CHESS PLAYER

Tigran Petrosian

1929 - 1984

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Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (Armenian: Տիգրան Վարդանի Պետրոսյան; Russian: Тигран Вартанович Петросян; 17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and the ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost-impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasized safety above all else. Petrosian is often credited with popularizing chess in Armenia.Petrosian was a candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions (1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1980). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tigran Petrosian has received more than 845,919 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Tigran Petrosian is the 10th most popular chess player (up from 11th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Georgian Chess Player.

Tigran Petrosian is most famous for being a chess player. He is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Tigran Petrosian has had the most page views in the with 101,748 views, followed by Russian (60,027), and Armenian (28,695). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (110.00%), Breton (64.96%), and Basque (63.08%)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Tigran Petrosian ranks 10 out of 461. Before him are Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Boris Spassky, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Anatoly Karpov. After him are Max Euwe, Garry Kasparov, Vasily Smyslov, François-André Danican Philidor, Adolf Anderssen, and Nona Gaprindashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Tigran Petrosian ranks 27. Before him are Peter Higgs, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Max von Sydow, Sándor Kocsis, Christopher Plummer, and Djalma Santos. After him are James Hong, Sam Nujoma, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Isamu Akasaki, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Rudolf Mössbauer. Among people deceased in 1984, Tigran Petrosian ranks 13. Before him are Mikhail Sholokhov, Johnny Weissmuller, Mohamed Naguib, Julio Cortázar, Martin Niemöller, and Alfred Kastler. After him are Ed Gein, Ray Kroc, Stanislaw Ulam, Martin Ryle, Carl Ferdinand Cori, and Karl Wolff.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Tigran Petrosian ranks 10 out of 406. Before him are Aram Khachaturian (1903), Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Shota Rustaveli (1172), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Tamar of Georgia (1166), and Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907). After him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Sergei Parajanov (1924), Niko Pirosmani (1862), David IV of Georgia (1073), Aleksei Brusilov (1853), and Sayat-Nova (1712).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Georgia

Among chess players born in Georgia, Tigran Petrosian ranks 1. After him are Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Maia Chiburdanidze (1961), Nana Alexandria (1949), Genrikh Kasparyan (1910), Nana Ioseliani (1962), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (1960), Sergei Movsesian (1978), Nana Dzagnidze (1987), Bela Khotenashvili (1988), Ana Matnadze (1983), and Salome Melia (1987).

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