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 3 of 4
- 1896 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White Budapest C65 1-0
- 1896 vs Richard Teichmann White Nuremberg C58 1-0
- 1896 vs Ignatz Von Popiel White Budapest C54 1-0
- 1896 vs Carl August Walbrodt White Nuremberg C50 0-1
- 1896 vs Carl August Walbrodt White Budapest C31 1-0
- 1896 vs Szymon Winawer White Nuremberg C25 1-0
- 1896 vs Szymon Winawer Black Budapest C68 1/2-1/2
- 1895 vs Adolf Albin White Hastings C00 1/2-1/2
- 1895 vs Henry Edward Bird Black Hastings C52 1/2-1/2
- 1895 vs Joseph Blackburne White Hastings C00 1-0
- 1895 vs Amos Burn Black Hastings D46 0-1
- 1895 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Hastings C51 1-0
- 1895 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White Hastings C26 0-1
- 1895 vs Emanuel Lasker Black St Petersburg9596 D02 1-0
- 1895 vs Emanuel Lasker White St Petersburg9596 C54 0-1
- 1895 vs Emanuel Lasker White St Petersburg9596 C52 0-1
- 1895 vs Emanuel Lasker White St Petersburg9596 C54 1/2-1/2
- 1895 vs Emanuel Lasker Black St Petersburg9596 C79 1-0
- 1895 vs Emanuel Lasker Black St Petersburg9596 C84 1/2-1/2
- 1895 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Hastings D07 0-1
- 1895 vs Georg Marco White Hastings C00 1-0
- 1895 vs James Mason Black Hastings C50 0-1
- 1895 vs Jacques Mieses Black Hastings C45 1/2-1/2
- 1895 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White St Petersburg9596 C43 0-1
- 1895 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White St Petersburg9596 C60 1-0
- 1895 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black St Petersburg9596 D07 1-0
- 1895 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black St Petersburg9596 D07 1/2-1/2
- 1895 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White St Petersburg9596 C49 0-1
- 1895 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury Black St Petersburg9596 D07 0-1
- 1895 vs Harry Nelson Pillsbury White Hastings C30 1-0
- 1895 vs William Henry Kraus Pollock Black Hastings C51 0-1
- 1895 vs Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers Black Hastings C56 1-0
- 1895 vs Carl Schlechter Black Hastings C79 0-1
- 1895 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White St Petersburg9596 C52 1-0
- 1895 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White Hastings C52 0-1
- 1895 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black St Petersburg9596 D37 0-1
- 1895 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White St Petersburg9596 C52 0-1
- 1895 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White St Petersburg9596 C52 1/2-1/2
- 1895 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black St Petersburg9596 D45 0-1
- 1895 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black St Petersburg9596 D21 1-0
- 1895 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Hastings D00 0-1
- 1895 vs Richard Teichmann White Hastings C00 1-0
- 1895 vs Samuel Tinsley White Hastings C00 1-0
- 1895 vs Beniamino Vergani Black Hastings C50 0-1
- 1895 vs Curt Von Bardeleben Black Hastings D02 0-1
- 1895 vs Carl August Walbrodt White Hastings C31 1/2-1/2
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C82 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C80 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C36 1/2-1/2
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m D05 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C77 0-1
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 1/2-1/2
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 0-1
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C77 0-1
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C77 1/2-1/2
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C77 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 0-1
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 1/2-1/2
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 0-1
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C66 0-1
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C77 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch White St Petersburg m C00 1-0
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C77 0-1
- 1893 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black St Petersburg m C77 1-0
- 1892 vs Ascharin Black Riga m C52 0-1
- 1892 vs Ascharin Black Riga m C51 0-1
- 1892 vs A. Solovtsov White Moscow m C11 1-0
- 1892 vs A. Solovtsov White Moscow m C26 1-0
- 1892 vs A. Solovtsov Black Moscow m D45 0-1
- 1892 vs A. Solovtsov Black Moscow m D45 0-1
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C52 1/2-1/2
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C52 1/2-1/2
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C25 1/2-1/2
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th D37 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th C58 0-1
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C52 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th A85 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th C58 0-1
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th C77 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th C65 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C52 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th C59 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C52 1/2-1/2
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C52 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th C65 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C34 0-1
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C45 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th C65 1/2-1/2
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th C59 0-1
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C62 0-1
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 4th D55 1-0
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C52 0-1
