Petrosian's Pawn Storm | Boris Spassky vs Tigran Petrosian 1966

This is game 7 from the 1966 World Chess Championship match between Boris Spassky, challenger, and Tigran Petrosian, champion. I recall developing a better understanding of chess as a much younger player viewing Petrosian's pawn play in this game. Spassky's decision on move 11 would prove to be a great turning point in the game which stems from a Torre Attack. With a case of opposite sides castling present, a primary factor would be the element of time. I hope you too can develop a better understanding of chess from this instructive masterpiece by Tigran Petrosian, the 9th World Chess Champion.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8 22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6 27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4 32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8 35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3 37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41. Qd1 Ng4 42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+
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[@Ancor3]

I was promised a chess game but instead I got an art exhibition.

[@dontwatchmydoomvideos]

how disappointing right? another one of those clickbait titles

[@ryanrazo]

Petrosian's chess victories are elegant works of art

[@lilitvardanyan2697]

Maynemis Tigran Petronas

[@reshad8570]

I visit this video once a year just for the sake of the moves 17 and 18. I am in love with those moves.

[@lukecash3500]

It's hilarious seeing Petrosian finally lose a pawn 31 moves in.

[@Molb0rg]

Not looses but echanges to a stronger defence piece. But yeah it fun, lol

[@lukasmbrito]

I love this kind of games. When Nimzovich said that positional chess was about not doing ''something'' in every move, he was talking about this, killing counterplay before it was there, and having the patience to look at the position and seeing more. Many players would go for the attack in the open file and play an unecessary complicated game. When Petrosian closes the queen side he is basically saying that even if he does not succeed in the attack he will probably have a better endgame. This is a positional gem, it has everything that I like, the closed position, the prophylaxis, the attack, the patience, the exchange sacrifice and the combination at the end, simply perfect.

[@DevonDuke60]

Lucas Brito He sacked a Rook, a Pawn and finally a Knight!😂 Nothing boring about this at all

[@blanchae]

@@DevonDuke60 I am a low rated chess player and played in a tournament against a player much better than me. I knew that I couldn't win so I just played super defensive in the hope of surviving and tried to block his every move. He resigned in frustration saying that I could see everything that he was doing. Desperation on my part won the game.

[@DevonDuke60]

@@blanchae Lol funny story bro and what a way win😁

[@paulmasgalajian149]

When I first played over this game after I became a serious student of chess back in the late 1960's, it made a tremendous impression on me, but at the time I never understood the deep insight Petrosian demonstrated. Thank you for explaining the critical junctures in this game for present day students.

[@ChessNetwork]

👍🏼😎

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[@MomchilAtanasovHome]

As a total noob, I did guess the c4 move and for the right reason - to close the queen side. However, I would not have played the a6 move afterwards. This was really something new and interesting that I learned. Thanks! Regardless, indeed my biggest struggles are the pawn moves and pawn structures. I often get a good lead on much better players (+3 material) and then I suck at positioning the pawns correctly or shielding my king and everything goes down in flames. A tutorial on this matter (shielding, e.g. you reference to "master defender", structures, and end-game pawn moves with various piece combinations) would really help. As always, thanks for the excellent work!

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you Momchil.

[@Molb0rg]

Yeah, as noob I probably sacrifice pawns too easy, I need to reevaluate that, lol

[@RyanEmmett]

Brilliant lesson. I would never have thought of c4 followed by a6. Fantastic vision from Petrosian. And an exchange sac of course!

[@bulentkirca3311]

One of the best classic of Petrosian!I liked very much his move a6 to prevent any black counter chance.

[@ChessNetwork]

It's really a model game for this "buying time" idea.

[@RedGaming23]

a6 is soooo instructive when you explain it like this and all the pros and cons of c4. Excellent video

[@alexanderfortier5488]

That game was Petrosian in top form. Very instructive. I wish I'd have seen this game earlier. Could see it becoming "evergreen."

[@TheMarkODonohue]

And this game just goes to show why being a master of prophylaxis is not synonymous with "master defender", but rather synonymous with "Free to do as you please". Great analysis Jerry, I learned a lot from it!

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you Mark!

[@a.gindinson]

18. ... a6, and tears of joy start to form. Incredible game, incredible Jerry!

