Mikhail Chigorin Club

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Updated: Apr 6, 2018, 7:14 AM | 43

Russian chess statistician Vitaly Gnirenko has compiled a list of all players who defeated a reigning classical world champion in a game with classical control. Below is the chronological table of players joining the club. For the sake of convenience, I've also included world champions themselves in the list, without numbers.

Mr. Gnirenko's original article (in Russian) can be found here: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Клуб_Михаила_Чигорина

No.	Player	Nationality	Year	Place	Champion defeated
1	Mikhail Chigorin	Russian Empire	1889	Havana	Wilhelm Steinitz
2	Isidor Gunsberg	England	1890	New York	Wilhelm Steinitz
	Emanuel Lasker	Germany	1894	New York	Wilhelm Steinitz
3	Curt von Bardeleben	Germany	1895	Hastings	Emanuel Lasker
4	Siegbert Tarrasch	Germany	1895	Hastings	Emanuel Lasker
5	Joseph Blackburne	England	1895	Hastings	Emanuel Lasker
6	Harry Pillsbury	United States	1895	St. Petersburg	Emanuel Lasker
7	David Janowski	Russian Empire	1896	Nuremberg	Emanuel Lasker
8	Rudolf Charousek	Austria-Hungary	1896	Nuremberg	Emanuel Lasker
9	Frank James Marshall	United States	1900	Paris	Emanuel Lasker
10	Carl Schlechter	Austria-Hungary	1904	Cambridge Springs	Emanuel Lasker
11	Akiba Rubinstein	Russian Empire	1909	St. Petersburg	Emanuel Lasker
12	Fyodor Dus-Chotimirsky	Russian Empire	1909	St. Petersburg	Emanuel Lasker
13	Ossip Bernstein	Russian Empire	1914	St. Petersburg	Emanuel Lasker
	Jose Raul Capablanca	Cuba	1921	Havana	Emanuel Lasker
14	Richard Reti	Czechoslovakia	1924	New York	Jose Raul Capablanca
15	Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky	USSR	1925	Moscow	Jose Raul Capablanca
16	Boris Verlinsky	USSR	1925	Moscow	Jose Raul Capablanca
	Alexander Alekhine	France	1927	Buenos Aires	Jose Raul Capablanca
17	Efim Bogoljubov	Germany	1929	Wiesbaden	Alexander Alekhine
18	Hermanis Matisons	Latvia	1931	Prague	Alexander Alekhine
19	Arthur William Dake	United States	1932	Pasadena	Alexander Alekhine
20	Savielly Tartakower	Poland	1933	Folkestone	Alexander Alekhine
	Max Euwe	Netherlands	1934	Zurich	Alexander Alekhine
21	Petrus van Hoorn	Netherlands	1937	Leuden	Max Euwe
22	Andor Lilienthal	Hungary	1937	Stockholm	Max Euwe
23	Thorsten Gauffin	Finland	1937	Stockholm	Max Euwe
24	Vladimirs Petrovs	Latvia	1938	Margate	Alexander Alekhine
	Mikhail Botvinnik	USSR	1938	Amsterdam	Alexander Alekhine
25	Reuben Fine	United States	1938	Amsterdam	Alexander Alekhine
26	Karel Opocensky	Czechoslovakia	1941	Munich	Alexander Alekhine
27	Bjørn Nielsen	Denmark	1941	Munich	Alexander Alekhine
28	Klaus Junge	Nazi Germany	1942	Salzburg	Alexander Alekhine
29	Ludwig Rellstab	Nazi Germany	1942	Munich	Alexander Alekhine
30	Arturo Bonet Polledo	Spain	1945	Gijon	Alexander Alekhine
31	Antonio Medina Garcia	Spain	1945	Gijon	Alexander Alekhine
32	Francisco Lopez Nunez	Spain	1945	Almeria	Alexander Alekhine
33	Francisco Lupi	Portugal	1946	Estoril	Alexander Alekhine
34	Paul Keres	USSR	1948	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik
35	David Bronstein	USSR	1951	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik
	Vasily Smyslov	USSR	1951	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik
36	Nikolai Kopylov	USSR	1951	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik
37	Efim Geller	USSR	1951	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik
38	Joszef Szily	Hungary	1952	Budapest	Mikhail Botvinnik
	Tigran Petrosian	USSR	1952	Gagra	Mikhail Botvinnik
39	Mark Taimanov	USSR	1952	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik
40	Samuel Reshevsky	United States	1955	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik
41	Miroslav Filip	Czechoslovakia	1957	Baden	Vasily Smyslov
42	Andreas Dückstein	Austria	1958	Munich	Mikhail Botvinnik
	Mikhail Tal	USSR	1960	Moscow	Mikhail Botvinnik
43	Jonathan Penrose	England	1960	Leipzig	Mikhail Tal
44	Wolfgang Unzicker	West Germany	1961	Oberhausen	Mikhail Botvinnik
45	Wolfgang Uhlmann	East Germany	1962	Varna	Mikhail Botvinnik
46	Svetozar Gligoric	Yugoslavia	1963	Los Angeles	Tigran Petrosian
47	Viktor Korchnoi	USSR	1963	Moscow	Tigran Petrosian
