Mikhail Chigorin
Romantic era · Russia · 1850–1908
Founder of the Russian school, and Steinitz's most stubborn challenger.
Career In The Collection
687Games
325Wins
137Draws
225Losses
57%Score
1874–1907Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Steinitz | 58 | 24 | 8 | 26 | view games |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | view games |
| Carl Schlechter | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | view games |
| Frank Marshall | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | view games |
| Harry Nelson Pillsbury | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | view games |
| Joseph Blackburne | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | view games |
| Johannes Zukertort | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | view games |
| Akiba Rubinstein | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | view games |
| Louis Paulsen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | view games |
| Rudolf Spielmann | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Aron Nimzowitsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
687 Games · Page 1 of 4
- 1907 vs Johann Nepomuk Berger Black Karlsbad D46 1-0
- 1907 vs Amos Burn White Ostende C30 0-1
- 1907 vs Amos Burn White Ostende A03 0-1
- 1907 vs Amos Burn Black Ostende D46 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Amos Burn Black Ostende C66 1-0
- 1907 vs Erich Cohn Black Karlsbad A53 1-0
- 1907 vs Oldrich Duras White Karlsbad C31 0-1
- 1907 vs Fedor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky Black Karlsbad D52 0-1
- 1907 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Ostende D37 1-0
- 1907 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Karlsbad C30 0-1
- 1907 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Ostende C50 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Ostende C23 0-1
- 1907 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Ostende A54 1-0
- 1907 vs Paul F Johner White Karlsbad B24 1-0
- 1907 vs Paul Saladin Leonhardt Black Karlsbad B08 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Geza Maroczy White Karlsbad C11 0-1
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black Ostende D35 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White Karlsbad C31 1-0
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White Ostende B23 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall Black Ostende D02 1-0
- 1907 vs Frank Marshall White Ostende C47 0-1
- 1907 vs Jacques Mieses Black Karlsbad C26 1-0
- 1907 vs Aron Nimzowitsch Black Karlsbad D02 1-0
- 1907 vs Adolf Georg Olland White Karlsbad C00 1-0
- 1907 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Karlsbad C01 0-1
- 1907 vs Georg Salwe White Karlsbad C30 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Carl Schlechter Black Karlsbad B00 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Carl Schlechter Black Ostende C99 1-0
- 1907 vs Carl Schlechter Black Ostende C55 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Carl Schlechter White Ostende C30 0-1
- 1907 vs Carl Schlechter White Ostende C47 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Karlsbad A03 1-0
- 1907 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Ostende C68 1/2-1/2
- 1907 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Ostende D02 1-0
- 1907 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Ostende B23 0-1
- 1907 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Ostende B01 1-0
- 1907 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Karlsbad C28 1-0
- 1907 vs Richard Teichmann Black Karlsbad A46 0-1
- 1907 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White Karlsbad C30 0-1
- 1907 vs Heinrich Wolf Black Karlsbad A46 1-0
- 1906 vs Simon Alapin White St Petersburg+ C01 1-0
- 1906 vs Simon Alapin Black St Petersburg+ C32 0-1
- 1906 vs Erich Cohn White DSB-15.Kongress C47 0-1
- 1906 vs Oldrich Duras Black DSB-15.Kongress C97 0-1
- 1906 vs Hans Fahrni Black DSB-15.Kongress A48 0-1
- 1906 vs Aleksander Dawidow Flamberg White Lodz C49 1/2-1/2
- 1906 vs Aleksander Dawidow Flamberg White Lodz C50 0-1
- 1906 vs Aleksander Dawidow Flamberg Black Lodz C90 0-1
- 1906 vs Leo Forgacs White DSB-15.Kongress C55 0-1
- 1906 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black DSB-15.Kongress C42 0-1
- 1906 vs Paul Saladin Leonhardt Black DSB-15.Kongress C50 0-1
- 1906 vs Frank Marshall Black Ostend A54 0-1
- 1906 vs Frank Marshall Black DSB-15.Kongress E61 1/2-1/2
- 1906 vs Jacques Mieses Black Ostend C25 1-0
- 1906 vs Dawid Przepiorka White DSB-15.Kongress C22 1-0
- 1906 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Lodz C11 1-0
