Chigorin, Mikhail
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1875 |
21 |
2480 | (82) | 1 |
| 1876 |
20 |
2495 | (71) | 3 |
| 1877 |
14 |
2521 | (62) | 7 |
| 1878 |
13 |
2540 | (54) | 24 |
| 1879 |
9 |
2563 | (48) | 46 |
| 1880 |
8 |
2569 | (45) | 24 |
| 1881 |
11 |
2558 | (38) | 31 |
| 1882 |
16 |
2524 | (34) | 32 |
| 1883 |
10 |
2562 | (34) | 54 |
| 1884 |
9 |
2569 | (47) | 8 |
| 1885 |
8 |
2577 | (54) | 0 |
| 1886 |
6 |
2584 | (54) | 9 |
| 1887 |
7 |
2585 | (54) | 0 |
| 1888 |
4 |
2586 | (47) | 0 |
| 1889 |
4 |
2586 | (31) | 78 |
| 1890 |
10 |
2548 | (36) | 28 |
| 1891 |
8 |
2560 | (41) | 8 |
| 1892 |
4 |
2600 | (37) | 42 |
| 1893 |
3 |
2640 | (39) | 26 |
| 1894 |
3 |
2642 | (43) | 0 |
| 1895 |
3 |
2643 | (34) | 34 |
| 1896 |
5 |
2617 | (29) | 56 |
| 1897 |
8 |
2585 | (32) | 32 |
| 1898 |
8 |
2586 | (29) | 51 |
| 1899 |
6 |
2589 | (32) | 38 |
| 1900 |
5 |
2599 | (33) | 40 |
| 1901 |
5 |
2606 | (33) | 34 |
| 1902 |
7 |
2578 | (30) | 54 |
| 1903 |
5 |
2588 | (32) | 35 |
| 1904 |
13 |
2529 | (33) | 28 |
| 1905 |
25 |
2476 | (28) | 55 |
| 1906 |
22 |
2490 | (26) | 72 |
| 1907 |
37 |
2448 | (32) | 48 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich |
| Also known as: Michaïl Tschigorine |
| Born: 12 Nov. 1850 |
| Died: 25 Jan. 1908 |
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| Notes: |
| Cornil gives death date 26-01-1908. Gaige gives death date 25-01-1908. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Adams, Mikhail Chigorin |
| Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 250 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 294, 306 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 98 |
| Forster, Amos Burn, page 347, 639, 957 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 70 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 71 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 356, 385, 466, 573 |
| Hilbert, Napier, page 148 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 64 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 77 |
| Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 39 |
| Wade, Soviet Chess, page 18 |
| Web |
| Alberti, Marco A. [Michail Ivanovic Cigorin] |
| Evenson, M.S. [Tschigorin at the Kiev Tournament of 1903] |
| Giffen, Glen. [Chigorin, M.I.] |
| Harding, Tim. [Chigorin's Experiences with the Evans Gambit (Part 2)], page 1 |
| Sarah. [Cast of Characters] |
| Sarah. [Monte Carlo 1902 - The Players] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Chigorin, M.I. - Petrovsky, N.I. 1875 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1878 (1) |
(f) |
7 | - | 3 |
|
| Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1878 (2) |
(f) |
6.5 | - | 7.5 |
|
| Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1879 |
(f) |
8 | - | 5 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (1) |
(f) |
7 | - | 1 |
|
| Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (2) |
(f) |
4 | - | 2 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (3) |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (4) |
(c) |
3 | - | 3 |
|
| Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1880 |
(f) |
8.5 | - | 2.5 |
|
| Chigorin, M.I. - Alapin, S.Z. 1880 |
(f) |
7 | - | 3 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - de Riviere, J.A. 1883 |
(f) |
5.5 | - | 4.5 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - von Nolde, E.A.E. 1883 |
(f) |
6.5 | - | 5.5 |
Chigorin, M.I. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Chigorin, M.I. - Solovtsov, A.V. 1884 (1) |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Beklemishev, A. 1884 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
Chigorin, M.I. gave odds of pawn and two moves |
| Chigorin, M.I. - Solovtsov, A.V. 1884 (2) |
(c) |
4 | - | 1 |
|
| Chigorin, M.I. - von Nolde, E.A.E. 1886 |
(f) |
6 | - | 3 |
Chigorin, M.I. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Steinitz, W. - Chigorin, M.I. 1889 |
(f) |
10.5 | - | 6.5 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Vazquez, A.C. 1889 |
(c) |
5 | - | 2 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Lopez, G. 1889 |
(c) |
4 | - | 4 |
Chigorin, M.I. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Chigorin, M.I. - Gunsberg, I.A. 1890 |
(f) |
11.5 | - | 11.5 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Polner, S.I. 1890 (1) |
(f) |
1 | - | 2 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Polner, S.I. 1890 (2) |
(f) |
0 | - | 2 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Golmayo, C.F. 1891 |
(c) |
3 | - | 1 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Vazquez, A.C. 1891 |
(c) |
2 | - | 2 |
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| Steinitz, W. - Chigorin, M.I. 1892 |
(f) |
12.5 | - | 10.5 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Maurian, C.A. 1892 |
(c) |
1.5 | - | 1.5 |
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| Seguin, J.D. - Chigorin, M.I. 1892 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Wilcox, C.O. 1892 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Gilbert, B.M. 1892 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Farrar, E.H. 1892 |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Solovtsov, A.V. 1892 |
(c) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Asharin, A.A. 1892 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Belin, A.M. 1892 |
(f) |
5 | - | 2 |
Chigorin, M.I. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Chigorin, M.I. - Solovtsov, A.V. 1893 |
(f) |
4 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Tarrasch, S. 1893 |
(f) |
11 | - | 11 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1895 |
(f) |
8.5 | - | 4.5 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Kotrc, J. 1896 |
(c) |
3 | - | 1 |
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| Lasker, Em. - Chigorin, M.I. 1897 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1897 |
(f) |
10 | - | 4 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Janowsky, D.M. 1900 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1902 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Salwe, G.H.S. 1904 |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
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| Viakhirev, A.N. - Chigorin, M.I. 1905 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Chigorin, M.I. - Salwe, G.H.S. 1906 |
