Chigorin, M.I. – Schiffers, E.S. 1878 (1)




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Chigorin, Mikhail    2540 (54) 7/10 
Schiffers, Emanuel    2490 (53) 3/10 
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Saint Petersburg
Start date: 1878
End date: Mar. 1878
 
Notes:
Di Felice gives the date as '6-III 1878', which is confusing, but indicates that it ended in March, so I take the end date to be Mar. 1878.
 
References
Books
   Adams, Mikhail Chigorin, page 29, 48, 56, 373
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 71
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 131
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 64
Web
   Sarah.  [Cast of Characters]
   Sericano, C.  [I matches 1865/79]

Match information updated: 5 Sept. 2020