CHESS PLAYER

Tigran Petrosian

1929 - 1984

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Tigran Vardani 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. 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. Petrosian was a candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions (1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1980). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tigran Petrosian is the 10th most popular chess player, the 9th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Chess Player.

Tigran Petrosian is most famous for being a chess player. He is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Tigran Petrosian ranks 10 out of 461. Before him are José Raúl Capablanca, Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Anatoly Karpov. After him are Max Euwe, Garry Kasparov, Vasily Smyslov, François-André Danican Philidor, Howard Staunton, and Frank Marshall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Tigran Petrosian ranks 25. Before him are Peter Higgs, Yayoi Kusama, Irene Papas, Michael Ende, Jean Baudrillard, and Frank Gehry. After him are Max von Sydow, Rudolf Mössbauer, Sándor Kocsis, James Hong, Babrak Karmal, and Alejandro Jodorowsky. Among people deceased in 1984, Tigran Petrosian ranks 11. Before him are Marvin Gaye, Paul Dirac, François Truffaut, Truman Capote, James Mason, and Alfred Kastler. After him are Mohamed Naguib, Mikhail Sholokhov, Julio Cortázar, Johnny Weissmuller, Stanislaw Ulam, and Carl Ferdinand Cori.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Tigran Petrosian ranks 9 out of 406. Before him are Attila (406), Aram Khachaturian (1903), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Shota Rustaveli (1172), Tamar of Georgia (1166), and Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893). After him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Sergei Parajanov (1924), Niko Pirosmani (1862), Sayat-Nova (1712), and Kato Svanidze (1885).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Georgia

Among chess players born in Georgia, Tigran Petrosian ranks 1. After him are Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Nana Alexandria (1949), Maia Chiburdanidze (1961), Genrikh Kasparyan (1910), Nana Ioseliani (1962), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (1960), Sergei Movsesian (1978), Bela Khotenashvili (1988), Nana Dzagnidze (1987), Ana Matnadze (1983), and Salome Melia (1987).

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