[Event "Tbilisi pg.26"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Sorokin, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 Qb6 8. a3
e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Rc8 11. O-O Na5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Qb3
15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Qg5 h6 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qg5 Rh6 19. Rae1 Nxb2 20. Nfd2 Qb5 21. f4
Rg6 22. Qxh5 Rh6 23. Qf3 Qd3 24. Qf2 g6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Be7
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 "Leningrado pg.28"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunayev"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

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 h6 21. g6 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 "Erevan pg.30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Bondarevsky, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Bg2 Bc6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. a3 a5 13. Be3 axb4 14. axb4
Rc8 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. Bd2 Nde5 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. b5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf4 20. Bxg4 Bf6
21. Rac1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Nd5 24. Qc5 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Nxc7 26. Bf3 Nxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mosca pg.31"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7
15. a4 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. b5 Bc7 18. Ra2 Re6 19. Rac2 Qa3 20. bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qa6 Nb6 22. a5 Re7 23. g3 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nc4 25. Qxc6 Nxd2 26. Nxd5 Bxa5 27. Nxe7+
Qxe7 28. Qd5 Bb4 29. Rc7 Qf6 30. Rxa7 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Ng5 32. f4 Ne6 33. Ra8 Rxa8
34. Qxa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ g6 36. d5 Bd2 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi pg.34"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Pogrebyssky, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Ng5 cxd4 11. f4 Nc5 12. b4 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Nxh7 Kxh7
15. bxc5 Nc6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. h4 Qd7 20. h5 Bg4 21.
hxg6+ Kxg6 22. f5+ Bxf5 23. Nd6 Bg4 24. Be4+ Kh5 25. Rf4 f5 26. Rxg4 fxg4 27.
Qd2 Rh8 28. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Moskva ch-SU pg.35"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. d5 Nd8 14. Nh4 Ne8 15.
g3 Qe7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Qf6 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. a4 f6 21. Bd2 g6
22. Bh3 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Ng7 25. Bd3 f5 26. f4 e4 27. Be2 Rc8 28. c4
Ne8 29. h3 Nf6 30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Rc7 32. Kf2 h6 33. Rh1 e3+ 34. Bxe3 Ne4+
35. Kg2 Nf7 36. Bd3 Re7 37. Rae1 Rfe8 38. Bc1 Nc3 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. a5 b6 41.
axb6 axb6 42. Bd2 Ne2 43. c3 b5 44. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow ch-URS pg.36"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, R."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. b3
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 h5 11. Nc3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Bd7 13. Qd2 a5 14. g3 h4 15.
g4 Nfe7 16. h3 f6 17. Kg2 Rf8 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 d4 21. Bxd4
Bc6+ 22. Kg1 Qc7 23. Rh2 O-O-O 24. Bc4 Ng6 25. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moskva ch-SU pg.38"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 f5 11. h4 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. g4 b4 15. gxf5
exf5 16. Ng5 g6 17. h5 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qxd3 bxc3 21. bxc3
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qa5 23. Bf6 Re8 24. Qd4 Kf7 25. e6+ Rxe6 26. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Moskva ch-SU pg.39"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Tolush, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3
Bg4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. g4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15.
O-O-O Bg5 16. gxh5 Kh8 17. Qf2 f5 18. h4 Be7 19. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Moskva ch-SU pg.40"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 f5 5. exf5 exf5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Ne2 Nge7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Qe8 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Bf4 b5 13. Rde1 b4 14. Bxd6
cxd6 15. cxb4 Nac6 16. a3 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. axb4 Rc8 19. Nc3 axb4 20. Kd2 Qf7
21. Qb3 bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rb8 23. Re3 h6 24. Rhe1 Nc8 25. c4 Nb6 26. cxd5 Rfc8 27.
Re7 Qf6 28. h4 Ra8 29. R7e2 f4 30. Ne5 dxe5 31. dxe5 Qe7 32. Re4 Ra3 33. Qb2
Bf5 34. Qd4 Ra2+ 35. Kd1 Qa3 0-1

[Event "Ch URS, Moscow pg.43"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lipnitsky, I."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb4 10. Nd5 Nbxd5 11. exd5 Nd7 12. a5 Bf6 13. c3 Ne5 14. Bb3 Re8
15. Bc2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. Qd3 c5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 d5 21.
Bd2 Nf8 22. Qd3 c5 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 c4 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Qf3 Rd8 27. Bf2
d4 28. Qe4 g6 29. cxd4 Rb8 30. d5 Rxb2 31. Rd1 c3 32. d6 Qxa5 33. d7 Qc7 34.
Qe8 Bd8 35. Qe4 Bf6 36. Qe8 Rb8 37. Kh1 Rd8 38. Ba4 c2 39. Rc1 Qxf4 40. Be3
Qxa4 1-0

[Event "Ch URS, Moscow pg.45"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h4 h5 15.
Qg3 Nb6 16. O-O a5 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Ne4 O-O-O 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5
a4 22. Qg3 f5 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. exd6 f4 25. Qxg6 Qxd6 26. Bf3 Bc6 27. Re1 Re8
28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rad1 Qf5 30. Qxf5 exf5 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. f3 Kc7 33. Kf2 Kb6
34. Ke2 Ka5 35. Rb1 a3 36. Kd2 b4 37. cxb4+ Ka4 38. Kc3 a2 39. Ra1 Ka3 40. Kxc4
Kb2 41. Re1 a1=Q 42. Rxa1 Kxa1 43. b5 Bd7 44. b6 Bc8 45. Kd4 Kb2 46. Ke5 Kc3
47. Kxf4 Kd4 48. Kg5 Ke5 49. Kxh5 Kf6 50. g4 Bb7 51. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Moskva ch-SU pg.47"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Bd2 N7f6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ngf3 Qb6 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Ba2 Qb8 21. Bb1
Nb6 22. h4 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qa8 24. Qe2 Be4 25. Re1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Qd5 27. g4 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 Nd7 29. Qf3 Nxe5 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. dxe5 Bxh4 32. Re2 f6 33. e6 Rc6 34.
Be3 Rexe6 35. Rd2 Rc4 36. Rxd5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf1 Bg5 38. Bxg5 Rxg5 39. Rxg5 fxg5
40. Rd1 Rc6 41. Rd7 Kh7 42. Ra7 Kg6 43. b3 g4 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 h5 46. a5
Rf6 47. Kg2 h4 48. Rb7 Kh6 49. Rb6 Kh5 50. Kg1 h3 51. Rb7 g6 52. Rb4 Rf5 53.
Ra4 g5 54. Ra2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Sweden izt pg.51"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Golombek, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O
d5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Qe7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. g3 g6 22. Qe3 Qd1+ 23. Kg2 Qd6 24. Nd2 Na5 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. Ne4 Qe7
27. h4 Kg7 28. c4 a5 29. Qc3+ f6 30. b3 e5 31. Qe3 Qc7 32. Qd3 Qc6 33. Qd5 Qxd5
34. cxd5 Kf7 35. Nd2 f5 36. Nc4 Kf6 37. f3 e4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. g4 h5 40. Kg3
hxg4 1-0

[Event "Sweden izt pg.52"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pilnik, H."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bd4 e6 12. a4 a5 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. c3 Ne4
15. Be3 Re8 16. Re1 Qb8 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. Qe2 e5 19. Qf1 e4 20. Be2 Nf5 21. Bc5
Rc8 22. Ba3 h5 23. Rad1 Bb7 24. g4 hxg4 25. Bxg4 Ra6 26. Qh3 Rf6 27. b3 Qf4 28.
Bc1 Qe5 29. Nd4 Rc7 30. Bg5 Nxd4 31. Bxf6 Nf3+ 32. Qxf3 Bxf6 33. Qg3 Rxc3 34.
Re3 Rc7 35. f4 Qe7 36. f5 g5 37. Re2 Qe5 38. Qg2 d4 39. h4 e3 40. Bf3 Bxf3 41.
Qxf3 Qf4 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. hxg5 Rc2 44. Qh1+ Kg8 45. Qa8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sweden izt pg.55"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szabo, L."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e5 8. Nf3
Be6 9. f5 Bc4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Rc8 13. a3 Qb6 14. O-O-O Rxc3
15. bxc3 d5 16. Nb1 Nxe4 17. Rxd5 Nxg5 18. h4 Bc5 19. hxg5 Be3+ 20. Nd2 Bxg5
21. Qd3 Qc7 22. Kd1 Bxd2 23. Kxd2 f6 24. Kc1 Nb6 25. Rd6 O-O 26. Rd1 Qc5 27.
Rd8 Qxa3+ 28. Kb1 h5 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qe4 Qe7 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33.
Rxd6 Nc4 34. Rd7 b5 35. Ra7 Ne3 36. Rxa6 Nxg2 37. Kc1 h4 38. Kd2 h3 39. Ra1 Nh4
40. c4 bxc4 41. Rh1 Nxf5 42. Kc3 Nd6 43. Rxh3 Kf7 44. Rh7 f5 45. Kb4 f4 46. Kc5
f3 47. Rh1 e4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest pg.58"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Nd3 Nfd7 15.
Nf2 c4 16. f4 Nd3 17. Nxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qd1 Ba6 20. Bf1 Nxe4 21. Bxa6
Qb6+ 22. Be3 Qxa6 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Nxg3 25. Nc3 bxc3 26. hxg3 c2 27. Qf2
Rac8 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest pg.59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Troianescu, O."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

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 Qa7 31. Qf2 Rc8 32. b3 Bf8 33. Nb5 Qa6 34. Qe2
Qb6+ 35. Kf1 Rc3 36. Nxc3 bxc3 37. Rc2 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 "Zurich ct pg.61 dg.25"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky, S."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

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 (11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. exd4 Ne4)
12... Nb4) (11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 12... 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 19.
fxe4 Rfe8 20. Qf4 (20. a4 20... 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 {#} 25... Re6
$1 26. a4 $32 (26. h4 {/\ h4-h5, Rg3}) 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 $11) 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 "URS-ch25 Riga pg.61 dg.26"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[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 30. h5 Rf6 31. Qg4 {#} 31... Rf4 $1 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Nd2
Ne5 34. Qxf4 Nxc4 35. e5 Nxe5 36. Ne4 h6 37. Rae1 Bb8 38. Rd1 c4 39. d6 Nd3 40.
Qg4 Ba7+ 41. Kh1 f5 42. Nf6+ 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 "Zurich ct pg.62"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Euwe, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Qe1 (7. e4
dxe4 8. dxe4 Bxe4 (8... Nxe4 9. Nh4 $16) 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ne5
$16) (7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 8... Bh7 $1 $14 {Petrosian}) 7... O-O 8. e4 dxe4 (8...
Bh7 $142) 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 (9... Be7 10. Nh4 10... Bh7 $2 11. Nxf6+ $18 {Bronstein}
) 10. dxe4 Bh7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Na6 (12... c6 $142 {/\ Qc7, Nd7 Bronstein})
13. a3 c6 (13... c5 14. b5 $14 {Stahlberg}) 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. c4 Nc7 16. Qc3 (16.
c5 $142) (16. Ne5 $142) 16... Bf6 17. Ne5 (17. e5 Be7 18. Rd6 $6 18... Ne8 19.
c5 19... Nxd6 $13 {Petrosian}) 17... Rd8 18. Bf3 Ne8 (18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qe8
20. Qe3 $1 $16) 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. c5 a5 22. Bg2 axb4 23. axb4 Rd8
24. Rxd8 24... Qxd8 $11 {[+/= Petrosian]} 25. Qc2 Nc7 26. Bf1 Nb5 27. f4 (27.
f3 $1 {Bronstein}) 27... Kf8 28. Kf2 28... Bxe5 $2 (28... Kg8 $142 {
/\ ...Qa8 Stahlberg}) 29. Bxe5 f6 30. Bb2 Ke7 31. Bc4 Bg6 32. Ke3 Bf7 33. g4
Qc7 34. e5 $1 (34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Bxg7 36... Qf4+ $17 {Petrosian})
34... Qd8 35. exf6+ gxf6 36. h4 (36. Bxb5 cxb5 37. Qc3) 36... Nc7 (36... Qg8 $5
{Petrosian}) 37. Qc3 Nd5+ 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxf6+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. Qg7 $16
41... Ke8 (41... Qb3+ 42. Bc3 Ke8 43. h5 $1 $18) 42. Bf6 (42. h5 Qh1) 42...
Qb3+ 43. Bc3 43... Qd1 {>=} (43... h5) 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45. Qb8 45... Qc1+ {>=} (
45... Qg1+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+ 47. Kd1 Qf1+ 48. Kc2 Qe2+ 49. Bd2 49... Qa6 $16 {
Petrosian}) 46. Bd2 Qg1+ 47. Kd3 Qf1+ 48. Kc2 Qa6 (48... Qc4+ 49. Kb2 Qd4+ 50.
Bc3 Qf2+ 51. Ka3 e5 52. Qxb7+ Ke8 53. Qxc6+ Kf8 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qc7+ Kf8 56.
Qd8+ $18 {Petrosian}) 49. h5 $1 $18 49... Qa2+ 50. Kd3 Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Qe4+ 52.
Kf2 Qd4+ 53. Be3 Qxb4 54. Qf8 Qb2+ 55. Kg3 Qf6 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. Bd4 Qd8 58.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 59. Bg7 Kc7 60. Bxh6 b6 61. cxb6+ Kxb6 62. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Zurich ct pg.64"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O 9... f4 {In the present game Black associates this move with the idea
of playing his bishop to h4 followed by the advance of his g-pawn, thus
neutralizing White's initiative on the kingside.} 10. Bf2 Bf6 11. Nge2 {
Black was threatening by 11...Bh4 to exchange the dark-squared bishop, which
with his pawn configuration would be to his advantage.} 11... Bh4 12. Bg1 12...
g5 $2 {Black carries out his plan too directly, allowing White to seize the
initiative on the queenside. 13.c5 should have been prevented be 12...Na6 or
12... Nd7.} 13. c5 g4 14. Kb1 gxf3 15. gxf3 Na6 16. c6 $1 16... Nf6 $2 {
A serious mistake, leading to a decisive weakening of Black's queenside. He
should haveplayed} (16... bxc6 17. dxc6 17... Qe8 {attacking the c6 pawn.}) 17.
cxb7 Bxb7 18. Ng3 {
White decided on this move very quickly, after easely establishing that} (18.
Ng3 fxg3 19. hxg3 Bxg3 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qxg3 {would leave the black king in an
extreamly insecure position. It is unpleasent for Black to allow the knight in
at f5, and therefore}) (18. Ng3 18... Bc8 {
suggests itself. Then White had calculated that he would win by} 19. Bxa6 Bxa6
20. Nf5 {with two threats - 21.Nh4 and 21.Qg2 (on 20...Nh5 he has the decisive
21.Qg2+ Kh8 22.Qg4}) 18... Bc8 {When Black played} (18... Bc8 {
White realized that on} 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Nf5 {there ist the simple reply}
20... Ne8 {After lengthly reflection he decided to return the knight to e2, in
order to initiate play on the queenside.}) 19. Nge2 Nc5 (19... Nd7 {
followed by 20...Nac5 or 20...Nb6 would have heen better.}) 20. Bxc5 $1 {
It was a pity to give up this important bishop, but concrete calculation
showed that Black would be unable to defend his pawn at c5.} 20... dxc5 21. Nc1
{In attacking the c5 pawn, White must keep careful watch on the opponent's
dark-squared bishop, which in some cases could become very dangerous. Thus 21.
Na4 was weaker because of 21...Bf2.} 21... Qe7 22. Nb3 22... Bd7 {
Preventing 23.Na4, but an unpleasent surprice awaits Black.} 23. Qg2+ Kh8 24.
Qg1 $1 {#} 24... Ne8 {24...Rab8 was more tenacious, forcing 25.Qxc5, since 25.
Nxc5 fails to 25...Rg8 After 25...Qxc5 26.Nxc5 Rb6 it would not have been so
easy for White to realiz e his material advantage.} 25. Qxc5 Nd6 26. Rc1 {
Capturing the second pawn} (26. Qxc7 {
would have allowed Black to activate his pieces by} 26... Rfc8 27. Qa5 Bf2)
26... Be8 27. Bh3 27... a5 {
Black makes every effort to at least complicate matters a little.} 28. Nxa5 Bf2
29. Qxf2 Rxa5 30. Rhg1 Bg6 31. Bf1 Rb8 32. Rc2 Nf7 33. h4 Nd6 34. Bd3 Rb4 35.
Rgc1 Rd4 36. Bf1 Qd8 37. Ne2 $2 {White had only a few minutes left before the
time control. In aiming to reach move 40 as soon as possible, he makes a
mistake which could have cost him dearly.} 37... Rda4 $2 {It is surprising
that such an experienced player as Gligoric should miss the chance to play} (
37... Rxe4 {After all, even if this sacrifice were incorrect, it would have
led to complic ations in which White would have had to seek practical chances,
since after quiet continuations his position would be hopeless. After}) (37...
Rxe4 38. fxe4 Nxe4 39. Qe1 39... Qxd5 {Black would have gained a very strong
attack. At the board both players overlo oked 39...Qxd5.}) 38. Nc3 Rd4 39. b3
Qb8 40. h5 Bxh5 41. Qh4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21 Kiev pg.68"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, R."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qf3 h6 8.
Be3 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ng3 b5 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Bd3 Nc5 16. Nge2 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qe7 20. Ng3 Bxh4 21.
Ne4 Bg5 22. g3 a5 23. Rde1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 25. Bd3 Bf6 26. Bb5+ Kf7 27. Qb3
Kg7 28. f3 h4 29. g4 fxg4 30. fxg4 Bg5 31. Bd3 h3 32. Ba6 Ra8 33. Rxh3 Bh4 34.
Reh1 Rxa6 35. g5 Qxg5 36. Qc4 Ra7 37. Rxh4 Rxh4 38. Qxh4 Qxh4 39. Rxh4 Rc7 40.
Rh1 g5 41. Kc1 Rc5 42. Rd1 Kg6 43. Rd2 g4 44. Kd1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "New York pg.69"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. e4 Ne5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nd2 a6 13. b3 b5 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Bb2 b4 16. Nd1 a5 17. Ne3 a4 18. Rab1 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. g4 Nd7 21. g5 Re8
22. Kh1 Nc5 23. h4 Qd8 24. Rf3 Bf8 25. Rg3 e5 26. f5 Nd4 27. Qf1 Ndxb3 28. Nxb3
Nxb3 29. Qe1 Nc5 30. Qxb4 Bb7 31. Nd5 Ra4 32. Qd2 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Rb4 34. Bf3 Qa8
35. Qd2 Qb7 36. Rg2 Rb8 37. Bd1 Qxe4 38. Bc2 Qxc4 39. g6 Rxb2 40. gxh7+ Kh8 41.
Rbg1 Qxh4+ 42. Rh2 Qf4 1-0

