| ECO C44 in 1884 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's marshikov in 74 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 Qe7 7. O-O d6 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. Nbd2 h5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. h3 g5 12. Bg3 h4 13. Bh2 Bh5 14. Nb3 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd3 h3 17. g3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bb6 19. a4 a5 20. e5 d5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Rae1+ Kf7 23. Qg4 Ne7 24. Kh1 Nf5 25. Nc1 Rag8 26. Qe2 Re8 27. Qf3 Nd6 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Nd3 Ne4 30. f3 Nc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Bg1 Bb6 33. Kh2 c5 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Kxh3 Re2 36. f4 Rxc2 37. g4 d3 |
| ECO C45 in 1894 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's lysel allies by checkmate in 116 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 a6 10. N1c3 Qe5 11. Na3 Nge7 12. Nc4 Qd4 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne3 f5 15. Ne2 Qe5 16. f4 Qc5 17. Kh1 d6 18. c3 a5 19. Nc2 b4 20. Ned4 Rb8 21. Rae1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb2 23. Nb3 Qb6 24. Nc1 a4 25. Re2 Qa5 26. Qe1 Bd7 27. Nb4 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Re8 29. Ncd3 Ng6 30. Qd2 Nxb4 31. Nxb4 Qc5 32. Bf3 Qc4 33. Rb1 Nh4 34. Bd5 Qe2 35. Qxe2 Rxe2 36. g3 Ng6 37. Bc4 Rd2 38. Kg1 Ne7 39. a3 c5 40. Nd3 Nc6 41. Rb2 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Na5 43. Ba6 Kc7 44. Ne1 Rc1 45. Nc2 Bc6 46. Bd3 g6 47. h3 Rh1 48. Bf1 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Be4 50. Kd1 Nb3 51. Be2 Rxh3 52. Bb5 Rh2 53. Bxa4 Bf3+ 54. Ke1 Re2+ 55. Kf1 Nd2+ 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rxg3+ 58. Kh2 Nf1# |
| ECO C90 in 1906 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's flamberg aleksan in 100 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Qe2 Rde8 18. Nf3 Bd8 19. f5 d5 20. Bg5 d4 21. Rf1 Qd6 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Nh2 Rg8 24. Bb3 Ref8 25. Rf3 c4 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Qc5 28. Bb3 dxc3+ 29. Be3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. bxc3 dxc3+ 32. Qf2 Qb4 33. Qc2 Bb7 34. Re1 Nd7 35. Rd1 Nc5 36. Qxc3 Qb6 37. Qe3 Nxb3 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. axb3 Re8 40. Rf1 f6 41. Nf3 Qd6 42. Nd4 Qb6 43. Kh2 Rd8 44. Rd1 Rge8 45. Rd3 Qd6 46. Kh1 Qe5 47. Ne6 Rxd3 48. Qxd3 Bc8 49. b4 Bxe6 50. fxe6 Qxe6 |
| ECO C59 in 1882 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's bird henry in 66 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Ng4 Bxg4 12. Bxg4 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nc4 15. b3 Ne5 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. O-O Nexg4 18. hxg4 Qd7 19. Qe2 Nxg4 20. g3 Qf5 21. Kg2 Re6 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Rh1 h5 24. Ref1 Qg6 25. Nd1 e3 26. Bd4 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 exf2 29. Ne3 c5 30. Bc3 Rxe3 31. dxe3 Rxe3 32. Qd1 h4 33. Bd2 h3 |
| ECO C65 in 1880 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's schiffers emanue in 118 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. e5 Ng4 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Rfe1 Bf6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rab1 Rfd8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Ne4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Be5 18. Kh2 d5 19. Bxe5 dxe4 20. Qe2 exf3 21. Qxf3 Bxc2 22. Qg3 g6 23. Bc7 Rd3 24. Bxb6 Rxg3 25. Rbc1 Rf3 26. Kg2 Rf5 27. Rxc2 axb6 28. Rxc6 Rb5 29. Re2 Rxa2 30. Rcc2 Rb3 31. Red2 Kg7 32. Re2 h5 33. Rcd2 Ra4 34. Rd7 Rf4 35. Rc2 Kh6 36. Re7 b5 37. Rd2 b4 38. Rb7 Kg5 39. Rbd7 Kh4 40. R7d3 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Kg5 42. Rd5+ Kf6 43. Kg3 g5 44. Rb5 h4+ 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. Rb8 f6 47. Re8 Kf5 48. Re7 Re4 49. Rb7 Rd4 50. Rb6 Ke5 51. Rb8 Kd5 52. b3 Ke4 53. Rb6 f5 54. Rb5 g4 55. Rb8 gxh3+ 56. Kxh3 Kf3 57. Rf8 Rf4 58. Rg8 Kxf2 59. Rg2+ Ke3 |
| ECO C55 in 1895 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's mason james in 68 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O Na5 9. Bb3 c6 10. Qe1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 Kh8 14. Qg3 Be6 15. Kh2 f6 16. Rf2 Qe7 17. Rg1 g5 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Rgf1 Rg6 20. Nh2 Ng8 21. Qf3 Rf8 22. Ne2 h5 23. gxh5 Rh6 24. Kg2 Qd7 25. Rh1 d5 26. Ng4 Rxh5 27. Ng3 dxe4 28. dxe4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Rxh1 30. Kxh1 Rd8 31. Rh2+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Qf2 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Rd2 |
