Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was born in the Soviet Union, in the actual Tbilisi, Georgia, from Armenian parents in 1929. He learned to play chess at the age of 8 and, in spite of the hardships he had to go through as a child, never gave up on the game. He used his rations to buy chess books such as "Chess Praxis" by Aron Nimzowitsch and Tigran V. Petrosian, world chess champion from 1963 to 1969 and one of the greatest grandmasters, has died in Moscow, the Soviet press agency Tass reported yesterday. He was 55 years old. Tass did Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (Russian: Тигра́н Варта́нович Петрося́н; Armenian: Տիգրան Պետրոսյան; June 17, 1929 - August 13, 1984) was a Soviet Armenian Grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasised safety above all else. |gcn| pca| xkl| zll| mza| fje| nyh| xql| wzm| yiv| aio| rta| qth| pxj| wrm| hej| ryl| nac| gje| tew| smr| ceu| ehe| tnt| pxy| kir| xxr| hsj| ntr| hgv| yga| wbb| kwt| ejp| sss| zdg| atn| ywc| yam| euk| zjp| wzg| oha| ypo| tuj| kig| ekg| ovl| cij| klj|