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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Mikhail Chigorin
   Born:    1850-Nov
   Died:    1908-Jan
   Best World Rank:    #2 (17 different months between the October 1889 rating list and the September 1897 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2797 on the October 1895 rating list, #3 in world, age 44y11m
   Best Individual Performance:    2787 in Budapest, 1896, scoring 10/14 (71%) vs 2676-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Saint Petersburg, 1876  not rated on January 1876 list   -   +2 (2.5/3, 83%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Schiffers I (St. Petersburg), 1878  not rated on March 1878 list   -   +4 (7/10, 70%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Schiffers II (St. Petersburg), 1878  not rated on April 1878 list   -   -1 (6.5/14, 46%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    St. Petersburg, 1879  not rated on January 1879 list   -   +6 (7.5/9, 83%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Schiffers III (St. Petersburg), 1879  not rated on May 1879 list   -   +3 (8/13, 62%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Von Schmidt I (St. Petersburg), 1879  not rated on June 1879 list   -   +6 (7/8, 88%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Von Schmidt II (St. Petersburg), 1879  not rated on July 1879 list   -   +2 (4/6, 67%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Von Schmidt III (St. Petersburg), 1879  not rated on July 1879 list   -   +3 (3.5/4, 88%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Von Schmidt IV (St. Petersburg), 1879  not rated on July 1879 list   -   = (3/6, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Schiffers Match (St. Petersburg), 1880  not rated on January 1880 list   -   +6 (8.5/11, 77%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Alapin Match (St. Petersburg), 1880  not rated on October 1880 list   -   +4 (7/10, 70%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Berlin, 1881  not rated on August 1881 list   2636   +6 (11.5/17, 68%)   +4 (8/12, 67%) vs 2542-rated opposition   N/A 
    Vienna, 1882  2631 (#6 on May 1882 list)   2548   -7 (13/33, 39%)   -6 (8.5/23, 37%) vs 2622-rated opposition   -3.2 
    London, 1883  2579 (#15 on April 1883 list)   2716   +6 (19.5/33, 59%)   +4 (16.5/29, 57%) vs 2655-rated opposition   +4.6 
    Chigorin-de Riviere Match (Paris), 1883  2635 (#9 on July 1883 list)   -   +1 (5.5/10, 55%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Solovtsov I (Moscow), 1884  2633 (#9 on January 1884 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Steinitz I (World Championship, Havana), 1889  not rated on January 1889 list   2669   -4 (6.5/17, 38%)   -4 (6.5/17, 38%) vs 2753-rated opposition   N/A 
    New York, 1889  2675 (#5 on March 1889 list)   2737   +20 (31/42, 74%)   +11 (20/29, 69%) vs 2589-rated opposition   +2.6 
    Chigorin-Gunsberg Match (Havana), 1890  2715 (#2 on January 1890 list)   2716   = (11.5/23, 50%)   = (11.5/23, 50%) vs 2715-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Chigorin-Steinitz II (World Championship, Havana), 1892  2709 (#4 on January 1892 list)   2701   -2 (10.5/23, 46%)   -2 (10.5/23, 46%) vs 2729-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Ascharin-Chigorin Match (Riga), 1892  2709 (#4 on January 1892 list)   -   +3 (3/3, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Solovtsov II (Moscow), 1892  2709 (#4 on January 1892 list)   -   +4 (4/4, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Chigorin-Tarrasch Match (St. Petersburg), 1893  2713 (#4 on January 1893 list)   2764   = (11/22, 50%)   = (11/22, 50%) vs 2770-rated opposition   +1.5 
    Chigorin-Schiffers I (St. Petersburg), 1895  2755 (#4 on January 1895 list)   2695   +4 (8.5/13, 65%)   +4 (8.5/13, 65%) vs 2615-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Hastings, 1895  2743 (#4 on August 1895 list)   2781   +11 (16/21, 76%)   +7 (12/17, 71%) vs 2659-rated opposition   +1.8 
