Word: tigran
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They later went bowling in Philadelphia and tooled around the Catskill Mountains, with Fischer at the wheel of Hillenbrand's car, to help Fischer sharpen his driving skills. When Fischer went to Buenos Aires last September to compete against Tigran Petrosian, Hillenbrand was there, and the two went restaurant-hopping between matches. "I finally found that if I put away the notebook," says Hillenbrand, "Bobby would drop his guard and reveal an extraordinarily friendly, human side...
...master Aron Nimzovich used to stand on his head between moves to keep the vital juices flowing. The Yugoslav chess team travels with a portable sauna and a trainer who leads them in daily calisthenics. In the 24-game grind of a world title match, says former World Champion Tigran Petrosian, "chess may start out as an art or science, but in the end it is an athletic event...
...vast stage, two men huddled over a small table for hours like grad students cramming for their final exams. At the slightest stir in the sellout audience of 1,200, red signs flashed SILENCIO. The tension was almost palpable. Grand Masters Bobby Fischer of the United States and Tigran Petrosian of the Soviet...
...first game, the foxy Petrosian did just the opposite. Countering Fischer's predictable king's pawn opening with the aggressive Sicilian Defense, Tigran went by the textbook through his first ten moves. Then on his eleventh, he offered a surprise pawn sacrifice that was undoubtedly the fruit of the Soviets' intensive analysis of Fischer's game. Though he had seized the initiative, Petrosian, seemingly unaccustomed to the role of aggressor, was unable to take advantage of his superior board position. Pressed for time (each player is allowed 2½ hours to make the first 40 moves...
...gave up. Pleading "low blood pressure," the Armenian asked that the next game be postponed. He was past help. Fischer took the next three games in stunning fashion and won the match 6½ to 2½. Afterward, Soviet Grand Master Yuri Averbakh, Petrosian's trainer, explained that "Tigran's spirit was completely broken after the sixth game. Anyway, it is impossible to win a world title when you are over 40. Spassky is 34 and will demand the maximum from Fischer...