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 ( Tigran Petrosyan ; Tigran Vartanovich Petrosyan ) ( June 17, 1929 – August 13, 1984 ) was a Soviet Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969.

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He was nicknamed " Iron Tigran " due to his almost impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasised safety above all else.

* " In those years, it was easier to win the Soviet Championship than a game against ' Iron Tigran '.

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.

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

In May 2006 the Rule of Law Party left the parliamentary majority, and the National Assembly was subject to rearrangements of political forces, which resulted in RPA Chairman Tigran Torosyan becoming the Speaker of the Parliament.

RPA Vice Chairman Tigran Torosyan was elected Speaker of the Parliament.

The Republican Party of Armenia, the Prosperous Armenia Party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Rule of Law Party signed a coalition agreement, and based thereon was formed the Government led by Tigran Sargsyan.

Following Tigran Torosyan ’ s resignation in September 2008 Hovik Abrahamyan, member of the RPA executive body, was elected Speaker of the National Assembly.

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.

Preparing to develop the king's bishop and castle kingside, was also a favorite of Tigran Petrosian.

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

Kasparyan was also an active chess player, winning the Armenian championship ten times ( from 1934 to 1956, including two ties with future World Champion Tigran Petrosian ) and the Tiflis championship three times ( 1931, 1937, 1945 ).

In the 1958 game between Tigran Petrosian and Bobby Fischer, Fisher offered a draw without making a move first, which was accepted by Petrosian.

* Salo Flohr vs Tigran Petrosian, USSR Championship, Moscow 1949, Old Indian Defence ( A54 ), 1-0 The 20-year-old Petrosian was making his debut at the top Soviet level, and learns a positional lesson.

At the second USSR vs Rest of the World match in 1984, he substituted for Tigran Petrosian, who was absent because of illness.

The hotel was founded by the four Armenian Sarkies Brothers ( Martin, Tigran, Aviet, and Arshak Sarkies ).

* Lothar Schmid, Grandmaster who finished joint second with the then World Champion Tigran Petrosian at Bamberg 1968 and was also a strong correspondence player before becoming an International Arbiter in 1975 and acting as Chief Arbiter in the 1972, 1978, and 1986 World Championship matches.

His second place was shared with Milko Bobotsov and two World Champions, Vasily Smyslov and Mikhail Tal, ahead of two others, Boris Spassky and Tigran Petrosian, among a host of other strong players.

That tournament was won by Tigran Petrosian, who went on to defeat Botvinnik for the title the next year.

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.