[Event "Riga pg.71"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Suetin, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

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 12. Nd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Ne5 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 b6 21. Bh5
Re7 22. Bd1 Qd6 23. Bc2 Ref7 24. Kh1 Ra8 25. Re2 Qf8 26. Ref2 Nb7 27. Qe2 Nd6
28. c5 bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rb8 30. b3 Qc8 31. Qh5 Qa6 32. g4 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 "URS-ch pg.73"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Taimanov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 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 17... Qe7 18. Re4 Qf8 19. Rh4 19... f6 20.
Bg6 Re7 21. Rh5 Bd6 22. Rd1 Be5 23. Ba3 c5 24. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Moscow  pg.74"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horowitz , Al"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 Nh5
9. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bh3
Bd7 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Rae1 Qe8 18. Nd1 Qg6 19. Ne3 Rae8 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Bg2 Re7
22. b4 b6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qb3 Rfe8 25. Nc2 a5 26. h3 a4 27. Qb6 Qg6 28. Qa6
Bh6 29. Kh1 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Nd3 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Qa5 Re2 33. Qd8+ Be8 34. Bf3
Rxc2 35. Bh5 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Goteborg izt pg.76"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sliwa, B."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Nf4 {The knight
ist badly placed here. It would have been better and more natural to revert to
normal development patterns by} (7. g3) 7... a6 {The pawn sacrifice} (7... b5 {
came seriously into consideration.}) 8. Be2 $2 (8. a4 {was essential. Now
Black is free to make the important advance ... b5 and he firmly seizes the
initiative..}) 8... b5 9. f3 {Of course, White cannot take on b5;} (9. cxb5
axb5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 11... Qa5+ {with advantage to Black. In view of
the threat of 9... b4. White defends his e-pawn.}) 9... bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11.
O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qc2 {The result of the opening is dismal for White.
Black has a well placed knight at e5, and he has available the half-open
b-file, which in combination with the strong bishop at g7 enables him to
create pressure on the queenside.} 13... Qa5 14. Bd2 Rfb8 15. Nd1 Qb6 16. Kh1
16... Ne8 $1 {Black directs his knight along the route e8-c7-b5 to the square
d4. Now White would have don best to forestall Black's plan by 17.Bc3 (e.g. 17.
.. Nc7 18.a4)} 17. Rb1 Nc7 18. Ne3 18... Nb5 {Now the knight is treatening to
invade at d4, where it will occupy a domi- nating post, and White's situation
is not eased by 19.Bxb5 axb5.} 19. Nc4 Qa7 (19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 20... Nd4 {
came into consideration.}) 20. Qd1 {
White does not sense the impending disaster. He should have played} (20. Be3 {
to answer} 20... Nd4 {with} 21. Bxd4 {blocking the a-h8 diagonal. Had Black
preferred 20... Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Nd4, then 22.Qd3 would have given a defensible
position.}) 20... Nd4 21. b3 Bb5 22. Be3 $2 {#} (22. Nxe5 {should have been
played, although Black would have had e pleasent choice bet- ween} 22... dxe5
23. Nd3 23... a5 {and 22...Bxe5 23.Bc4 a5, with advantage.}) 22... Nxe2 $1 {
Black voluntarily exchanges his strong knight, since he has in mind a forcing
variation, leading to the win of a pawn.} 23. Qxe2 23... a5 $1 {
Against the threat of 24... Qa6 there is no satisfactory defence.} 24. Rfc1 Qa6
25. Qc2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Rxb1 (26... Rb4 {was also strong.}) 27. Rxb1 27... Nxc4 {
As a result, Black has won a pawn with a good position. The rest is a matter
if technique.} 28. Bc1 a4 29. h3 a3 30. Nd3 30... h5 {On the immidiate} (30...
Nb2 {there would follow} 31. Nxb2 axb2 32. Bxb2 {when} 32... Qxa2 {
is not possible due to} 33. Ra1) 31. Rb3 Nb2 32. Nxb2 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 axb2 34.
Bxb2 Rxa2 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. e5 {
The last chance. On 36... Bxe5+ there follows 37.Bxe5, and White wins.} 36...
Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Goteborg izt pg.78"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donner, J."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A63"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O {
In this position the most popular continuations are 10... a6 and 10... Re8.}
10... Qe7 11. h3 (11. Nc4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Re8 15. Bf4 Qe7
16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Na4 $14 {Gligoric-Petrosian, Zuerich 1953}) 11...
b6 12. a4 Ba6 13. Re1 13... Ne8 {In his games, Donner has frequently adhered
to the path chosen by him here. White makes the moves 11.h3, 12.a4 and 12.Re1,
which are basically prophylac- tic, and waits  for the opponent to declare his
intention.} 14. Nb5 (14. Nde4 {come into consideration. After the possible}
14... Nc7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 16... Ne5 {
White has the better chances in a complicated game.}) 14... Bxb5 15. axb5 Nc7
16. Qb3 16... Nf6 {# Black was pinning great hopes on this move. The b5 pawn
is in danger, since 17... Qd7 is threatened, and it cannot be defended by the
bishop from f1, since on 17.e4 there follows 17... Nfxd5.} 17. Nb1 $1 {
/\ 18.Nc3 to defend Pb5.} 17... Rfb8 {The immediate} (17... a6 18. bxa6 Rxa6 (
18... Nxa6 19. Qxb6 Nb4 (19... Rfb8 20. Qc6 Nb4 21. Qxa8) 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bf4
{would have led to an advantage for White.}) 19. Rxa6 Nxa6 20. Qxb6 Nb4 21. Bf4
) (17... a6 18. bxa6 18... b5 {looks better, bat then White plays} 19. a7 {
and it is not apparent how Black can defend the a-pawn. If} 19... b4 {
/\ 20... Nb5 then, White replies} 20. Ra5 {After}) (17... a6 18. bxa6 {
the correct move is} 18... Rfb8 $1 {by which Black ensures both the regaining
of the a-pawn and the advance ... b5. If after}) (17... a6 {White plays} 18.
Nc3 {then} 18... c4 {does not achieve anything: White replies} 19. Qb4 {
thus increasing Black's difficulties. Therefore on 18.Nc3 Black does not con
tinue 18...axb5 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Nxb5 Ra5 21.Nxc7 Qxc7 22.Bd2 c4!, with much
better prospects than in the game.} (19. Qxc4 $2 19... axb5)) 18. Nc3 a6 19.
Be3 axb5 20. Nxb5 {Now White's rooks are connected, and, of course, he does
not concede the open a-file. On 20... Ra5 he has the unpleasent 21.Na7.} 20...
Nxb5 21. Qxb5 Nd7 22. Bd2 {White transfers his bishop to c3, to exchange the
opponent's strong bishop. In passing he prevents 22... Ra5.} 22... h5 23. Bc3
Qd8 24. f4 h4 25. g4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Ra5 27. Qc6 Nf8 28. e4 Rc8 29. Qb7 Rb8 30.
Qc6 30... b5 {Black avoids the repetition of moves. #} 31. Rxa5 $2 {When Black
was weighting up the consequences of his 30th move, he did not like the fact
that after} (31. e5 $1 31... Rb6 32. Rxa5 $1 32... Rxc6 33. dxc6 Qxa5 34. exd6
34... Qxc3 {White would obtain a pair of strong pawns at d6 and c6. After the
game I  shared my thoughts with Donner. At the board I saw that} 35. Re4 {
could be refuted by} 35... f5 36. d7 fxe4 37. d8=Q Qe1+ 38. Bf1 e3 39. Qd3
39... c4 {35.Rd1 ist stronger, but even then Black escapes all danger after 35.
.. Qb3 36.Rd5 Qe3+. White can force a draw by 36.Re1 (instead of  36.Rd5), and
that would have been the logical conclusion of this tense struggle.}) 31...
Qxa5 32. Re3 $2 (32. Qxd6 {was comparentively best.}) 32... b4 33. Qxd6 {If} (
33. cxb4 {then} 33... cxb4 34. Qxd6 Qa7 35. Kh2 {or} (35. Kh1 b3 36. Re1 b2 37.
Rb1 Rc8) 35... b3 36. Re1 b2 37. Rb1 37... Rb3 {followed by 38... Qf2. The
outcome is decided by the weakening of the white king's position and the
passed b-pawn.}) 33... Rb6 34. Qc7 bxc3 35. Re1 c2 36. Rf1 Qb4 (36... Qb5 {
with the threat of 37... Qxf1+ would have alos won quickly.}) 37. Kh2 Rb7 38.
Qc8 Rd7 39. Qa8 Qd2 40. Qa3 c4 41. Qa1 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam pg.81"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Bronstein, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qc1 Nd4 11. Rd1 e5 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Kh1 Rb8
15. Nd2 a6 16. e3 Ne6 17. a4 h5 18. h4 f5 19. Nd5 Kh7 20. b3 Rf7 21. Nf3 Qd8
22. Qc3 Qh8 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nd2 Qg7 25. Nxe4 Kh8 26. Rd2 Rf8 27. a5 Nd4 28. b4
cxb4 29. Qxb4 Nf5 30. Rad1 Nd4 31. Re1 Nc6 32. Qa3 Nd4 33. Rb2 Nc6 34. Reb1 Nd4
35. Qd6 Nf5 36. Ng5 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam ct pg.82"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Pilnik, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 (6. f4 $6 6... exf4 7.
Bxf4 Nh5 8. Be3 8... Nd7 $15 {>< e5}) (6. Be2 {/\ f4}) 6... Bg7 7. Bg5 Na6 (
7... h6 {Petrosian}) 8. Be2 Nc7 9. Nd2 Bd7 (9... a6 $5 10. a4 10... b6 {/\ b5})
10. a4 $1 10... b6 (10... a6 11. a5 $1 $16) 11. Nb5 $1 11... Bxb5 $6 (11...
Nxb5 $1) (11... Bc8 {Petrosian}) 12. cxb5 O-O 13. b4 $1 $16 {|^<<} 13... h6 14.
Bxf6 (14. Be3 $6 14... cxb4 {/\ Nd7-c5}) 14... Qxf6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Nc4 Bf8
17. g3 cxb4 18. Qb3 Kg7 19. Rfc1 (19. Qxb4 19... Ne6 $1 20. dxe6 20... d5 $1)
19... h5 20. Ne3 Ne8 21. Qxb4 Rdc8 22. Rc6 Qd8 (22... Rxc6 23. bxc6 {
/\ Ba6-b7, a5+/--><<}) 23. Rac1 23... Nf6 {/\ Nd7-c5} 24. Bf1 $1 24... Rcb8 (
24... Nd7 25. Bh3 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Nc5 27. Nd5 {/\ 28.c7+/-}) 25. Bh3 a6 26. Re1
$1 {(/\ 27.Nc4)} (26. f3 axb5 27. axb5 27... h4 $132 {Petrosian}) 26... axb5
27. axb5 Nh7 28. Nc4 Ra2 29. Bg2 Qf6 30. Rf1 Ng5 31. Qb3 Rba8 32. h4 Nh7 33.
Rxb6 Ra1 34. Rc6 34... R8a2 {(/\ Qf2)} 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. Rxa1 (36. b6 $142 $1 {
Petrosian}) 36... Rxa1+ 37. Kh2 Nf6 38. f3 (38. Bh3 $5) 38... Qb8 39. Qb3 Nd7
40. b6 Nc5 41. Qb2 Ra4 42. Qb5 Ra2 43. Rc7 $18 {(/\ 44.Na5,45.Nc6,46.b7)} 43...
g5 44. Ne3 gxh4 45. Nf5+ Kg8 46. gxh4 Ra6 47. b7 Ra7 48. Rc8 Qxb7 49. Qe8 Nd7
50. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam ct pg.83"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Filip, M."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. a4
a5 9. Nc4 Nc5 10. Be3 Ne6 11. h3 (11. Ng5 $142 11... h6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Qd2
13... Bxc4 $8 14. dxc4 $14 {^^ Brinckmann}) (11. Ng5 $142 11... Nxg5 12. Bxg5
h6 13. Bd2 b6 14. f4 $16 {|^>>}) 11... b6 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. b3 13... Nh5 {
(/\ f5, Bxc4)} 14. c3 (14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Be3 16... Bb7 {/\ f5+/-|^>>
}) 14... Qe7 (14... f5 $2 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Ng5 $18 {Petrosian}) 15. b4 (15. d4
Nf6 16. Qc2 $13 {Ragozin}) (15. Ng5 $5) 15... f5 $1 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 17...
f4 $1 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 (18... fxe3 $2 19. Nxe3 $18 19... Qxe6 20. Bd5 $18) 19. b5
(19. Qe2 Bxc4 (19... fxe3 20. Nxe3) 20. dxc4 (20. Bxa8 Rxa8 (20... Bxd3 21.
Qxh5 fxe3) 21. Qxh5 Bxd3 22. Rfd1 Bc2 (22... e4 23. gxf4 Bxc3 24. Rac1 axb4 25.
Kh2) 23. Rdc1 Bg6 24. Qf3 e4 25. Qxf4 25... axb4 $17 {Petrosian}) 20... e4 $17)
(19. gxf4 exf4 20. Bd4 20... f3 $19) (19. Bxa8 19... Rxa8 $1 20. gxf4 (20. Qe2
20... Qxh3 $17) 20... Qxh3 21. f3 exf4 22. Bxf4 22... axb4 $17) 19... f3 $1 20.
bxa6 fxg2 21. Kxg2 21... d5 $17 22. Na3 Rxa6 23. Qe2 Qg6 24. Kh2 (24. Qg4 $142
{Petrosian}) 24... Raa8 25. Nc2 (25. Rae1 $142 {/\ Na3-b1-d2 Petrosian}) 25...
Rae8 26. Rae1 c5 27. Rg1 Nf6 (27... d4 $1 $19 {Petrosian} 28. Bd2 c4) 28. Qd2
d4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Bg5 Nd5 31. Rg2 (31. Re4 $142) 31... Rf3 32. Re4 Nc3 33.
Rg4 h5 34. Rh4 34... Rxd3 $19 35. Qc1 Rd1 36. Qb2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Moscow ch match pg.85"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e5 11. d5 c5 12. Rab1 Ne8 13. f3 f5 14. b4 cxb4 15.
Rxb4 b6 16. a4 Bf6 17. Kh1 Bg5 18. Bg1 Nc7 19. Rbb1 Na6 20. Nb3 Ndc5 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. g4 fxg4 24. Ne4 Bf4 25. Rb7 Nc7 26. fxg4 Ne8 27. g5 Qc8
28. Re7 Qh3 29. Rf3 Qg4 30. Qd3 Bxh2 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Bxh2 Re7
34. Nxd6 Qxg5 35. Qf1+ Kg8 36. Ne4 Qh4 37. Qe2 Rg7 38. d6 Qh6 39. Qd1 Qh4 40.
Qe2 Qh6 41. Qf1 Rf7 42. Qg2+ Kf8 43. Ng5 Qxd6 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Bxe5+ Qxe5 46.
Qh8+ Kxh8 47. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi pg.87"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, L."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3
Rb8 9. a4 a5 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ra3 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Nf6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Rd1 Nxe4 18. Bxd8 Nxd2 19. Bxc7 Nxc4 20. Bxb8 Bxd5 21.
Ba7 e4 22. Ng5 h6 23. Rb3 Bc6 24. Nxe4 Bxa4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. b3 Bxb3 27. Rb1
Nb2 28. Nd6 Re7 29. Bc5 Bc2 30. Ra1 Na4 31. Rxa4 Bxa4 32. Bxb4 Bc6 33. Bf1 Rd7
34. Nc4 Bb5 35. Nb6 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Leningrad URS-YU pg.87"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Trifunovic, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. Bd3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Ng3 Bb4 18. Re2 f5 19. exf6 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3 21.
Bf5 d4 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Bxc8 Bxf3 24. Qd3 Rxc8 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27.
gxf3 d3 28. Rg2+ Kf6 29. Bg5+ Kf5 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. h4 d2 32. Bxd2 Rxb2 33. Rg5+
Ke6 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Bxb4 Rxb4 36. Re4 Rb2 37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf6 39. Rg2
Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Nc4 41. Rge2 a5 42. Rf4+ Kg6 43. Rg2+ Kh5 44. Rf5+ Kh6 45. f4 Ne3
46. Rf6+ Kh5 47. Rg5+ Kxh4 48. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Leningrad URS-YU pg.89"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Karaklajic, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 b5 8. a4
c6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bb7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng5 Qa5 13. Bb2 b4 14. Bxc4 bxc3 15.
Ba3 N7b6 16. Be2 Qxa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. O-O Nab6 19. Rfb1 Nf4 20. Bf1 f5 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 O-O-O 23. Bc5 Kb8 24. Nxf6 Nfd5 25. Ne4 Rhg8 26. g3 Rge8 27.
Bd6+ Ka8 28. Rc1 Nd7 29. Ra3 N7b6 30. Rca1 Nc8 31. Be5 h5 32. h4 Rf8 33. Bg2
Rd7 34. Nxc3 Ndb6 35. Bf1 Rdf7 36. Ne4 Nd7 37. Bd6 Nxd6 38. Nxd6 {time} 1-0

