Editing Tigran Petrosian (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Tigran Petrosian grave, Moscow.jpg|thumb|Petrosian's grave at the Armenian cemetery, Moscow]]
Petrosian lived in [[Moscow]] from 1949.<ref name="nyt"/> In the 1960s and 1970s, he lived at 59 [[Pyatnitskaya Street]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Пятницкая ул., 59 |url=https://um.mos.ru/houses/dom_zavoda_geodeziya_arkhitektora_k_n_afanaseva/ |website=um.mos.ru |publisher=Discover Moscow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201120459/https://um.mos.ru/houses/dom_zavoda_geodeziya_arkhitektora_k_n_afanaseva/ |archive-date=1 December 2019 |language=ru |quote=В 1960-1970-е годы в доме жил чемпион мира по шахматам Тигран Петросян.}}</ref> When asked by [[Anthony Saidy]] whether he is Russian, Petrosian replied: "Abroad, they call us all Russians. I am a Soviet Armenian."<ref name="1973CLR"/>

In 1952,<ref name="Averbakh">An interview with [[Yuri Averbakh]]. {{cite news |title=Юрий Авербах: Пример Петросяна воодушевил Армению |url=http://chess-news.ru/node/6159 |work=chess-news.ru |date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201115902/http://chess-news.ru/node/6159 |archive-date=1 December 2019 |language=ru |quote=Когда Тигран женился в 1952 году на Роне Яковлевне...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=World Chess Champion Tigran Petrosyan would be 80 |url=https://www.aysor.am/en/news/2009/06/17/sport100/34408 |work=aysor.am |date=17 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201114019/https://www.aysor.am/en/news/2009/06/17/sport100/34408 |archive-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> Petrosian married Rona Yakovlevna (née Avinezer, 1923–2005), a [[Russian Jew]] born in [[Kiev]], Ukraine.<ref name="fakty"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Sosonko |first=Gennadi |author-link=Gennadi Sosonko |title=The World Champions I Knew |date=2013 |publisher=New In Chess |isbn=9789056914844 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=byJBCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235 235]}}</ref> A graduate of the [[Moscow State Linguistic University|Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages]],<ref name="nyt"/> she was an English teacher and interpreter.<ref name="fakty"/> She is buried at the Jewish section of the [[:ru:Востряковское кладбище|Vostryakovsky cemetery]] in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web |title=ПЕТРОСЯН Рона Яковлевна (1925–2003) |url=http://www.moscow-tombs.ru/raznoe/vostryakovskoe/petrosyan_ry.htm |website=moscow-tombs.ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201113327/http://www.moscow-tombs.ru/raznoe/vostryakovskoe/petrosyan_ry.htm |archive-date=1 December 2019 |language=ru}}</ref> They had two sons:<ref name="nyt"/> Vartan and Mikhail. The latter was Rona's son from the first marriage.<ref name="fakty">{{cite news |date=13 August 2009 |title=Приемный сын девятого шахматного короля тиграна петросяна: "папа совсем не хотел становиться чемпионом мира. Это его мама заставила" |language=ru |trans-title="The adopted son of the ninth chess king, Tigran Petrosian: 'Dad didn't want to become world champion at all. His mother made him do it". |work=[[Fakty]] |url=https://fakty.ua/21208-priemnyj-syn-devyatogo-shahmatnogo-korolya-tigrana-petrosyana-papa-sovsem-ne-hotel-stanovitsya-chempionom-mira-eto-ego-mama-zastavila |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201114956/https://fakty.ua/21208-priemnyj-syn-devyatogo-shahmatnogo-korolya-tigrana-petrosyana-papa-sovsem-ne-hotel-stanovitsya-chempionom-mira-eto-ego-mama-zastavila |archive-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>

His hobbies included [[Association football|football]], [[backgammon]], [[cross-country skiing]], [[table tennis]], and [[gardening]].<ref name="nyt"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Mkrtchyan |first=Vadim |date=31 July 2014 |title=Через тернии к звёздам |language=ru |trans-title=Through hardship to the stars |work=mostga.am |agency=[[Golos Armenii]] |url=http://mostga.am/kultura/cherez-ternii-k-zvezdam-548.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201121242/http://mostga.am/kultura/cherez-ternii-k-zvezdam-548.html |archive-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>

Petrosian died in Moscow of [[stomach cancer]] on 13 August 1984, and is buried in the [[Moscow Armenian Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4NUlDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PT218|title=The Big Book of World Chess Championships: 46 Title Fights – from Steinitz to Carlsen|last=Schulz|first=Andre|date=11 May 2016|publisher=New In Chess|isbn=9789056916367|pages=218}}</ref>

=== Deafness ===
Petrosian was partially [[Deafness|deaf]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chessville.com/reviews/petrosianvselite.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707215415/http://www.chessville.com/reviews/petrosianvselite.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 July 2007|title=Petrosian vs the Elite|last=Kennedy|first=Rick|work=Chesville|access-date=8 October 2010}}</ref> and wore a [[hearing aid]] during his matches, which sometimes led to strange situations. On one occasion he offered a draw to [[Svetozar Gligorić]], which Gligorić initially refused in surprise, but then changed his mind in a few seconds and re-offered the draw. Petrosian did not even respond to the offer, later winning the game. It was later found that he switched off his hearing aid, and did not hear when Gligorić re-offered the draw.{{sfn|Petrosian|Sehtman|1989|p=needed}} In 1971, he played a Candidates match against Robert Hübner in a noisy area in [[Seville]], which did not disturb him but frustrated Hübner so much that he withdrew from the match.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.chessmaniac.com/Bobby_Fischer/Bobby_Fischer_Articles14.shtm|title=Six moves toward a world championship|last=Evans|first=Larry|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=21 June 1971|access-date=8 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927183151/http://www.chessmaniac.com/Bobby_Fischer/Bobby_Fischer_Articles14.shtm|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> Despite his poor hearing, he was a great lover of classical music and enjoyed attending concerts.