Profile details
- Born
- 17 Jun 1929
- Birthplace
- Tbilisi
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Sport
- Chess
- Discipline
- Mind
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, height, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
- ▸Medal "For Labour Valour"
- ▸Order of Friendship of Peoples
- ▸Order of the Badge of Honour
- ▸Honorary citizen of Gyumri
- ▸World chess champion
Competition Appearances
10 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·13th Chess Olympiad
- ·14th Chess Olympiad
- ·15th Chess Olympiad
- ·16th Chess Olympiad
- ·17th Chess Olympiad
- ·18th Chess Olympiad
- ·19th Chess Olympiad
- ·20th Chess Olympiad
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About
Tigran Vardani Petrosian (Armenian: Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան; Russian: Тигран Вартанович Петросян; 17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) 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.
Biography adapted from Tigran Petrosian on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.