Tigran Petrosian vs Borislav Ivkov

The Game

White	Tigran Petrosian
Black	Borislav Ivkov
Result	1-0
Event	Nice olm fin-A
Site	Nice
Round	14
Date	1974.00.00
Opening	Nimzo-Indian Defense (E41)
Moves	41

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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

2b1k3/6n1/p5p1/2BPp2p/2P1B1P1/1rP4P/8/5RK1 b - - 2 41

All The Moves

1. 1.d4 Nf6
2. 2.c4 e6
3. 3.Nc3 Bb4
4. 4.e3 c5
5. 5.Bd3 Nc6
6. 6.Nf3 Bxc3+
7. 7.bxc3 d6
8. 8.e4 e5
9. 9.d5 Ne7
10. 10.Nd2 O-O
11. 11.Nf1 Qa5
12. 12.Bd2 Ne8
13. 13.Ng3 f5
14. 14.exf5 Nxf5
15. 15.Qc2 g6
16. 16.O-O Bd7
17. 17.Ne4 Nf6
18. 18.Ng5 Rae8
19. 19.f3 Ng7
20. 20.g4 Qa4
21. 21.Qb3 Rb8
22. 22.Bc2 Qa5
23. 23.a4 Qc7
24. 24.h3 a6
25. 25.a5 b5
26. 26.axb6 Rxb6
27. 27.Qa3 Qd8
28. 28.Qc1 Qe7
29. 29.Qe1 Rb2
30. 30.Bd3 Bc8
31. 31.Bc1 Rb3
32. 32.Bc2 Rb6
33. 33.f4 h6
34. 34.fxe5 Qxe5
35. 35.Qxe5 dxe5
36. 36.Ne4 h5
37. 37.Ba3 Nxe4
38. 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8
39. 39.Bxe4 Rb3
40. 40.Bxc5+ Ke8
41. 41.Rf1

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