| ECO A06 in 1883 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's de riviere jules in 120 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. a3 Nbd7 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qh4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. g3 Qh5 14. Ne2 Bf3 15. Nf4 Qh6 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 O-O 18. O-O Rae8 19. f3 Ng5 20. h4 Ne6 21. f4 Nec5 22. Ne1 Qg6 23. Kh2 Ne4 24. Rg1 Re6 25. Nd3 Qh6 26. Raf1 Rg6 27. b4 Nb6 28. Nf2 Nc4 29. Bc1 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 Rg4 31. Kh3 Qe6 32. Qd3 h6 33. Kg2 Qg6 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Qd1 Qh5 36. Qf3 Re6 37. Rgg2 Qe8 38. Kg1 Qd8 39. Qd1 h5 40. Rc2 b5 41. Qd3 Qf8 42. Bb2 Reg6 43. Kh2 Re6 44. Bd4 Qf7 45. Ra2 Re7 46. a4 a6 47. axb5 axb5 48. Bc5 Re8 49. Ra7 Qe6 50. Qc3 Rg6 51. Qa1 Rg4 52. Bd4 Re7 53. Ra8+ Re8 54. Rga2 Rxa8 55. Rxa8+ Kh7 56. Rf8 Nd2 57. Bc5 Qg6 58. Qa8 Nf1+ 59. Kg2 Rxg3+ 60. Kf2 Rg2+ |
| ECO A04 in 1889 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's burn amos in 136 moves | 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rfd1 Ndf6 11. Be1 Qe8 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Qa4 Bb8 15. Ne5 Bc8 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd5 19. Bf2 Nb6 20. Qb3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Bg3 Qc5 23. Rd4 Rd5 24. Rcd1 Rfd8 25. Bh4 Re8 26. f4 Rxd4 27. exd4 Qd5 28. Qc2 Nc4 29. Bf2 Bd7 30. Qa4 Nb2 31. Qxa7 Nxd1 32. Bxd1 Qb5 33. Qa4 Qxa4 34. Bxa4 Kf7 35. Kf1 Ra8 36. Bb3 b6 37. Ke2 Bc8 38. Kd2 Ba6 39. c4 b5 40. c5 b4 41. Ke3 Bf1 42. g4 g6 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Be1 Rb8 45. Kd2 Bg2 46. Kc2 Ke7 47. Bc4 Kd7 48. Kb3 Bd5 49. Bxd5 cxd5 50. Bxb4 Kc6 51. a4 Rg8 52. Be1 Rg1 53. Bg3 Rb1+ 54. Kc3 h5 55. Bh4 Rh1 56. Bg3 Kb7 57. Kd2 h4 58. Bf2 Rxh2 59. Ke2 h3 60. Kf3 Rg2 61. a5 Rg8 62. Bg3 Ka6 63. c6 Kxa5 64. c7 Kb6 65. c8=Q Rxc8 66. Bh4 Rc3+ 67. Kf2 Kb5 68. Kg1 Kc4 |
| ECO A06 in 1883 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's de riviere jules in 74 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 c6 7. a3 Bd6 8. c5 Bc7 9. b4 O-O 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. g3 e4 13. Bg2 Ne8 14. a4 f5 15. f4 Qf6 16. Bb2 Qh6 17. Qb3 Nef6 18. Ne2 Qh5 19. Rfe1 a6 20. a5 h6 21. Nc3 g5 22. Qd1 Qg6 23. Bc1 Rf7 24. Ra2 Nf8 25. Kh1 Ne6 26. Bh3 Rg7 27. Rf2 g4 28. Bf1 Kf7 29. Rg2 h5 30. Kg1 Rh8 31. Ne2 h4 32. gxh4 Rxh4 33. Ng3 Rgh7 34. Ree2 Nh5 35. Nxh5 Qxh5 36. Ref2 Ng5 37. Kh1 Nf3 |
| ECO A06 in 1889 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's steinitz wilhelm in 74 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 dxc4 5. e4 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nc6 8. f4 Rd8+ 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. Rg1 Nge7 11. Bxc4 Ng6 12. Kc1 Bxf2 13. Rg2 Bb6 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nd5 Nf3 16. Nxb6 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 axb6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bxf7 Nxf4 20. Kd2 Rf8 21. Bb3 Ng6 22. e6 Ke7 23. Rg1 Rf2+ 24. Ke3 Rxh2 25. Rg5 Rh3+ 26. Kd4 Rf3 27. Rb5 Nf4 28. a4 h5 29. a5 h4 30. axb6 c6 31. Rf5 Ne2+ 32. Kc5 Rxf5+ 33. exf5 h3 34. Ba4 h2 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. b7 h1=Q 37. b8=Q Qc1+ |
