The Exchange of Queens causes a decisive Advantage

mauerblume
| Jan 5, 2012 at 9:33am
| Posted in: mauerblume's Blog
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In the following game Ex World Champion Petrosian decided to exchange the queens combined with a pawn sac. This opened the way for his rook and knight into the black position ...

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5 months ago
elbowgrease

Nice game by Petrosian!
5 months ago
mauerblume

This is correct!
5 months ago
Spektrowski

At the time the game was played, Petrosian was a future world champion, strictly speaking :)
5 months ago
doubledouble

Ha! Great annotations to the moves there mauerblume. :)
5 months ago
mauerblume

17 queen moves during the whole game. Well, I remember another amazing queen event

http://www.chess.com/article/view/dancing-queen---we-admire-your-steps
5 months ago
doubledouble

So all you need to do to defeat the Saemisch is move your queen 9 times in your first 18 moves? Yikes!
5 months ago
mauerblume

"i never win against the saemish!! i need to find a way to deal with that"

Maybe this way?
5 months ago
kvlc

Najdorf taking a LONG time to start kingside activity.
5 months ago
mauerblume

The King`s indian surely is a good playable opening with Black
5 months ago
Edison_Yew

Petrosian,king of defense and position.
5 months ago
easylimbo

omg i never win against the saemish!! i need to find a way to deal with that
5 months ago
gambitgareth

no way naka v anand in london has inspired me soon enough I'll be just KIDing :P
5 months ago
Chess_Lover11

Hmmm...
5 months ago
doubledouble

Nice game! Not very encouraging to those of us considering a switch to the King's Indian though... :)