(f) |
8.5 | - | 6.5 |
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| Flamberg, A.D. - Chigorin, M.I. 1906 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Tournament data
| Saint Petersburg 1876 (1) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
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Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. |
1 - 0 |
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Chigorin, M.I. - Asharin, A.A. |
0 - 1 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1876 (2) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
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Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. |
0 - 1 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1877 |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
4.5 | / | 7 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1879 |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
6.5 | / | 8 |
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Chigorin, M.I. - Alapin, S.Z. |
1 - 0 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1880 |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
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Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. |
1 - 2 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1881 |
Saint Petersburg National Tournament |
8.5 | / | 11 |
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Chigorin, M.I. - Alapin, S.Z. |
2 - 1 |
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| Berlin 1881 (1) |
2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
11.5 | / | 17 |
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| Vienna 1882 (2) |
Vienna International Tournament |
12 | / | 32 |
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| London, England 1883 (5) |
London Tournament |
18.5 | / | 32 |
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| New York 1889 (2) |
6th American Chess Congress |
31 | / | 42 |
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Chigorin, M.I. - Weiss, M. |
2 - 2 |
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| Hastings 1895 (7) |
Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament |
16 | / | 21 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1896 |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
7 | / | 18 |
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| Nuremberg 1896 |
Nuremberg Tournament |
9.5 | / | 18 |
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| Budapest 1896 |
Budapest Tournament |
8.5 | / | 12 |
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Chigorin, M.I. - Charousek, R. |
3 - 1 |
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| Berlin 1897 (7) |
Berliner Schachgesellschaft 70th Anniversary Congress - Meisterturnier |
8.5 | / | 17 |
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| Vienna 1898 (3) |
Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier |
20 | / | 36 |
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| Cologne 1898 (2) |
11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
10.5 | / | 15 |
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| London, England 1899 (3) |
London Major Tournament |
15 | / | 27 |
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| Moscow 1899 (1) |
1st All-Russian Championship - Major Section |
10 | / | 11 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1900 |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
14.5 | / | 18 |
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| Paris 1900 |
Paris International Tournament |
12.5 | / | 20 |
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| Moscow 1901 (1) |
2nd All-Russian Tournament |
16.5 | / | 17 |
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| Monte Carlo 1901 |
Monte Carlo Tournament |
11 | / | 17 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1902 (1) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
12 | / | 14 |
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| Monte Carlo 1902 |
Monte Carlo International Tournament |
13 | / | 22 |
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| Hanover 1902 (1) |
13th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
9 | / | 17 |
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| Vienna 1903 (1) |
King's Gambit Accepted Tournament |
13 | / | 18 |
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| Kiev 1903 |
3rd Russian National Tournament |
14 | / | 17 |
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| Cambridge Springs 1904 |
Cambridge Springs Tournament |
7.5 | / | 15 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1904 (1) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
9.5 | / | 11 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1905 (1) |
Rice Gambit Tournament |
11 | / | 13 |
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| Ostend 1905 (1) |
Ostend Tournament |
6.5 | / | 26 |
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| Barmen 1905 (1) |
Barmen Tournament - Meisterturnier A |
7 | / | 15 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1906 (1) |
4th All Russian Tournament |
1 | / | 4 |
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| Lodz 1906 (1) |
Lodz Tournament |
5.5 | / | 9 |
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| Ostend 1906 (2) |
Ostend Tournament - First Stage, Section C - Section D |
4 | / | 9 |
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| Ostend 1906 (4) |
Ostend Tournament - Second Stage, Section B - Section D |
2.5 | / | 6 |
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| Nuremberg 1906 (1) |
15th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier |
10 | / | 16 |
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| Saint Petersburg 1906 (3) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament |
7.5 | / | 12 |
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| Moscow 1907 (1) |
Moscow Tournament |
6 | / | 8 |
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| Ostend 1907 (2) |
Ostend Grandmaster Tournament |
4.5 | / | 20 |
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| Carlsbad 1907 |
Carlsbad Tournament |
7.5 | / | 20 |
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| Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025 |
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