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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early years [ ] Petrosian was born to parents on June 17, 1929 in, (modern-day ). As a young boy, Petrosian was an excellent student and enjoyed studying, as did his brother Hmayak and sister Vartoosh. He learned to play chess at the age of 8, though his illiterate father Vartan encouraged him to continue studying, as he thought chess was unlikely to bring his son any success as a career. Petrosian was orphaned during World War II and was forced to sweep streets to earn a living. It was about this time that his hearing began to deteriorate, a problem that afflicted him throughout his life.

In a 1969 interview with magazine, he recalled: I started sweeping streets in the middle of the winter and it was horrible. Of course there were no machines then, so we had to do everything by hand. Some of the older men helped me out.

I was a weak boy. And I was ashamed of being a street sweeper—that's natural, I suppose. It wasn't so bad in the early morning when the streets were empty, but when it got light and the crowds came out I really hated it. I got sick and missed a year in school. We had a babushka, a sister of my father, and she really saved me.

She gave me bread to eat when I was sick and hungry. That's when this trouble with my hearing started.

I don't remember how it all happened. Things aren't very clear from that time. He used his to buy Chess Praxis by Danish grandmaster, a book which Petrosian later stated had the greatest influence on him as a chess player. He also purchased The Art of Sacrifice in Chess. The other player to have had an early effect on Petrosian's chess was.

At age 12 he began training at the under the tutelage of. Ebralidze was a supporter of Nimzowitsch and Capablanca, and his scientific approach to chess discouraged wild tactics and dubious. As a result, Petrosian developed a repertoire of solid positional, such as the. After training at the Palace of Pioneers for just one year, he defeated visiting Soviet at a. By 1946, Petrosian had earned the title of. In that year alone, he against Grandmaster at the, then moved to where he won the and the USSR Junior Chess Championship.

Petrosian earned the title of during the 1947, though he failed to qualify for the finals. He set about to improve his game by studying Nimzowitsch's and by moving to Moscow to seek greater competition. Grandmaster in Moscow [ ].

Petrosian (standing on right, with jacket) at the 1961 European Chess Team Championship. Seated, facing right, is, then world champion. After moving to Moscow in 1949, Petrosian's career as a chess player advanced rapidly and his results in Soviet events steadily improved. He placed second in the 1951 Soviet Championship, thereby earning the title of.

It was in this tournament that Petrosian faced world champion Botvinnik for the first time. Playing White, after obtaining a slightly inferior position from the opening, he defended through two and eleven total hours of play to obtain a draw. Petrosian's result in this event qualified him for the the following year in. He earned the title of by coming in second in the Stockholm tournament, and qualified for the 1953. Petrosian placed fifth in the, a result which marked the beginning of a stagnant period in his career.

He seemed content against weaker players and maintaining his title of Grandmaster rather than improving his chess or making an attempt at becoming World Champion. This attitude was illustrated by his result in the 1955 USSR Championship: out of 19 games played, Petrosian was undefeated, but won only four games and drew the rest, with each of the draws lasting twenty moves or less. Although his consistent playing ensured decent tournament results, it was looked down upon by the public and by Soviet chess media and authorities. Near the end of the event, journalist wrote the following comment about the tournament contenders: 'Real chances of victory, besides Botvinnik and Smyslov, up to round 15, are held by Geller, Spassky and Taimanov. I deliberately exclude Petrosian from the group, since from the very first rounds the latter has made it clear that he is playing for an easier, but also honourable conquest—a place in the interzonal quartet.' Windows Vista Ultimate Black Edition 2009 32 Bit.