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 5 of 5
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th E18 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D27 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D23 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th A21 1-0
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D27 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D31 0-1
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D27 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D27 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th A35 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th E35 0-1
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th E14 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th E08 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th D94 1-0
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th E19 1-0
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D31 1-0
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D27 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D31 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 25th D27 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th D32 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th E18 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th A16 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 25th D97 1-0
- 1963 vs Efim Geller Black URS Spartakiad C16 1-0
- 1963 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Piatigorsky Cup A65 1-0
- 1963 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Piatigorsky Cup C95 1-0
- 1963 vs Paul Keres White Piatigorsky Cup A28 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Paul Keres Black Piatigorsky Cup B18 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS Spartakiad A30 0-1
- 1963 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Piatigorsky Cup D58 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Miguel Najdorf White Piatigorsky Cup E19 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Piatigorsky Cup E81 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Piatigorsky Cup A37 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT D41 1-0
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B47 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Stockholm Interzonal C11 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament D53 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament C12 0-1
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament E84 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White Stockholm Interzonal E92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament B15 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament D58 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament E12 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament B12 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Stockholm Interzonal B10 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Varna olm E94 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament D19 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament D59 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament E41 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B36 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats Tournament C90 0-1
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats Tournament D23 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Stockholm Interzonal B18 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats Tournament A31 1-0
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats Tournament C97 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch Black Stockholm Interzonal D27 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament A16 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament C11 0-1
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament A12 1-0
- 1961 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch28 D26 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer Black Bled B17 1-0
- 1961 vs Efim Geller White Bled E98 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch28 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Bled E61 1-0
- 1961 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Zuerich D58 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Paul Keres Black Bled B18 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Paul Keres White Zuerich E12 0-1
- 1961 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch28 D83 1-0
- 1961 vs Bent Larsen Black Zuerich A42 0-1
- 1961 vs Miguel Najdorf White Bled E80 1-0
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch28 E55 0-1
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch Black Bled A56 1-0
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch28 E12 1-0
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch28 D25 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White Bled E98 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch27 B12 0-1
- 1960 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch27 B13 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Efim Geller White Nimzowitsch mem E01 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch27 A16 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Bent Larsen White Hoogovens A55 1-0
- 1960 vs Bent Larsen White Nimzowitsch mem A53 1-0
- 1960 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch27 E55 1-0
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch27 B92 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch27 E95 1-0
- 1959 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch26 B12 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B11 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B11 0-1
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament E40 1-0
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament D58 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch26 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament A31 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament E93 1-0
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament C18 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament B19 1-0
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament A29 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament D42 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch26 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B39 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament D41 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch26 D61 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-chT D36 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch26 E89 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament A21 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament D29 0-1
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament A30 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament E61 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch26 D36 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch26 C99 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament E39 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament D41 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament B94 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament C96 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs David Bronstein Black Portoroz Interzonal E15 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch25 B34 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Bobby Fischer White Portoroz Interzonal E62 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch25 D79 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Portoroz Interzonal E52 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch25 D54 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Bent Larsen Black Portoroz Interzonal A03 1-0
- 1958 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch25 E25 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch25 C54 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal Black Portoroz Interzonal E79 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch25 C97 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch24 E54 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch sf B11 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG B17 1-0
- 1957 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch24 A26 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch24 D79 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch24 A08 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch24 C18 1-0
- 1956 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament E65 0-1
- 1956 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament E95 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament E58 1-0
- 1956 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament D34 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric White JUG-URS E66 0-1
- 1956 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament D34 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B63 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch sf A38 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch sf E63 0-1
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament E63 1-0
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament D14 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats Tournament E46 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats Tournament A16 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch sf C02 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-ch22 D94 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs David Bronstein White Gothenburg Interzonal A54 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch22 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Efim Geller White Gothenburg Interzonal C68 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Paul Keres White Gothenburg Interzonal E43 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch22 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch22 D45 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Gothenburg Interzonal D59 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch22 D94 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch22 B95 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Boris Spassky Black Gothenburg Interzonal B11 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs David Bronstein White Belgrade A30 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch21 D43 1-0
- 1954 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Belgrade A56 1-0
- 1954 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-chTJ Coop D88 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch21 E60 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chTJ Coop B95 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament E04 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament A53 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Max Euwe Black Candidats Tournament A54 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Max Euwe White Candidats Tournament A07 1-0
- 1953 vs Efim Geller Black URS-training C15 0-1
- 1953 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament A30 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament E50 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament E87 1-0
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament A63 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament E61 1-0
- 1953 vs Paul Keres White URS-training A09 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament E01 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Candidats Tournament E62 1-0
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf White Candidats Tournament E14 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats Tournament A08 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats Tournament E58 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-training D70 1-0
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament E58 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament D14 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Bucharest D56 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Boris Spassky White Bucharest D13 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Budapest B92 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Efim Geller Black Budapest D59 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Efim Geller White Saltsjobaden Interzonal E72 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal C09 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Paul Keres White Budapest E53 1-0
- 1952 vs Vasily Smyslov White Budapest A29 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-ch19 A46 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch19 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch19 E92 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch19 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch19 D15 1-0
- 1950 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch18 A07 0-1
- 1950 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch18 C03 0-1
- 1950 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch18 D29 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch17 E32 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch17 E94 0-1
- 1949 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch sf C01 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch17 E61 1-0
- 1949 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch17 B84 0-1
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