| ECO C33 in 1898 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's marco george in 72 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nbc6 8. Bxf4 Ng6 9. Nge2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Ba4 Rc8 13. Bg3 Na5 14. Nd1 Nc4 15. c3 Be7 16. Bc2 b5 17. Nf4 b4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. h4 Re8 20. h5 Nf8 21. a3 Ba5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Nf2 Qg5 24. Rae1 Nb2 25. Nxe6 Nxd3 26. Nxg5 Nxe1 27. Bb3 Rcd8 28. Be5 f6 29. Rxe1 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 31. Kh2 fxg5 32. Bxa7 Ra1 33. Bb6 Rxa3 34. Bxd8 Rxb3 35. Be7 Kf7 36. Bd6 Nd7 |
| ECO C60 in 1867 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's de riviere j a in 54 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nc3 f5 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Nxf5 Rxf5 12. f4 d6 13. g4 Rf8 14. Rf2 Bd7 15. Bd5 Qh4 16. Rg2 Rae8 17. Bf2 Qf6 18. Ne2 Be6 19. g5 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxb7 Qf3 23. Bxa7 Nxa7 24. Rxc7 Nb5 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qa1+ Kg8 27. Rf2 Qe3 |
| ECO C64 in 1888 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's golmayo celso in 60 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qh5+ Ng6 9. Qxc5 Re8 10. d4 exd3 11. Bc4+ Be6 12. Qf5+ Qf6 13. Qxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxd3 Nge5 15. Be2 Bc4 16. Bxc4+ Nxc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. f3 Nf5 20. Kf2 Ne5 21. g4 Nd3+ 22. Kg2 Re2+ 23. Kh3 Rxd2 24. gxf5 Re2 25. Na3 Rg8 26. f4 Nf2+ 27. Kh4 Rg4+ 28. Kh5 Rxf4 29. Rae1 Rxf5+ 30. Kh4 Rf3 |
| ECO C41 in 1866 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's macdonnell in 66 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 c5 7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bd3 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bb1 Bd4 16. g4 h5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Qd3 hxg4 20. e5 Qh4 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. exd6 gxh3 23. f4 Bc4 24. Qf3 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 h2 26. Be4 Rad8 27. Nf5 h1=Q+ 28. Qxh1 Qxh1+ 29. Bxh1 d3 30. Bxb7 g6 31. Bxa6 gxf5 32. Bxd3 Rxd6 33. Bc4 Rd2 |
| ECO C33 in 1889 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's carvajal vm in 62 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. h4 h6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bc4 Nbc6 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. Kf2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qg6 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Qa4 f5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bd3 Ne3 18. Bxe3 fxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 f4+ 21. Kf2 Rxd3 22. Qxa7 c6 23. hxg5 Bxe5 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 hxg5 26. Qc5 Bc7 27. Rg1 Qd3 28. Qe7 Bb6+ 29. Nd4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Rh2+ 31. Rg2 Qd2+ |
| ECO C51 in 1866 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's anderssen adolf in 126 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8. Qxd3 d6 9. Bg5 Nge7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. h3 Be6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bd5 Ng6 16. Bg3 Rae8 17. c4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc3 Ng6 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qf5 23. Nxb7 Re2 24. d6 cxd6 25. Nxd6 Qe6 26. a4 Bd8 27. Qc5 f5 28. Qxa7 f4 29. Bh2 Nh4 30. Qb7 Qg6 31. Rd4 Bb6 32. Rdd1 Re6 33. a5 Bc5 34. a6 Re7 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. a7 Bxa7 37. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Kh7 39. Qe4 Rf6 40. Nb5 Re6 41. Qxg6+ Rxg6 42. Nxa7 Rxg2+ 43. Kh1 Rxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Nxe1+ 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. Nc6 Kg6 48. Ke2 Nc5 49. Kf3 Ne6 50. Ne5+ Kf5 51. Nd3 g6 52. Ne1 Nd4+ 53. Kg2 Ke5 54. Kf1 f3 55. Kg1 g5 56. Kh2 h5 57. Kg3 Nf5+ 58. Kh2 g4 59. hxg4 hxg4 60. Kg1 Kd4 61. Nc2+ Kd3 62. Na3 g3 63. Nb5 g2 |
| ECO C51 in 1862 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's nn in 32 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. d5 Ne5 11. h3 h5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qh4 14. Kh2 Nf6 15. Rg1 Bxf2 16. Rg2 Nfg4+ |
