Chigorin–Arnous de Rivière Match 1883

Chigorin edges de Rivière in Paris
July 1883 · Paris, France
Chigorin won 5½–4½

Mikhail Chigorin defeated Jules Arnous de Rivière 5½–4½ in a ten-game Paris match, scoring five wins against four losses with one draw.

One draw, one point

Nine of the ten games were decisive. Chigorin's fifth victory supplied the single-point edge over Arnous de Rivière, while one draw completed the 5½–4½ score.

The direct source shortens the French player's name to Jules de Rivière; the game headers retain the fuller canonical form, Arnous de Rivière.

The complete score

All ten games are here in match order, and they add up to the historical +5 −4 =1.

Cross table

5½–4½
Chigorin won · official result +5-4=1
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts
Chigorin 1011100½01 5½
Arnous de Riviere 0100011½10 4½

1 win · ½ draw · 0 loss — click a game number to replay it.