    St. Petersburg, 1895  2794 (#3 on December 1895 list)   2690   -4 (7/18, 39%)   -4 (7/18, 39%) vs 2772-rated opposition   -2.5 
    Charousek-Chigorin Match (Budapest), 1896  2776 (#3 on January 1896 list)   -   +2 (3/4, 75%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Nurnberg, 1896  2759 (#3 on July 1896 list)   2627   +1 (9.5/18, 53%)   -2 (6/14, 43%) vs 2678-rated opposition   -2.3 
    Budapest, 1896  2748 (#6 on October 1896 list)   2787   +7 (11.5/16, 72%)   +6 (10/14, 71%) vs 2676-rated opposition   +1.8 
    Chigorin-Schiffers II (St. Petersburg), 1897  2767 (#2 on January 1897 list)   2783   +6 (10/14, 71%)   +6 (10/14, 71%) vs 2672-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Berlin, 1897  2774 (#2 on September 1897 list)   2629   = (8.5/17, 50%)   +1 (8/15, 53%) vs 2608-rated opposition   -2.4 
    Vienna, 1898  2742 (#3 on May 1898 list)   2717   +4 (20/36, 56%)   +4 (19/34, 56%) vs 2659-rated opposition   -1.3 
    Cologne, 1898  2735 (#6 on July 1898 list)   2679   +6 (10.5/15, 70%)   +3 (7.5/12, 63%) vs 2620-rated opposition   -0.1 
    London, 1899  2726 (#7 on May 1899 list)   2702   +3 (15/27, 56%)   +2 (12.5/23, 54%) vs 2667-rated opposition   -0.6 
    Moscow, 1899  2719 (#7 on September 1899 list)   [2596]   +9 (10/11, 91%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2619-rated opposition   +0.4 
    St. Petersburg, 1900  2719 (#7 on January 1900 list)   -   +11 (14.5/18, 81%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Paris, 1900  2718 (#6 on May 1900 list)   2684   +5 (12.5/20, 63%)   +1 (8.5/16, 53%) vs 2671-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Monte Carlo, 1901  2715 (#7 on January 1901 list)   2664   +5 (11.5/18, 64%)   +2 (8.5/15, 57%) vs 2627-rated opposition   -0.6 
    RUS-ch02 Moscow, 1901  2715 (#7 on January 1901 list)   [2609]   +16 (16.5/17, 97%)   +2 (2.5/3, 83%) vs 2558-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Hannover, 1902  2718 (#6 on January 1902 list)   2616   +1 (9/17, 53%)   +1 (6.5/12, 54%) vs 2598-rated opposition   -1.2 
    Monte Carlo, 1902  2718 (#6 on January 1902 list)   2695   +4 (13/22, 59%)   +3 (11/19, 58%) vs 2642-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Chigorin-Lasker Match (Brighton), 1903  2691 (#7 on January 1903 list)   2751   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2788-rated opposition   +1.2 
    RUS-ch03 Kiev, 1903  2691 (#7 on January 1903 list)   -   +12 (15/18, 83%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Cambridge Springs, 1904  2759 (#3 on April 1904 list)   2687   = (7.5/15, 50%)   +1 (5/9, 56%) vs 2691-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Barmen, 1905  2723 (#7 on January 1905 list)   2602   -1 (7/15, 47%)   -1 (6/13, 46%) vs 2630-rated opposition   -1.9 
    Ostend, 1905  2723 (#7 on January 1905 list)   2534   -13 (6.5/26, 25%)   -10 (6/22, 27%) vs 2677-rated opposition   -6.2 
    St Petersburg, 1905  2723 (#7 on January 1905 list)   -   +3 (5/7, 71%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Nuremberg, 1906  2617 (#19 on January 1906 list)   2716   +4 (10/16, 63%)   +5 (9/13, 69%) vs 2614-rated opposition   +2.5 
    Lodz, 1906  2617 (#19 on January 1906 list)   [2484]   +2 (5.5/9, 61%)   -1 (1/3, 33%) vs 2562-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Ostend, 1906  2617 (#19 on January 1906 list)   [2598]   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2683-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Ostend, 1907  2636 (#15 on January 1907 list)   2541   -11 (4.5/20, 23%)   -11 (4.5/20, 23%) vs 2717-rated opposition   -3.6 
    Karlsbad, 1907  2597 (#19 on August 1907 list)   2521   -5 (7.5/20, 38%)   -7 (5.5/18, 31%) vs 2637-rated opposition   -2.6