World Chess Championship 1886

World Chess Championship 1886
The World Chess Championship 1886 was the first official World Chess
Championship match contested by Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. The
match took place in the USA, the first five games being played in New York, the
next four being played in St. Louis and the final eleven in New Orleans. The winner
was the first player to achieve ten wins. Wilhelm Steinitz won the match 10-5,
winning his tenth game in the twentieth game of the match (with five losses and
five draws).
Steinitz and Zukertort playing in New Orleans, 1886
Background
Previously, there were a number of "unofficial" world championship matches held
between the undisputed leading players of the day, but talk of an official World
Championship did not occur prior to the 1866 match between Steinitz and Adolf
Anderssen. Steinitz won that match (+8 -6 =0) and although he made no known
reference to a "World Championship" at the time, in later life he would sometimes
backdate the tenure of his reign to the date of the Anderssen match. However, most
historians now accept that the 1886 match between Steinitz and Zukertort was the
first official World Championship match.
Preparations
At the London 1883 chess tournament, a prestigious 14-player, double-round, allplay-all tournament,[2] Zukertort was the convincing winner with 22/26, ahead of
Steinitz (19/26), Blackburne(16/22) and Chigorin (16/22). In many respects, the
event resembled a modern day Candidates Tournament, in that most of the world's
leading players took part and the top two cemented their reputations as contenders
for a world title.
(A common story relates to an incident that occurred at the tournament banquet,
when the St. George Chess Club President proposed a toast to the best chess player
in the world and both Steinitz and Zukertort stood up at the same time to thank him.
Research by Edward G. Winter suggests that this story has been embellished.)
The following year saw the death of Paul Morphy and so finally, nothing stood in
the way of a first official World Championship match between the two rivals. As
there was a degree of hostility between them, the match arrangements were
somewhat protracted and lasted almost 3 years. Disagreement over the choice of
venue was resolved when Steinitz finally persuaded Zukertort to accept
the USA over London, his new place of residence. This was mostly due to the better
conditions offered to the players by the American organisers. Zukertort was given
the princely sum of $750 to make the trip across the Atlantic and the winner of the
match was promised a quarter of the proceeds from the betting syndication.
The match was to use the same chess clock as 3 years earlier and the time limit was
determined as 30 moves in 2 hours, followed by another 15 moves in each
subsequent hour. For the first time in chess history, a demonstration board
measuring approximately 1 metre square was erected above the players, so that the
spectators could follow the game while remaining in their seats.
The match
Play commenced on January 11, 1886 at 14.00 hours, in the Cartiers Academy Hall,
No. 80, Fifth Avenue, New York. After the first five games, the venue switched
to St. Louis for a further four. With the match result still in the balance (4-4, with
one draw), the concluding chapter was played out in New Orleans, by which time
Zukertort was said to be living on his wits, physically fatigued and approaching
mental breakdown. Steinitz on the other hand, appeared to be playing more robustly,
with a bottomless pit of mental stamina. His strategic mastery quickly took control
of the match and he wrapped things up with a further six wins, four draws and just
one defeat. The final game ended on March 29, 1886 when Zukertort tended his
resignation and congratulated the new World Champion.
In the aftermath, it was apparent that Zukertort's play had been overly impulsive; he
had regularly taken half the time of Steinitz and it is likely that this was connected
to a heart condition he had carried since childhood. Two years later, Zukertort died
of a heart attack.
Results
The winner would be the first to 10 wins, draws not counting. In the event of a 9-9
tie, neither player would be champion.
World Chess Championship Match 1886
Player
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Wins
Johannes Zukertort (Great

0 1 1 1 1 00 = 0 = 0 0 1 = = 0 = 0 0 0
Britain)
William Steinitz (United

States)
1 0 0 0 0 11 = 1 = 1 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1
10
Steinitz won, thus becoming the first official world champion.
Games
Game 1, Zukertort-Steinitz, 0-1
Game 1: 36...Rf2. Although white is a piece up, black's attack is too strong and is
shortly going to win decisive material.
Slav Defence, D10
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Bc7 8.b4 e5
9.Be2 Ngf6 10.Bb2 e4 11.Nd2 h5 12.h3 Nf8 13.a4 Ng6 14.b5 Nh4 15.g3
Ng2+ 16.Kf1 Nxe3+ 17.fxe3 Bxg3 18.Kg2 Bc7 19.Qg1 Rh6 20.Kf1 Rg6
21.Qf2 Qd7 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Rg1 Bxh3+ 24.Ke1 Ng4 25.Bxg4 Bxg4 26.Ne2
Qe7 27.Nf4 Rh6 28.Bc3 g5 29.Ne2 Rf6 30.Qg2 Rf3 31.Nf1 Rb8 32.Kd2 f5
33.a5 f4 34.Rh1 Qf7 35.Re1 fxe3+ 36.Nxe3 Rf2 37.Qxf2 Qxf2 38.Nxg4
Bf4+ 39.Kc2 hxg4 40.Bd2 e3 41.Bc1 Qg2 42.Kc3 Kd7 43.Rh7+ Ke6
44.Rh6+ Kf5 45.Bxe3 Bxe3 46.Rf1+ Bf4 01
Game 2, Steinitz-Zukertort, 0-1
Scotch Game, C47
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5
8.exd5 cxd5 9.00 00 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2 Bd6 12.Ng3 h6 13.Bd2 Ng4
14.Be2 Qh4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.Qc1 Be2 17.Re1 Ba6 18.Bc3 f5 19.Re6 Rad8
20.Qd2 d4 21.Ba5 Rd7 22.Rxd6 Rxd6 23.Bb4 Qf6 24.Rd1 Rd5 25.Bxf8
Qxf8 26.Nh5 Qe8 27.Nf4 Re5 28.h4 c5 29.h5 Re4 30.c3 Qb8 31.g3 Qe5
32.Ng6?! 32.f3! wins a pawn and black's best solution is to play 32...Rxf4
33.gxf4 32...Qd6 33.Nf4 d3 34.b3 c4 35.Rb1 Kh7 36.Kh2 Qb6 37.Kg1 Bb7
38.Rb2? This is a mistake that leaves the back-rank vulnerable. 38...Qc6
39.f3 Qc5+ 40.Qf2 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Qxf2+ 42.Rxf2 Bxf3 43.g4 Be2 44.Ng2 d2
45.Ne3 cxb3 46.axb3 Bxg4 01
Slav Defence, D10
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.a3 e6 5.c5 a5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Na4 Ngf6
9.Ne2 Be7 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Bd2 00 12.Be2 Rfb8 13.00 b6 14.cxb6 Nxb6
15.Nxb6 Rxb6 16.Qc3 Qb7 17.Ra2 Nd7 18.Bd1 c5 19.Ba4 c4 20.Qc1 Nf6
21.Bc3 Bd6 22.f3 Qb8 23.f4 Bd3 24.Re1 h5 25.h4 Qd8 26.Bd1 g6 27.Qd2
Rbb8 28.Qf2 Be7 29.Bf3 Ne4 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Nh1 Bxh4 32.g3 Be7
33.Qd2 Qd5 34.Nf2 a4 35.Kg2 Rb3 36.Rh1 Kg7 37.Raa1 Bd8 38.g4 hxg4
39.Nxg4 Ba5? This mistake spoils what had been an extremely well played
game by black. This makes the back-rank vulnerable, which Zukertort
exploits. 40.Rh7+ Kf8 41.Rh8+ Kg7 42.Rh7+ Kf8 43.Qf2 Bd8 44.Ne5 Kg8
45.Rah1 Bf6 46.Rxf7 Rf8 47.Rxf6 10
Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, C67
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.00 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+
Be7 8.Bf1 00 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Nf5 13.Bf4 d6
14.Nd2 Be6 15.Bd3 Nh4 16.Ne4 Ng6 17.Bd2 d5 18.Nc5 Bc8 19.Qe3 b6
20.Nb3 Qd6 21.Qe8+ Nf8 22.Re1 Bb7 23.Qe3 Ne6 24.Qf3 Rd8 25.Qf5 Nf8
26.Bf4 Qc6 27.Nd2 Bc8 28.Qh5 g6 29.Qe2 Ne6 30.Bg3 Qb7 31.Nf3 c5
32.dxc5 bxc5 33.Ne5 c4 34.Bb1 Bg7 35.Rd1 Bd7 36.Qf3 Be8 37.Nxc4??
dxc4 38.Rxd8 Nxd8 39.Qe2 Ne6 01
Slav Defence, D10
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Bc8 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Ne5
e6 9.Bb5 Qc7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.f4 00 12.Rc1 Bxe5 13.fxe5 Ne8 14.00 f6
15.Bd3 Rf7 16.Qc2 f5 17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Rf2 Rc8 19.Bc3 Qb6 20.Qd2 Ne7
21.Rcf1 Bb5 22.Bb1 Qa6 23.g4 g6 24.h3 Rc7 25.Re1 Ng7 26.Nf4 Nc8
27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 Kh8 29.Kh2 Qc6 30.Reg1 Ne7 31.Qf2 Qe8
32.Rxg7! 10 After 32...Rxg7 33.Rxg7 Kxg7 34.Nxe6, white will be a piece
up.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.00 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Rxe5+
Be7 8.Nc3 00 9.Bd3 Bf6 10.Re3 g6 11.b3 Re8 12.Qf3 Bg5 13.Rxe8+ Nxe8
14.Bb2 c6 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Qe3 d5 17.Qd4 f6 18.Ng3 Be6 19.Re1 Ng7 20.h4
Qd7 21.h5 Bf7 22.hxg6 Bxg6 23.Qe3 Kf7 24.Qf4 Re8 25.Re3 Ne6 26.Qg4
Nf8 27.Nf5 Bc5 28.Nh6+ Kg7 29.Nf5+ Kf7 30.Nh6+ Kg7 31.Nf5+ Kf7
32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.Nf5+ Kf7 34.Nh6+ Kg7The threefold repetition rule was
not in force during this match, the position had to be repeated six times before
a draw could be claimed.35.Bxg6 Qxg4 36.Nxg4 Rxe3 37.fxe3 Kxg6 38.Nxf6
Bb4 39.d3 Ne6 40.Kf2 h5 41.g4 h4 42.Nh5 Bd6 43.Kg2 c5 44.Bf6 Ng5
45.Bxg5 Kxg5 46.Kh3 Be5 47.Nf4 d4 48.Ne6+ Kf6 49.exd4 cxd4 50.Nc5
Kg5 51.Nxb7 Kf4 52.Na5 Bf6 53.Nc6 Ke3 54.Nxa7 Kd2 55.Nc6 Kxc2 56.a4
Kxd3 57.Nb4+ Ke2 58.a5 Be7 59.Nd5 Kf3 60.Nxe7 d3 61.Nd5 10
Game 7, Zukertort-Steinitz, 0-1[
Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch Defence, D40
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4
Be7 9.00 00 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qd3 Rc8 12.Rac1 Qa5 13.Ba2 Rfd8 14.Rfe1
Be8 15.Bb1 g6 16.Qe2 Bf8 17.Red1 Bg7 18.Ba2 Ne7 19.Qd2 Qa6 White has
been vacillating with no clear strategy in view. Meanwhile, Steinitz has been
piling up pressure against White's d-pawn. 20.Bg5 Nf5 21.g4 Nxd4 A

