Tigran Petrosian vs Boris Spassky

Bucharest · 1953 · Slav Defense · 1/2-1/2 in 15 moves

The Game

White Tigran Petrosian
Black Boris Spassky
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Bucharest
Site Bucharest
Round 4
Date 1953.00.00
Opening Slav Defense (D13)
Moves 15
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

r1r3k1/pp3ppp/4bn2/3p4/3P4/2N5/PP2BPPP/R4RK1 w - - 1 16

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 c6
  3. 3.cxd5 cxd5
  4. 4.Nc3 Nf6
  5. 5.Nf3 Nc6
  6. 6.Bf4 e6
  7. 7.e3 Bd6
  8. 8.Bxd6 Qxd6
  9. 9.Bd3 O-O
  10. 10.O-O e5
  11. 11.dxe5 Nxe5
  12. 12.Nxe5 Qxe5
  13. 13.Be2 Be6
  14. 14.Qd4 Qxd4
  15. 15.exd4 Rfc8

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