Tigran petrosyan biography
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Tigran Petrosian - The Master of Prophylaxis
Tigran Petrosian
The Armenian became known as Iron Tigran due to his practically impenetrable defensive skills.
Tigran petrosyan biography
At his peak he was almost impossible to beat. He was World Champion from 1963-69 with a polar opposite style from Mikhail Tal.
Petrosian is credited with an unprecedented, unique understanding of positional chess. While others had learned how to position their pieces for better activity and prospects later on, Petrosian excelled in also positioning his forces Nimzo-like to condemn his opponents to long term passivity.
Kasparov:Petrosian introduced the exchange sacrifice for the sake of 'quality of position', where the time factor, which is so important in the play of Alekhine and Tal, plays hardly any role.
Even today, very few players can operate confidently at the board with such abstract concepts. Before Petrosian no one had studied this.