Santasiere's "My Love Affair With Tchigorin"

Members · Prefs · Laboratory · Collections · Openings · Endgames · Sacrifices · History · Search Kibitzing · Kibitzer's Café · Chessforums · Tournament Index · Players ·

Kibitzing

Santasiere's "My Love Affair With Tchigorin"
Compiled by Resignation Trap

The American Anthony Santasiere was a frequent contributor to the American Chess Bulletin for 30 years and was certainly one of the most colorful writers of our royal game.

Upon his death in 1977, Santasiere had willed some manuscripts to Kenneth Smith of Chess Digest. Among these materials was a collection of games by Mikhail Chigorin , one of the truly great players of all time, who, curiously, had never had a collection of his games published in the English language.

In order to remedy this situation, in 1995 Chess Digest published Santasiere's manuscript posthumously under the bizarre title "My Love Affair With Tchigorin", written in Santasiere's inimitable style.

Here are the game from that book.

Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893
(C00) French Defense, 43 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 62 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 62 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Davydow, 1874
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs M Beskrovny, 1877
(C59) Two Knights, 40 moves, 1-0
Alapin vs Chigorin, 1877
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 0-1
E von Schmidt vs Chigorin, 1878
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 0-1
P de Schloezer vs Chigorin, 1878
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 0-1
Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1878
(C45) Scotch Game, 35 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Schiffers, 1879
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs E von Schmidt, 1879
(C59) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs E von Schmidt, 1879
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Schiffers, 1880
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Paulsen, 1881
(B32) Sicilian, 44 moves, 1-0
Blackburne vs Chigorin, 1881
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Chigorin, 1882
(C59) Two Knights, 33 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Mackenzie, 1882
(C22) Center Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Alapin, 1883
(C52) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs A Solovtsov, 1884
(C28) Vienna Game, 46 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Alapin, 1885
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 83 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889
(C52) Evans Gambit, 64 moves, 1-0
W Pollock vs Chigorin, 1889
(C47) Four Knights, 24 moves, 0-1
E Delmar vs Chigorin, 1889
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Bird, 1889
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 0-1
Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 55 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Gunsberg, 1890
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892
(C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892
(C58) Two Knights, 24 moves, 0-1
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892
(C58) Two Knights, 30 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892
(C52) Evans Gambit, 47 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892
(C45) Scotch Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs A Solovtsov, 1892
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1895
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 51 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1895
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1895
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1896
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Charousek, 1896
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Teichmann, 1896
(C58) Two Knights, 31 moves, 1-0
Albin vs Chigorin, 1896
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 40 moves, 0-1
Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1896
(A84) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Charousek vs Chigorin, 1896
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Charousek, 1896
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1897
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chigorin vs K Rosenkrantz, 1897
(C52) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
Chigorin / P A Saburov vs Alapin / Schiffers, 1897
(C52) Evans Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Albin, 1897
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
Burn vs Chigorin, 1897
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs G Marco, 1897
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 49 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Halprin, 1898
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1898
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
H Trenchard vs Chigorin, 1898
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 30 moves, 0-1
Albin vs Chigorin, 1898
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs A Weber, 1898
(C52) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1899
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1899
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury vs Chigorin, 1899
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
Burn vs Chigorin, 1900
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Mason vs Chigorin, 1900
(C22) Center Game, 28 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Janowski, 1900
(C56) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs J Mortimer, 1900
(C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Allies, 1900
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Janowski, 1900
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs S F Lebedev, 1901
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
L Genika vs Chigorin, 1901
(C48) Four Knights, 33 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1902
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 45 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Gunsberg, 1902
(C00) French Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
J Mieses vs Chigorin, 1902
(C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Mason, 1902
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1902
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0
Schlechter vs Chigorin, 1903
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Marshall, 1903
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 57 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Maroczy, 1903
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Teichmann, 1903
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1903
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Rubinstein, 1903
(C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs G Marco, 1904
(C00) French Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Teichmann vs Chigorin, 1904
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1905
(C00) French Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Marshall vs Chigorin, 1906
(A53) Old Indian, 30 moves, 0-1
J Mieses vs Chigorin, 1906
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1906
(C22) Center Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893
(C00) French Defense, 77 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893
(C00) French Defense, 62 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893
(C00) French Defense, 58 moves, 1-0
93 games

» View all game collections by Resignation Trap
» Search entire game collection library
» Clone this game collection (copy it to your account)
» FAQ: Help with Game Collections