Tigran Petrosian was a Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion, born in Tbilisi in 1929. He died in 1984.
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Tigran Petrosian is widely regarded as one of the defining figures of chess in his era, and remains the benchmark against which later competitors are measured.
The public record credits Tigran Petrosian with 4 recorded honours. Chess is sport as pure calculation, and its champions are studied like composers, move by move, decades after they played.
Achievements
- Medal "For Labour Valour"
- world chess champion
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
