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 2 of 4
- 1902 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Monte Carlo C50 1-0
- 1902 vs Richard Teichmann Black Monte Carlo D37 1-0
- 1902 vs Curt Von Bardeleben White DSB-13.Kongress C50 1-0
- 1902 vs Hermann Von Gottschall Black DSB-13.Kongress C50 1/2-1/2
- 1902 vs Ignatz Von Popiel White Monte Carlo B25 0-1
- 1902 vs Ignatz Von Popiel White DSB-13.Kongress B19 1-0
- 1902 vs Theodor Von Scheve Black Monte Carlo D02 1-0
- 1902 vs Heinrich Wolf White Monte Carlo C55 0-1
- 1902 vs Heinrich Wolf White DSB-13.Kongress C58 0-1
- 1901 vs Simon Alapin Black Monte Carlo+ D07 1/2-1/2
- 1901 vs Simon Alapin White Monte Carlo C00 1/2-1/2
- 1901 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Monte Carlo D46 0-1
- 1901 vs V. Boyarkov Black RUS-ch02 D07 0-1
- 1901 vs M. Didier White Monte Carlo C33 1-0
- 1901 vs L. Gennika Black RUS-ch02 C65 0-1
- 1901 vs Alexey Goncharov White RUS-ch02 C11 1-0
- 1901 vs B. Grigoriev White RUS-ch02 C65 1-0
- 1901 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Monte Carlo D07 0-1
- 1901 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black RUS-ch02 D07 1/2-1/2
- 1901 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Monte Carlo C44 0-1
- 1901 vs Viacheslav Nikolaev Kulomzin White RUS-ch02 C33 1-0
- 1901 vs Sergey Fedorovich Lebedev White RUS-ch02 C43 1-0
- 1901 vs Georg Marco White Monte Carlo+ C30 1-0
- 1901 vs Georg Marco Black Monte Carlo C84 1/2-1/2
- 1901 vs Frank Marshall White Monte Carlo+ C31 1/2-1/2
- 1901 vs Frank Marshall Black Monte Carlo C15 1/2-1/2
- 1901 vs Frank Marshall White Monte Carlo C31 1/2-1/2
- 1901 vs James Mason White Monte Carlo C77 1-0
- 1901 vs Jacques Mieses White Monte Carlo B45 0-1
- 1901 vs Vladimir Ivanovich Nenarokov Black RUS-ch02 D07 0-1
- 1901 vs Arturo Reggio Black Monte Carlo D07 0-1
- 1901 vs Karl Wilhelm Rosenkrantz White RUS-ch02 C55 1-0
- 1901 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White RUS-ch02 B40 1-0
- 1901 vs Carl Schlechter White Monte Carlo C33 1/2-1/2
- 1901 vs Carl Schlechter Black Monte Carlo+ A28 1-0
- 1901 vs Sergey Sharov Black RUS-ch02 C66 0-1
- 1901 vs Theodor Von Scheve Black Monte Carlo D02 0-1
- 1901 vs Szymon Winawer White Monte Carlo C44 1-0
- 1901 vs Boris Yankovich Black RUS-ch02 C51 0-1
- 1900 vs Allies White St Petersburg C31 1-0
- 1900 vs Miklos Brody Black Paris C66 0-1
- 1900 vs Amos Burn White Paris+ C00 1/2-1/2
- 1900 vs Amos Burn Black Paris D07 0-1
- 1900 vs M1. Didier White Paris C51 1-0
- 1900 vs Ghelbak Black St Petersburg C68 0-1
- 1900 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White St Petersburg C50 1-0
- 1900 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Paris C56 1-0
- 1900 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Paris C84 1/2-1/2
- 1900 vs Emanuel Lasker White Paris+ C50 1/2-1/2
- 1900 vs Sergey Fedorovich Lebedev White St Petersburg C00 0-1
- 1900 vs Georg Marco Black Paris C84 0-1
- 1900 vs Geza Maroczy White Paris+ C50 1/2-1/2
- 1900 vs Geza Maroczy Black Paris C84 1/2-1/2
- 1900 vs Manuel Marquez Sterling White Paris C50 1-0
- 1900 vs Frank Marshall White Paris C42 1/2-1/2
- 1900 vs Frank Marshall Black Paris+ C66 1/2-1/2
- 1900 vs James Mason Black Paris C22 0-1
- 1900 vs Jacques Mieses Black Paris C28 1-0
- 1900 vs James Mortimer White Paris C25 1-0
- 1900 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White Paris C43 0-1
- 1900 vs Leon Rosen Black Paris C91 0-1
- 1900 vs Carl Schlechter Black Paris C84 1-0
- 1900 vs M. Shabelsky White St Petersburg C50 1-0
- 1900 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter Black Paris D07 1-0
- 1900 vs I. Sybin Black St Petersburg C65 0-1
- 1900 vs I. Sybin White St Petersburg C31 1-0
- 1899 vs Henry Edward Bird Black London C51 0-1
- 1899 vs Henry Edward Bird White London C44 1-0
- 1899 vs Joseph Blackburne White London C00 1/2-1/2
- 1899 vs Joseph Blackburne Black London D02 0-1
- 1899 vs Bojarkov White Moscow sim2 C00 1-0
- 1899 vs Wilhelm Cohn Black London D02 0-1
