Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Mikhail Chigorin

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Last updated on April 18, 2025.

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin was a Russian 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.

Russian - Chess Player | November 12, 1850 - January 25, 1908

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Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original.

Mikhail Chigorin

Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all.

Mikhail Chigorin

Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Mikhail Chigorin

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