| ECO A05 in 1976 play it! petrosian t defeats black's larsen bent in 111 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rc3 f6 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. g3 Rd7 22. Rcd3 Kh8 23. Qe4 Rc8 24. b3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne3 Re7 27. d5 exd5 28. Qxd5 Qe8 29. Kg2 Re5 30. Qb7 h6 31. b4 Ne6 32. h4 Rb8 33. Qf3 Nf8 34. Nf5 Qg6 35. Nd6 h5 36. Rd5 Nd7 37. Nf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxd7 Qg6 39. R1d4 Rbe8 40. Rb7 Qb1 41. Qd3 Qxd3 42. Rxd3 Rc8 43. f4 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. Rxb5 Rc4 46. Rxh5+ Kg8 47. Kg4 Rcxb4 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Rhh8 Rb7 50. Rhf8+ Ke7 51. Kf5 R2b3 52. g4 Rg3 53. Rde8+ Kd6 54. g5 fxg5 55. hxg5 Rb5+ 56. Kg6 |
| ECO A05 in 1952 play it! petrosian t defeats black's stoltz g in 71 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Be5 g6 11. h3 Bd6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Ng7 14. g4 Nfe8 15. Rdg1 f6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Ne2 f5 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nf4 Ne6 20. h4 c5 21. dxc5 Qc7 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. h5 Bf7 24. hxg6 Bxg6 25. Nd4 Qe5 26. f4 Qe7 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Rc1 Be8 30. Rh6 Bg6 31. c6 Rac8 32. Rh2 bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Nxc6 Rf7 35. Rd2 Rc7 36. Rd6 |
| ECO A05 in 1963 play it! petrosian t defeats black's polugaevsky l in 69 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 a6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nd5 12. Qg4 N7b6 13. Bb3 c5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rd1 Rh5 18. h4 Ne7 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. Bxg7 Qc6 21. Ke2 Nf5 22. Bf6 Be7 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bb3 Bxf6 25. gxf6 Nh6 26. Qb4 Ng8 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Qf4 Rd8 30. Rg1 Kf8 31. Rd1 Ke8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Qb8+ Qc8 34. Qxc8+ Kxc8 35. Bxe6+ |
| ECO A05 in 1952 play it! petrosian t defeats black's golombek h in 80 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O d5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. g3 g6 22. Qe3 Qd1+ 23. Kg2 Qd6 24. Nd2 Na5 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. h4 Kg7 28. c4 a5 29. Qc3+ f6 30. b3 e5 31. Qe3 Qc7 32. Qd3 Qc6 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. cxd5 Kf7 35. Nd2 f5 36. Nc4 Kf6 37. f3 e4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. g4 h5 40. Kg3 hxg4 |
| ECO A05 in 1958 play it! petrosian t defeats black's kozma in 81 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 5. d5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxd5 Nc6 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O-O Rd8 12. Rd2 O-O 13. c3 Na5 14. Be2 Qe6 15. Rhd1 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 d6 17. Nd2 f5 18. f4 g6 19. g3 Rf6 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Re6 22. Bf3 Kg7 23. b3 Nc6 24. R5d3 Nb8 25. Nf2 h5 26. Kd2 Bf8 27. Bd5 Re7 28. Ne4 Na6 29. Ke3 Nc7 30. Kf3 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rde8 32. Re1 Re6 33. Re2 b5 34. h3 a5 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Be7 37. f5 Re5 38. Rxe5 dxe5 39. Rd2 Rf8 40. Rd7 Rf7 41. Rxe7 |
| ECO A06 in 1976 play it! petrosian t defeats black's sveshnikov e in 55 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Rxc6 12. Rfc1 Be7 13. Ne2 Bd3 14. Rxc6 bxc6 15. Nc1 Bb5 16. Qc2 c5 17. a4 Bc6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Bxa4 20. Qb2 Bf6 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 f6 23. Qb2 Qb8 24. Qa3 Bb5 25. bxc5 e5 26. Na2 O-O 27. Nc3 Bc4 28. Nd2 |
| ECO A05 in 1974 play it! petrosian t defeats black's kraidman y in 95 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 exd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rfc1 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. b3 Ng4 15. Nf1 Ngf6 16. N3d2 Ng4 17. Nf3 Ngf6 18. Bg3 Ne4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb2 a4 21. b4 b5 22. Qc2 Bb7 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Ng3 Re6 25. Nf5 Qf8 26. Ne1 Rf6 27. Ng3 Nb6 28. Nd3 Nc4 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Re1 Rg6 31. Qc3 f5 32. Ne2 Rf6 33. Nf4 Ra7 34. Nfd3 g5 35. Ne5 Rg7 36. Ra2 Re7 37. Rae2 Nb6 38. f3 Qg7 39. Rf1 Qf8 40. Ref2 Qe8 41. e4 Be6 42. exf5 Bxf5 43. Re2 Kg7 44. f4 Qh5 45. fxg5 Qxg5 46. Nf3 Rxe2 47. Nxg5 hxg5 48. Qf3 |
