His works influenced numerous other players, including Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar, Richard Réti, Akiba Rubinstein, Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian, and his influence is still felt today.

* 1929 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player ( d. 1984 )

** Tigran Petrosian, Georgian chess player ( b. 1929 )

* June 17 – After a 23 game match, Boris Spassky defeats Tigran Petrosian to become the World Chess Champion in Moscow.

Spassky defeated Tigran Petrosian in 1969 to become World Champion, then lost the title in the Fischer – Spassky match in 1972 – one of the most famous chess matches in history.

He shared second place in the 26th Soviet final with Tal, at Tbilisi 1959, finishing a point behind champion Tigran Petrosian, on 12½ / 19.

* Boris Spassky vs Tigran Petrosian, World Championship match, Moscow 1969, game 19, Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation ( B94 ), 1 – 0 Aggressive style of play and brilliant sparkles of combinations shows Spassky at his heights.

Tigran Petrosian was born to Armenian parents on June 17, 1929 in Tiflis, Soviet Union ( now Georgia ).

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In recent years, Avet Terterian ( 1929 – 1994 ), Tigran Mansurian ( 1939-), Vache Sharafyan ( 1966 ) and Aram Petrosyan ( 1972-) have achieved global success.

Tigranes II (), more commonly known as Tigranes the Great ( Tigran Mets ; Tigránes o Mégas ) ( 140 – 55 BC ) was emperor of Armenia under whom the country became, for a short time, the strongest state east of the Roman Republic.

In classical music, many Armenian singers have gained worldwide recognition: sopranos Gohar Gasparyan, Sona Ghazarian, Arpine Pehlivanian, Melania Abovian, Arax Mansourian, Lucine Amara, Cathy Berberian, Ellada Chakhoyan, Hasmik Papian, Elvira Uzunian and, more recently, Isabel Bayrakdarian and Anna Kasyan, tenors Tigran Levonyan, Gegham Grigoryan, and Vahan Mirakyan ; basses Ara Berberian, Shara Talian, Avag Petrosian, and Henrik Alaverdian, as well as the bass-baritone Barsegh Toumanian.

On both of these occasions, he won an individual silver medal on first board ; in 1968, his score was bettered only by the World Champion, Tigran Petrosian.

Tigranes ( sometimes Tigran or Dikran ; ; ) was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia.

Fischer won both games against each of Tal, Tigran Petrosian, and Vassily Smyslov ; all of whom are past World Champions.

Portisch qualified from the Petropolis Interzonal 1973, scoring 11. 5 / 17 for a shared second / fourth place ( the winner was Henrique Mecking ), then surviving a further three-man playoff for two berths against Lev Polugaevsky and Efim Geller, at Portorož 1973, by winning outright with 5. 5 / 8 ; however, Portisch lost his first-round Candidates ' match to Tigran Petrosian in 1974, by 6-7 at Palma de Mallorca.

From this position, White may choose to inflict the isolated pawn on Black, accept the weakness himself in return for active piece play, or play 6. a3, with a view to dxc5, followed by b4 and Bb2, aiming for positions in which the extra tempo will come in useful if Black keeps the symmetry ; thus, 6 ... Ne4, once chosen by Bobby Fischer in his Candidates Match with Tigran Petrosian in 1971, gives a different turn.

Coffee House Gallery: Tigran Hamasyan Trio ; Banana Slug String Band, Center of Life Jazz Band.

The composer most closely associated with the grotesque is probably Tigran Gorgiev ; one of his examples is shown to the right.

* Curaçao 1962, tied 2nd – 3rd, with Efim Geller, half a point behind Tigran Petrosian, with 17 / 27 (+ 9 = 16 − 2 ).

He shared first place with World Champion Tigran Petrosian at Buenos Aires 1964, with 12. 5 / 17.

In 1964, Byrne's third-place finish at the Buenos Aires tournament ( behind Paul Keres and World Champion Tigran Petrosian ), with 11. 5 / 17, made him an International Grandmaster.

* Tigran Petrosian ( 1929 – 1984 ), Ninth World Chess Champion ( 1963 – 1969 )

* Tigran Petrosian ( 1929 – 1984 ), Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and world champion

( Tigran the Great: The Armenian Struggle Against Rome and Parthia, 94 – 64 B. C .).

Has a son – Tigran Ashot Zargaryan ( 2008 ).

* Tigran Petrosian vs Vasily Smyslov, USSR Championship, Moscow 1949, Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation ( B84 ), 0 – 1 The first meeting of two future World Champions goes to Smyslov in a precise positional performance.

At Zürich 1961, he tied for 6th – 7th places with 6 / 11, as Keres won ahead of Tigran Petrosian.

* Bent Larsen vs Tigran Petrosian, Santa Monica 1966, Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon Variation ( B39 ), 1 – 0 Larsen unleashes a queen sacrifice to defeat the World Champion.

It was built by King Tigran the Great around 95 – 55 BC and named in his honor.

* 1971-Bobby Fischer blazes through his Candidates Matches, defeating Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen each 6 – 0 and Tigran Petrosian by 6½ – 2½.

Opera – Berlioz, Les Troyens, Ben Heppner / Michelle DeYoung / Petra Lang / Sara Mingardo / Peter Mattei / Stephen Milling / Kenneth Tarver / Toby Spence / Orlin Annastassov / Tigran Martirossian / Isabelle Cals / Alan Ewing / Guang Yang / Andrew Greenan / Roderick Earle / Bülent Bezd ( LSO Live )