Petrosian: Move by Move

by Thomas Engqvist
Petrosian's Style
According to the English player and writer P.H. Clarke, in his preface to Petrosian's Best Games of Chess, the 9th world champion was a pragmatist. Clarke defines the meaning of that abstract word like this: "One who does what is needed to meet the requirements of a position and, on the whole, makes no attempt to impose his own wishes on it."
Petrosian didn't agree he was a pragmatic player in his Chess Logic, and we should respect and pay attention to what ...