| ECO A09 in 1958 play it! petrosian t defeats black's uusi g in 81 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 Bc6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb1 Ne4 12. c4 O-O 13. Bb2 f5 14. Be2 Ng5 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 c6 18. O-O Qb6 19. Rab1 Qa6 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Rc2 c5 23. Rbc1 Rf7 24. e4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Na4 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxd5 Nxb2 28. Rxb2 Qc6 29. Rd1 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rf4 31. Rxb7 Rxc4 32. g3 Kh8 33. Rc7 Ra8 34. Rg5 g6 35. Re5 Rc3 36. Ree7 Rxa3 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rcg7+ Kf8 39. Rxg6 Re8 40. Rc6 Kg8 41. Rhc7 |
| ECO A04 in 1964 play it! petrosian t defeats black's gipslis aivars in 67 moves | 1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. dxc5 a5 6. Na3 Na6 7. Bxa6 Rxa6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 a4 10. c4 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Nbd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Ng4 16. h3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Re6 20. g3 Qxh3+ 21. Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Re2 23. Be3 Rxb2 24. Kf3 f5 25. c5 Kf7 26. Rc3 d6 27. a3 dxc5 28. dxc5 Rc6 29. Rac1 e5 30. R1c2 e4+ 31. Ke2 Rb1 32. Rc4 Ne5 33. Rb4 Ra1 34. Bd4 |
| ECO A05 in 1981 play it! petrosian t defeats black's kurajica b in 79 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. d4 Na6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Bf4 c4 14. Nd2 Nh5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. Nb5 Bxb2 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Qa4 Nf6 20. Rab1 c3 21. Rxb2 cxb2 22. Qd4 Nd7 23. Qxb2 Nac5 24. Rc1 Ne5 25. Qa3 Bc8 26. Bg2 f5 27. f4 Nf7 28. Bd4 Qe7 29. Ba1 h6 30. Re1 Ba6 31. Qc3 Qf8 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 Na4 34. Qe3 Kh7 35. e6 Nd6 36. e7 Qf7 37. Qe5 Nc4 38. Nxc4 Bxc4 39. d6 Nc5 40. Bc6 |
| ECO A04 in 1972 play it! petrosian t defeats black's hort v in 51 moves | 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Ncxe2 Qd7 15. Nf4 Rfd8 16. Qd3 Ne4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rc2 Bf8 19. Rfc1 Qb7 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qg4 g6 22. Qd1 Bd6 23. Nxd5 Rcd8 24. Rxc6 Rb8 25. f4 Re6 26. Qd4 |
| ECO A05 in 1974 play it! petrosian t defeats black's kortschnoj v in 78 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Rc1 Qb4 14. e3 Rac8 15. f3 Nd6 16. a3 Qa5 17. Rc5 Qd8 18. Kh1 Re8 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Rc1 Nc4 21. e4 e6 22. b3 Nxa3 23. e5 Rb8 24. Ra1 Nb5 25. Qd2 Bf8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Ra4 Qb6 28. b4 Nc7 29. Rea1 a5 30. bxa5 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Bc1 Rc2 33. Ba3 Na6 34. Bf1 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Kg7 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. R4a2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rd7 39. Rb2 Ra7 |
| ECO A16 in 1960 play it! petrosian t defeats black's lehmann h in 63 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. a4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 a6 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nf8 15. e5 Bb7 16. Be4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Rb4 Rc8 21. h4 Rc6 22. Ng5 f5 23. Nh3 Ne6 24. h5 Kh8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qf3 Qd7 27. Rfb1 Kg8 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Nxd4 30. Rb8+ Bf8 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Qa8 |
| ECO A15 in 1950 play it! petrosian t defeats black's levenfish grigor in 77 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Qc3 Ne4 19. Qb2 Nd6 20. f3 Nf5 21. Qc3 f6 22. Nd3 e5 23. dxe5 c5 24. Bb2 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Nd7 26. Nc4 Nf6 27. e4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. Rf1 Nd4 30. Rf2 Rae8 31. Rbf1 Re2 32. h3 h5 33. Na3 R8e4 34. Nb5 Qa2 35. Nxd4 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 Rxd4 37. Qf3 Rd7 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ |
