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Vaganian, Rafael - Petrosian, Tigran V, USSR (ch), USSR - A30 [1983] ½-½
Annotator: Petrosian,T

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 (6...a6) (6...d6) 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 (8...d6 Ue 35/(49) ) 9.Qf4 O-O (9...Qb8 10.e4) 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Qb8 12.Bb2 a6 13.Rac1 (13.e4 Ue 20/602 ) (13.Ng5 Ue 22/81 ) (13.Rd2 #C5 #CBad1#A5 #5Ed6 ) Ne5 14.a4 (14.Nxe5 dxe5 #C5 #CCg2#A2 ) Qc7 15.Ba3 Rad8 16.Qd4 Rd7 (16...Nxf3+) 17.e4 #C1 #BF Rc8 18.Qe3 [#C5 #CDd4] Nfg4 (18...Bc6 19.Nd5) 19.Qe2 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Ne5 21.Qe3 Rdd8 22.Qd2 (22.Rc2 (#C5 #CBcd2) Nd7 23.Rcd2 Nc5 24.Ne2) Qb8 23.f4 Ng6 24.Qe3 Bc6 [#C5 b5#7C] 25.Rc2 h6 26.Rcd2 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.Nxb5 Qxb5 30.Bxd6 Bxd6 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Qb4 [#7C #5Eb3] 33.Rd3 Rc2 34.h4 Qa5 35.Bf1 (35.h5 #EE#82 ) Ne7 36.Rd7 (36.h5) Nc6 37.e5 h5 38.Bg2 g6 39.Qf3 Kg7 40.Kh2 Qa2 (40...Qa1 #C5 #CBc3 ) 41.g4 hxg4 (41...Rf2 42.Qxc6 Rxf4 (#C5 #CAf2#7C) 43.Qc3) (41...Nb4 42.gxh5 Nd5 (#C5 #CDe3) 43.Qg3 (#C5 43... #CDe3?? 44. #CAg6) Nxf4 44.Qxf4 Rxg2+ 45.Kh3) 42.Qxg4 Rd2 43.Rc7 (43.Rxd2 Qxd2 #C5 #CDd4-e2 ) Nd4 44.h5 Qb1 #EC 45.h6+ Kh8 46.Rxf7 Qe4