Petrosian's Epic Battle with Smyslov: Instructive for all levels!

[@julianhodgson1961]

Fun facts: Petrosian was a brilliant tactician: Petrosians highly prophylactic style meant that amongst all the old masters he played with the highest percentage accuracy with the fewest blunders: fun fact three as a chess pro I never played Petrosian but I was lucky enough to have played Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Spassky, Korchnoi and Karpov in my youth:)) and for the record it’s my belief that Tal was the most naturally gifted chess player of all time!

[@gxtmfa]

Fun fact: you had some crazy games with the trompowsky attack that kept me endlessly entertained in high school when I flipped through the free chess books my chess club coach let me have. Thank you, Mr. Hodgson

[@julianhodgson1961]

@@gxtmfa Pleased you enjoyed them 😀 - and to think my first tournament outing with the tromp was almost 40 years ago - how time flies!!

[@AtEboli]

An amazing history to have played against all those great players!

[@saiyammehra9235]

Hello, Sir. It's an honor to hear you here and know your insights. I also found your games in 1.d4 sidelines pretty entertaining as well. Thank you so much🎉

[@shepardmusic5380]

Maybe top3.Murphy is by far the most talented.

[@flfun2no]

Sir, you have a radio voice. It’s impressive. Are you a singer? You must be commanding people around at work with a voice like that. Awesome videos too!

[@MrGyges]

Brilliant ! Thank you once again for a masterly dissection and revelation of Petrosian's genius. ( See Petrosian vs Pachman , Bled 1961. )

[@MrCrchandler]

In Petrosian's biography there's quite a lot about this game. The variation had been prepared very deeply by Petrosian, Geller and another grandmaster for that tournament. Not sure where their analysis ended, but it was very deep, the product of groupthink.

[@ernst7704]

That’s was a golden time for chess , nowadays they just remembering pc analysis

[@ЛеонидМорев-т6ъ]

Great strategic game. Capablanca would be satisfied.

[@garabed2999]

Enjoyed a lot fantastic game + fantastic presentation thx.

[@alieskandari633]

What a fantastic game. Thank you for game of the day ❤

[@scacchifilosofia]

Wonderful!! Many thanks for your work, greetings from Italy 🙋

[@jeffreyjordan213]

Impressive end game tactics

[@jeffrey3498]

Great analysis! Thanks 😎👍

[@yichuanman]

Great game. Loved the analysis. The sacrifice at end was brilliant

[@mikestubbs1708]

Wow...stunning stuff!

[@parthapratimnath1998]

Beautiful analysis......amazing game.

[@markpevsner1024]

Precise calculation is required in some variation, but I think it is more about understanding nature of the position, seeing the pattern here. That’s where Petrosian was very strong. BTW, his last name should be pronounced much more softly, something like Petrosyian.

[@Elo-hv3fw]

Correct !! The pronunciation is on the "e", not on the "o".

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

A great analysis, making a high-level game graspable to a regular player like myself. Thank you!

[@diamondhyena5631]

What an amazing game & analysis, thanks for sharing. Love seeing the masters transfrom complicated positions into winning endgames, it's something I need to get much better at in my own play. I think it's more likely that Petrosian stopped his calculation short of 26 moves and knew intuitively that it was a winning endgame.. but I guess we'll never know! Also I love when you draw the arrows indicating potential future plans for each side in the position.

[@Chessdummy]

Placing myself in Petrosian’s shoes I’d say he calculates variables to the end like cutting a square pie. Simple actually. There’s two kings racing to opposite sides of the field (i.e square pie) one on a4 running towards a8 all the while there is another king on h5 running to h1. Do you sit back and say, he goes there and he goes there until one king reaches his destination first all the while counting individual moves? No being at the 1/2 you already know it’s four moves each with a total combined moves of 8. Who moves first, with no “obstacles or obstructions “ will reach his destination first at a combined move of 7 with the other king reaching his destination last at 8. Those A-H $ 1-8 are 64, yep a 64 piece square pie. If my king is on a1 and I plan to travel to h1 but due to deviation I have to travel thru h8 to get there, do I have to count every individual move? No, I already know it’s 14 moves to final destination with no further obstructions or detours. I accidentally almost put 15 for the amount of moves jaja, I make mistakes. So your king is on a2 and my king is on d2 the destination is c8 . Your king on a2 goes first. Who gets there first? What’s the sharpest slice? How many moves? Every 1 move is a combined 2 parts. Unless you sketch 30 marks with every stroke consisting of two parts, it’s really not your square pie. I do not care if you can only calculate 7 moves, yet if you do not figure the 14 parts with it ending on your opponent, it’s incomplete and not fail proof.