[Event "Leningrad SU-YU pg.91"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pirc, V."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a5 8. Rb1
Nh5 9. Ne1 f5 10. f4 e5 11. Bd2 Re8 12. e3 Nf6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Nc2
exf4 16. Nxf4 Bf7 17. Bc3 Rf8 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Nd4
Ng4 22. Rbe1 Bh6 23. Nc2 Qb5 24. h3 Ne5 25. d4 Nd7 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Nf6
28. Bxa5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5+ Nxd5 30. a4 Re4 31. Ree1 c5 32. dxc5 dxc5 33. Kf2 c4
34. Rb1 cxb3 35. Rxb3 Rxa4 36. Rfb1 Rc8 37. Ne1 Bg7 38. Kg1 Rc5 39. Nf3 Bf6 40.
Rb5 Be7 41. R5b3 Kf7 42. Be1 Bf6 43. Kf1 g5 44. Bd2 Kg6 45. Rd3 g4 46. hxg4
fxg4 47. Nd4 Bxd4 48. exd4 Rc7 49. Re1 Rf7+ 50. Kg2 Ra2 51. Re6+ Rf6 52. Re5
Nb4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch24 Moscow pg.92"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, A."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 g6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. g3 O-O 11. Qe2 c6 12. c4 c5 13. O-O-O a6 14. h4 Nf4 15.
gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qf6 17. Rdg1 Qxf4 18. h5 b5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kd1 Qf6 21.
Ng5 Re8 22. Rh4 Nb6 23. Bc2 Nxc4 24. e5 Rxe5 25. Nde4 Qe7 26. f4 Rxd5+ 27. Ke1
Bf5 28. Rgh1 Rd2 29. Qf3 f6 30. Kf1 fxg5 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Qxa8+ Kf7 33. Rh8
Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Vienna pg.94"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sefc, Jan"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bf3
e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Nh6 Be6 11. Ng4 Ng8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bc1 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 h5 15.
Ne3 Ngf6 16. Qc6 Qc8 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. a4 b4 19. Be2 a5 20. f3 Nb6 21. c4 Bh6
22. b3 Nfd7 23. Kf2 Nc5 24. Rb1 h4 25. Rd1 Rc6 26. Bd3 Bf4 27. h3 Nbd7 28. Bc2
Nf8 29. Bb2 Nfe6 30. Nd5 Bg5 31. Kf1 Rf8 32. Re1 Kd7 33. Rbd1 Kc8 34. Kf2 Kb7
35. Ne3 Nf4 36. Nd5 Nh5 37. Ne3 Bd8 38. Nd5 Ne6 39. Kg1 Nef4 40. Bc1 Nxd5 41.
Rxd5 Bb6+ 42. Kh2 f6 43. Be3 Bxe3 44. Rxe3 Ra8 45. Kg1 Nf4 46. Rd2 Ne6 47. Red3
Nd4 48. Kf1 Rf8 49. Kf2 Kc7 50. Kf1 Kd7 51. Kf2 Ke7 52. Kf1 Ra6 53. Kf2 Ne6 54.
Re3 Nc5 55. Rd5 Raa8 56. Kf1 Ne6 57. Rd2 Nf4 58. Re1 Ra7 59. Red1 Rd7 60. Re1
Rh8 61. Red1 Ne6 62. Re1 Nd4 63. Red1 Kd8 64. Re1 Kc7 65. Red1 Kc6 66. Re1 Kc5
67. Re3 f5 68. Kf2 Rh5 69. Kf1 Rg5 70. Kf2 Rg3 71. Kf1 Rf7 72. Kf2 Rf8 73. Kf1
Rh8 74. Kf2 Rh5 75. Kf1 Rhg5 76. Rf2 Kc6 77. Rd2 Kc7 78. Rf2 Ne6 79. Ree2 Nf4
80. Rd2 Kc6 81. exf5 gxf5 82. Bd1 Rg7 83. Bc2 R3g5 84. Bd3 Kd7 85. Bc2 Ke6 86.
Bd3 Rg3 87. Bc2 Rg8 88. Bd3 e4 89. fxe4 Nxd3 90. Rxf5 Nc5 91. Rfd5 Rxb3 92.
Rxd6+ Ke7 93. R6d4 Rc3 94. e5 b3 95. Rxh4 Rc1+ 96. Kf2 b2 0-1

[Event "URS ch pg.98"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Suetin, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. d5 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 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 18. c5 fxe3 19. Qxe3 Bf5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Rc4
dxc5 22. Qxc5 b6 23. Qe3 Qxd5 24. Rxc7 Qd4 25. Bf2 Qxe3 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 "URS-ch25 Riga pg.100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Bannik, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. d4 g6 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O+ Nd7 11. h4 f6 12. Be3 c6 13. h5 g5 14. Bh3 Kc7
15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. b3 Rcd8 18. Bc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Re8
21. Ne4 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 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 42. Ng8 Nf8 43. Rd2 Kf7 44. Nh6+ Ke8 45. Nf5 Ne6 46. Rd6 Rxd6 47.
Nxd6+ Kd7 48. Nb5 Ng7 49. h6 Ne8 50. Kd5 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 "USSR pg.102"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Tolush, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. e3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nd3
Qh5 16. Rfe1 Qh6 17. Nfe5 Rc8 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qf3 Qe6 21. h4
Rf8 22. Qh5 Rc7 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nf4 Qe7 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nb4 27. Qd1
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Qf7 29. Bf1 Kh8 30. Bc4 Qf6 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5
Rce7 34. a3 Na2 35. Rd1 Rb8 36. Qxf5 Nac3 37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Munich (ol) pg.104"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Kozma, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 5. d5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O-O Rd8 12. Rd2 O-O 13. c3 Na5 14. Be2
Qe6 15. Rhd1 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 d6 17. Nd2 f5 18. f4 g6 19. g3 Rf6 20. e4 fxe4 21.
Nxe4 Re6 22. Bf3 Kg7 23. b3 Nc6 24. R5d3 Nb8 25. Nf2 h5 26. Kd2 Bf8 27. Bd5 Re7
28. Ne4 Na6 29. Ke3 Nc7 30. Kf3 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rde8 32. Re1 Re6 33. Re2 b5 34.
h3 a5 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 Be7 37. f5 Re5 38. Rxe5 dxe5 39. Rd2 Rf8 40. Rd7
Rf7 41. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi ch-URS pg.107"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Lutikov , A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 c5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Nb5 Be8 12. a3 Qd7 13. g4 Nc7 14. Nc3 a6 15. a4 Qc8
16. h3 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. b3 b6 19. Nd1 b5 20. a5 Kh8 21. Bg3 Ng8 22. Ne3 Ne7
23. Bh4 Qe8 24. b4 Nc8 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. cxb5 Nxb5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. O-O f5 29.
f3 Rf7 30. Ndc4 Rb4 31. Be1 Rb7 32. Bc3 h5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. gxf5 e4 35. Kh2
exf3 36. Rxf3 Bd4 37. Qd3 Bf6 38. Rg1 Kh7 39. Bxf6 Rxf6 40. Qc3 Qf8 41. Rg6 Rf7
42. Rg5 1-0

[Event "USSR pg.109"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. b4 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. b5 Qd6
15. Qb3 Ne7 16. Rfc1 Kh8 17. Rc2 h6 18. Rac1 c6 19. Na4 Rab8 20. g3 Kh7 21. Nc5
Rfd8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa4 Qf6 24. Kg2 Ra8 25. Nb7 Re8 26. Na5 g5 27. h3 Qf5
28. Nxc6 Qe4 29. Rc5 f5 30. Qc2 Nxc6 31. Rxc6 f4 32. exf4 gxf4 33. g4 Bxd4 34.
Qd2 Bg7 35. Re1 Qa4 36. Qxd5 Rxe1 37. Nxe1 Rf8 38. Nf3 Kh8 39. Rc7 a6 40. Qb7
Rg8 41. Nh4 1-0

[Event "URS ch pg.111"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Re1 c5 15. a3
e5 16. Ne2 h6 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nf3 Kh7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. axb4 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 axb4
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. e4 Bc8 24. h3 Be6 25. Qe3 Ng8 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Rd1 Bc7 28. Qc2
Rc8 29. Qa4 Bd6 30. Qa6 Bc5 31. Nxe5 Qc7 32. Bf4 g5 33. Nh5+ Kh7 34. Bg3 Rd8
35. Re1 Qb6 36. Qe2 Bd4 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Ne3 Qc5 40. Qc2 Qxc2 41.
Nxc2 b3 42. Nd4 Kg6 43. Nxe6 fxe6 44. Re3 Nf6 45. f3 Rd1+ 46. Kh2 h5 47. h4 g4
1-0

[Event "Ch URS, Tbilisi pg.113"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Y."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. Rad1 Kh8
15. Bf3 g6 16. Ne3 Rc6 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Qe2 b5 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. Nd2 a5 21. Ndf1
Rfc8 22. a3 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. a4 Qa7 25. Red1 Ra6 26. Rd3 b3 27. a5 Rcc6 28.
Qd1 Qc7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rc5 31. Rxb3 Raxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rc3 Qb6 34.
Rb3 Qa7 35. Rb4 Kg7 36. h4 Bh6 37. b3 Ra2 38. Qe1 Qa5 39. Qb1 Ra1 40. Rb5 Qc3
0-1

[Event "Kiev pg.115"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Matanovic , A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 Ba5 12. dxc5 Ng4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. hxg4 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Qc6 16. b3 Bc7 17. Rd1 Na6 18. Be3 f5 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Rac1 Be5 21.
f4 Bc7 22. Nb6 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 "JUG ct  Bled pg.116"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, R."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 (5... e6 6. d4 dxe4 7.
Qxe4 $36) 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d4 (8... Qb6 {(/\ 9...d4)} 9. O-O-O d4 10.
Ne2 Bxd2+ 11. Rxd2 11... Nbd7 $11) 9. Nb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 e5 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O
Nc6 13. Qe2 13... g5 $6 (13... O-O 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 15... Re8 $11) 14. Nf3
$6 (14. f4 $1 14... gxf4 15. gxf4 Qe7 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Qg4 $40) 14... h6 15. h4
$1 15... Rg8 (15... g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. f3 $14) 16. a3 Qe7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qd2
Nd7 19. c3 O-O-O 20. cxd4 20... exd4 $1 (20... cxd4 21. b4 Qf6 22. Rfc1 22...
Kb8 $11) 21. b4 Kb8 22. Rfc1 Nce5 (22... cxb4 $2 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Qa2 $16) 23.
Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rc4 Rc8 25. Rac1 (25. Rb1 25... Rc7 $1 $11 (25... g4 $6 26. bxc5
Nxc5 27. Qb4 $16)) 25... g4 26. Qb2 Rgd8 27. a4 $2 (27. Bf1 {/\ 28.Be2}) 27...
Qe7 $1 $40 28. Rb1 (28. bxc5 $2 28... Ne5 $1 29. Rxd4 29... Nxd3 $19) (28. Rd1
Ne5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 30... Qxc5 $17) 28... Ne5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5
Nxd3 31. Qd2 Nxc5 32. Qf4+ Qc7 33. Qxg4 Nxa4 34. e5 Nc5 35. Qf3 35... d3 $1 $19
36. Qe3 d2 37. Bf3 Na4 38. Qe4 Nc5 39. Qe2 a6 40. Kg2 Ka7 41. Qe3 Rd3 42. Qf4
Qd7 43. Qc4 b6 44. Rd1 a5 45. Qf4 Rd4 46. Qh6 b5 47. Qe3 (47. Qf8 Qc7 48. Qa8+
Kb6) 47... Kb6 48. Qh6+ Ne6 49. Qe3 Ka6 50. Be2 a4 51. Qc3 Kb6 52. Qe3 Nc5 53.
Bf3 b4 54. Qh6+ Ne6 55. Qh8 Qd8 56. Qh7 Qd7 57. Qh8 57... b3 $1 58. Qb8+ Ka5
59. Qa8+ Kb5 (59... Kb4 $2 60. Bc6) 60. Qb8+ 60... Kc4 $1 61. Qg8 Kc3 62. Bh5
Nd8 (62... a3 63. Bxf7 Qd5+ 64. Kg1 64... Qf3 $19) 63. Bf3 a3 64. Qf8 Kb2 65.
Qh8 Ne6 66. Qa8 a2 67. Qa5 Qa4 68. Rxd2+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "JUG ct  Belgrade pg.119"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 a6 (9... g5 $5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 12... f5 $5 $13 {
Hort-Vogt, Leipzig 1973 - 16/664}) 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. b4 Ng5 (12... f5
$2 13. exf5 gxf5 (13... Rxf5) 14. Bh5 $1 $16 {Petrosian}) 13. Rc1 f5 14. f3 Qe7
15. Kh1 $1 (15. Bf2 {Tal-Fischer}) 15... Nf6 16. c5 $16 {|^<<} 16... Nh5 (16...
dxc5 $2 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nb5 $16) 17. c6 $1 (17. cxd6 $2 17... cxd6 18. Na4
18... Nf4 $132) 17... b6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. g3 $1 {/\ 20.f4} 19... Bf6 (19... f4
$2 20. g4 Nf6 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Nde4 $16) (19... Nf6 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Nge4
22. Bh5 $1 $16 {Petrosian}) 20. f4 $6 (20. a4 $1 20... e4 (20... f4 21. g4 $16
{Matanovic}) 21. f4 $16) 20... Ng7 21. Nc4 $6 (21. a4 $142 $1 $16 {Petrosian})
(21. fxe5 21... dxe5 $2 22. Nc4 {/\ 23.d5-d6}) (21. fxe5 21... Bxe5 $1 22. Nc4
22... f4 $132 {Petrosian}) 21... exf4 22. gxf4 b5 23. Nd2 (23. Na5 Bxc3 24.
Rxc3 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qxb4 26. Be1 Ne4) 23... Ne4 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Bf3 $6 (25. Nb3
$142 $5 25... Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Qe4+ 27. Rcf3 $1 27... Qxb4 28. Rg1 $16 {
->>> Petrosian}) 25... a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Rg6 (27... Ra3 28. Ndb1 Ra1 29.
Qd4 $16) 28. Ndxe4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Qh5 31... Rf6 $8 (31...
Qf7 32. Qxg6+ Qxg6 33. Rg1 $16 {Petrosian}) 32. Rg1+ Kh8 33. Rce1 Qf7 34. Qxf7
Rxf7 35. Re4 $11 (35. Ra1 $5 {Matanovic}) 35... Kh7 (35... Rb8) 36. Nxb5 Ra2
37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Re7 39. f5 Ree2 40. Rh4 Rf2 41. b5 41... Rab2 $2 (41...
Rac2 {(= Petrosian)} 42. Rh5 42... Rb2 $11 {(Matanovic)}) 42. b6 $1 42... Rxb6
(42... cxb6 43. Rc1 Rbc2 44. Rxc2 Rxc2 45. Rg4 $1 $18) 43. Rhg4 Rb8 44. Rg7+
Kh8 45. R7g6 {(45...Kh7 46.Rg7+ Kh8 48.Rxc7 +- Petrosian)} 1-0

