Chigorin Memorial

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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.[http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/saburovs.html The Saburovs by Edward Winter] The main event lasted from 14 February to 12 March 1909.

class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; " align="left" ! N° ! Name ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 0 ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! Total
1	{{flagathlete|Akiba Rubinstein|Poland|1815}}	*	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	14½
2	{{flagathlete|Emanuel Lasker|German Empire}}	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	14½
3	{{flagathlete|Rudolf Spielmann|Austrian Empire}}	0	½	*	1	0	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	11
4	{{flagathlete|Oldřich Duras|Bohemia}}	0	0	0	*	0	1	½	0	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
5	{{flagathlete|Ossip Bernstein|Russian Empire}}	½	½	1	1	*	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	10½
6	{{flagathlete|Richard Teichmann|German Empire}}	½	0	0	0	1	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	10
7	{{flagathlete|Julius Perlis|Austrian Empire}}	½	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	0	0	1	9½
8	{{flagathlete|Erich Cohn|German Empire}}	0	0	½	1	1	½	½	*	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	9
9	{{flagathlete|Carl Schlechter|Austrian Empire}}	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	1	0	0	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	9
10	{{flagathlete|Gersz Salwe|Poland|1815}}	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	9
11	{{flagathlete|Savielly Tartakower|Austrian Empire}}	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	1	½	*	0	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	8½
12	{{flagathlete|Jacques Mieses|German Empire}}	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	*	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	8½
13	{{flagathlete|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	{{flagathlete|Leo Forgács|Hungary|1867}}	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	7½
15	{{flagathlete|Amos Burn|British Empire}}	½	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	0	7
16	{{flagathlete|Milan Vidmar|Austrian Empire}}	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	1	1	0	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	0	7
17	{{flagathlete|Abraham Speijer|Netherlands}}	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	6
18	{{flagathlete|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	{{flagathlete|Eugene Znosko-Borovsky|Russian Empire}}	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	½	1	*	5

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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).[http://www.endgame.nl/stpeter.htm St. Petersburg 1909 and 1914] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618072117/http://www.endgame.nl/stpeter.htm |date=2008-06-18 }}

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.

class="wikitable" ! Year !! Winner !! City
1947	Mikhail Botvinnik	Moscow
1951	Vasily Smyslov	Leningrad
1961	Mark Taimanov	Rostov-on-Don
1972	Lev Polugaevsky	Kislovodsk

Since 1993, the Chigorin Memorial has been played as an open Swiss system tournament. The 13th edition was not played for superstitious reasons. The winners are listed below.{{CN|date=April 2024}}{{needs update|date=April 2024|reason=Has the event been held since 2019?}}

class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! 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	Alexander Grischuk 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

{{reflist}}

• The International Chess Congress: St. Petersburg 1909, New York, edition Lasker Press, 1910 (reprinted by Dover books 1971)

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080618072117/http://www.endgame.nl/stpeter.htm St. Petersburg 1909 and 1914]
• The Independent, 1999, Jon Speelman: [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19991117/ai_n14262395 Results 1993-1999]
• Results from The Week in Chess: TWIC 157 (1997), [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic212.html#9 TWIC 212 (1998)], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic262.html#4 TWIC 262 (1999)], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic314.html#17 TWIC 314 (2000)], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic365.html#11 TWIC 365 (2001)], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic418.html#4 TWIC 418 (2002)], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic572.html#8 TWIC 572 (2005)], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic625.html#8 TWIC 625 (2006)], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic683.html#5 TWIC 683 (2007)], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic730.html#9 TWIC 730 (2008)], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/chigorin-memorial-2009 2009], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/chigorin-memorial-2011 2011]
• Results from ChessBase: [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3471 2006 edition], [http://en.chessbase.com/post/safarli-wins-the-chigorin-memorial-in-st-petersburg 2010 edition]
• Results from Ruschess: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080417012746/http://www.ruschess.com/News/2004/Chigorin/st.php 2004 edition]
• Results from Rusbase: [http://al20102007.narod.ru/it.html Editions 1961-1990]
• Results from Chess-Results: [http://chess-results.com/tnr83806.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 2012], [http://chess-results.com/tnr112772.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 2013], [http://chess-results.com/tnr148872.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 2014], [http://chess-results.com/tnr189543.aspx?lan=16&art=1&rd=9&wi=821 2015]

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