb4
O-O-O 14. d5) (11... Nh5 12. Nh3) (11... d6 12. f4 Qd7 13. Nf3 Qa4 14. Nd2) (
11... c5 12. d5) 12. f4 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Nh3 d5) (12. f4 Qc6
13. d5 Qa4 14. e5 (14. Nf3) 14... Nh7 (14... Ng8 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Nf3 Bxc4 17.
Qe4 Rb8 18. O-O) (14... Qb3) 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Bxh7 (16. Nf3 Bxc4 17. Qe4 Rb8
18. O-O (18. Nd2 Bb5) 18... Qb5 19. Bc2 Qd5) 16... Rxh7 17. Qe4 Rc8 18. Qxh7
Qxc4 19. Kf2) 12... Qc6 (12... Qc6 13. d5 Qa4 14. e5 Ng8 (14... Qb3 15. Nf3 Nh5
) 15. Qg4 (15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Rb1 c5 (16... Ne7) (16... Nb3 17. Bc2 Bxc4 18. Qe4
)) 15... Bxc4 16. Qxg7 Bxd3 17. Qxh8 Qe4+ 18. Kf2 Kf8 19. Bf6 Qg6) 13. d5 Qa4
14. e5 Qb3 (14... Ng8 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. f5 Bxc4 (16... exf5 17. e6) 17. Qe4 Rb8
18. fxe6) (14... Qb3 15. exf6 Qxc3+ 16. Kf2 Qd4+ (16... g5 17. Nf3 gxh4 18. Ne5
Qd4+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kxe3 d6) 17. Qe3 Qxa1 18. Ne2) 15. Kf2 (15. exf6 Qxc3+
16. Kf2 g5 17. Nf3 gxh4 18. Ne5 (18. dxe6 dxe6 19. Ne5 O-O-O) 18... Qd4+ 19.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kxe3 d6) 15... Qxc3 (15... Qxc3 16. Rd1 (16. Nf3 Nxd5 17. Rhc1
Qb3 18. Nd2 (18. Qe4 c6) 18... Nxf4 19. Qe4 Nxd3+ 20. Kg1 Bb7) 16... Qd4+ 17.
Kg3 g5) (15... Ng8 16. Qe4 (16. Nf3 Bxc4) 16... exd5 17. cxd5 Qxc3 18. Bxa6 c6)
16. Nf3 Nxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Rhc1 Qb3 18. g3 g5 (18... Ne7) 19. fxg5 O-O-O 20.
gxh6 Rdf8 21. cxd5 Bxd3 22. Qe3) 17. Rhc1 Qb3 18. Kg3 Nxf4 (18... g5 19. fxg5
O-O-O 20. Nd2 (20. Nd4)) (18... Nxf4 19. Kxf4 g5+ 20. Nxg5 hxg5+ 21. Bxg5) 19.
Kxf4 g5+ 20. Kg4 (20. Kg4 gxh4 21. Rcb1 Qa4 22. Nd4 c5 23. Qf3 d5 24. Rb4 cxb4
25. cxd5 Bxd3 26. dxe6) 20... gxh4 21. Nd4 Qa4 22. Qf3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 dxc6 24.
Qf6 Kd7 25. Qxf7+ Kc8 26. Qe7 Qa5 27. Qxe6+ Kb7 28. Bg6 Rhg8 29. Kxh4 Qd2 30.
Qg4 Rad8 31. Rd1 Qf2+ 32. Kh3 h5 33. Qf5 Qe3+ 34. g3 Rdf8 35. Qe4 Qg5 36. Bh7
Rg7 37. Rac1 Rf2 38. Qxc6+ Kb8 {White lost on time} (38... Kxc6 39. Be4+ Kc5
40. Rd5+ Kc6 41. Rdd1+ Kc5 42. Rd5+) (38... Kc8 39. Qa8#) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Young Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yurkov"]
[Black "Sokolov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1n1r/pk3pp1/1p3b1p/2pPp3/8/1B2B1P1/PPP2P1P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "32"]

15. h4 Kc7 16. d6+ Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Kxd6 18. Bxf7 Ne6 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Bg6 Rd8 21.
Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Kc1 Ke6 23. Kd2 Nb7 24. Ke2 Nd6 25. Bh7 Kf7 (25... e4) 26. b3 Be7
(26... e4) 27. Kf3 Bf6 28. Bd3 Ke6 29. Bh7 Kf7 30. Bd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Young Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lepeshkin"]
[Black "Bebchuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. f4 d6 14. Qe1 O-O
15. Qh4 Rfe8 16. f5 e5 17. Rf3 h6 18. Rg1 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rg3 Kf8 21. Nxd5
Qxd5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Qe4 24. Rh3 a5 25. Rf1 Rac8 26. Bb5 Red8 27. Qxe4
Nxe4 28. Re3 Rd4 29. Kg1 f6 30. Rd3 Rc5 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Bd3 Nd2 33. Rd1 Nb3
34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. g4 Re5 37. Be4 Kc5 38. Kf4 a4 39. h4 Kc4 40. Bd3+
Kd5 41. g5 hxg5+ 42. hxg5 Nc5 43. Bf1 Re4+ 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. gxf6 gxf6 46. Rc1
Re3+ 47. Kg2 Ne4 48. Bb5 d3 49. Bxa4 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Kd4 51. Rc8 Rf2+ 52. Kg4 Rxb2
0-1

[Event "Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tigran Petrosian, Yuri Averbakh, Shakmaty v S"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1rp1n1kp/3pBp2/3P1P2/1PR5/2K5/7P/8 w - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "49"]

