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Mikhail Chigorin

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Russian chess player

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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
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Russian Empire

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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.

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