Chess Strategy and Tactics: Tigran Petrosian's Amazing Games

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Learn about various offensive and defensive strategies used by chess grandmaster Tigran Petrosian in depth.

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Course overview

Tigran Petrosian has gained recognition as one of the most accomplished and knowledgeable World Champions with his expertise in trade sacrifice, prophylaxis, and preventative techniques, Chess Strategy and Tactics: Tigran Petrosian's Amazing Games online certification course is designed for participants who want to learn the tactics and strategies that Tigran Petrosian used in his chess matches, which was created by Tryfon Gavriel, a FIDE Chess Master, and is available through Udemy.

Chess Strategy and Tactics: Tigran Petrosian's Amazing Games online course concentrates in particular on his more intriguing games, including his considerably shorter wins as well as contains many of his more crucial games regardless of game duration to demonstrate the complexity of Petrosian's playing philosophy and his profound positional understanding. Chess Strategy and Tactics: Tigran Petrosian's Amazing Games online classes provide more than 28.5 hours of learning resources that teach about prophylaxis, overprotection, pawn structures, Torre attack, French defense, and many more.

The highlights

  • Certificate of completion
  • Self-paced course
  • 28.5 hours of pre-recorded video content
  • Learning resources

Program offerings

  • Online course
  • Learning resources. 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Unlimited access
  • Accessible on mobile devices and tv

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What you will learn

After completing the Chess Strategy and Tactics: Tigran Petrosian's Amazing Games certification course, participants will gain a thorough understanding of both the Tigran Petrosian's chess strategy and the fundamentals of the game of chess. Participants will examine several chess tactics, strategies, defenses, and offensive tactics like the Torre attack and French defense. Participants will learn about concepts like prophylaxis, overprotection, reduction plans, and nimozvichian. Participants will also pawn structures like hanging pawns and more.

The syllabus

Introduction

  • Introduction to course - why Petrosian and Petrosian style metaphors
  • Tigran Petrosian Creature Metaphors and Stylistic Defaults
  • Tigran Petrosian Quotations - Part 1 of 2
  • Tigran Petrosian Quotations - Part 2 of 2
  • Modern player perspective Quotations on Tigran Petrosian
  • Contemporary player perspective Quotations on Tigran Petrosian
  • Opening Preferences with White and against 1.e4
  • Opening preferences with Black against 1.d4 and 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
  • The tactical nature of Tigran Petrosian
  • The prophylaxis side of Tigran Petrosian (Jansa example)
  • Prophylaxis and Binding to stop opponent's pawn breaks
  • Prophylaxis and counterplay removal introduction
  • Simplification and counterplay removal
  • Game selection criteria and analysis priorities
  • Petrosian, Nimzovich, Art of War, and accurate follow ups!

1942 - Petrosian was around 13 years old

  • Thorn pawn tactical combination - Petrosian vs Kopelevic - Spanish Game: Closed

1944 - Petrosian was around 15 years old

  • Restrain, Blockade and then attack! - Bakhtadze vs Petrosian - English Opening
  • Killer common squares subtlety - Petrosian vs Sorokin - Tarrasch Defense
  • Downside ingredients for winning recipe - Petrosian vs Nersesov - Russian Game

1945 - Petrosian was around 16 years old

  • Sicilian Nimzovich Opening Trap! - Petrosian vs Grigoriev - Sicilian Defense
  • Locking down a weak pawn downside - Petrosian vs Korolkov - Indian Game
  • Light square Nimzovichian Strategy- Grigoriev vs Petrosian - Nimzowitsch Defense
  • Responding with bigger threat- Petrosian vs Dzaparidze - King's Gambit: Accepted
  • A trapped rook - Petrosian vs Zeinalli - English Opening: Symmetrica
  • Materialism punished - Petrosian vs Kelendzheridze - French Defense: Winawer

1946 - Petrosian was around 17 years old

  • Tactics flow from superior positions- Kalantar vs Petrosian - Old Indian Defense
  • Bishop given up for light square play - Petrosian vs Kotkov - Indian Game
  • Visually crushing Triangle of pawns - Petrosian vs Petrovsky - Bogo-Indian
  • Square weakening and outpost strategy - Petrosian vs Korchnoi - Dutch Defence
  • High Piece Activity against Maroczy bind - Nei vs Petrosian - Kings Indian

1947 - Petrosian was around 18 years old

  • Exploiting uncastled King - Petrosian vs Gongadze - Indian Game

1949 - Petrosian was around 20 years old

  • Hanging pawn b7 bishop potential - Lubensky vs Petrosian - Nimzo-Indian Defense
  • Exploiting King safety issues - Petrosian vs Pogrebissky - Neo-Grünfeld Defense
  • The Torre Attack played attackingly! - Petrosian vs Liublinsky - Torre Attack

