Chigorin Memorial - Sochi Period

Sochi Period

From 1947, there were several Chigorin memorial tournaments, but it was not until 1963 that it was established as an annual event in Sochi. These tournaments were all played on the round robin format.

Year	Winner	City
1947	Mikhail Botvinnik	Moscow
1951	Vasily Smyslov	Saint Petersburg
1961	Mark Taimanov	Rostov-on-Don
1972	Lev Polugaevsky	Kislovodsk

#	Year	Winner	City
1	1963	Lev Polugaevsky	Sochi
2	1964	Nikolai Krogius	Sochi
3	1965	Wolfgang Unzicker Boris Spassky	Sochi
4	1966	Viktor Korchnoi	Sochi
5	1967	Alexander Zaitsev Vladimir Simagin Nikolai Krogius Leonid Shamkovich Boris Spassky	Sochi
6	1973	Mikhail Tal	Sochi
7	1974	Lev Polugaevsky	Sochi
8	1976	Lev Polugaevsky Evgeny Sveshnikov	Sochi
9	1977	Mikhail Tal	Sochi
10	1979	Nukhim Rashkovsky	Sochi
11	1980	Alexander Panchenko	Sochi
12	1981	Vitaly Tseshkovsky	Sochi
13	1982	Mikhail Tal	Sochi
14	1983	Anatoly Vaisser Evgeny Sveshnikov	Sochi
15	1984	Georgy Agzamov	Sochi
16	1985	Evgeny Sveshnikov	Sochi
17	1986	Svetozar Gligorić Alexander Beliavsky Rafael Vaganian	Sochi
18	1987	Sergey Smagin Evgeny Pigusov Andrei Kharitonov	Sochi
19	1988	Sergey Dolmatov	Sochi
20	1989	Alexey Vyzmanavin	Sochi
21	1990	Vadim Ruban	Sochi