| ECO C23 in 1873 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's hermann in 42 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ne5 d5 6. Bb3 Bxf5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Bf4 Qe7 9. d4 c5 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. h3 Rab8 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2 a5 17. a4 e3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qf1 Rxb3 |
| ECO C51 in 1866 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's anderssen adolf in 88 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qd2 f5 14. Rae1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxd5 16. Neg5 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Rxe6 Qd7 19. Rg6 Nf4 20. Rxg7+ Qxg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nh4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Rf6 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Qh3 Re8 26. Qg4 Ree6 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. g4 d5 29. Kg2 Nc4 30. Qxb7 Re2 31. Qg7 Rfe6 32. h4 d4 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qf7+ Kc8 35. Ng7 Ne3+ 36. Kg1 Re4 37. f3 d3 38. fxe4 Nxg4+ 39. Rf2 Bxf2+ 40. Kh1 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 Ne5+ 43. Kxf2 Nxf7 44. Kxg1 d2 |
| ECO C23 in 1866 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's hewitt m by checkmate in 52 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Ne2 Bc5 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 fxe4 8. Bf4 d5 9. Bb5 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qb3 Ng4 15. Bh4 e3 16. O-O Qh5 17. Bg3 e2 18. Re1 Rxf2 19. Nd2 Raf8 20. c4 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qh3+ 22. Kxh3 Ne3+ 23. Kh4 Ng2+ 24. Kg5 Rf5+ 25. Kg4 h5+ 26. Kh3 Rf2# |
| ECO C50 in 1863 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's green valentine in 80 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Bb4 11. Qd3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 Qe6 15. Nf1 Ne7 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. f3 gxf3 18. gxf3 Rg8 19. Bf2 Nc5 20. Qe2 O-O-O 21. Nd5 c6 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. O-O Qe7 27. Qf2 Qe6 28. f4 Qh3 29. Qg2 Qe3+ 30. Rf2 Rd2 31. fxe5 Kd7 32. Qf3 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Ke6 35. a4 Kxe5 36. Ke3 b6 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ke3 f6 39. Kf3 f5 40. exf5 Kxf5 |
| ECO C70 in 1883 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's noa joseph in 68 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. c4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qc3 d5 13. cxd5 Bb4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6 Qf6 16. Bd5 O-O-O 17. O-O Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Ne7 19. Bb3 c6 20. Rac1 Kb7 21. f4 Qd6 22. e5 Qb4 23. f5 Nc8 24. Rf4 Qe7 25. Be6 Rd3 26. Kf2 Rxe3 27. Kxe3 Qc5+ 28. Ke4 Qb4+ 29. Ke3 Qxb2 30. Rff1 Rd8 31. Bxc8+ Kxc8 32. f6 Qd2+ 33. Ke4 Qd3+ 34. Kf4 Rd4+ |
| ECO C52 in 1895 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's gunsberg isidor in 86 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. h3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 c6 20. Bb3 cxd5 21. Qd1 Nc4 22. Bc3 b5 23. exd5 Qd8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qh5 Ne5 26. Bb2 Nf6 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qd2 a5 29. a3 a4 30. Ba2 Qc7 31. f4 Qc5 32. Kh2 Nc4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Qc3 Ne8 35. Nh5 f6 36. Re4 Qxd5 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Nxg7 Bc6 39. Qg3 Kf7 40. f5 Qxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Bxg2 42. Ne6 Be4 43. Nd4 Rg8 |
| ECO C55 in 1864 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's green valentine in 62 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Ne2 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nh5 9. Ng3 Qh4 10. Nxh5 Qxh5 11. c3 g5 12. Kg2 Rg8 13. h3 Rg6 14. Be3 Rh6 15. Rh1 Ne7 16. d4 Bb6 17. Be2 Qh4 18. Qg1 f5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. b4 O-O-O 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. Kf1 Ng6 24. Bd3 Nf4 25. exf5 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Qc4 27. Ke2 Rd6 28. Qb1 Rfd8 29. Rd1 e4 30. fxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Re3 Rd2+ |
