William Steinitz (born Wilhelm Steinitz; May 14, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was a Bohemian-Austrian and, later, American chess player. From 1886 to 1894... 87 KB (8,132 words) - 21:32, 11 April 2024 |
match between the two leading players in the world, Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. Steinitz won, becoming the first world champion. From 1886... 100 KB (10,018 words) - 14:38, 23 April 2024 |
was the first official World Chess Championship match contested by Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. The match took place in the United States from... 28 KB (4,182 words) - 17:42, 6 April 2024 |
Emanuel Lasker (section Matches against Steinitz) Rebuffed by Tarrasch, Lasker challenged the reigning World Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, to a match for the title. Initially Lasker wanted to play for US$5... 112 KB (10,700 words) - 18:38, 29 March 2024 |
Adolf Anderssen (section Steinitz match, 1866) of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866. Accordingly, he is generally regarded as having been the world's... 46 KB (3,577 words) - 17:18, 25 March 2024 |
February 1892. Defending champion William Steinitz narrowly defeated challenger Mikhail Chigorin. This was Steinitz' fourth successive world championship... 7 KB (528 words) - 04:01, 14 December 2023 |
Ruy Lopez (redirect from Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense) and it is named for him. An influential chess player at that time, Wilhelm Steinitz, did not approve of the move, however; in 1889, he wrote, "on principle... 78 KB (9,828 words) - 16:54, 20 April 2024 |