| ECO A15 in 1880 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's vighiliansky mi in 64 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 b6 5. a3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. f4 Nd7 12. b3 c5 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. Re1 Ng4 15. Nf1 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Ra2 Rf6 18. Nc3 cxd4 19. exd4 Rg6 20. Qe2 e3 21. Bxe3 Re8 22. Rd1 h5 23. Rd3 h4 24. Bc1 e5 25. b4 e4 26. Rd1 e3 27. d5 hxg3 28. Nxg3 Nxh2 29. Qxh2 Rxg3+ 30. Rg2 e2 31. Re1 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Qxc3 |
| ECO A15 in 1899 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's maroczy geza in 66 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Be2 Bc7 17. Ne1 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. Qf2 Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Rd8 23. Qg3 Be6 24. e5 Qf5 25. Nc5 Bxe5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qe3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 b6 29. h3 Rd3 30. Qe2 Rxc3 31. Qa6 Qd5 32. Kg1 Rc2 33. Rf3 Qd1+ |
| ECO A25 in 1905 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's levitsky stepan in 108 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nd5 Re8 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. d5 Nd8 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rae1 f6 15. Nh4 Nf7 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. h3 Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. Be3 g6 20. Ng3 bxc4 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. f4 Qd6 23. f5 Rab8 24. Rf2 g5 25. Bf1 Bb5 26. Rc1 Nd8 27. Rh2 c6 28. Bxc4 Kf8 29. Rd2 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Nb7 31. Rcd1 Red8 32. Qa4 cxd5 33. exd5 Qb6 34. Qc6 Nd6 35. Rc1 Qb4 36. Rc3 Qf4 37. Rf2 Qd4 38. Qxc5 Rb5 39. Qxd4 exd4 40. Rc7 Rxd5 41. Rd2 d3 42. a4 Rd4 43. b3 Nf7 44. Nh1 Rb8 45. Rc3 Ne5 46. Kf1 Rdb4 47. Rb2 Nc4 48. Ra2 Ne3+ 49. Ke1 Rxb3 50. Kd2 Nd5 51. Rxb3 Rxb3 52. Kc1 Nc3 53. Ra1 Ne4 54. Kd1 Rb2 |
| ECO A00 in 1905 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's mieses jacques in 82 moves | 1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. a3 f6 11. Ne4 Bf7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Nce7 15. Qc1 b6 16. Rc2 c5 17. h4 Rac8 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Kh2 Be6 20. Ng1 Nde7 21. f4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Be4 Bd5 24. f5 Nc6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Nf3 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Qe7 28. Nd2 Rcd8 29. b4 Ne5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Kh3 h5 32. e3 dxe3 33. Qxe3 Rd3 34. Qe2 Red8 35. Nc4 Nxc4 36. Rxc4 Qe5 37. Rg1 g6 38. Qf2 R8d4 39. Rxd4 Qxd4 40. Qa2+ c4 41. fxg6 Qd7+ |
| ECO A00 in 1890 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's gunsberg isidor in 110 moves | 1. e3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 g6 12. g3 Re8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 Qg5 16. Ng2 Nf6 17. Bc1 Rad8 18. Bd2 Bc8 19. b4 h5 20. Rc1 Ng4 21. Rf1 h4 22. gxh4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qh5 24. f4 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bd6 26. Qe1 Qf5 27. e4 Qe6 28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Nxf4 Qd6 30. Bxg4 Bxg4 31. Nd5 Bf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qg1+ Kf8 34. Qg5 Rxe4 35. Nf6 Re6 36. Nh7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Qxf7+ Qe7 39. Qxe7+ Rxe7 40. Ng5 Rh8 41. Nf3 Re2 42. Rg1 Ke6 43. Rg5 Rf2 44. Rg3 f4 45. Rh3 Kf5 46. Kg1 Rxa2 47. Ne5 Rg8+ 48. Kf1 Rgg2 49. Rd3 Rgb2 50. Rd1 f3 51. Nxf3 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 Rxf3 53. d5 Kg4 54. d6 cxd6 55. Rxd6 Kh3 |
