Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, 1929-1984, ninth world champion 1963-1969, master of positional play and defense, nicknamed Iron Tigran. The first book of the two-volume work describes Petrosian's career from its beginnings to his famous victory in the 1962 Curacao Candidates Tournament. It contains 111 complete games and 37 fragments of that period - all with detailed analyses and a lot of diagrams. Index of games, openings and themes. Accompanied with photos from private collections, some not previously published. 2 pictures. IM Tibor Karolyi is a long-year trainer, author of Mikhail Tal's Best Games 1-3, Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov, books of the series Legendary Chess Careers, and others. Armenian FM Tigran Gyozalyan works as a professional coach. Further information about the book is available at elkandruby.com