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Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984)
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Books by Bill Wall Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was born in Tiflis (Tbilisi), Soviet Georgia, on June 17, 1929 to Armenian parents. His illiterate father was a refugee from Turkey. [source: Chess Life & Review, May 1976, pp.271-273]
He learned the game of chess from his parents when he was 8 years old. He won a few junior events and local tournaments in Tbilisi.
At 12 years old, Petrosian began training at the Tiflis Palace of Pioneers. His first coach was Archil Ebralidze (1908-1960), a chess master who won the Georgian Championship in 1938, 1939, 1941, and 1946.
In the fall of 1942, Petrosian was able to draw with Salo Flohr in a simul. That year he made friends with David Bronstein and used his breakfast money to buy chess books. [source: Soltis, Soviet Chess: 1917-1991, 1999, p. 207]
His parents died in 1945, when he was 16. He was forced to sweep streets to earn a living, starving and was losing Biography of william shakespeare!
Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984)
Get Petrosian's Games
Books by Bill Wall
He learned the game of chess from his parents when he was 8 years old. He won a few junior events and local tournaments in Tbilisi.
At 12 years old, Petrosian began training at the Tiflis Palace of Pioneers. His first coach was Archil Ebralidze (1908-1960), a chess master who won the Georgian Championship in 1938, 1939, 1941, and 1946.
In the fall of 1942, Petrosian was able to draw with Salo Flohr in a simul. That year he made friends with David Bronstein and used his breakfast money to buy chess books. [source: Soltis, Soviet Chess: 1917-1991, 1999, p. 207]
His parents died in 1945, when he was 16. He was forced to sweep streets to earn a living, starving and was losing Biography of william shakespeare!