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 4 of 5
- 1972 vs Dusan Rajkovic White Sarajevo D42 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Hans Ree White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A A26 1-0
- 1972 vs Jesus R Rodriguez Cordoba White Skopje ol (Men) prel B38 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White San Antonio A30 1-0
- 1972 vs Vladimir A Savon White URS-chT Moscow D94 1-0
- 1972 vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A A16 1-0
- 1972 vs Kenneth R Smith White San Antonio D94 1-0
- 1972 vs Duncan Suttles White San Antonio B07 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Sarajevo A65 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT Moscow D41 1-0
- 1972 vs Stefano Tatai Black Sarajevo C01 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Milan Vukic White Sarajevo E82 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen Black Skopje ol (Men) prel B42 0-1
- 1971 vs Ulf Andersson Black Hoogovens C07 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Yuri S Balashov White Moscow E42 1-0
- 1971 vs David Bronstein White Moscow D82 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert E Byrne Black Moscow B15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats final A06 0-1
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats final B36 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats final B42 1-0
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats final C10 1-0
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats final D82 1-0
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats final C42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats final C11 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats final B44 1-0
- 1971 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats final D40 0-1
- 1971 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Moscow B06 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hoogovens A15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Vlastimil Hort White Moscow D41 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner Black Candidats qf4 B50 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner White Candidats qf4 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner White Candidats qf4 D53 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner Black Hoogovens B47 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner Black Candidats qf4 B86 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner White Candidats qf4 D55 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner Black Candidats qf4 B14 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner Black Candidats qf4 B82 0-1
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White Moscow E18 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow D60 0-1
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf2 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Hoogovens A07 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf2 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf2 D75 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf2 A09 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf2 A20 1-0
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf2 E02 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf2 D40 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf2 E35 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf2 E17 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf2 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Levente Lengyel Black Moscow D26 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Levente Lengyel White Hoogovens E14 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Hoogovens E19 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Moscow E73 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Bruno Parma Black Moscow B82 0-1
- 1971 vs Vladimir A Savon Black Moscow B10 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow D43 1-0
- 1971 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow D27 1-0
- 1971 vs Leonid Stein Black Moscow C41 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow E07 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Moscow D78 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Moscow D86 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs David Bronstein White Herceg Novi blitz A80 1-0
- 1970 vs David Bronstein White Vinkovci D94 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Belgrade URS-World A37 0-1
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Belgrade URS-World B13 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Herceg Novi blitz C19 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Rovinj/Zagreb B38 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Herceg Novi blitz E70 0-1
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Belgrade URS-World B15 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Belgrade URS-World D90 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Siegen olm E43 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White EU-chT Kapfenberg E93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Rovinj/Zagreb E97 0-1
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Vinkovci E45 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Rovinj/Zagreb E19 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Vinkovci A17 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Siegen olm E52 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch White EU-chT Kapfenberg D59 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Siegen olm D27 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Herceg Novi blitz A33 0-1
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov White Rovinj/Zagreb E12 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal White Herceg Novi blitz D43 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch37 B83 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Palma de Mallorca A32 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca E43 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Palma de Mallorca D18 0-1
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch37 playoff-1pl E14 1-0
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch37 playoff-1pl A14 0-1
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch37 playoff-1pl A47 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch37 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch37 playoff-1pl D35 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch37 playoff-1pl E08 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch37 E55 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th E12 0-1
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th C42 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th B94 1-0
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th B42 1-0
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th C42 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D56 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th A56 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black Palma de Mallorca B43 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D58 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th C92 1-0
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th D41 1-0
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th B36 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th D19 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th B48 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D55 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th E48 1-0
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D34 0-1
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D37 0-1
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 27th B42 0-1
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 27th D55 1-0
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch37 D40 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Lugano ol (Men) D32 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Palma de Mallorca E88 1-0
- 1968 vs Paul Keres Black Bamberg C11 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Palma de Mallorca A09 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca E12 1-0
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Lugano ol (Men) A47 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Palma de Mallorca C01 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-chT D47 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow B17 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow B19 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Moscow E64 0-1
- 1967 vs Paul Keres Black Moscow B17 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-chT E05 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Miguel Najdorf White Moscow D42 1-0
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Moscow D13 1-0
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow D13 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow B36 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow C96 1-0
- 1966 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-chT A26 0-1
- 1966 vs David Bronstein White URS-chT B14 1-0
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black Santa Monica B48 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer White Santa Monica E62 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT A36 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Paul Keres White URS-chT D41 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow Training E12 1-0
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow Training C86 0-1
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black La Habana olm fin-A C01 0-1
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Santa Monica B39 1-0
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Santa Monica E61 0-1
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf White La Habana olm fin-A D71 1-0
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Santa Monica E64 0-1
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf White Santa Monica A05 1-0
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black Santa Monica E66 1-0
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch White Santa Monica D67 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Santa Monica E55 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Santa Monica E12 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT E18 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th A40 1-0
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th E12 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th A33 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th D59 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-chT D53 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th B19 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th A42 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th B25 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th D42 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th D03 0-1
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th E08 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th B19 1-0
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White Santa Monica D59 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th E61 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th D41 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th B14 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th C11 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th D26 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th E59 1-0
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th C10 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th B25 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black Santa Monica D27 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th B06 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th A05 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th C11 1-0
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 26th C11 1-0
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 26th E66 1-0
- 1966 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chT D41 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs David Bronstein Black Zagreb A07 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Zagreb D94 1-0
- 1965 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow-Leningrad E50 1-0
- 1965 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Yerevan E32 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow-Leningrad C83 0-1
- 1965 vs Bent Larsen White Zagreb A05 1-0
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch White EU-chT C94 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch White Zagreb D27 0-1
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch Black EU-chT D94 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch White Yerevan A47 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Paul Keres White Buenos Aires A09 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Buenos Aires D19 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Trade Union-ch A09 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A D42 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Tel Aviv olm fin-A E88 1-0
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal White URS Spartakiad A06 1/2-1/2
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