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Biel Interzonal 1976, round 18, next to last,
position after White's 35. move: 2r5/PP2R1PK/3n2NP/5P2/1Q1B1p2/6p1/6bp/5q1k b The moves up to this point had been: [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1976.08.04"] [Round "18"] [White "Huebner, Robert"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2635"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Bb3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 b6 8. Nbd2 Nbc6 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nf1 Nac6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 e5 14. h3 Nd8 15. N3h2 Bb7 16. Ng3 exd4 17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Bb3 d5 19. e5 Nc6 20. Ng4 Rfd8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Qe7 24. Qc1 Rac8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nxd5 Qf8 27. Qe3 Nxe5 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxa7 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Qb4 31. Re2 f5 32. Qb7 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf8 34. f4 Nd3 35. Qb5 Black has about 5 min in the clock, White about 15. At this point Black is completely lost. However, his next move is a surprise that looks like a real tactical threat for about 2 seconds. Petrosian's entire demeanor, when making this move said:"Now I have won." 35. -- Bd4 What the audience didn't know is that the real game wasn't being played on the chess board at all. The story, can be verified from the original KGB documents*. Huebner, had been warned by the Soviets, who were trying to maximize the chances of their vastly overrated contingent: Petrosian, Tal, Smyslov - all of them over the hill. So he knows he cannot risk beating Petrosian: in a number of calls from the Embassy of the USSR in Berne Abelard was mentioned. Therefore, Huebner looks for the most passive move that eliminates the spurious threats: 36. Nh1 Great square for a Knight when you must not win - and objectively possibly the best move. 36. -- Qd6 Petrosian strengthens his attack. Now white can win the Q or mate in in 4 (37. Qe8 etc), but Petrosian knows that Huebner knows what they will do to him if he wins, and that's why Huebner plays 37. g3 And that does it (37. Kg7). White's advantage is gone, but so are his worries about dire consequences. 37 -- Nxf4 But what is this? Petrolium doesn't want the present! The reason is this: he was just passed a note, hidden in a Yoghurt cup, that reminded him that Allen Dulles' organization still resided at Spiegelgasse 14 in Zurich and that they were watching live on closed circuit TV, relayed through Langley, VA. Huebner immediately understands what has happened, and for a second thinks that he has protection in McLean, and therefore plays 38. Qe8+ which is not dreadful, but there isn't any mate any more. 38. -- Kg7 39. Re7+ Kh6 Bang. Suddenly it occurred to Huebner that neither the ghost of Allen Dulles, nor the spooks in McLean have the slightest interest in him. Now he is losing the game but his kneecaps will not be broken and his balls will not be cut off. 40. Nf2 Bxf2 41. Rxh7 Kg5 0-1 So Petrosian seems to have won the game but he was not with us much longer. He died when he was 55 and in 200 years when the archives in McLean, VA, will be opened we will find out how he was done in. Coming soon: Interpretation of Castro - Petrosian, Biel 1976 |
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