We used a similar move to that Qh8 move in a vote chess game (move 14) - was played before though:

yeah Fischer funny enough gave Stein odds in blitz and lost.

I don't remember the details, but a couple of the Soviet GMs played a practical joke on Fischer. At the time, Stein was not at all known outside the USSR, although the top Soviet GMs all knew how strong he was. So when Fischer came over to chat with a couple of the Russians he knew--perhaps Tal and Spassky--they introduced him to "Mr. Stein" without telling him that he was a respected GM back in the USSR. When Fischer sat down to play a few blitz games with this "unknown master" he got a rude shock. Of course once he got to know Stein, they played a lot of blitz together. Sadly, I believe they only met once over the board; an epic win for Fischer that he was enormously proud of.

EDIT: I'm wrong. They also played a draw in the 1962 Interzonal with Fischer on the black side of a QGD. It was a short 26-move game

Petrosian wrote the intro to a Russian edition of Chess Praxis by Nimzovich. Tal wrote an intro to My System.

Here's a snippet of Tal's introduction: 

"Blockade is one of Nimzowitsch's favourite themes. He was the first to define it, and he was the first to show how much the strength of the a piece can grow when it stands on a blockading square, and how such a piece can compensate for a material deficit....

In 1953, when the Candidates Tournament was taking place in Switzerland, I was about to become a Candidate Master, but I had not yet read Nimzowitsch's book... And then I saw Reshevsky-Petrosian. 

Petrosian's exchange sacrifice 25...Re6! made an indelible impression on me. A purely positional sacrifice by a quiet move, without a check or any obvious threat! Merely for the position of the knight at d5!...

From this example alone it is apparent that Petrosian had made a thorough study of  My System . But, unfortunately, this is not the only example from his games...

After Petrosian played the opening passively, I gained the advantage and considered my position to be won. Indeed, White has prepared an attack on the kingside, while on the queenside, Black merely has weaknesses. 

I remained in this happy frame of mind until in the diagram position Tigran played 31...Rf4!. It was here that I had occasion to remember Nimzowitsch and his blockade theory.... ..[A]t that time, my youthful instinct told me always to win the exchange. I won it, and only with my opponent's help did I manage to escape: 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.Nd2 Ne5 34.Qxf4 Nxc4 35.e5 Nxe5 36.Ne4 h6 37.Rae1 Bb8 38.Rd1 c4 39.d6 Nd3 40.Qg4 Ba7+ 41.Kg1. Here the game was adjourned in a position now better for Black. ... A striking illustration of the continuity of ideas and the benefit of knowledge. 

~M. Tal, as quoted in The Games of Tigran Petrosian vol. 1. pp 149-150.

One of the strongest world champions. I believe only Karpov can match him. Also the greatest tactician in the history of chess.  His wins against Kasparov are so instructive.

Smyslov,

Thanks so much for posting some great games, and, shockingly, talking about Tigran Petrosian in a thread about...Tigran Petrosian.

Thanks for noticing, cod!

Every once in a while we stay on topic--just to confuse people

google pgn game collections petrosian and you'll hundred's of games

petrosian is very well known, he was an awesome player.

In all seriouness, if you want to learn a lot about Petrosian as a player, volume 3 of Kasparov's "My Great Predecessors" is a must. As a bonus, you will learn a lot about Spassky, Stein, Portisch, and Polugaevsky as well. A great book.

But if you want to learn more about all these great masters as people, then Genna Sosonko's "Russian Silhouettes" is a must. If you have any interest at all in chess history, particularly Russian chess, Sosonko's book is gold!

Botvinik once said : " If Tal make a sacrifice, take and then analyse. If I make a sacrifice, analise and then take. If Petrosian make a sacrifice, DONT TAKE !!"

I think he said also something like. "If you play against Petrosian its enough to not make even a mistace, just a little inacuracy, that he will find a way to make you pay that".

That explains much about "Tiger". His cabability to analise the game was overhelming also for most of the best payer of the time. What said Fisher its another proof of that, and also explain why have some admirers. He's also considered "the most difficult player to beat of all times". 

Kortchmoi on Petrosian

Now how the hell can I be Petrosian's second if it makes me sick to watch how he plays?

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One cannot help but admire the devilish determination and ingenuity of this man.

I thought Korschnoi really hated Petrosian on a personal point of view ? If it is true, then that kind of praise sounds strange.

Perhaps, he said that, before something happened to sour the relationship.

Or maybe he was just trying to sound gracious, to sell his new book. Who knows?