[@p.jhodeflea789]

No sir, it is not a 26 move calculation, it is not tactic , it is strategy . And the only way for white to progress to avoid the draw. I am a great admirer of Petrossian. thanks for commenting this wonderful game.

[@jasper5016]

Fantastic video. Thanks so much!

[@mixeditemsmixeditems6970]

Two Great World Chess Champions!

[@scottr8360]

That's some deep endgame technique by Petrosian. I don't blame Smyslov.

[@denisrho1019]

Brillant explanations !

[@stefanosias7422]

Fantastic analysis and game!

[@todorfidanski5797]

I agree with the people who think that it was more of a strategy than a 26 move calculation. Petrosian's strength is advancing the pawns. Amazing game.

[@mnsek62]

Very good as always

[@Amer1kop]

26 move calculation… my games don’t even last 26 moves!!

[@dr.deepakgore1079]

Brilliant game, instructive commentary,many thanks for presentation 🎉🎉❤❤

[@19037vinny]

The a7 pawn is only a passed pawn when it's passed and not before.

[@bennyjet7]

Only thing missing from that end game was the Advengers! 😮

[@amosdraak3536]

Usually the games ppl choose to show Smyslov lose make him look reallly bad, but this was excellent work by him. He seemed to have great chances and played well through & through. I liked this one. Smyslov was really good but he’s usually a choice for ppl to show Tal wins against, even though he literally beat Tal more than he lost to him. Oh well 🤷 💯💯

[@posh0610]

Thanks Very informative!

[@ganeshpillai7545]

Amazing mind blowing game.

[@krishrao2778]

Great positional sense like Capa"s

[@FM-yq8yfXYZ]

Nice game, thank you.

[@alisterzarkar7163]

Dear Sir, great analysis, great game. Petrosian is pronounced pet-ro-c-ian. The letter c is pronounced just as in you a b c. Not Petro-j-an. He is not an epic Greek warrior. He is Russian.

[@davitzargarian3110]

Petrosian is Russian? Try Armenian!

[@TheAdithya1991]

I guess he didn't need to calculate all the way. If you don't sac the rook, it is clear that position is a draw - the rook and bishop keep shuffling. All he needed to know is that he has at least a draw after the rook sac.

[@midnighttrain-jz2my]

Thank You for introducing Petrosian. I hadnt heard of him before.

[@DarkSideChess]

Iron Tigran! Huge influence on modern positional chess. Also a legendary defender.

[@PhillyHank]

Thanks!

[@chessdawg]

Thank you so much for your kindness.

[@РусланКрупашев]

You are very good commentator! But I want to correct your mistake in pronunciation of family name of Tigran - PetroSYAn. S not Z, accent on the last syllable. Thank you!

[@ralphpulcher9516]

nice endgame

[@exoplanet11]

Amazing game!

[@williamkyburz]

You realize in the end 41... a1 making a Q was a serious blunder. Either 41... Ba4 or 41...Bf7+ is a draw. I verified this with Stockfish and it agreed.

[@amosdraak3536]

@ 16:36 right?

[@bigpizza5319]

All I gotta say is. The rooooooook!

[@robertrichard2322]

Lame...

[@marcheuer3610]

This Gotham Guy will not cherish this game, because it's not played by Magnus, the love of his life...

[@patrickstar1164]

Petrosian was an Armenian genius

[@vcvartak7111]

Nice rook sacrifice!

[@JulesMoyaert_photo]

👍👍👍

[@RomeoMadoff009]

How can I calculate better in chess and see deeper into the game any hints or videos on this ?

[@amosdraak3536]

(1) Practice. Play more often, and (2) try using puzzles. Not just tactics puzzles but strategic ones (where you don’t just win a pawn or piece but you get a better position or endgame. That way it helps you bridge the mental gap and allow you to know why you made that move and how to better evaluate a position). (3) Try watching more games like these. St. Louis Chess Club has lots of Mastering the Middle Game lectures. The better ones are with Akobian and Seirawan since they break it down the most.

[@BobChess]

He lets his opponent's queened but it's a trap.

[@bridgebum826]

"Balls to the Wall" by ACCEPT?

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Rook sacrifice the only solution still demanding long calculation to win,thanks .

[@РусланКрупашев]

Петросян умел играть, однако!

[@sallybrookner4158]

I feel like a Pakled.

[@leoleone166]

I really appreciate your videos as they are very instructive but please do not pronounce Petrosian' surname in such a strange manner, even if you are not the only English speaker who does it so. I understand that English phonetics is difefrent from Armenian but I don't think it's so hard to pronounce the world champions' names in a proper way. The correct pronounciation is Petros-i-a-n, not "Petrouzhn"....

[@SørenRoesdahl]

20 sec. comercial. I am out. - 6 sec. pleace.