| ECO C52 in 1889 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's steinitz wilhelm in 115 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 7. d4 Nge7 8. Ng5 Nd8 9. f4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Be3 d5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Nge4 Qg6 16. Bf2 c6 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Nc5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qd6 20. Qe3 cxd5 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Nxd5 Nc6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Re1 h6 25. d5 Nb4 26. Rd1 Nxd5 27. Qe5 Rxa2 28. Rxd5 Ra1+ 29. Qxa1 Qxd5 30. Bxb6 Qe4 31. g3 h5 32. Qd4 Qf3 33. Qe3 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qc2+ 35. Qf2 Qc6+ 36. Kg1 h4 37. Qc5 hxg3 38. hxg3 Qe4 39. Kf2 Qh1 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qg4 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Bg1 Qd5 44. Qh3+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qc5 Qd3+ 47. Kg2 Qd7 48. Bd4 f6 49. Kf3 b5 50. g4 Qb7+ 51. Kg3 b4 52. Qf5+ Kg8 53. g5 fxg5 54. Qe6+ Kh7 55. fxg5 Qc7+ 56. Kg4 g6 57. Qf6 Qc8+ 58. Kh4 |
| ECO C31 in 1896 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's walbrodt carl in 49 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Qxe4 f6 7. d4 fxe5 8. fxe5 c6 9. Bc4 Bc7 10. O-O Be6 11. Bg5 Qxg5 12. Bxe6 Nh6 13. Bc8 Nd7 14. Bxb7 Ke7 15. Bxc6 Raf8 16. Nc3 Rxf1+ 17. Rxf1 Rf8 18. Nd5+ Kd8 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Qd5 Qe7 21. Bb5 g5 22. Qa8+ Bb8 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Bxd7 Kxd7 25. Qb7+ |
| ECO C52 in 1890 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's markov in 79 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 7. d4 Nh6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 cxd6 13. Rc1 Rg8+ 14. Kf1 Rb8 15. Na3 a6 16. Rab1 b5 17. Bd5 Bb6 18. Nc2 a5 19. Ne1 Ba6 20. Ng2 b4+ 21. c4 Bd4 22. Rd1 Bc3 23. f4 Rg6 24. Ne3 Kf8 25. Ke2 Bf6 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. a3 Bc3 28. f5 Rg5 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Rb6 Bxc4+ 31. Nxc4 Rg2 32. Kd3 Rxf2 33. Kxc3 Ke7 34. Kd4 Rxc4+ 35. Kxc4 Rxh2 36. Kb5 Rd2 37. Kxa5 h5 38. a4 h4 39. Rb3 Kf6 40. Kb6 |
| ECO C33 in 1879 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's schmidt in 57 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6 5. d4 g5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nd5 Kd8 9. h4 Nxd4 10. Kf2 Nxf3 11. hxg5 Qg4 12. Qxf3 Bd4+ 13. Ke2 d6 14. Nxf4 Bd7 15. Kd3 Be5 16. Bxf7 Ne7 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Rh4 Bd7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Rah1 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5+ 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rxh7 Rxh7 24. Rxh7 Ke7 25. Bc4+ Kd6 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. g6 b5 28. Bb3 c5 29. Bd5 |
| ECO C44 in 1898 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's steinitz wilhelm in 87 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qxc6+ Bd7 8. Qxe4 Ne7 9. d4 Bc6 10. Qe2 e4 11. Nfd2 Qd5 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 f5 14. f3 Re8 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Na3 Nf5 17. Nc2 h5 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Qa6+ Kb8 21. Nfe3 Qe6 22. Bxc7+ Kxc7 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Qa5+ Qb6 25. Qxd5 Bd6 26. Nd4 Nf4 27. Nb5+ Kd7 28. Qf5+ Kd8 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Nc4 Qc6 31. Qxf4 Qxc4 32. Rad1+ Kc8 33. Rd4 Qc5 34. Rxe4 Rhf8 35. Qe3 Rxe4 36. Qxe4 a5 37. Qe3 Qf5 38. h3 g5 39. Rc4+ Kb7 40. Rc5 Qd7 41. Qe4+ Kb6 42. Rd5 Qc8 43. Qd4+ Kb7 44. Rxa5 |
| ECO C50 in 1902 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's von bardeleben k in 127 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Rad1 h6 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. e5 Rhe8 17. Qc4 d5 18. Qd3 Nh5 19. Ne2 g5 20. Nh2 f5 21. Qf3 Ng7 22. Kh1 h5 23. h4 Ne6 24. hxg5 Qg7 25. g3 Qxg5 26. gxf4 Qh6 27. Rg1 c6 28. Qh3 Rf8 29. Qh4 Rd7 30. Nf3 Bd8 31. Qh2 h4 32. Rg2 h3 33. Rgg1 Rh8 34. Rd3 Rdh7 35. Ne1 Bh4 36. c3 Qh5 37. Re3 Qh6 38. Nd3 b6 39. Ne1 Kb7 40. Nf3 Be7 41. Ne1 Bh4 42. Nd3 Qh5 43. Ng3 Qf7 44. Nf1 Qh5 45. Nd2 Rh6 46. Nf3 Be7 47. b4 Bh4 48. Nxh4 Qxh4 49. Qg3 Qh5 50. Qf3 Qxf3+ 51. Rxf3 h2 52. Rg2 c5 53. dxc5 bxc5 54. bxc5 Kc6 55. Rfg3 Nxc5 56. Rg6+ Rxg6 57. Rxg6+ Kb5 58. Nxc5 Kxc5 59. Rf6 Kc4 60. Rxf5 Kxc3 61. e6 d4 62. Rd5 d3 63. f5 Re8 64. Kxh2 |
