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Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (Armenian: Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան; Russian: Тигран Вартанович Петросян; 17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and the ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.
Tigran Petrosian was the ninth world chess champion (1963-1969). He won the Soviet Championships four times (1959, 1961, 1969, and 1975), and was a member of the Soviet Olympiad team 10 times (between 1958-1978).
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1929-1984), known as the “Iron Tigran,” was a Soviet-Armenian chess Grandmaster who reigned as the World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.
Tigran Levoni Petrosian (Armenian: Տիգրան Լևոնի Պետրոսյան; born 17 September 1984) is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 2004. A two-time national champion, he competed in two Chess Olympiads , winning team gold in 2008 and 2012.
Feb 23, 2018 · Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was born in the Soviet Union, in the actual Tbilisi, Georgia, from Armenian parents in 1929. He learned to play chess at the age of 8 and, in spite of the hardships he had to go through as a child, never gave up on the game.
Oct 6, 2022 · Tigran Petrosian was rightfully considered a versatile player who mastered the art of positional play. He also possessed amazing tactical thinking ability. To back up this claim, let’s take a closer look at his career.
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (Armenian: Տիգրան Պետրոսյան; Russian: Тигран Вартанович Петросян; June 17, 1929 – August 13, 1984) was a Soviet Armenian[1] Grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.
Sep 18, 2014 · Tigran Petrosian was born in 1929 in Tbilisi, Georgia (then a part of the Soviet Union). His parents were Armenians, and he relocated first to Armenia and then to Moscow as a young man. Petrosian's style of play was highly unusual and eccentric -- perhaps as much so as Tal's, but in a way that was less likely to be endearing to the public.
Apr 19, 2024 · Petrosian is Black and plays the Winawer Variation of the French Defence. One reason Petrosian’s style attracted me was that commentors often referred to his deep understanding of the mysteries of positional chess.
(1929-1984) World Chess. Hall of Fame. Inducted 2003. As winner of the 9th World Championship in 1963, Tigran Petrosian ended the Botvinnik era, which had lasted 15 years.
