| ECO A05 in 1977 play it! petrosian t defeats white's romanishin o m in 81 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 b6 8. Nfd2 Bb7 9. Bf3 Qc8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Rfc8 14. Ke2 c6 15. Rhc1 d5 16. Rab1 d4 17. Nce4 a5 18. b5 c5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rg1 Re8 21. Nf1 Nd7 22. e4 Nf8 23. Bc1 Ne6 24. Ng3 h5 25. Kd1 Kh7 26. Ne2 Bh6 27. Kc2 Rg8 28. Rg2 Raf8 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. Re1 Rg7 31. h4 f5 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. f4 Rgf7 34. Reg1 Nf8 35. fxe5 Rxf2 36. Kd2 R7f5 37. Rg5 Rxg5 38. hxg5+ Kg7 39. Ke1 Rf5 40. Rf1 Ne6 41. Rxf5 |
| ECO A10 in 1961 play it! petrosian t defeats white's larsen bent in 88 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. h3 Nc5 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. b4 Na6 10. a3 O-O 11. g3 f5 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nd2 c6 14. Bd3 Nc7 15. Bb2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Kh8 17. O-O-O Bd7 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Qb3 fxe4 20. Ndxe4 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Nxf6 Bxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Rxf6 24. f3 a5 25. Rc1 axb4 26. axb4 Ra8 27. h4 h5 28. Rc3 Qb6 29. Rhc1 Qxb4 30. Rb3 Qa4 31. Ra3 Qe8 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. f4 Qd8 34. Rc4 Kh7 35. Rb4 Rf7 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. Qb3 Rf1+ 38. Ka2 Qa5+ 39. Ra4 Qe1 40. Qc2 Rf2 41. Qc7 Qd1 42. Rb4 Qxd5+ 43. Rb3 Rf7 44. Qb6 e4 |
| ECO A10 in 1964 play it! petrosian t defeats white's naranja r in 80 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 f5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 h6 10. e3 Be6 11. b3 Kh7 12. d4 Bf7 13. d5 Ne7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Ne1 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Qf3 Nf5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Ng2 a5 25. Bd2 Be6 26. Nh4 Qf7 27. Rc6 a4 28. Rfc1 axb3 29. axb3 Rec8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. b4 d4 33. b5 e4 34. Qf4 Qb3 35. Qd6 Be6 36. Qb4 Qd3 37. b6 Bc4 38. h3 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2+ 40. Ng2 Bf1 |
| ECO A15 in 1969 play it! petrosian t defeats white's polugaevsky lev in 72 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. e4 d4 13. Nb1 Ne8 14. Ne1 e5 15. f4 g6 16. f5 Bg5 17. h4 Be3+ 18. Kh2 gxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. dxe4 Nef6 22. Ng2 Rfe8 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Nxe4+ 26. Kf4 Nxd2 27. Rfe1 Nf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Re1 Nde4 30. Re2 Kf8 31. Kf3 d3 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Re1 d2 34. Rd1 Ng4 35. Ne3 Nef2 36. Bc3 Rd3 |
| ECO A10 in 1974 play it! petrosian t defeats white's portisch l in 113 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7 7. Ng3 a5 8. Be2 b6 9. Be3 h5 10. h4 Nh6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Ng8 15. Nge2 Nh6 16. Nb5 Kf8 17. Nec3 Kg8 18. b3 f5 19. Kb2 Nf7 20. a3 Bf6 21. Bf2 Rh7 22. b4 Rg7 23. Kb3 Be7 24. Qe2 Qc8 25. Be3 Qb7 26. Bd2 Bf6 27. Rb1 Kh7 28. Qd3 Kh8 29. Ne2 axb4 30. axb4 Rgg8 31. Nec3 f4 32. Ra1 Rgc8 33. Qe2 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Bxh4 35. Ra7 Qb8 36. Qf1 Be7 37. Qa1 Nd8 38. Be1 Kg7 39. Bf2 Kf8 40. Qa6 Be8 41. Na3 g5 42. Nab5 h4 43. Qa1 Nf7 44. Ra6 Bd7 45. Na7 Re8 46. Nc6 Qc8 47. Ra7 Bxc6 48. dxc6 g4 49. fxg4 Qxg4 50. Qh1 Bd8 51. Ka4 Re6 52. Nd5 Qe2 53. Nxc7 Bxc7 54. Rxc7 Qxc4 55. Bxh4 Qa6+ 56. Kb3 Qd3+ 57. Kb2 |
| ECO A16 in 1946 play it! petrosian t defeats white's nei iivo in 56 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf1 a5 10. b3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 c6 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Ndb5 Na6 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. d6 Bf5 18. Rc1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Bh6 20. Re1 Rc8 21. Nd4 Bxc1 22. Bc4 Bf4 23. Re7 Qxd6 24. Nxf5 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 gxf5 26. Qe2 Bg3 27. Rxf7 Kh8 28. Nb5 Qf4 |
