| ECO C21 in 1876 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's shumov ilia by checkmate in 51 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. e5 Qxe5 10. Nd5 Qg5+ 11. f4 Qh6 12. Nxb4 Qxf4+ 13. Kb1 d5 14. Rd4 Bf5 15. Rxf4 Bxc2+ 16. Kxc2 dxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nd5 Na6 19. Nf3 b5 20. Rf1 Rfd8 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Rf6+ Kxh5 24. g4+ Kxg4 25. Rg1+ Kh5 26. Rg5# |
| ECO C56 in 1897 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's albin adolf in 69 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 O-O-O 12. g4 Qd5 13. fxg7 Rhg8 14. Nf6 Qd6 15. Nge4 Qe5 16. f4 d3+ 17. Kg2 Qd4 18. c3 Qxf6 19. Nxf6 Rxg7 20. g5 Be7 21. Nh5 Rg6 22. Ng3 Bd5+ 23. Kf2 h6 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Ne3 Bc5 26. Kf1 hxg5 27. Qg4+ Be6 28. f5 d2 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Rad1 Rxb2 31. fxg6 f5 32. Qh5 b5 33. Re2 Rxe2 34. Kxe2 f4 35. Qxg5 |
| ECO C25 in 1884 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's beratende in 105 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. hxg3 Qxd4+ 10. Be3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ne5 12. Bf4 Ng4+ 13. Kg2 Bd6 14. Re1+ Ne7 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 Kd7 17. c4 h6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Nh4 Nfe3+ 20. Kf3 Nxf1 21. Kxg4 Kd8+ 22. Kf3 Nd2+ 23. Ke3 Nxc4+ 24. Kd4 a6 25. Nc3 b5 26. Rhf1 g5 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Ra7 29. b3 Ne5 30. Ne4 Re8 31. Rh1 Ng4 32. Nxd6 Ree7 33. Rc1 f6 34. Rc8+ Kd7 35. Rc6 Ne5 36. Rb6 Ng4 37. Ne4 Rf7 38. Nxf6+ Kd8 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Re6+ Kd8 41. d6 Nxf6 42. Rfxf6 Rxf6 43. Rxf6 Rh7 44. Kd5 Kd7 45. Rf8 h5 46. Ra8 Rh6 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Rxa6 Kd7 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. Re7+ Kd8 51. Rg7 h4 52. gxh4 gxh4 53. Kc6 |
| ECO C44 in 1904 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's vainstein nazar in 63 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. cxd4 Ne6 8. d5 Ned4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qe4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 c5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. O-O d6 14. exd6 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. a3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Ba5 18. Be3 Kd7 19. b4 Bb6 20. Rfd1 Nb3 21. Bf5+ Kxd6 22. Rab1 c4 23. Bf4+ Ke7 24. Bc2 Nd4 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Ba4 a6 27. Re4 Nb5 28. Rbe1 Bc7 29. d6 Bb6 30. Re7 Rc8 31. Rxf7 Bd4 32. Rxb7 |
| ECO C56 in 1897 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's alapin simon in 35 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 O-O-O 12. g4 Qd5 13. fxg7 Rhg8 14. Nf6 Qd6 15. Nge4 Qe5 16. f4 d3+ 17. Kg2 Qd4 18. c3 |
| ECO C52 in 1883 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's mortimer j in 37 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Nge7 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 b5 14. Rad1 b4 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. Ne5 Qf5 18. Nxc6 O-O 19. Ne7+ |
| ECO C52 in 1898 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's weber in 41 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Bd5 Nc5 10. Ng5 Ne6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Ne4 d6 13. Bxh6 Nxe5 14. f4 g6 15. Qe2 Bb6+ 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Bxf8 Nxf4 18. Be7 Qh6 19. Rxf4 Qxf4 20. Bg5 Qf5 21. Nbd2 |
| ECO C44 in 1901 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's winawer simon by checkmate in 37 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Qe7 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. O-O dxe5 9. d5 Ncb8 10. Nxe5 Qf6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qe2 h5 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Bf4 Qc5 15. d6 O-O 16. dxe7 Re8 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qe6# |
| ECO C38 in 1902 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's zibin in 77 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 h6 7. c3 Nf6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nd5 10. Qb3 c6 11. Nd2 Bxe5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rxe5 Ne3 14. Nf3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Be6 16. Qd3 Qf6 17. h4 g4 18. Ng5 Qg7 19. Bxf4 Nd7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Rf6 22. Rae1 Raf8 23. Bd6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Rf6 25. Re8+ Nf8 26. Qc4+ Kh7 27. Re7 Rxd6 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qc5 Re6 30. Qxa7 Re7 31. Qc5 Ng6 32. g3 Re2 33. Qf5 Rxb2 34. Qxg4 Kf6 35. h5 Nh8 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qf6 Re2 39. Qf5+ |
| ECO C33 in 1879 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's schmidt in 47 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6 5. d4 g5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. h4 h6 9. e5 Nge7 10. Kg1 g4 11. Nh2 f3 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. c3 Rg8 14. g3 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Bd5 O-O-O 17. Nf1 Nce7 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. a4 Ng6 20. a5 Nxf4 21. gxf4 g3 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nc5+ Kb8 24. Qa4 |