[Event "Leningrad pg.121"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Suetin, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
c4 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. b3 b5 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bg5 Bf5 15.
d5 Qc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Qe5 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Qh5 O-O-O 21.
Nd2 c3 22. Nc4 Qd4 23. Qxf5+ Rd7 24. Ne5 1-0

[Event "USSR pg.123"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Taimanov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf1 f5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rae8
15. c4 Nf6 16. Qb3 d6 17. Nef3 Ng6 18. c5 Bd5 19. Qa3 dxc5 20. dxc5 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 fxe4 22. Nd2 Qf4 23. Qe3 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Qf6 25. Rc2 Ne5 26. Qg3 Qf5 27. Rc7
Rf7 28. Rxf7 Nxf7 29. b3 Ne5 30. f3 e3 31. Rxe3 Nc6 32. Ne4 Rf8 33. Ng5 Qf6 34.
Nxe6 Re8 35. Nxg7 Rxe3 36. Nf5+ Kf8 37. Nxe3 Qd4 38. Qf2 Bf7 39. h3 Nb4 40. a3
Na2 41. Nc4 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Nc1 43. b4 Na2 44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "USSR pg.124"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Gufeld, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. Nd2 Nf6 10. h4 c6 11. Nb3 Nc7 12. Bg5 cxd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bg4
h5 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Qe2 Bh6 18. Na5 Rb8 19. O-O Rfc8 20. a4 Qd8 21. Nc4 Ne8
22. Ra2 Qc7 23. b3 Qd7 24. Kg2 Rc5 25. Rb1 Rcc8 26. Rc2 Nc7 27. Rbb2 Rf8 28. b4
Ne8 29. a5 Ng7 30. a6 bxa6 31. Na5 f5 32. Nc6 Rbe8 33. Nb1 Kh7 34. Rb3 fxe4 35.
Qxe4 Rf5 36. Ra3 Qb7 37. Nc3 Ref8 38. Qc4 Rf3 39. Rxa6 Be3 40. Ne4 Bh6 41. Rxa7
Qb6 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen pg.127"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Barendregt, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. c3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Be2 Ngf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qc2 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Re1 a5 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. b3 Nd6 14. Ba3 Kh8 15.
Rad1 f5 16. Be6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Bd5 Rb8 21.
Re3 Nf5 22. Ree1 Nh4 23. Nxe5 Qg5 24. Nc6 Rf3 25. g3 Rbf8 26. Qe4 R3f4 27. Qe3
Qg4 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5+ R4f6 30. Rd3 Nf5 31. Qxc7 Nd6 32. f3 Qf5 33. Rdd1 h5
34. Qxc5 h4 35. Qd4 hxg3 36. hxg3 g5 37. Kg2 g4 38. f4 Kg7 39. Re7+ Kg6 40. Re5
Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen pg.129"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. c4 Ne4 5. Bh4 dxc4 6. Qc2 Nd6 7. e4 Nb6 8.
Nbd2 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Nxc4 g6 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. Bd3 Qb4+ 13. Qc3 Bg7 14. O-O Be6
15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bc2 g5 17. Bg3 Nc4 18. Reb1 Rd8 19. h3 c5 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. d5
Bd7 22. e5 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Bd3 Na5 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. d6 Bxf3 27. gxf3 exd6
28. Bh4 Ra8 29. exd6 Be5 30. Be7+ Kg7 31. Kh1 f5 32. d7 b6 33. f4 Bd4 34. Bh4
Bf6 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Rad1 Nb3 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rxb6 Nd4 40. Bc4
Kxd7 41. Rg7+ Kc8 42. Ba6+ Kd8 43. Bb7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch28 Moscow pg.132"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. O-O h6 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bc3 Qb8 18. Qa4 Rfd8 19. Qe4 g6 20. Qg4 h5 21. Qh3
f5 22. Bc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kf7 24. e4 Qf4 25. Re1 Qg4 26. exf5 Qxc4 27. fxg6+
Ke8 28. g7 e5 29. Qxh5+ Kd7 30. Rd1+ Bd6 31. Bxe5 Nd4 32. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch pg.133"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Gufeld, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 a6
9. Nge2 e5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Nh5 12. f3 Bf6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. g3 Rb8 15. Kh1
Qc7 16. b3 Be7 17. Rab1 Kh8 18. Rb2 Nf6 19. b4 Ng8 20. Be3 f5 21. bxc5 dxc5 22.
Rfb1 Nf6 23. Rb6 Bd6 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Ng1 f4 26. gxf4 Nd7 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Re6
b5 29. cxb5 c4 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. Bxc4 Qh4 32. Rc1 Nh5 33. Bg5 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe4
35. Nxe4 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Rxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Bled pg.137"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Pachman, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
8... d6 $6 (8... b6 $5) 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nb3 $1 11... Nd4 $2 {>=}
(11... b6 12. Bf4 12... Qb7 $36 {e.g.} 13. Ne5 (13. d4 c4) 13... Bd7 {
(13...Rd8)}) 12. Bf4 Qb6 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Be3 $18) 13. Ne5 Nxb3 14.
Nc4 $1 $18 (14. axb3 Nd5 15. Nc4 15... Qc6 $14 {/=}) 14... Qb5 (14... Qd8 15.
axb3 {/\Bf4-d6, Ra1-a5}) 15. axb3 {(/\ 16.Ra5)} 15... a5 16. Bd6 Bf6 (16... Re8
17. Bc7) 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Re4 $5 (18. Qxf6+ $142 $3 18... Kxf6 19. Be5+ Kg5 20.
Bg7 $1 $18 20... Rg8 21. f4+ Kg4 22. Ne5+ Kh5 23. Bf3#) 18... Rd8 19. Qxf6+
Kxf6 20. Be5+ Kg5 21. Bg7 $1 1-0

[Event "Bled pg.138"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Najdorf, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg5 7... Nbd7 {>=
} (7... exd4 $5 {/\ 8...Qa5, 8...Qb6}) 8. d5 Nb6 (8... cxd5 9. Nxd5) 9. Nc1
cxd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. a4 a6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. a5 Nc8 14. Bd3 14... b5 {
/\ 15.axb6 Qxb6, 16...Nh5, ...f5<=>} 15. Na2 Ne7 16. Nb4 $2 (16. g4 $142 $1 {
<=>}) 16... Nh5 $1 17. g3 $6 (17. Qd2 $142 {/\ 18.0-0-0}) 17... f6 18. Be3 f5
19. Rc1 (19. Qd2 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bg4 21. Be2 21... Qd7 $36 22. O-O-O $2 22...
Rfc8+ 23. Kb1 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 24... Rc4 $1 $17) (19. O-O 19... f4 $1) 19... Qe8
20. Rc7 (20. O-O 20... f4 $1) 20... Nf6 21. Qd2 fxe4 22. fxe4 Bh3 23. Bg5 Rf7
24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Bf1 Bg4 26. Be2 Bh3 27. Bf1 Bg4 28. Bg2 Qf8 29. h3 (29. Rf1
$2 29... Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Qf3 31. Qd3 Qh1 32. Rxe7 Rf8 33. Nd2 33... Qg1 $3 $19)
29... Bh6 30. Qd3 30... Bc8 $2 (30... Rf2 31. Rf1 (31. Rc2 $1) 31... Rxg2 32.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. hxg4 Rg1+ 34. Ke2 Rgf1 35. Qc2 $15) 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 32...
Qd8 $2 {>=} (32... Be3) 33. Rc3 $1 33... Bg7 34. Qf2 $18 34... h5 35. Qb6 Qxb6
36. axb6 Rb8 (36... a5 37. Nxa5 Rxa5 38. Rxc8+ {/\ 39.b7 +-}) (36... a5 37.
Nxa5 Rxa5 38. Rxc8+ Nxc8 39. b7 $18) 37. Rc7 Bf8 38. Na5 Rxb6 39. Nbc6 Nxc6 40.
Nxc6 $22 {(40...Bb7 41.Na5 Ba8 42.Rc8 Bb7 43.Rb8 +-)} (40. Nxc6 Bb7 41. Na5 Ba8
42. Rc8 Bb7 43. Rb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Stockholm izt pg.141"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Schweber, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 c6
9. h4 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. h5 g5 12. f3 a6 13. g4 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 a5 16.
Nd2 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Ne2 Ne8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Qb3
Qf6 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. O-O Rd8 26. Kg2 Ra7 27. Rf2 Kh7 28. Rfc2 Qa6
29. Nxe5 Rc7 30. Nc4 Bg7 31. Qd3 Kg8 32. Rd2 Re7 33. e5 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35.
Qxa6 Bxa6 36. Rxc5 Bc8 37. Rxa5 f5 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Rb5 Rdf8 41.
d6 Rxb5 42. axb5 Kf7 43. d7 1-0

[Event "Curacao ct pg.144"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, R."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 $6 (7.
bxc3 $142 7... Ne4 8. Qg4 $1) 7... Ne4 8. Ba5 $6 {The (bad) idea behind 7.Bxc3}
(8. Bb4 8... c5 $1 9. Ba3 Qa5+) 8... O-O $1 (8... b6 $2 9. Bb4 c5 10. Ba3 $16 {
Kopaev}) 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 11... f6 $17 {@|^} 12. f4 fxe5 13.
fxe5 Ne7 14. Nf3 c5 15. O-O Qa5 16. Qe1 16... Bd7 {
(/\ 17...Rab8, 17...Ba4, ...c4)} 17. c4 Qxe1 18. Rfxe1 dxc4 19. Be4 (19. Bxc4
19... Rac8 $1) 19... cxd4 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Ba6 Rb4 22. Rad1 22... d3 $1 (22...
Ra4 $2 23. Rxd4 $1 $36) 23. cxd3 cxd3 24. Rxd3 Bc6 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Bd5
27. a4 $2 $19 (27. Bf1 $142 $1 {e.g.} 27... Bxa2 28. Ra1 {/\ 29.Rxa7=/+/=})
27... Rf4 28. Rd1 Ng6 29. Bc8 Kf7 30. a5 Nxe5 31. a6 Rg4 32. Rd2 (32. g3 $4
32... Rxd4) 32... Nc4 33. Rf2+ Ke7 34. Nb5 Nd6 35. Nxd6 (35. Nxa7 Rc4 36. Bb7
Nxb7 37. axb7 37... Bxb7 $19) 35... Kxd6 36. Bb7 Bxb7 37. axb7 Kc7 38. h3 Rg5
39. Rb2 Kb8 40. Kf2 Rd5 41. Ke3 Rd7 42. Ke4 Rxb7 43. Rf2 a5 0-1

[Event "Curacao ct pg.146"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Ba3 (5. Bg2 $140 5... e6 6. Ba3 {
, 7.Bxf8}) 5... g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8. Bg2 8... Ng4 $6 (8... Nbd7 $142 {/\
} 9. Bb2 O-O) 9. d4 $1 9... Na6 (9... Bxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. O-O {e.g.} 11...
dxc4 (11... Na6 12. Qc1) 12. Nxc4 (12. Qc1 c3 13. Nf3 Qg7 14. Bb4 c2 15. Qd2)
12... Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 {/\ 14.Na5;}) 10. O-O 10... Nb4 {/\ 11...Nc2} 11. Bb2 O-O
(11... a5 $142 12. a3 Na6) (11... Nc2 $2 12. Rc1 12... Nxd4 $2 13. c5 Nxf3+ 14.
exf3 $18) 12. a3 Na6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. b4 Nb8 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. a4 Ne4 17. Rfd1
Nd7 18. cxd5 (18. a5 $1 18... dxc4 19. Qxc4 $1 (19. axb6 $5 19... cxb3 20. bxa7
) 19... Qc7 20. b5 Qxa5 21. bxc6 {/\} 21... Rc8 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bc3 {/\ 24.d5
}) 18... cxd5 19. a5 Qd6 20. b5 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Rc8 22. Nh4 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc7
24. Nxf5 gxf5 (24... Qxc1+ $2 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qxd5) 25. Ba3 Qxa5
26. Qb4 Qb6 (26... Qxb4 27. Bxb4 $16 {(_|_ ><d5,e7)}) 27. Bxd5 e6 28. Bf3 Rc8
29. Qa4 Rc7 30. Kg2 a6 (30... Bf8 $5) 31. bxa6 Qxa6 (31... bxa6 32. Rb2 32...
Qxd4 $2 33. Rb8+ Nf8 34. Rxf8+ $18) 32. Qxa6 bxa6 33. e3 a5 34. Ra2 Ra7 35. Bb4
a4 36. Bc6 Bf8 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Rxa4 Rc7 39. Bxd7 $14 39... Rxd7 40. Kf3 Kg7
41. Kf4 Kf6 42. h3 42... h5 $2 $16 43. Ra8 Rb7 44. Rg8 Rb2 45. Kf3 Rd2 46. h4
Ke7 47. Rg5 Kf8 48. Rxh5 $18 48... Kg7 49. Rg5+ Kh7 50. h5 (50. g4 f6 51. Rh5+
Kg6 52. gxf5+ Kxh5 53. fxe6 $18 {(Fischer)}) 50... Ra2 51. g4 Kh6 52. Rg8 Kh7
53. Re8 fxg4+ 54. Kg3 Kh6 55. Re7 Kg7 56. Rc7 Rb2 57. Rc5 Kf6 58. d5 Kg5 59. h6
exd5 60. Rxd5+ Kg6 61. Rd6+ Kg5 (61... f6 62. h7 Rb8 63. Rd7 $18) 62. h7 Rb8
63. Rd1 Rh8 64. Rh1 $138 1-0