combination which throws a harsh searchlight on the weaknesses in White's
camp. Indeed, even 21...Nxg4 22.Bxd8 Rxd8 gives Black tremendous
compensation for his modest investment. 22.Nxd4 e5 23.Nd5 Rxc1 24.Qxc1
exd4 25.Rxd4 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Bxd5 Qe2 28.h3 h6 29.Bc4 If
29.Bxh6 Bxh6 30.Qxh6 Qd1+. 29...Qf3 30.Qe3 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Bc6 32.Be7
Be5+ A neat combination to exploit the shattered nature of White's king's
wing. 33.f4 Bxf4+ 34.Qxf4 Qh1+ 35.Kg3 Qg1+ 01 Mate in 10 follows:
36.Kh4 Qe1+ 37.Qg3 Qxe7+ 38.g5 Qe4+ 39.Qg4 Qe1+ 40.Qg3 hxg5+
41.Kxg5 Qxg3+ 42.Kf6 Qf4+ 43.Ke7 Kg7 44.Kd8 Qb8+ 45.Ke7 Qf8#
Game 8, Steinitz-Zukertort,
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.00 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 00
8.Qh5 f5 9.Nc3 Nxe5 10.Rxe5 g6 11.Qf3 c6 12.b3 Nf7 13.Re2 d5 14.Bb2
Bf6 15.Rae1 Qd6 16.Re8 Bd7 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.Nd1 Ng5 19.Qe2 Re8
20.Qf1 Bxb2 21.Rxe8+ Bxe8 22.Nxb2
Queen's Gambit Accepted, D26
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.Bxc4 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.00
00 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Bb3 Nb6 11.Bf4 Nbd5 12.Bg3 Qa5 13.Rac1 Bd7
14.Ne5 Rfd8 15.Qf3 Be8 16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Bh4 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qc7 19.Qd3
Nd5 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Bxd5 Rxd5 22.c4 Rdd8 23.Re3 Qd6 24.Rd1 f6
25.Rh3 h6 26.Ng4 Qf4 27.Ne3 Ba4 28.Rf3 Qd6 29.Rd2 Bc6 30.Rg3 f5
31.Rg6? This just loses, 31.c5 is fine for white.31...Be4 32.Qb3 Kh7 33.c5
Rxc5 34.Rxe6 Rc1+ 35.Nd1 Qf4 36.Qb2 Rb1 37.Qc3 Rc8! 38.Rxe4
Qxe4 01
8.Nc3 Nxe5 9.Rxe5 c6 10.b3 Re8 11.Ba3 Bf8 12.Re3 Rxe3 13.fxe3 Ne4
14.Bxf8 Nxc3 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qe5 Qxf8 17.Qxc3 Qg7 18.Qxg7+ Kxg7 19.e4
d6 20.Re1 Bd7 21.Kf2 Re8

Four Knights Game, Symmetrical Variation, C49
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.00 00 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7.exd5 e4
8.dxc6 exf3 9.Qxf3 dxc6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.b3 Qg5 12.Bb2 Qxd2 13.Bc1 Qa5
14.Bf4 Be6 15.Rae1 Rfe8 16.Re3 Bd5 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh5+ Kg8
19.Rh3 f6 20.Qh7+? Here, white had to play 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.c4, taking
advantage of the pin on the fifth rank. 20...Kf7 21.Qh5+ Kf8 22.Qh8+ Kf7
23.Qh5+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Qh5+ (The threefold repetition rule was not in
force; see comment in game 6.) 25...Kf8 26.Qh8+ Kf7 27.Qh5+ Kf8
28.Qh8+ Kf7 29.Qh5+ Kf8 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Qh5+ Ke7 32.Re3+ Kf8
33.Qh8+ Bg8 34.Bh6 Re7 35.Rxe7 Kxe7 36.Bxg7 Qf5 37.Re1+ Kf7 38.Bh6
Qh7 39.Qxh7+ Bxh7 40.c4 a5 41.Be3 c5 42.Rd1 a4 01
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.00 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bxc6
dxc6 8.Qe2 Be6 9.d3 Nf5 10.Nd2 00 11.c3 Re8 12.Ne4 Qd5 13.Bf4 Rad8
14.d4 Nd6 15.Nc5 Bc8 16.Ncd3 f6 17.Nb4 Qb5 18.Qxb5 Nxb5 19.Ned3 Bf5
20.a4 Nd6 21.a5 Nb5 22.a6 Bxd3 23.Nxd3 b6 24.Re3 Kf7 25.Rae1 Rd7
26.Nb4 g5 27.Bg3 f5 28.f4 c5 29.Nc6 cxd4 30.cxd4 Kf8 31.Re5 Nxd4
32.Nxd4 Rxd4 33.Rxf5+ Kg7 34.fxg5 Bc5 35.Rxc5 Rxe1+ 36.Bxe1 bxc5
37.Bc3 Kg6 38.Bxd4 cxd4 39.h4 Kf5 40.Kf2 Ke4 41.Ke2 c5 42.b3 Ke5
43.Kd3 Kf4 44.b4 10
Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation, D35
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bf4 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.Nf3
Be7 9.00 00 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Qe2 Qa5 12.Nb5 a6 13.Bc7 b6 14.Nc3 Rfc8
15.Bf4 b5 16.Bb3 Qb6 17.Red1 Na5 18.Bc2 Nc4 19.Bd3 Nd6 20.Ne5 Be8
21.Bg5 Qd8 22.Qf3 Ra7 23.Qh3 h6 24.Be3 Rac7 25.d5 b4 26.Ne2 Nxd5
27.Bxa6 Ra8 28.Bd3 Bf6 29.Bd4 Nb5 30.Nf3 Nxd4 31.Nfxd4 Ra5 32.Qf3
Ba4 33.Re1 Ne7 34.Qe4 g6 35.b3 Be8 36.Bc4 Nf5 37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.Bxe6+
Kg7 39.Rad1 Qe7 40.Nf4 Re5 41.Qb1 Rxe1+? 41...Bd7 seems to give black
better winning chances.42.Rxe1 Bc3 43.Nd5 Qc5 44.Nxc7 Qxc7 45.Rd1 Nd4
46.Bc4 Bc6 47.Qd3 Ba8 48.Qe3 Qd6 49.a3 Bc6 50.axb4 Qf6 51.Kf1 Nb5
52.Qe6 Qxe6 53.Bxe6 Bxb4 54.Bd7 Nc3 55.Rd4 Bxd7 56.Rxd7+ Kf6
57.Rd4 Be7 58.b4 Ke5 59.Rc4 Nb5 60.Rc6 Bd6 61.Rb6 Nd4 62.Rb7 g5
63.b5 Kd5 64.b6 Kc6 65.Rh7 Kxb6 66.Rxh6 Kc7 67.h4! These two passed
pawns give white a decisive advantage. 67...gxh4 68.Rxh4 Nf5 69.Rh7+ Kd8
70.g4 Ne7 71.Kg2 Ke8 72.Kf3 Bc5 73.Rh5 Bd4 74.Kg3 Kf7 75.f4 Bc3
76.Rb5 Be1+ 77.Kf3 Bc3 78.g5 Ba1 79.Kg4 Bc3 80.f5 Bd4 81.Rb7 Bc3
82.Kh5 Bd4 83.Kh6 Bg7+ 84.Kh7 Be5 85.g6+ Kf8 86.Rxe7 10
8.Nc3 Nxe5 9.Rxe5 c6 10.b3 Ne8 11.Bb2 d5 12.Qf3 Bf6 13.Re2 Nc7 14.Ba3
Re8 15.Rae1 Ne6 16.Na4 Bd7 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Rxe8+ Bxe8 19.Bxc5 b6
20.Ba3 Bd7 21.Qg3 c5 22.c3 Be6 23.Bb2 Qd7 24.Bc2 Re8 25.h3 b5 26.d4
cxd4 27.cxd4 Rc8 28.Bd3 Bf5 29.Bxf5 Qxf5 30.Qg4 Qxg4 31.hxg4 a6
32.Re3 b4 33.g3 a5 34.Kf1 a4 35.bxa4 Ra8 36.Re1 Rxa4 37.Ra1 Kf8
38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Kd3 Ra6 40.a3 bxa3 41.Rxa3 Rxa3+ 42.Bxa3+ Kd7 43.Bf8
Ke8 44.Bd6 g6 45.Be5 Bd8 46.Bg7 h5 47.gxh5 gxh5 48.Be5 Kd7
Game 15, Zukertort-Steinitz,
Queen's Gambit Declined, Dutch-Peruvian Gambit, D50
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.e3 Be6
8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Bb5 Nc6 10.e4 000 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5
Rxd5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nf3 Re8+ 17.Kf1 Bb6 18.g3 Rf5
19.Kg2 Re2 20.Rhf1 Rxb2 21.a4 Rc5 22.Ng1 Rh5 23.Ra3 Kb7 24.Nh3 Bd4
25.Re1 Re5 26.Rd1 c5 27.Rf3 Ree2 28.Rf1 Rb6 29.Nf4 Ra2 30.Nd5 Re6
31.Nf4 Rd6 32.Rb1+ Kc6 33.Rb8 Rxa4 34.Rh8 Ra2 35.Rxh7 a5 36.Rxf7 a4
37.h4 Rd7 38.Rxd7 Kxd7 39.h5 Ke7 40.h6 Kf7 41.h7 Kg7 42.Ne6+ Kxh7
43.Nxd4 cxd4 44.Rd3 Rb2 45.Rxd4 a3 46.Ra4 a2 47.g4 Kg6 48.Kg3 Kf7
49.f4
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.dxe5
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 00 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.f3 Bc6 13.Nb3 a5 14.Be3
Nd7 15.h4 a4 16.Nd2 h6 17.h5 g5 18.Nf1 Nc5 19.Bc2 Rfd8 20.Ng3 Bd7
21.000 c6 22.Rd2 Be6 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.exf5 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Nd7 26.g4 Nf6
27.Be4 Rd8 28.Qc2 Nd5 29.Bf2 b5 30.a3 Bf8 31.Rd1 Qb7 32.c4 bxc4
33.Qxc4 Rb8 34.Rd2 Nb6 35.Qc3 Nd5 36.Qc4 Nb6 37.Qd3 Be7 38.Rc2
Nd5 39.Qc4 Bxa3 40.bxa3 Qb1+ 41.Kd2 Rd8 42.Bxd5 Rxd5+ 43.Ke3 Rb5
44.Qxc6 Rb3+ 45.Ke2 Kh7 46.f6 Rb2 47.Rxb2 Qxb2+ 48.Kf1 Qxa3
49.Qe8 10
Game 17, Zukertort-Steinitz, [edit]
Queen's Gambit Declined, D55
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 00 6.e3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.0
0 c5 9.Qe2 h6 10.Bh4 Nb6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rfd1 Nbd7 13.e4 Be7 14.e5
Ne8 15.Bg3 Qb6 16.a3 a5 17.Rac1 Nc5 18.Bf4 Bd7 19.Be3 Bc6 20.Nd4
Rd8 20...Nd4!. White is powerless to stop black's center pawns from
powering down the board 21.Ndb5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bxb5 23.Nxb5 Qc6
24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Nd7 26.Nd4 Qe4 27.Nxe6 Nxe5 28.Nxf8 Nxc4 29.Nd7
Bxb4 30.Qd3 Qg4 31.h3 Qe6 32.Rb1 Nxe3 33.Qxe3 33.Rxb4! is better, as it
also wins the b7 pawn in addition to swapping off the material. 33...Qxd7
34.Rxb4 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Qd6+ 36.Qf4 Kf8 37.Qxd6+ Nxd6 38.Kg3 Ke7
39.Kf4 Ke6 40.h4 Kd5 41.g4 b5 42.Rb1 Kc5 43.Rc1+ Kd5 44.Ke3 Nc4+
45.Ke2 b4 46.Rb1 Kc5 47.f4 Na3 48.Rc1+ Kd4 49.Rc7 b3 50.Rb7 Kc3
51.Rc7+ Kd4 52.Rb7 Kc3

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.dxe5
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 00 11.f3 a5 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.Nf1 Be6 14.g4 Rfd8
15.h4 Qd7 16.Bc2 h5 17.g5 Ne8 18.Ne3 Qc6 19.c4 Nd6 20.Bd3 Rab8
21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Qd7 23.Bd2 Ra8 24.Rc1 c6 25.Rc5 cxd5 26.Rxd5
Qa4 27.a3 b6 28.Bc3 Qe8 29.Qf2 Nc8 30.Bb5 Qe7 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.00
Na7 33.Bc4 Nc6 34.Bd5 Rc8 35.f4 Qd7 36.f5 Ne7 37.Ba2 gxf5 38.exf5 Bf8
39.Qf3 e4 40.Qxh5 10