| ECO C31 in 1904 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's delmar eugene in 89 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Qe1 Rfe8 13. Rd1 Nd5 14. Bc4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc7 17. a3 Kf8 18. Qe3 Bc8 19. Qe2 g6 20. Rde1 f5 21. Bb3 Be6 22. Ba4 Qc5 23. Qa6 Bc4 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxf1 26. Bxa8 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rxa8 28. Nd5 Bd6 29. c4 Rc8 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. b4 Ke6 32. Rc2 h6 33. Kf2 g5 34. Ke3 Rg8 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Rg2 Rg8 37. Kd4 Rg7 38. c5 gxf4 39. cxd6 Rxg2 40. Nxf4+ Kxd6 41. Nxg2 Ke6 42. b5 Kd6 43. a4 Ke6 44. a5 Kd6 45. h4 |
| ECO C25 in 1884 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's solovtsov by checkmate in 91 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 b6 6. Nb5 Ba6 7. a4 Nf6 8. Nf3 Qg4 9. e5 Nh5 10. Qd3 Kd8 11. Kd1 Nb4 12. Qe4 c6 13. c3 Nd5 14. c4 f5 15. Qe2 Ne3+ 16. Bxe3 fxe3 17. Nc3 f4 18. Ne4 h6 19. Qc2 g5 20. Bd3 Be7 21. Nc3 Ng7 22. d5 cxd5 23. h3 Qg3 24. Nxd5 Ne6 25. b3 Rc8 26. Ra2 Bb7 27. Be4 h5 28. Nc3 g4 29. hxg4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxg4 31. Nd5 Nc5 32. Qb1 Rh6 33. Re2 h4 34. Rh3 a5 35. Nd4 Rh5 36. Rf3 h3 37. gxh3 Rxh3 38. Rxh3 Qxh3 39. Qg6 Qh8 40. Rh2 Qf8 41. Qxb6+ Ke8 42. Rh7 Rc6 43. Qb8+ Bd8 44. Nxc6 Ne6 45. Qxd8+ Nxd8 46. Nc7# |
| ECO C34 in 1903 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's teichmann richar in 34 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5 4. exf5 d5 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3 Qe7+ 7. Kf2 Qf6 8. Re1+ Ne7 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Nbc6 13. Ne4 Qh6 14. f6 Na5 15. Qb5 dxe4 16. fxe7 exf3 17. Qd5+ Kh8 |
| ECO C55 in 1896 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's charousek r in 69 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nf1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Be3 Nxe3 10. Nxe3 Qd6 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Ng5 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qg6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. g4 Rfd8 16. Ne3 b5 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. h4 Qe6 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. h5 Rd7 21. h6 g6 22. Ng7 Bxg7 23. hxg7 Nd5 24. Rxh7 Kxh7 25. Ng5+ Kxg7 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. O-O-O Nb6 28. g5 Rf8 29. Qh3 Rxf2 30. Qh6+ Kf7 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. Qxg6+ Kd8 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. g6 Rg2 35. Rf1 |
| ECO C51 in 1884 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's urusov n in 51 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Nd5 f6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxf6+ Kf8 14. Ng5 Ng8 15. Ngxh7+ Kg7 16. Bxg8 Rxh7 17. Nxh7 Qh4 18. Qf3 Kxg8 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Nh5+ Kg6 21. Nf4+ Kh7 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. d5 Bg8 25. Rac1 Qe7 26. Qh3+ |
| ECO C65 in 1889 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's taubenhaus j in 77 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Bf4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Qc5 b6 14. Qc6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qe5 Qf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bc6 Nc5 20. Re7 Bxc2 21. b4 Nd3 22. Bh6 Ne5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Bb7 Rd8 25. Rxc7 Rd2 26. f4 Nd3 27. Rd7 Re2 28. Bf3 Re3 29. Rc7 Ba4 30. Rc3 Bd7 31. Rd1 Bf5 32. Kf1 Rxf3+ 33. gxf3 Nxb4 34. Rd4 a5 35. a3 Na6 36. Rd6 Nc5 37. Rxb6 Ne6 38. Rb5 Bh3+ 39. Kf2 |
