MIKHAIL CHIGORIN VS SIEGBERT TARRASCH | IT (1902) MONTE CARLO MONACO

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Mikhail Chigorin was a Russian master and world class player. He tied for first place in the 1889 New York tournament and won the first three All Russian tournaments from 1899 -- 1903.Chigorin is considered the forefather of the soviet school and played the first official world champion Wilhelm Steinitz for the title on two separate occations.
Chigorin style was tactical, aggressive and imaginative. Like most players from the 1860s through the 1890s, he played in a romantic fashion with many sacrifices and fercuous attacks. he was known to play unique openings ( like the Evans Gambit and his famous 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 system). In this example, Chigorin uses his own off-beat system versus the French defense against Siegbert Tarrasch ( a world class player at the time). This game from the late 19th century sees a system very close to what we now know as the kings Indian Attack, and ends ia a nice tactical combination.
Chigorin did not learn to play chess until the age of 16 and did not take the game seriously until he was 24. After finishing his education and starting a career as a goverment officer, he quit his job in order to pursue chess full time. In the late 1870s he started a chess magazine and began playing matchess against established Russian masters
After defeating the strong Russian master Semyon Alapin in 1880, he was quickly recognized as aone of the strongest players in the country.
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