[@andreasandre4756]

Nice game was presented by :D - Thank you for reminding us of the story of the great champion Petrosian, the king of defense and sacrifice. If it were not for the Politburo, Spassky would not have been able to become champion in 1969. So Petrosian played with Spassky using educational methods, even sometimes Petrosian lost to Spassky, but it was an educational game, like “Look, understand and think.” Finally, Petrosian presented Spassky with a nice gift - Fischer, and checkmate Spassky with Fischer's move in 1971. Petrosian's thoughts: ''Listen, Spassky, the Politburo made me lose to you, okay, I lost because you were a genius. Now go and try to defend your title against Fischer. I can no longer help you, even though the Politburo forced me to stop Fischer at all costs.'' ''I couldn't stop Fischer because he was a genius,'' Petrosian said in Moscow after Fischer's defeat. Petrosian’s thoughts: “Time for two geniuses to play, I’m no longer a champion, and it’s not my concern.” ''The strongest must be a Champion''. Nice game was presented by :D - Thank you for reminding us of the story of the great champion Petrosian, the king of defense and sacrifice.

[@dustydaniel4204]

I honestly think this is the best game I've ever seen

[@lukasmbrito]

Please bring more Petrosian. And Karpov. And Rubinstein.

[@guyfromBR]

+ChessNetwork Hi, Jerry. I just wanted to say that this was a fabulous game, made even more relevant because you're truly a very sophisticated & special commentator on such a "cognitive challenge" that's Chess (hehe). You clearly strive to go deeper than most, which makes your analysis always intriguing and instructive. Thanks a lot! Cheers!

[@mydwchannel]

I want to name my son Jerry so that one day he too can say "Hi everyone, it's Jerry".

[@bilakh7]

I love the opening. Simple yet catchy

[@mizofan]

or Hi Tom, it's Jerry

[@AmabossReally]

To be honest I find locking your opponents possible attacks to your king as a greater achievement than checkmates.

[@fredtheafricanpianist5935]

Beautiful analysis, enjoy this even more than some GM's game analysis

[@rickardblane8369]

This channel is underrated way more instructive than agamator

[@sibysamuel2281]

Depends. Each Chess Channel has their own unique style. Jerry is super instructive, Agad is an awesome commentator, Mato is just legendary, etc..

[@hansharz9934]

Rickard Blane definetely

[@sibysamuel2281]

That's where you're wrong. He does analyze games, but just not to the extent of Jerry. And there is nothing wrong with that, it keeps his videos short, sweet, and straight to the point. Every Chess channel has their own way of creating videos, and that's what I love about them, because as fans, we can easily find the channel that caters to us. Some people like short videos, some people like long videos, but it doesn't mean one channel is automatically better. If I prefer the color blue over the color red, that doesn't mean that blue is by default better than red, because it is just my preference. I typically enjoy watching both, I like to watch Agad videos when I want something light and relaxing, and I watch Jerry's videos to understand chess on a deeper level. But I am able to take away something from both channels.

[@tylerross9706]

Siby Samuel I 100 percent agree with you. I do the same as well.

[@DraoxxMusic]

Jerry got me interested in chess after clicking on one of his videos on my KZbin recommendations. After that, I watched some more chess videos and I stumbled across Agadmator. His videos made me fall in love with chess completely. He was my favorite back then. But now that I'm a bit more advanced, I noticed that Antonio actually just shows games and makes some predictions. His analysis isn't very insightful either. His content is very good for beginners, but becomes boring for experienced players. So now, I prefer Jerry more.

[@paulmasgalajian8102]

Thank you for the highly instructive analysis. I first played over this game in 1968, the year I really began studying chess and reading the "classics", Chess the Easy Way (Fine), Masters of the Chessboard (Reti), and My System (Nimzovitch). Even today I cannot think of any other historical master game that demonstrates such exquisite and aggressive pawn play ! Petrosian played some beautiful games during his career, e.g., game No. 5 in the 1963 World Championship, game No. 10 in the 1966 World Championship, and game No. 2 of the 1972 finalist match with Fischer. All works of Chess Art.

[@Hypercube1729]

This was not a game of chess. This was art.

[@superlative_custard]

Great game and great commentary - thank you

[@michelemeriggi]

This channel has the best like-dislike ratio on youtube.

[@SZislecker]

I like Jerry a lot, but nope

[@x78340]

Not true at all

[@mohd1nagyyyyy]

Love the daily uploads ❤️❤️❤️

[@Kozzii7828]

When this "pawn storm" of daily video uploads comes to an end I'm going to be very sad.

[@okiejoetex]

What a nice gem from the golden age of the Soviet chess machine. Thanks for sharing and your commentary . :)

[@lincolnfajardo7287]

Definitely Soviet. Pawns on steroids.

