Petrosian – Olafsson Petrosian Olafsson Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1959.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Candidates' Tournament Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Candidates' Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Olafsson"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 {This is a typical hypermodern handling of the opening by Black, who has indirect pressure on the center.} 8.Na4 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.a3 {A useful move which prepares to gain space on the queenside with pawn b4 and then fianchetto the queen bishop.} Ne4 {An excellent central post for the knight.} 11.b4 f5 12.Bb2 Bf6 {Perhaps better was an immediate 12...d6 with the idea of reinforcing the knight with Nbd7, Ndf6.} 13.Qb3 d6 14.Nc3 {White brings his out of play knight back into the game.} Qe7 15.Rad1 Nd7 16.Nxe4 fxe4 {Black is fully justified in doubling his e-pawns because of the play down the newly opened f-file.} 17.Ne1 Bg5 18.Nc2 Rf7 {Black prepares to double his rooks on the f-file.} 19.Bc1 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Raf8 {An interesting position has arisen with White having an advantage on the queenside, while Black's pieces have been building up on the kingside.} 21.Ne3 Ba8 {21...Qg5 would have been more to the point.} 22.Rc2 Kh8 23.a4 {While Black's last two moves have done little to further his kingsideadvantage. White has followed a consistent plan on the queenside.} Qg5 24.Qa3 Rf6 25.Ra2 h5 26.a5 Bb7 27.Qc3 R8f7 28.axb6 axb6 {Take notice of Black's wrecked pawn structure. The weak pawns will be especially hard to defend in the endgame.} 29.g3 Nf8 30.h4 Qh6 31.Ng2 g5 32.hxg5 Qxg5 33.Qe3 Qg7 34.Bxh5 Rc7 35.Be2 Rh6 36.f4 exf3 37.Bxf3 Qxg3 {Black resigned. 37...Qxg3 Black resigned in view of...} 38.Qxh6+ Nh7 39.Bxb7 Rxb7 40.Rf8+ 1-0 [Event "Candidates' Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Olafsson"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 {This is a typical hypermodern handling of the opening by Black, who has indirect pressure on the center.} 8.Na4 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.a3 {A useful move which prepares to gain space on the queenside with pawn b4 and then fianchetto the queen bishop.} Ne4 {An excellent central post for the knight.} 11.b4 f5 12.Bb2 Bf6 {Perhaps better was an immediate 12...d6 with the idea of reinforcing the knight with Nbd7, Ndf6.} 13.Qb3 d6 14.Nc3 {White brings his out of play knight back into the game.} Qe7 15.Rad1 Nd7 16.Nxe4 fxe4 {Black is fully justified in doubling his e-pawns because of the play down the newly opened f-file.} 17.Ne1 Bg5 18.Nc2 Rf7 {Black prepares to double his rooks on the f-file.} 19.Bc1 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Raf8 {An interesting position has arisen with White having an advantage on the queenside, while Black's pieces have been building up on the kingside.} 21.Ne3 Ba8 {21...Qg5 would have been more to the point.} 22.Rc2 Kh8 23.a4 {While Black's last two moves have done little to further his kingsideadvantage. White has followed a consistent plan on the queenside.} Qg5 24.Qa3 Rf6 25.Ra2 h5 26.a5 Bb7 27.Qc3 R8f7 28.axb6 axb6 {Take notice of Black's wrecked pawn structure. The weak pawns will be especially hard to defend in the endgame.} 29.g3 Nf8 30.h4 Qh6 31.Ng2 g5 32.hxg5 Qxg5 33.Qe3 Qg7 34.Bxh5 Rc7 35.Be2 Rh6 36.f4 exf3 37.Bxf3 Qxg3 {Black resigned. 37...Qxg3 Black resigned in view of...} 38.Qxh6+ Nh7 39.Bxb7 Rxb7 40.Rf8+ 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