| ECO C52 in 1889 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's steinitz wilhelm in 61 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Qf6 7. d4 Nge7 8. d5 Nd8 9. Qa4 b6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Na3 a6 12. Bd3 Bxc3 13. Rab1 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qc5 15. Be3 b5 16. Bxc5 bxa4 17. Rfc1 d6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nxd6+ Kd7 20. Nxb7 Bd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Nxd8 Rhxd8 23. Rb7+ Kd6 24. e5+ Kxd5 25. Rxe7 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. f3 Rc3 28. Be4+ Kc4 29. Rxf7 Kb4 30. e6 d3 31. Rd7 |
| ECO C26 in 1894 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's beratende in 63 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Bg5 d4 5. Nce2 h6 6. Bd2 c5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. f5 g6 10. fxg6 fxg6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a3 Rdg8 15. b4 g5 16. c4 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Ng4 18. Qa4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bc7 20. Kh1 Bb6 21. b5 Nd8 22. Nxe5 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Bxf2 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4+ Kb8 26. d4 b6 27. Bb4 Qb7 28. Bd6+ Ka8 29. e5 Rf8 30. Nf5 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 a5 32. Qc2 |
| ECO C30 in 1878 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's schiffers emanue in 81 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. d3 Rb8 12. Nd1 Ne8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 f5 15. O-O f4 16. Qxa7 Nd6 17. Qf2 Qg5 18. Qf3 Rf6 19. c3 Rg6 20. b3 Qh4 21. g4 fxg3 22. Kg2 Rf6 23. Qg4 Qh6 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxg3 Nb5 26. Rc1 Rf8 27. Ne3 Qh6 28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. a4 Nd6 31. Rf2 Nf7 32. d4 Kh8 33. Ne3 Qe6 34. dxe5 Qxb3 35. Nf5 g6 36. Nd4 Qxa4 37. e6 Qc4 38. exf7 Rxf7 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Ne6+ |
| ECO C38 in 1889 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's burn amos in 53 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Na3 Nc6 9. b4 Nf6 10. b5 Nd8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Nac4 Nd5 15. Ba3 Qf6 16. Rc1 h5 17. Qa4 b6 18. Qa6 Nd8 19. Rce1 Qe6 20. Nc6 Ne3 21. Nxe3 fxe3 22. Rf3 e2 23. Rf2 Qc4 24. Rexe2+ Ne6 25. Qb7 f5 26. Rxf5 Rd8 27. Qxc7 |
| ECO C27 in 1904 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's schabski k in 28 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6 6. O-O d6 7. Nh4 Qe7 8. f4 g6 9. f5 g5 10. Qh5+ Kd8 11. Bxg5 fxg5 12. f6 Qe8 13. Qxg5 h6 14. f7+ hxg5 |
| ECO C44 in 1899 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's steinitz wilhelm in 57 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Qd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. d3 exd3 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. Bxd3 O-O 12. h3 Qe6 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Qh4 f5 17. Nb3 Nf6 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. b3 d5 20. Nxc6 Rb6 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. f3 Rh6 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qc1 Qg7 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Nc2 f4 29. Qxe4 |
| ECO C32 in 1902 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's pillsbury harry in 69 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+ c6 5. dxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. d4 Bd6 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Nb6 10. Be2 Nbd5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. c4 c5 15. d5 Re8 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Rb1 Ng8 18. Qe1 f5 19. Qc3 Nf6 20. Qa3 Bd7 21. Rb3 Rab8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Bxh5 Rec8 24. g3 Rb4 25. Be2 a5 26. Bd2 a4 27. Rb2 Rcb8 28. Rfb1 R8b6 29. Kg2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Qb8 31. Bc3 Kg8 32. Bh5 Kf8 33. Bxg7+ Ke7 34. Qc3 Kd8 35. Qa5 |
| ECO C51 in 1880 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's nn in 39 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Nxc3 d6 10. Bg5 f6 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Rfe1 Qf8 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qd3 Nc6 18. Rxe5+ fxe5 19. Qd8+ Nxd8 20. Rxd8+ |
| ECO C52 in 1892 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's steinitz wilhelm in 77 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Qa4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 exd4 10. cxd4 a6 11. Bd5 Ne7 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. d5 b5 14. Qa3 Nd4 15. Qxa5 Qf6 16. Qa3 Nc2 17. Qd3 Nxa1 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bb2 Qh6 20. Bxa1 Rae8 21. Kh1 f5 22. Rg1 Rf7 23. Nd2 Qh5 24. Qd3 b4 25. Rg3 a5 26. Kg2 Qh4 27. exf5 a4 28. Ne4 Rb8 29. Ng5 Rbf8 30. Qe3 Rxf5 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qe7+ Kg6 34. Ne6+ Qxg3+ 35. hxg3 R8f7 36. Qe8 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. g4 Re5 39. Qg8+ |
| ECO C50 in 1900 play it! chigorin mikhail defeats black's chabelsky in 59 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. h3 O-O 8. Qe2 Be6 9. O-O Bxc4 10. dxc4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ne7 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. c5 Qe7 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rd2 a6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb6 Ne8 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Nb6 Qe7 21. Qa3 Qc7 22. Nd5 Qc6 23. h4 Qd7 24. h5 Nf4 25. Nxe5 Qe6 26. Nc4 Nxh5 27. e5 b5 28. Nxd6 Qxe5 29. Nf5 b4 30. Qf3 |