41. Rh4 (41. Rg4+ Kf8 (41... Kh6 42. Kc4 Rb8 (42... Ra7 43. Re4 (43. Kb5 Rb7+ (
43... Ra1 44. h4 Ra3 45. Re4 Ra7 46. Bd7 (46. Kc4 Ra1 47. Bd7 Rc1+) 46... Nxd5
47. Kc6 Nb6 48. Be6 d5 49. Bxd5 Nxd5 50. Kxd5 Ra4 51. Kc6 (51. Ke6 c5) 51...
Kh5 52. Kxc7 h6) 44. Ka6 Rb6+ 45. Ka5 Rb7 46. Rc4 Kg5 47. h4+ Kh6 48. Ka6 Rb6+
49. Ka7 Rb5 50. Bd7 Rxd5 51. Rxc7 Nxf5 52. b5) 43... Kg7 (43... Ra1 44. Bd7
Rc1+) 44. Bd7 Kf8 45. Rg4 Ra2 46. h4 Rc2+ 47. Kb3 Rd2 48. Be6 h5 49. Rc4 Nxd5
50. Bxd5 Rxd5 51. Rxc7 Ke8 52. Kc4 Rxf5 53. b5 Kd8 54. b6 Rc5+ 55. Rxc5 dxc5
56. Kxc5 Kc8 57. Kd6 Kb7 58. Ke6 Kxb6 59. Kxf6 Kc6 60. Kg5 Kd6 61. Kxh5 Ke7 62.
Kg6 Kf8) 43. Rh4+ (43. Re4 Rb7 (43... Kg5 44. h3 Nxf5 (44... Rb7 45. Bd7) (
44... Kh6 45. Bd7 Ng8 46. Re3 Ra8 (46... Kg5 47. Rg3+ Kh6 48. Ra3) 47. Kb5) 45.
Rg4+) (43... Kg7 44. Bd7 Kf8 45. Rg4 Ra8 46. Be6 Ra1 47. Kb5 Rc1 48. Rc4 Rxc4 (
48... Rd1 49. Rxc7 Nxd5 50. Rxh7) 49. Kxc4 Kg7 50. Kb5 Kh6 51. Ka6 Kg5 52. Kb7
Nxf5 53. Kxc7) 44. Bd7 Ng8 45. Re8 Kg7 46. Be6 Nh6 47. h3 Ra7 48. Kb3 Rb7 49.
Re7+ Kh8 50. Rd7 Ra7 51. b5 Rb7 52. Kc4 Ra7 53. b6) 43... Kg7 (43... Kg5 44.
Rxh7 Nxf5 45. Rxc7) 44. b5 Ra8 45. Kb3 Ra1 (45... Ra7 46. Ra4 Rxa4 (46... Rb7
47. Kc4 Kh6 48. h4 Kh5 49. Ra8 Kg4 50. Rf8) 47. Kxa4 Kh6 48. Ka5 Kg5 49. Ka6
Nxf5 50. Bxf5 Kxf5 51. Kb7 Ke5 52. Kxc7 f5 53. b6 f4 54. b7 f3 55. b8=Q) 46.
Rc4 Rb1+ 47. Kc3 (47. Ka4 Ra1+ 48. Kb4 Rb1+ 49. Ka5 Ra1+ 50. Ra4 Rc1 51. Ka6
Rc5) 47... Rc1+ (47... Rxb5 48. Rxc7 Kf8 49. Kc4 Rb1 (49... Rb6 50. Ra7) 50.
Rd7 Rf1 51. Rxd6 Nxf5 52. Rd8+) 48. Kd3 Rxc4 49. Kxc4 Kh6 50. Kb4 (50. h4 Kh5
51. Kb4 Kxh4 52. Ka5 Kg5 53. Ka6 h5 54. Kb7 h4 55. Kxc7 h3 56. b6 h2 57. b7
h1=Q 58. b8=Q Nxd5+) 50... Kg5 51. Ka5 Nxf5 52. Ka6 (52. Bxf5 Kxf5 53. Ka6 Ke5
54. Kb7 f5 55. Kxc7 f4 56. b6 f3 57. b7 f2 58. b8=Q f1=Q) 52... Nd4 53. Bd7 Kf4
54. Kb7 Ke5 55. Kxc7 Nxb5+ 56. Bxb5 Kxd5 57. Kd7 f5 58. Ke7 Ke5 59. Kf7 d5 60.
Kg7 Ke4 61. Kxh7 d4 62. Kg6 f4 63. Kg5 f3 64. Kg4 f2 65. Kg3 Kf5) 42. h4 Ra7
43. Kb2 Rb7 44. Kb3 Ra7 45. Rg1 Ra8 46. h5 h6 47. b5 Ra5 48. Kb4 Ra2 49. Rc1
Ra7 50. Rc3 Ke8 51. Rg3 Kf8 (51... Ra1 52. Rg7) 52. Ra3 Rxa3 53. Kxa3 Ke8 54.
Kb4 Kd8 55. Ka5 Nc8 56. Bxc8 Kxc8 57. b6) 41... Ra7 42. Kb3 Ra1 43. Rc4 Ra7 44.
b5 Rb7 45. Ka4 Ra7+ 46. Kb4 (46. Kb4 Rb7 47. b6 Rxb6+ (47... cxb6 48. Kb5) 48.
Ka5 Rb7 49. Ka6 Rb6+ 50. Ka7 Rb5 51. Rxc7 Kf8 52. Ka6 Rb2 53. Rd7) 46... Kh6
47. h3 (47. b6 cxb6 48. Kb5 Ra2 49. Rc7 Ra5+ 50. Kxb6 Nxd5+) 47... Rb7 48. Rh4+
(48. b6 Rxb6+ 49. Ka5 Rb7 50. Ka6 Rb6+ 51. Ka7 Rb5 52. Rxc7 Nxd5) 48... Kg5 49.
Rg4+ (49. Rxh7 Nxd5+ 50. Bxd5 c5+) 49... Kh6 50. Kc4 Ra7 51. Rh4+ Kg7 52. Kb3
Ra1 (52... Rb7 53. Rb4 Kh6 54. h4) (52... Ra5 53. Kb4 Ra1) 53. Rc4 Rb1+ 54. Ka3
Ra1+ 55. Kb4 Rb1+ 56. Ka3 Ra1+ 57. Kb3 Rb1+ 58. Kc2 (58. Kc3 Rc1+ 59. Kd4 Rxc4+
60. Kxc4 Kh6) 58... Rxb5 59. Rxc7 Kf8 60. Kd3 Rb3+ (60... Nxd5 61. Rc8+ Ke7 62.
Kc4) 61. Kd4 Rb4+ 62. Rc4 (62. Kc3 Rf4 63. Rd7 Nxf5 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65. Rxf6 Nd4)
62... Rxc4+ 63. Kxc4 Kg7 64. Kb5 Kh6 65. Kb6 (65. Kb6 Kg5 66. Kc7 Nxd5+ 67.
Bxd5 Kxf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone-Pine"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Portisch"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Bd6 (8... Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4) 9. b4 dxc4 (9... a5 10. c5 (10. b5) 10...
axb4 11. Na4 Be7 (11... bxc5 12. dxc5 Be7 13. axb4 c6) 12. axb4) 10. Bxc4 a5
11. b5 Nbd7 12. Bb2 e5 13. Re1 (13. a4 Qe7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rad1
exd4 17. Nxd4 g6 {Spassky-Tal Alekhine Memorial Tournament, Moscow, 1975} (
17... Qe5 18. f4 Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Nf5)) 13... e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Be2 (
15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Ne4) 15... Rad8 (15... Ne8 16. Ndxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 (
17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxe4 19. Bf3 Qh4+ 20. Kg1) 18. Bf3) 16. Qc2 (16. f3 Nc5 (
16... Rfe8 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Ncxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qh4 21. g3 Qg5 {
Portisch}) 17. dxc5 (17. Qc2 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. dxc5 (19. Nxf3 Nce4) (19.
gxf3 Ne6) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 (21. Kg3)) 17... Bxc5 18. Bf1 exf3
19. gxf3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Rxd2) 16... Rfe8 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3
Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Nd2 Re6 23. e4 Nc5 24. Nc4 (
24. dxc5 Bxc5+ {25...Rxd2}) (24. d5 Ree8 (24... Re7 25. e5 Nd3 (25... Rde8 26.
Nf3) 26. exd6)) (24. e5 Bxe5) (24. Re2 Na4 25. Nc4 (25. d5 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) 26. Kf1 (26. Kh1 Rxd5) 26... Rh6 27. Be5 Re8 28. Bxc7 Nc3
29. Ree1 Rf6+ (29... Nxb5 30. Bg3 Nxa3) 30. Nf3 Nxe4 31. Rad1 Bxa3) 25... Nxb2
26. Nxb2 Bf8) 24... Nxe4 25. Rac1 Bf8 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+ {46...Rh5} 0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 (5... c6) 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. Be2 (8. Qb3 b5 9. e5 Nfd7 (9... Ng4)) (8. Bf4 b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7
Bb7) 8... b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 (9... c5) 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O (11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bd5
) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd7 (12... Bd5 13. a4) 13. Bf4 (13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Rf6
15. Qh3 Nf8 16. Be3) 13... Bd5 14. Rfc1 c6 15. Nd2 f6 16. Bg3 fxe5 (16... Nb6)
17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Bf3 Rad8 (18... e6 19. Bxd5 exd5 (19... cxd5 20. Nf3 (20. Qc7)
) 20. Qxc6 (20. Nf3 c5) 20... Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rc2 Rac8 24.
Rac1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 d4 26. Nf3 d3 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. g3 Rc2 29. Rxd3 Bxb2 30. Rd8+
Kg7 31. Rd7+ Kg8) 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Nf3 Rf5 (20... Bh6 21. Rc2 e6 22. Nd4 Nb8)
21. Re1 (21. Nd4 Rxe5 22. Nc6 (22. Bxe5 Nxe5 (22... Bxe5 23. Rd1)) 22... Rf5
23. Qd2 (23. Nxe7+ Kf7) 23... Re8 24. Bc7 Qb7 25. g4 Rf7) 21... b4 22. Qd2 Nb8
23. Nd4 Bh6 (23... Rff8 24. Bh4) (23... Rf7 24. Rac1) 24. Qd1 Rf7 25. Qg4 Bd2
26. Re2 h5 27. Qe6 Qxd4 28. Qxg6+ Rg7 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Rd1 Qg4 32.
Qxg4 Rxg4 (32... hxg4 33. Rexd2 e6 34. Rc1) 33. Rexd2 Rc4 (33... h4 34. f3 Rc4
35. b3) 34. b3 Rc3 35. e6 (35. h3 e6) 35... Nc6 36. Bc7 Rc8 37. Bb6 Rb8 38. Be3
Nd8 39. Rxd5 Nxe6 40. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "USSR ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gufeld"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Annotator "Gufeld"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 (3... Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5) 4. d4
exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 7. Nxd4 c6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qf3
(11. e5 Ne8 12. Qd2) 11... d5 12. exd5 c5 13. Ndb5 (13. Nde2 Bg4 14. Qg3 Nf5
15. Qf4 g5 16. Qe5 Re8) 13... a6 14. d6 Nf5 15. Nc7 Nxd6 16. O-O-O Qxc7 17. Bf4
Bg4 18. Qd3 b5 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. f3 b4 21. Qxg6 Kh8 22. Qd3 bxc3 23. fxg4 Qb6
24. b3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "USSR team ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gufeld"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Gufeld"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 (8... Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5) 9. Nde2 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. g4 Ne8
(12... b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Ng3 Bc6 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 Nc7 17. Nh5 {
Gufeld against Zakharov (color?)}) 13. f4 a5 14. Ng3 Qb6+ 15. Kh2 b4 16. Nce2 (
16. axb4) 16... Nc7 (16... bxa3 17. Rxa3) 17. g5 Rfd8 18. Nh5 Bf8 19. Qe1 Ne8 (
19... d5 20. e5) 20. f5 Ne5 21. Nef4 exf5 (21... Rac8 22. Be3 Qb5) 22. exf5 Bc6
23. g6 (23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Nhf4 Nc7 25. Qd1) 23... Bxg2 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nxg2
Rac8 26. axb4 axb4 27. Be3 Qb5 28. Ra7+ (28. c3 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rd7 30. Bd4)
28... Rc7 29. Nhf4 Rxa7 30. Bxa7 Rc8 31. c3 (31. Rf2 Rxc2) 31... bxc3 32. bxc3
Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxf1 34. Qc8 Qc4 35. Qb7+ Kg8 (35... Qc7 36. Qd5+) 36. Ne6 Qc6
37. Qb3 d5 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Nf4 Nc4 40. Qf3 Nf6 41. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

