Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Tigran Petrosian across 6 places, from 1929 to 1984.
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Tigran Vardani Petrosian (17 June 1929 – 13 August 1984) was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Tigran Petrosian was documented, and when
17 June 1929exact date
Tbilisiattested“Petrosian was born to Armenian parents on 17 June 1929, in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR (present-day Georgia).”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
Kievattested“I am a Soviet Armenian." In 1952, Petrosian married Rona Yakovlevna (née Avinezer, 1923–2005), a Russian Jew born in Kiev, Ukraine.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1968year
Yerevanattested“Petrosian studied for a degree of Master of Philosophical Science at Yerevan State University; his thesis, dated 1968, was titled "Chess Logic, Some Problems of the Logic of Chess Thought".”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1968year
Yerevan State Universityattested“Petrosian studied for a degree of Master of Philosophical Science at Yerevan State University; his thesis, dated 1968, was titled "Chess Logic, Some Problems of the Logic of Chess Thought".”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
13 August 1984exact date
Moscowattested“Petrosian died in Moscow of stomach cancer on 13 August 1984, and is buried in the Moscow Armenian Cemetery.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
13 August 1984exact date
Moscow Armenian Cemeteryattested“Petrosian died in Moscow of stomach cancer on 13 August 1984, and is buried in the Moscow Armenian Cemetery.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
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1949year
Soviet Unionmentioned“After moving to Moscow in 1949, Petrosian's career as a chess player advanced rapidly and his results in Soviet events steadily improved.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1953year
Stockholmmentioned“He earned the title of Grandmaster by coming in second in the Stockholm tournament, and qualified for the 1953 Candidates Tournament.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1953year
Zurichmentioned“Kasparov discussed Petrosian's use of this motif: One of Petrosian's most famous examples of the positional exchange sacrifice is from his game against Samuel Reshevsky in Zurich 1953 ().”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1962year
Stockholmmentioned“After playing in the 1962 Interzonal in Stockholm, Petrosian qualified for the Candidates Tournament in Curaçao along with Pal Benko, Miroslav Filip, Bobby Fischer, Efim Geller, Paul Keres, Viktor Korchnoi, and Mikhail Tal.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1962year
Curaçaomentioned“After playing in the 1962 Interzonal in Stockholm, Petrosian qualified for the Candidates Tournament in Curaçao along with Pal Benko, Miroslav Filip, Bobby Fischer, Efim Geller, Paul Keres, Viktor Korchnoi, and Mikhail Tal.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1971year
Sevillementioned“In 1971, he played a Candidates match against Robert Hübner in a noisy area in Seville, which did not disturb him but frustrated Hübner so much that he withdrew from the match.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1976year
Tallinnmentioned“Some of his late successes included victories at Lone Pine 1976 and in the 1979 Paul Keres Memorial tournament in Tallinn (12/16 without a loss, ahead of Tal, Bronstein, and others).”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1981year
Rio de Janeiromentioned“He shared first place (with Lajos Portisch and Robert Hübner) in the Rio de Janeiro Interzonal the same year, and won second place in Tilburg in 1981, half a point behind the winner Alexander Beliavsky.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
1981year
Tilburgmentioned“He shared first place (with Lajos Portisch and Robert Hübner) in the Rio de Janeiro Interzonal the same year, and won second place in Tilburg in 1981, half a point behind the winner Alexander Beliavsky.”source: Wikipedia: Tigran Petrosian
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