Wilhelm Steinitz
1st World Chess Champion · Romantic era · Austria · 1836–1900
The first World Champion, and the father of positional chess.
Career In The Collection
583Games
318Wins
118Draws
147Losses
65%Score
1859–1899Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Chigorin | 58 | 26 | 8 | 24 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | view games |
| Joseph Blackburne | 35 | 19 | 7 | 9 | view games |
| Johannes Zukertort | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | view games |
| Adolf Anderssen | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | view games |
| Harry Nelson Pillsbury | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | view games |
| Carl Schlechter | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | view games |
| Louis Paulsen | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | view games |
583 Games · Page 2 of 3
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 4th C65 1-0
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 4th C34 0-1
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 4th C45 1-0
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 4th C65 1/2-1/2
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 4th C59 0-1
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 4th C62 0-1
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 4th D55 1-0
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 4th C52 0-1
- 1892 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 4th C52 1-0
- 1890 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black Cable m C52 1-0
- 1890 vs Mikhail Chigorin White Cable m C59 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd D06 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd C54 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd D20 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd C54 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd C52 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd D40 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd C62 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd D40 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd C52 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd C52 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd E51 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd D31 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd D05 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd C52 0-1
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd D37 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd E14 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd D30 1/2-1/2
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg Black World Championship 3rd C50 1-0
- 1890 vs Isidor Gunsberg White World Championship 3rd D35 1/2-1/2
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C52 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 2nd D07 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 2nd D07 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 2nd D07 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 2nd A85 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 2nd D02 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C52 0-1
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C52 0-1
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 2nd D02 0-1
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C52 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C52 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C62 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C52 0-1
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C52 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 2nd D46 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin White World Championship 2nd D02 1-0
- 1889 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black World Championship 2nd C52 1/2-1/2
- 1888 vs Gavilan/Ponce Black Havana+ C62 0-1
- 1888 vs Celso Golmayo Zupide White Havana m1 C11 1-0
- 1888 vs Celso Golmayo Zupide Black Havana m1 C45 0-1
- 1888 vs Andreas Vasquez Black Havana m2 C45 0-1
- 1888 vs Andreas Vasquez Black Havana m2 C51 0-1
- 1888 vs Vasquez/Golmayo Black Havana+ C51 0-1
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C67 0-1
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D60 1/2-1/2
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C65 1-0
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D26 1-0
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D26 0-1
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st C49 0-1
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D10 1-0
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D11 0-1
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D10 1-0
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C65 1-0
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C67 1/2-1/2
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C67 1/2-1/2
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C47 0-1
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C25 1-0
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D53 0-1
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C67 1-0
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C67 1-0
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort White World Championship 1st C67 1/2-1/2
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D40 0-1
- 1886 vs Johannes Zukertort Black World Championship 1st D50 1/2-1/2
- 1885 vs Alexander Sellman White Baltimore C11 1-0
- 1883 vs Henry Edward Bird White London C46 1-0
- 1883 vs Henry Edward Bird Black London C51 0-1
- 1883 vs Joseph Blackburne Black London C46 1-0
- 1883 vs Joseph Blackburne White London C00 1-0
- 1883 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black London C51 1-0
- 1883 vs Mikhail Chigorin White London C25 0-1
- 1883 vs Berthold Englisch Black London+ C70 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs Berthold Englisch White London C25 0-1
- 1883 vs Berthold Englisch White London+ C77 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs Berthold Englisch Black London C60 0-1