| ECO B40 in 1879 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's alapin simon in 66 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O Ng6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. f5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd6 Be5 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. h3 d5 16. exd5 Nxf5 17. Ne2 b5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxe2 25. Qxe2 Ng3+ 26. Kh2 Nxe2 27. Rd6 Ra8 28. g3 e5 29. c3 Nc1 30. Rd1 Nxa2 31. Ra1 Nxc3 32. bxc3 f6 33. Kg2 Kf7 |
| ECO C62 in 1902 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's beratende in 116 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be3 Na5 8. Bb3 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. c3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Be6 13. Qc2 Rfd8 14. O-O h6 15. c4 b5 16. h3 Rdb8 17. Nh2 Nd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bf6 20. Rab1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Ne5 22. b3 Ng6 23. Nh5 bxc4 24. dxc4 Be5 25. Qf2 a5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rbe1 a4 28. Re3 axb3 29. axb3 Ra3 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Qf3 Qg5 32. g3 Rbxb3 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Qxb3 Qxh5 35. g4 Qh4 36. Qe3 Nf4 37. Rf3 Bxc4 38. Qc3 Be2 39. Rg3 c4 40. Qe3 Bd3 41. Rf3 c3 42. Rxf4 exf4 43. Qxd3 Qe1+ 44. Nf1 c2 45. Qxc2 Qxf1+ 46. Kh2 g6 47. Qd2 g5 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qd2 Qc4 50. e5 Qe4 51. Qd7 Qe2+ 52. Kh1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qg3+ 54. Kh1 Qxh3+ 55. Kg1 Qe3+ 56. Kf1 Kg7 57. Qf5 f3 58. Qf6+ Kg8 |
| ECO C54 in 1898 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's albin adolf in 62 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Ba7 8. d3 d6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13. Re1 Kh8 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nbd2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. e4 Bd7 18. Rf1 Rf4 19. Rae1 Raf8 20. d4 Qf6 21. d5 Nd8 22. Kh2 g5 23. g3 Bxh3 24. Kxh3 g4+ 25. Kh2 gxf3 26. Nxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Qxf3 28. Kh3 Ndf7 29. Qd1 Ng5+ 30. Kh4 Rf4+ 31. gxf4 Qxf4+ |
| ECO C67 in 1879 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's schmidt in 80 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. Re1 Ba6 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Rad1 d5 16. f4 Qe8 17. Na4 Qg6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qe6 20. Qa5 Qc8 21. Bc5 Re8 22. b3 Re6 23. Rd4 Rb8 24. c4 h6 25. Red1 Kh7 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 Rg6 28. Rd7 Rb5 29. Qc3 Qb7 30. g3 Qe4 31. Qe3 Rxc5 32. Qxc5 Bb7 33. R7d5 h5 34. Kf2 Rc6 35. Qe3 Rc2+ 36. R5d2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qxh2+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qxd1 |
| ECO C24 in 1881 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's alapin simon in 70 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxf4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Qd2 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 f6 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Na4 Bb4 14. Qf2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 g5 16. Be3 Ne5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 g4 20. fxg4 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Nxg4 22. Qf5+ Kb8 23. Rf4 Nh6 24. Qh5 Rhg8+ 25. Kf2 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 Rge8+ 27. Kd1 Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Qxa1 29. Bf2 Qxb2 30. Qxh6 Qxa3 31. Qxf6 Rd6 32. Qg5 Rc6 33. Qg7 Qa2 34. Rc4 Rxc4 35. dxc4 Qxc4 |
