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 3 of 5
- 1975 vs Silvino Garcia Martinez White Moscow A30 1-0
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow E18 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch43 D55 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Milan E88 1-0
- 1975 vs Boris F Gulko White URS-ch43 E17 1-0
- 1975 vs Bukhuti Gurgenidze White URS-chT A41 1-0
- 1975 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Las Palmas B81 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vlastimil Hort White Moscow D94 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov White Milan sf2 A29 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov White Milan sf2 E18 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Milan sf2 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-chT C85 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Milan sf2 C97 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov White Milan E54 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White Moscow E55 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Janis Klovans Black URS-ch43 C11 0-1
- 1975 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow E07 1-0
- 1975 vs Bent Larsen Black Las Palmas+ E54 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Bent Larsen Black Milan A22 0-1
- 1975 vs Levente Lengyel Black Moscow E92 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Milan 3pl A77 1-0
- 1975 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Milan 3pl A08 1-0
- 1975 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Milan C97 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Milan 3pl C09 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Las Palmas C07 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Milan 3pl E36 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Milan 3pl A08 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Milan 3pl D35 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Sergio Mariotti Black Milan C03 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Henrique Mecking White Las Palmas A12 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Las Palmas A13 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Albin Planinec White Moscow A50 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch43 D60 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca Black Las Palmas D32 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lajos Portisch White Milan A07 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Orestes Rodriguez Vargas White Las Palmas A67 1-0
- 1975 vs Oleg M Romanishin Black URS-ch43 A17 1-0
- 1975 vs Jan Smejkal White Milan A16 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-chT E54 1-0
- 1975 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow D17 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Michael Stean White Moscow D86 1-0
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chT A14 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch43 C97 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal White Las Palmas E11 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal Black Milan C95 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow C94 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Stefano Tatai White Las Palmas D32 1-0
- 1975 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Milan E53 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Moscow A41 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black URS-chT D46 1-0
- 1975 vs Rafael A Vaganian White URS-ch43 A29 1-0
- 1975 vs Fernando Visier Segovia Black Las Palmas E54 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Ulf Andersson Black Manila A12 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs AM. Arafat Black Nice olm prel E76 0-1
- 1974 vs Istvan Bilek White Nice olm fin-A E60 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Walter S Browne White Nice olm fin-A B36 1-0
- 1974 vs Helder Camara White Nice olm prel E81 1-0
- 1974 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso White Manila A42 1-0
- 1974 vs John Grantley Cooper Black Nice olm prel E91 0-1
- 1974 vs WF. Croes Black Nice olm prel E82 0-1
- 1974 vs Jorge Freyre White Nice olm prel E92 1-0
- 1974 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Manila A40 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Manila E89 1-0
- 1974 vs Borislav Ivkov White Nice olm fin-A E41 1-0
- 1974 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Manila C16 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Raymond D Keene White Nice olm fin-A A28 1-0
- 1974 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf2 D79 1-0
- 1974 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf2 A17 1-0
- 1974 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf2 A17 1-0
- 1974 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf2 D03 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf2 B39 1-0
- 1974 vs Yair Kraidman White Manila D03 1-0
- 1974 vs Bent Larsen White Manila E15 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Manila E96 1-0
- 1974 vs Renato Naranja Black Manila D90 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Helmut Pfleger Black Manila E64 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf2 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf2 B39 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf2 A38 1-0
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch Black Manila A42 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf2 E18 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf2 D63 1-0
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf2 E21 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf2 C10 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf2 D13 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf2 D13 1-0
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf2 A30 1-0
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf2 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats qf2 D53 1-0
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats qf2 B39 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Manila E69 1-0
- 1974 vs Gennadi Sosonko Black Nice olm fin-A E08 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Jorge Szmetan White Nice olm fin-A A58 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Eugenio Torre Black Manila C09 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Dan Uddenfeldt Black Nice olm fin-A D27 0-1
- 1974 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Manila D13 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Unto E Venalainen White Nice olm fin-A B38 1-0
- 1974 vs Fernando Visier Segovia White Nice olm fin-A E80 1-0
- 1973 vs Ulf Andersson Black Las Palmas E92 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Ulf Andersson White IBM D03 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Orest N Averkin Black URS-ch41 A09 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White URS-ch41 A13 1-0
- 1973 vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez Black Las Palmas C16 0-1
