Mikhail Chigorin

Tags: Chess Player.

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (also Tchigorin; Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Чиго́рин; 12 November [O.S. 31 October] 1850 – 25 January [O.S. 12 January] 1908) was a leading Russian chess player. The last great player of the Romantic chess style he also served as a major source of inspiration for the Soviet Chess School which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century.

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birth date

1850-10-31, 1850-11-12

birth name

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin

birth place

Gatchina, Russian Empire, Saint Petersburg Governorate

country

Russian Empire

death date

1908-01-12, 1908-01-25

death place

Lublin, Congress Poland, Lublin Governorate

LCCN Id

n/86/9367