Edo Historical Chess Ratings



Chigorin, Mikhail



Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1876  16  2513 (79) 3
1877  13  2519 (70) 7
1878  13  2527 (62) 24
1879  10  2542 (56) 40
1880  2558 (50) 21
1881  11  2548 (42) 20
1882  16  2514 (36) 32
1883  11  2547 (37) 42
1884  10  2557 (51) 0
1885  2568 (58) 0
1886  2578 (60) 0
1887  2589 (58) 0
1888  2599 (51) 0
1889  2609 (35) 63
1890  2604 (40) 24
1891  2621 (47) 1
1892  2639 (43) 26
1893  2660 (43) 26
1894  2655 (46) 0
1895  2651 (38) 34
1896  2620 (33) 52
1897  2588 (36) 31
1898  2586 (34) 51
1899  2585 (36) 38
1900  2588 (38) 38
1901  2594 (39) 34
1902  2562 (39) 53

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 Schachzweikampfe, page 98
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 70
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 71
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 64
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 77
   Wade, Soviet Chess, page 18
Web
   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]

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
Chigorin, M.I. - Steinitz, W. 1890         (f)     1   -   0
Chigorin, M.I. - Steinitz, W. 1891         (f)     1   -   0
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

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 (1)     London Tournament     18.5  /  32
New York 1889     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