Petrosyan, Tigran Vartanovich
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▪ Soviet chess player
Petrosyan also spelled Petrosian
born June 17, 1929, Tbilisi, Georgia, U.S.S.R.
died August 13, 1984, Moscow, Russia
Soviet Armenian
chess master who won the world championship from Mikhail Botvinnik (
Botvinnik, Mikhail Moiseyevich) in 1963, defended it successfully against Boris Spassky (
Spassky, Boris Vasilyevich) in 1966, and was defeated by Spassky in 1969. Petrosyan's play, subtle and tirelessly patient, was designed to weaken an opponent's position gradually rather than to crush it at a single blow. Against masters of comparable strength, he played a great many drawn games.
Petrosyan was made a chess master in 1947. He was educated at Yerevan Teachers' College in the Armenian S.S.R. and continued postgraduate study in philosophy there after becoming world chess champion. He received a number of decorations for his achievements, and he remained an active member in the Presidium of the Chess Federation of the U.S.S.R. In 1968 Petrosyan published Chess and Philosophy.
Additional Reading
Vik L. Vasiliev, Tigran Petrosian: His Life and Games (1974; originally published in Russian, 1969), is a mixture of journalism and chess, with many annotated games and much biographical material.
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