[Event "Wch25-Moscow pg.159"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 $5 6... dxc4 (6... c5)
(6... e6 $5 {/\ ...b6, ...Bb7}) 7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5 8... e6 $6 (8... a6 $5) (8...
Nbd7) 9. dxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ke2 Nc6 (12... Nd5 $5 13.
Nxd5 (13. Ne4 Na6) 13... exd5 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Ng5 Na6 16. Ne6 $10) 13. Rd1
13... Rad8 $2 {>=} (13... Kf7 $1 {/\ ...Ke7 Flohr}) 14. Rxd8 Rxd8 15. Ng5 Re8
16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. Rb1 $10 18... Nb4 $5 {/\ 19.a3 (19.Bd2) Nd5-f6=}
19. Bd2 $1 19... Nd5 (19... Nxa2 $2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Rxa7 Bxb2 23.
Rb7 $16) 20. a4 Rc8 21. b3 21... Bf8 {
/\ 22...c4 23.Rc1cxb3 24.Rxc8 b2 25.Rc1 bxc1Q 26.Bxc1=} 22. Rc1 22... Be7 $2 {
>=} (22... Rc7 23. Ng5 Re7 24. e4 Nf6 25. Bc3 e5 26. f4 $16) (22... a6 23. b4
c4 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 25... Be7 $14) 23. b4 $1 $16 23... c4 $2 (23... Rc7 24.
bxc5 bxc5 (24... Bxc5 25. Ng5 {[25.Nxc5]}) 25. Kd3 {/\ 26.a5, 27.Kc4 +/-/+-}) (
23... Kf7) 24. b5 $1 24... Kf7 $2 $18 (24... Ba3 $1 $8 25. Rc2 25... c3 $1 {
e.g.} 26. Bxc3 (26. Nxc3 {[26.Bc1]} 26... Nb4) 26... Bb4 27. Kd2 (27. Kd3 $2
27... Bxc3 28. Nxc3 28... Nb4+ $1) 27... Rc4 28. Bxb4 (28. Kd3 28... Rxe4 $1)
28... Rxe4 29. Bd6 29... Rxa4 $10 {Averbakh}) 25. Bc3 $1 25... Ba3 26. Rc2 {
/\ 27.Nd2, 28.Be5} 26... Nxc3+ (26... Ke7 27. Be5 $1 {/\ Nd2 +-}) 27. Rxc3 Bb4
28. Rc2 Ke7 (28... e5 29. Nd2 c3 30. Ne4 Ke6 31. f3 h6 32. Kd3 Rd8+ 33. Kc4 Rd2
34. Kb3 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Kd5 36. Kd3 $1 36... c2 37. Kxc2 Kc4 38. Nd2+ $1 38...
Bxd2 39. Kxd2 $18 {(P_|_)}) 29. Nd2 $1 29... c3 (29... Bxd2 30. Kxd2 Kd6 31.
Kc3 Kc5 32. Rd2 $1 $18) 30. Ne4 Ba5 31. Kd3 Rd8+ 32. Kc4 Rd1 (32... Rd7 33. Kb3
$18) 33. Nxc3 $18 (33. h3) 33... Rh1 $6 {>=} (33... Bxc3 $5 34. Kxc3 Rh1 35. h3
35... Kd7 $14 {/+/-}) 34. Ne4 $1 34... Rxh2 35. Kd4 Kd7 (35... Rxg2 36. Rc7+ {
/\ 37.Rxh7, 38.Ke5 +-}) 36. g3 (36. g4 $6 36... h5 $1 37. g5 37... h4 $13)
36... Bb4 37. Ke5 Rh5+ (37... Be7 38. Rd2+) 38. Kf6 Be7+ 39. Kg7 $1 39... e5
40. Rc6 $1 40... Rh1 41. Kf7 $1 41... Ra1 (41... Rh5 42. g4 Rh4 43. Re6 Bd8 44.
Rd6+) 42. Re6 $1 42... Bd8 (42... Bc5 43. Rxe5 Rxa4 44. Nxc5+ bxc5 45. Rxc5 $18
) (42... Bb4 43. Nf6+ Kc8 44. Rxe5 Rxa4 45. Re4 {/\ 46.Nd5 +-}) 43. Rd6+ Kc8 (
43... Kc7 44. Ke8 $18) 44. Ke8 $1 44... Bc7 45. Rc6 Rd1 (45... Rxa4 46. Nc3 {
/\ 47.Nd5 +-}) 46. Ng5 Rd8+ 47. Kf7 Rd7+ 48. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Wch25-Moscow pg.163"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 {Botvinnik-Levenfish, 8th URS-ch 1933} 4...
dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 (5... Be6 6. Qb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 Nd5 8. e4 8... Ndb4 $13) 6. e4
O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 (10. Qd3 10... f5 $5) 10... Bg4
11. d5 (11. Rd1 11... Qd6 $132 {Botvinnik-Fischer, Varna (ol) 1963}) 11... Nd7
12. Qa3 (12. Qc4 $5) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. O-O-O Nxf3 15. gxf3 Nb6 (15...
c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 $14) 16. Qb3 Qd7 (16... Qc8 $5 17. h4 c6 18. d6 exd6
19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. Bf4 20... Bh6 $1) 17. h4 $1 17... h5 (17... c6 18. h5 cxd5 19.
hxg6 hxg6 20. Bxb6 $1 20... axb6 21. Nxd5 $16) 18. f4 $1 18... e6 19. dxe6 Qxe6
20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rhg1 Kh7 (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 $16) 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. Nd4 23...
Re8 {>=} (23... Bxd4 $5 24. Rxd4 24... Re8 $1) 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26.
Rxg5 26... Nc4 {>=} (26... Rg8) 27. Rdg1 $2 (27. f5 $3 27... exf5 28. exf5 Rxf5
29. Rd7+ Kh8 30. Bd4+ Ne5 31. f4 $18) 27... Rg8 28. Kc2 $1 28... b6 (28... Nd6
$5 29. f3 29... a6 {/\ ...Rd7, ...Nf7}) 29. b3 Nd6 30. f3 Rd7 31. R5g2 Rdd8 32.
a4 $1 32... Nf7 33. Bc1 e5 34. Be3 34... exf4 $6 (34... Rdf8) (34... c5 $5) 35.
Bxf4 Rd7 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Rd8+ 38. Ke2 c5 39. a5 $1 39... Rd7 40. axb6
axb6 41. Ra1 Kg7 42. Ra6 (42. Ra8 $1) 42... Rb7 43. Ra8 Kf6 (43... b5 44. Rc8
c4 45. b4 $1 $16) 44. Rc8 Ne5 45. Ke3 Nd7 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. e5 Nf8 48. Rf6+ Kg7
49. Ke4 b5 50. Rc6 Kf7 51. Rxc5 Ne6 52. Rd5 Ke7 53. Be3 Rb8 54. Rd6 b4 55. Ra6
Rb5 56. Ra7+ Ke8 57. f4 Kf8 58. f5 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles pg.169"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 b6 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. f4 Ba6 14. a4 Bc4 15. Bh3 Re8
16. O-O Na6 17. e5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Rf3 Nc7 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Bg2 a6 22.
Rb1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. b3 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 b4 26. Rbf1 Ra1 27. Nc1 Nb5 28. Rxf7
Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Bf1 Nd4 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Qd3
Rf8 35. Bd2 f4 36. Kf3 Ra7 37. Qe4 Ra3 38. Qc4 Ra7 39. Qc2 Re7 40. Nd3 Bd4 41.
Qc4 Be3 42. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 43. Kf2 Rh3 44. Kg1 Rf5 45. Qe4 Rxg5+ 46. Kf1 Rg6 47.
Nxf4 Rf6 48. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles pg.172"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 g6 14. Qb1 c6
15. b4 a5 16. a3 b5 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Ra1 Ra7 19. Ra2 Rda8 20. Rda1 Bc8 21. Bd3
Bg4 22. Nd2 Bg7 23. h3 Be6 24. Qc2 axb4 25. axb4 Rxa2 26. Nxa2 Nc4 27. Nb3 Qg5
28. Kf1 Bf8 29. Qc1 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Qc3 Ra4 32. Kg1 Qc8 33. Nac1 Bxb4 34.
Qd3 Bd6 35. Rb1 h5 36. Qe2 Qf5 37. Nd3 Ra3 38. Nbc1 Kg7 39. Nb3 h4 40. Nbc1 Qe4
41. Qc2 Bc7 42. Nb3 Bd6 43. Ra1 Nxe3 44. fxe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kh1 Rxa1+ 46. Nxa1 Qxd4
47. Nb3 Qc4 48. Qb1 Qc3 49. Nbc1 c5 50. Ne2 Qf6 51. Qxb5 c4 52. Ng1 cxd3 53.
Qxd3 Qe5 54. g3 Qxg3 55. Qd4+ Qe5 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv (ol) pg.176"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Bouwmeester, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Bc7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rc1 Bd6
15. Re1 Be6 16. Nc5 a5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nd4 axb4 20. axb4 Ng6 21.
Bd3 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rdc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. b5 Qb4 25. Rf1 Qc3 26. Qb1 Bd7 27.
Bf5 Be8 28. Rc1 Qa5 29. h3 Qb6 30. Qc2 Qa5 31. Qc5 Qa2 32. Qd6 Qb2 33. Rb1 Ra1
34. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Bxg6 hxg6 37. Qe7 Qa8 38. Ne6+ Kh7 39. Nc7 Qb8
40. b6 1-0

[Event "Moscow pg.178"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Taimanov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 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 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 "Erevan pg.182"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Filip, M."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 Qc7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. c4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Ne1 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bd7 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. e4 Bh6 15. Re1
Rbe8 16. Ne3 b6 17. Bc3 Ng7 18. Qe2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ndf1 Nb7 21. g4 Bxe3
22. Nxe3 fxg4 23. Nxg4 Qd8 24. f3 Nh5 25. Bd2 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Nf2 Qh4 28.
Ne4 Kh8 29. Ng3 Nd8 30. Qf2 Qh6 31. Re4 Nf7 32. Kh1 Rf6 33. Rg1 Ng5 34. Re3
Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Rh6+ 36. Bh3 Nxh3 37. Nf5 Bxf5 38. Qf1 Nf4+ 39. Kg3 Rg8+ 40. Kf2
Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Erevan pg.183"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Schmidt , W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. Bd2 e5
9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. g3 Nhf6 12. h4 h5 13. Qc1 Ng8 14. Nd1 Qd8 15. Qc2
Bh6 16. Ne3 Qf6 17. Rf1 Nb6 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rf2 O-O-O 20. O-O-O Kb8 21. Rh1 Bc8
22. Kb1 Ne7 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bc3 Qg7 25. a3 f6 26. b4 Rdf8 27. Nc1 g5 28. hxg5
fxg5 29. f5 g4 30. Ng2 Bg5 31. Nb3 b6 32. Ka2 Bb7 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34. Nxc5 bxc5
35. Nf4 Bxf4 36. gxf4 g3 37. Rg2 Nc8 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Qb2 Re8 40. f6 Qg5 41.
f7 Re7 42. Rh3 h4 43. Rgxg3 1-0

[Event "Wch26-Moscow pg.191"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Spassky, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 (10... Rb8 $5) 11. b3 $2 (11. a3 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Rb1
{()<<}) 11... Ng4 12. e4 (12. Bb2 f5 13. Rae1 $5) 12... f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14.
Nd1 $5 (14. Bb2 $1 14... Bd7 15. Rae1 b5 16. Nd1 $14) 14... b5 15. f3 $2 (15.
Bb2 Rb8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. Re1) 15... e4 $1 16. Bb2 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxb2
18. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Be2 19... f4 $1 (19... Ra7 $5) 20. gxf4 (20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21.
gxf4 Ng6 22. Ne4 Nxf4 23. Ndf2 Ra7) 20... Bh3 $2 (20... Rxf4 21. Ne3 Qg5+ 22.
Kh1 Rxf1+ 23. Ndxf1 23... Ra7 $13) 21. Ne3 $1 21... Bxf1 (21... Rxf4 $2 22.
Rxf4 Qg5+ 23. Rg4 $1 (23. Kh1 Qxf4 24. Rg1+ $17) 23... Nxg4 24. Nxg4 Bxg4 25.
Bxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 26... Qd4 $8 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Qxd4+ cxd4 29. Rg4 $16 {_|_})
22. Rxf1 22... Ng6 {>=} (22... Nd7 23. Bg4 Qf6) 23. Bg4 23... Nxf4 $2 (23...
Rxf4 $2 24. Be6+ Kf8 25. Rxf4+ Nxf4 26. Qh8+ $18) (23... Qf6 $1 $8 24. Be6+ Kh8
25. Qxf6+ Rxf6 26. f5 Ne5 27. Ne4 $1 $16) 24. Rxf4 $1 24... Rxf4 25. Be6+ Rf7
26. Ne4 Qh4 (26... Raa7 27. Nf5 Qf8 28. Qf6 $18) 27. Nxd6 Qg5+ (27... Qe1+ 28.
Kg2 Qxe3 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kxf7 32. Qg7+ {and 33.Nxe3 +-})
28. Kh1 Raa7 (28... Qxe3 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kxf7 32. Qg7+ {
and 33.Nxe3}) 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qh8+ $1 1-0

[Event "Wch26-Moscow pg.194"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Spassky, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

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
12... 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 19... Rd7 $14) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15.
f3 Bd7 16. a4 $1 (16. Re1 16... 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 24... Nc6 $13 {
Geller-Spassky, Amsterdam (ct) 1956}) 16... Rfe8 (16... c4 $5 17. Bxc4 (17. Be2
$6 17... Nd5) 17... Rac8 $1) 17. e4 {[/\ 18.f4, 19.e5]} 17... c4 (17... Qc7 {
(or 17...Qe7)} 18. c4 $16) 18. Be2 Be6 (18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 $5) 19. Be3 Qc7 20.
Rab1 Nd7 21. Rb5 $1 $16 21... b6 22. Rfb1 Qc6 23. Bd4 f6 24. Qa2 Kh8 25. Bf1 h6
26. h3 Rab8 27. a5 Rb7 (27... a6 28. Rxb6 $1 28... Nxb6 29. axb6 Qb7 30. Qa5
$16) 28. axb6 axb6 29. Qf2 $6 (29. Qb2 $142 $1 29... Ra8 30. Qb4 Rba7 31. Bxb6
Ra3 32. Bd4 Rb3 33. Rxb3 cxb3 34. c4 $1) 29... Ra8 30. Qb2 30... 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 32... 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 35... Rc2
$1 36. Qxb3 36... Rc1 $1 (36... Rxc4 $5 37. Bxc4 Bxc4 38. Rb8+ Nxb8 39. Qxb8+
39... 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 34... 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 "Santa Monica pg.200"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf, M."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. h3 b6 11. e4 a6 12. e5 Nd7 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4
Ne8 16. h4 Ne5 17. Nd2 Nf7 18. Re1 g5 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Nce4 h6 22.
Ra3 Ng4 23. Qc1 Rb7 24. Bf3 Rbf7 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Qb1 a5 27. Qc1 Be5 28. Kg2
Qd7 29. Rh1 Qf5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. f3 Nf6 32. fxg4 Qxg4 33. Qd1 Qxd1 34. Rxd1
Nxe4 35. Nxe4 g4 36. Rd2 Bd4 37. Ra1 Re7 38. Nf2 Re3 39. Nxg4 Rb3 40. Nh2 Rb4
41. Re1 Rxc4 42. Re6 Rxa4 43. Rxd6 Rb4 44. Rc6 a4 45. d6 Kf7 46. Nf3 Ke6 47.
Nxd4+ cxd4 48. d7+ Kxd7 49. Rh6 Rf5 50. g4 Rd5 51. Kf3 d3 52. Rf6 b5 53. Rf4
Rc4 54. Re4 Kc6 55. Ke3 Rc2 56. g5 Rc1 57. Rg4 Re1+ 58. Kf2 Re8 59. g6 Kc5 60.
g7 Rdd8 61. Kf1 b4 62. Kf2 Kb5 63. Kf3 a3 64. bxa3 bxa3 65. Kf2 Rg8 66. Ke3 Rd7
67. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 68. Kxd3 a2 69. Rg1 Rxg7 70. Ra1 Rg2 71. Kc3 Ka4 72. Rh1 Ka3 73.
Rf1 Rg8 74. Rh1 Rc8+ 0-1

[Event "La Habana (ol) pg.205"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Johansson, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{2/447} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Nc6
8. Be3 Qc7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. Rf2 b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bf3
Rc8 15. g4 h6 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nh7 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qxg7 Rh7 21.
Qg8 Ne5 22. Be2 Bc6 23. Rxa6 Rd8 24. Rxc6 Nxc6 25. Bb5 1-0

[Event "La Habana (ol) pg.206"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsen, B."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{2/173} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O
O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Nf5 Nf8 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bd2 f6
14. Qh5 Rxe5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Rfe1 e4 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Qh4 Bf5 19. Qg3 Qe7 20.
c3 Ne6 21. Be3 Ng4 22. h3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rf8 24. Qe5 Bg6 25. Rd1 Qf7 26. Rd2 Nf4
27. b4 h6 28. a4 Bh7 29. Qd4 b6 30. Re1 Qc7 31. Qe3 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. g3 Nd3
34. Bxd3 exd3 35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rb2 c4 38. f3 d4 39. Rc1 Ke6 40.
Kf2 Be4 41. f4 Re8 42. g4 Bc6 43. Re1+ Kd5 44. Rxe8 Bxe8 45. cxd4 c3 46. Rb8 d2
47. Rd8+ Kc4 48. Rc8+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "USSR pg.210"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Bronstein, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

