Background
Tigran L. Petrosian was born on 17 September 1984. His first name was deliberately chosen by his father to match the name of Tigran V. Petrosian, first Armenian who became the World Champion.
Tigran L. Petrosian was born on 17 September 1984. His first name was deliberately chosen by his father to match the name of Tigran V. Petrosian, first Armenian who became the World Champion.
The ex-world champ died a month before Petrosian was born. Petrosian learned chess at the age of five. He received coaching from Gagik Sargissian and Melikset Khachiyan before entering a chess academy in 2002, where he was occasionally instructed by General Motors Arsen Yegiazarian and IM Ashot Nadanian.
In the same year he tied for 2nd-3rd with Zhao June in the World Junior Chess Championship in Kochi, India.
In 2005, he tied for first in Tehran, Kish and Lausanne. In 2006 tied for first in Lyon and Dubai.
In 2008 tied for first in Wheeling, Illinois and Las Vegas. Tigran plays on the Internet Chess Club (Interstate Commerce Commission) under the pseudonym "Tigrano".