Grip of the Iron Tiger - Petrosian's Famous King March

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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp #agadmator Max Euwe: Perhaps I can shed a little more light on this. After 12…b4 in reply to 11 a4 played in reply to 11…b5, Petrosian acquires not just one asset on the Queen side, but a number of them, which is to say that Unzicker contracts not just one weakness on the Queen side but a number of them. One consequence of this is that Petrosian acquires an additional asset on the Queen side, control of the c file, which is to say that Unzicker contracts an additional liability on the Queen side. All these make up collectively not a small advantage but a great advantage. In fact we can say that for the remainder of the game, Black's entire Queen side is crying in wounded agony, impairing thoroughly Black's ability to contest the duel. Is it then any wonder then, that Petrosian should perform overwhelmingly, as Euwe says? So the explanation is that Petrosian acquires not a small advantage but a great advantage, a great advantage which Petrosian is able to make count, so as to perform overwhelmingly.
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Wolfgang Unzicker
M:URS-FRG (1960), Hamburg FRG
Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation (D30)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. cd5 cd5 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Ne8 14. Nc1 a5 15. Nb3 Ba6 16. Ba6 Ra6 17. Qd3 Ra7 18. Rfc1 Nd6 19. Bd6 Bd6 20. Rc6 Nb8 21. Rc2 Nd7 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Qb5 Nc4 24. Nfd2 Nd2 25. Rd2 Qa8 26. Rdc2 Rd8 27. Rc6 g6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. h4 h5 31. R1c2 Kg7 32. Ke1 Kg8 33. Kd1 Kh7 34. Kc1 Kg8 35. Kb1 Kh7 36. Qe2 Qb7 37. Rc1 Kg7 38. Qb5 Qa8 39. f4 Kh7 40. Qe2 Qb7 41. g4 hg4 42. Qg4 Qe7 43. h5 Qf6 44. Ka2 Kg7 45. hg6 Qg6 46. Qh4 Be7 47. Qf2 Kf8 48. Nd2 Rb7 49. Nb3 Ra7 50. Qh2 Bf6 51. Rc8 Rd7 52. Nc5 b3 53. Kb3 Rd6 54. f5 Rb6 55. Ka2
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[@WarpRulez]

"Damn, I castled on the wrong side. Well, not to worry. I'll just move to the other side. No problem."

[@kenanchristiansen]

"Make sure you watch this game from a safe distance." :D I sat too close!!! Got stepped on by Petrosian's king.

[@claytonbenignus4688]

Definitions: King Walk - The King is frog-walked to his doom. King March - The King moves in as a support piece on the way to victory.

[@gonzalo4658]

U have it wrong, the king becomes a support piece in the end game, this little march by petrosian is something totally different lol

[@michalpitner3657]

This is a king stroll

[@pd28cat]

King yank - when your opponent rages and whacks his king across the room.

[@justinbieber8028]

Dogs go on walks, armies go on marches.

[@Greenlion781]

I think Petrosian is one of the best tacticians ever, because in order to be an effective defender you have to see all the tactics just as well as the attacker, and defending itself is inherently tactical. Tal and Petrosian are two sides of the same coin.

[@gonzalo4658]

Lol

[@achyuththouta6957]

Petrosian is much better than Tal . No comparison between both

[@srikaradarbha8355]

@@achyuththouta6957 Tal is much better. tal has positive score against petrosian your gone crazy. Petrosian is definetly good player but not good than tal

[@Raghuveer2798]

@@achyuththouta6957 What the hell did you just say? 😂😂

[@barbaroacosta5335]

I'm sure you understood the intent. Correct him, so that he learns.

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I've never been one to make predictions but i can tell you're going to be very successful in this if you keep making videos like this.

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Well, people do seem to enjoy these videos. We'll see how it goes :)

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Prediction confirmed.

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@@SymphonyOfAThousand u can say that again. he only gets better with time

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April 2019: more than 400K excellent subscribers, the figure steadily increases.

[@gg-qz2tb]

Prediction reconfirmed again

[@groussac]

Thanks so much for posting a Petrosian game. He doesn't have the flash of a Fischer or a Tal (who does?) but his moves are so logical that even I can understand them. Petrosian chess is sound chess. A study of his games is time well spent for both club players and experts. Iron Tigran. I really like this guy.

