Chigorin Memorial

The Chigorin Memorial is a chess tournament played in honour of Mikhail Chigorin (1850–1908), founder of the Soviet Chess School and one of the leading players of his day.

Later on, an international invitation Memorial tournament series was established, and mainly played in the Black Sea resort Sochi (from 1963 to 1990).

Members of the committee were Boris Maliutin, O. Sossnitzky, V. Tschudowski, Sergius A. Znosko-Borovsky and Eugene A.

[2] From 1947, there were several Chigorin memorial tournaments, but it was not until 1963 that it was established as an annual event in Sochi.

Since 1993, the Chigorin Memorial has been played as an open Swiss system tournament.