[@Yohyzo]

Great analysis thanks Jerry! Slowly going through all your videos, they way you teach seems to make the ideas stick better for me than other KZbinrs

[@MKASCHESS]

How to play a game positionally? Great demonstrations of positional play by the 9th World Chess Champion Tigran Petrosian. Thanks, Jerry.

[@larryjacob6986]

The narrator is great. He clearly illustrates and explains complicated sets of moves in a way that a mediocre (or beginning) player would understand.

[@brunesi]

You make very straight to the point, tactical relevant, no nonsense, analysis. Kutgw, cheers.

[@asaciaek4434]

This démonstration is just amazing

[@maxlisk80]

Amazing game and commentary.

[@PersimmonHurmo]

Found a quote from Tigran, going to try to translate: "If only I was paid as much, I'd have ditched chess and become a gardener"

[@williamlucadamo1574]

This has so many elements of that brilliant Houdini pawn storm game! The use of pawns in that game spearheaded a vicious attack, similar to this. It only took the computers 50 years to catch up to petrosian!!

[@sausage4mash]

Petrosian had the look of a man who saw impending doom everywhere, his play reflected that.

[@m0rfans]

I was thinking to myself "If he pushes the c and a pawns he's going to totally lock down the queen side." And then he did! And Jerry explained it! I think.... I think.... I think I might be slowly improving? Thank you Jerry!

[@charudattatophakhane6380]

It's an extraordinary game.. perfect balanced defence and attack...every move meaningful culminating into a tame submission by the opponent....thank you for explaining the significance and impact. ❤

[@seasideman]

I learned a huge amount from this video, thanks Jerry. That move 18 ... a6 was pure genius and I will be looking out for how to apply this plan in my own games.

[@dustinmanjarrez4789]

Thanks for share. I am learning that chess is more a simetric game.

[@douglas7656]

Wow incredible pawn pressure.

[@philliproemer7975]

I just played a game with a higher rated opponent and produced almost an identical position. Ended up winning on time and up a rook. Very educational video, thanks!

[@rajkiran6707]

Your presentation and analysis are cool:) from this particular game, we get some amazing ideas about pawns helping us keep the files closed files.Thank you chess network:)

[@davidahlstrom7533]

Very good explanation. I like Queen-side castling and pawn rushes, and this video makes it much clearer. Cheers!

[@charissahakes5035]

Such great insight. I love watching your videos. Love how you put alternate moves and their outcomes.

[@vinaypatil2691]

Just like your books your videos are very instructive! Thank you.

[@Adam-hj1hc]

I love these videos! Really educational and fun to watch. Thanks Jerry!

[@sgaurav85]

Lovely game and damn good analysis Jerry, Thank you, keep up the good work, have learnt a lot from you

[@AlexLoranger]

This is such a fascinating game. I've even been preparing to teach this to one of my classes tomorrow. Your video is definitely instructive and I definitely know how to prepare for my lesson now.

[@martinchiesa6020]

Your analysis, tempo and explanations are second to none. Many thanks!!!

[@gsp_admirador]

Thank you Jerry

[@LuisFernando-yd3mx]

Petrosian was quite a beastly monster. Amazing game. Zugzwang!

[@tesbergabor3780]

Jerry, you are approaching to the brilliancy of Master Yoda

[@manjunathasg7262]

Liked even before watching the video . Just happy to see daily video uploads . Thank you Jerry

[@hanzflackshnack1158]

I'm marathoning all of your videos but I particularly enjoyed this one. I don't think I've ever seen pawns devastate a player quite like this. Good stuff man, thanks

[@TheDorianRavage]

Clearly one the best games you have posted on your channel, Jerry ! Wonderful chess right there, thanks for the consistent uploads by the way.

[@miguelangelfraumolina7547]

Good morning to you (Mr. Gerry?). From the beginning of last year, now & again I've been watching your historical chess games, masterfully developed. Therefore, thanks a lot.

[@michaellupu2080]

This is one of your most entertaining game breakdowns! Please keep 'em coming, Jerry Take care

[@link6913]

Great Video Jerry! It's been a treat seeing you upload a new video every day these past couple of weeks.

[@StepBaum]

Always glad to have these little notes under your videos, they are very informative!

[@bobpurnell6721]

Thank You!! Excellent analysis and commentary! Petrosian was one one of my chess heroes. What a magnificent game!! Iron Tigran!! =:)

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you

[@MonnizProductions]

c4 was explosively clever 😎

[@geoffstewart1607]

Thank you for posting this very enjoyable and instructive video. The pace of delivery is perfect and the explanations are crystal clear. I have just subscribed and look forward to viewing the others in this series.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you Geoff

[@nareshnani9520]

I learn lot from your video.... Thank you so much

[@mediocremediocre3238]

"This idea of buying yourself time". I'll keep this one Jerry, chess is one of the great metaphors of life, one of the most usefull and if applied with creativity, decisiveness and foresight can net great results, or avoid great losses - as was the case in the game . Inspiring me in all my rational decisions. Thank you

[@alephnull4044]

Nothing is more fun in chess than playing a game like this.