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. Bb2 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Bh5 16. f3 Bg6 17. e4 Qd7 18. Rae1 dxe4 19. fxe4 Rfe8 20. Qf4 b5 21.
Bd1 Re7 22. Bg4 Qe8 23. e5 a5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Re6 (25... Rb7 26. Bf3 (26.
e6 Ne7 27. Bf3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qf3 (29. Qf3 fxe6 30. Qxd5))) 26. a4 (26.
Bxe6 fxe6) 26... Ne7 (26... b4 27. d5 Rxd5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Qxc4) 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. Qf1 Nd5 29. Rf3 Bd3 30. Rxd3 (30. Qf2 b4) 30... cxd3 31. Qxd3 b4 32.
cxb4 (32. c4 Nb6) 32... axb4 33. a5 Ra8 34. Ra1 Qc6 35. Bc1 Qc7 36. a6 Qb6 37.
Bd2 b3 38. Qc4 h6 39. h3 b2 40. Rb1 Kh8 41. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna Olympiad"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nfd7 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Ne5 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Qd2 f4 19. Bf2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd4
Bf5 22. Rf2 Bg6 23. Raf1 Qg5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Kh1 Ra6 (25... Rf6) 26. Bf3 Raf6
(26... e4 27. Qd4 Nd3 (27... Qe7 28. Re2)) 27. Re1 (27. Re2 Bd3) 27... Nd3 28.
Rfe2 Nxe1 29. Qxe1 Re8 30. c5 Rff8 31. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San-Antonio"]
[Site "San-Antonio"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nf6 8. d5
Nb8 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Na6 11. Nb5 b6 12. Nfd4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Ne5 15.
Be2 Qc8 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qd1 a6 19. Na3 a5 20. b5 Qc7 21. Nc6 Rae8
22. Nb1 Nd7 23. Bf3 Nec5 24. Bg5 e5 (24... Bf6) (24... Nf6) (24... Nb8) 25. Be7
(25. dxe6 Rxe6) 25... f5 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Be2 Bh6 (27... h5) 28. Rc2 Bc8 29.
Nc3 Nfd7 30. Re1 Nf6 31. Bf1 f4 (31... Kh8) 32. Rce2 Rf8 33. Na4 Nxa4 34. Qxa4
Nd7 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Nxc8 Qxc8 37. Qa3 Nc5 38. Qf3 Qf5 39. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR XXV ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15.
Bxe3 Be6 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. f4 Rad8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 Rb8 21. a4 b4
22. a5 Rf8 23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rbd8 25. Qf3 Rd6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. Raa1 Rg6 28.
Rf1 Bd6 29. h4 Qd8 (29... Rf6) 30. h5 Rf6 31. Qg4 Rf4 32. Bxf4 (32. Rxf4 exf4
33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Qe7) 32... exf4 33. Nd2 Ne5 34. Qxf4 (34. Qe2 g5 (34...
Qh4)) 34... Nxc4 35. e5 Nxe5 36. Ne4 h6 37. Rae1 Bb8 38. Rd1 c4 39. d6 Nd3 40.
Qg4 Ba7+ 41. Kh1 f5 42. Nf6+ (42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. Qxf5 Qh4+ 44. Qh3 Qxe4) 42...
Kh8 43. Qxc4 Nxb2 44. Qxa6 Nxd1 45. Qxa7 Qxd6 46. Qd7 Qxf6 47. Qxd1 Rb8 48. Rf3
Ra8 49. Qe1 Rxa5 50. Qxb4 Re5 51. Qf4 Kh7 52. Kh2 Rd5 53. Rf1 Qg5 54. Qf3 Re5
55. Kg1 Rc5 56. Qf2 Re5 57. Qf3 Ra5 58. Kh2 Kh8 59. Kg1 Ra2 60. Qd5 Rc2 61.
Qa8+ Kh7 62. Qf3 Rc1 63. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 64. Kh2 Qc7+ 65. Kh3 Qe5 66. g4 fxg4+ 67.
Kxg4 Qg5+ 68. Kh3 Qf6 69. Qe4+ Kg8 70. Qe8+ Qf8 71. Qxf8+ Kxf8 72. Kg4 Kf7 73.
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR School ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunaiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1946.07.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Nb3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15.
g5 Nd7 16. a5 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Na4 Rb4 19. b3 Rxe4 20. c4 (20. Bxe4 Bxe4)
20... h6 21. g6 (21. Nc3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 hxg5 23. fxg5 Ne5 24. Bxc6+ Qxc6) 21...
f5 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rad1 (24. f5) 24... d5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. f5 d4
27. Bf4 Qc8 28. Ne2 Qxf5 29. Bg3 Qxg6 30. Nf4 Qf7 31. Qc2 g5 32. Ne2 d3 0-1