{3/569} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Rc1
O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. c5 h6 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Re1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bf6 18. b4 Bg7 19. Rb1 f6 20. Nd3 Bf7
21. b5 Qc7 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Rb6 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxc5 26. Rc6 Qa7 27.
Ng4 Kh8 28. Nxh6 Be8 29. Rxe8 Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Raxe8 31. Qh5 Qe1 32. Nf5+ Kg8 33.
Nxg7 Rf1 34. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Venezia pg.212"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Donner, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

{4/223} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nb6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Ndb5 Na5 12. Nxa7 Ra8 13. Nab5 Nac4 14.
Bc1 Bb4 15. O-O Na4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Qb6 20.
Ne4 Be7 21. Qe2 O-O 22. b3 Bc6 23. Bb2 Rfd8 24. Nd6 Qc5 25. a4 Bxd6 26. exd6
Qxd6 27. Rad1 Qe7 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. h3 Qd5 32. Rf2 Rd8
33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Bd4 h5 35. Rd2 Qe4 36. Qf2 Rd5 37. Be3 Rxd2 38. Qxd2 e5 39.
fxe5 Qxe5+ 40. Bf4 Qd5 41. Qxd5+ Bxd5 42. c4 Be4 43. a5 g5 44. Bc7 h4 45. Bd8
Kf7 46. Kg1 Bc2 47. b4 Bd3 48. c5 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moskva pg.214"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Gheorghiu, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

{3/36} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 h6
8. Nd5 Bf8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Ne4 Qd8 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. b4 Qc8 14. Rb1
Bh3 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 g6 17. h4 Bg7 18. h5 g5 19. Nd5 Nd4 20. Ne3 f5 21. Bb2
fxe4 22. dxe4 Qe6 23. Bc3 b5 24. cxb5 Qxa2 25. Qd3 Qe2 26. Qxe2 Nxe2 27. Nd5
Rab8 28. Rfe1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Rbc1 Rb7 31. Nxc7 Re5 32. Rc6 g4 33. Nd5
Rxb5 34. Rxd6 Rb7 35. Rg6 Kh7 36. Rxg4 Rd7 37. Rh1 Re6 38. Rd1 Rc6 39. Rd2 Be5
40. f4 Bh8 41. f5 1-0

[Event "Lugano pg.217"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Castro, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c6 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ng5 Qc7
9. e5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nh7 11. Nxh7 Rxh7 12. Ne4 d5 13. Ng5 Rh8 14. f5 gxf5 15. e6
f6 16. Nf7 Rh7 17. O-O dxc4 18. Rxf5 Qb6 19. Be3 c5 20. d5 Nd7 21. Rxh5 Rxh5
22. Qxh5 Qxb2 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Lugano (ol) pg.217"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Kottnauer, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

{6/808} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. a3 h5 13. f3 Bh6 14. b4 Bd7 15.
Rb1 Be3+ 16. Kh1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qe1 Qg6 19. Bf2 Qh6 20. Bxe3 Qxe3 21. Nb5
axb4 22. Rb3 Qh6 23. axb4 Rae8 24. Nc3 Nf6 25. c5 dxc5 26. Bxa6 bxa6 27. bxc5
Bb5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. d6 cxd6 30. cxd6 Rb8 31. Re3 Nd7 32. f4 e4 33. Rg3+ Kh8
34. Rg5 Nf6 35. Rxf5 Qh7 36. Re5 Rfe8 37. Qa1 Rxe5 38. fxe5 Ng4 39. e6+ Qg7 40.
Nxe4 b4 41. e7 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca pg.218"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Larsen, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

{6/648} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7
8. Bg5 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 Na6 12. Be2 Nc7 13. e4 b5 14. O-O Qd7
15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. h3 a6 18. f4 c4 19. Bf3 h5 20. Rad1 Nh7 21. e5
dxe5 22. Nde4 Qf5 23. Qf2 Rad8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qb6 Qc8 26. Nc5 e4 27. Qxb7
exf3 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. d6 Bf8 30. Nb7 Ne6 31. d7 Rb8 32. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch27-Moscow pg.222"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Spassky, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 5... b6 $6 6. Nge2 (6. Nf3 Bb7
7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 9... 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 9...
c5 (9... Be7 $5 {/\ c5 Bondarevsky, Kortchnoi}) 10. a3 cxd4 (10... Bxc3 11.
bxc3 $16) 11. axb4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 $14 {^^|^<<} 12... Nc6 $6 $14 (12... Qc7 $5
13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qe1 14... 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 14... Qc7 {
Bondarevsky}) 13. b5 Ne5 (13... Na5 14. Be2 $1 14... 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 17... Qc5 $13) 14. Be2 Qc7 (14... Nd5 15. Bd2 $16
(15. Qd4 $14)) 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Qe1 $1 16... Qc5+ {>=} (16... Nfd7 {
/\ Nc5 Smyslov}) 17. Qf2 $1 $16 17... Qe7 (17... Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3
Rxd3 20. Be3 $1 $16 20... Ne8 21. Ra4 21... Nd6 $6 22. Ke2 $18) (17... Nd3 18.
Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Bg5 {Bondarevsky}) (17... Nfd7 $1 18. Be3 18... Qb4
$1 $14 {Geller}) 18. Ra3 $1 $16 {[/\-> >< a7]} 18... 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 {(/\ Ne2-d4)} 22... f5 $6 23.
exf5 exf5 24. Ra4 Re8 25. Bd2 $1 {(/\ h2-h4-h5+-)} 25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 $1 $18
26... bxc5 27. Rc4 Re5 28. Na4 a6 (28... Nb6 29. Rxc5 $18) 29. Nxc5 $1 $18
29... axb5 30. Nxb7 $1 30... 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 "Wch27-Moscow pg.226"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spassky, B."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 (6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 $14 {
Geller}) 6... Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 (8. b4 Bd6 9. Qb3 O-O 10. a4 Qe7 11. Ba3
$10 {O'Kelly}) (8. Bd3 $10) 8... Bd6 $15 9. b4 O-O 10. O-O a6 (10... Ne4 $5 {
Gufeld}) 11. Qb3 11... Qe7 $1 12. Rb1 (12. b5 $6 12... axb5 13. Nxb5 13... c5
$1 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 15... bxc5 $1 $15 {Boleslavsky}) (12. Bb2 $5 {Geller}
) 12... Ne4 $1 13. a4 (13. Nxd5 $2 13... Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc3) (13. Ne1 $5 {
Kortchnoi}) 13... Ndf6 (13... Bxb4 14. Nxe4 $1 14... dxe4 15. Qxb4 c5 16. dxc5
exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {Bondarevsky}) 14. b5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qc2 $2
(16. Qb3 $17) 16... Rfc8 17. Bb2 (17. Nd2 axb5 18. axb5 18... c5 $1 19. Nxe4
cxd4 20. Qd3 dxe4 21. Qxd4 21... Be5 $17 {Kortchnoi}) 17... c6 18. bxc6 Bxc6
19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Ra1 b5 21. a5 $2 (21. axb5 $142 21... Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23.
Qxb5 23... axb5 $15 {Gufeld, Geller}) 21... Bb7 $17 (21... b4 {(/\ 22...Bb5)})
22. Ne5 (22. Rfc1 $142 22... Rc4 23. Qd1 {/\ Ne5, f3 Kortchnoi}) 22... Qd8 (
22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd2 24. Qb4 $1 24... Nxf1 25. Bg4 $1 $13 {Boleslavsky}) (
22... Qe7 $17 {Geller}) 23. Rfd1 (23. Bd3 $1 23... Nd2 24. Bxh7+ $1 24... Kf8
25. Qd3 Nxf1 26. Qf5 $1) 23... Qh4 24. g3 Qe7 25. f3 $2 (25. Bf3 $5) (25. Bd3
$5 {/\ Be4 O'Kelly}) 25... Ng5 26. h4 Ne6 27. f4 f6 28. Nf3 Nd8 29. Kf2 Nf7 30.
Nd2 30... Rc4 $1 31. Qd3 (31. Nxc4 $2 31... dxc4 32. Qc2 32... Rc8 $19) 31...
Re8 32. Bf3 Bb4 33. Ba3 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 34... Nd6 $19 35. Re1 f5 36. Raa1 36...
Ne4+ {>=} (36... Rec8 $1 $19) 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Qb1 Qd7 39. Ra2 Rec8 40. Nxc4 (
40. Nb3 40... Qh3 $1 41. Rh1 Rc2+ 42. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 43. Qxc2 Qxh1 44. Qc7 44...
Qf3+ $19) (40. Nb3 Qh3 41. Rg1 Rc3 42. Nc5 R8xc5 43. dxc5 43... d4 $19 {Gufled}
) 40... dxc4 41. d5 (41. Qb4 $5 41... c3 42. Rc2 Rc4 43. Qb3 43... Qg4 {
Bondarevsky}) 41... Bxd5 42. Rd1 c3 43. Rc2 Qh3 44. Rg1 Qg4 45. Kg2 Qf3+ 46.
Kh2 Qxe3 47. f5 (47. Qd1 Qd3 48. Qg4 Qxc2+ 49. Rg2 Qxg2+) 47... Qc5 48. Rf1 b4
49. f6 b3 50. Rcf2 c2 51. Qc1 e3 52. f7+ Kf8 53. Rf5 b2 54. Qxb2 c1=Q 55. Qxg7+
Kxg7 56. Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch27-Moscow pg.234"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Spassky, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2
{[Kortchnoi]} 8... b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Bb7 (10... Be6 $5 {Geller} 11. Bd3 c6
12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 13... Nd7 {/\ c5= Boleslavsky}) 11. Rb1 c6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13.
O-O Re8 14. Rfc1 $14 {|^<<} 14... a5 $2 {>=} (14... Be7 {
/\ Nf6, Bd6, Ne4 Boleslavsky}) 15. bxa5 $1 (15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 16... b5 $1)
15... Rxa5 16. Bf5 $16 {[/\ Bd7]} 16... Ra6 (16... b5 $2 17. Nxd5 $1 (17. Bxd7)
17... cxd5 18. Bxd7 $18) 17. Rb3 g6 18. Bd3 (18. Bh3 $5) 18... Ra7 19. Rcb1 (
19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bg7 21. Nd6 21... Re6 $15 {Geller}) 19... Bg7 {>=} (19...
Kg7 {(Kortchnoi)}) (19... Be7 $5 {/\ Be7-d6-c7}) 20. a4 (20. Bf1 $5) 20... Qe7
21. Bf1 21... Ba6 $2 (21... Qe6 $1 $14) 22. h4 {
[?! Geller, Bondarevsky; ! Kortchnoi, Tal]} 22... Bxf1 23. Rxf1 23... h5 $2 (
23... Qe6 $5 24. g3 Qh3 25. Rfb1 25... Re6 $1 {Geller}) 24. Re1 $1 24... Raa8
25. g3 Qd6 26. Kg2 Kf8 27. Reb1 Kg8 28. Qd1 Bf8 29. R3b2 Bg7 30. Rc2 {
/\ 31.Rbc1} 30... Ra7 31. Rbc1 31... Nb8 $2 (31... Raa8 32. Ne2 32... c5 $1)
32. Ne2 $1 $16 32... Rc7 (32... Rxa4 $2 33. Rxc6 $1 33... Nxc6 34. Qxa4 Rc8 35.
Qa6 $18) (32... Qb4 33. Rb1 Qxa4 34. Rxb6 $16) 33. Qd3 Ra7 (33... c5 34. Qb5
Nd7 35. a5 c4 36. Nf4 $16) 34. Qb3 Ra6 35. Nf4 Rd8 36. Nd3 Bf8 (36... Rc8 37.
Nb4 Ra5 38. Nxc6 $1) 37. Nfe5 $18 37... Rc8 38. Rc3 $1 38... Be7 39. Nf4 $6 (
39. Nxc6 $1 39... Rxc6 40. Rxc6 Nxc6 41. Qb5 Nb8 42. Rc8+ $18) 39... Bf6 40.
Ned3 (40. Nxc6 $1 $18 {Geller}) 40... Ra5 41. Qxb6 Rxa4 42. Rc5 $1 42... Ra6 (
42... Nd7 43. Rxc6 $1 $18) 43. Rxd5 $1 $18 43... Qxf4 $1 (43... Rxb6 44. Rxd6
Be7 45. Nd5 $1 $18) (43... Qf8 44. Qb7 $18) 44. Qxa6 $1 44... Qe4+ 45. f3 Qe6
46. Qc4 Qxe3 (46... Re8 47. Re5 $1 47... Bxe5 48. Qxe6 Rxe6 49. Nxe5 $18) 47.
Ne5 $1 {[/\ 48.Rxd8 Rxd8 49.Qf7 /\ Ng6#]} 47... Rf8 48. Rc5 $1 48... Be7 49.
Rb1 $1 49... Bxc5 (49... Kg7 50. Rb7) (49... Bd6 50. Rb2 $18) 50. Rxb8 $1 (50.
Rxb8 Kh8 51. Nxf7+ Kg7 52. Ng5) 1-0

[Event "Moskva pg.243"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Savon, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

{8/574} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 Be6 7. Nd2 c5
8. dxc5 Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qxc4 O-O 13. Nb3 Ne5
14. Qe2 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Ne5 16. e4 Nc6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. h4 Qe6 19. h5 a5 20. Rh3 a4
21. Nd4 Qe5 22. Qg4 Qxc5 23. Qh4 h6 24. Bxh6 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. Be3 Qf6 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. e5 Qxe5 30. Rf3+ Ke6 31. Qxg6+ Bf6 32. Qg4+ Kf7
33. Rf5 Qb2 34. Qh5+ Ke6 35. Re1 Kd7 36. Rd5+ Kc7 37. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "USSR pg.246"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, L."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

{9/21} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5
8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. e4 d4 13. Nb1 Ne8 14. Ne1 e5
15. f4 g6 16. f5 Bg5 17. h4 Be3+ 18. Kh2 gxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
dxe4 Nef6 22. Ng2 Rfe8 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Nxe4+ 26. Kf4 Nxd2
27. Rfe1 Nf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Re1 Nde4 30. Re2 Kf8 31. Kf3 d3 32. Re3 Rd8 33.
Re1 d2 34. Rd1 Ng4 35. Ne3 Nef2 36. Bc3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Beograd pg.251"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Fischer, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

