Thanks for covering a Petrosian game. It sounds like Kasparov was all in on his admiration for how well Petrosian played. If my math is right, Petrosian was 52 years old when he played this game. Not extremely old, but well past his prime.

Congratulations for making Petrossian's genius to be known better and to appreciate a defensive game

Thank you very much for your penetrating analysis. Until this video, I regarded game 7 of the 1966 World Championship between Petrosian and Spasky, in which Petrosian won playing black with an amazing pawn storm, as Petrosian's defensive masterpiece. However, I now agree that THIS game holds that distinction.

That's one of the greatest games I've ever seen! What exquisite play!

How he didn't panic under such attack, it's incredible. What a perfect game

The Iron Tigran and his armoured style ! Thank you for the post and for the analysis.

I loved hearing about Spassky slapping Kasparov on the shoulder for his Bf1 move. That'd give me an insane confidence boost lmao

The Dude minds!!! Awsome game from an awesome, game-changing player. And I love any Big Levowski reference. Thanks for the great content.

Thanks for the video, it is very entertaining and very rich! Love seeing Petrosian play.

12:50 this move is such a difficult one to see, it's such a scary looking move that most of the players would not even consider. What a game from Iron Tigran and against Kasparov in his prime.

Thank you for your video👍👍

Thanks, John!

Awesome And informative video. I find petrosians Games really interesting. Thanks for covering this Game and I just subscribed to your channel.

What a game!

Good one 💯

awesome

Thanks for covering this great game. Maybe you already know, but there is a Swedish GM named after Tigran Petrosian - Tiger Hillarp Persson. Happy New Year from Sweden!

Thank you for the presentation and analysis of such a great game. But, for this was a kind of awe to a legendary defence, I think it would be a bit more helpful to give a point of view as black ( board upside-down)

Sad to know that Petrosian died young.

They were masters who created combinations, which are leant and played by ''gm''-s who has only great memory )))

Thats why they call him the Iron Tiger

That dawg will hunt.

Try looking at Spassky-Fischer 19th game 1972 match.

Petrosian's privilege was to see the game from the very beginning and mislead the opponent. Although modern computers can show that in some places Petrosyan made a mistake. But sometimes these mistakes were made intentionally. Of course, if he had lived to see the computer age, then we/you might say he was wrong. Naturally, Petrosian could play with the computer differently. However, Kasparov always adhered to the tactics of creating a game based on the development of the game, and, of course, as always, he lost this game. If it were not for the illness of Petrosian and the USSR Politburo, then perhaps he would have been able to show all his genius in the history of chess. However, how he was able to see the game from the very beginning and accurately predict his opponent's unrealistic desire to win at any cost remains unknown. But one thing was obvious: he had never revealed the secrets of his game...

Thanks for advising take care of your defence first.

Before Petrosian, there was an ideology that whites were always stronger than blacks because of the privilege of starting the game. However, Petrosian was the first to prove that white and black are equal on the chessboard if the player creates a good defense. Therefore, it depends on the player and not the color. This ideology was later proven by the Computer.

After this game, Kasparov asked Spassky for advice how to beat Petrosian. Spassky told him: you need to grab him by the ball and slowly but gently squeeze until he relents. But only one ball at a time - if you grab him by both balls, he gets angry and beats you. The advice worked, as Kasparov won 2 next games vs Petrosian, one of those (in Bugojno 1982) in a very convincing fashion.

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Two Armenian geniuses

Honestly,the bishop pair is overrated. I think its an individual thing. Some people are better with Bishops and other with Knights.