- 1906 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Lodz D05 1-0
- 1906 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Lodz D07 1-0
- 1906 vs Georg Salwe Black Lodz A53 0-1
- 1906 vs Georg Salwe White Lodz C44 1-0
- 1906 vs Georg Salwe White Lodz C45 1-0
- 1906 vs Georg Salwe White DSB-15.Kongress C22 0-1
- 1906 vs Carl Schlechter White DSB-15.Kongress C36 1/2-1/2
- 1906 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black DSB-15.Kongress C33 0-1
- 1906 vs Rudolf Swiderski White DSB-15.Kongress A03 1/2-1/2
- 1906 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black DSB-15.Kongress A54 1/2-1/2
- 1906 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White DSB-15.Kongress C30 1-0
- 1906 vs Heinrich Wolf Black DSB-15.Kongress C46 1-0
- 1906 vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky White DSB-15.Kongress B01 1-0
- 1906 vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky White St Petersburg+ C22 1-0
- 1905 vs Simon Alapin Black Ostende C52 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Simon Alapin White Barmen-A C33 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Simon Alapin White St Petersburg+ C00 0-1
- 1905 vs Simon Alapin White Ostende C38 0-1
- 1905 vs Johann Nepomuk Berger Black Barmen-A D46 1-0
- 1905 vs Ossip Bernstein Black Barmen-A D46 1-0
- 1905 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Ostende D02 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Joseph Blackburne White Ostende C00 1-0
- 1905 vs Amos Burn Black Barmen-A D31 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Amos Burn Black Ostende A90 1-0
- 1905 vs Amos Burn White Vienna C30 0-1
- 1905 vs Stefan Izbinsky Black St Petersburg+ A85 0-1
- 1905 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Ostende C30 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Barmen-A C30 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Ostende D07 1-0
- 1905 vs Walter John Black Barmen-A C68 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Paul Saladin Leonhardt Black Barmen-A A82 0-1
- 1905 vs Paul Saladin Leonhardt White Ostende C30 0-1
- 1905 vs Paul Saladin Leonhardt Black Ostende D07 1-0
- 1905 vs Stepan M Levitsky Black St Petersburg+ A54 0-1
- 1905 vs Georg Marco Black Ostende C70 1-0
- 1905 vs Georg Marco White Ostende C30 1-0
- 1905 vs Geza Maroczy Black Ostende E51 1-0
- 1905 vs Geza Maroczy White Barmen-A B24 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Geza Maroczy White Ostende C01 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Frank Marshall Black Barmen-A D31 0-1
- 1905 vs Frank Marshall Black Ostende A83 1-0
- 1905 vs Frank Marshall White Ostende C31 0-1
- 1905 vs Jacques Mieses Black Barmen-A A29 0-1
- 1905 vs Georg Salwe White St Petersburg+ C11 0-1
- 1905 vs Carl Schlechter White Ostende C30 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Carl Schlechter Black Ostende D46 1-0
- 1905 vs Carl Schlechter White Barmen-A C50 0-1
- 1905 vs Hugo Suechting White Barmen-A C00 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Ostende A83 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Ostende C00 0-1
- 1905 vs Jean Taubenhaus White Ostende C30 1/2-1/2
- 1905 vs Jean Taubenhaus Black Ostende C90 0-1
- 1905 vs Richard Teichmann White Ostende C00 0-1
- 1905 vs Richard Teichmann Black Ostende A84 1-0
- 1905 vs Curt Von Bardeleben White Barmen-A C01 0-1
- 1905 vs Hermann Von Gottschall White Barmen-A C00 1-0
- 1905 vs Heinrich Wolf White Ostende C30 0-1
- 1905 vs Heinrich Wolf Black Barmen-A C66 1-0
- 1905 vs Heinrich Wolf Black Ostende C84 1-0
- 1904 vs JF. Barry Black Cambridge Springs C84 0-1
- 1904 vs Eugene Delmar White Cambridge Springs C31 1-0
- 1904 vs Albert Whiting Fox White Cambridge Springs C15 0-1
- 1904 vs Albert Beauregard Hodges White Cambridge Springs B01 0-1
- 1904 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Cambridge Springs C50 0-1
- 1904 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Cambridge Springs C68 1-0
- 1904 vs Thomas Francis Lawrence Black Cambridge Springs C90 1/2-1/2
- 1904 vs Georg Marco White Cambridge Springs C00 0-1
- 1904 vs Frank Marshall Black Cambridge Springs D31 1/2-1/2
- 1904 vs Jacques Mieses Black Cambridge Springs C21 1-0
- 1904 vs William Ewart Napier White Cambridge Springs B25 1-0
- 1904 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black Cambridge Springs D46 1/2-1/2
- 1904 vs Carl Schlechter Black Cambridge Springs C92 1-0
- 1904 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter White Cambridge Springs C00 0-1
- 1904 vs Richard Teichmann Black Cambridge Springs D07 0-1
- 1903 vs PP. Benko Black RUS-ch03 D45 0-1