Queen's Gambit Declined, D53
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 00 6.c5 b6 7.b4 bxc5 8.dxc5 a5
9.a3 d4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Na4 e5 12.b5 Be6 13.g3 c6 14.bxc6 Nxc6 15.Bg2
Rb8 16.Qc1 d3 17.e3 e4 18.Nd2 f5 19.00 Re8 20.f3 Nd4! 21.exd4 Qxd4+
22.Kh1 e3 23.Nc3 Bf6 24.Ndb1 d2 25.Qc2 Bb3 26.Qxf5 d1Q 27.Nxd1 Bxd1
28.Nc3 e2 29.Raxd1 Qxc3 01
Game 20 Steinitz-Zukertort, 1-0
Vienna Game, C25
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 3...exf4 4.d4 d5? 5.exd5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qe7+ 7.Kf2
Qh4+ 8.g3! This bold move avoids a draw by repetition and Black's queen is
even more exposed than White's king. 8...fxg3+ 9.Kg2 Nxd4 10.hxg3 Qg4
11.Qe1+ Be7 12.Bd3 Nf5 13.Nf3 Bd7 14.Bf4 f6 15.Ne4 Ngh6??
15...Ngh6??. Zukertort did not anticipate what Steinitz had in store for him.
16.Bxh6 Nxh6 17.Rxh6! gxh6?? 18.Nxf6+ Kf7 19.Nxg4 10

The third World Chess Championship was held in New York in late 1890 and early
1891. Holder William Steinitz narrowly defeated challenger Isidor Gunsberg.
Results
Player
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Total
William
1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
Steinitz (United States)
10
Isidor
Gunsberg (AustriaHungary)
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Wilhelm Steinitz
Isidor Gunsberg
Games
Round 01: Steinitz Gunsberg (1/2)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Nc6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nh3 O-O 7.Nf2 Re8 8.Be2
Bb4 9.Bd2 e5 10.dxe5 Rxe511.cxd5 Nxd5 12.e4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba5 14.Qc2
Re8 15.O-O Bb6 16.Kh1 Qe7 17.Nd3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bd3 Rd8
20.Rad1 Be6 21.Bc1 Qa5 22.c4 Bd4 23.Bd2 Qh5 24.Bc1 c6 25.Be2 Qa5
(1/2)
Round 02: Gunsberg Steinitz (0-1)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.O-O Nge7 6.d4 Ng6 7.d5 Nb8
8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.Na3 Be7 10.Nc2 Nc511.Qe2 Qd7 12.b4 Na4 13.Bd2 O-O
14.c4 f5 15.exf5 Qxf5 16.Rac1 Rae8 17.Nfe1 Bg5 18.g3 Nc3 19.Bxc3 Bxc1
20.Ng2 Qf3 21.Qxf3 Rxf3 22.Nge3 Bxe3 23.Nxe3 Ref8 24.Kg2 c6 25.Bb2
cxd5 26.Nxd5 Rd3 27.Bc1 b5 28.Ne3 bxc4 29.Nxc4 Rd4 30.Ne3 Rxb4
31.Rd1 Rb1 32.Ba3 Rxd1 33.Nxd1 Rd8 34.f3 d5 35.Nc3 d4 36.Ne4 Rb8
37.h4 h5 38.Kf2 Rb1 39.Bd6 Rb2+ (0-1)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.f3 Bb4 6.Nh3 Nbd7 7.Nf4 O-O 8.Be2
dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Nfe2 exd411.exd4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bf5 13.Bg5 Be7 14.O-O
Nfd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Nce4 Nbd5 18.Qd2 b6 19.Rae1 Qd7
20.Re2 Rad821.Rfe1 Nf5 22.Nc3 Nxg3 23.hxg3 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Rfe8 25.Qf4
Rxe2 26.Rxe2 Kf8 27.Kf2 Qd6 (1/2)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be3 Bxe3 6.fxe3 d6 7.O-O Na5
8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 Qb6 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Re1 Qa6 12.c3 f6 13.Bc2 c5 14.b4
cxb4 15.cxb4 Nc6 16.Bb3 Qb6 17.a3 Bd7 18.Nc3 Ne7 19.h3 Nh6 20.d4 Rd8
21.Rf1 Rf8 22.Qf2 Rc8 23.Rac1 Qa6 24.a4 Qb6 25.b5 Qa5 26.Qb2 Nf7
27.Nd2 exd4 28.exd4 Qb6 29.Ne2 d5 30.exd5 Nd6 31.Qa3 Kd8 32.a5 Nxb5
33.Qxe7+ Kxe7 34.axb6 axb6 35.Nc4 Ra8 36.Ra1 Nd6 37.Nxb6 Rxa1
38.Rxa1 Bb5 39.Nf4 Kf7 40.Ne6 Re8 41.Ba4 Bxa4 42.Rxa4 g6 43.Nc4 Nf5
44.Rb4 Re7 45.g4 Ng3 46.Nd6+ Kg8 47.Nxb7 Rd7 48.Nbc5 Rxd5 49.Kf2
Nf5 50.gxf5 Rxf5+ 51.Kg3 h5 52.Rb7 g5 53.Ne4 Kh8 54.Rg7 h4+ 55.Kg2
Ra5 56.Nxf6 Ra2+ 57.Kg1 (1-0)
Round 05: Steinitz Gunsberg (0-1)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nc6 6.Bxc4 Nxe5 7.Bb5+
c6 8.Be2 Be6 9.Nc3 O-O-O+ 10.Kc2 Nf6 11.Nf3 Neg4 12.Rf1 Bf5+ 13.Kb3
Nd7 14.e4 Nc5+ 15.Kc2 Nxe4 16.Nh4 Nxc3+ 17.Kxc3 Be6 18.f4 Nf6 19.f5
Bd5 20.g4 Be7 21.Kc2 Be4+ 22.Kb3 Nd7 23.g5 f6 24.Bg4 Nc5+ 25.Ka3
Rd3+ (0-1)
1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 c5 4.b3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd7 7.Bb2 Rc8 8.c3
Bd6 9.Nbd2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nf3 Bb8 13.h3 c4 14.Bc2 OO 15.Qd4 Re8 16.Rad1 b5 17.b4 Qc7 18.Rfe1 Re7 19.Kf1 Rce8 20.Qh4
Qd6 21.Rd4 Qc6 22.Red1 Be5 23.Rxd5 Bb8 24.a4 a6 25.a5 h6 26.R5d4
Qb7 27.Ne1 Be5 28.R4d2 Bc7 29.Re2 Re5 30.f3 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 Rxe3
32.Bc1 Re5 33.Qf2 Qc6 34.Be3 Re8 35.Qd2 Qe6 36.Bd4 Nh5 37.Bf2 Bc6
38.Bb1 Qe5 39.Nc2 Bxf3 40.gxf3 Qh2 41.Qd7 Qh1+ 42.Bg1 Qxf3+ 43.Bf2
Ng3+ (0-1)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O b6
8.Ne5 Bb7 9.Qb3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bd5 11.Bxd5 exd5 12.Ba3 Re8 13.c4 c5
14.Rac1 Ne4 15.Rfd1 cxd4 16.exd4 f6 17.cxd5 fxe5 18.d6+ Kh8 19.Qd5
Nxf2 20.Rd2 Nd7 21.Rxf2 Nf6 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.d7 Rg8 24.dxe5 Rg5
25.Qxa8 Qxa8 26.Rc8+ Rg8 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.e6 (1-0)
Round 08: Gunsberg Steinitz (1/2)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 Qe7 8.OO Nd8 9.Nbd2 Ne6 10.d4 Ng4 11.Qe1 f6 12.Nh4 Nh6 13.Nf5 Nxf5 14.exf5
Nf8 15.e4 Nd7 16.Qh4 Nb6 17.Qh5+ Kd8 18.Bb3 Bd7 19.Rae1 c6 20.Re3
Kc7 21.Rg3 Raf8 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Qe2 g5 24.Rd3 Bc8 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Nf1
Nd7 27.Bc2 Nc5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxd8 Kxd8 30.b4 Nd7 31.Bb3 a5 32.a3
axb4 33.axb4 Qd6 34.Ne3 b5 35.Kf2 Kc7 36.Qd1 (1/2)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 d5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 dxc4
8.Bxc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.e4 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 e5 13.Qe3 Be6
14.Be2 Ng4 15.Qc1 Rac8 16.h3 Nh6 17.Qe3 f6 18.a3 Nf7 19.b4 a6 20.a4
Nxb4 21.Bxb4 Qxb4 22.Rfb1 Qe7 23.Rb6 Rc7 24.Rab1 Rfc8 25.Ne1 Nd8
26.Nd3 Qa3 27.Kh2 Rd7 28.Rxe6 Nxe6 29.Bg4 Re8 30.Bxe6+ Rxe6 31.Nc5
Qxe3 32.fxe3 Ree7 33.Nxd7 Rxd7 34.Kg3 Kf7 35.a5 Kg6 36.Kf3 Rc7
37.Rb2 Rc5 38.Ra2 Rb5 39.Ke2 Kf7 40.Kf3 Ke6 41.h4 h5 42.Ra1 g6 43.g4
hxg4+ 44.Kxg4 Rb4 45.Kf3 f5 46.exf5+ Kxf5 47.Rh1 Rb5 48.e4+ Kf6
49.Rd1 Rxa5 50.Rd6+ Kg7 51.Rd7+ Kh6 52.Rxb7 Ra3+ 53.Kf2 Ra5
54.Rb6 Kh5 55.Rc6 Ra4 56.Kf3 Ra3+ 57.Kf2 Kh6 58.Re6 Ra5 59.Kg3
Kg7 60.Kg4 Kf7 61.Rb6 Ra1 62.Rb7+ Kf6 63.Rb6+ Kg7 64.Re6 a5
65.Rxe5 a4 66.Ra5 a3 67.Kg5 a2 68.Ra7+ Kf8 69.Ra8+ Kf7 70.Ra7+ Ke6
71.Ra6+ Ke5 72.Ra5+ Kxe4 73.Ra4+ Kf3 74.Ra3+ Kf2 75.Kxg6 Rg1+
76.Kf7 a1=Q 77.Rxa1 Rxa1 78.h5 Rh1 79.Kg6 Rg1+ 80.Kf6 (1/2)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 Ne7 7.Nf1 c6 8.Qe2
O-O 9.h3 d5 10.Bb3 Ng6 11.g3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Be6 13.Ng5 Bxb3 14.axb3
Qd7 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 b6 17.Nd2 c5 18.Ngf3 Rad8 19.Nc4 Rfe8
20.Ncd2 Re7 21.Kf1 h5 22.Kg2 h4 23.Kh2 Qb5 24.c4 Qc6 25.Rac1 Red7
26.Rc3 Nh5 27.Rg1 Qf6 28.Nf1 Rd1 29.Qe2 hxg3+ 30.fxg3 Ra1 31.N3d2
Qg5 32.Rf3 Nf6 33.Rd3 Rxd3 34.Qxd3 Nf8 35.Qe3 Qg6 36.Rg2 Ne6
37.Re2 Nd4 38.Rf2 Ra2 39.Nf3 Nxf3+ 40.Qxf3 Qxe4 41.Qxe4 Nxe4 42.Re2
Ng5 43.Kg2 Ne6 (0-1)
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Bd2 Bf6 13.Qb3
Bd7 14.Rfc1 Qa4 15.Qxa4 Bxa4 16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 Bc6 18.b4 a6 19.a4
Rfd8 20.f3 Kf8 21.Raa3 h6 22.Kf2 Rdc8 23.b5 Bd7 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8
25.bxa6 bxa6 26.a5 Bb5 27.Bxb5 axb5 28.Rb3 Rb8 29.a6 (1/2)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Qf6 7.d4 Nh6
8.Bg5 Qd6 9.d5 Nd8 10.Qa4 Bb6 11.Na3 c6 12.Be2 Bc7 13.Nc4 Qf8 14.d6
Bxd6 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.Qxa7 Ng4 17.Nh4 Ne6 18.Bxg4 Nxg5 19.Nf5 Ne6
20.Rfd1 Bc7 21.Na8 Rxa8 22.Qxa8 Kd8 23.Rxd7+ Kxd7 24.Rd1+ (1-0)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 Bb4+ 4.c3 Be7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.c4 b6 8.Nc3
Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.f4 Nxe5 12.fxe5 c6 13.Bd2 Ba6 14.Bxa6
Nxa6 15.Qa4 Nb8 16.Rac1 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Ne2 Re8 19.Rf3 Qe7 20.Rcf1
Rc8 21.Bb4 Qe6 22.Nf4 Qe4 23.Nh5 Nd7 24.Qa6 Qe8 25.Rh3 Bg5 26.Kh1
Nf6 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Qb7 Qg6 29.Qd7 Kh8 30.Be7 Rg8 31.Qxc6 Rac8
32.Qxd5 Rg7 33.Bb4 Qd3 34.Qf3 Rc2 35.Bc3 Re2 36.e4 Qxe4 37.d5 Qg6
38.Rg3 Rf7 39.d6 h6 40.h4 (1-0)
Round 14: Gunsberg Steinitz (1/2)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Qf6 7.d4 h6 8.Bb5
Nge7 9.Ba3 exd4 10.e5 Qe6 11.cxd4 Bb4 12.Bb2 d5 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Ne2
Ng6 15.Qb3 Ba5 16.Ne1 Nce7 17.f4 Qb6 18.Ba3 f5 19.Qa4 c6 20.Bd3 Qd8
21.Qc2 b5 22.Kh1 Bb6 23.g4 a5 24.Rg1 b4 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5
27.Rxg6 bxa3 28.Rxc6 Nxc6 29.Qxf5 Nxd4 30.Nxd4 Bxd4 31.Qe6+ Kh8
32.Rd1 Bc3 33.Rxd5 Qb8 (1/2)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.c4 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3
Be7 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Rc1
Ba3 15.Rc3 Bb4 16.Rc4 Be7 17.Qa4 Na5 18.Rc2 Rc8 19.Rfc1 Rxc2
20.Rxc2 Qa8 21.Nd2 Bc6 22.Bb5 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Qxe4 24.Rc7 Bf6 25.Rxa7
Nc6 26.Ra8 Nxd4 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qa3+ Kg8 29.Qa6 g5 30.Bxd4 Bxd4
31.Bf1 Bc5 32.Qe2 Qd4 33.g4 Kg7 34.Qf3 Qa4 35.Qc3+ f6 36.Qc4 Qc6
37.Qe2 Qd6 38.Qf3 Qd4 39.Bd3 (1/2)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Qf6 7.d4 h6 8.Qa4
Bb6 9.Bb5 Nge7 10.Ba3 exd4 11.e5 Qg6 12.cxd4 Nd5 13.Re1 Nf4 14.g3
Qg4 15.Nbd2 Nh3+ 16.Kg2 Ng5 17.Bb2 Ne7 18.Be2 Ne6 19.Kh1 Qf5
20.Nh4 Qxf2 21.Ne4 (1-0)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Ng4
8.Nd5 Kd7 9.Nh3 c6 10.Nc3 Nxe5 11.f4 Ng4 12.Be2 Ke8 13.Kc2 Bc5 14.f5
Ne3+ 15.Kd3 Nxg2 16.b4 Bxb4 17.Rg1 Nh4 18.Rxg7 Ng6 19.fxg6 hxg6
20.Ng5 Be7 21.Rh7 Rxh7 22.Nxh7 f6 23.Bf4 Kf7 24.Rg1 Na6 25.e5 Bf5+
26.Kd2 Bb4 27.Rg3 Nc5 28.Kc1 Ba3+ 29.Kd1 g5 30.Bc4+ Ne6 31.Nxg5+
fxg5 32.Bxg5 Rg8 33.h4 b5 34.Nxb5 cxb5 35.Bxe6+ Kxe6 36.Rxa3 Kxe5
37.Rxa7 Bd3 38.Kd2 Bf1 39.Kc3 Rc8+ 40.Kb4 Rg8 41.Ra5 Ke4 42.Ra6
Kf3 43.Rf6+ Kg2 44.Rf5 Be2 45.Be3 Bd3 46.Rf2+ Kg3 47.Rd2 Rg4+
48.Kc5 Bc4 49.h5 Kf3 50.Bd4 Rg5+ 51.Kb4 Rxh5 52.a4 Ke4 53.Bc5 Bd3
54.axb5 Rh1 55.Rb2 Kd5 56.Bf2 Rb1 (1/2)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Qf6 7.d4 Nge7
8.Qa4 Bb6 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Na3 exd4 11.Nb5 Qg6 12.cxd4 a6 13.d5 Ne5
14.Nxe5 Qxg5 15.Nf3 Qh6 16.Bb3 O-O 17.Rac1 c6 18.Nbd4 c5 19.Ne2 d6
20.Ng3 Bd8 21.e5 b5 22.Qa3 c4 23.exd6 Nxd5 24.Bc2 b4 25.Qa4 Qxd6
26.Be4 Nb6 27.Qc2 Rb8 28.Bxh7+ Kh8 29.Rcd1 Qh6 30.Bf5 g6 31.Bxc8
Rxc8 32.Qb2+ Qg7 33.Qxb4 Bc7 34.Rd4 Rfd8 35.Rh4+ Kg8 36.Ng5 Rd7
37.Re4 c3 38.Rfe1 Rdd8 39.Ne2 Nd5 40.Qa4 Qf6 41.Nf3 Bb6 42.Rc1 c2
43.h3 Qb2 44.Qb3 Qxb3 45.axb3 a5 46.Rc4 Rxc4 47.bxc4 Nb4 48.g3
Bxf2+ 49.Kxf2 Nd3+ 50.Ke3 Nxc1 51.Nxc1 Rd1 52.Ne2 a4 53.Nfd4 c1=Q+
54.Nxc1 Rxc1 (0-1)
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O
Nc6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bd2 a6 12.Rac1 Ba7 13.Rfd1 Bd7
14.Be1 Ng4 15.e4 Nce5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Bc6 18.Kf1 Bd4 19.f3 Rd7
20.Bf2 Rad8 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Kf8
25.Ke1 Ng6 26.Ne3 Ke7 27.Kd2 Kd6 28.Kc3 Kc5 29.g3 Bb5 30.b4+ Kb6
31.Bd1 Kc7 32.a4 Bd7 33.f4 Bc6 34.Kd4 Ne7 35.Bb3 Be8 36.Nc4 Nc6+
37.Kc5 Nd8 38.Nb6 f6 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 Bg6 41.Bc2 h5 (1/2)

