Chigorin, Mikhail (1850-1908)
Michail Chigorin (Public Domain)
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| Alternative first name spellings: Ivanovich Tchigorin. |
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GENERAL INFO
| Description: Mikhail Chigorin was a prominent Russian chess player considered one of the top 5 best players in the world, despite having been a finalist in the World Chess Championship twice. He is considered to have been the founder of the Russian chess school. | |
| Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Gatchina, St. Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire / Lublin, Lublin Governorate Russian Empire (Congress Poland). |
Country Tags: Russia. |
| Centuries: XIX-XX | Title: – |
| World Champion: – | School: Soviet Chess School. |
| Styles: Romantic chess style. | Chess Olympiads: – |
IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Ajedrez de ataque: Mikhail Chigorin, comienza la escuela rusa: http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%20Articulos/14%20Tchigorin/Tchigorin.htm – [14/05/2018].
- Chessbase.com: Mikhail Chigorin: https://es.chessbase.com/post/los-recuerdos-de-chigorin – [14/05/2018].
- Mikhail Chigorin at chess.com: https://www.chess.com/article/view/mikhail-chigorin – [14/05/2018].
- Mikhail Chigorin chess games and profile in chess-db.com: https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=8000000388 – [14/05/2018].
- Mikhail Chigorin chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Mikhail_Chigorin – [14/05/2018].
- Mikhail Chigorin in chessajedrez.com: http://www.chessajedrez.com/mijail-chigorin/3491/ – [14/05/2018].
- Mikhail Chigorin in chess24.com: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/chigorin-memorial-2017 – [14/05/2018].
- Mikhail Chigorin Memorial in FIDE: https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/7465-mikhail-chigorin-memorial.html – [14/05/2018].
- Mikhail Chigorin player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/player/mikhail_chigorin.html – [14/05/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Mikhail Chigorin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Chigorin – [14/05/2018].
Bibliography
- Adams, Jimmy (1987). Mikhail Chigorin: The Creative Chess Genius. Caissa Editions.
- Andy Soltis (2005). Why Lasker Matters. Batsford, London, United Kingdom.
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- Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