- 1899 vs Wilhelm Cohn White London C00 0-1
- 1899 vs Falk White Moscow sim2 C00 1-0
- 1899 vs Gelbak Black Moscow sim2 D06 0-1
- 1899 vs B. Jankowitsch White Moscow sim2 C51 1-0
- 1899 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black London C65 1-0
- 1899 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White London C67 0-1
- 1899 vs Emanuel Lasker Black London C84 1-0
- 1899 vs Emanuel Lasker White London C00 0-1
- 1899 vs Francis Lee White London C42 0-1
- 1899 vs Francis Lee Black London D00 0-1
- 1899 vs Stepan M Levitsky Black Moscow sim2 C66 0-1
- 1899 vs Stepan M Levitsky White Moscow sim2 C29 0-1
- 1899 vs Geza Maroczy White London C30 0-1
- 1899 vs Geza Maroczy Black London D46 0-1
- 1899 vs James Mason Black London C25 0-1
- 1899 vs James Mason White London C43 1/2-1/2
- 1899 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black London D07 0-1
- 1899 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White London C52 0-1
- 1899 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White Moscow sim2 C01 1-0
- 1899 vs Carl Schlechter White London C33 1-0
- 1899 vs Carl Schlechter Black London D37 1-0
- 1899 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter White London C00 1-0
- 1899 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter Black London D00 1/2-1/2
- 1899 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White London C44 1-0
- 1899 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black London D07 1/2-1/2
- 1899 vs Richard Teichmann White London C55 1-0
- 1899 vs Samuel Tinsley Black London D00 1-0
- 1899 vs Samuel Tinsley White London B00 1-0
- 1898 vs Simon Alapin Black Vienna C20 0-1
- 1898 vs Simon Alapin White Vienna C52 1/2-1/2
- 1898 vs Adolf Albin Black DSB-11. Kongress C54 0-1
- 1898 vs David Graham Baird Black Vienna C48 0-1
- 1898 vs David Graham Baird White Vienna C30 0-1
- 1898 vs Johann Nepomuk Berger White DSB-11. Kongress C43 1-0
- 1898 vs Joseph Blackburne White Vienna C00 0-1
- 1898 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Vienna C50 1/2-1/2
- 1898 vs Amos Burn White Vienna C00 1-0
- 1898 vs Amos Burn Black Vienna E76 1-0
- 1898 vs Horatio Caro Black Vienna D07 1-0
- 1898 vs Horatio Caro White Vienna C29 1-0
- 1898 vs Rudolf Rezso Charousek Black DSB-11. Kongress D05 1/2-1/2
- 1898 vs Wilhelm Cohn White DSB-11. Kongress C00 0-1
- 1898 vs Alexander Halprin White Vienna C43 1-0
- 1898 vs Alexander Halprin Black Vienna C50 0-1
- 1898 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Vienna C65 1-0
- 1898 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Vienna C31 0-1
- 1898 vs Paul Lipke White Vienna C52 0-1
- 1898 vs Paul Lipke Black Vienna C65 0-1
- 1898 vs Georg Marco White Vienna C31 1-0
- 1898 vs Georg Marco Black Vienna C70 1-0
- 1898 vs Geza Maroczy White Vienna C30 1-0
- 1898 vs Geza Maroczy Black Vienna C65 1/2-1/2
- 1898 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black Vienna D46 0-1
- 1898 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White Vienna C31 0-1
- 1898 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black DSB-11. Kongress A50 0-1
- 1898 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black Vienna D37 0-1
- 1898 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White Vienna C31 0-1
- 1898 vs Carl Schlechter White Vienna C54 1/2-1/2
- 1898 vs Carl Schlechter Black Vienna C65 1/2-1/2
- 1898 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter Black Vienna D31 0-1
- 1898 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter White DSB-11. Kongress C00 1-0
- 1898 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter White Vienna C00 1-0
- 1898 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black Vienna D07 1-0
- 1898 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White Vienna C44 1-0
- 1898 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Vienna C65 1-0
- 1898 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Vienna A02 1/2-1/2
- 1898 vs Herbert Trenchard White Vienna C31 1-0
- 1898 vs Herbert Trenchard Black Vienna C84 0-1