- 1973 vs Victor Ciocaltea Black EU-chT C19 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Klaus Darga White Las Palmas A30 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jesus Diez del Corral White Las Palmas A16 1-0
- 1973 vs Jan Hein Donner Black IBM E41 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Bertus F Enklaar Black IBM B81 0-1
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch41 E89 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Las Palmas D91 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG D79 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG D63 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG D87 1-0
- 1973 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG E88 1-0
- 1973 vs Karen Ashotovich Grigorian White URS-ch41 D41 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Las Palmas E19 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Werner Hug White Las Palmas A46 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Bernard Huguet White Las Palmas D35 1-0
- 1973 vs Borislav Ivkov Black EU-chT E46 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch41 E14 1-0
- 1973 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Las Palmas A37 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black IBM C11 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Raymond D Keene White EU-chT A50 1-0
- 1973 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch41 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch41 D91 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Gennadi P Kuzmin White URS-ch41 E54 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Kick Langeweg Black IBM A41 0-1
- 1973 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Las Palmas C11 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Andre Lombard White EU-chT E12 1-0
- 1973 vs Drazen Marovic Black IBM E62 1-0
- 1973 vs Oscar Panno Black Las Palmas E65 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Albin Planinec White IBM A24 1-0
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch41 A07 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Krzysztof Pytel White EU-chT A20 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black IBM B06 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Ivan Radulov White IBM A35 1-0
- 1973 vs Nukhim N Rashkovsky Black URS-ch41 E91 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Hans Ree White IBM E60 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Hans Ree White Las Palmas E06 1-0
- 1973 vs Zoltan Ribli White IBM A48 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Las Palmas E08 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black Las Palmas E66 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vladimir A Savon Black URS-ch41 C07 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lothar Schmid Black EU-chT A17 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jan Smejkal White IBM A35 1-0
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch41 E41 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch41 B83 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky White IBM D36 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Leonid Stein Black Las Palmas B83 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black URS-ch41 B42 0-1
- 1973 vs Laszlo Szabo White EU-chT E12 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Laszlo Szabo White IBM A34 1-0
- 1973 vs Mark E Taimanov White URS-ch41 D45 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch41 B17 0-1
- 1973 vs Jan Timman Black IBM C68 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black URS-ch41 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black Moscow-3teams B85 0-1
- 1973 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Moscow-3teams A16 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Moscow-3teams B36 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Moscow-3teams A06 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Ulf Andersson Black Skopje ol (Men) fin-A B80 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Zlatko Basagic Black Sarajevo E91 0-1
- 1972 vs Milko G Bobotsov White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A D57 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Josef Boey White Skopje ol (Men) prel D07 1-0
- 1972 vs Rajko Bogdanovic Black Sarajevo C16 0-1
- 1972 vs Walter S Browne Black San Antonio B80 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vladimir Sr Bukal Black Sarajevo A37 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Donald Byrne Black San Antonio A12 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Mario Campos Lopez Black San Antonio C16 0-1
- 1972 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black San Antonio E82 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Raimundo Garcia White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A D41 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bozidar Gasic Black Sarajevo B81 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Skopje ol (Men) fin-A A31 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Svetozar Gligoric White San Antonio E81 1-0
- 1972 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Skopje ol (Men) fin-A D55 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Eduard Gufeld Black URS-chT Moscow B80 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Skopje ol (Men) fin-A C01 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vlastimil Hort Black San Antonio B52 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vlastimil Hort White Sarajevo D32 1-0
- 1972 vs Robert Huebner Black Skopje ol (Men) fin-A B42 1-0
- 1972 vs Werner Hug White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A A04 1-0
- 1972 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Sarajevo E82 1-0
- 1972 vs Vlastimil Jansa White Sarajevo B36 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Albert Z Kapengut White URS-chT Moscow A73 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Julio P Kaplan Black San Antonio B63 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Anatoly Karpov White San Antonio E14 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A A15 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Paul Keres White Sarajevo D56 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Paul Keres White San Antonio D41 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-chT Moscow D13 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Stanko Kosanski Black Sarajevo B80 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bent Larsen White San Antonio A81 1-0
- 1972 vs Milan Matulovic White Sarajevo A87 1-0
- 1972 vs Henrique Mecking Black San Antonio C11 0-1
- 1972 vs Dragoljub Minic White Sarajevo E70 1-0
- 1972 vs Evgeny B Mukhin Black URS-chT Moscow E49 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Georges Philippe Black Skopje ol (Men) prel E63 0-1
- 1972 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-chT Moscow A17 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black San Antonio A35 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A D41 1/2-1/2
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