| ECO C51 in 1882 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's thompson in 96 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Nce7 10. e5 Nh6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bg5 Bc5 13. Nc3 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Qb2 Kg7 20. Ng3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qd6 22. Re4 Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bb3 c5 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Ra4 Rxa4 27. Bxa4 b5 28. Bb3 Rd8 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Rc5 Be6 31. Rc3 Bxb3 32. axb3 Rd5 33. Kf2 c5 34. Ke2 Nc6 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 f5 37. Nd2 Kf6 38. Nf3 Ne5+ 39. Ke3 Nxf3 40. gxf3 Ke5 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. h4 f6 43. h5 h6 44. Kc3 c4 45. b4 Ke5 46. f4+ Ke4 47. Kd2 Kf3 48. Kc3 Kxg3 |
| ECO C45 in 1883 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's golmayo celso in 54 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 a6 10. N5c3 Qh4 11. Na3 b5 12. Bf3 Qh6 13. Rad1 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Nge7 15. Nd5 Rb8 16. Re1 d6 17. Rde2 Be6 18. Nf4 Nd4 19. Re4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Nf5 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Rxe6 b4 23. Nc4 Nd4 24. R6e3 Nxc2 25. Na5 Rb5 26. Nc6+ Kd7 27. Na7 Rg5+ |
| ECO C50 in 1873 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's schwarz adolf in 64 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 a6 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Ne2 Qe7 11. h4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 O-O-O 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. O-O-O Nh5 15. c3 Qf6 16. d4 Nxg3 17. Rxh8 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Rxh8 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Rg1 Rg8 21. Kc2 Nd8 22. Qd5 Qe7 23. Rd1 c6 24. Qb3 b5 25. c4 Ne6 26. Kb1 Nd4 27. Qe3 Rh8 28. Qd2 Rh2 29. Bf1 b4 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. Rd3 g4 32. fxg4 Rxf2 |
| ECO C51 in 1860 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's strauss in 62 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Ba3 Bg4 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qb4 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Qxe5 17. Rae1 Qd4 18. Qb3 Nh6 19. Nb5 Qh4 20. Be7 Qf4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. h3 Rd2 23. Rc1 Rxf2 24. Rxc7+ Bxc7 25. Rxf2 Qc1+ 26. Rf1 Bb6+ 27. Kh2 Qxf1 28. Qc3+ Kd7 29. Qd2+ Kc6 30. a4 Qg1+ 31. Kg3 Qe3+ |
| ECO C50 in 1883 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's noa joseph in 132 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Na5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 c6 9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Qg5 h6 13. Qh4 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Qc7 15. g4 Nh7 16. Rhg1 f6 17. Qg3 Rf7 18. Nc3 d5 19. h4 d4 20. Nb1 g5 21. Nbd2 Nf8 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh1 Ng6 24. Rag1 Qa5 25. Nc4 Qc5 26. Kd1 b5 27. Rh6 Rg7 28. Ncd2 a5 29. Rgh1 Be6 30. Qh2 Kf7 31. Qh5 Rag8 32. Nxg5+ fxg5 33. Nf3 Ke8 34. Nxg5 Qe7 35. f3 Kd7 36. Nxe6 Qxe6 37. Qf5 Rf7 38. Rh7 Rf8 39. R1h6 Rxh7 40. Rxh7+ Kd6 41. Qg5 Qf6 42. Qf5 Qxf5 43. exf5 Nf4 44. Ke1 Nd5 45. Kd2 a4 46. bxa4 bxa4 47. Rh6+ Kd7 48. Rh7+ Ne7 49. Rh6 Nc8 50. Re6 Re8 51. Rh6 Nd6 52. Rh7+ Re7 53. Rh8 Ne8 54. g5 Nd6 55. f6 Re8 56. Rh7+ Ke6 57. Rc7 Kf5 58. Rxc6 Nf7 59. Ra6 Nxg5 60. Rxa4 Kxf6 61. c3 Rh8 62. Kc2 Nxf3 63. Kb3 Kf5 64. c4 Ne1 65. c5 Nxd3 66. c6 Nc5+ |
| ECO C45 in 1876 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's blackburne josep in 102 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Kd8 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 a6 10. N1c3 Qe5 11. Na3 b5 12. Bf3 Nge7 13. Rad1 Qf5 14. Rfe1 Rb8 15. Qe2 d6 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Qe3 f6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rxd6 Kc7 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Qg3 Kc8 23. Red1 Rb7 24. Qg2 Nb8 25. R1d4 h5 26. Qd5 Qg5 27. Qxg5 fxg5 28. Rg6 Bxg4 29. Rxg5 Re8 30. Kg2 Rf7 31. h3 Bd7 32. Kg3 Re2 33. Rxh5 Rexf2 34. Rc5+ Nc6 35. Rd3 Kc7 36. Nb1 Kb6 37. Rcd5 Nb8 38. Nd2 Bc6 39. Ne4 Re2 40. Nc3 Rxc2 41. Rd2 Rxc3+ 42. bxc3 Bxd5 43. Rxd5 Rc7 44. Rd3 Nc6 45. Kf4 Rf7+ 46. Ke4 Rf2 47. a3 Ra2 48. c4 bxc4 49. Rg3 Rd2 50. Rxg7 Rd4+ 51. Kf5 c3 |