{9/55} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O
8. Bd2 d5 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 dxc4 13. dxc4 Rc8 14. c5
bxc5 15. bxc5 Na5 16. Na4 Bc6 17. Qc2 Nb7 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Ne1 Nd5 20. Nb2 Bb5
21. Ned3 Bd4 22. Qb3 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Rd8
27. Bf3 Qc7 28. Bg5 Be7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Qd4 e5 31. Qc4 Nb6 32. Qc2 Rc8 33.
Qd3 Rc4 34. Bg2 Qc7 35. Qa3 Rc3 36. Qa5 Rc5 37. Qa3 a5 38. h4 Nc4 39. Qd3 Nd6
40. Kh2 Kg7 41. Rd1 Ne8 42. Qd7 Qxd7 43. Rxd7 Nf6 44. Ra7 Ng4+ 45. Kg1 Rc1+ 46.
Bf1 Ra1 47. e4 a4 48. Kg2 Ra2 49. Rxf7+ Kxf7 50. Bc4+ Ke7 51. Bxa2 a3 52. Kf3
Nf6 53. Ke3 Kd6 54. f4 Nd7 55. Bb1 Nc5 56. f5 Na6 57. g4 Nb4 58. fxg6 hxg6 59.
h5 gxh5 60. gxh5 Ke6 61. Kd2 Kf6 62. Kc3 a2 63. Bxa2 Nxa2+ 64. Kb2 Nb4 65. Kc3
Nc6 66. Kc4 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade pg.255"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fischer, R."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 (3... dxe4 {Petrosian=:P}) 4. e5 $2 {Fischer=:F} (
4. h3 $142 {F}) 4... Bg7 5. f4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... Nh6 7. Bd3 7... Bf5 $14 {F})
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 (8... h4 9. f5 {P}) 9. g3 {P  e3, 0-0-0 F} (9. Be2 9...
h4 $1 {F}) 9... Qb6 $1 {F} 10. Qf2 Ne7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Ne2 $2 {F} (12. Bd2 $142
{P 13.0-0-0} 12... Nf5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. O-O-O $14 {F}) 12... O-O-O 13. c3
13... f6 $1 {P} 14. b3 Nf5 (14... Rdf8 15. Ba3 {F}) 15. Rg1 (15. O-O $142 {F})
15... c5 $1 {P} 16. Bxf5 (16. g4 $2 16... hxg4 17. hxg4 17... Ne7 $36 {F})
16... gxf5 17. Be3 17... Qa6 $1 {P} 18. Kf1 (18. Qf3 fxe5 19. fxe5 19... Bxe5
$2 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qf1 {F}) 18... cxd4 (18... Kb8 $1 {P} 19. Qe1 $11 {F}) 19.
cxd4 Nb8 20. Kg2 Nc6 21. Nc1 $1 {P  d3 F/P} 21... Rd7 $6 {P} (21... Kb8 {
P  c8 P}) 22. Qd2 $1 {P} (22. Rd1 $142 {P  d3 F}) 22... Qa5 23. Qxa5 (23. Qb2
23... Qa6 {F} (23... Bf8)) (23. Qe2 23... fxe5 $1 24. fxe5 (24. dxe5 24... d4
$1 {P d3!}) 24... Qc3 {F}) 23... Nxa5 24. Nd3 Nc6 (24... b6 $142 {F}) 25. Rac1
(25. Nc5 $142 25... Re7 26. Rac1 $36 {F}) 25... Rc7 26. Rc3 b6 27. Rgc1 Kb7 28.
Nb4 (28. b4 28... a6 $1 29. a4 Rhc8 30. b5 $2 (30. a5 30... Nd8 $1 31. Rxc7+
$140 31... Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ 32... Kxc7 {P  b5 F}) (30. Kf3 $4 30... Nxe5+ $19) (
30. Kf2 Bh8) 30... axb5 31. axb5 31... Na7 {<-> b5 F}) 28... Rhc8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6
30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxc6 Kxc6 32. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Siegen (ol) pg.257"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pomar Salamanca, A."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

{10/105} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. g3 Qc8 6. Bg2 Nh6 7. h3 Bd7
8. e4 f6 9. Be3 Nf7 10. Qd2 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 b6 14. g4
Rb8 15. Rhe1 Rb7 16. e5 fxe5 17. Ng5 O-O 18. Nd5 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Be8 20. Bh6 e6
21. Bxg7 Rxg7 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Rxe5 Rgf7 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Rg5 Rf4 26. Qd3 h6 27.
Nd6 hxg5 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qxg5 Qh7+ 0-1

[Event "Sevilla (m/7) pg.261"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hubner"]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Rb8
15. O-O Rxb2 16. Rab1 Rb4 17. Qa6 Qc7 18. a3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Ra8 20. a4 h6 21. a5
Kh7 22. Qb7 Qxa5 23. Qxa8 Qxc3 24. Qxa7 Nxe4 25. Rf1 Bh4 26. Rf7 Bf6 27. Kh2
Qxc2 28. Qd7 Qb3 29. Bf2 Qd5 30. Qa7 Qd2 31. Qe3 Qc2 32. Be1 c5 33. h4 c4 34.
Rc7 Qd3 35. Qf3 Qb1 36. Qe3 Nd6 37. Qd2 Nf5 38. Rxc4 e4 39. Qc2 Qxe1 40. Rxe4
Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Moskva pg.264"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Kortschnoj, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 d4 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. d3 c5 7. Bg2 Ne7 8. O-O Nec6
9. e3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bf3 Bc7 14. a3 Ba5 15. Bc1 Qe7
16. Bg4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. Ra2 Bc8 21. Re1 Kh8 22.
b4 cxb4 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. axb4 a6 26. Nf3 e4 27. c5 Bc7 28. Nfxd4
Qf7 29. Rd2 Bd7 30. Bb2 Kg8 31. Na5 Bxa5 32. bxa5 Rb8 33. Ba1 Rfe8 34. Rde2 Qh5
35. Qd2 Kg7 36. h4 exd3 37. Qxd3 f4 38. Nf3 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qxc5 40. Ne5 Kf8 41.
Nxd7+ Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires m  pg.270"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Fischer, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

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 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 "San Antonio pg.279"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mecking, H."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

{14/231} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.
Bxf6 Qxf6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qf3 Qg7 12. Ne2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14.
O-O f5 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Rad1 f4 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Nc1 Nd6 19. Bf1 e4 20. Qe2 f3
21. gxf3 Rxf3 22. Nb3 Bg4 23. Nd4 Raf8 24. Nxf3 Bxf3 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. h3 Kg8 27.
Re3 Bxd1 28. Qxd1 Qf5 29. Re2 Qg5+ 30. Bg2 Rf5 31. c4 Nxc4 32. Rxe4 Nd6 33. Re3
Re5 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Qc1 Qe7 36. Qc3 b6 37. b3 a5 38. Kf1 Qg7 39. Qc1 Qe5 40.
Bf3 Nf5 41. Qg5 Kg7 42. Kg2 Qf6 43. Qf4 Qd6 44. Qe4 Kf6 45. Qc4 Qe5 46. b4 axb4
47. Qxb4 h5 48. Be4 Nd6 49. Bf3 Kf7 50. Qb3 Kg7 51. Qd3 Kf6 52. Bd1 Nf5 53. Bc2
Kg5 54. Qd2+ Qf4 55. Qc3 Nh4+ 56. Kf1 Nf3 57. Qd3 Qc1+ 58. Bd1 Ne5 59. Qd4 Qc4+
60. Qxc4 Nxc4 61. Bc2 Ne5 62. Ke2 Kf4 63. h4 g5 64. hxg5 Kxg5 65. Ke3 Ng4+ 66.
Kf3 h4 67. Bd1 Nf6 68. Bb3 Kf5 69. Kg2 Kg4 70. Bd1+ Kf4 71. Bb3 Ne4 72. Bc2 Nc3
73. Bb3 Ne4 74. Bc2 Nc3 75. Bb3 Kg4 76. Kh2 Ne4 77. Kg2 h3+ 78. Kg1 Kf3 79.
Bd1+ Kf4 80. Bc2 Nf6 81. Bb3 Ng4 82. Ba4 h2+ 83. Kg2 Nxf2 84. Kxh2 Nd3 85. Kg2
Ke3 86. Kg3 0-1

[Event "San Antonio pg.282"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Larsen, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

{14/121} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 b5 5. Ne5 c6 6. Nd2 Qb6 7. e4 Qxd4
8. Nef3 Qc5 9. exf5 Qxf5 10. O-O Nd5 11. Nd4 Qf7 12. N2f3 Qh5 13. Re1 Be7 14.
Re5 Qf7 15. Re2 O-O 16. Ne5 Qh5 17. f4 Bc5 18. Kh1 Bb7 19. Ndf3 Bb6 20. a4 a6
21. c4 Nf6 22. Ng5 bxa4 23. Bf3 Qe8 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 h6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27.
Bxe4 d5 28. Bg2 Nd7 29. Rxa4 c5 30. cxd5 Nb6 31. Ra5 Nxd5 32. Rb3 Rd8 33. Rxb7
Ne3 34. Qe2 Rd1+ 35. Qxd1 Nxd1 36. Rxa6 Ne3 37. Raa7 Nf5 38. g4 Qd8 39. h3 Qd1+
40. Kh2 Qd4 41. Ng6 Ne3 42. Rxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nxf8 Kxf8 45. Bf3 h5
46. g5 h4 47. Kg1 e5 48. fxe5 Nc4 49. Kf2 Nxe5 50. Be4 Kg7 51. b3 Nf7 52. g6
Ng5 53. Bf5 Kf6 54. Ke3 Ne6 55. Bxe6 Kxe6 56. Ke4 Kf6 57. Kd5 Kxg6 58. Kxc5 Kf5
59. b4 Kf4 60. b5 Kg3 61. b6 1-0

[Event "Nica (ol) pg.287"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Visier Segovia, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

{18/645} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. c5 O-O 8.
Nge2 a5 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Qd2 b5 12. Be2 d5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. Bh6 b4
15. Na4 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Ba6 17. h4 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Na6 19. h5 Nf8 20. Rac1 Ra7 21.
Kf2 Ne6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rh4 Rc7 24. Rg4 Rf8 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Ng7 27.
Rh1 Rf4 28. Nh5 Rcf7 29. e6 1-0

[Event "USSR (ch) Erevan pg.289"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Beliavsky, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

{20/382} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7.
Qxd4 d6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rfe1 Bc6 13. Rac1 e6
14. b4 b6 15. Red1 Qe7 16. Qf4 Rfd8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Qh4 a5 19. h3 Rc7 20. f4 h6
21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 axb4 23. axb4 Nh5 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Bd3 Nh5 26. f5 Qf6 27.
Ne2 Qe5 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Qe3 Rb8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Rd8 32. cxd6 Rxd6 33.
Rc5 Rd5 34. Rc3 Rdd7 35. Rdc1 Bb7 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. e5 Kg7 39.
Qg5 Qf7 40. g4 Qf3 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. gxh5 1-0

[Event "Varese pg.293"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Portisch, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

{22/107} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. c3 Na6
8. e3 Rb8 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14.
Ne5 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd5 17. e4 Nf6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 d5 20.
dxc5 dxe4 21. Rad1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qxc5 23. Qxe4 Qc7 24. Qd3 h6 25. Qd7 Qc5 26.
Rd3 a5 27. Rf3 Rf8 28. Rf4 e5 29. Re4 Kh8 30. Re3 f6 31. Rd3 Rb8 32. Qd6 Qa7
33. Qc6 Qf7 34. Rd5 Qg6 35. Rxe5 Qd3 36. Rc5 b4 37. cxb4 axb4 38. a4 Qb3 39.
Rc2 Qa2 40. Re2 Kh7 41. h4 b3 42. Qd7 Kh8 43. Re7 Rg8 44. Qd4 Ra8 45. Rb7 Re8
46. Rb5 Rc8 47. Rb4 Rg8 48. Qc3 Ra8 49. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine pg.297"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, L."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

