# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikhail-chigorin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:46:00.817Z

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name: "Mikhail Chigorin"
slug: "mikhail-chigorin"
description: "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."
tagline: "Russian chess player"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1850-10-31"
deathDate: "1908-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump