Chigorin Memorial
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The Chigorin Memorial is a
St. Petersburg 1909
President of the organising committee was Peter Petrovich Saburov, President of the St. Petersburg Chess Club. Members of the committee were Boris Maliutin, O. Sossnitzky, V. Tschudowski, Sergius A. Znosko-Borovsky and Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky.[1] The main event lasted from 14 February to 12 March 1909.
N° | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
1 | Akiba Rubinstein (Poland) | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14½ |
2 | Emanuel Lasker (German Empire) | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14½ |
3 | Rudolf Spielmann (Austrian Empire) | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 |
4 | Oldřich Duras (Bohemia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
5 | Ossip Bernstein (Russian Empire) | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 10½ |
6 | Richard Teichmann (German Empire) | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10 |
7 | Julius Perlis (Austrian Empire) | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9½ |
8 | Erich Cohn (German Empire) | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 |
9 | Carl Schlechter (Austrian Empire) | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9 |
10 | Gersz Salwe (Poland) | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
11 | Savielly Tartakower (Austrian Empire) | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
12 | Jacques Mieses (German Empire) | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
13 | Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (Russian Empire) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
14 | Leo Forgács (Hungary) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 7½ |
15 | Amos Burn (British Empire) | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 7 |
16 | Milan Vidmar (Austrian Empire) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 7 |
17 | Abraham Speijer (Netherlands) | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 6 |
18 | Sergey von Freymann (Russian Empire) | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 5½ |
19 | Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (Russian Empire) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | 5 |
Rubinstein and Lasker won 875 rubles (each), Spielmann and Duras 475 rubles (each), Bernstein 190 rubles, Teichmann 120 rubles, Perlis 80 rubles, Cohn, Schlechter, and Salwe 40 rubles (each).[2]
1947–1972
From 1947, there were several Chigorin memorial tournaments, but it was not until 1963 that it was established as an annual event in Sochi. These tournaments were all played on the round robin format.
Year | Winner | City |
---|---|---|
1947 | Mikhail Botvinnik | Moscow |
1951 | Vasily Smyslov | Leningrad |
1961 | Mark Taimanov | Rostov-on-Don |
1972 | Lev Polugaevsky | Kislovodsk |
Sochi period (1963–1990)
# | Year | Winner | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1963 | Lev Polugaevsky | Sochi |
2 | 1964 | Nikolai Krogius | Sochi |
3 | 1965 | Wolfgang Unzicker Boris Spassky |
Sochi |
4 | 1966 | Viktor Korchnoi | Sochi |
5 | 1967 | Sochi | |
6 | 1973 | Mikhail Tal | Sochi |
7 | 1974 | Lev Polugaevsky | Sochi |
8 | 1976 | Lev Polugaevsky Evgeny Sveshnikov |
Sochi |
9 | 1977 | Mikhail Tal | Sochi |
10 | 1979 | Nukhim Rashkovsky | Sochi |
11 | 1980 | Alexander Panchenko | Sochi |
12 | 1981 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | Sochi |
13 | 1982 | Mikhail Tal | Sochi |
14 | 1983 | Anatoly Vaisser Evgeny Sveshnikov |
Sochi |
15 | 1984 | Georgy Agzamov | Sochi |
16 | 1985 | Evgeny Sveshnikov | Sochi |
17 | 1986 | Svetozar Gligorić Alexander Beliavsky Rafael Vaganian |
Sochi |
18 | 1987 | Andrei Kharitonov |
Sochi |
19 | 1988 | Sergey Dolmatov | Sochi |
20 | 1989 | Alexey Vyzmanavin | Sochi |
21 | 1990 | Vadim Ruban | Sochi |
Back to St. Petersburg (1993–present)
Since 1993, the Chigorin Memorial has been played as an open
# | Year | Winner |
---|---|---|
1 | 1993 | Alexey Dreev |
2 | 1994 | Ildar Ibragimov |
3 | 1995 | Vladimir Burmakin |
4 | 1996 | Alexei Fedorov Lembit Oll |
5 | 1997 | Konstantin Sakaev |
6 | 1998 | Sergey Volkov
|
7 | 1999 | Sergey Volkov
|
8 | 2000 | Valerij Filippov
|
9 | 2001 | Mikhail Kobalia |
10 | 2002 | Alexander Fominyh |
11 | 2004 | Sergey Ivanov |
12 | 2005 | Igor Zakharevich Roman Ovetchkin |
14 | 2006 | Dmitry Bocharov |
15 | 2007 | Sergei Movsesian |
16 | 2008 | Vladimir Belov |
17 | 2009 | Sergey Volkov
|
18 | 2010 | Eltaj Safarli |
19 | 2011 | Dmitry Bocharov |
20 | 2012 | Alexander Areshchenko |
21 | 2013 | Pavel Eljanov |
22 | 2014 | Ivan Ivanisevic
|
23 | 2015 | Kirill Alekseenko |
24 | 2016 | Kirill Alekseenko |
25 | 2017 | Kirill Alekseenko |
26 | 2018 | Pouya Idani |
27 | 2019 | Vitaly Sivuk |
References
- ^ The Saburovs by Edward Winter
- ^ St. Petersburg 1909 and 1914 Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- The International Chess Congress: St. Petersburg 1909, New York, edition Lasker Press, 1910 (reprinted by Dover books 1971)
External links
- St. Petersburg 1909 and 1914
- The Independent, 1999, Jon Speelman: Results 1993-1999
- Results from The Week in Chess: TWIC 157 (1997), TWIC 212 (1998), TWIC 262 (1999), TWIC 314 (2000), TWIC 365 (2001), TWIC 418 (2002), TWIC 572 (2005), TWIC 625 (2006), TWIC 683 (2007), TWIC 730 (2008), 2009, 2011
- Results from ChessBase: 2006 edition, 2010 edition
- Results from Ruschess: 2004 edition
- Results from Rusbase: Editions 1961-1990
- Results from Chess-Results: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015