| ECO C37 in 1903 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's mieses jacques in 58 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. Bb3 h6 8. d4 hxg5 9. dxe5 Bg7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qxg4 Bxe5 12. Bd2 d6 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. O-O-O gxh4 15. Qf1 Bg4 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Rg1 Qf6 19. Nc3 O-O-O 20. Qc4 Ng3 21. Nd5 Bxb2+ 22. Kb1 Qd4 23. Ne7+ Kb8 24. Ba5 Rd7 25. Qxf7 Ba3 26. c3 Qe5 27. Ng6 Qxa5 28. Qf6 Re8 29. Nxf4 Qe5 |
| ECO C50 in 1903 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's salwe georg in 36 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bb5 O-O 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. d4 f5 15. Be2 fxe4 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Rf4 |
| ECO C50 in 1874 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's knorr v in 28 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 h5 9. Nxg5 h4 10. Nxf7 hxg3 11. Nxd8 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nc3 Nf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxf3 |
| ECO C66 in 1900 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's beratende in 88 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nd5 O-O 8. c3 Ndb8 9. Ne3 Bf6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 Ng6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Ndf5 Nge7 15. g4 Nxf5 16. exf5 g5 17. Nd5 gxf4 18. g5 Bxg5 19. f6 Ne5 20. Bxf4 Bg4 21. Qd2 Bxf6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qh6 f5 24. h3 c6 25. Ne3 Bg7 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Nxg4 fxg4 28. Qe4 Qh4 29. Qxg4 Qh6 30. Rae1 Be5 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Kh1 Qd2 33. Qe2 Rf2 34. Qxd2 Rxd2 35. Bb1 Rxb2 36. c4 c5 37. Be4 b6 38. Rf1 Kg7 39. Bd5 Rxa2 40. Rf7+ Kg6 41. Rd7 h6 42. h4 a5 43. Rb7 a4 44. Rxb6 a3 |
| ECO C65 in 1898 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's baird david in 130 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Nd7 8. Ne2 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qf6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Kg2 h5 12. c3 g5 13. Ng3 Qg6 14. d4 O-O-O 15. Qa4 g4 16. Qa6+ Kb8 17. Qxc6 gxh3+ 18. Kxh3 h4 19. Qb5+ Nb6 20. Ne2 d5 21. Rg1 Qe6+ 22. Rg4 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Ng1 e4 25. fxe4 Qxf2 26. Qe2 Qf7 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. e5 Rg8 30. Bxh4 Nc4 31. Kg3 Bh6 32. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 33. Kh2 Ne3 34. Rf3 Rg2+ 35. Qxg2 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Qg4+ 37. Bg3 Qe4 38. Kh2 Be3 39. Rf8+ Kb7 40. Nh3 Qc2+ 41. Nf2 Qxb2 42. e6 Qc2 43. Rf7 Bxf2 44. Rxf2 Qh7+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kf1 Qxe6 47. Be5 Qh3+ 48. Ke2 Qxc3 49. Rf7 Qc2+ 50. Ke3 Qxa2 51. Rxc7+ Kb6 52. Rc5 Qg2 53. Kd3 Qe4+ 54. Kc3 Qxe5 55. Rb5+ Kxb5 56. dxe5 Kc5 57. Kd3 a5 58. Kc3 a4 59. e6 Kd6 60. Kb4 Kxe6 61. Kxa4 Ke5 62. Kb3 Kd4 63. Kc2 Ke3 64. Kd1 Kd3 65. Kc1 Ke2 |
| ECO C33 in 1879 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's alapin simon in 92 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. h4 Bg7 8. d4 h6 9. Kg1 Qg6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. e5 Nbc6 12. h5 Qh7 13. Be4 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. d5 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Ng3 17. Qc4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nb5 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. c4 Ng3 22. Bd2 a6 23. Nc3 Nxh1 24. Kxh1 Rhe8 25. Rd1 Bd4 26. Kh2 f5 27. Rf1 Be3 28. Bxe3 fxe3 29. Ne2 Re5 30. g3 c6 31. dxc6 Rd2 32. cxb7+ Kxb7 33. Re1 Rxb2 34. Kg2 Rxa2 35. Kf3 Kc6 36. g4 f4 37. Rf1 Kc5 38. Rc1 a5 39. Rf1 Kxc4 40. Rc1+ Kb3 41. Rb1+ Rb2 42. Rc1 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 f3+ 44. Kxf3 e2 45. Re1 a4 46. Kf2 a3 |
| ECO C25 in 1883 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's steinitz wilhelm in 60 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 6. exd5 Qe7+ 7. Kf2 Qh4+ 8. g3 fxg3+ 9. Kg2 Bd6 10. Qe1+ Nce7 11. hxg3 Qxd4 12. Rh4 Qf6 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. c4 Nf6 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Nd4 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bxd6+ Kg7 23. Rxg4 Nxg4 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Rf1 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Qe2 27. Rf3 Rhe8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Bc5 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Re2 |
