Wilhelm Steinitz

Number of games in database: 890

Years covered: 1859 to 1899

Overall record: +453 -191 =154

(66.4%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total
games in the database. 92 exhibition games, blitz/rapid,
odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces: With the Black pieces:
Vienna Opening (93) Ruy Lopez (124)
C25 C29 C28 C27 C26 C62 C70 C60 C64 C65
French Defense (74) Evans Gambit (72)
C00 C01 C11 C02 C13 C52 C51
King's Gambit Accepted (51) Giuoco Piano (33)
C39 C37 C38 C33 C35 C50 C53 C54
French (46) King's Gambit Accepted (25)
C00 C11 C13 C10 C12 C33 C39 C38 C34 C37
King's Gambit Declined (33) Scotch Game (21)
C30 C31 C45
Evans Gambit (25) Three Knights (16)
C51 C52 C46

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]

Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895 1-0
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 1-0
Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862 0-1
Steinitz vs Mongredien, 1863 1-0
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886 0-1
Steinitz vs Mongredien, 1862 1-0
 Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870 1-0
Steinitz vs Bird, 1866 1-0
Steinitz vs Rock, 1863 1-0
M Hewitt vs Steinitz, 1866 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]

Steinitz - Zukertort World Championship Match (1886)
Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Match (1889)
Steinitz - Gunsberg World Championship Match (1890)
Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Rematch (1892)
Lasker - Steinitz World Championship (1894)
Lasker - Steinitz World Championship Rematch (1896)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]

Steinitz - Zukertort (1872)
Vienna (1873)
Anderssen - Steinitz (1866)
Steinitz - Blackburne (1876)
Vienna (1882)
Schiffers - Steinitz (1896)
2nd City Chess Club Tournament (1894)
Baden-Baden (1870)
London (1883)
St. Petersburg 1895/96 (1895)
Paris (1867)
Vienna (1898)
Hastings (1895)
Nuremberg (1896)
London (1899)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]

Match Steinitz! by amadeus
The Dark Side by lonchaney
The t_t Players: Staunton, Steinitz & Zukertort by fredthebear
World Champion - Steinitz (I.Linder/V.Linder) by Qindarka
World championship games A-Z by kevin86
the rivals 1 by ughaibu
Wilhelm Steinitz's Best Games by KingG
1870s - 1890s Classic Chess Principles Arise by fredthebear
Match Chigorin! by amadeus
Max Euwe - From Steinitz to Fischer, Part 1 by Chessdreamer
Max Euwe - From Steinitz to Fischer, Part 1 by demirchess
Vienna 1898 by suenteus po 147
Vienna 1898 by JoseTigranTalFischer
Move by Move - Steinitz (Pritchett) by Qindarka

GAMES ANNOTATED BY STEINITZ: [what is this?]

Showalter vs Gossip, 1889
Chigorin vs Gunsberg, 1889
J McConnell vs Steinitz, 1886
Max Weiss vs N MacLeod, 1889
E Delmar vs Chigorin, 1889
>> 130 GAMES ANNOTATED BY STEINITZ