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Article: Honor peerless Petrosian.(ARTS)(CHESS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2004
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Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Armenian chess enthusiasts this month organized a strong invitational event to mark the 75th anniversary of the birth of the late, great Soviet world champion Tigran Petrosian. Petrosian, born in Georgia of Armenian parents, was world champion from 1963 to 1969, losing the title to Boris Spassky.
Armenian GM Karen Asrian won the tournament with a 6-3 score, but Petrosian's namesake, 20-year-old Armenian IM Tigran L. Petrosian, did quite well for himself, finishing with an even 41/2-41/2 score despite being the second-lowest-rated player in the field. The international master pinned a loss on Russian GM Mikhail ...