| Taylor Kingston 2005-02-03, 5:55 pm |
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Gunsberg wrote:
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> Actually, I think quite highly of Petrosian. However, after he
> defended his World Championship title agains Spasskey in 1966, I
don't
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> believe that he is considered to have achieved his best results. For
> much of that period, he seemed to be past his peak.
True. Elo plots his 2680 peak at about 1963, with a decline to about
2620 by 1975.
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> I don't have his complete record from the 1966-1969 period, but here
> are his major results:
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> 6th behind Spassky and Fischer at the Piatgorsky Cup, Santa Monica
> 1966. Beat Spassky to retain the title at Moscow 1966 (+4 -3 =17).
> Made a 50% score on first board at the Club Team Championship Moscow
> 1966 beating Botvinnik in the process.
> 11th after Stein and Smyslov at the Alekhine Memorial, Moscow 1967.
> 4th after Korchnoi and Spassky at Palma de Mallorca 1968.
> Lost his title to Spassky at Moscow 1969 (+4 -6 =13).
He had some other good results, most notably winning the 1968 Moscow
Championship (+6 =9), and, not long after losing the world title,
winning the 1969 USSR Ch (+6 =16), beating Polugaevsky in a playoff +2
-1 =3.
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