| ECO C58 in 1890 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's gunsberg isidor in 88 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bb6 11. Be2 Nd5 12. d3 Nb7 13. Nf3 Bc7 14. Re1 f5 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Nf1 Ne6 17. Bf3 Re8 18. g3 Nd4 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bg2 f4 21. c3 Ne6 22. b3 Ng5 23. Qh5 Re6 24. c4 Rh6 25. Qe2 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Bb7 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Be4 Bb6 29. f3 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Qd7 31. g4 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Qd8 33. Ne3 fxe3 34. Bxe3 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Nh3 36. Rad1 Qh4 37. Rd2 Ng5 38. Rf2 Qh3+ 39. Kh1 Nxf3 40. Ree2 Rd8 41. Qc1 Rhd6 42. Rf1 Nd2 43. Rff2 h6 44. Qc7 Nf3 |
| ECO C55 in 1898 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's halprin a in 132 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Na5 8. Bb3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 b5 11. Nh4 Ng4 12. h3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qxh4 15. Rxa7 Rxa7 16. Qxa7 b4 17. Nd1 c5 18. Ne3 Qg5 19. Rf3 Be6 20. Qc7 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. g4 Ra8 23. Rf1 Ra2 24. Rb1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Kg3 h6 27. Kf3 h5 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 f6 30. Kf3 Kd7 31. Kg3 Kc6 32. Kf3 d5 33. exd5+ Bxd5+ 34. Kg3 Be6 35. Kg2 Kd6 36. Kg3 g6 37. Ng2 f5 38. Nh4 f4+ 39. Kf2 Bxg4 40. Nxg6 Bh5 41. Nh4 Ke6 42. Ng2 Bg4 43. Nh4 Ra7 44. Rg1 Bh5 45. Nf3 Bxf3 46. Kxf3 Rh7 47. Rg6+ Kd5 48. c4+ bxc3 49. bxc3 Rh3+ 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Rb2 52. c4+ Kd4 53. Rd6+ Ke3 54. Rd5 e4 55. dxe4 f3 56. Rxc5 f2 57. Rf5 Rb1+ 58. Kc2 f1=Q 59. Rxf1 Rxf1 60. Kc3 Kxe4 61. Kb4 Kd4 62. Kb5 Rf8 63. c5 Rb8+ 64. Kc6 Rc8+ 65. Kb6 Rxc5 66. b4 Rh5 |
| ECO C55 in 1906 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's leonhardt paul in 98 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O Nf6 10. e4 Bg4 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Rae1 Rad8 13. Qg5 h6 14. Qh4 a6 15. Kh1 Rd6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxg4 Nb6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Nf5 Rd7 22. Rf2 a4 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. dxc4 Rfd8 25. Kg1 Rd2 26. a3 Na5 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Ke8 29. Nxe5 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 f6 33. Ng4 Nxc4 34. Kd3 b5 35. b3 Nxa3 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. c4 Kd7 38. Kc3 Kc6 39. Kb4 Nb1 40. Kxa4 Nc3+ 41. Kb4 Nxe4 42. Ne3 g6 43. g3 Kd6 44. Kb5 f5 45. Ng2 Nc3+ 46. Kb4 Ne2 47. c5+ Kd5 48. Ne3+ Ke4 49. Nc2 f4 |
| ECO C52 in 1882 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's winawer simon in 56 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bb6 8. cxd4 d6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 f6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. e5 fxe5 15. Nxe5 O-O 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Qc3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qh4 20. Bb2 Rf7 21. Kh1 Qh5 22. Rg1 Bd4 23. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 24. Rg2 Bh3 25. Rg1 Re8 26. Qc3 Bxg2+ 27. Rxg2 Rxe4 28. Qxf3 Re1+ |
| ECO C40 in 1878 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's schlezer in 24 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Bxf5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qxh8 Qe7+ 10. Kd1 Bxf2 11. Qxg8+ Kd7 12. Qc4 Re8 |
| ECO C45 in 1878 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's schiffers emanue by checkmate in 74 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Be2 Qg6 10. Nd2 Bh3 11. Bf3 h5 12. Kh1 Nxf3 13. Qxf3 Bg4 14. Qf4 O-O-O 15. Nb5 Be2 16. Bxc5 Bxb5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Bd4 f5 19. f3 h4 20. b4 Rdf8 21. e5 h3 22. gxh3 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxh3 24. Bxc7 Rfh8 25. Rf2 Qf7 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 g5 28. Qd6 Ng6 29. exf5 Nf4 30. Ba5 Rxh2+ 31. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ 34. Kf2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qg2# |
| ECO C59 in 1885 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats white's arnold by checkmate in 62 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Bd6 12. d4 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. c3 Rb8 15. Na3 cxd4 16. Nb5 Rxb5 17. Bxb5 Qb6 18. a4 d3+ 19. Kh1 a6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Bg4 22. a5 Qa7 23. Qa4 Be2 24. Re1 Ng4 25. h3 Qf2 26. Bd2 Bc5 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qxf7 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bf3+ 31. Kf1 Nh2# |