- 1883 vs Celso Golmayo Zupide White Habana m C00 1-0
- 1883 vs Celso Golmayo Zupide White Habana m C00 1-0
- 1883 vs Celso Golmayo Zupide Black Habana m C45 0-1
- 1883 vs Celso Golmayo Zupide Black Habana m C45 1-0
- 1883 vs Celso Golmayo Zupide White Habana m C00 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs Celso Golmayo Zupide Black Habana m C45 0-1
- 1883 vs George Henry Mackenzie White London C77 1-0
- 1883 vs George Henry Mackenzie Black London C60 0-1
- 1883 vs James Mason Black London C70 0-1
- 1883 vs James Mason Black London D00 0-1
- 1883 vs James Mason White London+ C13 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs James Mortimer White London E51 1-0
- 1883 vs James Mortimer Black London+ C33 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs James Mortimer White London D40 1-0
- 1883 vs Josef Noa Black London C50 0-1
- 1883 vs Josef Noa Black London C70 0-1
- 1883 vs Josef Noa White London+ C00 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs Samuel Rosenthal White London C65 0-1
- 1883 vs Samuel Rosenthal White London+ C65 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs Samuel Rosenthal Black London C46 1-0
- 1883 vs Samuel Rosenthal Black London+ C46 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs Alexander Sellman Black London C60 0-1
- 1883 vs Alexander Sellman White London C13 1-0
- 1883 vs Arthur Skipworth Black London A20 0-1
- 1883 vs DS. Thompson White Philadelphia m C29 1/2-1/2
- 1883 vs DS. Thompson Black Philadelphia m C52 0-1
- 1883 vs Szymon Winawer White London C25 1-0
- 1883 vs Szymon Winawer Black London C60 0-1
- 1883 vs Johannes Zukertort White London C77 0-1
- 1883 vs Johannes Zukertort Black London C46 0-1
- 1882 vs Henry Edward Bird Black Vienna C51 0-1
- 1882 vs Henry Edward Bird White Vienna A83 1-0
- 1882 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Vienna C70 1-0
- 1882 vs Joseph Blackburne White Vienna C29 1-0
- 1882 vs Mikhail Chigorin White Vienna C37 1-0
- 1882 vs Mikhail Chigorin Black Vienna C51 1-0
- 1882 vs Berthold Englisch White Vienna E33 1/2-1/2
- 1882 vs Berthold Englisch Black Vienna C70 1/2-1/2
- 1882 vs Bernhard Fleissig White Vienna C00 1-0
- 1882 vs Vincenz Hruby Black Vienna C70 1-0
- 1882 vs Vincenz Hruby White Vienna C37 1-0
- 1882 vs George Henry Mackenzie White Vienna A13 1-0
- 1882 vs George Henry Mackenzie Black Vienna C70 1/2-1/2
- 1882 vs Dion M Martinez White Philadelphia m C25 1/2-1/2
- 1882 vs Dion M Martinez White Philadelphia m C25 0-1
- 1882 vs Dion M Martinez White Philadelphia m C25 1-0
- 1882 vs Dion M Martinez Black Philadelphia m C51 0-1
- 1882 vs James Mason White Vienna C00 1/2-1/2
- 1882 vs James Mason Black Vienna C50 1/2-1/2
- 1882 vs Philipp Meitner Black Vienna C45 0-1
- 1882 vs Philipp Meitner White Vienna C30 1-0
- 1882 vs Josef Noa White Vienna C30 1-0
- 1882 vs Louis Paulsen Black Vienna C45 0-1
- 1882 vs Louis Paulsen White Vienna B21 1-0
- 1882 vs Adolf Schwarz Black Vienna C46 0-1
- 1882 vs Adolf Schwarz White Vienna C00 1-0
- 1882 vs Preston Ware White Vienna B01 1-0
- 1882 vs Preston Ware Black Vienna A40 1-0
- 1882 vs Miksa Weiss White Vienna C00 1-0
- 1882 vs Miksa Weiss Black Vienna C70 1/2-1/2
- 1882 vs Szymon Winawer White Vienna playoff C00 0-1
- 1882 vs Szymon Winawer White Vienna C00 1-0
- 1882 vs Szymon Winawer Black Vienna C46 1/2-1/2
- 1882 vs Szymon Winawer Black Vienna playoff C46 0-1
- 1882 vs Alexander Wittek White Vienna D55 1-0
- 1882 vs Alexander Wittek Black Vienna C46 1-0
- 1882 vs Johannes Zukertort White Vienna C39 0-1
- 1882 vs Johannes Zukertort Black Vienna C46 1/2-1/2
- 1876 vs Joseph Blackburne Black London m1 C45 0-1
- 1876 vs Joseph Blackburne White London m1 C77 1-0
- 1876 vs Joseph Blackburne White London m1 C29 1-0
- 1876 vs Joseph Blackburne White London m1 C39 1-0
- 1876 vs Joseph Blackburne Black London m1 C45 0-1
- 1876 vs Joseph Blackburne Black London m1 C45 0-1
- 1875 vs Joseph Blackburne Black England cg C45 1-0
- 1875 vs O. Brook White England sim C15 1-0
- 1875 vs Mocatta White England cg C30 1-0
- 1875 vs Parratt White England sim C25 1/2-1/2
- 1875 vs Johannes Zukertort Black England cg C52 1/2-1/2
- 1874 vs Ball Black GBR tour sim C77 1/2-1/2
- 1874 vs Jean Dufresne White GBR tour sim C25 1-0
- 1874 vs Shearwood Mc Clelland Black GBR tour sim C44 0-1
- 1874 vs Moriau White GBR tour sim C30 1-0
- 1874 vs Simon Black GBR tour sim C50 0-1
- 1874 vs G. Steinkuehler White GBR tour sim C25 1-0
- 1874 vs Vines White GBR tour sim C30 1-0
- 1874 vs Wellington Black GBR tour sim C55 0-1
- 1873 vs Adolf Anderssen White Vienna D55 1-0
- 1873 vs Adolf Anderssen Black Vienna C77 0-1
- 1873 vs Henry Edward Bird White Vienna C35 1-0
- 1873 vs Henry Edward Bird Black Vienna C80 0-1
- 1873 vs Joseph Blackburne White Vienna C11 1/2-1/2
- 1873 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Vienna C60 1-0
- 1873 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Vienna C60 1-0
- 1873 vs Joseph Blackburne Black Vienna playoff-1pl C77 0-1
- 1873 vs Joseph Blackburne White Vienna playoff-1pl A00 1-0
- 1873 vs Maximilian Fleissig Black Vienna C60 1/2-1/2
- 1873 vs Maximilian Fleissig Black Vienna C60 1/2-1/2
- 1873 vs Maximilian Fleissig White Vienna C11 1-0
- 1873 vs Oscar Gelbfuhs White Vienna A13 1-0
- 1873 vs Oscar Gelbfuhs Black Vienna C80 0-1
- 1873 vs Josef Heral White Vienna B45 1-0
- 1873 vs Josef Heral Black Vienna A10 0-1
- 1873 vs Maas White GBR tour sim C51 1-0
- 1873 vs Philipp Meitner White Vienna C11 1-0
- 1873 vs Philipp Meitner Black Vienna C77 1/2-1/2
- 1873 vs Philipp Meitner Black Vienna C51 1/2-1/2
- 1873 vs NN White GBR tour sim C30 1-0
- 1873 vs Louis Paulsen Black Vienna C26 0-1
- 1873 vs Louis Paulsen White Vienna A41 1-0
- 1873 vs Karl Pitschel Black Vienna C39 0-1
- 1873 vs Karl Pitschel White Vienna C01 1-0
- 1873 vs Samuel Rosenthal Black Vienna C46 0-1
- 1873 vs Samuel Rosenthal White Vienna A20 1-0
- 1873 vs Adolf Schwarz Black Vienna C50 0-1
- 1873 vs Adolf Schwarz White Vienna A28 1-0
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