- 1892 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 4th C52 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C11 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m C55 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m C77 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C51 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m B01 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C22 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C44 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m A85 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m D04 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m C49 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C44 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m C58 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C67 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m D04 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m E14 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C29 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C65 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m D05 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C01 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C29 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White Havana m C51 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m A83 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black Havana m C77 0-1
- 1890 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White Cable m C52 1-0
- 1890 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black Cable m C59 0-1
- 1889 vs David Graham Baird Black USA-06.Congress C44 0-1
- 1889 vs David Graham Baird White USA-06.Congress C44 1-0
- 1889 vs John Washington Baird White USA-06.Congress C30 1-0
- 1889 vs John Washington Baird Black USA-06.Congress C58 0-1
- 1889 vs Henry Edward Bird Black USA-06.Congress C55 0-1
- 1889 vs Henry Edward Bird White USA-06.Congress C44 1-0
- 1889 vs Joseph Blackburne White USA-06.Congress C01 1-0
- 1889 vs Joseph Blackburne Black USA-06.Congress D40 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Constant Fedinand Burille White USA-06.Congress C30 0-1
- 1889 vs Constant Fedinand Burille Black USA-06.Congress D04 0-1
- 1889 vs Amos Burn Black USA-06.Congress A85 0-1
- 1889 vs Amos Burn White USA-06.Congress C38 1-0
- 1889 vs Eugene Delmar White USA-06.Congress C01 0-1
- 1889 vs Eugene Delmar Black USA-06.Congress D00 0-1
- 1889 vs George Hatfeild Gossip Black USA-06.Congress C49 0-1
- 1889 vs George Hatfeild Gossip White USA-06.Congress C44 1-0
- 1889 vs Isidor Gunsberg White USA-06.Congress C01 0-1
- 1889 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black USA-06.Congress+ C50 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Isidor Gunsberg White USA-06.Congress C45 0-1
- 1889 vs James Moore Hanham Black USA-06.Congress C54 0-1
- 1889 vs James Moore Hanham White USA-06.Congress C51 1-0
- 1889 vs Max Judd Black USA-06.Congress C84 0-1
- 1889 vs Max Judd White USA-06.Congress C30 1-0
- 1889 vs Samuel Lipschuetz Black USA-06.Congress C28 1-0
- 1889 vs Samuel Lipschuetz White USA-06.Congress C50 1-0
- 1889 vs Nicholas MacLeod White USA-06.Congress B00 1-0
- 1889 vs Nicholas MacLeod Black USA-06.Congress C20 0-1
- 1889 vs Dion M Martinez Black USA-06.Congress+ C67 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Dion M Martinez White USA-06.Congress C30 1-0
- 1889 vs Dion M Martinez White USA-06.Congress C30 1-0
- 1889 vs James Mason Black USA-06.Congress D00 1-0
- 1889 vs James Mason White USA-06.Congress A03 0-1
- 1889 vs William Henry Kraus Pollock Black USA-06.Congress C47 0-1
- 1889 vs William Henry Kraus Pollock White USA-06.Congress+ C51 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs William Henry Kraus Pollock White USA-06.Congress C51 1-0
- 1889 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter White USA-06.Congress C54 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Jackson Whipps Showalter Black USA-06.Congress C59 0-1
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C52 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 2nd D07 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 2nd D07 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 2nd D07 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 2nd A85 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 2nd D02 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C52 0-1
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C52 0-1
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 2nd D02 0-1
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C52 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C52 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C62 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C52 0-1
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C52 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 2nd D46 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz Black World Championship 2nd D02 1-0
- 1889 vs Wilhelm Steinitz White World Championship 2nd C52 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Jean Taubenhaus Black USA-06.Congress C49 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Jean Taubenhaus White USA-06.Congress C65 1-0
- 1889 vs Miksa Weiss Black USA-06.Congress playoff-1pl C77 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Miksa Weiss White USA-06.Congress C01 1-0
- 1889 vs Miksa Weiss White USA-06.Congress C65 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Miksa Weiss White USA-06.Congress playoff-1pl C44 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Miksa Weiss White USA-06.Congress playoff-1pl C44 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Miksa Weiss Black USA-06.Congress playoff-1pl C49 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Miksa Weiss Black USA-06.Congress+ C80 1/2-1/2
- 1884 vs A. Solovtsov Black Moscow m C82 1-0
- 1884 vs A. Solovtsov White Moscow m C25 1-0
- 1883 vs Henry Edward Bird White London A80 0-1
- 1883 vs Henry Edward Bird Black London C58 0-1
- 1883 vs Joseph Blackburne White London A02 1-0
- 1883 vs Joseph Blackburne Black London C54 1-0
- 1883 vs Jules Arnous De Riviere White Paris m C33 1-0
- 1883 vs Jules Arnous De Riviere Black Paris m D04 0-1
- 1883 vs Jules Arnous De Riviere White Paris m C14 1-0
- 1883 vs Berthold Englisch Black London C00 0-1
- 1883 vs Berthold Englisch Black London B40 1-0
- 1883 vs Berthold Englisch White London+ A03 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs George Henry Mackenzie White London D04 1-0
- 1883 vs George Henry Mackenzie Black London D45 0-1
- 1883 vs James Mason Black London C50 0-1
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