World  Champions   

 
Tigran Petrosian
(1929-1984)

 

Ninth World Champion
1963-1969

 

            Kasparov - Petrosian
                   Tilburg, 1981
 
  1... b5
  2. axb5 cxb5
  3. Ra2 Kb7
  4. Bb4 Qe8
  5. Bd6 Ra8
  6. Qb1 Kc6
  7. Rba3 bxc4
  8. Rxa6+ Rxa6
  9. Rxa6+ Bb6
  10. Bc5 Qd8
  11. Qa1 Nxc5
  12. dxc5 Kxc5
  13. Ra4
          0 : 1