Chess 26 Feb 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Chess
Problem No. 514 by B. J. de C. Andrade (Woodford)
Black (10)
White (10)
White mates in two moves.
FEN 2Bn4/5pr1/RN3k1P/2Q1N3/7n/2p5/2P1p2q/1KB1b1Rb w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ba3 Nc6 2. Qd6#
How not to lose
The new Russian champion, Petrosian, has built up a reputation over the last few years as the hardest man in the world to defeat. The following game from the championship is typical of his strategy; he gains a slight advantage in space and then attacks on both wings. The attack is first concentrated on the queen's side, but when Black makes a bid for counterplay on the opposite flank White's extra command of space enables him to set there first.
Tigran V Petrosian vs Anatoly S Lutikov
USSR Championship (1959), Tbilisi URS, rd 7, Jan-20
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation (E92) 1-0
1. Petrosian's own idea against the King's Indian, which gives Black much less counterplay than the older 8. Castles N-B4; 9. N-Q2 P-QR4; 10. Q-B2 B-R3.
2. The alternative plan is 9. … P-KN4; 10. B-N3 N-R4; 11. Castles N-B5; 12. N-K1 NxBch., 13. QxN but this favours White's knights, which can aim for outposts at KB5, KN4 or (in the case of … P-KB4 PxP) K4.
3. Again the knight outpost theme: If 11. … BxN; 12. PxB N-B2; 13. P-R4, followed by P-B3 and N-B4.
4. A clumsy manoeuvre which loses time. Simpler is 12. … N-B2; 13. N-QB3 B-Q2; followed by … Q-K1 and eventually … P-QN4.
5. This fine move maintains the bishop at KR4 for if 13. … P-N4; 14. B-N3 followed by P-KR4 with a strong attack.
6. Thematic counterplay; but it is ineffective since the black rook has no points of invasion on the ON file.
7. Preventing Black's plan of 20. … PxRP; 21. PxP P-QR4; followed by N-R3 and
N-N5.
8. Overlooking White's break-through: 22. … P-N5 is necessary.
9. In the long run this is decisive: if 24. … PxNP; 25. P-B5 QPxP; 26. P-Q6, and otherwise Black's K4 is seriously weakened.
10. White controls the whole board, and this counterattack is mere desperation.
11. Black's position collapses after 42. … R-N2; 43. RxRch QxR; 44. P-R6 Q-B1; 45. Q-Q3ch or 42. … BxP; 43. NxR KxR; 44. N-K5ch.
