Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch (1892)

HISTORY OF THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

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	Cover of Russian chess magazine СТРЕКОЗА.

Steinitz vs Chigorin 1892
Havana

In 1892, Wilhelm Steinitz defended his title against his old rival, Mikhail Chigorin. Just as in the the first Steinitz-Chigorin match, this contest took place in Havana, Cuba--and once again, Steinitz emerged triumphant.

The highlight of this match is the biggest shock ending in the history of the Championship. In game #23, Chigorin, a piece ahead, was on the verge of tying the score at 9-9 and sending the match into overtime. Rather than sealing his move, he made it on the board, and in so doing, unprotected his h-pawn allowing Steinitz a mate-in-two that ended the match.¹

And so, after 23 games Steinitz won his fourth World Championship match, by a score of +10 -8 =5.

click on a game number to replay game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Chigorin 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 0

Steinitz 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1

FINAL SCORE: Steinitz 10; Chigorin 8 (5 draws)
Reference: game collection WCC Index [Steinitz-Chigorin 1892]

NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]

    · Game #4     Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892     1-0
    · Game #23     Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892     0-1
    · Game #1     Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892     1-0

¹ Graeme Cree, World Chess Championship History Website.

page 1 of 1; 12 games

Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Chigorin vs Steinitz 1-0 31 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C52 Evans Gambit

2. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 41 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch D05 Queen's Pawn Game

3. Chigorin vs Steinitz 1-0 32 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C45 Scotch Game

4. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 39 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch A04 Reti Opening

5. Chigorin vs Steinitz 1-0 39 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C52 Evans Gambit

6. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 38 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C77 Ruy Lopez

7. Chigorin vs Steinitz 1-0 47 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C52 Evans Gambit

8. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 33 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

9. Chigorin vs Steinitz 1-0 28 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C52 Evans Gambit

10. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 47 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C59 Two Knights

11. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 28 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense

12. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 49 1892 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Rematch D55 Queen's Gambit Declined

REFINE SEARCH: White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Sep-12-06		jamesmaskell: How unlucky.

Sep-16-06		Bobak Zahmat: Chigorin was probably getting a little bit nervous. :)

Sep-20-06		percyblakeney: Chigorin had the lead with 1-0, 5-3, 6-5, 7-6 and 8-7 but Steinitz equalised five times and won in the end.

Sep-20-06		capanegra: It is curious that Steinitz chose to play a close opening with White only in the last three games (#18, #20, #22), knowing that Chigorin always felt uncomfortable with such openings. In the three games mentioned, he had very easy victories. Moreover, in their 1889 match, Steinitz played closed in the eight games he had White, and his score was (+7 -1 =0). My presumption is that if he had played close openings in the other games of this match he would have won for a larger margin.

Jun-23-07		Marmot PFL: 5 draws in a 23 game match. Today 5 wins would be more likely.

Oct-07-07		Gypsy: <In game #23, Chigorin, a piece ahead, was on the verge of tying the score at 9-9 and sending the match into overtime. > That overtime was to 3 wins by one of the players.

Feb-28-08		Knight13: <My presumption is that if he had played close openings in the other games of this match he would have won for a larger margin.> Chigorin the Knight Lover hating closed openings? I thought Knights are attracted to closed openings; he should've been happy.

Feb-28-08		Knight13: Steinitz adopted the 6...d6 move against Captain William Davies Evans Gambit instead of moves like ...Qf6 in his previous match against Chigorin, and did well with it!

Jun-28-10		jessicafischerqueen: WILHELM STEINITZ: CHESS CHAMPION Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-TY... Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1-d... Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEJ3... Part Four: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIBK... Part Five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTor... Part Six: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGAF...

Apr-14-11		Tigranny: Couldn't 32.Bb4?? in Game 23 be the greatest blunder ever committed, even more than 34...Qe3?? by Kramnik was? I have it as #1 in my game collection about the top 10 greatest blunders because it cost Chigorin the entire match.

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