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Petrosian
 Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was born June 17, 1929 Georgia, USSR and died August 13, 1984 in Moscow. He was world chess champion from 1963 when he defeated Botvinnik until 1969 when he lost to Boris Spassky.
Petrosian's chess style remains unique to this day. He played like no one: past, present, (and likely) future.
He would sometimes seem fascinated with returning his pieces to the first row, he would move a strong and active piece to the corner of the board, he would play four consecutive moves which seemed to do nothing bit swap his knights' position, he brought prophylaxis to an entirely new level. Combining this defensive mastery with tactical genius Petrosian would strike like a coiled cobra, embarking only on combinations that were entirely correct. His patience, technique and skill proved to be a stonewall that many grandmasters dashed themselves against, time and time again.
 Although Petrosian's chess strategy was sometimes under-appreciated in his own time, his games are now widely studied.
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