The fifth World Chess Championship was held in New York (games 18), Philadelphia (games 9-11) and Montreal (games 12-19) between March 15 and
May 26, 1894. Holder William Steinitz lost his title to challenger Emanuel Lasker,
who was 32 years his junior.
From the World Championship Match New York, 1894 Wilhelm Steinitz (left) Emanuel Lasker (right)
Results
The first player to win ten games would be champion.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Wins Total
Emanuel
1010==111 1 1 = 0 0 1 1 0 = 1
Lasker (Germany)
10
12
William
Steinitz (United
States)
0101==000 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 1 = 0
Lasker won the Championship.

Steinitz had previously declared he would win without doubt, so it came as a shock
when Lasker won the first game. Steinitz responded by winning the second, and was
able to maintain the balance until the sixth. However, Lasker won all the games from
the seventh to the 11th, and Steinitz asked for a one-week rest. When the match
resumed, Steinitz looked in better shape and won the 13th and 14th games. Lasker
struck back in the 15th and 16th, and Steinitz was unable to compensate for his
losses in the middle of the match. Hence Lasker won with ten wins, five losses and
four draws. Some commentators thought Steinitz's habit of playing "experimental"
moves in serious competition was a major factor in his downfall.
Nr.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
The World Chess Championship Match Steinitz - Lasker 1894