[@OZSA87]

This game is just brilliant, thanks for showing it!

[@joaolucasbraga4642]

This is a great example of Petrosian's position masterpiece. First, he played this prophylatic idea of c4 and a6, shutting down the queenside and then he started hunting down Spasky's king with his trademark exchange sac which transformed into a big attack with unstopable pawns and the final blow by sacrificing the knight. Very instructive game!

[@neilh.4385]

Tremendously instructive as always! good job Jerry

[@JoEtOtHeMaX1]

Possibly my favourite game of your recent posts. Art on a chess board!

[@marfeddewrwz]

Wonderful instructive video. Seriously. Great explanation. Great game. Thanks a lot.

[@Bigum99]

That was highly interesting instruction... Great comments and I enjoy going over battles of past masters

[@chessanalysis64]

Professional Mentor, Thanks Jerry 👌

[@tru0067]

I am a chess novice and I saw the c4 move as a "tidying-up move with tempo", black is resolving some of the tension around their king, they wouldn't like to see any pawn captures there. But I didn't see the follow-up a6 which I thought was very elegant

[@slightlokii3191]

Thomas TRU c4 is always an explosive move

[@RealityCheck6T9]

You don't sound like a chess novice

[@tru0067]

RealityCheck6T9 Haha I might be able to talk the talk but I certainly can't walk the walk. Coming up with and explaining a move given as much time as you want is very different from most actual games

[@ori5021]

I like you :) and I behelive that with this humble attitude you will get better fast.

[@colly9888]

he's mine

[@alieskandari6036]

What a game!!I haven’t seen this one before.I haven’t seen such an attack by Petrosian. Thanks Jerry

[@Waj226]

Love this series with old games. Greetings from Poland !

[@DeviousRy]

my lord, this game was was like punching a wall. thanks for sharing this game. such simple yet deep moves.

[@suntzu3541]

More Petrosian games!

[@kareemhijazy3428]

im in love with your analysis man!!!

[@chess2u]

this video was like a chess class in the highest levels

[@MandeepKaur-qf2st]

As always, amazing show Jerry!!

[@lukacalov1988]

11:15 brings DBZ memories with androids 17 & 18

[@travishayes6037]

That was a clean game with an awesome explanation. Gonna try to use that in some of my games, or at least attempt to be aware of the idea!

[@uguree]

Great video Jerry thanks once again, and I gave no any doubt that you are the best chess interpreter on KZbin.. I even watched some agadmators video which you also shared same match for alpha zero and I could have compared both videos. He is nice guy too but simply he skipped or didn't see some important breakpoints By the way I guessed petrosians C5 move it was to shutdown;)

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you Ugur. Congrats on finding the shutdown move. 😎

[@Pnoexz]

What a great game. Thanks for sharing.

[@naderaldukanji5747]

A MASTERPIECE !! , " I MEANT YOUR COMMENTARY"

[@ChessNetwork]

Thanks 👍🏼😎

[@AroundWayOther]

Very well explained! The idea of meeting 2 enemy side by side pawns with 2 of your own side by side pawns is a technique very good to know! I'm sure many have taken (as shown in the comments) this idea from the video. Thanks Jerry!

[@philmixer]

Fabulous game and a great analysis

[@MrGyges]

Instructive. Thank you.

[@rickandvickystover2575]

Great Video and impressive game to watch

[@gregorsamsa9762]

Nice video! Thanks!

[@MindFlowersDotNet]

Great as always Jerry!

[@Dj_Milli]

What a great game thanks Jerry!

[@abdullahibashir5024]

man you are amazing , thanks Jerry

[@adamcturnbull]

Very well explained and entertained....even though Im glad I did it on a smartphone so I could skip back 10 seconds ........57 times !!!

[@Jehag2]

Wonderful game. Wonderful explanation. :)

[@vishalchavda3663]

Just one word.... For your explanation....WOW.... You have great knowledge about chess

[@oo88oo]

Great game. Great showing of it.

[@tomswiftyphilo2504]

gorgeous. reminds me a bit of Ivanchuk's immortal game against Kasparov

[@masterkey14]

Great idea! Nice video.