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Petrosian, Tigran V - Fischer, Robert James, Portoroz izt, Portoroz - A16 [1958] ½-½
Annotator: Fischer,R

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 (7.d4 e5) Nh5 8.d4 (8.Rb1 f5 9.Qc2 a5 10.a3 f4 Petrosian,T-Vasiukov,E Moscow 1956 0-1 ) e5 9.d5 (9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nd5 Rd7 12.Bh3 f5 13.g4 Nf6 14.gxf5 (14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.Bxf5 Rg7+) Nxd5 15.cxd5 Rxd5) Ne7 10.e4 f5 (10...c5 11.Ne1 Kh8 12.Nd3 f5 13.Rb1 Nf6 Petrosian,T-Boleslavsky,I ch-URS 1957 ) 11.exf5 gxf5 (11...Nxf5 12.g4 Nd4 13.gxh5 Bg4 14.Nxd4 Bxd1 15.Ne6) (11...Bxf5 12.Ng5 Qd7 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 Qxe6 15.Bxb7 Rab8 16.Bg2 Qxc4 17.Nd5) 12.Nxe5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Bxe5 (13...dxe5 14.c5) 14.f4 Bg7 15.Be3 Bd7 16.Bd4 Ng6 17.Re1 (17.Bf3) Rf7 (17...Bxd4+ 18.Qxd4 h5 /\ h5-h4 ) 18.Bf3 Qf8 19.Kf2 Re8 20.Rxe8 Qxe8 21.Bxg7 Rxg7 22.Qd4 b6 23.Rh1 (23.b4 /\ c4-c5 ) a5 24.Nd1 Qf8 25.Ne3 (25.Bh5 Re7 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Rh8+) Rf7 26.b3 Qg7 27.Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.a3 Rf8 29.Be2 (29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 Ra8) Ne7 30.Bd3 h6 31.Rh5 Be8 32.Rh2 (32.Nxf5+ Nxf5 33.Rxf5 Rh8 /\ Lg6 ) (32.Rxf5 Rh8) Bd7 33.Rh1 Rh8 34.Nc2 Kf6 35.Nd4 Kg7 36.Be2 Ng8 (36...Ra8 37.Bh5 Rc8 38.Re1 Kf6 39.Ne6 c6) 37.b4 Nf6 38.Bd3 (38.bxa5 Ne4+ 39.Kg2 bxa5 40.Rb1 Nc5) axb4 (38...Ne4+ 39.Bxe4 fxe4 40.bxa5 bxa5 (40...Ra8 41.axb6 cxb6 42.Rb1) 41.Rb1 /\ Tb7 ) (38...Kg6 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Rb1 /\ Tb7 ) 39.axb4 Kg6 40.Ra1 Ng4+ 41.Ke2 Re8+ 42.Kd2 Nf6 43.Ra6 (43.Ra7 Rc8) Rb8 44.Ra7 Rc8 45.c5 bxc5 (45...Nxd5 46.c6) 46.bxc5 dxc5 47.Nf3 Kf7 (47...Nxd5 48.Ne5+) 48.Ne5+ Ke7 49.Nxd7 Nxd7 50.Bxf5 Rf8 51.g4 (51.Bxd7 Kxd7 52.Ke3 (52.Ra6 Rg8) Kd6 53.Ra6+ Kxd5 54.Rxh6 Re8+ 55.Kf3 c4) Kd6 (51...Nf6 52.Be6 Nxd5 53.Bxd5 Rxf4 (53...Rd8) ) 52.Bxd7 Kxd7 53.Ke3 Re8+ (53...c4 54.Ra6) 54.Kf3 (54.Kd3 Rg8) Kd6 55.Ra6+ Kxd5 56.Rxh6 c4 57.Rh1 (57.Rh7 Petrosian,T c6 (57...c5 58.Rd7+ Ke6 59.Rd1 Rb8 60.g5 (60.f5+ Ke5 61.Re1+ Kd4 (61...Kf6 62.Kf4 c3 63.g5+ Kg7 64.g6 c2 65.Kg5 Rb1 66.f6+) 62.g5 c3 63.f6 c2 64.Rc1 (64.f7 Rb1) Ke5 65.Kg4) c3 61.Kg4 (61.Rc1 Kf5 62.Rxc3 c4 63.Rxc4 Rb3+) Rb4 62.Re1+ Kf7 63.Kf5 c2 64.Rc1 Rc4 65.g6+ Kg7 66.Kg5 Rc3) 58.Rd7+ Kc5 59.Rd1 c3 60.g5 Kc4 61.g6 c2 62.Rc1 Kc3 63.f5 Rg8 64.Kf4 Kd2 65.Rxc2+ Kxc2 66.Kg5 c5 67.f6 c4 68.f7 Rxg6+ 69.Kxg6 c3 70.f8=Q) c3 58.g5 c5 59.Rd1+ (59.g6 Rg8 60.f5 Ke5 61.Kg4 Kf6 62.Rc1 c4 63.Rxc3 Rc8) (59.Kg4 Re2 60.g6 Ke4 61.Kg5 Rg2+ 62.Kf6 Kxf4) Kc4 60.g6 c2 61.Rc1 (61.Rg1 Rd8 62.Rc1 (62.g7 Rg8 /\ Txg7 ) ) Kd3 62.f5 Rg8 63.Kf4 Kd2 64.Rxc2+ Kxc2 65.Kg5 c4 66.f6 c3 67.f7 (67.f7 Rxg6+ (67...Rc8 68.g7 Kb1 69.f8=Q Rxf8 70.gxf8=Q c2) 68.Kxg6 Kb1 69.f8=Q c2)