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Tigran Petrosian
Tigran Vardani Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster. The ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969, he was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost-impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasized safety above all else. Petrosian is often credited with popularizing chess in Armenia.
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culture · Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster (1929–1984) · chess player · journalist · writer · athlete · Grandmaster · also Tigran Petrosian, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, Petrosian, Tigran Vartanovich, Petrosian
Born 17 June 1929 · Died 13 August 1984 · Q180636
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2024· 1 entry
2015· 2 entries
Armenpress: President partakes in events devoted to Tigran Petrosian’s 86th birthday
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2004· 1 entry
The Washington Post: Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984) ...
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1987· 1 entry
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov unveiled a memorial at Petrosian's grave which depicts the laurel wreath awarded to Chess World Champion and an image contained within a crown of the sun shining above the twin peaks o
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1984· 5 entries
Died 1984-08-13.
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“They say my chess games should be more interesting. I could be more interesting - and also lose.”
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“Some consider that when I play I am excessively cautious, but it seems to me that the question may be a different one. I try to avoid chance. Those who rely on chance should play cards or roulette. Chess is something quite different.”
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“Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much happiness as a good book or work of music can.”
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“I have a weakness for any piece in excess of my opponent's numbers - from pawn to queen.”
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1981· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples (1981).
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Half a point behind the winner Alexander Beliavsky
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1980· 1 entry
When it was used by the young Garry Kasparov to defeat several grandmasters
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1977· 1 entry
Saw the two former colleagues refuse to shake hands or speak to each other
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1971· 1 entry
Played a Candidates match against Robert Hübner in a noisy area in Seville, which did not disturb him but frustrated Hübner so much that he withdrew from the match
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Gyumri (1966).
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Three years after Petrosian had earned the title of World Chess Champion, he was challenged by Boris Spassky
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1965).
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1963· 2 entries
Awarded world chess champion (1963).
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(against Mikhail Botvinnik), successfully defended it in 1966 (against Boris Spassky), and lost it to Spassky in 1969
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1962· 1 entry
Did not lose a single tournament game
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1960).
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1959· 1 entry
And later that year in the Candidates Tournament he defeated Paul Keres with a display of his often-overlooked tactical abilities
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1957· 1 entry
Won Medal "For Labour Valour" (1957).
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1952· 1 entry
Petrosian married Rona Yakovlevna (née Avinezer, 1923–2005), a Russian Jew born in Kiev, Ukraine
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1949· 1 entry
Petrosian's career as a chess player advanced rapidly and his results in Soviet events steadily improved
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-06-17.
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