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- Adams J.
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Mikhail Chigorin (1850-1908), the father of modern Russian chess, belongs to that select group of exceptionally strong players who never succeeded in winning the World Championship. The defining moment for Chigorin came when he blundered away a winning position in the final game of his second title match against Steinitz.
This book provides a vivid account of the life and times of Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin: his rise to chess fame after a difficult childhood, his unfaltering commitment to the promotion of the game in 19th-century Russia, his friends and enemies, and his chess exploits in many countries.
Chigorin remains universally admired for his creative and courageous style of play. He always played to win, preferably with dashing attacks. His games consistently featured precise calculation, purposeful manoeuvring, patient exploitation of positional weaknesses, artful defence and even refined endgame play.
Today Chigorin’s contributions to opening theory remain significant. He was the finest gambit player of his generation, but it is his pioneering work in the Ruy Lopez, the Queen’s Gambit as well as various King’s Indian formations that has been the most enduring.
Mikhail Chigorin, the Creative Genius is a hugely expanded second edition of the games collection published in 1987. The biographical material, telling the story of Chigorin’s turbulent chess career, now runs to hundreds of pages. Furthermore, 100 extra games have been added, annotated by Chigorin and his contemporaries or more modern grandmasters.
Content
007 Introduction
010 Grandmasters on Chigorin
011 Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin by Peter Romanovsky
029 Chigorin’s Tournament and Match Record
033 Tournament and Match Data
037 Part One: Mikhail Chigorin, the Creative Chess Genius
038 Chapter 1 The Gunpowder Works
041 Chapter 2 Gatchina Orphans Institute
045 Chapter 3 Café Dominic
051 Chapter 4 Chess Sheet
056 Chapter 5 Match victories against fellow Russians
Chapter 6 First trips abroad:
063 Berlin 1881 – Vienna 1882 – London 1883
078 Chapter 7 Chess professional
093 Chapter 8 The first match with Steinitz
103 Chapter 9 New York 1889
110 Chapter 10 Chigorin-Gunsberg match 1890
124 Chapter 11 Steinitz and Chigorin – creative antagonism
128 Chapter 12 Steinitz-Chigorin telegraph match 1890/91
141 Chapter 13 The return match with Steinitz
157 Chapter 14 Chigorin-Tarrasch match, St.Petersburg 1893
185 Chapter 15 Hastings 1895
208 Chapter 16 St.Petersburg 1895/96
224 Chapter 17 Chigorin – the man
227 Chapter 18 Nuremberg and Budapest tournaments 1896
244 Chapter 19 Ever creative and competitive
269 Chapter 20 All-Russia championships
290 Chapter 21 Gambit contests in Vienna and Brighton
301 Chapter 22 Feverish final years
341 Epilogue
343 Part Two: Mikhail Chigorin: His Friends, Rivals and Enemies
344 Chapter 1 From the thicket of the people
346 Chapter 2 The Director makes a mistake, but ...
348 Chapter 3 Only age old quiet
351 Chapter 4 To the sound of billiard balls
355 Chapter 5 Difficult first step
362 Chapter 6 Chigorin – Master
368 Chapter 7 Journalist and theoretician
372 Chapter 8 The strongest player in Russia
405 Chapter 9 Breaking through a window into Europe
429 Chapter 10 In the name of public interests
447 Chapter 11 The World Champion throws down a challenge to Chigorin
454 Chapter 12 Columbus of Russian chess discovers the New World
475 Chapter 13 Laurels and thorns
493 Chapter 14 Within a hair’s breadth of the chess crown!
511 Chapter 15 Mozart and Salieri
517 Chapter 16 The match with Tarrasch
541 Chapter 17 Mysterious incident in Hastings
556 Chapter 18 St.Petersburg Waterloo
596 Chapter 19 Continuous champion of Russia
679 Chapter 20 In service to the end!
707 Chapter 21 Our Soviet Chigorin!
710 Reminiscences of Chigorin’s daughter
715 Tables of Important Tournaments and Matches
733 Index of Openings
735 Index of Games
741 Russian literature
742 Suggestions for further reading
746 Index of Names
This book provides a vivid account of the life and times of Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin: his rise to chess fame after a difficult childhood, his unfaltering commitment to the promotion of the game in 19th-century Russia, his friends and enemies, and his chess exploits in many countries.