| ECO C65 in 1867 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's dandre in 62 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. Nh4 g5 11. Bxg5 Nh5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxb6 Bxe4 15. Be3 Bd5 16. c4 Be6 17. f4 f6 18. Nd4 exd4 19. Qxh5+ Bf7 20. Qf3 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3+ dxe3 22. Rae1 Kd7 23. Rxe3 Rae8 24. Ref3 Re2 25. Rb1 Rg8 26. g3 Bh5 27. Rff1 Rge8 28. h3 R8e3 29. g4 Rg3+ 30. Kh1 Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 Rhh2 |
| ECO C23 in 1872 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's fisher in 48 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. Bxg8 Rxg8 4. exf5 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. fxg6 Rxg6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Qxh7 Rh6 10. Qd3 e4 11. Qe3 Qh4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Ne5 14. Qd1 Nf3+ 15. Kh1 Qxh3+ 16. gxh3 Rxh3+ 17. Kg2 Rh2+ 18. Kg3 Bd6+ 19. Kg4 Rh4+ 20. Kf5 Rf4+ 21. Kg6 Rg4+ 22. Kh6 Bf8+ 23. Kh7 Kf7 24. Rh1 Bg7 |
| ECO C45 in 1882 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's meitner philip in 42 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Qxe4+ 7. Be3 Ba5 8. Nd2 Qg6 9. b4 a6 10. Na3 Bb6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Ndc4 b5 13. Ne3 Nge7 14. c4 Qf6 15. Nac2 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Nxc2+ 17. Nxc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19. O-O-O Be6 20. Bb3 O-O 21. f4 Rfc8 |
| ECO C45 in 1862 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's dubois serafino in 108 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Bb6 8. O-O d6 9. Kh1 Ne5 10. Be2 h5 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bg1 Nc6 13. Na3 g5 14. fxg5 Qxg5 15. Nc4 Bd7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Nf5 O-O-O 18. b4 Rdg8 19. Bf3 Nce5 20. a4 Bc6 21. b5 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Ne5 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Ra2 Be6 25. Be3 Qd8 26. Rfa1 Bc4 27. Qe1 Bxa2 28. Rxa2 Qf6 29. Bd4 Qe6 30. Ra1 Rg6 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 Rhg8 33. g3 Nc4 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 36. Qe2 Re8 37. Ng7 Qxe4+ 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Nxh5 Ke6 40. Kg2 Kf5 41. h3 Na3 42. b6 c5 43. Bf6 Nc4 44. g4+ Kg6 45. Bd8 Re2+ 46. Kg3 Re3+ 47. Kh4 Rxc3 48. Nf4+ Kh7 49. g5 Ne5 50. Nd5 Rd3 51. Nf6+ Kg6 52. Ne8 c4 53. Bf6 c3 54. Nxd6 c2 |
| ECO C70 in 1885 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's sellmann alexand by checkmate in 72 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. c3 Be6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qe3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Qc1 Be7 14. b3 Nb6 15. e5 d5 16. Qe3 g5 17. Bg3 c5 18. f4 d4 19. Qd3 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nd5 21. Bh6 Bg5 22. Bg7 Nf4 23. Qf3 d3 24. Bxh8 dxc2 25. O-O Bd5 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qf5 c1=Q 28. Rxc1 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Nxc1 30. Na3 Be6 31. Qc2 Nd3+ 32. Kg1 Be3+ 33. Kf1 Qh4 34. g3 Qe4 35. Qg2 Bh3 36. Qxh3 Qf3# |
| ECO C45 in 1886 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's rose in 38 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. e5 Ng4 9. g3 Qe7 10. f4 O-O 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Bh3 Rad8 13. Qe2 Rxd2 14. Qxd2 Rd8 15. Qe2 Qc5 16. Rd1 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Rd2 Bf5 19. Qd1 Nf2 |
| ECO C70 in 1883 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's maurian in 68 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Ng6 8. Qd3 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. c4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. cxb5 Bc5 15. Kh1 axb5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Qxb5 Bb6 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. Bd5 Ra5 20. Nc4 Rxd5 21. exd5 Qe2 22. Be3 Qxc4 23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. Qxd7 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Rad1 Rc2 27. Kg1 Rxb2 28. Rf3 Kf8 29. f5 Ne7 30. Rfd3 Nxf5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Rb3 Rxb3 33. axb3 Ke7 34. Kf2 Nb5 |