Endgame Planning with Tigran Petrosian

December 2, 2020 NHaselton Uncategorized

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Tigran Petrosian’s imaginative and precise play in the endgame is an extraordinary learning resource. I have chosen three of his very instructive endgames and tried to explain what he did, how he did it, and what could’ve been done to prevent it by his opponents.

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Tigran Petrosian was a very versatile chess player. He is known for his defensive technique and being “unbeatable”. But he was also a master tactician, a great technitian, and a brilliant endgame player.

I have used a few of his endgames I’ve found very useful for understanding endgame planning to try and show just how good he was.

Games I’ve covered are:
Kalantar – Petrosian, Yerevan 1948
Petrosian – Botvinnik, 1963 W.Ch., Game 5, 15

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
01:25 Kalantar – Petrosian, Yerevan 1948
16:01 Petrosian – Botvinnik, 1963 W.Ch., Game 5
24:20 Petrosian – Botvinnik, 1963 W.Ch., Game 15

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