{25/662} 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 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 e5 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7
15. Be2 Rad8 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4
21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Nd2 Ree8 23. e4 Nc5 24. Nc4 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 Kg6 38. Rc2 Kf5 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kf2
Rh7 41. Rd2 h4 42. Kg2 Ke4 43. Rd1 Ne3+ 44. Bxe3 Kxe3 45. Nc3 h3+ 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas pg.312"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T."]
[Black "Sosonko, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O Bg4 6. dxc5 e5 7. c4 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 h6 11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 e4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
Bxe2 15. Nc3 Bf3 16. Nxe4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 O-O 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd6 Rfd8 20. Nf5
Kf8 21. Nxe7 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Kxe7 23. Bc5+ Ke6 24. Rd6+ Kf5 25. Bd4 Rc8 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. Rb6 Rc7 28. Kh3 Kg5 29. f4+ Kf5 30. Kh4 Kg6 31. Kg4 Rd7 32. f5+ Kg7
33. h4 Rd4+ 34. Kf3 Rd3+ 35. Kf4 Rd4+ 36. Ke3 Rd5 37. Ke4 Re5+ 38. Kf4 Re7 39.
h5 Rc7 40. Ke3 Rc5 41. g4 Re5+ 42. Kd4 Re2 43. Rxb7 Rg2 44. Kc5 Rxg4 45. b4 Rg5
46. a4 Rxf5+ 47. Kb6 Re5 48. Kxa6 f5 49. b5 f4 50. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow pg.314"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov, G."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 {Chess players don't often comment their lost games. But G.Kasparov
published this game in his book 'Test of Time', and it became a subject for
discussions in NIC magazine. Recently I and M.Dvoretzky found some new ideas.}
1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 {
Kasparov is playing the line invented by Petrosian!} 4... Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O 11... O-O $6 {
?! Kasparov; now White can provoke some weaknesses on king's side.} (11... Nc6
$142 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 13... O-O {-ECO E12/76}) 12. Qc2 (12. e4 $5 {
-ECO E12/76/(476)}) 12... g6 (12... h6 $5 13. e4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5
16. Rad1 cxd4 17. cxd4 $14 {
Ribli,Z-Hort,V Euro_cup Bayern-Porz, 1991 (with different move order)}) 13. e4
Nc6 (13... Qc7 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. h4 $1 15... Nc6 16. Be3 Bf6 (16... e5 $5 17. d5
Na5 18. h5 c4 19. Bc2 $14 {Cebalo-Toth, Budva 1981 inf.32/593}) 17. e5 Bg7 18.
h5 $40 {Polugaevsky-Petrosian, Moscow 1981 -inf.31/586}) 14. Bh6 $1 (14. Be3 $5
{Kasparov}) 14... Re8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 (15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18.
Bb5 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Rd7 21... a5 {+/= Kasparov} 22. Be3 b5
(22... Bc6 23. Ra7 $1 $16 (23. Rc7 Bd5 24. Bxb6 24... a4 {/\ Bb3, e5})) 23. Rc1
$16 {/\ Rc7}) 16. Qe2 Red8 17. Qe3 $1 {/\ e5, h4-h5-> Kasparov} 17... e5 {
Here Kasparov spent 58 minutes! Of course, White's position is better, but it'
not a time for a decisive action yet.} (17... Rd7 18. Bf4 $1 18... Qd8 19. Bb5
{Kasparov}) 18. d5 (18. Bc4 $6 18... exd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qb3+
Ke8 22. Rac1 (22. e5 Bc5 23. Ng5 23... Qe7 $17 {Kasparov}) 22... Qd6 $1 $17 {
Kasparov}) 18... Na5 {Now White has a choice between two good plans: to
prevent c5-c4 or to start an aktive play on king's side at once. It is
impossible to solve this problem  over the board. Don't waste too much time
here and make a decision!} 19. c4 {It's tempting to move the knight to d4, but
it's stil not easy to defend. The  knight was useful to block the queen's side
,and after his exchange white pawns are more mobile.} (19. Ng5 $5 19... c4 20.
Be2 {/\ h4-h5|^ Kasparov} 20... Bc8 {/\ f6} 21. Qg3 f6 22. Nf3 $1 {/\ Nh4} (22.
Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 23... Qc6 {/\ Nb3, b5, Nc5; ><e6}) 22... Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8
24. h4 Qg7 25. Nd2 $1 $36 {
White combines the threats on the different sides of the board.}) 19... Nb3 (
19... f6 $5 20. h4 Ba6 21. Nd2 21... Bf8 $14 {
In some cases Black can transfer the knight to d6 via b7.}) 20. Ra2 f6 21. h4
21... Bc8 $6 {Black wanted to meet 22.h5 with 22...Bg4, but now the
communications between his pieces are dangerously disrupted.} (21... Bf8 $142
22. Bxf8 (22. h5 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 23... Qg7 $14) 22... Rxf8 23. Rb1 Nd4 24. Nxd4
cxd4 25. Qd2 {/\ Qb4; a4-a5} 25... Ba6 26. a4 Qc5 (26... Bxc4 $4 27. Rc1 $18) (
26... Rfc8 $6 27. Qb4 27... Bxc4 $2 (27... Rab8 28. d6 $1 $40 28... Qc5) 28.
Rc2 Bxd3 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Qd6 $16) 27. Qb4 27... Rac8 $1 $132) 22. Rb1 $1
22... Nd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Qg3 $16 {/\f4|^B; /\a4-a5|^R} 24... Bf8 25. Bd2 $1
25... Bd6 26. Rf1 26... Qg7 {#} 27. a4 (27. f4 Bd7 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bf4 Rf8
30. Raf2 30... Rae8 $13) (27. Bb4 $1 {Main idea of this move is not to
exchange bishops (white could do it earlier), but to prevent normal
development of Black by 27...Bd7. At the same time White may need the second
rank for a rook after f2-f4.} 27... Qe7 28. f4 $1 28... exf4 (28... Bd7 29.
fxe5 (29. f5 $5 29... Kg7 30. Be2 $40 {/\Bh5}) 29... fxe5 30. Qg5 $5 $36) 29.
Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxf4 $1 (30. Rxf4 30... Qe5 $1 (30... Rf8 31. e5 $1 31... Qxe5
32. Re2 $40) 31. Raf2 Rf8 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. g4 33... h6 $13) 30... Qxf4 31. Rxf4
$16) 27... a5 28. Rb2 $1 {Kasparov doesn't give a moment of rest to his
opponent. He plays on both sides of the board, and uses the benefits of a
better coordination of his pieces.} 28... Bc5 (28... Rb8 $2 29. Rfb1 Bc5 30.
Bxa5 $18) 29. f4 {# Another critical moment of a game.} 29... Bd7 $6 (29... h6
$5 {/\ 30.h5 g5 Petrosian. What a great 'profilactikal' move!} 30. Qe1 $5 30...
Ra7 $1 {/\ 31.fe fe 32.Qc1 Kh7} (30... Bd7 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Qc1 $1 32... Ba3 (
32... Kh7 33. Bxh6 Qxh6 34. Rf7+) 33. Bxh6 Bxb2 34. Qg5 Qh7 35. Rf6 $18) 31.
Qb1 {/\ Rb6} 31... Rb7 32. fxe5 (32. Bc1 $5 {/\ 33.fe fe 34.Rbf2}) 32... fxe5
33. Rb5 {/\ 34.Qc1 Kh7 35.Ba5} 33... Kh7 $1 $13 (33... g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Qe1
Bd7 36. Rb1 $36 {/\ Ba5; Qg3})) 30. h5 $1 30... Bxa4 {? Kasparov} (30... gxh5
$5 31. Qh4 $36 31... Bg4 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Bg5 Rf8 34. Bf6 $5 (34. Rbf2 {
|^ Kasparov} 34... Rxf2 35. Rxf2 35... Re8 $1 (35... Rf8 36. Bf6 Qh6 37. Bxe5
Qe3 (37... Rxf2 $5 38. Qxf2 Qe3 39. Qxe3 dxe3 40. Kf1 Bd1 41. Bf4 $16) 38. Bf4
$1 38... Qe1+ 39. Kh2 h6 40. Qg3 Bd6 41. Bxd6 Rxf2 42. c5 $16) 36. Bf6 $140
36... Qg6 $1 {/\ h6} 37. d6 $6 37... Bxd6 38. c5 Bxc5 39. Bc4+ Be6 40. Bxe6+
Rxe6 41. Rf3 d3+ 42. Kf1 42... d2 $19) 34... Qh6 (34... Qg6 35. Bxe5) 35. Rbf2
Rae8 (35... Qe3 36. Bxe5 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rf8 38. Bf4 $1 $16 {-see 34.Rbf2}) 36.
d6 $1 36... Bxd6 37. c5 Bxc5 38. Bc4+ Be6 39. Rf5 $5 (39. Bxe6+ Rxe6 40. Rf3
d3+ 41. Kh2 d2 42. Rg3+ 42... Qg6 $13) 39... Rxf6 (39... Bxc4 40. Rg5+ Qg6 (
40... Kf7 41. Bg7+ $18) 41. Qxh5 $18) 40. Rxf6 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Bxc4 42. R1f3 $40 {
42.Qh5->}) 31. h6 31... Qc7 {# A new example of the problem which is
practically impossible to solve during the game. So we have to guess.} 32. f5
$5 (32. fxe5 $1 {>= Kasparov} 32... fxe5 33. Bg5 Rf8 34. Bf6 Rae8 (34... Rxf6
35. Rxf6 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rf2+ $1 37... Kg8 38. Rf6 Bd6 39. c5 $1 39...
bxc5 (39... Qxc5 40. Rxg6+ $1 40... hxg6 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ $1 42... Ke8
43. h7 $18 {Kasparov}) 40. Bc4 $18 {Kasparov}) (34... Bd6 35. Rbf2 Rf7 36. c5
$1 36... bxc5 (36... Qxc5 37. Bxe5 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Bxe5 39. Qxe5 Qc1+ 40. Bf1
Qxh6 41. Qxd4 $18 {Kasparov}) 37. Bc4 Raf8 38. Bxe5 $3 (38. Qg5 38... Be8 $1 {
Timman}) 38... Bxe5 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. d6 40... Qxd6 $5 {Timman} (40... Bxg3 41.
dxc7 $18 {Kasparov}) 41. Bxf7+ (41. Rxf7 Bxg3) (41. Qxe5 Qxe5 42. Rxf7 42...
Qe8 $1 $19 (42... Bb5 43. Rf5+ Bxc4 44. Rxe5 $18 44... d3 45. Rxc5 d2 46. Rc8+
Kf7 47. Rd8 {Timmer,R NIC 4/1986}) 43. Re7+ (43. Rf6+ Kh8 44. e5 d3 45. Bxd3
45... Bb3 $19 {Timman}) 43... Kf8 44. Rxe8+ Kxe8 45. Kf1 Kf8 46. Ke2 46... Bc2
$19 {Timman}) 41... Kh8 42. Qg5 {/\ 43.Bd5} 42... Bb5 (42... d3 43. Bc4 Bd4+
44. Kh1 {/\ 45.e5} 44... d2 45. e5 d1=Q 46. exd6 $18 {Termeulen}) 43. Rf5 $1 {
This move and following analisis - Termeulen,A (NIC /4 1986)} (43. Rf3 Be2 44.
Rf2 $2 {44.Rf5! Kasparov} 44... d3 {Timman}) 43... d3 (43... Bg3 44. Rd5 Bf4
45. Qxf4 $18) (43... Qd7 44. Be6 Qxe6 45. Rf8+ $18) (43... Be8 44. Be6 $18) (
43... Qf8 44. Bxg6 $18) (43... Bh2+ 44. Kh1 {/\ 45.Rd5} 44... Bc6 45. Rf6 Qe7 (
45... Qc7 46. Rxc6 $18) 46. Rxc6 $1 $18) 44. Rxe5 d2 45. Bb3 d1=Q+ 46. Bxd1
Qxd1+ 47. Kh2 {/\ Qf6} 47... Qh5+ (47... Qf1 48. Rf5 $18) (47... Kg8 48. Qf6
Qd7 49. Re8+ $18) (47... Qd6 48. Qf4 $18 {/\ Re8}) 48. Qxh5 gxh5 49. Rxc5 Bd7
50. Rd5 $18) 35. Rbf2 35... Bd7 {# This position was investigated by Kasparov
and Timman. I think that White has a more clear solution here.} (35... Bd6 36.
Rf5 Bd7 37. Rg5 {Kasparov}) 36. Bg7 $1 (36. Kh2 {/\Be2} 36... Qd6 (36... Bc8 $5
37. Qg5 (37. Be2 d3 38. Bh5 Bxf2 39. Rxf2 39... Qf7 {Timman}) 37... Qd7 38. Be2
d3 39. Bh5 Bxf2 40. Rxf2 (40. Bxg6 $2 40... Qg4) 40... Qf7 41. Bxe5 41... Qe7
$1 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Bf6 43... Qxe4 $13 {Timman  NIC 5/1987}) 37. Qg5 a4 (
37... Rf7 {! Timman} 38. Be2 d3 39. Bh5 Bxf2 40. Bxg6 $1 (40. Rxf2 40... Ref8
$1 41. Bxg6 (41. Bxe5 Qe7) 41... Rxf6 42. Bh5+ (42. Bxh7+ Kf7) 42... Rg6 {
Timman}) 40... Qxf6 (40... Rxf6 41. Bxh7+ $1) 41. Bxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rxf2 Qxf2 43.
Qg7# {Kasparov, Termeulen}) 38. Be2 $1 38... d3 39. Bh5 Bxf2 40. Rxf2 Rxf6 41.
Rxf6 Qe7 42. Bxg6 $1 42... hxg6 43. Rxg6+ Kh8 44. Rg8+ $1 44... Rxg8 45. Qxe7
d2 46. Qxe5+ Kh7 47. Qd4 $18 {Kasparov}) 36... Rf4 (36... Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Bc8 38.
d6 $1 38... Bxd6 39. c5 $18) 37. Rxf4 exf4 38. Rxf4 Bd6 39. e5 $1 39... Rxe5 (
39... Bxe5 40. Rf8+ $1 40... Rxf8 41. Bxe5 $18 {/\ 42.Bg6}) 40. Rf8+ $1 40...
Bxf8 41. Bxe5 Qd8 42. Bxg6 Bxh6 43. Bxh7+ $1 43... Kxh7 44. Qd3+ Kg8 45. Qg6+
$18) 32... g5 33. Bxg5 $1 {# To take or not to take?} 33... fxg5 $2 (33... Kf7
$1 34. Bd2 {+/- Kasparov} 34... Rg8 35. Qh4 35... Ke7 {35...Be8} 36. g4 36...
Be8 $1 37. g5 fxg5 38. Bxg5+ Kd7 39. Kh1 39... Bf7 {/\ Qd6, a4-a3~~}) 34. Qxg5+
34... Kf8 {# But this is a critical moment of the game! Unfortunately,
Kasparov was in a time-trouble (as a result of long considerations at move
18th) and spoilt a nice game.} (34... Kh8 $2 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Rf3 $18) 35. Qf6+
$4 (35. f6 $1 {/\ 36.f7} 35... Qf7 36. Qxe5 Re8 (36... Qg6 37. Rxb6 $1 37...
Qxh6 38. Qe7+ $3 38... Bxe7 39. fxe7+ Kxe7 40. Rxh6 $18 {Kasparov}) (36... Bd7
37. Rxb6 $1 (37. Qg5 $6 37... Qg6 38. Qxg6 hxg6 39. e5 Bf5 40. e6 Kg8 (40...
Bxd3 $4 41. h7 $18) 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. Rxf5 42... Rdb8 $5 {/\ a4-a3~~}) 37...
Bxb6 (37... Re8 38. Re6 Bxe6 39. dxe6 Rxe6 40. Qxc5+ $18) 38. Qd6+ Kg8 39. Qxb6
{/\ e5-e6} 39... Kh8 (39... a4 40. e5 Re8 41. Qxd4 a3 42. e6 $18) (39... Re8
40. Qxd4 $18) 40. e5 Rg8 41. Qxd4 (41. e6 $2 41... Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rg8+) 41...
Rg4 42. Rf4 Rag8 43. Rxg4 Rxg4 44. e6 $1 44... Bxe6 45. dxe6 Rxd4 46. exf7 Rd8
47. c5 Rf8 48. Bc4 a4 49. c6 a3 50. c7 $18) 37. Qg5 Qg6 38. Rf5 $1 38... Bd7 (
38... Qxg5 39. Rxg5 Kf7 40. e5 Rg8 41. Rg7+ Rxg7 42. fxg7 $1 42... Kg8 43. Rf2
Bd7 (43... Be8 44. Rf8+ $1 44... Bxf8 45. Bxh7+ {Kasparov}) 44. e6 Ba4 45. d6
$1 45... Bxd6 46. e7 $1 46... Bxe7 47. Bf5 $1 47... Kf7 48. Bxh7+ Bf6 49. g8=Q+
Rxg8 50. Bxg8+ Kxg8 51. Rxf6 $18 {Kasparov}) (38... Ra7 39. e5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5
Qxd3 41. f7 $18) 39. Qxg6 hxg6 40. Rg5 40... Kf7 $5 (40... a4 41. e5 a3 42. h7
$1 {Kasparov}) 41. e5 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Kxf6 43. Rbe2 a4 (43... Bf5 44. Re8 {
Kasparov}) (43... Rh8 44. Re6+ Bxe6 45. Rxe6+ Kg5 46. Rxg6+ Kh5 (46... Kf4 47.
Kf2 $1 $18 {Kasparov}) 47. Kh2 $1 $18 {Kasparov}) 44. d6 $1 {Kasparov} (44.
Re6+ $6 44... Bxe6 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 46. Bxg6+ 46... Kg8 $1 47. d6 47... d3+ $10 {
Kasparov}) (44. g4 $5 44... Bxg4 (44... a3 45. g5+ Kf7 46. d6 $1 46... Bxd6 47.
Rd5 a2 48. Rxa2 $18 {Kasparov}) 45. Re8 Ra7 46. Rh2 $1 (46. R8e6+ {46.R2e6}
46... Bxe6 47. Rxe6+ Kg5 48. Rxg6+ 48... Kh5 $1 (48... Kf4 49. Rg7 Ra8 50. h7
$18 {Kasparov}) 49. Rg7 49... Re7 $1 50. Rxe7 Bxe7 51. h7 Bf6 52. d6 Kh6 53. d7
53... Kg7 $10 {Timman}) 46... Rh7 47. Rg2 Bf5 48. Re6+ Bxe6 49. Rxg6+ Kf7 50.
Rxe6 Rh8 51. Bg6+ Kg8 52. d6 52... d3+ $5 (52... Bxd6 53. h7+ Kg7 54. Rxd6 a3
55. Bb1 $18 55... Ra8 56. Ba2 $18 56... Rb8 57. Rd7+ Kh8 58. Rxd4 b5 59. c5 b4
60. c6 Kxh7 61. Rxb4 Rxb4 62. c7 $18 {Schonthier,F  NIC 5/1987}) 53. Kf1 Bxd6
54. h7+ (54. Rxd6 Rxh6 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Bxd3 56... Rh1+ {#} 57. Kf2 $1 (57. Ke2
$2 57... a3) (57. Kg2 57... Rd1 $10) 57... a3 58. Bf1 $16) 54... Kg7 55. Rxd6
a3 56. Bxd3 56... Ra8 $1 57. Rg6+ $1 57... Kh8 58. Rg8+ Rxg8 59. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8
60. Bb1 Kf8 61. Ke2 Ke7 62. Kd3 Kd6 (62... Kd7 63. Kc3 Kc6 64. Kb4 Kd6 65. Ba2
Kc6 66. Bb3 Kd6 67. Kxa3 Kc5 68. Ka4 $18) 63. Kd4 $1 (63. Kc3 $2 63... a2 $1
64. Bxa2 64... Kc5 $10) 63... Kc6 64. Ba2 Kd6 65. Bb3 Kc6 66. Ba4+ Kd6 67. Kc3
$18) 44... a3 (44... Rh8 45. g4 Bxg4 46. Re8 Rxh6 47. Rf2+ Kg7 48. Re7+ (48.
Ref8 $1 48... Bf5 (48... Be6 49. d7 $18) (48... Rh3 49. R2f7+ Kh6 50. Rh8+ Kg5
51. Rxh3 Bxh3 52. d7 $18) 49. d7 Be7 50. Re8 $18) 48... Kg8 49. Rf6 a3 50. Ra7
$18 {Kasparov}) 45. g4 Bxg4 (45... a2 46. g5+ Kf7 47. Re7+ {
/\ 48.Ra2+- Kasparov}) 46. Re8 Ra7 47. R8e7 Rxe7 48. dxe7 $18 {Kasparov}) 35...
Ke8 36. Ra1 {# White's attack looks dangerous, but...} 36... Qe7 $3 $17 37. Qe6
$6 {!? Kasparov} (37. Qxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rxa4 38... Rd6 $17 {Kasparov} (38... Rg8
39. Kh2 Raf8 40. g3 40... Rf6 {-see 38...Rd6}) 39. g3 Rg8 (39... Rxh6 40. Rh2)
40. Kg2 Rxh6 41. Ra1 (41. Rb3 Rh4) 41... Rh5 42. Rf2 Rhg5 43. Rf3 43... h5 $17)
37... Rd6 $1 (37... Qxe6 $2 38. fxe6 Bd7 39. exd7+ Rxd7 40. Rf2 $10) 38. Qg8+
Qf8 39. Qg3 39... Qxh6 $1 40. Rxa4 $4 (40. Re2 40... Bb3 $1 $17 {
/\ Bc4 Kasparov} (40... Bd7 $6 41. Qxe5+ Kf7 42. Qg3 Rg8 43. Qf3 $132) (40...
Kf7 $5 41. Rxa4 41... Rg8 $40)) (40. Rf2 40... Kf7 $5 41. Rxa4 41... Rg8 $5 (
41... Qc1+ 42. Rf1 Qe3+ 43. Qxe3 43... dxe3 $17) 42. Qxe5 42... Qh5 $5 $40 {
/\ Rh6; Qd1}) 40... Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qxb2+ 42. Kf3 42... Kf7 {Yusupov} 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas izt pg.320"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, J."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nfd7 8.
Nxc4 e5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. e4 g5 14. Be2 gxf4
15. e6 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bxe2+ 17. Qxe2 fxe6 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Bxf4 Rf8
21. Rd1 Bc5 0-1