[@patcorroo2864]

Iron Tigran... my favorite player ever!

[@mlgbblade5221]

Don’t ever compare tal or anyone besides probs only Kasparov to Fischer

[@lalitmurkey3671]

Pierre Groussac h

[@mrprince6467]

@Rizky Satya petrosian has beaten botivnik to win his world title

[@realkshitijraheja]

@Rizky Satya nah dude you just stupid

[@mckg2992]

Tigran Petrosian is one of the most underrated world champion. Yet, he is still my favorite

[@grandpahiggins]

I love tigran. He was a giant killer who had a unique understanding of the game. Thank you sir.

[@mithunraj6529]

Initially I thought it will be like Short's King March,but it's rather creative idea than that one,he built a castle on both sides of the board and switches his King to queenside as black can't do the same thing as well,then blast opens the kingside. It was like setting up some bombs on kingside and runs towards the other side as white king would suffer as well !wow! what an unique thought,amazing...btw very nice stream today and hope I'll see you in an upcoming streams and Thanks for these videos ...

[@whoopdeedoodude]

Its amazing how he put black in such a tough position (while still castling) that his king got a free walk. Unzicker was simply wasting turns there.

[@dr.spectre9697]

Tigran was BY FAR the BEST defensive player in history. I doubt Magnus himself would find it easy to break through that defense.

[@stefankalniev7990]

Started watching u like 2 months ago by accident, now i do it every time you upload I love the story part of the game! Don't take shit from haters you do you cause your supporters love it! Take care brother

[@agadmator]

+stefan kalniev Thanks a lot, Stefan. Some lucky accident that was :D

[@sethreece5579]

What haters? How can one possibly hate this?

[@thekcamps]

Tigran Petrosian King Walks always lights up my day!!!!!!!

[@besmart1360]

Petrosian played this game very good. This video is fabulous because we can see there a funny and instructive game. Thank you very much Antonio for this video.

[@agadmator]

Thanks Petru :)

[@young_dan_kee]

Absolutely loves this game! Moving the king back behind that castle was so genius! Black could only watch the brilliancy unfold!

[@DonkeyFrog]

haha "Make sure you watch this game from a safe distance"

[@jorgec.8963]

Complete domination from Petrosian, thanks for a Petrosian Game, I really love how he dominates

[@missiongovtservice9877]

what a game !!! never seen such king march .well done agadmator.good choice of game selection.

[@agadmator]

+Arijit Mukherjee Thank you! It was quite the march :)

[@MrSupernova111]

There is one game with Tal (I believe) where the king marches straight into the middle of the board during the middle game to take matters into his own hands. lol

[@dagreen92]

Would like to see that!

[@Narrowcros]

The master of defence allows for no counter play, love it

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Its been awesome to see this channel grow so much awesome videos that are interesting and informative where as alot of other channels aren't as good as this one=)

[@gonzalo4658]

I absolutely loved how serious he seemed when he warned us to watch this/it from a safe distance

[@Ianthe22]

wonderful how knight owns rook in this game. And ofc wonderful king defensive plays around the pawn.

[@omkarunde2040]

Probably the best game I have seen.

[@marvinpereirajr.1593]

Awesome stuff man! Love watching your videos. Keep em coming!

[@agadmator]

+Marvin Pereira Jr. Thanks Marvin. I will :)

[@kilimanjarno]

great comment from Euwe, such an instructive and interesting game from Petrosian. thank you Anton.

[@peroperic1080]

That was some original play! Great post.

[@Sara-gz1lp]

Yes. This game is very pleasing

[@basmeisters3]

Thanks for showing this game on your channel. It's one of the fir5st games I've ever seen, over 45 years ago when I was still a child and had one chessbook only, in whicht this was a game shown in the first chapter. I have been promoting this one ver since, and am very happy to see it on your channel. Petrosian later played another game in which he repeated the trick of moving his king from g1 to b1. A defensive king march, maybe not so spectacular as the offensive king march in Short versus Timman, but still a revelation.

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[@moonboy5851]

Brilliant!!

[@12jswilson]

He followed Ben Finegold's rule: Always play Kb1! Who cares if you castled King's side.

[@locutusdborg126]

Great game as always.

