Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin, 1895

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1895

St. Petersburg 1896: Under Mikhail Chigorin's thoughtful portrait, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Chigorin, Wilhelm Steinitz, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury look at the Two Knights / Classical Variation (C59). They're not sure if 10. …Bd6, 10.…Qc7, 10.…Bc5, or 10.…Qd4 is best! In 1892 Steinitz avoided this position twice with 9. Nh3 in his match with Chigorin. Caption source: Colorado Chess Informant. All the gentleman cordially posed together, facing the camera, to make an excellent photo op!

Original b/w photographer, unknown. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/mikhail-ivanovich-chigorin.html

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St. Petersburg 1895, Mikhail Chigorin, Emanuel Lasker, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and Wilhelm Steinitz.

Original b/w photograph via mamm-mdf, Russia. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/mikhail-ivanovich-chigorin.html https://mamm-mdf.ru/exhibitions/chess-congress-memory-chigorin/

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