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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 [1] 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 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.
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.
Oct 6, 2022 · 15.09.2022. Tigran Petrosian – Biography. Many chess experts, including his contemporaries, like Mikhail Botvinnik, couldn’t figure out this player’s approach. How did he manage to beat everyone? Tigran Petrosian was rightfully considered a versatile player who mastered the art of positional play.
Feb 16, 2023 · Playing style Petrosian was a conservative, cautious, and highly defensive chess player who was strongly influenced by Aron Nimzowitsch's idea of prophylaxis. He made more effort to prevent his opponent's offensive capabilities than he did to make use of his own.
(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.
Tigran Petrosian (17 June, 1929 - 13 August, 1984) was the 9th World Champion. The Armenian became known as Iron Tigran due to his practically impenetrable defensive skills. At his peak he was almost impossible to beat. He was World Champion from 1963-69 with a polar opposite style from Mikhail Tal.
Oct 1, 2015 · Tigran Petrosian, the ninth world champion, gained the title in his 1963 match with Mikhail Botvinnik. Thus the Botvinnik era came to a close, since the automatic rematch clause (which allowed Botvinnik to regain the championship after one year from Vassily Smyslov and Mikhail Tal) had ended.
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.