Chigorin remains universally admired for his creative and courageous style of play. He always played to win, preferably with dashing attacks. His games consistently featured precise calculation, purposeful manoeuvring, patient exploitation of positional weaknesses, artful defence and even refined endgame play.
Today Chigorin’s contributions to opening theory remain significant. He was the finest gambit player of his generation, but it is his pioneering work in the Ruy Lopez, the Queen’s Gambit as well as various King’s Indian formations that has been the most enduring.
Mikhail Chigorin, the Creative Genius is a hugely expanded second edition of the games collection published in 1987. The biographical material, telling the story of Chigorin’s turbulent chess career, now runs to hundreds of pages. Furthermore, 100 extra games have been added, annotated by Chigorin and his contemporaries or more modern grandmasters.
Content
007 Introduction
010 Grandmasters on Chigorin
011 Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin by Peter Romanovsky
029 Chigorin’s Tournament and Match Record
033 Tournament and Match Data
037 Part One: Mikhail Chigorin, the Creative Chess Genius
038 Chapter 1 The Gunpowder Works
041 Chapter 2 Gatchina Orphans Institute
045 Chapter 3 Café Dominic
051 Chapter 4 Chess Sheet
056 Chapter 5 Match victories against fellow Russians
Chapter 6 First trips abroad:
063 Berlin 1881 – Vienna 1882 – London 1883
078 Chapter 7 Chess professional
093 Chapter 8 The first match with Steinitz
103 Chapter 9 New York 1889
110 Chapter 10 Chigorin-Gunsberg match 1890
124 Chapter 11 Steinitz and Chigorin – creative antagonism
128 Chapter 12 Steinitz-Chigorin telegraph match 1890/91
141 Chapter 13 The return match with Steinitz
157 Chapter 14 Chigorin-Tarrasch match, St.Petersburg 1893
185 Chapter 15 Hastings 1895
208 Chapter 16 St.Petersburg 1895/96
224 Chapter 17 Chigorin – the man
227 Chapter 18 Nuremberg and Budapest tournaments 1896
244 Chapter 19 Ever creative and competitive
269 Chapter 20 All-Russia championships
290 Chapter 21 Gambit contests in Vienna and Brighton
301 Chapter 22 Feverish final years
341 Epilogue
343 Part Two: Mikhail Chigorin: His Friends, Rivals and Enemies
344 Chapter 1 From the thicket of the people
346 Chapter 2 The Director makes a mistake, but ...
348 Chapter 3 Only age old quiet
351 Chapter 4 To the sound of billiard balls
355 Chapter 5 Difficult first step
362 Chapter 6 Chigorin – Master
368 Chapter 7 Journalist and theoretician
372 Chapter 8 The strongest player in Russia
405 Chapter 9 Breaking through a window into Europe
429 Chapter 10 In the name of public interests
447 Chapter 11 The World Champion throws down a challenge to Chigorin
454 Chapter 12 Columbus of Russian chess discovers the New World
475 Chapter 13 Laurels and thorns
493 Chapter 14 Within a hair’s breadth of the chess crown!
511 Chapter 15 Mozart and Salieri
517 Chapter 16 The match with Tarrasch
541 Chapter 17 Mysterious incident in Hastings
556 Chapter 18 St.Petersburg Waterloo
596 Chapter 19 Continuous champion of Russia
679 Chapter 20 In service to the end!
707 Chapter 21 Our Soviet Chigorin!
710 Reminiscences of Chigorin’s daughter
715 Tables of Important Tournaments and Matches
733 Index of Openings
735 Index of Games
741 Russian literature
742 Suggestions for further reading
746 Index of Names