Locale
Date
Opening
White - Black
Lasker,E - Steinitz,W
USA/CAN
15.03.1894
C62
Steinitz,W - Lasker,E
USA/CAN
19.03.1894
C65
USA/CAN
21.03.1894
C62
USA/CAN
23.03.1894
C54
USA/CAN
27.03.1894
C62
USA/CAN
29.03.1894
C54
USA/CAN
03.04.1894
C62
USA/CAN
05.04.1894
C10
USA/CAN
14.04.1894
C62
USA/CAN
19.04.1894
D35
USA/CAN
21.04.1894
D40
USA/CAN
03.05.1894
D60
USA/CAN
05.05.1894
C68
USA/CAN
08.05.1894
D46
USA/CAN
15.05.1894
D40
USA/CAN
17.05.1894
D60
Result
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0,5-0,5
0,5-0,5
1-0
0-1
1-0
0-1
1-0
0,5-0,5
0-1
1-0
1-0
0-1
17
18
19
USA/CAN
USA/CAN
USA/CAN
19.05.1894
22.05.1894
26.05.1894
C50
D67
D40
0-1
0,5-0,5
1-0
World Championship 5th USA/CAN (1) 15.03.1894
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 d7-d6 4.d2-d4 Bc8-d7 5.Nb1-c3 Ng8-e7 6.Bb5c4 Nc6xd47.Nf3xd4 e5xd4 8.Qd1xd4 Ne7-c6 9.Qd4-e3 Nc6-e5 10.Bc4-b3 c7-c6 11.Qe3-g3 Ne5g6 12.h2-h4 Bd7-e613.Bb3xe6 f7xe6 14.Bc1-g5 Bf8-e7 15.0-0-0 e6-e5 16.Bg5-e3 0-0 17.Nc3e2 Rf8-f7 18.h4-h5 Ng6-f419.Be3xf4 e5xf4 20.Qg3-f3 Qd8-a5 21.Kc1-b1 Qa5-e5 22.Ne2-d4 Be7f6 23.c2-c3 Ra8-e8 24.Rh1-e1Bf6-d8 25.Qf3-g4 Bd8-c7 26.Nd4-f3 Qe5-f6 27.Nf3-d2 Rf7-e7 28.f2f3 d6-d5 29.Re1-h1 Re7-e5 30.g2-g3Re5-g5 31.Qg4-d7 Qf6-f7 32.Qd7xf7+ Kg8xf7 33.g3-g4 Bc7b6 34.e4xd5 c6xd5 35.Nd2-b3 Re8-e636.Rh1-f1 Rg5-e5 37. Nb3-c1 Bb6-c7 38.Nc1-d3 Re5g5 39.Nd3-b4 Re6-e5 40.Rd1-d4 Bc7-b641. Rd4xf4+ Kf7-g8 42.Nb4-d3 Re5-e2 43.Rf1-d1 Bb6e3 44.Rf4-b4 b7-b6 45.Rb4-a4 a7-a5 46.b2-b4d5-d4 47.c3-c4 Be3-d2 48.b4-b5 Bd2-c3 49.Rd1g1 Re2-d2 50. f3-f4 Rg5xg4 51.Rg1xg4 Rd2xd3 52.c4-c5Rd3-e3 53.Ra4-c4 d4-d3 54.Rg4-g1 d3d2 55.Rg1-d1 b6xc5 56.b5-b6 Bc3-d4 57.b6-b7 Re3-e858.Kb1-c2 Re8-b8 59. Rd1-b1 Kg8f7 60.Rc4-a4
1-0
Steinitz,W Lasker,E
- World Championship 5th USA/CAN (2) 19.03.1894
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 Ng8-f6 4.d2- d3 d7-d6 5.c2-c3 Bc8-d7 6.Bb5-a4 g7-g6 7.Nb1d2Bf8-g7 8.Nd2-c4 0-0 9.Nc4-e3 Nc6-e7 10.Ba4-b3 c7-c6 11.h2-h4 Qd8-c7 12.Nf3-g5 d6-d5 13.f2f3 Ra8-d814.g2-g4 d5xe4 15.f3xe4 h7-h6 16.Qd1-f3 Bd7-e8 17.Bb3-c2 Nf6-d7 18.Ng5-h3 Nd7c5 19.Nh3-f2 b7-b520.g4-g5 h6-h5 21.Ne3-f5 g6xf5 22.e4xf5 f7-f6 23.g5g6 Ne7xg6 24.f5xg6 Be8xg6 25.Rh1-g1 e5-e426.d3xe4 Kg8-h7 27.Rg1xg6 Kh7xg6 28.Qf3-f5+ Kg6f7 29.Qf5xh5+ Kf7-g8 30.Qh5xc5 Qc7-e5 31.Bc1-e3a7-a6 32.a2-a4 Rf8e8 33.a4xb5 a6xb5 34.Qc5xe5 Re8xe5 35.Ra1-a6 Rd8-c8 36.Nf2-g4 Re5-e737.Be3-c5 Re7e8 38.Ng4-e3 Bg7-f8 39.Bc5-d4 Kg8-f7 40.h4-h5 Bf8-e7 41. Bc2-b3+ Kf7-f8 42.Ne3-f5
1-0
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 d7-d6 4.d2-d4 Bc8-d7 5.Nb1-c3 Ng8-e7 6.Bb5c4 e5xd4 7.Nf3xd4Nc6xd4 8.Qd1xd4 Ne7-c6 9. Qd4-e3 Nc6-e5 10.Bc4-b3 Bd7-e6 11.f2-f4 Ne5c4 12.Qe3-g3 Nc4-b613.Bc1-e3 c7-c6 14.f4-f5 Be6xb3 15.a2xb3 Nb6-d7 16.Be3-f4 Qd8-c7 17.b3b4 f7-f6 18. Nc3-e2 Nd7-e519.Ne2-d4 Qc7-b6 20.c2-c3 0-0-0 21.Nd4-e6 Rd8-d7 22.Bf4-e3 Qb6b5 23.Ra1xa7 b7-b6 24.Ra7-a8+Kc8-b7 25.Ra8xf8 Rh8xf8 26.Ne6xf8 Qb5-d3 27.Rh1-f1 Qd3c2 28.Be3-d2 Rd7-e7 29.Nf8-e6 Qc2xe4+30.Qg3-e3 Qe4xg2 31.b2-b3 Re7-e8 32.Qe3-e2 Qg2-
h3 33.Ke1-d1 Re8-a8 34.Rf1-f2 Ra8-a2 35.b4-b5c6-c5 36.Ne6xg7 d6-d5 37.Kd1-c1 Qh3d3 38.Qe2xd3 Ne5xd3+ 39.Kc1-b1 Ra2-b2+ 40. Kb1-a1 Rb2xb341.Rf2-f3 c5-c4 42.Ng7-e8 Nd3b4 43.Rf3-g3 Rb3-a3+ 44.Ka1-b1 Ra3-b3+ 45.Kb1-c1 Nb4d3+ 46.Rg3xd3c4xd3 47.Ne8xf6 Rb3xb5 48.Nf6-e8 Kb7-c6 49.f5-f6 d5-d4 50.Ne8g7 d4xc3 51.Bd2xc3 Rb5-c5 52.f6-f7
1-0
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-c4 Bf8-c5 4.c2-c3 Ng8-f6 5.d2-d4 e5xd4 6.e4-e5 d7-d5 7. Bc4b5Nf6-e4 8.c3xd4 Bc5-e7 9.Nb1-c3 0-0 10.Bb5-d3 f7-f5 11.e5xf6 Ne4xf6 12.Bc1-e3 Nc6-b4 13.Bd3b1 Nf6-g414.a2-a3 Ng4xe3 15.f2xe3 Be7-h4+ 16.g2-g3 Bc8-g4 17.0-0 Qd8-e8 18.a3xb4 Qe8h5 19.Nc3xd5 Rf8xf320.Nd5-f4 Rf3xf4 21.Qd1-b3+ Rf4-f7 22.Rf1xf7 Qh5xf7 23.Bb1a2 Qf7xb3 24.Ba2xb3+ Kg8-f8 25. g3xh4Kf8-e7 26.Bb3-d5 c7-c6 27.Bd5-e4 a7-a6 28.Ra1-a5 h7h6 29.b4-b5 c6xb5 30.Be4xb7 Ra8-a7 31.Bb7-c6Bg4-d7 32.Bc6xd7 Ke7xd7 33.Kg1-f2 Kd7-c6 34.Kf2e2 Kc6-b6 35.Ra5-a1 a6-a5 36.Ke2-d3 a5-a4 37.e3-e4Ra7-f7 38.e4-e5 Rf7-f3+ 39.Kd3-e4 Rf3f2 40.Ra1-b1 Kb6-c6 41.d4-d5+ Kc6-d7 42.Ke4-d4 Rf2-d2+43.Kd4-c5 Rd2-c2+ 44.Kc5xb5 Rc2e2 45.e5-e6+ Kd7-d6 46.Rb1-d1 Re2xb2+ 47.Kb5xa4 Rb2xh248.Rd1-e1 Rh2-a2+ 49.Ka4-b5 Ra2a8 50.Kb5-c4 g7-g5 51. h4xg5 h6xg5 52.Kc4-d4 Ra8-a4+ 53.Kd4-d3Ra4-a3+ 54.Kd3-e4 g5g4 55.Ke4-f4 Ra3-a8 56.e6-e7 Ra8-e8 57.Kf4-f5 g4-g3 58.Kf5-f6 Kd6-d7 59.d5-d6g3-g2 60. Re1-g1
1-0
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 d7-d6 4.d2-d4 Bc8-d7 5.Nb1-c3 Ng8-e7 6.Bb5c4 e5xd4 7.Nf3xd4Nc6xd4 8.Qd1xd4 Ne7-c6 9.Qd4-e3 Bd7-e6 10. Nc3-d5 Bf8-e7 11.Bc1-d2 00 12.0-0 Nc6-e5 13.Bc4-b3Be6xd5 14.Bb3xd5 c7-c6 15.Bd5-b3 Ne5-d7 16.Ra1-d1 a7-a5 17.c2c3 a5-a4 18.Bb3-c2 Rf8-e8 19.Qe3-h3Nd7-f8 20.Bd2-e3 Qd8-a5 21.a2-a3 Qa5-b5 22.Be3-c1 Ra8d8 23.Rd1-d4 d6-d5 24.e4xd5 Be7-c525.Rd4-f4 Nf8-g6 26.c3-c4 Qb5-a6 27.Bc2xg6 f7xg6 28.Rf4h4 h7-h5 29.Bc1-g5 Rd8-d6 30.d5xc6 Qa6xc631.Qh3-f3 Qc6xf3 32.g2xf3 Re8-e2 33. Bg5c1 Re2xf2 34.Rf1xf2 Rd6-d1+ 35.Kg1-g2 Bc5xf2 36.Kg2xf2Rd1xc1 37.Kf2- g3 b7-b6 38.Rh4-d4 Rc1c2 39.Rd4-d8+ Kg8-h7 40.Rd8-b8 Rc2xb2 41.Rb8-a8 g6g542.Ra8xa4 h5-h4+ 43.Kg3-h3 Rb2f2 44.Ra4-b4 Rf2xf3+ 45.Kh3-g4 Rf3xa3 46. Rb4xb6 Ra3-a2 47.Kg4xg5Ra2xh2 48.Rb6-b3 Rh2h1 49.Rb3-c3 h4-h3 50.Kg5-g4
0,5-0,5
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-c4 Bf8-c5 4.c2-c3 Ng8-f6 5.d2-d4 e5xd4 6. e4-e5 d7-d5 7.Bc4b5Nf6-e4 8.c3xd4 Bc5-b6 9.Nb1-c3 0-0 10.Bc1-e3 f7-f5 11. e5xf6 Ne4xf6 12.Ra1-c1 Qd8-d6 13.0-
0 Bc8-g414.Bb5-e2 Ra8-e8 15.h2-h3 Bg4xf3 16.Be2xf3 Nc6-e7 17.Nc3-e2 Ne7-g6 18.g2-g3 c7c6 19.Bf3-g2 Nf6-e420.Qd1-b3 Qd6-f6 21.a2-a4 Ne4-d6 22.Qb3-b4 Nd6-c4 23.Rc1xc4 d5xc4 24.a4a5 Bb6-d8 25.Qb4xb7Bd8xa5 26.Qb7xa7 Ba5-d2 27.Qa7-c5 Bd2xe3 28.f2xe3 Qf6e6 29.Rf1xf8+ Re8xf8 30.e3-e4 Qe6-f731.Kg1-h2 Rf8-b8 32.Qc5xc6 Ng6-e7 33.Qc6c7 Rb8xb2 34.Ne2-f4 g7-g5 35.Nf4-d5 Ne7xd5 36.Qc7-d8+Kg8-g7 37.Qd8xg5+ Kg7h8 38.e4xd5 Rb2-e2 39.Qg5-d8+ Re2-e8 40.Qd8-g5 Qf7-g7 41.Qg5-d2 Qg7-f642.Qd2-c3 Re8c8 43.Bg2-f3 Rc8-b8 44.Bf3-g2 Rb8-c8 45.h3-h4 Qf6-d6 46.Bg2- h3 Rc8-c7 47.Bh3-e6Qd6-f8 48.Kh2g2 Qf8-f6 49.Qc3-a5 Rc7-e7 50.Qa5-c5 Re7- e8 51.Qc5xc4 Re8-f8 52.Qc4-e2 Qf6xd453.d5-d6 Rf8d8 54.d6-d7 Rd8xd7 55. Be6xd7 Qd4xd7 56.Qe2-e5+ Kh8-g8 57.h4-h5 Qd7-g7 58.Qe5-e8+Qg7f8 59. Qe8xf8+ Kg8xf8 60.Kg2-f3 Kf8-f7 61.Kf3-g4 Kf7-g7 62.Kg4-g5 Kg7-f7 63.Kg5g864.Kh6-g5 Kg8-f7 65.Kg5-f4 Kf7-g7 66.Kf4-f5 Kg7-f7 67.g3-g4 h7-
h6 Kf7-
h6 68.Kf5-e5 Kf7-e7 69.Ke5-
d5 Ke7-f670.Kd5-e4 Kf6-e6 71.Ke4-d4 Ke6-f6

