Magic Pawn

One of my favorite games from David Bronstien's Zuric 53 is the Magic pawn game between Kotov and Petrosian.

Black exchanges pieces on d4 leaving a pawn on the square which is doubled and isolated.  Easy to capture, or so it seems, but the magic pawn has a charmed life!

Please click the link below to play through the game with a chessbase view, or use the chess viewer below.
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2016/1/9/Game216018906.html

Candidates Tournament, Zuerich
Kotov, Alexander vs. Petrosian, Tigran V

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -1

Result: draw 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O a6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Qd3 b5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Kh1 exd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Nd5 Nd4 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Kg1 Qe5 22. Rfe1 Bg7 23. Rac1 Re7 24. Nf3 Qc5 25. Bf1 h6 26. cxb5 Qxb5 27. Qd1 Qb6 28. Nd2 Rae8 29. Bd3 d5 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf3 Re4 33. Qd2 a5

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Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight