Tigran Petrosian
9th World Chess Champion · Soviet era · Armenia · 1929–1984
Iron Tigran: prophylaxis raised to an art, and almost impossible to beat.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
244Wins
663Draws
93Losses
58%Score
1949–1983Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Spassky | 73 | 10 | 53 | 10 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 66 | 9 | 46 | 11 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 40 | 5 | 32 | 3 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 39 | 2 | 33 | 4 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 39 | 6 | 26 | 7 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 38 | 11 | 19 | 8 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 32 | 3 | 26 | 3 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 30 | 4 | 22 | 4 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 29 | 4 | 15 | 10 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 27 | 6 | 19 | 2 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 21 | 5 | 14 | 2 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | view games |
| Garry Kasparov | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1983 vs Bosko Abramovic Black Keres mem C19 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Georgy Agzamov White URS-ch50 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Ulf Andersson Black Niksic A41 1-0
- 1983 vs Jon L Arnason Black Keres mem C11 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili Black URS-ch50 D20 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Yuri S Balashov White URS-ch50 A16 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White URS-ch50 D36 1-0
- 1983 vs Uwe Boensch White Keres mem A77 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Jaan Ehlvest Black Keres mem D17 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch50 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Niksic D03 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Niksic A08 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Ole Jakobsen Black EU-chT Plovdiv D04 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Vlastimil Jansa Black Keres mem B12 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Artur Jussupow Black URS-ch50 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Hillar Karner White Keres mem E80 1-0
- 1983 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch50 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Garry Kasparov Black Niksic A93 1-0
- 1983 vs Bent Larsen White Niksic E32 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Konstantin Z Lerner White URS-ch50 D53 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Niksic E49 1-0
- 1983 vs Eric Lobron Black EU-chT Plovdiv C07 0-1
- 1983 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk Black URS-ch50 C01 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Anthony J Miles White Niksic D05 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Iivo Nei White Keres mem E51 1-0
- 1983 vs Predrag Nikolic White EU-chT Plovdiv A90 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Predrag Nikolic White Niksic E12 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lembit Oll White Keres mem A34 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch50 A42 0-1
- 1983 vs Lajos Portisch Black Niksic A29 1-0
- 1983 vs Lev Psakhis White Keres mem E39 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lev Psakhis White URS-ch50 A29 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Ivan Radulov White EU-chT Plovdiv D20 1-0
- 1983 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White URS-ch50 E14 0-1
- 1983 vs Zoltan Ribli Black EU-chT Plovdiv E18 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Oleg M Romanishin White URS-ch50 A29 0-1
- 1983 vs Gyula Sax White Niksic E10 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Harry Schussler Black Keres mem A65 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Niksic E32 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky Black Niksic C11 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Mihai Suba Black Keres mem B14 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Peter Szekely White Keres mem E70 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch50 C18 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Mikhail Tal Black Niksic C07 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Mikhail Tal Black Keres mem C09 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Jan Timman White Niksic A28 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black URS-ch50 A25 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black URS-ch50 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Keres mem E19 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Aleksandr Veingold White Keres mem E14 1-0
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson White Tilburg E11 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson White Bugojno E12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Slim Bouaziz White Las Palmas Interzonal B06 1-0
- 1982 vs Walter S Browne Black Las Palmas Interzonal D20 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Walter S Browne White Tilburg E52 1-0
- 1982 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Bugojno E52 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Robert Huebner Black Bugojno C07 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Robert Huebner White Tilburg A28 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Bugojno D58 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Borislav Ivkov White Bugojno A42 1-0
- 1982 vs Lars Karlsson White Las Palmas Interzonal E16 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Tilburg B17 1-0
- 1982 vs Garry Kasparov Black Bugojno E11 1-0
- 1982 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Bugojno D61 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen Black Bugojno D94 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Las Palmas Interzonal E16 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen Black Tilburg D41 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Bugojno D13 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs A Jonathan Mestel Black Las Palmas Interzonal C07 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Miguel Najdorf White Bugojno E05 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs John DM Nunn Black Tilburg B10 1-0
- 1982 vs Jozsef Pinter White Las Palmas Interzonal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Bugojno E19 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch Black Tilburg A25 0-1
- 1982 vs Lev Psakhis White Las Palmas Interzonal A34 1-0
- 1982 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Las Palmas Interzonal E13 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Las Palmas Interzonal D27 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Tilburg E18 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Gennadi Sosonko White Tilburg E12 1-0
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky White Bugojno E07 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Mihai Suba Black Las Palmas Interzonal B14 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jaime Sunye Neto White Las Palmas Interzonal A06 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Timman Black Las Palmas Interzonal D16 0-1
- 1982 vs Jan Timman White Bugojno E46 1-0
- 1982 vs Jan Timman White Tilburg E15 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Eugenio Torre White Tilburg E70 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black Las Palmas Interzonal E18 1-0
- 1981 vs Ulf Andersson Black Tilburg E19 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Ulf Andersson White Moscow E04 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Yuri S Balashov White Moscow E19 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Tilburg A05 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black Moscow C16 1-0
- 1981 vs Daniel H Campora Black Vrsac C15 0-1
- 1981 vs Miso Cebalo White Vrsac E41 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Murray G Chandler White Vrsac B14 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Sergey Dolmatov White Moscow-4teams A30 1-0
- 1981 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Moscow-4teams B04 1-0
- 1981 vs Lubomir Ftacnik Black Vrsac D94 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow B06 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Moscow E49 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Robert Huebner Black Tilburg C42 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Milorad Kapelan White Vrsac D37 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Anatoly Karpov White Moscow D30 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Garry Kasparov Black Moscow E12 0-1
- 1981 vs Garry Kasparov Black Tilburg D22 0-1
- 1981 vs Bojan Kurajica White Vrsac A17 1-0
- 1981 vs Gennadi P Kuzmin White Moscow-4teams A29 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Gennadi P Kuzmin Black Moscow-4teams C15 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Bent Larsen White Tilburg E39 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Tilburg C42 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Milan Matulovic Black Vrsac B19 0-1
- 1981 vs Anthony J Miles White Tilburg E48 1-0
- 1981 vs Predrag Nikolic Black Vrsac D27 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Moscow E12 1-0
- 1981 vs Petar Popovic White Vrsac A16 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg E19 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch Black Moscow E14 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Dusan Rajkovic White Vrsac A77 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Gyula Sax Black Vrsac C00 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Sinisa Simic Black Vrsac B84 0-1
- 1981 vs Jan Smejkal Black Vrsac E68 1-0
- 1981 vs Jan Smejkal White Moscow D03 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow A49 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Gennadi Sosonko White Tilburg A01 1-0
- 1981 vs Boris Spassky Black Tilburg C16 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Jan Timman Black Moscow E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Jan Timman Black Tilburg C16 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Eugenio Torre White Moscow D47 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Moscow-4teams A11 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Moscow-4teams C00 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Sasa Velickovic White Vrsac E70 1-0
- 1981 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White Vrsac A17 1-0
- 1980 vs Andras Adorjan Black Vrbas C95 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Enver Bukic Black Vrbas E15 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Vrbas D27 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Yehuda Gruenfeld Black EU-chT C08 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Vrbas E05 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Barcelona D32 1-0
- 1980 vs Borislav Ivkov White Vrbas D55 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Artur Jussupow Black Vrbas A29 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf4 D46 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf4 E12 1-0
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf4 D35 1-0
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf4 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf4 A11 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf4 E49 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf4 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf4 E46 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf4 D94 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Bojan Kurajica Black Vrbas B52 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Anthony J Miles Black Vrbas A14 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Dragoljub Minic White Barcelona A55 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Petar Popovic White Vrbas A16 1-0
- 1980 vs Gyula Sax White Vrbas A26 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lars Ake Schneider White EU-chT E45 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Jan Smejkal Black EU-chT B24 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Gennadi Sosonko White Las Palmas D02 1-0
- 1980 vs Michael Stean Black EU-chT B08 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Georgi P Tringov Black EU-chT C11 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White Vrbas E92 1-0
- 1980 vs Sava Vukovic Black Barcelona A66 0-1
- 1979 vs Andras Adorjan Black Banja Luka C43 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Ulf Andersson Black Banja Luka D13 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Ulf Andersson Black Clarin D27 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Rio de Janeiro Interzonal C16 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs David Bronstein White Tallinn E48 1-0
- 1979 vs Luis Bronstein White Rio de Janeiro Interzonal D97 1-0
- 1979 vs Walter S Browne Black Banja Luka D18 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Enver Bukic Black Banja Luka D20 0-1
- 1979 vs Larry Mark Christiansen Black Tallinn D55 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Oleg I Dzuban Black URS Spartakiad A30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Zenon Franco Ocampo Black Clarin C15 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzales Black Banja Luka E94 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzales White Rio de Janeiro Interzonal E91 1-0
- 1979 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Clarin A43 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Tamaz Giorgadze Black URS Spartakiad A11 0-1
- 1979 vs Khosro Harandi White Rio de Janeiro Interzonal E12 1-0
- 1979 vs William R Hartston Black Tallinn C24 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Jean Hebert Black Rio de Janeiro Interzonal B06 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Roman Hernandez White Banja Luka A79 1-0
- 1979 vs Robert Huebner White Rio de Janeiro Interzonal D54 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Tallinn C45 0-1
- 1979 vs Borislav Ivkov Black JUG-URS E18 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Borislav Ivkov Black JUG-URS E61 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Rio de Janeiro Interzonal E81 0-1
- 1979 vs Borislav Ivkov White Clarin A32 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Borislav Ivkov White JUG-URS C89 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Borislav Ivkov White JUG-URS D30 1-0
- 1979 vs Shimon Kagan Black Rio de Janeiro Interzonal B81 0-1
- 1979 vs Garry Kasparov Black Banja Luka C97 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Rainer Knaak Black Tallinn E52 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Milorad Knezevic White Banja Luka A88 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Viktor D Kupreichik Black URS Spartakiad C02 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Bojan Kurajica White Banja Luka E44 1-0
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen Black Clarin A12 1-0
- 1979 vs Jiri Lechtynsky Black Tallinn B85 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs William James Lombardy White Clarin E41 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Anatoly S Lutikov Black URS Spartakiad C15 0-1
- 1979 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic Black Banja Luka C07 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Drazen Marovic Black Banja Luka E38 1/2-1/2
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