[Event "Bucarest"]
[Site "Bucarest"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Troianescu, Octavio"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 b6 10. Nf1 Ba6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rad1 Rfc8 17. Ne3 Rc5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qc2 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Qb7 22. Nc2 b5 23. Rd2 Rc4 24. a3 a5 25. Ne3 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Nc2 d5
28. Nd4 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. a4 (30. h4 e5 31. fxe5 Bxe5) 30... Qa7 31. Qf2 Rc8
32. b3 Bf8 33. Nb5 Qa6 34. Qe2 Qb6+ 35. Kf1 Rc3 (35... Bc5 36. Rc1) 36. Nxc3
bxc3 37. Rc2 (37. Rd3 Bf5 38. g4 Bxd3 39. Qxd3 Qxb3) 37... Qxb3 38. Rec1 Bb4
39. g4 Bxc2 40. Rxc2 Qxa4 41. f5 exf5 42. gxf5 g5 43. h4 Bc5 44. hxg5 Qf4+ 45.
Ke1 Qg3+ 46. Kd1 Qg1+ 47. Qe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kxe1 hxg5 49. Ke2 Bd4 50. Ra2 Kg7 51.
Kd3 Be5 52. Ra5 Kf6 53. Rxd5 Kxf5 54. Ke3 f6 55. Rc5 Kg4 56. Rc4+ Kg3 57. Ke4
g4 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Parma, Bruno"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 b5 8. Nb3
d6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. N1d2 O-O 15. Kh1
Nb8 16. Nd4 Nbd7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Rae1 Rc8 19. Qh3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nb3 Rh5
22. Qf3 e5 23. f5 d5 24. Nd2 (24. exd5 e4) 24... Rh4 (24... dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4
26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4) 25. g3 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 (27. Bxe4 Nxe4)
27... Qd8 28. Rfe1 Rc8 29. R1e2 Qd5 30. b3 h6 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. h3 Bc5 33. h4 h5
34. Kh3 Bb6 35. Kh2 g6 36. fxg6 Ng4+ 37. Kg2 f5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal"]
[Site "Petropolis"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller"]
[Black "Ljubojevic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8. Bg5 h6
(8... a6 9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3) 9. Bh4 Na6 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 (11. h4
Nxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh2 (13. Nd2 h5) 13... h5 14. Bd3 (14. O-O f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bd3) 14... f5 15. exf5 e4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 {
Bukic-Westerinen, Skopje, 1971}) 11... Nf4 12. O-O (12. Bf1) (12. Bf3) (12. Bg4
Nd3+ (12... Nxg2+) 13. Kf1 Nxb2 14. Qf3 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Qa5) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2
Nd7 14. f3 f5 15. exf5 Nf6 16. Bf2 Bxf5 17. Nde4 Qe7 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Rae1 {
Glicoric-Landgeweg, Hamburg, 1965}) (9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. a3 Rb8 12. b4 b6
13. Rb1 Qc7 14. O-O Nh7 15. f3 f5 16. Qa4 {Polugaevsky-Letelier, Habana, 1967})
(9... a6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Nh7 13. Rb1 Ng5 (13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Bh5) 14. f3 f5 15. Bf2 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qa4 Qe7 18. Qc6 Ra7 19. O-O Nf7
20. Rb2 Nf6 21. Rfb1 Rc7 22. Qa4 h5 23. Bd3 Bh6 24. Qc2 f4 25. Nb3 g5 26. Na5
Ne8 (26... g4 27. Nc6 Qe8) 27. Nc6 Qf6 28. Na4 g4 29. Nb6 {
Pachman-Taimanov, Harachov, 1966}) (9... Qc7 10. O-O (10. Nd2 Nh7 11. O-O Bf6
12. Bg3 {Geller-Hug, Mar del Plata, 1965} (12. Bxf6 {
Tal-Fischer, Candidates tour, 1959})) 10... Nh5 11. Ne1 Nf4 12. f3 f5 13. a3 a6
14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Bf2 Nf6 16. Nd3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bd7 19. Be3 g5 {
Rosetto-Najdorf, Mar del Plata, 1965}) 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. Nb5 Qd7 13.
Bg3 Nc7 14. f4 exf4 (14... Nxb5 15. cxb5 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxb2 17. Nc4) 15. Bxf4
Ne8 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nhf6 19. Bd3 (19. e5 Ne4 20. exd6 N8xd6)
19... Nh5 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Bc7 Rd7 24.
d6) 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. Rae1 a6 22. Nc3 Ng6 23. h3 Kh8 (23... Ne5) (23... Be5) 24.
Bg3 Qc7 25. h4 g4 26. h5 gxf3 (26... Ne5 27. Nxe5) 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. e5 Bf5 29.
Rxf3 dxe5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Bxe5 Qb6 (32... Bxe5 33. Qxh6+ Kg8
34. Qe6+) 33. d6 Kh7 (33... Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Qxd6 (34... Nxd6 35. Qxh6+) 35. Rxe8+
) 34. Nd5 Qd8 35. d7 Qh4 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Nd6 39. Re8 Rxe8
40. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tiflis"]
[Site "Petropolis"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Yukhtman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbq1rk1/ppp2pbp/3p1np1/3Pp3/2P1P3/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R1BQK2R b KQ - 0 7"]
[PlyCount "32"]

7... Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bg4 a5 (
13... Bxg4 14. Qxg4 h5 15. Qf5 h4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Nf3) 14. f3 Ncd3 15. Qc2 c6
16. Kh1 h5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. a3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Bf2 g4 21. g3 Ng6 22.
fxg4 hxg4 23. Be3 {win in 31 moves for White} 1-0

[Event "Teeside"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein"]
[Black "Timman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d5
a5 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nd2 Nf4 14. Bg4 h5 15. Bf5
h4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. h3 Qf6 19. Rad1 Ba6 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. Nd4 {
White won in 35 moves} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pppn1pbp/3p1np1/3Pp1B1/2P1P3/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R2QK2R b KQ - 0 8"]
[PlyCount "14"]