[@agadmator]

+Locutus D'Borg Thanks man. And thank you for your contribution, it's much appreciated! :)

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[@garylake1676]

I love this game, such a cool strategy, it's almost engine like in the dance of the kings, only one of the kings does not know where it belongs.

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Incredible

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it was beautiful!

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Nice game. well explained too.

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watching this video and your recent videos shows how much you improved your channel and your analyses, even your voice is somehow kinda more chessy :D chessy :| that is not even a word lol

[@michelangeloadamantiel7685]

What a fantastically methodical king march. Such a long range view putting the pawns like that in the beginning with the knight. I will remember this for my games. So much appreciated showing this game. You pick some really interesting games. If I could request, do you have a Danish gambit game that you like? I like Danish gambits. If you have a favorite game of that, maybe you could show it. Or just more Nezhmetdinov. =P Thanks again.

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[@gonzalo4658]

King March, by Petrosian

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[@zweer13]

Masterpiece art

[@zariftahmidshoeb3487]

6:52 I thought queen captures,pawn captures and pawn to a4 was a great attack as the rook is already on the a file and the other rook can also join the attack and the bishop is on a nice diagonal aiming at the white king 🤔.Does anyone want to oppose me??

[@ThinhLe-vu5fp]

his style is opposite to Mikhail Tal's style, totally.

[@ramshaar2597]

Interesting ☺👍

[@postmasterpez]

It remindes me of a karpov game. When he had all under controll and could move his pices freely with out worry about conterplay.

[@bhgtree]

Many top players of his time were critical of his play, they didn't understand his play....until it was too late.😉

[@elbay2]

Tigran!!

[@stone6315]

the pawns at 5:10 really are nice looking

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too good

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Nice

[@LeUsernameWTFOMG]

He literally dictated the pace of the game from beginning to end. Amazing.

[@VibhutiBhushan]

Wonderful game.. Methodical!!

[@vitakyo982]

6:12 ..... an angel passes ...

[@princegirish6092]

Unlike 300... He is a master of timing😀

[@immortalchess1817]

Agad, can you do a video on one of Max Euwe's games?

[@ShubhashishGuptamaestroashu]

He moved the king on a2 bcoz after pawn captures and queen captures the only option for white would be to exchange queens and since petrosian is covering major part of the board he doesn't want to exchange

[@marianori8308]

And comparing to these days where AI-Chess is showing us the way - especially AlphaZero loves King Safety and once it controls the opponent in the middle game in a way that there is no more move of improvement left - Alpha Zero is not afraid of king marches and remaneouvering to improve the defence before the final strike. These theme can be observed in many games - so very interesting. And in a way a tribute to Iron Tigran as well - of course.

[@bhgtree]

"It is to Petrosian's advantage that his opponents never know when he is suddenly going to play like Mikhail Tal." Boris Spassky.

[@megansiruno6359]

Oh my gosh what a wonderful move Kg to f1

[@prosenjitpal1628]

Plz also upload the game - Petrosian vs John A Peters (1976)

[@Gulagify]

I call this the famous bunny 🐰 hop move.

[@TheRuester]

@2:05, why isn’t Bishop to H7 an instant checkmate?

[@kikaze2000]

If you like long king march, even though it's an offensive walk of the white king the Short Timman game as a fun king walk

[@agadmator]

I know of this game, it's a nice one :)

[@Shockprowl]

The EYE of the Iron Tiger.

[@TRUBOLAZ]

Jedva sam se sjetio ko je taj "Juniker": Unciker po Vuku, a Unzicker po Johanu Wolfgangu

[@nitishkumarsinha1812]

At 9:02 ..What If he move his king to e7 If Rook captures rook then King captures knight ..And Tigran will be down a Piece ??

[@samuelbruyneel]

6:49 After a queen trade, black would be able to push the a-pawn again to break the fortress, right?

[@cristianomarchesi7202]

I think that the problem would be that white have the b passed pawn. And I also think that white is better after that because is Petrosian who is offering a queen trade and black declines

[@mrpickwick8728]

Is it there any other good move instead of 25 Qa8? Looks like that from that moment black is completely paralyzed in defence and any attempt to get back the control of the c file is loosing.