| ECO A16 in 1975 play it! petrosian t defeats white's larsen b in 78 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3 7. dxc3 h6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Bg2 d6 10. Nb4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 O-O 12. Qd4 Re8 13. h3 b6 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. g4 Ne5 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Rad8 19. Qc3 Bd5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Be3 b5 22. b3 Nc6 23. h4 Bf7 24. g5 fxg5 25. hxg5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 h5 27. Bc1 Bg6 28. Qe3 Qf7 29. Bh3 Re7 30. Bb2 Nb4 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. a3 Nd5 33. Qd4 Nf4 34. Qe3 Nxh3 35. Qxh3 e3+ 36. Ka2 exf2 37. Qc8 Re8 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. Qxc7 Qf7 |
| ECO A10 in 1972 play it! petrosian t defeats white's basagic z in 64 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Be3 a5 9. Ne1 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nd3 Nc6 13. Nb5 Rfc8 14. f4 f5 15. e5 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. a4 Nd8 18. Rc1 Nf8 19. Rc2 Nf7 20. Rfc1 c6 21. g4 fxg4 22. Qxg4 Nh6 23. Qh3 Nf5 24. Bf2 Ne6 25. Nc3 Nexd4 26. Nxd5 Qd8 27. Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6 Nxc2 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Rxc2 Rc7 32. Rc3 Qd4+ |
| ECO A17 in 1979 play it! petrosian t defeats white's panno o in 86 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Be3 c6 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nd3 Re8 13. Qa4 Bf6 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. Nb4 b5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Qc1 a5 18. Nc2 b4 19. Na4 Ba6 20. b3 Bb5 21. Nb2 Qb6 22. Nd3 Nxd4 23. Nf4 Rxe3 24. Nxe3 Ne6 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Nexd5 Qa7 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bxa8 Qxa8 30. Qc5 Qd5 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Kg6 33. Qxa5 Qd2 34. Kf1 Bc6 35. f3 Nd5 36. Qc5 Ne3+ 37. Kf2 Nc2 38. Rb1 Nd4 39. Qe5 Bxf3 40. Qe3 Qxe2+ 41. Qxe2 Bxe2 42. Ke3 e5 43. Rb2 Kf5 |
| ECO A00 in 1962 play it! petrosian t defeats white's benko p in 86 moves | 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qe1 h6 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e5 Ng8 11. Nb3 Bf8 12. c4 Ne7 13. Nbd4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. d4 a5 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Qb5 a4 20. Nd2 Ra7 21. Nb1 Nb8 22. a3 Nc6 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Bf1 f6 25. f4 fxe5 26. fxe5 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qxa5 Rxa5 29. Rd1 Raa8 30. Bb5 Na5 31. Bxa4 Nc4 32. b3 Nb2 33. Rdc1 Nxa4 34. Nxa4 Bh3 35. Ra2 Rf3 36. Rf2 Rxb3 37. Nc5 Rbxa3 38. Nxb7 Rd3 39. Nd6 Kh7 40. Nb5 Rb8 41. Rb2 Rf3 42. Rbb1 Bf5 43. Rb2 g4 |
| ECO B81 in 1979 play it! petrosian t defeats white's kagan s in 60 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 a6 9. h4 Be7 10. Rg1 Na5 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O g6 13. f4 b5 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qf2 Nac4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Rgf1 O-O 18. f6 Bd8 19. h5 b4 20. Nce2 e5 21. Nb3 Bg4 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Kb1 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 25. c3 Qb7 26. Ng3 a4 27. Na1 Be6 28. cxb4 Qxb4 29. b3 axb3 30. Nxb3 Ra8 |
| ECO B39 in 1959 play it! petrosian t defeats white's keres p in 102 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. f3 a5 16. b3 Qb6 17. Nb5 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Qd8 19. Qf2 Qe8 20. Nc3 b6 21. Rc2 Qf8 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Nd5 Rab8 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Re1 Rb7 26. Qf2 Bc6 27. Qh4 f6 28. Be3 e6 29. Nc3 Rd7 30. Bd4 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rd2 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Rg7 34. Kh1 Rg6 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Red1 Rd7 37. Qf2 Qd8 38. Qe3 e5 39. f4 e4 40. Ne2 Rdg7 41. Nd4 Bd7 42. a3 Qa8 43. Kg1 h5 44. Rb1 h4 45. Rbb2 Rg4 46. Rf2 Qd8 47. b4 Rg3 48. hxg3 hxg3 49. Rfd2 Qh4 50. Be2 Rh7 51. Kf1 Qxf4+ |
| ECO B55 in 1964 play it! petrosian t defeats white's foguelman a in 100 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nc2 a6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Be8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. Nd4 Nd7 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Na4 b6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qb7 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. b3 b5 22. c5 Ng6 23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Be3 Ba3 25. Rc2 Bb4 26. Qc1 Qc7 27. Bd2 Bd6 28. Bd3 Bxh2+ 29. Kh1 Qe5 30. Ne2 Qh5 31. Ng1 Bg3+ 32. Nh3 Bd7 33. Bf1 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Rc8 35. Qd3 Nf8 36. Bb4 e5 37. Bxf8 Bxh3 38. gxh3 Rxf8 39. Qe2 Qg6 40. Rd3 Bf4 41. Qg2 Qc6 42. Rd1 h5 43. h4 g6 44. Bd3 Kg7 45. Qf1 Qf6 46. Qf2 Rd8 47. Bc2 Rc8 48. Bd3 Rc3 49. Qe1 Qc6 50. Kg2 Rxd3 |