| ECO C55 in 1867 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's rousseau by checkmate in 72 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. h3 d6 6. d3 Be6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Qd2 Kh8 10. g4 c6 11. Nh4 d5 12. a3 Nd7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ng2 f6 15. Bh4 Rc8 16. f4 Bg8 17. Ne2 exf4 18. d4 f3 19. Ne3 fxe2 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxe2 Nxb3 22. cxb3 d4 23. Rd1 Ng6 24. Bf2 Re8 25. O-O Qb6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Qxe8+ Rxe8 28. bxc4 Nf4 29. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Qc6 31. Rd2 Qe4 32. Bg3 Qe3+ 33. Rf2 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Qxh3+ 35. Ke1 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qc1# |
| ECO C60 in 1867 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's fraser george in 50 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. Nxe5 dxe4 6. Qa4 Qd5 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. Bxc6+ Qxc6 9. Qxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 Bd3 12. c4 f5 13. b3 Bc5 14. Bb2 O-O-O 15. Bxg7 Rhg8 16. Bc3 Rd6 17. b4 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bxf2 20. Na3 e3 21. h4 e2 22. Be5 Rg4 23. Kh2 f4 24. Nc2 f3 25. Bf6 Bxc2 |
| ECO C52 in 1872 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's zukertort johann in 76 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Re1 b5 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bxc3 14. Rb1 a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. Rxb8 Nxb8 18. Re3 Nc6 19. Rxd3 Bb4 20. Bb2 a5 21. Ne4 Ba6 22. Re3 O-O 23. Nh4 Rb8 24. Nf5 Bd2 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. axb3 Bb4 27. Neg3 Bd3 28. Ne3 Bc5 29. Ngf5 g6 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Nhg4 Bd4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Nf6 Ke7 34. Ned5+ Kd8 35. Nxh7 Bc2 36. b4 a4 37. Kf1 Nb5 38. Ng5 a3 |
| ECO C33 in 1898 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's maroczy geza in 76 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qe2 Ng6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qf2 d6 9. d4 Be6 10. d5 Bg4 11. Nd4 Bh4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Be2 Nde5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qd1 Bd7 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Qxd6 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Qa3 Be6 20. Qa4 Rd7 21. Rb1 Rfd8 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 g6 24. Ng3 Be7 25. Qa6 Qe3 26. Rff1 Bh4 27. Rbd1 Qh6 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Rf2 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Qc1 31. Qxa7 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Rf1 Qd6 34. Qe3 Bc4 35. Re1 Ng4 36. e5 Qb4 37. c3 Qxb2 38. Qd4 Bxg3 |
| ECO C62 in 1899 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's cohn wilhelm in 66 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. O-O Nge7 6. Nc3 Ng6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bc4 Bg4 9. h3 exd4 10. hxg4 dxe3 11. fxe3 Nce5 12. Bb3 c6 13. Nd4 Be7 14. Nf5 O-O 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. g3 Bg5 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Nd1 Ne7 20. Kg2 Nxf5 21. gxf5 Re7 22. c3 Nd7 23. Bc2 Nf6 24. Nf2 Qb6 25. Ng4 Qxb2 26. Rxd6 Nxg4 27. f6 gxf6 28. Rd3 Ne5 29. Rb1 Qxa2 30. Rd4 Qe6 31. Bd1 b5 32. Qh5 Qa2+ 33. Qe2 Qxb1 |
| ECO C33 in 1895 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's blackburne josep in 74 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 Bb4 6. Qd3 O-O 7. Nge2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nce7 11. Nxf4 Bf5 12. Qf3 c6 13. Ba3 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Be6 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Qf3 a5 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rf3 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Re1 Rf6 22. Qe5 Nd5 23. Qg3 h6 24. Bd6 b5 25. Be5 Rf5 26. h4 a4 27. Re4 h5 28. Qe1 Qf7 29. Bd6 Rf6 30. Be5 Rg6 31. Re2 Qf3 32. Rf2 Qxc3 33. Qxc3 Nxc3 34. a3 Rg4 35. g3 Re4 36. Kf1 Nb1 37. Bd6 Rxd4 |