8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 (9... Nc5 10. b4 (10. Nd2 a5 11. O-O (11. b3 Qe8 12. a3 Ncxe4
13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Bd3 (15. Nd2 g5 (15... e4 16. f4) 16. Bg3 f4)
15... fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rf4) 11... Qe8 12. b3 Nh7 (12... Nfxe4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 f4 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. f3 fxg3 20. hxg3 h5)
13. f3 h5 14. Bf2 Bh6 15. Rb1 Qe7) 10... g5 $8 11. bxc5 gxh4 12. cxd6 cxd6 13.
Nd2 (13. Nxh4 Nxe4) (13. g3) 13... b6 14. O-O Kh8 15. Re1 Rg8 16. Nf1 Bf8 17.
Ne3 Be7 18. Rf1 Ne8 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Nxg4 Bg5 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Nd1 Rg6 23. Nge3
Rc8 24. Rc1 (24. a4) 24... Ng7 25. Rc3 Bf4 26. g3 Rg8 27. Ng2 Bg5 28. Nde3 h3
29. Ne1 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rf8 31. Rc2 f5 {
Hort-Bilek, CSR ch, Luhacovice, 1973 1/2-1/2}) 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 (11. h4 {
Keres} Nxg3 (11... Nf4 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Bf1 (13. Kd2 Nxg2 (13... f5 14. Bxf4 (
14. exf5 Nc5) 14... exf4 15. exf5 Nc5 16. Rh5 Bxc3+ (16... Bxf5 17. Rxg5 Ne4+ (
17... Qf6) 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 {Kottnauer}) 17. Kxc3 Ne4+ 18. Kb3 c5 19. Qh1 {
Wade-Myant, England, 1965}) 14. Qg1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 gxf4 16. Qh2) (13. Qc2 Nxg2+
14. Kf1 (14. Kd2 g4 15. Rag1 (15. Nh4 Qg5+) 15... gxf3 16. Bxf3 Nf4 (16... Qg5+
17. Kd1 Nf4 18. Bh4 Qh6 19. Be7) 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. e5) 14... Nf4 15. Bxf4 gxf4
(15... exf4 16. e5) 16. Kg2 f5 (16... Bf6 17. Rag1 Re8) 17. Rag1 Nc5 18. Kf1
Nxe4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Ng5 {Bukic-Brinck-Claussen, Krakow, 1964}) 13... f5 (
13... a6 14. Nd2 Nf6) 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. f3 cxd5 17. cxd5 fxe4 18.
Ndxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 a6 (19... Bg4 20. Bf2 Qf6) 20. Bf2 g4 {
Nei-Stein, Leningrad, 1963}) 12. fxg3 gxh4 13. Rxh4 (13. Nxh4 Qg5 14. O-O (14.
Nf5 Nf6 15. O-O Bxf5 16. Rxf5 Qe3+ 17. Kh2 Nxe4 {
Karaklajic-Hindle, Bognor Regis, 1965}) (14. Bg4 Qe3+ (14... Nc5 15. Bxc8 Qxg3+
(15... Raxc8 16. Nf5 Nxe4 17. Rh5 {Ivkov-Suetin, Yugoslavia vs USSR, 1967}) 16.
Kf1 Raxc8 17. Nf5 Qf4+ 18. Qf3 Kh7 19. Ke2 Rh8 20. Rh4 {
Balashov-Penrose, Hastings, 1966-67}) 15. Qe2 (15. Kf1 Qxg3 16. Rh3 Qf4+ 17.
Kg1) 15... Qxg3+ 16. Kd1 f5 17. Nxf5 (17. Bxf5) 17... Nf6 18. Nxg3 Bxg4 19. Rh4
Bxe2+ 20. Kxe2 {Ivkov-Timman, Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee, 1972}) 14... Nc5 (14...
Qxg3 15. Nf5 Qg5 16. Rf3) 15. Kh2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Rxf5 Qxf5
19. Qd2 e4 {Johansson-Penrose, Lugano, 1968}) 13... f5 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Bd3 Qf6
(15... f4 16. g4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3) 16. O-O-O Qg6 17. Rdh1 Qxg3 18. Kb1 Nxd3 19.
Qxd3 Qxg2 {Damjanovic-Hort, Sarajevo, 1964}) 11... Nf4 12. O-O (12. Bf1 Nc5 13.
Qc2 f5 14. f3 (14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4) 14... c6 15. Bf2 fxe4 16.
fxe4 (16. Ndxe4) 16... Ncd3+ 17. Bxd3 Nxg2+ {
Najdorf-R. Byrne, Buenos Aires, 1964}) 12... Nc5 13. Bg4 Nxe4 14. Ndxe4 f5 15.
f3 (15. Bxf5 Bxf5) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 h6 8. O-O (8.
Nd2 a5 (8... Nh7 9. g4 (9. h4 h5) 9... Bf6) 9. Nf1 Na6 (9... Nh7) 10. g4 Nh7
11. h4 f5 (11... Re8 12. Be3 (12. h5 Ng5) 12... Bf6 13. Bxh6 Bxh4) 12. gxf5
gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Rc1 e4 17. Rg1 Nd3+ (17... Kh8
$8) 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Nh5 Rf7 20. Kd2 (20. Bxh6 Bg6) 20... Re8 21. Nxg7 Rxg7
22. Qh5 (22. Bxh6) 22... Bg4 23. Qxh6 Qf5 24. f3 {
Donner-Kavalek, Skopje ol, 1972}) 8... Nh7 9. g3 f5 10. Nh4 Qe8 (10... Qf6) 11.
exf5 gxf5 12. f4 $16 *

[Event "Tel-Aviv ol"]
[Site "Tel-Aviv"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres"]
[Black "Walther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Petrossian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pppn1pb1/3p3p/3Pp1pn/2P1P3/2N2NB1/PP2BPPP/R2QK2R w KQ - 0 11"]
[PlyCount "51"]

11. h4 (11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. O-O Bh6 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Ne8
17. Rf2 Ng7 18. Raf1 f6 19. Kh2 Bd7 20. b4 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Nb3 Ra3 23. c5
Ne8 24. Bb5 c6 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Bc4+ Kg7 {Keres-Matanovic, Moscow, 1963} (
26... Kg7 27. Rf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Kg6 29. Rxh5 Kxh5 30. Qxg4+ Kxg4 31. Be2#))
11... g4 12. Nh2 (12. Nd2 f5 (12... Ndf6) 13. exf5 Ndf6 14. Bxg4 (14. Nf1 Bxf5
15. Ne3 (15. Bd3 e4) 15... Qd7 16. O-O Nf4 {Balashov-Tukmakov, 1966}) (14. Bd3
{see next game Anton-Tarnai}) 14... Nxg3 15. fxg3 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Bxf5 17. Qh5
Qd7 18. O-O Bg4 19. Qg6 Bf5) 12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. O-O Bh6 15. Bd3 c6 16.
Kh1 Nf6 17. Bc2 cxd5 18. cxd5 Ne8 19. Qe2 Ng7 20. Rf2 f5 (20... f6) (20... Bf4
21. gxf4 g3 22. Nf3 gxf2 23. f5) 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Raf1 Bg6 24.
Nxg4 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Kh7 26. h5 Bd3 27. Rxf8 Bxf8 28. Rf3 Bc2 29. Ne4 Kh8 (29...
Bxe4 30. Qxe4+ Kh8 (30... Kg8 31. Qg6+ Bg7 32. Rf7) 31. Rf7 Bg7 32. h6) 30. Rf7
Qe8 31. Nxd6 Qa4 32. Qg5 Qa6 33. Qxe5+ Kg8 34. Rf6 Qd3 35. Kh2 Qh7 36. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "The European Correspondence Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White " Anton"]
[Black "Tarnai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pppn1pb1/3p3p/3Pp2n/2P1P1pP/2N2NB1/PP2BPP1/R2QK2R w KQ - 0 12"]
[PlyCount "52"]