| ECO C52 in 1890 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's steinitz wilhelm in 75 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 7. d4 Nh6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Qa4 Bb6 11. Na3 c6 12. Be2 Bc7 13. Nc4 Qf8 14. d6 Bxd6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Ne6 17. Bc1 Ng8 18. Ba3 c5 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Bc4 Bc7 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Nh4 Nxd5 23. Nf5 g6 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. Bxd5 Qc7 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Bxc5 Ra8 28. Qxa8 Qxc5 29. Qa4 Kd8 30. Rd2 Kc7 31. Rb1 Rd8 32. Rb5 Qc6 33. Qb4 d6 34. a4 Qe8 35. Rb6 Qf8 36. Qa5 d5 37. exd5 Kb8 38. d6 |
| ECO C29 in 1898 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's caro horatio in 71 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 Bb4 5. fxe5 Nxe4 6. dxe4 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bg4+ 9. Nf3 dxe4 10. Qd4 Bh5 11. Ke3 Bxf3 12. Bb5+ c6 13. gxf3 Qh6+ 14. Kxe4 Qg6+ 15. Ke3 cxb5 16. Ba3 Nc6 17. Qd5 Qxc2 18. Rac1 Qf5 19. Rhe1 Rd8 20. Qxb5 a6 21. Qb1 Qg5+ 22. f4 Qg2 23. Bd6 Qh3+ 24. Ke4 f5+ 25. Kd5 Qg2+ 26. Kc4 b5+ 27. Kd3 Qf3+ 28. Kc2 Qf2+ 29. Kb3 Rc8 30. Rc2 Qxf4 31. Kb2 Na5 32. Ka1 Qc4 33. e6 Nc6 34. Qd1 h5 35. Rg1 Rh7 36. Rxg7 |
| ECO C26 in 1892 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's solovtsov in 59 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. c3 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. b4 Bb6 12. c4 a5 13. b5 Ng6 14. d4 h5 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 h4 18. Qc2 hxg3 19. Rae1+ Kf8 20. fxg3 Qg4 21. Nf5 Qh5 22. h3 b6 23. Qf2 Ng4 24. Qd4 N4e5 25. Re4 Rh7 26. Qe3 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Rh4 Qg6 29. Be4 Rxh4 30. Bxg6 |
| ECO C31 in 1898 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's trenchard herber in 73 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. d4 exd3 6. Bxd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Rb8 11. Rb1 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Qg3 f5 14. h3 Rf6 15. Na4 Qd4 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qb6 18. c4 Qd4 19. Bb2 Qe3 20. Rf3 Qd2 21. hxg4 fxg4 22. Rf2 Rh6+ 23. Kg1 Qxb4 24. Bc3 Qxb1+ 25. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Ba6 28. Qd3 Rd6 29. Qe4 Kf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Be5 Re6 32. Qd4 h5 33. Qd7+ Re7 34. Qxc6 Re6 35. Qxc7+ Re7 36. Qc6 Re6 37. Bd6 |
| ECO C37 in 1874 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's davidov a by checkmate in 53 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. d3 Bh6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. Rae1 Qf5 12. Nd5 Kd8 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Bf6 Bg5 15. g4 Qg6 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. h4 Qxh4 18. Qxf4 d6 19. Nf6 Ne5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxg4 22. Qd4+ Kc8 23. Be6+ Kb8 24. Nd7+ Kc8 25. Nc5+ Kb8 26. Na6+ bxa6 27. Qb4# |
| ECO C52 in 1892 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's ljubitel in 37 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Bc6 12. Qh5+ Ng6 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 b5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Rf6 Bb6+ 18. Kh1 bxc4 19. Rxg6 |
| ECO C65 in 1896 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's tarrasch siegber in 101 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d3 7. cxd3 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qd6 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Ne4 Qxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Rfd1 Rcd8 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. g3 Rd2 22. Rc1 Rxb2 23. Rxc7 Rxa2 24. Rxf7 Ra6 25. Kg2 Kg8 26. Rb7 Ra2 27. h4 a6 28. Kf3 h5 29. Rc7 Ra5 30. Kf4 Kf8 31. f3 Kg8 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. g4 hxg4 34. fxg4 Ra1 35. Kf5 Rf1+ 36. Kg6 Rf4 37. g5 fxg5 38. hxg5 Ra4 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Kh6 a5 41. g6 Ra1 42. g7 Rh1+ 43. Kg6 Rg1+ 44. Kh7 Rh1+ 45. Kg8 Ra1 46. Ra7+ Ke8 47. Ra6 Rh1 48. Rxa5 Re1 49. Rh5 Rg1 50. Re5+ Kd7 51. Kh7 |
| ECO C51 in 1884 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's dorrer in 57 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 Qf7 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. a4 Ba5 18. Rfb1 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxb7 O-O 21. Rxa7 Bb6 22. Ra6 Ra8 23. a5 Rxa6 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qxa6 Bxa5 26. Qxa5 Qxe4 27. Qxc7 Qxf4 28. Qxd7 Rb8 29. Qa7 |