| ECO C24 in 1906 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's spielmann rudolf in 38 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxf4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. Qf3 Qe7+ 9. Ne2 Nd4 10. Qe4 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nde3+ 12. Kc1 Qxe4 13. dxe4 Nxa1 14. Bd3 Be6 15. b4 Bb6 16. Kb2 O-O-O 17. Nc1 Nac2 18. Bxc2 Nc4+ 19. Kc3 Bd4+ |
| ECO C21 in 1902 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's mieses jacques in 48 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Qe7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qc2 d6 8. O-O-O Be6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. Rd4 O-O-O 12. Rhd1 Qc7 13. Na4 Nd7 14. R1d3 Ngf6 15. Rc3 Be7 16. Rb4 Nb8 17. Nd4 d5 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Ba6 Qf4+ 20. Re3 Bxb4 21. Qxc6+ Qc7 22. Bxb7+ Kb8 23. Be5 Qxe5 24. Rb3 Qc7 |
| ECO C44 in 1884 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's sokulsky w in 46 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4 Ne7 7. f4 exf3 8. Nxf3 a6 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. Be2 Ng6 11. Na3 Bd6 12. d4 O-O 13. Kf2 Bg4 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. h3 Rxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Re8+ 18. Kf2 Bg3+ 19. Kg1 Re2 20. Rf1 Nh4 21. Rh2 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Qg6 23. Bg5 Qxg5 |
| ECO C77 in 1904 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's barry john in 60 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Nb8 8. Qe2 d6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. c4 b5 11. Bc2 bxc4 12. Na3 Nb6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 a5 15. Qc3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. Nd2 c6 20. Nc4 cxd5 21. Nb6 d4 22. Nxa8 dxe3 23. Qxa5 exf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxb2 25. Nc7 Nxe4+ 26. Kg1 Qd4+ 27. Kh2 Ng5 28. Nd5 Be6 29. Rd1 Qf2 30. Bb3 Bxh3 |
| ECO C51 in 1882 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's zukertort johann in 74 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. b5 Na5 6. Be2 d6 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Ng6 10. h3 a6 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. g4 Nh4 13. Ng3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd4 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. Bd2 Rxa2 17. g5 f6 18. c3 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 fxg5 20. Nf5 Bb6 21. Bg4 Bxf5 22. exf5 g6 23. Qa2+ Kg7 24. fxg6 Bxf2+ 25. Kd1 hxg6 26. Rf1 Bb6 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. Qe2 Qf4 29. Ra1 Ba5 30. Ra3 b6 31. Bd7 Ne7 32. Kc2 Nd5 33. Bc6 Ne3+ 34. Kb2 d5 35. Ra4 d4 36. cxd4 exd4 37. Qf3 Qh2+ |
| ECO C39 in 1903 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's gunsberg isidor in 64 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4 f3 8. gxf3 d5 9. e5 h5 10. Be3 Nh6 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. fxg4 Bxg5 14. hxg5 hxg4 15. Rxh8 Qxh8 16. Qxg4 Qh4+ 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Rh1 Rh8 21. Nb5 Nb4 22. Be2 Nxc2 23. Rc1 Bf5 24. Bd1 Ng6 25. Kg3 Rh3+ 26. Kf2 a6 27. Na3 Nxd4 28. Rxc7+ Ke6 29. Rxb7 Kxe5 30. Re7+ Kf4 31. Ke1 Rh2 32. Ra7 Ne5 |