Petrosyan (Armenian: Պետրոսյան), Petrosian or Petrossian (Eastern Armenian), Bedrosian or Bedrossian (Western Armenian) is a common surname in Armenia...

by 6–0 scores. After winning another qualifying match against Tigran Petrosian, Fischer won the title match against Boris Spassky of the USSR, in Reykjavík...

Foundation. Also transcribed as Ter-Petrossian and Ter-Petrosian Astourian, Stephan H. (2001). From Ter-Petrosian to Kocharian: Leadership Change in Armenia (PDF)...

played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer...

Viktor Korchnoi, 2535 Boris Spassky, 2480 Vasily Smyslov, 2413 Tigran Petrosian, 2363 These "Divinsky numbers" are not on the same scale as Elo ratings...

and José Capablanca felt that the exchange was worth two pawns. Tigran Petrosian thought that one pawn was the right value. Wilhelm Steinitz said that...

b5 and then Karpov accepted the draw. Petrosian vs. Fischer, 1958 In the 1958 game between Tigran Petrosian and Bobby Fischer, Fischer offered a draw...

[1970]. Tal–Botvinnik, 1960. Russell Enterprises. ISBN 1-888690-08-9. Tal, Mikhail (1973). World Championship: Petrosian vs. Spassky 1966. Chess Digest. Tal...

players invited included famous names like former world champion Tigran Petrosian, regular contenders to the world crown Svetozar Gligoric, Paul Keres and...

which it often transposes. Boris Spassky played 1.d4 b5 against Tigran Petrosian in the decisive 22nd game of their world championship match in 1966. Spassky...

Petrosian vs. Fischer, 1958 A simple example illustrating the first definition comes from a 1958 game between future world champions Tigran Petrosian...

a credible challenge; he took a share of third place in 1969 (behind Petrosian and Polugaevsky) and in 1971, was joint runner-up with Tal, behind Savon...

matches in 1966 and 1969. He lost the world championship match to Tigran Petrosian in 1966. In the 1969 cycle, he won matches against Efim Geller, Bent Larsen...

third place in the 1961 Soviet Championship, at Moscow, defeating Tigran Petrosian on the way. He won his first Soviet title at Leningrad 1963; he tied with...

Smyslov and Petrosian and a leading world championship contender (and winner in both tournaments) Paul Keres; and he finished ahead of Petrosian and even...

Fight for the World Chess Crown. Russell Enterprises. ISBN 978-1-888690-75-0. Andrew Soltis (2020). Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi: A Chess Multibiography...

2024. "Drop 7 - Little Simz". Apple Music. Retrieved February 2, 2024. Petrosian, Nika (November 26, 2023). "Loving Detail New Album Any Light, Plot North...

1967) Karpov vs. Korchnoi Fischer vs. Petrosian 1971 Timman vs. Lutz Vidmar vs. Maroczy (Mednis 1990:43) Petrosian vs. Fischer, 1958 (Schiller 2003:29)...

round, the leaders were: (1st) Tal 13; (2nd-3rd) Gligoric, Petrosian 12½ (though Petrosian had the bye in the last round); (4th) Benko 12; (5th-6th) Fischer...

other writers, including GM Alexei Suetin (who was the second of Tigran Petrosian at Zurich 1953), also confirmed the Soviet collusion in Zurich. Reshevsky...

versus Gligorić he recalls that "Petrosian and Tal both happened to stroll by the board at this instant. Petrosian made a wry face which looked to me...

variation was also employed by Savielly Tartakower, Boris Spassky, and Tigran Petrosian early in his career. Other noted top-level exponents include Alexey Dreev...

Match final, Fischer beat former World Champion Tigran Petrosian in the first game before Petrosian snapped the streak by winning the second match game....

1st= (with Sax) at Las Palmas 1978, 1st at Vilnius 1978 (ahead of Tigran Petrosian) and 1st at Malta 1980. At Yerevan 1982, he was 2nd (after Yusupov), at...

Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves: Further Chess Explorations, Russell Enterprises, Inc., 1999, p. 141. ISBN 1-888690-04-6. "John Cochrane vs. Bonnerjee...

(mostly in his early career), Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Tigran Petrosian, Leonid Stein, Rafael Vaganian, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Gregory Kaidanov...

Championship ahead of players including Mark Taimanov, Viktor Korchnoi, Tigran Petrosian, Efim Geller and Salo Flohr. In the 1956 Championship, he came equal first...

3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. d4 cxb2 6. fxg7 bxa1=Q 7. gxh8=Q Fischer vs. Petrosian, 1959 In master play, it is rare for one or both players to have more...

headquarters of the Chess Federation of Armenia is located in the Tigran Petrosian Chess House of Yerevan. Already in primary school, chess education is...

4½ points behind. Fischer won both games against each of Tal, Tigran Petrosian, and Vasily Smyslov; all of them were past World Champions. By 1971, the...