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Tigran Petrosian

Soviet armenian grandmaster and world chess champion.

Born June 17th, 1929 in Tbilisi.

Died August 13th, 1984 at 55 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).

Occupations
athlete, chess player, journalist, writer
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