Mikhail Chigorin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikhail Chigorin

Russian chess player

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1850

Place of Birth: Gatchina, Russia

Date of Death: 12-Jan-1908

Profession: chess player

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (also Tchigorin; Russian: ?????´? ???´????? ????´???; 12 November [O.S.
31 October] 1850 – 25 January [O.S.
12 January] 1908) was a leading Russian Empire 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.