12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 Ndf6 14. Bd3 e4 15. Ndxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxf5 17. Qc2 (17.
O-O Qe8 18. Qc2 Bd4 19. Kh1 (19. Kh2) 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxg3+ 21. fxg3 Qe5
22. Qd3 (22. Kh2) 22... Bf2 23. Kh2 Rae8 24. Bg6 Rf3) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxg3
19. fxg3 Qf6 20. O-O-O Qe5 21. Rhf1 (21. Rde1 Qxg3 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Re7 Rf2 24.
Qg6 Qf4+ 25. Kb1 Qd4) 21... Qxg3 22. h5 Qe3+ (22... Kh8) 23. Kb1 Rf4 24. Rxf4
Qxf4 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bg6 Rf8 27. a3 Qe3 28. Rd2 Be5 29. Ka2 a6 30. Re2 Qc5 31.
Qb3 Qb6 32. Qa4 Qd4 33. Rc2 b5 34. Qa5 (34. Qxa6 Rb8 35. cxb5 Qxd5+ 36. Kb1
Qxb5 37. Qxb5 Rxb5 38. b4 c5 39. Bd3) 34... Rf2 35. Qxc7 Qxb2+ 36. Rxb2 Rxb2+
37. Ka1 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th game of the 26th World Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4
gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8
22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6 27. Qe3 Nd7 28.
Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4 32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8
35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3 37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41.
Qd1 Ng4 42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+ 0-1

[Event "USSR 22nd ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Bd6 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 14. Rad1 exd4
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Re4 Qf8 19. Rh4 f6 20. Bg6 Re7 21.
Rh5 Bd6 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Ba3 c5 24. Nh4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ortueta"]
[Black "Sanz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/pR4pk/1b6/2p5/2p5/2N5/PP4PP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1... Rd2 2. Na4 Rxb2 3. Nxb2 c3 4. Rxb6 c4 5. Rb4 a5 6. Na4 axb4 0-1

[Event "XII Soviet ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne1 Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Qd2 $1 a5
15. a3 Na6 16. b4 Bf6 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd3 a4 20. Rac1 Qf7 21. Nf4
Bc8 22. Rc3 Bd7 23. Rfc1 h6 24. h4 Ra7 25. h5 Ra8 26. Re3 Kh7 27. Rcc3 Rb8 28.
Qd3 Ra8 29. Ng6 Rxg6 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Re6+ Kh7 32. g4 c5 33. b5 Nc7 34. gxf5
Nxb5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rc4 Re8 37. Rg4 g5 38. Rxe8+ Bxe8 39. Re4 Kf8 40. Re7 Qg6
41. Be4 Qh5 42. Bf3 Qg6 43. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade USSR-World"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen"]
[Black "Spassky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 Ng4 $1 11. g3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Rg1
Rh1 $1 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Study V. Korolkov Trud, 1st prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B5/pR6/2pP1k2/8/6Kb/4p1P1/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. d7 Ke7 (1... f1=Q 2. d8=Q+) 2. Rb8 Bxg3 (2... f1=Q 3. d8=Q+ Kxd8 4. Ba6+ Kc7
5. Bxf1 Kxb8 6. gxh4) 3. Ra8 $1 (3. Kxg3 $2 f1=Q 4. d8=Q+ Kxd8 5. Ba6+ Kc7 6.
Rb7+ Kc8 7. Rb6+ Kc7 8. Rb7+ Kc8 9. Rxa7+ Kb8 10. Rb7+ Ka8) 3... f1=Q 4. d8=Q+
Kxd8 5. Ba6+ Bb8 $3 6. Bxf1 Kc7 $1 7. Ba6 e2 8. Bxe2 Kb7 9. Bf3 $1 Kxa8 (9...
a6 10. Bxc6+) 10. Bxc6# 1-0

[Event "Study V. Korolkov Shakhmaty vs USSR"]
[Site "2nd Prize"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5KBk/3p1P1P/3P1P2/6r1/8/8/1p4p1/7Q w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. Qg1 b1=Q 2. Qxb1 g1=Q 3. Qxg1 Rg3 $3 (3... Rxg1 $2 4. Ke7 Re1+ 5. Kxd7 Re7+
6. fxe7) (3... Rg2 $2 4. Ke7 Re2+ 5. Qe3 $1 Rxe3+ 6. Kxd7) (3... Rg6 $2 4. Ke7)
(3... Rg4 $2 4. Qg2 Rxg2 5. Ke7 Re2+ 6. Kxd7 Re7+ 7. fxe7) 4. Qg2 $1 (4. Ke7 $2
Re3+ 5. Kxd7 Re7+ 6. Kc6 Rc7+ 7. Kd5 Rc5+ 8. Ke4 Re5+) 4... Rg4 $1 5. Qg3 $1
Rg5 $1 6. Qg4 $1 Rxg4 7. Ke7 Re4+ 8. Kxd7 Rd4 9. f8=Q Rxd6+ 10. Ke7 Rd7+ 11.
Ke6 Re7+ (11... Rd6+ 12. Ke5) 12. Kd6 Rd7+ 13. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Study V. Korolkov Shakhmaty vs USSR"]
[Site "1st prize"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2n3B1/8/6k1/2p5/8/8/2bP4/K7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. Kb2 Ba4 (1... Bf5 2. Kc3 Nd6 3. d4 Nb5+ 4. Kc4) 2. Kc3 Nd6 3. d4 Nb5+ 4. Kc4
cxd4 5. Kb4 Nc3 (5... d3 6. Kxa4 (6. Bc4 $2 d2 7. Be2 Nd4 8. Bg4 Kg5) 6... Nd4
7. Bb3) 6. Kc4 Nb5 7. Kb4 Nc3 8. Kc4 Ne2 9. Kd3 Bd1 10. Kd2 $3 Nc3 11. Kd3 Ne2
12. Kd2 Nc3 13. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck Schachvarlden 1st prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4R2K/2k5/4B3/8/5b2/3R4/8/4q3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. Rd7+ Kb6 2. Rb7+ Kc5 3. Rb5+ Kd4 4. Rd5+ Kc3 5. Rc8+ $1 (5. Rd3+ Kxd3 6.
Bf5+ Kd2 $11) 5... Kb4 6. Rc4+ Ka3 7. Rd3+ Kb2 8. Rb3+ Kxb3 9. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck Deutsche Schachzwitung"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6q1/6p1/2k4p/R6B/p7/8/2P3P1/2K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]

1. Ra8 $1 Qa2 (1... Qxa8 2. Bf3+) (1... Qe6 2. Ra6+) (1... Qd5 2. Bf3) (1...
Qc4 2. Rc8+) (1... Qh7 2. Bg6 $1 Qxg6 3. Ra6+) 2. Rxa4 Qg8 (2... Qxa4 3. Be8+)
3. Ra8 $1 Qh7 4. Bg6 $1 Qxg6 5. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck Noticiero 1st prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q6/p7/7p/7R/k6B/7B/3K4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. Bd7+ Kb4 2. Be7+ Kc4 3. Be6+ Kd4 4. Bf6+ Ke4 5. Ke2 Kf4 6. Rh4+ Kg3 7. Rg4+
Kh2 8. Kf2 $1 Qb6+ 9. Bd4 Qxe6 10. Rh4+ Qh3 11. Be5+ Kh1 12. Rxh3# 1-0

[Event "Diagram 105"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5b2/ppk4p/2p2p2/4pNpP/2P1K3/1P4P1/P3PP2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "25th USSR ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Bannik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r3r/ppk1b2p/1np2p2/4p1pP/2P1N3/1P2B1P1/P3PP2/2KR3R w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "87"]