- 1898 vs Carl August Walbrodt White Vienna C00 1-0
- 1898 vs Carl August Walbrodt Black Vienna D07 1-0
- 1897 vs Simon Alapin Black Berlin C20 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Adolf Albin White Berlin C55 1-0
- 1897 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Berlin D02 1-0
- 1897 vs Amos Burn Black Berlin D07 0-1
- 1897 vs Horatio Caro Black Berlin D02 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Rudolf Rezso Charousek Black Berlin E14 1-0
- 1897 vs Wilhelm Cohn White Berlin C00 0-1
- 1897 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Berlin C65 0-1
- 1897 vs Georg Marco White Berlin C00 1-0
- 1897 vs Johannes Metger Black Berlin C33 1-0
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White St Petersburg m C10 1-0
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black St Petersburg m C45 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White St Petersburg m A03 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White Berlin C51 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White St Petersburg m C00 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White St Petersburg m C52 1-0
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black St Petersburg m C90 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White St Petersburg m C01 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black St Petersburg m C45 0-1
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black St Petersburg m C45 0-1
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black St Petersburg m C84 0-1
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black St Petersburg m C40 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White St Petersburg m C00 1-0
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black St Petersburg m C66 1-0
- 1897 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White St Petersburg m B24 1-0
- 1897 vs Carl Schlechter Black Berlin C84 1-0
- 1897 vs Hugo Suechting White Berlin C54 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Richard Teichmann Black Berlin D07 0-1
- 1897 vs Carl August Walbrodt White Berlin C00 1/2-1/2
- 1897 vs Szymon Winawer White Berlin C25 1-0
- 1897 vs Adolf Julius Zinkl White Berlin C00 1-0
- 1896 vs Adolf Albin Black Budapest C54 0-1
- 1896 vs Adolf Albin White Nuremberg D09 1-0
- 1896 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Nuremberg C54 0-1
- 1896 vs Rudolf Rezso Charousek Black Budapest playoff-1pl C33 0-1
- 1896 vs Rudolf Rezso Charousek White Budapest playoff-1pl C55 1-0
- 1896 vs Rudolf Rezso Charousek White Budapest playoff-1pl C55 1-0
- 1896 vs Rudolf Rezso Charousek White Nuremberg C54 1-0
- 1896 vs Rudolf Rezso Charousek Black Budapest C33 1-0
- 1896 vs Rudolf Rezso Charousek Black Budapest playoff-1pl E14 1-0
- 1896 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Nuremberg D46 0-1
- 1896 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black Budapest D46 0-1
- 1896 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Nuremberg D37 1-0
- 1896 vs Georg Marco Black Nuremberg C77 1/2-1/2
- 1896 vs Georg Marco White Budapest C53 1-0
- 1896 vs Geza Maroczy Black Budapest A85 0-1
- 1896 vs Geza Maroczy White Nuremberg C00 1/2-1/2
- 1896 vs Josef Noa Black Budapest C50 1/2-1/2
- 1896 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White Budapest C49 1/2-1/2
- 1896 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black Nuremberg D31 1-0
- 1896 vs Moritz Porges Black Nuremberg C50 0-1
- 1896 vs Emil Schallopp Black Nuremberg C77 0-1
- 1896 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers White Nuremberg B40 1/2-1/2
- 1896 vs Carl Schlechter White Budapest C77 0-1
- 1896 vs Carl Schlechter White Nuremberg C54 0-1
- 1896 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter Black Nuremberg D07 1-0
- 1896 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black Nuremberg D37 1-0
- 1896 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Nuremberg C54 0-1
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