Petrosian Open Round 1: Stumbling towards Victory

Round 1 of the Petrosian open treated us to some exciting games and all games were decisive. I leave it up to you to decide who had the rockiest start. Have a look at the annotated games below. John and I did the annotations.

</p><p>The standings and pairings can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://caissachess.net/live/995">https://caissachess.net/live/995</a></p><p>The pairings you see there are preliminary. People have still a chance to take a bye or to join the tournament. 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