18. Bc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 (19... Bd8 20. g4) 20. Nxc5 Re8 21. Ne4 Re6 (21...
Rf8 22. g4 Rf7 23. Rd6 Nd7 24. Re6) 22. g4 a5 23. Rd3 Nd7 24. Kc2 b6 25. Rf3
Kd8 26. a3 c5 27. Kc3 Ke7 28. Rd3 Rc6 29. Rd5 Nf8 30. Ng3 Ne6 31. Nf5+ Ke8 32.
e3 Nc7 $2 (32... Nd8) 33. Rd1 Ne6 34. Kd3 Rc7 35. Ke4 Rc6 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nf5+
Ke8 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39. Nf5+ Ke8 40. a4 Nd8 41. Nh6 Ne6 (41... Re6 42. Kf5 Rc6 43.
Ng8) (41... Ke7 42. Ng8+ Ke8 43. Kf5) (41... Nb7 42. Ng8 Kf8 43. Rd7) 42. Ng8
Nf8 (42... Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kxg8 44. Kd5) 43. Rd2 (43. Kf5 Kf7 44. Nh6+ Kg7 45. Rd8
Ne6 46. Re8 Nc7) 43... Kf7 (43... Nd7 44. Kf5 Kd8 45. e4 Ke8 46. f3 Kd8 47.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 48. Nxf6+) 44. Nh6+ Ke8 45. Nf5 Ne6 (45... Nd7 46. Kd5 Nb8 47. Nh6
Kf8 (47... Ke7 48. Ng8+ Kf7 49. Ke4 $1) 48. Ke4 $1 Ke8 49. Kf5 Nd7 50. Ng8 Kd8
51. e4 Ke8 52. f3 Kd8 53. Rxd7+ Kxd7 54. Nxf6+) 46. Rd6 Rxd6 47. Nxd6+ Kd7 48.
Nb5 Ng7 (48... Nf8 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Nc3 Nd7 51. Nd5+ Kf7 52. e4 h6 53. f3 $22)
49. h6 Ne8 50. Kd5 $22 f5 51. Kxe5 fxg4 52. Nc3 Ke7 53. Ne4 Kf7 54. Kf5 g3 55.
fxg3 g4 56. Ng5+ Kg8 57. Ke6 Nc7+ 58. Kd7 Na6 59. e4 Nb4 60. e5 Nd3 61. e6 1-0

[Event "Baku"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozenthal"]
[Black "Hachiyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Annotator "Hachyan, Malik - Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 (9. Kh1 $5) 9... Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 (11. Bxf4 d5 12. e5)
11... d5 $1 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nc5 $2 (14. c4 Be6 15. Nc5) (14.
Rf2) 14... Bg5 15. Nxb7 Bxf4 16. Nxd8 Bxe3+ 17. Kh1 Raxd8 18. Qf1 $6 (18. Bf3)
18... Rfe8 19. Rd1 Be4 $1 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 $6 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 (22. cxd3 Bd2)
22... Rd8 23. Qf1 Ne5 24. g3 (24. h3) 24... Ng4 25. Qc4 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Rd2+ 27.
Kh3 (27. Kf1 Nxh2+ 28. Ke1 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Rf2#) 27... h5 $1 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qf5+
Kh6 0-1

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B58"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bf1 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Rc7 $1 15.
Nb1 Qa8 16. Nbd2 Nd8 $1 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Nh2 Nd7 $1 20. Nhf1 Ndc5
21. Ng3 g6 22. Ne2 Bg5 $1 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. Ncb1 d5 $1 25. exd5 Nxd3 26. cxd3
Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Bxd5 28. f3 Rc2 29. a4 b4 30. Kh1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1943.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nxd3 14. cxd3
$1 Bxb3 15. Be3 $1 Qb4 16. axb3 Qxb3 17. Ra5 Qe6 18. Bd4 Bd8 19. Raf5 Nd7 20.
Qg4 Ne5 21. Qg3 f6 22. Nd5 a6 23. Qh3 Re8 24. g4 h6 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Bc3 a5 27.
h4 b5 28. Qh3 $1 Nf7 29. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Rxf6 Qd7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7
33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. g5 hxg5 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qxg5+ Kh7 37. Qxb5 Rf8 $1 38. Qd7+
Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 Rcf2 43. Qxd6 R2f7 44. Qd5
Kh8 45. e5 Rg7+ 46. Kh3 Rg6 47. d4 Rf1 48. Qe4 Rgg1 49. d5 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 Rhg1+
51. Kh5 Rf7 52. e6 $1 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chuchelov"]
[Black "Razuvaev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A73"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov, Volodya - Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. a4 Re8 (12... a6 13. a5 Qe7 14.
Re1 Rae8 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Ned7) 13. a5 a6 14. Nc4 Ne5 $6 (14... b5 $1 15.
axb6 (15. Nxd6 Re7 16. f4 b4 17. Na4 Nxd5 18. Qd1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Qc7 $1 {
with good play}) 15... Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Ra4 Nd7 18. Re1 Bd4 $11) 15. Nb6
Rb8 16. f4 Ned7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd3 Ng4 19. Kh1 b5 (19... Bd4 20. Qf3 Ngf6 21.
e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bg5 Nh5 25. g4 Ng7 26. Ne4) 20. axb6
Nxb6 21. Na5 $1 c4 22. Qf3 f5 23. h3 $1 Nf6 24. e5 Nfd7 25. e6 Nc5 26. Nc6 Ra8
27. g4 $1 Kh8 28. Be3 Nb3 29. Rad1 Rac8 30. Nd4 Rf8 31. Qf2 Nc5 32. gxf5 gxf5
33. Rg1 Nd3 34. Qf3 Nxb2 35. Rd2 Nd3 36. Rdg2 (36. Rxg7 Qxg7 37. Rg2) 36... Bf6
37. Qh5 Nxf4 38. Bxf4 Bxd4 39. Bh6 $1 Bxg1 (39... Rfe8 40. Ne2 Be5 (40... Bxg1
41. Qf7 $18) 41. Nf4 Qb7 (41... c3 42. Bg7+ Bxg7 43. Rxg7 Qxg7 44. Rxg7 Kxg7
45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Nh5 Re7 47. Qxe7) 42. Bg7+ Bxg7 43. Rxg7 Qxg7 44. Rxg7 Kxg7
45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Nh5 Rg8 (46... Re7 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Qxe7) 47. Qf6+) 40. Qg5
Bd4 41. e7 1-0

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borulya, Katya"]
[Black "Zasekina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Borulyea, Katya - Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 (8. Nf3 $142) 8... h6 (8... Re8 $142) 9. Bf4 Be6 $2 {
seldom played in such positions but not a bad move T.P.} (9... Nbd7) 10. f3 (
10. O-O) 10... Bd6 $2 11. g4 $36 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Nh7 13. h4 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
O-O-O Bc8 16. g5 Qd6 17. Rde1 b6 18. Rhg1 Ba6 19. gxh6 Qxh6 20. Rg5 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Qh7 22. Qd2 Qxh4 23. Rh5 Qg3 24. Rh3 Qg5 25. Qh2 f5 26. Rg1 Qd8 27. Rh8+
Kf7 28. Qh5+ Ke7 29. Rxg7+ Kd6 30. Rg6+ Ne6 (30... Nxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kd7 32. Rh7+
Kc8 (32... Re7 33. Qe6+) 33. Ne6 Rxe6 34. Qxe6+) 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Qh2+ 1-0

