Edo Historical Chess Ratings



Chigorin, Mikhail





Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  17  2510 (79) 3
1877  13  2516 (69) 7
1878  12  2524 (62) 24
1879  10  2539 (55) 40
1880  2556 (50) 21
1881  11  2548 (41) 20
1882  15  2516 (35) 32
1883  11  2551 (35) 42
1884  10  2560 (51) 0
1885  2569 (58) 0
1886  2578 (60) 0
1887  2587 (57) 0
1888  2596 (50) 0
1889  2606 (34) 63
1890  2591 (39) 23
1891  2610 (46) 0
1892  2629 (42) 26
1893  2654 (42) 26
1894  2652 (45) 0
1895  2650 (36) 34
1896  2620 (31) 52
1897  2590 (33) 31
1898  2588 (31) 51
1899  2587 (33) 38
1900  2589 (35) 38
1901  2600 (35) 34
1902  2574 (32) 53
1903  2596 (33) 41
1904  11  2531 (35) 26
1905  22  2478 (31) 54
1906  20  2488 (29) 71
1907  34  2441 (35) 48

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich  
   Also known as: Michaïl Tschigorine
Born: 12 Nov. 1850
Died: 25 Jan. 1908
 
Notes:
Cornil gives death date 26-01-1908. Gaige gives death date 25-01-1908.
 
References
Books
   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, 957, 639
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 70
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 71
   Hilbert, Napier, page 148
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 64
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 77
   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.] (broken)
   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]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

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
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (1)         (f)     7   -   1
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (2)         (f)     4   -   2
Chigorin, M.I. - von Schmidt, E.A. 1879 (3)         (f)     3.5   -   0.5
Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1880         (f)     8.5   -   2.5
Chigorin, M.I. - Alapin, S.Z. 1880         (f)     7   -   3
Chigorin, M.I. - Alapin, S.Z. 1881         (c)     2   -   1
Chigorin, M.I. - de Riviere, J.A. 1883         (f)     5.5   -   4.5
Steinitz, W. - Chigorin, M.I. 1889         (f)     10.5   -   6.5
Chigorin, M.I. - Gunsberg, I.A. 1890         (f)     11.5   -   11.5
Steinitz, W. - Chigorin, M.I. 1892         (f)     12.5   -   10.5
Chigorin, M.I. - Asharin, A.A. 1892         (f)     3   -   0
Chigorin, M.I. - Tarrasch, S. 1893         (f)     11   -   11
Chigorin, M.I. - Solovtsov, A.V. 1893         (f)     4   -   0
Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1895         (f)     8.5   -   4.5
Chigorin, M.I. - Schiffers, E.S. 1897         (f)     10   -   4
Chigorin, M.I. - Lasker, Em. 1903         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
Chigorin, M.I. - Salwe, G.H.S. 1906         (f)     8.5   -   6.5

Tournament data

Saint Petersburg 1876     Saint Petersburg Tournament     2.5  /  3
Saint Petersburg 1877     Saint Petersburg Tournament     4.5  /  7
Saint Petersburg 1879     Saint Petersburg Tournament     6.5  /  8
  Chigorin, M.I. - Alapin, S.Z.     1 - 0    
Berlin 1881 (1)     2nd German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     11.5  /  17
Vienna 1882 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     12  /  32
London 1883 (2)     London Tournament     18.5  /  32
New York 1889 (2)     6th American Chess Congress     31  /  42
  Chigorin, M.I. - Weiss, M.     2 - 2    
Hastings 1895 (7)     Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament     16  /  21
Saint Petersburg 1896     Saint Petersburg Tournament     7  /  18
Nuremberg 1896     Nuremberg Tournament     9.5  /  18
Budapest 1896     Budapest Tournament     8.5  /  12
  Chigorin, M.I. - Charousek, R.     3 - 1    
Berlin 1897 (7)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     8.5  /  17
Vienna 1898 (3)     Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier     20  /  36
Cologne 1898 (2)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     10.5  /  15
London 1899 (2)     London Major Tournament     15  /  27
Moscow 1899 (1)     1st All-Russian Championship - Major Section     10  /  11
Paris 1900     Paris International Tournament     12.5  /  20
Saint Petersburg 1900     Saint Petersburg Tournament     14.5  /  18
Moscow 1901 (1)     2nd All-Russian Tournament     16.5  /  17
Monte Carlo 1901     Monte Carlo Tournament     11  /  17
Saint Petersburg 1902 (1)     Saint Petersburg Tournament     12  /  14
Monte Carlo 1902     Monte Carlo International Tournament     13  /  22
Hanover 1902 (1)     13th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     9  /  17
Vienna 1903 (1)     King's Gambit Accepted Tournament     13  /  18
Kiev 1903     3rd Russian National Tournament     14  /  17
Cambridge Springs 1904     Cambridge Springs Tournament     7.5  /  15
Saint Petersburg 1904 (1)     Saint Petersburg Tournament     9.5  /  11
Saint Petersburg 1905 (1)     Rice Gambit Tournament     11  /  13
Ostend 1905 (1)     Ostend Tournament     6.5  /  26
Barmen 1905 (1)     Barmen Tournament - Meisterturnier A     7  /  15
Saint Petersburg 1906 (1)     4th All Russian Tournament     1  /  4
Lodz 1906 (1)     Lodz Tournament     5.5  /  9
Ostend 1906 (2)     Ostend Tournament - First Stage, Section C - Section D     4  /  9
Ostend 1906 (4)     Ostend Tournament - Second Stage, Section B - Section D     2.5  /  6
Nuremberg 1906 (1)     15th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     10  /  16
Saint Petersburg 1906 (3)     Saint Petersburg Tournament     7.5  /  12
Moscow 1907 (1)     Moscow Tournament     6  /  8
Ostend 1907 (2)     Ostend Grandmaster Tournament     4.5  /  20
Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) 1907     Carlsbad Tournament     7.5  /  20