[@muhammadraza3161]

Wow

[@beloglavisup2]

Petrosjan - Unciher mecevi su uvek bili zanmiljivi

[@Puschit1]

I am not so sure about this one since Petrosians king walk was met with inactivity by Unzicker, who seems to be out of ideas once the position was closed. If your opponent does nothing except wating moves, then, yeah, do whatever you want before your attack, repostion everyhing to your liking and then go for it.

[@quidvis]

Why can't black play 39....f5 at 7:02? It would close the position completely on the kingside, and prevent white playing g4

[@hankcostner3087]

Marcus Aurelius I think that makes the pawn on e6 too vulnerable.

[@destrynewiger]

Knight B to D2 ( so fun to say)

[@kimgysen10]

I don't get why the other guy couldn't just push some pawns on the king side and move its pieces over there despite Petrosian's control over the c-file?

[@rvt911]

Really enjoy your channel' I'm curious as how do you find the time? Do you work from home , have your own business? Keep the videos coming. Your English is very good' where did you learn it. Signed: Bruce Martin

[@agadmator]

+rvt911 I do have a daily job, but I'm on vacation 2 weeks now. It's not from home, but some 7 min walk from home. I learned english on Cartoon Network as a kid. And thank you for your support, Bruce :)

[@rvt911]

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[@SerasXHarkonnen]

What's wrong with queen captures pawn?

[@sill3n]

First! Love your vids Antonio, keep it up!

[@agadmator]

+Simon Liao Thanks Simon! Congratz on being first :)

[@andreweaton6363]

What does white play if instead of Rb6+ , right before the end, black just plays e6xf5?

[@andreweaton6363]

If the rook never goes to b6, the fork will never be there

[@andreweaton6363]

And since the rook on d8 is pinned, the rook on d6 is needed to defend d7

[@andreweaton6363]

Never mind.. I see the Qxd6+

[@Hallands.]

Nice commentary as usual, but I really don't think the "z" in Unzicker is mute 😊

[@agadmator]

+Hallands Menved I really suck at German :)

[@Hallands.]

agadmator's Chess Channel Don't we all? Use www.pronouncekiwi.com/searchen?message=Euwe

[@agadmator]

+Hallands Menved Not me, obviously :)

[@Hallands.]

agadmator's Chess Channel Sorry, www.pronouncekiwi.com/searchen?message=Unzicker

[@gustavogoesgomes7874]

I'm kind of a beginner chess player, and I'm curious. Why is it dangerous to attack kingside?

[@GlauberLCR]

AFAIK, it's dangerous to attack kingside when your king is also on the kingside. One mistake and the opponent may crush not only your attack, but also your defense, winning tempo on your own king and etc.

[@groussac]

I see a lot of chatter about the pronunciation of Unzicker's name. A way around this would be to run the names thru Google Translate and play the audio if there's some doubt about the pronunciation. I think Ken Middleton, the announcer at Mohawk, does something like this before he calls a harness program to try and get right the names of the horses and drivers. He's one of the best in the business. Here's his call of the Pepsi North America Cup: kzbin.info/www/bejne/novOhoicmpx5f5I

[@ABHAYCHETTY]

Uniker(normal tiger) vs Petrosian(iron tiger) 0 - 1 100% win for Tigran Petrosian (iron tiger)

[@mohammadasimsiddiqi4698]

Wow.... King March was something new. Chess players, at competitive level, are not normal human beings.

[@fappingmachine100]

Rip petrosian

[@hayakmargaryan5887]

Ones they asked Fisher who are the best 3 players in the world, he replied 1st is Me there is no second 3 rd is Petrosyan

[@nikhil8151]

Hello everyone

[@MrJerdnajerdna]

It is Unzicker, not some Uniker :-)

[@agadmator]

+Andrej Avramov I reaaly suck at German :) I will remember it :)

[@MrJerdnajerdna]

never mind. I like your analyses and comments anyway :-)

[@agadmator]

+Andrej Avramov Thanks Andrej :)

[@haziqsontkraken1246]

Notice how petrosian capture knight first simply bcause knight could jump over his wall of defence

[@francismanlangit9065]

i think move 17 and move 22 for black is a bad move..the fight is on c file..instead of 17Ra7, it should be Ra8..& instead of 22Nb6, i think much better Qb6, preparation for Qb7 and Rc8.