Mikhail Chigorin

Mikhail Chigorin
Full name	Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin
Country	Russian Empire
Born	12 November 1850 Gatchina, St. Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	25 January 1908(1908-01-25) (aged 57) Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (also Tchigorin; Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Чиго́рин; 12 November [O.S. 31 October] 1850 – 25 January [O.S. 12 January] 1908) 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,^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}