Wilhelm Steinitz

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Sources

1. BookThe Oxford Companion to Chess
2. BookThe Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain

Relations

defeated:

• Johannes Zukertort29 Mar 1886

  First official world championship match, 12½–7½.

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess

defeated by:

• Emanuel Lasker26 May 1894

  World championship match, ten wins to five.

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess

influenced:

• Siegbert Tarrasch

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess, The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain

rival of:

• Johannes Zukertort

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess

was succeeded by:

• Emanuel Laskersince May 1894

  As world chess champion.

  Sources: The Oxford Companion to Chess

Appears in4 items

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  Chess: From Chaturanga to AlphaZero4 items
  • The Romantic era1830
  • The classical school1873
  • Steinitz–Zukertort, the first official world championship · winner11 Jan 1886
  • Lasker takes the title from Steinitz · champion26 May 1894