| World Chess Championship :: New York City, Saint Louis, New Orleans 1886 |
[ Competition summary || Match Results | Information ]
| name | Flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Wins | pts | + | = | - |
| Steinitz, Wilhelm | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12½ | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Zukertort, Johannes | |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7½ | 5 | 5 | 10 |
This was the first match for the title of World Chess Champion accepted by all chess historians. In 1886 Steinitz was considered the best player in the world, and Zukertort was considered the second best.
In 1872, the two players had met in a match which Steinitz won by the score of +7-1=4. Some historians consider the 1872 match to be the first world championship match.
Steinitz considered himself to be World Champion after his +8-6=0 win against Anderssen in 1866.
| World Chess Championship | |
| Dates: | 11th January - 29th March 1886 |
| City: | New York City, Saint Louis, New Orleans (United States) |
| Venue: | Cartiers Academy Hall (NYC), Harmonie Club (SL), New Orleans Chess, Checkers and Whist Club (NO) |
| Organizers: | Manhattan Chess Club |
| Tournament Director: | Mr. George T. Green |
| Chief Arbiter: | Mr. Adolphus Urohle, Mr. Thomas Frère |
| Competition format: | The winner was the first player to achieve 10 wins. A 9-9 tie would mean neither player would gain the title of World Champion. |
| Time control: | 2h/30 + 1h/15 |
| Website: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1886 |
| Other websites: | https://www.chesscentral.com/pages/free-chess-games/steinitz-zukertort-1886.html http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=53788 http://www.chessarch.com/archive/1886.01.11_Steinitz-Zukertort/index.shtml |
| PGN game file: | wc1886-wch.pgn |