| ECO B90 in 1960 play it! petrosian t defeats white's silveri in 66 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5 dxe5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Bh6 g6 22. Bxf8 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Kxf8 24. Nh6 Rxc2 25. h4 Bg7 26. Ng4 Qc7 27. h5 gxh5 28. Nf2 e4 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. fxe4 Bxb2 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. Nd3 dxe4 33. Nxb2 Rxb2 |
| ECO B94 in 1960 play it! petrosian t defeats white's bondarevsky i in 64 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e6 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. f3 Be7 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nce2 O-O 14. g4 Nfd7 15. Ng3 a5 16. f4 Ba6 17. g5 b3 18. axb3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rfb8 20. Nge2 Qa6 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Qc4 Qb7 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Rc2 Qa8 25. Rhc1 Nb6 26. Qc3 Nxe4 27. Qe1 Nc5 28. Qd2 Nd5 29. Rc4 Nb4 30. Ng3 Nbxd3 31. Rf1 Nb4 32. Nh5 Nxb3 |
| ECO B90 in 1965 play it! petrosian t defeats white's padevsky n in 72 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 e6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. h4 Na5 12. b3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. f5 Ne5 16. O-O-O b4 17. Na4 Rb8 18. Rhf1 f6 19. Bh3 exf5 20. exf5 Rb5 21. Be3 Kh8 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. h5 Nf7 24. Kb1 h6 25. c4 Rb8 26. Bd4 Ng5 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Bg4 Qf8 29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Nb2 Re8 31. Rd4 Re5 32. Qd2 Bxf5+ 33. Bxf5 Rfxf5 34. Rxf5 Qxf5+ 35. Qc2 Ne4 36. Nd3 Nc3+ |
| ECO B33 in 1954 play it! petrosian t defeats white's pilnik h in 98 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15. c4 Nbd7 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Kh1 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Ra3 Qe7 20. Rh3 Nef6 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re1 Qd8 23. b3 Kg7 24. Nf1 Nc5 25. Bc2 Nfd7 26. Qd2 Rh8 27. Ng3 h5 28. Ne2 Nf6 29. Ng1 Re8 30. Rhe3 Ng4 31. R3e2 Qb6 32. f3 Nf6 33. Re3 Ncd7 34. Ne2 h4 35. Ng1 Rh8 36. Nh3 Rae8 37. Qc3 Qb4 38. Qxb4 axb4 39. Nf2 Nc5 40. Kg1 Reg8 41. g4 hxg3 42. hxg3 Nh5 43. Nh1 f5 44. R3e2 Rh7 45. Rh2 Rgh8 46. Rh3 Nf6 47. Rxh7+ Nxh7 48. Nf2 Ng5 49. Kg2 Rh2+ |
| ECO B42 in 1969 play it! petrosian t defeats white's spassky b in 112 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. f4 g6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. c4 a4 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf2 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. h3 Qe7 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qf4 Bb7 24. Rde1 Qg7 25. Qe3 d4 26. Qe6+ Qf7 27. Qe2 Re8 28. Qf2 Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Nxe8 31. Be4 Rxd2 32. Bxb7 Nd6 33. Bd5+ Kg7 34. b4 cxb4 35. c5 Nf5 36. c6 Rc2 37. g4 Nd6 38. Rf4 d3 39. Rd4 d2 40. Bb3 Rxc6 41. Rxd2 Ne4 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. Rxh7 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Nc5 45. Bf7 b3 46. g5+ Kxg5 47. h4+ Kf6 48. h5 Rc2+ 49. Kf3 b2 50. Ba2 gxh5 51. Rxh5 Rc1 52. Rh6+ Ke5 53. Rb6 Na4 54. Re6+ Kd4 55. Re4+ Kc5 56. Rxa4 Ra1 |
| ECO B33 in 1951 play it! petrosian t defeats white's poliak a in 66 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 a5 11. f4 a4 12. f5 Bd7 13. Nc1 a3 14. Rb1 axb2 15. Rxb2 Na5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bc6 18. Bf3 b5 19. b4 h6 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Rb3 Qb7 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. a3 Rd7 24. g4 Rad8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rc8 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 e4 29. Be2 Nxd5 30. Qb3 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 d5 32. Qc3 d4 33. Rxd4 Qb6 |
| ECO B92 in 1951 play it! petrosian t defeats white's novotelnov n in 52 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qe1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Qf2 Bf8 15. Bd2 d5 16. Nxd5 Rxc2 17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Nd3 20. Nxc2 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Bc3 Qc4 24. Raf1 f6 25. Rd1 Re2 26. b3 Qe4 |