48	Vladimir Liberzon	USSR	1964	Moscow	Tigran Petrosian
49	Lajos Portisch	Hungary	1965	Zagreb	Tigran Petrosian
50	Bent Larsen	Denmark	1966	Santa Monica	Tigran Petrosian
	Boris Spassky	USSR	1966	Moscow	Tigran Petrosian
51	Anatoly Kudryashov	USSR	1967	Moscow	Tigran Petrosian
52	Borislav Ivkov	Yugoslavia	1968	Palma de Mallorca	Tigran Petrosian
	Bobby Fischer	United States	1972	Reykjavik	Boris Spassky
53	Ulf Andersson	Sweden	1975	Milan	Anatoly Karpov
54	Eugenio Torre	Philippines	1976	Manila	Anatoly Karpov
55	Alexander Beliavsky	USSR	1977	Leningrad	Anatoly Karpov
56	Jan Timman	Netherlands	1978	Bugojno	Anatoly Karpov
57	Igor Ivanov	USSR	1979	Moscow	Anatoly Karpov
58	Anthony Miles	England	1980	Skara	Anatoly Karpov
59	Yuri Balashov	USSR	1980	Rostov-on-Don	Anatoly Karpov
60	Zoltan Ribli	Hungary	1980	Amsterdam	Anatoly Karpov
61	Friðrik Olafsson	Iceland	1980	Buenos Aires	Anatoly Karpov
62	Vlastimil Hort	Czechoslovakia	1981	Amsterdam	Anatoly Karpov
63	Carlos Garcia Palermo	Argentina	1982	Mar del Plata	Anatoly Karpov
64	Yasser Seirawan	United States	1982	London	Anatoly Karpov
65	Ljubomir Ljubojevic	Yugoslavia	1982	Turin	Anatoly Karpov
66	Zurab Azmaiparashvili	USSR	1983	Moscow	Anatoly Karpov
67	Wolfram Hartmann	West Germany	1983	Hannover	Anatoly Karpov
	Garry Kasparov	USSR	1984	Moscow	Anatoly Karpov
68	Nigel Short	England	1986	Brussels	Garry Kasparov
69	Andrei Sokolov	USSR	1988	Reykjavik	Garry Kasparov
70	Artur Yusupov	USSR	1989	Barcelona	Garry Kasparov
71	Boris Gulko	United States	1990	Linares	Garry Kasparov
72	Vasily Ivanchuk	USSR	1991	Linares	Garry Kasparov
	Viswanathan Anand	India	1991	Tilburg	Garry Kasparov
73	Gata Kamsky	United States	1992	Dortmund	Garry Kasparov
74	Robert Huebner	Germany	1992	Dortmund	Garry Kasparov
75	Joel Lautier	France	1994	Linares	Garry Kasparov
	Vladimir Kramnik	Russia	1994	Linares	Garry Kasparov
76	Alexander Shneider	Ukraine	1994	Lyon	Garry Kasparov
77	Veselin Topalov	Bulgaria	1994	Moscow	Garry Kasparov
78	Jeroen Piket	Netherlands	1995	Amsterdam	Garry Kasparov
79	Peter Svidler	Russia	1997	Tilburg	Garry Kasparov
80	Ivan Sokolov	Bosnia	1999	Wijk an Zee	Garry Kasparov
81	Alexander Morozevich	Russia	2001	Wijk an Zee	Vladimir Kramnik
82	Ruslan Ponomariov	Ukraine	2003	Wijk an Zee	Vladimir Kramnik
83	Alexei Shirov	Spain	2003	Wijk an Zee	Vladimir Kramnik
84	Loek van Wely	Netherlands	2003	Wijk an Zee	Vladimir Kramnik
85	Vladimir Akopian	Armenia	2004	Wijk an Zee	Vladimir Kramnik
86	Michael Adams	England	2004	Wijk an Zee	Vladimir Kramnik
87	Peter Leko	Hungary	2004	Brissago	Vladimir Kramnik
88	Emil Sutovsky	Israel	2005	Dortmund	Vladimir Kramnik
89	Etienne Bacrot	France	2005	Dortmund	Vladimir Kramnik
90	Evgeny Bareev	Russia	2005	Moscow	Vladimir Kramnik
91	Teimour Radjabov	Azerbaijan	2008	Wijk an Zee	Viswanathan Anand
92	Levon Aronian	Armenia	2008	Morelia	Viswanathan Anand
	Magnus Carlsen	Norway	2009	Linares	Viswanathan Anand
93	Hikaru Nakamura	United States	2011	London	Viswanathan Anand
94	Sergei Tiviakov	Netherlands	2012	Baden Baden	Viswanathan Anand
95	Boris Gelfand	Israel	2012	Moscow	Viswanathan Anand
96	Wang Hao	China	2013	Wijk an Zee	Viswanathan Anand
97	Fabiano Caruana	Italy	2013	Zurich	Viswanathan Anand
98	Arkadij Naiditsch	Germany	2014	Tromso	Magnus Carlsen
99	Ivan Saric	Croatia	2014	Tromso	Magnus Carlsen
100	Radoslaw Wojtaszek	Poland	2015	Wijk an Zee	Magnus Carlsen
101	Jon Ludvig Hammer	Norway	2015	Stavanger	Magnus Carlsen
102	Alexander Grischuk	Russia	2015	St. Louis	Magnus Carlsen
103	Yannick Pelletier	Switzerland	2015	Reykjavik	Magnus Carlsen
104	Sergei Karjakin	Russia	2016	New York	Magnus Carlsen
105	Richard Rapport	Hungary	2017	Wijk an Zee	Magnus Carlsen
106	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	France	2017	St. Louis	Magnus Carlsen
107	Bu Xiangzhi	China	2017	Tbilisi	Magnus Carlsen
108	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Russia	2017	London	Magnus Carlsen

The only world champion beside Steinitz who never was in the Chigorin Club was Anatoly Karpov. He never played Petrosian before 1969, played with Spassky only once when he was a champion (a draw in 1971), and never played Fischer at all.

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