1950 - Petrosian was around 21 years old

  • A stonewall attack upgrade! - Petrosian vs Tolush - Semi-Slav Defense

1951 - Petrosian was around 22 years old

  • Welcoming an Isolated 'e' pawn - Mukhitdinov vs Petrosian - Caro-Kann Defense
  • Minimising opponent counterplay - Petrosian vs Mukhitdinov - English Opening
  • Major Hack Attack! - Petrosian vs Chukaev - Torre Attack
  • A liberating central pawn move - Novotelnov vs Petrosian - Sicilian Defense

1952 - Petrosian was around 23 years old

  • Active operation before castling punished - Kotov vs Petrosian - London System
  • Weak d5 and d6 points exploited - Petrosian vs Sliwa - Queen's Indian Defense
  • Encouraging pawns to be underminable- Petrosian vs Barcza - Kings Indian Attack

1953 - Petrosian was around 24 years old

  • Benoni under favourable circumstance - Milev vs Petrosian - Catalan Opening
  • Defensive resourcefulness in the line of fire - Geller vs Petrosian - French

1954 - Petrosian was around 25 years old

  • Welcoming Queens coming off - Petrosian vs Corral - Queens Gambit Declined
  • When to exchange and when not to - Petrosian vs Belkadi - King's Indian Defense
  • Queenside space gaining - Milner-Barry vs Petrosian - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf
  • Winning central control and pawn early - Vasiukov vs Petrosian - Caro-Kann
  • Hunting the King with h-file attack - Petrosian vs Nievergelt - Indian Game

1955 - Petrosian was around 26 years old

  • Ambitiously look to weaken sets of squares! - Petrosian vs Taimanov - Semi-Slav
  • Rubinstein c4 gambit vs Nimzo - Petrosian vs Benko - Nimzo-Indian Defense

1956 - Petrosian was around 27 years old

  • f5 to fight Maroczy bind - Simagin vs Petrosian - Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack
  • Pet Qd7 system in Winawer - Chistiakov vs Petrosian - French Defense: Winawer
  • Trading off neat pawns for dynamic factors - Petrosian vs Zurakhov - QGD Vienna

1957 - Petrosian was around 28 years old

  • Wade variation - A french defence upgrade - Terpugov vs Petrosian - Wade defence
  • Isolated Queen Pawn compensation- Klaman vs Petrosian - French Defense: Tarrasch
  • A tactical Queen move - Petrosian vs Heinicke - Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
  • A light square exchange sac - Petrosian vs Shiyanovsky - King's Indian Defense

1958 - Petrosian was around 29 years old

  • Gigantic positional compensation for pawn - Petrosian vs Matanovic - QGD
  • The power of positional binding - Petrosian vs Lokvenc - King's Indian Defence
  • A penalty for winning back a pawn - Petrosian vs Nievergelt - Benoni Defense
  • A classic put yourself beyond defeat before attack game! - Clarke vs Petrosian

1959 - Petrosian was around 30 years old

  • Counterplay controlled pawn chain undermining - Petrosian vs Fischer - Nimzo
  • A self-interference disaster move - Petrosian vs Gufeld - Semi-Slav Defense
  • Exploiting an x-ray on Queen - Petrosian vs Matanovic - Nimzo-Indian Defense
  • Giving up both bishops in opening - Klavins vs Petrosian - Caro-Kann Defense

1960 - Petrosian was around 31 years old

  • Playing for b5 at the right time- Liong vs Petrosian - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf
  • Undermine linked to light square domination - Petrosian vs Suetin - Tarrasch
  • Small but solid french defence upgrade - Bronstein vs Petrosian - Caro-Kann
  • An unpinning resource in opening - Petrosian vs Gurgenidze - Gruenfeld Defense
  • Preparatory moves for maximum effectiveness - Petrosian vs Teschner - Semi-Slav
  • Relative counterplay via pinning pieces - Andersen vs Petrosian - King's Indian
  • Risks taken with King Safety - Petersen vs Petrosian - Queen's Indian Defense
  • A smaller but clearer advantage - Pietzsch vs Petrosian - Benoni Defence
  • Nimzovich style doubled pawn blockade strategy - Petrosian vs Nielsen - Dutch
  • Brutal attacking chess! - Reyes vs Petrosian - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf
  • The threat is stronger than the execution - Petrosian vs Pfeiff - Semi-Slav