0,5-0,5
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 d7-d6 4.d2-d4 Bc8-d7 5.Nb1-c3 Ng8-e7 6. Bc1-e3 Ne7g67.Qd1-d2 Bf8-e7 8.0-0-0 a7-a6 9.Bb5-e2 e5xd4 10.Nf3xd4 Nc6xd4 11.Qd2xd4 Be7-f6 12.Qd4d2 Bd7-c613.Nc3-d5 0-0 14.g2-g4 Rf8-e8 15. g4-g5 Bc6xd5 16.Qd2xd5 Re8-e5 17.Qd5d2 Bf6xg5 18.f2-f4 Re5xe419.f4xg5 Qd8-e7 20.Rd1-f1 Re4xe3 21.Be2-c4 Ng6-h8 22.h2-h4 c7c6 23.g5-g6 d6-d5 24. g6xh7 Kg8xh725.Bc4-d3 Kh7-g8 26.h4-h5 Ra8-e8 27.h5-h6 g7-g6 28.h6h7 Kg8-g7 29.Kc1-b1 Qe7-e5 30.a2-a3 c6-c531.Qd2-f2 c5-c4 32.Qf2-h4 f7-f6 33. Bd3-f5 Kg7f7 34.Rh1-g1 g6xf5 35.Qh4-h5 Kf7-e7 36.Rg1-g8 Ke7-d637.Rf1xf5 Qe5e6 38.Rg8xe8 Qe6xe8 39.Rf5xf6 Kd6-c5 40.Qh5-h6 Re3-e7 41.Qh6-h2 Qe8-d7 42.Qh2-g1d5d4 43.Qg1-g5 Qd7-d5 44.Rf6-f5 Qd5xf5 45.Qg5xf5 Kc5-d6 46.Qf5-f6
1-0
1.e2-e4 e7-e6 2.d2-d4 d7-d5 3.Nb1-c3 d5xe4 4.Nc3xe4 Nb8-d7 5. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 6.Ne4-g3 c7c5 7.Bf1-e2c5xd4 8.Nf3xd4 Bf8-c5 9.Nd4-b3 Bc5-e7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bc1-d2 Qd8-c7 12.c2-c4 Nd7e5 13.Qd1-c2Ne5-g6 14.Rf1-e1 Bc8-d7 15.Ra1-c1 Rf8-c8 16.Be2-f1 Bd7-a4 17.Bd2-c3 Nf6g4 18.Qc2-e2 Ng4-f619.Nb3-d4 Ba4-d7 20.b2-b4 Rc8-d8 21.Qe2-b2 Ra8-c8 22.Nd4-b3 Qc7f4 23.Bc3- d2 Qf4-b8 24.b4-b5b7-b6 25.Bd2-c3 Nf6-e8 26.Ng3-h5 f7-f6 27.a2-a4 e6-e5 28.a4-a5 Bd7g4 29.Nh5-g3 Bg4-e6 30.Nb3-d2Ng6-f4 31.Qb2-b1 Be6-f7 32.Ng3-f5 Be7-f8 33.Bc3-b4 Ne8d6 34.Nf5xd6 Bf8xd6 35.Nd2-e4 Bd6xb436.Qb1xb4 Rd8-d4 37.a5xb6 a7xb6 38.g2-g3 Nf4d3 39.Bf1xd3 Rd4xd3 40.c4-c5 Rd3-d4 41.Qb4-b1b6xc5 42.Ne4xc5 Rd4-c4 43.Nc5-d7 Qb8b7 44.Rc1-d1 Bf7-e6 45.Nd7xe5 f6xe5 46.Re1xe5 Be6-h347.Re5-d5 Rc4-c1 48.Qb1-d3 h7-h6 49.g3g4 Bh3xg4 50. f2-f3 Rc1xd1 51.Qd3xd1 Bg4-e6 52.Rd5-d6Qb7-e7 53.b5-b6 Rc8c1 54.Qd1xc1 Qe7xd6 55.Qc1-e3 Be6-d5 56.Kg1-g2 Qd6-g6 57.Kg2-f2 Qg6-c258.Kf2-g3 Qc2-
g6 59.Kg3-f2 Qg6-c2 60.Kf2-g3 Qc2-g6 61.Kg3-f2 Bd5-b7 62.Qe3-b3 Qg6-f7 63.Qb3-d3Qf7d5 64.Qd3-e3 Qd5-d6 65.Kf2-g2 Kg8-f7 66.h2-h4 Qd6-e6 67.Qe3-f4 Kf7-g6 68.Qf4-g3 Kg6-h769.Qg3f2 Qe6-g4 70.Kg2-h2 Qg4xf3 71.Qf2-c2 Qf3-e4 72.Qc2-f2 Qe4-f3 73.Qf2-c2 Bb7-e4 74.Qc2-d2Qf3f6 75.Qd2-e3 Qf6xh4 76.Kh2-g1 Qh4-g5
0-1
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 d7-d6 4. Nb1-c3 a7-a6 5.Bb5-c4 Bc8e6 6.Bc4xe6 f7xe6 7.d2-d4e5xd4 8.Nf3xd4 Nc6xd4 9.Qd1xd4 Ng8-e7 10.Bc1-g5 Ne7c6 11.Bg5xd8 Nc6xd4 12.0-0-0 Nd4-b5 13. Nc3xb5a6xb5 14.Bd8xc7 Ra8xa2 15.Bc7-b6 Bf8e7 16.c2-c3 Ke8-f7 17.Kc1-c2 Rh8-a8 18.Kc2-b3 Ra2-a4 19.f2-f3Ra8-a6 20.Bb6-d4 g7-g6 21.Rd1d3 Kf7-e8 22.Rh1-d1 e6-e5 23.Bd4-e3 Ke8-d7 24.Be3-c5 Ra4-a125.Rd1-d2 Kd7-e6 26.Bc5a3 g6g5 27.Rd3-d5 Ra6-b6 28.Kb3-b4 g5-g4 29.Kb4-a5 Rb6-a6+ 30.Ka5xb5h7-h5 31.Rd2d1 Ra1xd1 32.Rd5xd1 g4xf3 33.g2xf3 Ra6-a8 34.Kb5-b6 Ra8-g8 35. Kb6xb7 Rg8-g236.h2-h4 Rg2h2 37.Kb7-c6 Be7xh4 38.Rd1xd6+ Ke6-f7 39.Kc6-d5 Bh4-f6 40.Rd6-d7+ Kf7-g6 41.Kd5-e6h5h4 42.Rd7-d1 h4-h3 43.Rd1-g1+ Rh2-g2 44.Rg1xg2+ h3xg2 45.Ba3-c5 Bf6-d8 46.b2-b4 Kg6g547.Ke6-d7 Bd8-f6 48.b4-b5 Kg5-f4 49.b5-b6
1-0
1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4.f2-f3 c7-c5 5.d4xc5 Bf8xc5 6.c4xd5 Nf6xd5 7.e2e4Nd5xc3 8.Qd1xd8+ Ke8xd8 9.b2xc3 Nb8-c6 10.Ng1-h3 Kd8-c7 11.Nh3-f4 Rh8-d8 12.Nf4-d3 Bc5d613.f3-f4 b7-b6 14.Nd3-f2 Bd6-c5 15.Bf1-e2 Bc8-b7 16.Nf2-d3 Bc5-f8 17.f4-f5 e6-e5 18. Bc1-g5 f7f619.Bg5-e3 Ra8-c8 20.0-0-0 Kc7-b8 21.Nd3-f2 Nc6-d4 22.Be3xd4 e5xd4 23.Be2-d3 d4xc3 24.g2g4Bf8-a3+ 25.Kc1-c2 Bb7-c6 26.Kc2-b3 Ba3-c5 27.Nf2-h3 Bc5-e3 28.Bd3-c2 Be3-d2 29.Nh3-f2 Rd8d430.Kb3-a3 Bc6-e8 31.Nf2-d3 Rd4xe4 32.Nd3-b4 Re4-d4 33.Bc2-b3 a7-a5 34.Nb4-c2 b6-b5
0-1
1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4.Ng1-f3 Bf8-e7 5.e2-e3 0-0 6.Bf1-d3 c7c5 7. d4xc5 d5xc48.Bd3xc4 Qd8xd1+ 9.Ke1xd1 Nb8-c6 10.a2-a3 Be7xc5 11.b2-b4 Bc5- b6 12.Kd1e2 Bc8-d7 13.Bc4-b3Ra8-c8 14.Bc1-b2 a7-a5 15.b4-b5 Nc6-e7 16. Nf3-e5 Bd7-e8 17.a3-a4 Bb6c7 18.Ne5-c4 Be8-d7 19.Ra1-c1Ne7-d5 20.Nc3xd5 Nf6xd5 21.Nc4-e5 Bc7xe5 22.Bb2xe5 f7-f6 23.e3e4 f6xe5 24.e4xd5 Kg8-f7 25. Rh1-d1Kf7-e7 26.d5-d6+ Ke7-f6 27.Ke2-e3 Rc8xc1 28.Rd1xc1 Rf8c8 29.Rc1xc8 Bd7xc8 30.Bb3-c2 Kf6-f731.Bc2xh7 b7-b6 32.Ke3-e4 Kf7-f6 33.g2-g4 g7-g5 34. Ke4f3 Kf6-f7 35.Bh7-e4 Kf7-e8 36.h2-h4 Ke8-d737.h4-h5 Kd7-e8 38.Kf3-e3
1-0
1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4.Bc1-g5 Bf8-e7 5.Ng1-f3 0-0 6. e2-e3 Nb8-d7 7.c4c5c7-c6 8.Bf1-d3 h7-h6 9.Bg5-h4 e6-e5 10.d4xe5 Nf6-e4 11.Bd3xe4 Be7xh4 12.Be4c2 Nd7xc5 13.Qd1-d4Bh4-e7 14.0-0-0 a7-a5 15.h2-h4 b7-b5 16.Nc3-e2 b5-b4 17.g2-g4 b4b3 18.a2xb3 Ra8-b8 19.Qd4-c3Bc8xg4 20. Nf3-d4 Qd8-b6 21.f2-f3 Bg4-d7 22.Ne2-f4 Qb6-b4 23.Rd1g1 Qb4xc3 24.b2xc3 Rf8-c825.Nf4-h5 g7-g6 26.Nh5-f4 Be7-f8 27.Nf4-e2 Bf8-g7 28.h4-h5 g6g5 29. f3-f4 Nc5-e4 30.Rg1-g2 c6-c531.Nd4-f3 c5-c4 32.b3xc4 Rc8xc4 33.Nf3d2 Ne4xd2 34.Kc1xd2 f7-f6 35.e5xf6 Bg7xf6 36.f4xg5 Bf6xg537.Rh1-b1 Rb8xb1 38. Bc2xb1 Kg8f8 39.Ne2-d4 Kf8-e7 40.Bb1-a2 Rc4-c5 41.Kd2-d3 Ke7-d6 42.Rg2-b2Bd7-g4 43.Rb2-b6+ Kd6c7 44.Rb6-a6 Kc7-b7 45.Ra6-d6 Kb7-c7 46.Rd6-a6 Kc7-b7 47.Ra6-d6 Kb7-c748.Rd6-a6 Kc7-b7
0,5-0,5
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-b5 a7-a6 4.Bb5xc6 d7xc6 5.d2d4 e5xd4 6.Qd1xd4 Qd8xd4 7.Nf3xd4c6-c5 8.Nd4-e2 Bc8-d7 9.Nb1-c3 0-0-0 10.Bc1-f4 Bd7-c6 11.00 Ng8-f6 12.f2-f3 Bf8-e7 13. Ne2-g3 g7-g614.Rf1-e1 Nf6-d7 15.Nc3-d1 Nd7-b6 16.Ng3-f1 Rd8d7 17.Bf4-e3 Rh8-d8 18.b2-b3 c5-c4 19.Be3xb6 c7xb620.b3xc4 Be7-b4 21.c2-c3 Bb4-c5+ 22. Kg1h1 Rd7-d3 23.Ra1-c1 a6-a5 24.Nd1-e3 f7-f5 25.e4xf5 g6xf526.h2-h3 Rd8-g8 27.Ne3d5 Bc6xd5 28.c4xd5 Rd3xd5 29.Rc1-d1 Rd5xd1 30.Re1xd1 f5-f4 31. Kh1-h2Rg8-e8 32.a2-a4 Kc8c7 33.h3-h4 Kc7-c6 34.c3-c4 Bc5-b4 35.Kh2-h3 Re8-e1 36.Rd1xe1 Bb4xe137.Kh3-g4 Kc6c5 38.Kg4xf4 Kc5xc4 39.Kf4-e4 Be1xh4 40.g2-g3 Bh4-d8 41.Nf1-e3+ Kc4-b4 42.Ke4d3Kb4xa4 43.Kd3-c2 Ka4-b4 44.f3-f4 Kb4-c5 45.f4-f5 Kc5-d6 46.g3-g4 b6-b5 47.Ne3-d1 Kd6e5 48.Nd1-c3b5-b4 49.Nc3-a4 Ke5-d4 50.Na4-b2 b7-b5 51.Kc2-b3 Bd8-e7 52.g4-g5 a5a4+ 53. Nb2xa4 b5xa4+54.Kb3xa4 Kd4-e5 55.Ka4-b3 Ke5xf5
