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. The first and most important edition was the one played in 1909 in
St. Petersburg. Later on, the tournament was mainly played in the Black Sea resort
Sochi. From 1993 the venue for the tournament returned to his hometown.