Tigran Petrosian is a titan of chess history. All agree he was a genius of strategy defense and sacrifice but didnt he take too many draws Possibly so but when Petrosian selected and annotated his best games that flaw disappeared leaving only brilliance and profound chess understanding. As Garry Kasparov said My games with the 9th World Champion broadened my understanding of chess. Had it not been for these two defeats I would possibly not have reached the top in chess. This book is an English t