| Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match (1878) |
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St. Petersburg, Russia (22 February-26 March 1878) 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Wins
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Chigorin 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7*
Schiffers 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
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* An additional game was played at Schiffer's request.
Format: The winner of the first six games to be declared the victor, draws not counting.
Introduction
The series of matches played in 1878 and 1879 between Chigorin and Schiffers was to decide which of them was the strongest player in St. Petersburg, and subsequently, in Russia.
Match conditions were that the winner would be the first to win six games. Which was Chigorin, after Game 9. But one more game was played. Chigorin explained it thus: After ending the 9th game, Schiffers proposed playing it from White's 18th move and regarding it as another official game. This 10th game also ended with Chigorin's victory. Credit
Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus.
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| Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Chigorin vs Schiffers |
 | 1-0 | 25 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | C48 Four Knights |
| 2. Schiffers vs Chigorin |
| 0-1 | 25 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | C51 Evans Gambit |
| 3. Chigorin vs Schiffers |
| 0-1 | 25 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
| 4. Schiffers vs Chigorin |
| 0-1 | 55 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | C45 Scotch Game |
| 5. Chigorin vs Schiffers |
| 0-1 | 28 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
| 6. Schiffers vs Chigorin |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | C13 French |
| 7. Chigorin vs Schiffers |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 8. Schiffers vs Chigorin |
 | 0-1 | 35 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | C45 Scotch Game |
| 9. Chigorin vs Schiffers |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | C30 King's Gambit Declined |
| 10. Chigorin vs Schiffers |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1878 | Chigorin - Schiffers, 1st Match | C30 King's Gambit Declined |
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Feb-17-14
 | | offramp: White +2, Black +7. |
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Dec-30-15
 | | Tabanus: I uploaded Game 9, but without exact date in March 1878. <Pawn and Two> says that the book, "Mikhail Chigorin The First Russian Grandmaster", by Alexander Khalifman & Sergei Solovikov, provides a date for only Game 1 of this match, March 6, 1878, and that this book provides the game scores for all 10 games. The games here are today dated as follows: 1 28/2, 2 28/2, 3 3/3, 4 5/3, 5 7/3, 6 9/3, 7 9/3, 8 21/3, and 10 26/3. I'd like to know where these dates are from. |
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Jan-24-16
| | Tabanus: <Tabanus: I uploaded Game 9, but without exact date in March 1878.> And now it's in. It placed itself as no. 3 on the list, because of no exact date. |
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| Jan-24-16 | | TheFocus: <Tabanus> <The games here are today dated as follows: 1 28/2, 2 28/2, 3 3/3, 4 5/3, 5 7/3, 6 9/3, 7 9/3, 8 21/3, and 10 26/3. I'd like to know where these dates are from.> When I did the original collection, I used <Quarterly for Chess History> #16, 2007, pg. 86-90. They give the dates as being from <Shakhmatnyj Listok>. The only difference is the following. Game 1 (22/2)
Game 2 (26/2)
Game 9 (25/3)
WCH gave the dates of the match as February 28-March 26, clearly a typo. |
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Jan-24-16
| | Tabanus: <TheFocus> Thanks! I updated the dates and bracket dates. I don't know what WCH is. Games 6 and 7 are on the same day, March 9 (a Thursday), which looks a little odd. |
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| Jan-25-16 | | TheFocus: <Tabanus> <I don't know what WCH is.> Typo. I meant QCH (Quarterly for Chess History).
<Games 6 and 7 are on the same day, March 9 (a Thursday), which looks a little odd.> Let me double-check. That cannot be right. |
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