Word: tigrane
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...Science? Sport? "When you're playing for the world championship, " says Tigran Petrosyan, 33, "chess may start out as an art or a science. But in the end, physical endurance is so important that it becomes an athletic event." And so it was last week-at least in the Soviet Union, where there are 3,000,000 registered chess players (v. 6,000 in the U.S.) and everyone else is a kibitzer. In a match that lasted two months and went 22 games, Tigran Petrosyan became the new World Champion of Chess, defeating Mikhail Botvinnik, 51, the perennial titleholder...
...last Botvinnik sighed, smiled wanly, and stuck out his hand in concession. Tigran Vartanovich Petrosyan was Russia's latest sports idol. Fans chanted "Tigran! Tigran! Tigran!" Flower-bearing women fought to plant kisses on his cheeks, and out in Armenia, a set of triplets was named Tigran, Vartan and Petros...