Player: Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Player profile: Yuri Averbakh

Classical games: Yuri Averbakh beat Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian 3 to 2, with 16 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 1; 21 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Petrosian vs Averbakh 0-1 40 1947 Ch URS ( 1/2 ) C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 2. Petrosian vs Averbakh 0-1 68 1950 USSR Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Petrosian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 20 1950 Moscow-ch A46 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Averbakh vs Petrosian   ½-½ 29 1951 USSR Championship B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 5. Petrosian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 21 1952 Saltsjobaden E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 6. Petrosian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 23 1953 Tournament D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 7. Petrosian vs Averbakh ½-½ 13 1953 Zurich Candidates A17 English 8. Averbakh vs Petrosian   ½-½ 22 1953 Zurich Candidates B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 9. Petrosian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 31 1954 21st Soviet Championship D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 10. Averbakh vs Petrosian   ½-½ 35 1954 URS-chT E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 11. Petrosian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 14 1955 USSR Championship E14 Queen's Indian 12. Petrosian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 22 1958 Portoroz Interzonal E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 13. Averbakh vs Petrosian ½-½ 22 1958 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. Averbakh vs Petrosian 0-1 40 1959 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 15. Averbakh vs Petrosian   1-0 43 1960 USSR Championship E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 16. Averbakh vs Petrosian   ½-½ 20 1961 USSR Championship 1961a E81 King's Indian, Samisch 17. Averbakh vs Petrosian   ½-½ 21 1965 Yerevan E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 18. Averbakh vs Petrosian   ½-½ 49 1966 Moscow Training D98 Grunfeld, Russian 19. Petrosian vs Averbakh 1-0 39 1966 Memorial A.Alekhine D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Petrosian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 35 1974 USSR E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 21. Petrosian vs Averbakh   ½-½ 24 1983 Moscow Spartakiad A30 English, Symmetrical  page 1 of 1; 21 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Petrosian wins | Petrosian loses