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Tigran Vardanovitch Petrossian (born the June 17th 1929 with Tbilissi (the USSR, Georgia) parents Arménie NS and dead the August 13rd 1984 with Moscow) is a world champion of failures.

In 1945 and 1946, it gained the championship of the USSR junior.

international Large-Master, it took part in several cycles of selection for the championship of the world, and became world champion in 1963, by beating Mikhaïl Botvinnik. The match revenge was abolished at the time of this cycle. In 1966, it gave concerned its title against Boris Spassky and preserved his title. Spassky will seize the world crown later only three years in 1969.

Petrossian was a player considered for his defensive talent and its positional play: “I am deeply convinced that the failures, although they remain a play, have nothing to do with the chance. It is my creed. I appreciate only the parts in which I played in accordance with the requirements of the position. I believe only in the logic and the correction of the play. ”

A part

Boris Spassky - Tigran Petrossian, Moscow, 1966

1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 e6 3.Fg5 d5 4.Cbd2 Fe7 5.e3 Cbd7 6.Fd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8.0-0 Fb7 9.Ce5 Cxe5 10.dxe5 Cd7 11.Ff4 Dc7 12.Cf3 h6 13.Fg3 g5 14.b4 h5 15.h4 gxh4 16.Ff4 0-0-0 17.a4 c4 18.Fe2 a6 19.Rh1 Tdg8 20.Tg1 Tg4 21.Dd2 Thg8 22.a5 b5 23.Tad1 Ff8 24.Ch2 Cxe5 25.Cxg4 hxg4 26.e4 Fd6 27.De3 Cd7 28.Fxd6 Dxd6 29.Td4 e5 30.Td2 f5 31.exd5 f4 32.De4 Cf6 33.Df5+ Rb8 34.f3 Fc8 35.Db1 g3 36.Te1 h3 37.Ff1 Th8 38.gxh3 Fxh3 39.Rg1 Fxf1 40.Rxf1 e4 41.Dd1 Cg4 42.fxg4 f3 43.Tg2 fxg2 0-1

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a photograph of Petrossian

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