| ECO A10 in 1974 play it! petrosian t defeats black's gligoric svetoza in 91 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Ng3 a6 11. Be2 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qc2 Nh7 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Nf1 b5 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bf2 Ndf6 19. Ne3 e4 20. f4 Bd7 21. Qd2 Rc8 22. a3 Qe8 23. O-O Qg6 24. h3 Rf7 25. a4 Bh6 26. Bh4 b4 27. Na2 a5 28. Nc1 Rg7 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. axb5 Rc5 31. Rxa5 Rb7 32. Nb3 Rcxb5 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 34. Nd4 Rc5 35. Ndxf5 Bf8 36. Rc1 Nxd5 37. Rxc5 Nxe3 38. Rb5 Qe8 39. Qe2 Nxf5 40. Rxf5 Qe6 41. Rxh5 Bg7 42. Bf2 Qb3 43. Qd2 Nf6 44. Rg5 Qd3 45. Qc1 Kh7 46. Qc7 |
| ECO A10 in 1961 play it! petrosian t defeats black's gufeld e in 75 moves | 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd3 a6 9. Nge2 e5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 Nh5 12. f3 Bf6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. g3 Rb8 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. b3 Be7 17. Rab1 Kh8 18. Rb2 Nf6 19. b4 Ng8 20. Be3 f5 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Rfb1 Nf6 23. Rb6 Bd6 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Ng1 f4 26. gxf4 Nd7 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Re6 b5 29. cxb5 c4 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. Bxc4 Qh4 32. Rc1 Nh5 33. Bg5 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Rxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 |
| ECO A17 in 1976 play it! petrosian t defeats black's sosonko g in 52 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxh7+ Kxh7 8. axb4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxb4 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Nxc4 Bd7 13. e4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Nf3 Kg8 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Bg5 Rc5 21. Nf5 Bb3 22. Bxf6 Rxf5 23. Rd4 Nc2 24. exf5 Nxa1 25. Rg4 Re8 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 |
| ECO A17 in 1974 play it! petrosian t defeats black's balashov y s in 55 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Re1 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 Re8 15. d5 exd5 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Qh4 Qc7 20. Bb3 h5 21. Qe4 Kg7 22. Bxf7 Kxf7 23. Bh6 Qd6 24. Qc4+ Kf6 25. Rad1 Nd4 26. Qxd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc5 28. h4 |
| ECO A30 in 1975 play it! petrosian t defeats black's beliavsky a in 83 moves | 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rfe1 Bc6 13. Rac1 e6 14. b4 b6 15. Red1 Qe7 16. Qf4 Rfd8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Qh4 a5 19. h3 Rc7 20. f4 h6 21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 axb4 23. axb4 Nh5 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Bd3 Nh5 26. f5 Qf6 27. Ne2 Qe5 28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Qe3 Rb8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Rd8 32. cxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc5 Rd5 34. Rc3 Rdd7 35. Rdc1 Bb7 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Qxc7 38. e5 Kg7 39. Qg5 Qf7 40. g4 Qf3 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. gxh5 |
| ECO A20 in 1981 play it! petrosian t defeats black's sosonko g in 89 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Qc2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 Bf6 9. d3 g6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. Rc1 g5 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. b4 a6 14. Nfd2 f5 15. Be2 g4 16. Nb3 Kh8 17. Nca5 Nxa5 18. Nxa5 Qf7 19. O-O c6 20. Nc4 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Bd7 22. Bf1 Nc7 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Ne6 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5+ Kg8 28. d4 Be8 29. Nc4 b5 30. Nd6 Bd7 31. Rc1 Ng5 32. Nb7 Rc8 33. Bd3 Ra8 34. Kf1 Be6 35. Bf4 Nf7 36. Ke2 Bd5 37. Bxf5 Ne5 38. Bxe5 Rxf5 39. Nd6 Rff8 40. e4 Bc4+ 41. Nxc4 bxc4 42. Rxc4 a5 43. Bd6 Rfe8 44. e5 axb4 45. Bxb4 |