[Event "Candidats final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5
Be6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 d5 $1 12. exd5 (12. Nxd5 Bxa3 13. bxa3 f5
{Chebanenko, Vladimir}) 12... Bxa3 13. bxa3 Qa5 14. Qd2 O-O-O 15. Bc4 Rhg8 $1
16. Rd1 Bf5 (16... Rxg2) 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd4 19. O-O Kb8 20. Kh1 Qxa3 21.
f4 Rc8 22. Ne4 Qxd3 23. cxd3 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 f5 26. fxe5 Re8 27. Re1
Nc2 28. Re2 Nd4 29. Re3 Nc2 30. Rh3 Rxe5 31. Nf3 Rxd5 32. Rxh7 Rxd3 33. h4 Ne3
34. Rxf7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. h5 f4 37. Rxf4 Rxa2 38. Re4 Nxg2 39. Kg3 Ra5 40.
Ne5 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ne5 13. Ba2 Bf5 14. Bxe5 $1
Bxe5 15. Nd4 Qxc5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. O-O Qa5 18. Qc2 f4 19. c4 fxe3 20. c5 Qd2
21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. Rcd1 Qe2 23. d6 Qh5 24. f4 e2 25. fxe5 exd1=Q 26. Rxd1 Qxe5
27. Rf1 f6 28. Qb3 Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. dxe7 f5 31. Rxf5 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Candidats final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. g3 f5 $1
8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Nge2 Nc6 $1 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bxb2 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Bh8 14.
Nef4 Ne5 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Rad1 c6 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Bh3 Ne7 20. Rd3
Be6 21. Rfd1 Bh6 22. Rd4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26.
Nxf5 Rd5 27. g4 Bxf5 28. gxf5 h6 29. h3 Kh7 30. Qe2 Qe5 31. Qh5 Qf6 32. Qe2 Qe5
33. Qh5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. b3 Rfc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Nd5
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20.
Kc2 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Korchnoy, Viktor"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Nf6 (5... d5) 6.
Bd3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Re8 11. c4 Nf8 12. Nc3 a6 13.
Qb3 (13. a4 $142) 13... Ne6 14. Bh2 (14. Be3) 14... Bf8 (14... b5 $142) 15. Re2
b5 16. Rae1 Bb7 17. Qc2 (17. d5 cxd5 18. cxb5 d4 19. Ne4 (19. bxa6 Bxf3) 19...
Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 axb5) (17. a4 Rb8) 17... g6 18. b4 bxc4 19. Bxc4
Nc7 $1 (19... d5 20. Bd3 Bxb4 21. Rb1) 20. Bb3 (20. Rxe8 $142) 20... Rxe2 21.
Rxe2 Ncd5 $1 22. a3 a5 23. Nxd5 (23. Bxd5 $142) 23... cxd5 24. b5 (24. bxa5
Qxa5 25. a4) 24... a4 25. Ba2 (25. Bxa4 Qa5 26. Bb3) 25... Qb6 $1 (25... Qa5
26. Qb2 Rc8 27. Bf4 Qc3) 26. Qb1 Ra5 27. Rb2 Ne4 (27... Bh6 28. Qe1 Ne4 29. Qb4
Qc7 30. Rb1 Ra8) (27... Bc8 28. Bf4 Bf5 29. Qf1 Bd7 30. Bg5 Rxb5 31. Rxb5 Bxb5
32. Qb1) 28. Bf4 Nc3 29. Qc2 Rxb5 (29... Nxa2 30. Rxa2 Qxb5 (30... Rxb5 31.
Qxa4) 31. Qc7 $1) 30. Rxb5 Nxb5 31. Qxa4 Qa6 32. Qxa6 Bxa6 33. Be3 Nxa3 34.
Bxd5 Bc4 35. Bc6 Nc2 36. Bd2 Be2 37. Be4 Bxf3 38. Bxc2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 f6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 e5 6. e3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nec6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 a6 11. Ne1 b5 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Qc8 14. Qe2 Nd7 15.
Nc2 Rb8 16. Rfc1 Qe8 17. Ba3 Bd6 18. Ne1 g6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bb2 Nb6 21. Nef3
Ra8 22. a3 Na5 23. Qd1 Qf7 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 c4 26. dxc4 Nbxc4 27. Nxc4 Nxc4
28. Qe2 Nxb2 29. Qxb2 Rfb8 30. Qa2 Bb4 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. g4 Bc3
34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. a5 Ra8 37. a6 Ra7 38. Kf1 g5 39. Ke2 Kd6 40. Kd3
Kc5 41. Ng1 Kb5 42. Ne2 {the sealed move} Ba5 43. Rb2+ Kxa6 44. Rb1 Rc7 45. Rb2
Be1 46. f3 Ka5 47. Rc2 Rb7 48. Ra2+ Kb5 49. Rb2+ Bb4 50. Ra2 Rc7 51. Ra1 Rc8
52. Ra7 Ba5 53. Rd7 Bb6 54. Rd5+ Bc5 55. Nc1 Ka4 56. Rd7 Bb4 57. Ne2 Kb3 58.
Rb7 Ra8 59. Rxh7 Ra1 60. Nxd4+ exd4 61. Kxd4 Rd1+ 62. Ke3 Bc5+ 63. Ke2 Rh1 64.
h4 Kc4 65. h5 Rh2+ 66. Ke1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Candidats final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
c4 Nf6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nf6 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Bg5 e5) 9. cxd5
cxd5 10. exd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 {Pogualevsky}) (10... Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd7) 11. Nc3
Be7 12. Qa4+ $1 Qd7 (12... Bd7 13. Qd4) 13. Re1 $1 (13. Bb5 axb5 14. Qxa8 O-O
$36) 13... Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bc5 (16. Nb6 Rab8 17. Bxa6 Bd8 18.
Na4 d4 $36) (16. Nc5 a5 $1 17. Bd4 Bxc5 18. Bxc5) 16... Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18.
b4 Kf8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. f3 Rea7 (20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Ne8 $1 22. Kf2 Nc7 23. Ke3
Ke7 24. Kd4+ Kd6) (20... Ne8 21. Rxe7 Kxe7 22. Re1+ Kf8) 21. Re5 $1 Bd7 22.
Nxd7+ Rxd7 23. Rc1 Rd6 24. Rc7 Nd7 25. Re2 g6 26. Kf2 h5 (26... Rb8 27. a3 a5
28. b5 a4) 27. f4 h4 28. Kf3 f5 29. Ke3 d4+ 30. Kd2 Nb6 31. Ree7 Nd5 32. Rf7+
Ke8 33. Rb7 Nxb4 34. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Candidats final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 b6
15. e4 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bb3 b5 18. f4 Qb6 19. Kh1 cxd4 20. cxd4 b4 21. axb4
Bxb4 22. d5 Bc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Bc2 exd5 25. e5 Re3 26. Qd2 d4 27. Rab1 Qa6
28. Rf2 Rd8 29. Kg1 Be4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. h3 d3 32. Rb3 Qc4 33. Rb2 Rdd4 34. g3
Rd5 35. Kh2 Rb5 36. Ra2 Rb1 37. g4 Re2 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Qxe2 Qxf4+ 40. Kg2 Rb3
0-1

[Event "Candidats final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Be7 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bh4 Qd7 14. Re2
a5 15. Rae1 Bd8 16. b3 Rb8 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Bxd8 Rbxd8 19. Qf4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6
21. c4 Nf6 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. f3 Nh5 25. Rc6 Nf4 26. Rd2 Rfe8 27.
Rxd6 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Rh1 29. Kg3 Nh5+ 30. Kh4 g6 31. Rxd5 Re8 32. Rxa5 Ree1 33.
Nc3 Nf4 34. Kg4 Ne6 35. Re5 f5+ 36. Kg3 f4+ 37. Kh4 Kh7 38. Ne4 g5+ 39. Kg4 Ng7
40. Nxg5+ hxg5 41. Rxe1 Rxe1 42. Kxg5 Ne6+ 43. Kf5 Re2 44. Rxe2 Nxd4+ 45. Ke5
Nxe2 46. a4 1-0