0-1
1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 c7-c6 4.e2-e3 Ng8-f6 5.Ng1-f3 Bf8-d6 6.Bf1-d3 Nb8-d7 7.00 0-08. e3-e4 d5xe4 9.Nc3xe4 Nf6xe4 10.Bd3xe4 h7-h6 11.Be4-c2 f7-f5 12.Rf1-e1 Nd7f6 13.Bc1d2 Bc8-d714.Bd2-c3 Qd8-c7 15.Nf3-e5 Bd7-e8 16.Qd1-d3 g7-g5 17. Qd3-h3 Qc7-g7 18.Ra1-d1 g5g4 19.Qh3-e3Be8-h5 20.Ne5xc6 Bd6xh2+ 21.Kg1xh2 g4g3+ 22.Qe3xg3 Qg7xg3+ 23.f2xg3 Bh5xd1 24.Bc2xd1 b7xc625.Re1xe6 Nf6e4 26.Re6xc6 Ne4xc3 27.b2xc3 Kg8-g7 28.Rc6-a6 Rf8-f7 29.c4-c5 Ra8-d8 30.Kh2- g1Rf7-e7 31.Kg1f2 Rd8-b8 32.Bd1-b3 Rb8-e8 33.Bb3-c4 Re8-b8 34.Bc4-d3 h6- h5 35.Kf2-f3 Rb8-b236.Bd3xf5 Re7f7 37.Kf3-e4 Rb2-e2+ 38.Ke4-d3 Re2xg2 39. Ra6-g6+ Kg7-f8 40.Bf5-e4 Rg2-g1 41.d4-d5Rf7g7 42.Rg6xg7 Kf8xg7 43.c5-c6 Kg7-f6 44.c6-c7 Rg1xg3+ 45.Kd3-d4 Rg3-g8 46.d5-d6
1-0
1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4.Ng1-f3 Bf8-e7 5.e2-e3 0-0 6.Bf1-d3 c7-c5 7.00 c5xd48.e3xd4 d5xc4 9.Bd3xc4 Nb8-d7 10.Bc4-b3 Nd7-b6 11.Bc1-g5 Bc8-d7 12.Qd1-d3 Ra8c8 13.Nf3-e5 Bd7-c614.Ne5xc6 Rc8xc6 15.Rf1-d1 Nf6-d5 16.Bg5xe7 Nd5xe7 17.Bb3-c2 Ne7g6 18.Qd3-f3 Nb6-d5 19.Bc2-e4Nd5xc3 20.b2xc3 Rc6-b6 21.c3-c4 f7-f5 22.Be4-c2 Qd8-f6 23.c4c5 Rb6-c6 24.Ra1-b1 Ng6-h4 25.Qf3-e3Rc6-c7 26.f2-f4 Nh4-g6 27.Bc2-b3 Rc7-e7 28.a2-a4 Rf8d8 29.a4-a5 a7-a6 30.Bb3- a4 Qf6-h4 31.g2-g3Qh4-g4 32.Rd1-d2 Ng6-f8 33.Ba4-d1 Qg4-g6 34.d4d5 Re7-f7 35.d5-d6 Qg6-f6 36.Rd2-b2 g7-g537.Rb2xb7 g5xf4 38.Rb7xf7 Qf6xf7 39. g3xf4 Qf7g7+ 40.Kg1-h1 Nf8-g6 41.Qe3xe6+ Kg8-h8 42.Qe6-e3Rd8-g8 43. Bd1-f3 Ng6-h4 44.Bf3-d5
1-0
1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4. Bc1-g5 Bf8-e7 5.Ng1-f3 Nb8-d7 6.e2-e3 0-0 7.c4c5Nf6-e4 8.Nc3xe4 d5xe4 9. Bg5xe7 Qd8xe7 10.Nf3-d2 Nd7-f6 11.Nd2-c4 b7-b6 12.b2-b4 Nf6d5 13.Qd1-b1f7-f5 14.Nc4-e5 a7-a5 15.Ne5-c6 Qe7-g5 16.h2-h4 Qg5-f6 17.c5xb6 f5f4 18. Qb1xe4 f4xe3 19.f2-f3Bc8-b7 20.b4-b5 Bb7xc6 21.b5xc6 c7xb6 22.Bf1-d3 Qf6h6 23.g2g3 Ra8-c8 24.Ra1-c1 Rc8-c7 25.0-0Rf8-d8 26.f3-f4 Qh6-g6 27. Qe4xg6 h7xg6 28.Bd3xg6 Nd5e7 29.Bg6-e4 Rd8xd4 30.Be4-f3 Ne7-f531.Rf1-e1 Kg8-f7 32.Rc1-b1 Nf5xg3 33.Rb1xb6 Ng3f5 34.Rb6-b7 Rc7xb7 35.c6xb7 Rd4-b4 36.Re1-c1Nf5-d4 37.Kg1-g2 Rb4-b2+ 38.Kg2g3 Rb2xb7 39.Bf3xb7 Nd4-e2+ 40. Kg3-f3 Ne2xc1 41.Kf3xe3 Nc1xa242.Ke3-d4 Kf7-f6 43.Kd4c5 Na2-c3 44.Kc5-c4 Nc3-e2 45.Kc4-b5 Ne2xf4 46.Kb5xa5 Nf4-g6 47.h4-h5Ng6-f4 48.Bb7-f3 Kf6f5 49.Ka5-b4 e6-e5 50.Kb4-c3 e5-e4 51.Bf3-d1 e4-e3 52.Bd1-f3 Kf5-g5 53.Kc3-c2Kg5-h4 54.Kc2d1 Kh4-g3
0-1
1.e2-e4 e7-e5 2.Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3.Bf1-c4 Bf8-c5 4.d2d3 Ng8-f6 5.Nb1-c3 d7-d6 6.Bc1-e3 Bc5b67.Qd1-d2 Nc6-a5 8.Bc4-b5+ c7-c6 9. Bb5-a4 Bb6xe3 10.f2xe3 b7-b5 11.Ba4-b3 Qd8-b6 12.00 Nf6-g413.Ra1-e1 f7- f6 14.h2-h3 Ng4-h6 15.Nc3-e2 Na5xb3 16.a2xb3 0-0 17.Ne2-g3 a7-a5 18.d3d4 Nh6-f719.Qd2-f2 Ra8-a7 20.Re1-d1 a5-a4 21.b3-b4 Qb6-c7 22.Nf3-e1 c6-c5 23. Qf2-d2 Bc8e6 24.d4-d5Be6-d7 25.Rd1-a1 c5xb4 26.Qd2xb4 Rf8-c8 27.Qb4-d2 Qc7-c4 28.Rf1-f2 Nf7-g5 29.Qd2d3 Ra7-c730.h3-h4 Ng5-f7 31.Qd3xc4 Rc7xc4 32.Rf2-d2 g7-g6 33.Kg1-f2 Nf7-d8 34.b2-b3 Rc4c7 35.Rd2-d1Nd8-b7 36. Rd1-b1 Kg8-f7 37.Kf2-e2 Rc8-a8 38.Ke2-d2 Nb7-a5 39.Kd2-d3 h7h5 40.Ra1-a2 Ra8-a741.b3-b4 Na5-c4 42.Ne1-f3 Ra7-a8 43.Nf3-d2 Nc4-b6 44.Rb1-f1 Ra8c8 45.Nd2-b1 Kf7-e7 46.c2-c3Nb6-c4 47.Ra2-f2 Nc4-a3 48.Ng3-e2 Na3xb1 49. Rf1xb1 Bd7g4 50.Rb1-c1 Rc7-c4 51.Rc1-c2 f6-f5
0-1
1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4.Bc1-g5 Bf8-e7 5.Ng1-f3 0-0 6.e2-e3 Nb8-d7 7.Ra1c1c7-c6 8.Bf1-d3 d5xc4 9.Bd3xc4 Nf6-d5 10.Bg5xe7 Qd8xe7 11.e3-e4 Nd5-f4 12.g2-g3 Nf4-g6 13.00 Rf8-d814.Qd1-e2 b7-b5 15.Bc4-b3 Bc8-b7 16.Qe2-e3 a7-a6 17. Nc3-e2 Ra8-c8 18.Rf1-d1 Rd8e8 19.Nf3-e1c6-c5 20.d4xc5 Nd7xc5 21.Bb3-c2 Rc8-c7 22.f2-f3 Re8-c8 23.Bc2-b1 Ng6-e5 24.b2b3 f7-f6 25.Rc1-c2f6-f5 26. e4xf5 e6xf5 27.Qe3-f2 g7-g6 28.Ne2-f4 Nc5-d7 29.Nf4-d5 Qe7-d6 30.Rc2d2 Rc7-c1 31.Nd5-e3Rc1xd1 32.Ne3xd1 Qd6-e6 33.Kg1-f1 Rc8-c5 34.Qf2-e3 Rc5d5 35.Rd2xd5 Qe6xd5 36.Nd1-c3 Qd5-c637.Kf1-f2 Kg8-g7 38.Nc3-e2 Qc6-d6 39.Ne2d4 Qd6f6 40.Ne1-g2 Ne5-c6 41.Nd4-e6+ Kg7-g8 42.Bb1-c2Qf6-e5 43.Ng2-f4 Qe5xe3+ 44.Kf2xe3 Nc6b4 45.Bc2-b1 Nd7-e5 46.Ne6-d4 Kg8-f7 47.a2-a3 Nb4d5+48.Nf4xd5 Bb7xd5 49.Bb1-d3 Kf7e7 50.Bd3-e2 Ke7-d6 51.f3-f4 Ne5-d7 52. g3-g4 f5xg4 53.Be2xg4Nd7-b6 54.h2-h4 Bd5-b7 55.Bg4e6 Nb6-d5+ 56.Be6xd5 Kd6xd5 57.Nd4-f3 Bb7-c8 58.Nf3-g5 h7-h559.Ng5-e4 Bc8-f5 60.Ne4c3+ Kd5-c5 61.Nc3-e4+ Kc5-d5
0,5-0,5
1.d2-d4 d7-d5 2.c2-c4 e7-e6 3.Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4.Ng1-f3 Bf8e7 5.e2-e3 0-0 6.Bf1-d3 c7c5 7.d4xc5 d5xc48.Bd3xc4 Qd8xd1+ 9.Ke1xd1 Nb8- c6 10.a2-a3 Be7xc5 11.b2-b4 Rf8-d8+ 12.Kd1e2 Bc5-f8 13.Bc1-b2Bc8-d7 14. Rh1-d1 Ra8-c8 15.Bc4-b3 Nc6-e7 16.Nf3-d4 Ne7-g6 17.Rd1-d2 e6e5 18.Nd4-f3 Bd7-g419.Rd2xd8 Rc8xd8 20.h2-h3 Bg4xf3+ 21.g2xf3 Bf8-e7 22.Ra1-c1 Kg8f8 23.Nc3-a4 b7-b6 24.Na4-c3 Be7-d625.Rc1-d1 Nf6-e8 26.Nc3-b5 Rd8-d7 27.Bb3c2 Kf8e7 28.Bc2-f5 a7-a6 29.Bf5xd7 Ke7xd7 30.Nb5-c3 f7-f531.b4-b5 a6xb5 32.Nc3xb5 Kd7-e6 33.Bb2c3 Ng6-e7 34.Nb5xd6 Ne8xd6 35.Bc3-b4 Ne7-d5 36. Rd1-c1Nd6-f7 37.Bb4-d2 Nf7-d6 38.Ke2d3 Ke6-d7 39.e3-e4 Nd5-f6 40.Bd2-e3 f5xe4+ 41.f3xe4 b6-b5 42.f2-f3Nd6-c4 43.Rc1-c3 Nf6e8 44.Be3-c1 Nc4-d6 45. Rc3-c5 Ne8-c7 46.Rc5xe5 Nc7-e6 47.Re5-h5 h7-h648.Rh5-e5 g7-g5 49.h3h4 g5xh4 50.Re5-h5 Kd7-c6 51.Rh5xh6 Ne6-c5+ 52.Kd3-c2
1-0