- 1903 vs Ossip Bernstein White RUS-ch03 C30 0-1
- 1903 vs V. Breev Black RUS-ch03 C44 0-1
- 1903 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Vienna Gambit C39 0-1
- 1903 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Vienna Gambit C33 1-0
- 1903 vs Stefan Izbinsky White RUS-ch03 B18 1/2-1/2
- 1903 vs N. Kalinsky White RUS-ch03 C30 1-0
- 1903 vs Viacheslav Nikolaev Kulomzin Black RUS-ch03 C84 0-1
- 1903 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Brighton th-m C39 1/2-1/2
- 1903 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Brighton th-m C39 0-1
- 1903 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Brighton th-m C39 1-0
- 1903 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Brighton th-m C39 1/2-1/2
- 1903 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Brighton th-m C39 0-1
- 1903 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Brighton th-m C39 1/2-1/2
- 1903 vs Sergey Fedorovich Lebedev Black RUS-ch03 A80 0-1
- 1903 vs Stepan M Levitsky White RUS-ch03 B01 1-0
- 1903 vs Moishe Leopoldowicz Lowcki White RUS-ch03 B18 1-0
- 1903 vs Georg Marco Black Vienna Gambit C39 1/2-1/2
- 1903 vs Georg Marco White Vienna Gambit C34 1-0
- 1903 vs Geza Maroczy Black Vienna Gambit C37 1-0
- 1903 vs Geza Maroczy White Vienna Gambit C33 1-0
- 1903 vs Frank Marshall Black Vienna Gambit C37 0-1
- 1903 vs Frank Marshall White Vienna Gambit C33 0-1
- 1903 vs Jacques Mieses White Vienna Gambit C34 0-1
- 1903 vs Jacques Mieses Black Vienna Gambit C37 0-1
- 1903 vs B. Nikolaev Black RUS-ch03 C42 1/2-1/2
- 1903 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black Vienna Gambit C39 0-1
- 1903 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White Vienna Gambit C33 1/2-1/2
- 1903 vs Abram Rabinovich Black RUS-ch03 C21 0-1
- 1903 vs Akiba Rubinstein White RUS-ch03 C00 1-0
- 1903 vs Georg Salwe Black RUS-ch03 C50 0-1
- 1903 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black RUS-ch03 B06 0-1
- 1903 vs Carl Schlechter White Vienna Gambit C33 1-0
- 1903 vs Carl Schlechter Black Vienna Gambit C37 0-1
- 1903 vs Rudolf Swiderski White Vienna Gambit C33 0-1
- 1903 vs Rudolf Swiderski Black Vienna Gambit C33 0-1
- 1903 vs Richard Teichmann White Vienna Gambit C34 1-0
- 1903 vs Wilhelm Von Stamm White RUS-ch03 C31 1-0
- 1903 vs Vladimir Yurevich White RUS-ch03 B18 0-1
- 1903 vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky White RUS-ch03 C31 1-0
- 1902 vs Adolf Albin White Monte Carlo C30 1-0
- 1902 vs Henry Ernst Atkins White DSB-13.Kongress C50 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Wilhelm Cohn White DSB-13.Kongress B19 1-0
- 1902 vs LR. Eisenberg White Monte Carlo C65 1-0
- 1902 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black DSB-13.Kongress D07 1-0
- 1902 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Monte Carlo C00 1-0
- 1902 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Monte Carlo C84 0-1
- 1902 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black DSB-13.Kongress D60 1-0
- 1902 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Monte Carlo D02 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Alexander M Levin Black DSB-13.Kongress C28 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Georg Marco Black Monte Carlo C84 0-1
- 1902 vs Geza Maroczy White Monte Carlo B01 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Geza Maroczy Black Monte Carlo C65 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Frank Marshall Black DSB-13.Kongress D51 0-1
- 1902 vs Frank Marshall Black Monte Carlo D07 1-0
- 1902 vs James Mason Black Monte Carlo D45 0-1
- 1902 vs James Mason White DSB-13.Kongress C50 0-1
- 1902 vs Jacques Mieses Black Monte Carlo C28 0-1
- 1902 vs Jacques Mieses Black DSB-13.Kongress C21 0-1
- 1902 vs James Mortimer White Monte Carlo C65 1-0
- 1902 vs William Ewart Napier Black Monte Carlo C51 1-0
- 1902 vs William Ewart Napier Black DSB-13.Kongress C84 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Adolf Georg Olland White DSB-13.Kongress C00 1-0
- 1902 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White DSB-13.Kongress C50 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White Monte Carlo C50 1-0
- 1902 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black Monte Carlo D31 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Arturo Reggio Black Monte Carlo C84 0-1
- 1902 vs Carl Schlechter White Monte Carlo C50 1-0
- 1902 vs Hugo Suechting White DSB-13.Kongress C33 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Rudolf Swiderski Black DSB-13.Kongress D31 1-0
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