Tigran Petrosian: The Bullet Chess Grandmaster
A Grandmaster with a Legendary Name
Tigran Petrosian, competing online as TigranLPetrosyan, is a FIDE Grandmaster who shares his name with one of the greatest defenders in chess history. This Tigran Petrosian is busy writing his own story, one fast game at a time. His preferred battlefield is bullet chess, where he has played tens of thousands of moves and built a reputation as a relentless online competitor.
From his first blitz games in 2016 to his scorching 2019 run, he has climbed to a peak blitz rating of 3017 (2019-09-26) and a peak bullet rating of 2997 (2016-07-24). Those numbers are impressive, but the real story is in how often he plays, how hard he fights, and how many rematches he accepts.
Style, Openings, and Creative Choices
Petrosian is not afraid to make the opening a fight. He loves the Sicilian Defense: Closed, scoring a 59.95% win rate in blitz and an eye catching 62.5% as White in bullet. He also leans on the King's Indian Attack and the Amar Gambit, often opening with 1.g3 and daring opponents to find their own path.
His games are rarely short. Average decisive battles stretch past 80 moves, and 85.08% of his games reach an endgame. He plays with a blend of creativity and stubbornness, and he wins 50.85% of his games as White and 44.93% as Black.
Rivalries That Define a Career
Volume is part of Petrosian's identity. He has faced Haik Martirosyan in 894 games, with micki-taryan holding 486 wins to Petrosian's 363. He has also clashed with Daniel Naroditsky 557 times and taken on Alireza Firouzja in 252 games. These repeated head to head battles give him a massive database of practical experience, even when the scoreboard is not in his favor.
His favorite rivalries are a masterclass in persistence. Instead of avoiding tough matchups, he plays them again and again, learning with every loss and celebrating every win.
What the Numbers Say
Petrosian's numbers tell a story of resilience. He has a 26 game winning streak, and even after a 16 game losing streak he kept coming back. His comeback rate is 85.66%, and he still wins 45.61% of games after losing a piece. He also lands the first check 55.29% of the time, and when he does, his win rate climbs to 54.21%.
Against lower rated opponents he converts 61.54% of games. Against higher rated opponents he wins 32.04% of the time, which means he is always dangerous but especially fearsome when he is the favorite. His best time of day is 11:00, with a 53.79% win rate, and his best day of the week is Wednesday at 51.38%.
In rapid chess, his strength adjusted win rate is 57.14%, and in daily chess he is a perfect 8 wins and 0 losses. Even during a busy 2020 season, he closed September with a flurry, winning 38 of 68 blitz games and pushing his blitz rating back above 2840.