1961 - Petrosian was around 32 years old

  • Emphatically Solid Caro-Kann - Cherepkov vs Petrosian - Caro-Kann Defense
  • Strong e5 outpost square - Petrosian vs Lutikov - Dutch Stonewall formation
  • A knight on rim is dim - Mnatsakanian vs Petrosian - Caro-Kann Defense: Advance
  • Mysterious rook move prophylaxis - Petrosian vs Jansa - Sicilian Defense
  • Leaving opponent's pieces hanging - Bilek vs Petrosian - Sicilian Defense
  • A Work Of Art Masterpiece! - Petrosian vs Pachman - King's Indian Attack

1962 - Petrosian was around 33 years old

  • A very solid opening vs dangerous opponent - Tal vs Petrosian - French Defense
  • Rapid centralisation and replusing opponents attack - Petrosian vs Filip - QGD
  • Fascinatingly bad opening play punished- Petrosian vs Korchnoi - English Opening
  • Bad version of Bird Variation - Petrosian vs Suer - Spanish Game: Bird
  • Preparing e5 break in Maroczy bind - Petrosian vs Anastasopoulos - Sicilian

1963 - Petrosian was around 34 years old- became World chess champion until 1969

  • Overambitious infiltration punished - Petrosian vs Getman - Sicilian Defense
  • WC Match Rd 5 - Grinding it out! - game 5 - Petrosian vs Botvinnik - Gruenfeld
  • WC Match Rd 7 - c5 pawn break - Petrosian vs Botvinnik - English Opening
  • WC Match Rd 15 - pawn break importance! - Petrosian vs Botvinnik - Gruenfeld
  • WC Match Rd 18 - Dark square delights - Botvinnik vs Petrosian - QGD
  • WC Match Rd 19 - Pawn tree shelter :) - Petrosian vs Botvinnik - Queens Indian

1964 - Petrosian was around 35 years old

  • Passivity from an opening inaccuracy - Platonov vs Petrosian - Modern Defence

1966 - Petrosian was around 37 years old - beat Spassky to retain World title

  • Petrosian system vs Kings Indian - Petrosian vs Zaitsev - King's Indian Defense
  • WC Rd 7 - Systematic advance - Spassky vs Petrosian - Torre Atta
  • WC Rd 10-Exploiting vacuum- Petrosian vs Spassky - King's Indian
  • WC Rd 20 - Dark square weaknesses - Petrosian vs Spassky - Nimzo
  • WC Rd 22 - Concrete moves throw concrete!- Petrosian vs Spassky - Polish defence
  • The art of pinning - Petrosian vs Johansson Sr - Sicilian Defense

1967 - Petrosian was around 38 years old

  • A dynamic tactical style! - Petrosian vs Danov - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf

1968 - Petrosian was around 39 years old

  • A brutal attacking Tal like Game! - Petrosian vs Bikhovsky - 1968
  • Petrosian in Tal's Clothing! - Petrosian vs Estrin - English Opening
  • Being annoying in opening important - Petrosian vs Bobotsov - English Opening
  • A looser and looser h5 target - Petrosian vs Aguilar - King's Indian Defense
  • Dangers of opening up where king is - Bednarski vs Petrosian - French Defence

1969 - Petrosian was around 40 years old

  • World Ch. #1 - An endgame slip up - Boris Spassky vs Tigran V Petrosian - Rd 1
  • World Ch. #10 - Easy plan after doubled pawns - Petrosian vs Spassky - Rd 10
  • World Ch. #11 - A beautiful positional exchange sac - Spassky vs Petrosian
  • World Ch. #20 -Preventative play makes follow ups easier! - Petrosian vs Spassky
  • Trapping the queen - Petrosian vs Matanovic - Ruy Lopez aka Spanish Game
  • Handling a dangerous opening pawn sac - Gufeld vs Petrosian - Three Knights

1970- Petrosian was around 41 years old

  • The d4 achilles heel - Salamanca vs Petrosian - Modern Defence
  • Friendly trees and cold winds to Kings - Petrosian vs Vargas - Semi-Slav

1971- Petrosian was around 42 years old - Rank #5 in world - 2640 FIDE

  • Positional exchange sacrifice - Huebner vs Petrosian - Sicilian Defence
  • WC Candidates Final - Exchange sacrifice - Petrosian vs Fischer match - Round 2
  • English Opening 4 Knights Trap - Petrosian vs Ree - English Opening
  • Incurring positional instability - Korchnoi vs Petrosian - Semi-Slav Defense

1972- Petrosian was around 43 years old - Rank #3= in world - FIDE 2645

  • Keeping a symmetrical pawn structure - Petrosian vs Minic - English Opening
  • Play against Isolated and hanging pawns - Petrosian vs Hort - English Opening
  • Irreversible pawn move damage - Petrosian vs Boey - Queen's Gambit Declined
  • Achilles heel diagonal in KID fianchetto variation - Philippe vs Petrosian - KID
  • A really bad follow up to a brilliant move - Westerinen vs Petrosian - Sicilian
  • A bishop with a fantastic diagonal view - Petrosian vs Ree - English Opening