Emanuel Lasker defended the World Chess Championship for the first time
in Moscow between November 6, 1896, and January 14, 1897. He facedWilliam
Steinitz, former World Champion whose title Lasker had taken in 1894. Lasker won
by a score of +10 -2 =5, thus retaining his title.
Results
The first player to win ten games would be champion.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Wins Total
William
Steinitz (United
States)
0000=0=== 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 0
Emanuel
1111=1=== 1 1 0 0 1 = 1 1
Lasker (Germany)
10
12
Lasker retained his title.

Game 1, Lasker leads 1-0 (1-0)
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 45 moves, 0-1
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1896
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 66 moves, 1-0
Game 5, Lasker leads 4-0 (4 1/2-1/2)
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 6, Lasker leads 5-0 (5 1/2-1/2)

Game 8, Lasker leads 5-0 (6 1/2-1 1/2)
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 64 moves, 0-1
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 78 moves, 1-0

(C71) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
Game 17, Lasker wins 10-2 (12 1/2-4 1/2)
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 63 moves, 0-1
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker

Lasker-Steinitz World Championship Rematch (1896) Italian Game: Classical
Variation. Greco Gambit Main Line (C54)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb47. Nc3 Nxe4 8. OO Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3 dxc4 11. Re1 f512. Nd2 Kf7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Qf6 15. Qe2 Bf5
16. Qxc4Kg6 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 h5 20. h3 h4 21. d5Ne5 22. Qxc7 Nd3 23. Q
xb7 Bc8 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. dxc6 Nf426. Re7 a6 27. c4 Kf6 28. Ra7 Nd3 29. Be7 Ke6 30. Rc7 Ne5
31. Bb4 Rg8 32. Be7 g5 33. c5 Nf7 34. f3 Re8 35. Kf2 Rxe736. Rxc8 Kd5 37. Ra8 Ne5 38. Ke3 N
xc6 39. Kd2 a5 40. Rf8Re5 41. f4 gxf4 42. Rxf4 Rh5 43. Ke3 Ne5 44. Ra4 Nc4 45. Kf4Kxc5 0-1
What Lasker refuted was 10. Ba3, which is not a very good move. Also 12...Kf7 in this game
is not best. Better is:
12...Be6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Qd7 15. d5 0-0-0 16. Rxe6 Qxd5
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Instead of 10. Ba3:

10. Bd3 0-0 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Rb1 b6 14. Bf4
There are some slight variations on this line but they all lead to a small advantage for black.
So how can white improve? Perhaps 7. Nc3 is too frisky. The alternatives, Bd2 and Nbd2 are
better than Nc3 but lead to equality. Surely white should expect more out of the opening by
move 7.
All this seems to mean that 5. d4 is premature. What is usually played these days is d3 and
b4. For example:
5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. 0-0 0-0
With a slight edge for white. Not as big an advantage as other openings but still a good game.
16. f4 h5 17. c4+

g6 18.d5 e5 19. c7 he8 - "Although Black is two pawns
behind for the piece, and may lose a third, his attack is excellent" - Lasker.
Emanuel Lasker vs Wilhelm Steinitz

Lasker-Steinitz World Championship Rematch (1896) Spanish Game: Classical. Central
Variation (C64)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. O-O Ng6 6. d4exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 OO 9. a4 a6 10. Bc4 h6 11. h3 d612. Be3 Nce7 13. Re1 c6 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rac1b5 1
7. axb5 axb5 18. Bd3 Kh8 19. Ne2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5Rxf5 22. Ng3 Rf8 23. Qe6 Qc8 24. Qx
c8 Rfxc8 25. Nb3 Kg826. Ne4 Kf7 27. g3 Ke8 28. Re2 Kd7 29. Rce1 Bb6 30. Bf4Bc7 31. h4 h5 32
. Bg5 Bd8 33. g4 hxg4 34. h5 Nf8 35. Nec5dxc5 36. Nxc5 Kd6 37. Bf4 Kd5 38. Re5 Kc4 39. Rc1
Kxd440. Re4 Kd5 41. Rd1 1-0
Chigorin says Black can equalize at move 30. Here is his analysis:
30...Nf5! 31.Bxd6! Nxd6 32.Nec5+ Bxc5 33.Nxc5+ Kd8! 34.Ne6+ (34.Re6?! Nf8
35.Rxd6+ Kc7 36.Ne4 Rd8 Black will win pawn d4 and a slight advantage.)
34...Kd7 35.Nc5+=
32...Nf5> does not work as a defence either asBlack's King is too exposed after its
unfortunate trek to the centre, for instance:
<33.g4> hxg4 34.h5 Nh8 (34...Nf8?! is worse 35.Nec5+ dxc5 36.Nxc5+ Kd6
37.Bf4+ Kd5 38.Bxc7 Rxc7 39.Re5+ Kd6 40.Rxf5) 35.h6 c5 (35...gxh6? is a
blunder 36.Nf6+ Kd8 37.Re8#) 36.hxg7 Nxg7 37.dxc5 dxc5 38.Nexc5+ Kc6 39.Na6
Ra8 40.Nxc7 (taking advantage of the weaknesses on the <c> file and
the <7th>rank)Rxc7 41.Rc1+ Kb6 42.Rxc7 Kxc7 43.Re7+ Kd6 44.Rxg7 winning.
36.Nxc5+ Kd6 37.Bf4+ Kd5 38.Re5+ Kc4 39.Rc1+ Kxd4 40.Re4+ Kd5 41.Rd1+ 10 Source: Deutsches Wochenschach 1896, page 435 (Whyld, game 394)
Steinitz resigned in the face of the forced 41...Kxc5 42.Be3#

Lasker-Steinitz World Championship Rematch (1896) Italian Game: Classical Variation. Greco
Gambit Main Line (C54)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb47. Nc3 Nxe4 8. OO Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. Ba3 dxc4 11. Re1 Be612. Rxe4 Qd5 13. Qe2 O-OO 14. Ne5 Rhe8 15. Nxc6 Qxc616. Re1 Rg8 17. Re5 b6 18. Bc1 g5 19. Rxg5 Rxg5 20. Bxg5Rg8
21. f4 Bd5 22. g3 Kb7 23. h3 Qb5 24. Kh2 Rg6 25. Qc2 f626. Bh4 Bc6 27. g4 Qd5 28. Qf2 h5 29.
g5 fxg5 30. Bxg5 h431. Rf1 Rg8 32. Qd2 a5 33. a4 Re8 34. f5 Rg8 35. Re1 Qxf536. Re5 Qf3 37.
d5 Qg3 38. Kh1 Qxe5 39. dxc6 Kxc6 0-1
19.Qh5> is the only move that keeps the position in balance.
19.Qh5 seems an interesting alternative to the pawn capture played, 19...Bd5

(19...Rg7 20.Bxg5 Rdg8 21.g3 Qd7) 20.Qxh7 Bxg2 21.Rxg5 Rxg5 22.Bxg5
Rd7 with an unclear position.
Soltis, however, gives Steinitz's 19th move a "!" in "Why Lasker Matters"
p.88, but also states that "<19.f3> was a serious alternative". He gives no
analysis, but <19.f3> 20.fxg4 Rxg4 21.g3 Rd5 seems safe enough for Black.
Soltis believes that <28.Qf2> made Steinitz's game be more difficult that it
should. He instead recommends <28.f5> Rg8 29.Bxf6 Qf3 30.Be5 h5 31.Qe2
hxg4 (31...Qxc3? 32.d5) 32.hxg4 Rh8+ (or 32...Qd5!? 33.Rg1) 33.Bxh8 Qf4+
34.Kh3 Bf3 35.Qf2 Qxg4+ 36.Kh2 Qh5+ =
In fact, 11...f5 appears stronger than 11...Be6. In <Marco65>'s post, 14...Qd7 refutes white's
attack. The queen is needed on d7 to defend e8.
After 11...f5 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Rxe4 Qd7 15. d5 0-0-0 16. Rxe6 Qxd5, black has
the edge.
All this seems to mean that 10. Ba3 is not good. Lasker's 11...Be6 also leads to a black
advantage, albeit smaller than 11...f5.
Emanuel Lasker vs Wilhelm Steinitz
Lasker-Steinitz World Championship Rematch (1896) Spanish Game:

Classical. Central Variation (C64)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d5 9.
exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6 bxc611. O-O OO 12. Nc3 f6 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Rac1 Qd616. Nh4 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Nxf4
19. Nc5 Bc8 20. b3Kf7 21. Nf3 Re8 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Nd2 Ne625. Nxe6 Bxe6
26. Ne4 Bd5 27. Nc5 Rb4 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. f3Kd6 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Re1 Bf7 32. Ne4 Kd7 33.
Ke3 Bd534. Nc5 Kd6 35. Kd3 h5 36. h4 Rh8 37. Kc3 Rb8 38. f4 Rg839. g3 g5 40. fxg5 fxg5
41. Re5 gxh4 42. gxh4 Rg3 43. Kb4 Rg444. Nb7 Kd7 45. Rxh5 Rxd4 46. Ka5 Bf7 47. Rh6
Rd2 48. Nc5Ke7 49. a4 Rd6 50. Rh8 Rd5 51. b4 Be8 52. Rh6 Rf5 53. Re6Kd8 54. Re4 Bf7
55. Ka6 Bd5 56. Rd4 Kc8 57. Kxa7 Rh558. Rf4 Rh8 59. h5 Ba2 60. h6 Bd5 61. h7 Ba2 62.
Re4 Bf763. Rh4 Ba2 64. Ne4 Bb3 65. a5 Bc2 66. Rg4 1-0
66.Rg4> Kd7 [or 66...Rxh7 67.Rg8+ Kd7 68.Nf6+] 67.Rg8 Rxh7 68.Nf6+

Lasker-Steinitz World Championship Rematch (1896) Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern
Variation (D53)
1 .d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5
9. Nf3 Qxc510. O-O Nc6
11. Bd3 Nb412. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bb1 Rd8 14. a3 Nd5 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nd4 Bf617. g4 Nxc3
18. bxc3 fxg4 19. Qxh7 Kf8 20. Be4 Ke7 21. Bg6Rf8 22. Rab1 Qg5 23. Bc2 Rh8 24. Qe4 Be5 25.
Rfd1 Bxh226. Kf1 f5 27. Rxb7 Bxb7 28. Qxb7 Kf6 29. Nxe6 Qg8 30. Nd4Rd8 31. Bxf5 Be5 32. Be
4 Qc4 33. Bd3 Qxc3 34. Qe4 Bxd435. exd4 Qxd4 36. Qg6 Ke7 37. Re1 Kf8 38. Qf5 Kg8 39. Qe6
Kf8
1/2-1/2
17.g4> is very sharp, but unfortunately for Steinitz has a tactical flaw. The
rather surprising <17.Ne4> is quite playable, and if 17...Qxc2, then 18.Nxf6+
Nxf6 =
Instead of 17...Nxc3, <17...Bxd4> would have given Lasker a significant
advantage, e.g. 18.Nxd5 Qxc2 19.Bxc2 Bxb2
Steinitz could have held his own with <27.Nxf5+!>. This takes advantage of
the discovered attack on <f5> by his bishop, 27...Kf8 (the reason being if
27...Qxf5?? 28.Qb4+ wins the Queen outright) 28.Qb4+ Kf7 29.Nd6+ Bxd6
30.Qxd6 Re8 31.Ba4=
Steinitz is frustratingly close, but never quite close enough to a win,
e.g. <28.Qxe6+!?> Kf8 29.Nxf5 Rh7 30.Rd7 Bc8 31.Ne7 Qxe7 (or 31...Bxd7
32.Ng6+ Kg7 33.Qxd7+) 32.Rxe7 Bxe6 33.Rxh7 Bd6 with a Bishop for two
pawns and all the prospects.
<40. Qf6+> would simply lose the Queen.
Steinitz missed 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Re1-e8#!!! how could he miss that and call it a
draw?> 40. Qf6+ Qxf6 and Steinitz might as well flip over the table.

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World Chess Championship 1886

Steinitz and Zukertort playing in New Orleans, 1886

Johannes Zukertort (Great

William Steinitz (United

Steinitz won, thus becoming the first official world champion.

piling up pressure against White's d-pawn. 20.Bg5 Nf5 21.g4 Nxd4 A

Game 11, Zukertort-Steinitz, 0-1

Game 18, Steinitz-Zukertort, 1-0

Game 19, Zukertort-Steinitz, 0-1

World Chess Championship 1891

Round 03: Steinitz Gunsberg (1/2)

World Chess Championship 1894

Lasker won the Championship.

The World Chess Championship Match Steinitz - Lasker 1894

h6 68.Kf5-e5 Kf7-e7 69.Ke5-

d5 Ke7-f670.Kd5-e4 Kf6-e6 71.Ke4-d4 Ke6-f6

World Chess Championship 1897

Lasker retained his title.

Game 6, Lasker leads 5-0 (5 1/2-1/2)

Game 16, Lasker leads 9-2 (11 1/2-4 1/2)

Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker

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Instead of 10. Ba3:

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16. f4 h5 17. c4+

Emanuel Lasker vs Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker

19.Qh5> is the only move that keeps the position in balance.

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19.Qh5 seems an interesting alternative to the pawn capture played, 19...Bd5

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Emanuel Lasker vs Wilhelm Steinitz

Lasker-Steinitz World Championship Rematch (1896) Spanish Game:

Wilhelm Steinitz vs Emanuel Lasker

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