The most amazing weakness provocation the history of World chess championships

Hi all

This is one of my all time favorite Tigran Petrosian games and shows how Petrosian is sometimes a lurking tiger ready to pounce, especially when the opponent overextends themselves to try and attack Petrosian leaving a vacuum of weaknesses behind.

Video annotation based on study analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzd71ZzIsM

The opening starts very solidly

The Panno variation is used by Spassky

Very direct aggressive play by Black - what could possibly go wrong here?

Black has lost the finachetto bishop and still goes on to the attack more

The first powerful exchange sacrifice!

RxN on f4 - Second powerful exchange sacrifice!

White is controlling squares around the Black King

The start of a brilliant final combination

Qh8+ !! - KNOCKOUT BLOW!

Key takeaway points

• Attacking Chess is nice, but nicer if you don't weaken your own King in the process
• When playing against Quiet but very strong tactical players, it is especially important to maintain one's own King safety
• Sacrificing the exchange can be a very powerful tool to neutralise the opponent's attack and hijack key diagonals as in this game
• The calculating monster of Petrosian is demonstrated with the beautiful Queen sacrifice
• No wonder Petrosian started off with a 2-0 score vs Garry Kasparov!

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