 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sezvingabvira, kuita kwake kwakanakisisa kwakaitika paHastings 1895 mutambo wechess, kwaakawana nzvimbo yechipiri, pamberi pemutambi wepasi rose Emanuel Lasker, Tarrasch uye aimbove mukwikwidzi wepasi rose Steinitz. Vatambi vose vakakurumbira venguva iyoyo vakapinda mumutambo uyu uye Chigorin akabudirira zvikuru paakakunda muhondo yake nemunhu mumwe chete, Harry Nelson Pillsbury. Pillsbury airemekedza zvikuru mano aChigorin uye nokuda kwechikonzero chakanaka, sezvo Chigorin aiva noupenyu husingapfuuri pamwe chete nemigumisiro inopesana naye 876. Kunyange zvazvo Chigorin akanga ane chinyorwa chakashata pamusoro paLasker mumutambo wakakomba 184, akakunda nemidziyo yakasviba mumutambo wavo wokutanga wemutambo uyu wa1895, umo akatamba Lasker mumutambo wekare wevatasvi vaviri vachipesana nemabhishopi maviri. 