1973- Petrosian was around 44 years old - 2nd= at USSR ch. - Rank #7 FIDE 2640

  • A tactical trick of note - Petrosian vs Huguet - Queen's Gambit Declined
  • Setting traps can ruin a position - Petrosian vs Lombard - Queen's Indian
  • A razor sharp street fight! - Tal vs Petrosian - Caro-Kann Defense

1974- Petrosian was around 45 years old - Rank #6 in world - FIDE 2640

  • A model Isolated Queen Pawn game - Petrosian vs Balashov - Nimzo-Indian
  • Quiet double fianchetto has latent energy - Petrosian vs Portisch - English
  • Dark square disaster - Arafat vs Petrosian - King's Indian Defense - 4 pawn att.
  • No counterplay from opening - Petrosian vs Forest - King's Indian Defence
  • Maroczy Bind Model game - Petrosian vs Venalainen - English Opening: Symmetrical
  • Demolition of pawns around opponent King - Petrosian vs Segovia - King's Indian

1975- Petrosian was around 46 years old - Rank #4 in world - FIDE 2645

  • Being deaf to opponent sacs can help - Petrosian vs Ljubojevic - Benoni Defence
  • Model Gruenfeld h-file hack attack game - Petrosian vs Stean - Gruenfeld Defense
  • Positional pawn sac vs Bd6 - Petrosian vs Vaganian - English Opening

1976- Petrosian was around 47 years old - Rank #3 in world - FIDE 2635

  • Weakening pawn moves and Piece Quality - Petrosian vs Lombard - Semi-Slav
  • King exposed like King not castled - Petrosian vs Sosonko - Nimzo-Indian Defense
  • Exchange slav can bite! - Petrosian vs Sveshnikov - Slav Defense: Exchange
  • Castling into the attack - Tseshkovsky vs Petrosian - French Defence Winawer
  • Brilliant semi-open h-file celebration- Petrosian vs Kupreichik - Slav defence

1977- Petrosian was around 48 years old - Rank #7= in world - FIDE 2620

  • King made secure in Sicilian - Tisdall vs Petrosian - Sicilian Defense
  • Exchange sac for Vacuum of weaknesses around king - Petrosian vs Nunn - Benoni

1978- Petrosian was around 48 years old - Rank #7= in world - FIDE 2620

  • Scheveningen upgrade in reverse - Petrosian vs Balashov - English Opening
  • Checkmate ends the game and influences downsides - Webb vs Petrosian - English
  • A risky Opening experiment - Petrosian vs Bohm - English Opening
  • When a3 encouraging self-deflection move needed - Kagan vs Petrosian - Sicilian

1979- Petrosian was around 49 years old - Rank #10= in world - FIDE 2610

  • Not keeping pawn duo together - Tigran V Petrosian vs Yrjo A Rantanen
  • Sac a pawn for "pin and win" - Petrosian vs Vilela - English Opening
  • Powerful forcing moves before castling - Petrosian vs Harandi - Queen's Indian
  • A natural looking pin has downsides - Petrosian vs Marcos Bronstein - Gruenfeld

1980- Petrosian was around 50 years old - Rank #6= in world - FIDE 2615

  • Avoiding Baltic Defence resources - Petrosian vs Lutovac - QGD
  • Preparing knight outposts through sealing pawn moves- Sanz vs Petrosian - French

1981- Petrosian was around 51 years old - Rank #19= in world - FIDE 2585

  • Teasing a major attacking player - Kasparov vs Petrosian - Queen's Indian
  • Red flag waved to the Attacking Bull! - Kasparov vs Petrosian - QG Accepted

1982- Petrosian was around 52 years old - Rank #10= in world - FIDE 2605

  • Brutal piece pressure and tactics - Timman vs Petrosian - Slav Defense
  • Huge pressure after Queen's come off - Petrosian vs Bouaziz - Modern Defense

1983- Petrosian was around 53 years old - Rank #9= in world - FIDE 2605

  • Positional pressure can transform into winning pins - Petrosian vs Veingold
  • Doubling pawns can be very effective - Petrosian vs Nei - Nimzo-Indian Defense
  • Exchange sac for juicy knight outpost - Polugaevsky vs Petrosian - Zukertort
  • Classic e4 Botvinnik liberation plan - Petrosian vs Ljubojevic - Nimzo Indian

Conclusions and Philosophical points

  • Conclusions
  • Bonus Lecture

Instructors

Mr Tryfon Gavriel

Mr Tryfon Gavriel
Instructor
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