Petrosian – Schweber Petrosian Schweber Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1962.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Stockholm Interzonal Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Stockholm Interzonal"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Schweber"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "85"] 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 {Forced as Black would come under a direct kingside attack if he allowed the h-file to be opened.} 12.f3 a6 13.g4 {The White pawn chain from d5-h5 holds the Black army in a complete lock. Black has no space for his pieces and must sit and wait while his opponent finds a plan of attack.} b5 14.a4 b4 {The Black pawn comes rushing forward. However, it's not backed up by a single Black piece.} 15.Nb1 a5 16.Nd2 Nc5 {16...Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Nc4 when White keeps all his advantages, more active pieces, better pawn structure and targets to attack a5.} 17.Bxc5 dxc5 {White has traded his good bishop for a different type of advantage: weak c- pawn.} 18.Bb5 Bb7 19.Ne2 Ne8 20.Bxe8 Rxe8 {White has the big advantage of having the two knights in a closed position. The bishops being better in open positions.} 21.Nc4 Ba6 22.Qb3 Qf6 23.Rc1 Bf8 24.Ng3 Bc8 {Played with the idea of trading the bishop for the knight in the event of Nf5. However, Black's pieces have been reduced to total passivity.} 25.O-O Rd8 26.Kg2 Ra7 27.Rf2 {The White rook is headed over to the c-file to put more pressure on the weak Black pawn.} Kh7 28.Rfc2 Qa6 {A miscalculation which costs Black a pawn. However, this wouldn't have changed the result since it was only a question of time before White wins.} 29.Nxe5 Rc7 30.Nc4 Bg7 31.Qd3 Kg8 32.Rd2 Re7 33.e5 {White returns the e-pawn in order to promoter a series of exchanges which will reduce the game to an elementary ending.} 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 {41...Rxf3 42.d7 would cost Black a rook.} 42.axb5 Kf7 43.d7 {Black resigned. 43.d7 Rd8 44.b6 Ke7 45.b7 b3 46.Kg3 Kf7 47.b8Q Rxb8 48.d8Q wins easily.} 1-0 [Event "Stockholm Interzonal"] [Site "?"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Schweber"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "85"] 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 {Forced as Black would come under a direct kingside attack if he allowed the h-file to be opened.} 12.f3 a6 13.g4 {The White pawn chain from d5-h5 holds the Black army in a complete lock. Black has no space for his pieces and must sit and wait while his opponent finds a plan of attack.} b5 14.a4 b4 {The Black pawn comes rushing forward. However, it's not backed up by a single Black piece.} 15.Nb1 a5 16.Nd2 Nc5 {16...Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Nc4 when White keeps all his advantages, more active pieces, better pawn structure and targets to attack a5.} 17.Bxc5 dxc5 {White has traded his good bishop for a different type of advantage: weak c- pawn.} 18.Bb5 Bb7 19.Ne2 Ne8 20.Bxe8 Rxe8 {White has the big advantage of having the two knights in a closed position. The bishops being better in open positions.} 21.Nc4 Ba6 22.Qb3 Qf6 23.Rc1 Bf8 24.Ng3 Bc8 {Played with the idea of trading the bishop for the knight in the event of Nf5. However, Black's pieces have been reduced to total passivity.} 25.O-O Rd8 26.Kg2 Ra7 27.Rf2 {The White rook is headed over to the c-file to put more pressure on the weak Black pawn.} Kh7 28.Rfc2 Qa6 {A miscalculation which costs Black a pawn. However, this wouldn't have changed the result since it was only a question of time before White wins.} 29.Nxe5 Rc7 30.Nc4 Bg7 31.Qd3 Kg8 32.Rd2 Re7 33.e5 {White returns the e-pawn in order to promoter a series of exchanges which will reduce the game to an elementary ending.} 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 {41...Rxf3 42.d7 would cost Black a rook.} 42.axb5 Kf7 43.d7 {Black resigned. 43.d7 Rd8 44.b6 Ke7 45.b7 b3 46.Kg3 Kf7 47.b8Q Rxb8 48.d8Q wins easily.} 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.
