Pretrosian plays at his own memorial!
Tigran Petrosian v Mikhail Kobalia, Petrosian Memorial, 2004
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| EVENT | Petrosian Memorial |
| SITE | Stepanakert AZE |
| DATE | 2004.03.12 |
| ROUND | 4 |
| WHITE | Tigran L Petrosian |
| BLACK | Mikhail Kobalia |
| RESULT | 1-0 |
| WHITEELO | 2477 |
| BLACKELO | 2643 |
| ECO | B23 |
| EVENTDATE | 2004.03.09 |
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[Event "Petrosian Memorial"] [Site "Stepanakert AZE"] [Date "2004.03.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Tigran L Petrosian"] [Black "Mikhail Kobalia"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2477"] [BlackElo "2643"] [ECO "B23"] [EventDate "2004.03.09"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.Qe2 Qb6 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.O-O d6 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 Nc6 13.Bd2 a5 14.Rfc1 Be7 15.c3 bxc3 16.Nxc3 O-O 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qb5 Bxb2 20.Nxa5 Bxc1 21.Nxb7 Nd4 22.Qd3 Qb6 23.Rxc1 Rxa4 24.Na5 e5 25.Nc4 Qb5 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Bf1 Qc5 29.Rc2 Rc7 30.Ne3 Qa7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Nf5 Qc5 33.Qb3 Rb4 34.Qa2 Rb8 35.Qd2 g6 36.Nh6+ Kg7 37.h4 Rb1 38.Ng4 Qc1 39.Qxd4+ 1-0
Petrosian sadly passed away in 1984! Clearly he has changed his style since crossing the rainbow bridge to Valhalla and back again!
