Simple Chess: 2. Petrosian - Portisch, Candidates 1974

Simple Chess game 2: Petrosian - Portisch, Candidates 1974

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Chess Strategy

A sense of timing is key to good defensive play - Micheal Stean

The Game

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Thoughts

Tactics. Compared to the previous game, more of Petrosian's moves seem tricky and require precise calculation.

Playing both sides of the board. Petrosian's queenside pawn advances enable a kingside attack with his pieces.

Waiting to exploit structural weaknesses. The outpost on d5 is created by Portisch on move 6 and not occupied by Petrosian until move 27. White seeks to create other weaknesses knowing that it will still be there when he wants to use it.

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