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Key facts
- Born
- Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin , 12 November 1850, Gatchina , St. Petersburg Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 25 January 1908 (1908-01-25) (aged 57), Lublin , Congress Poland , Russian Empire
- Country
- Russian Empire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mikhail
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Gatchina
- Place of death
- Lublin
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Russian Empire
- Image
- Mikhail Chigorin (cropped).jpg
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- cause of death
- diabetes
- Commons category
- Mikhail Chigorin
- date of death
- 1908-01-12
- date of birth
- 1850-10-31
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Mikhail Chigorin
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (also Tchigorin; Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Чиго́рин; 12 November [O.S. 31 October] 1850 – 25 January [O.S. 12 January] 1908) was a Russian chess player. He played two World Championship matches against Wilhelm Steinitz, losing both times. The last great player of the Romantic chess style, he also served as a major source of inspiration for the "Soviet chess school", which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century.
Chess career
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