| ECO C45 in 1894 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's delmar eugene in 132 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qe7 5. Nf5 Qxe4+ 6. Ne3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qh4 8. O-O d5 9. Bf5 Be6 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. g3 Qh5 12. Qxh5 Nxh5 13. c3 Nf6 14. a4 Re8 15. Bxe6+ Rxe6 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. b4 c6 18. Nd2 h5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nd4 Re8 21. h4 Bg7 22. Ba3 Nfg4 23. N2b3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Nf6 25. Bf4 Ne4 26. Rdc1 Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nf3 Re7 29. Nbd4 Rhe8 30. Kg2 Kc7 31. Ra2 Ned6 32. Rcc2 a5 33. Nb3 b6 34. Nfd4 Re1 35. bxa5 Nxa5 36. Nxa5 bxa5 37. Re2 R1xe2 38. Nxe2 Re4 39. Nd4 Re1 40. Kf3 Ne4 41. Kg2 Nxc3 42. Rc2 Re4 43. Nxc6 Kxc6 44. Rxc3+ Rc4 45. Rf3 f5 46. Ra3 d4 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. Rb3 Ra2 49. Rb8 Rxa4 50. Rg8 Kd5 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 a4 53. Rxg6 a3 54. Rg5 Ke5 55. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 56. Kxf2 a2 57. g4 a1=Q 58. Rxf5+ Ke4 59. h5 d3 60. Rf7 Qd4+ 61. Kg3 d2 62. Rf4+ Kd3 63. Rxd4+ Kxd4 64. h6 d1=Q 65. Kh4 Ke5 66. h7 Kf4 |
| ECO C46 in 1883 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's mckenzie george in 54 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. f4 Ne7 10. Bf3 c6 11. h3 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nde2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. g4 h5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Kh2 Nf5 18. Bf2 Nc7 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. h4 Bd7 22. Bg2 Rae8 23. Bh3 b6 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Be3 d4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxe1 |
| ECO C60 in 1871 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's sich in 72 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng5 h6 8. Nf3 d6 9. h3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Nd5 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bc4 Kh7 14. c3 Ne6 15. Ne3 Nf4 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nh2 d5 18. Bb3 c6 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qe2 Qd6 21. Nf3 Bd7 22. Rae1 Re8 23. g3 Rxf3 24. Qxf3 Bxh3 25. Kh2 Rf8 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. Rg1 Bg4 28. Qe3 Rf3 29. Qxa7 Rxd3 30. a4 Rd2 31. Bd1 d4 32. Bxg4 Qxg4 33. Rg2 e4 34. cxd4 h4 35. gxh4 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 e3 |
| ECO C51 in 1866 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's anderssen adolf in 86 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 Na5 10. Bb2 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Qd2 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Ng6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Rab1 Qd8 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Ba1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc6 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Nxd6 Rd8 22. Qg3 f6 23. Rbd1 Be6 24. Rfe1 Bxa2 25. Nf5 Qf8 26. Nd6 Rd7 27. Rd2 Rad8 28. Red1 Be6 29. h4 a5 30. Bc3 a4 31. Rd3 a3 32. h5 h6 33. R3d2 a2 34. Bb2 Ne5 35. Ba3 Rxd6 36. Bxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Qxd6 38. Rc1 Qd4 39. Qa3 Ng4 40. Rf1 Nxf2 41. Kh2 Ng4+ 42. Kh1 Qe5 43. g3 Qxh5+ |
| ECO C63 in 1865 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's duffy e in 66 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. O-O fxe4 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. d4 d6 8. Nxc6 Qd7 9. d5 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxc6 12. Qd4 Qf5 13. Bh4 Kd7 14. Nc3 Re8 15. b4 Qe5 16. Qe3 g5 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. Rad1 h5 19. b5 Ba8 20. Na4 Kc8 21. Qxa7 Bb7 22. Nb6+ cxb6 23. Qxb6 h4 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qe7 26. Rc6+ Kb8 27. a4 e3 28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rg6 Re5 31. Rg7 Rd8 32. c4 Rd2 33. a5 Rxg2+ |
| ECO C54 in 1865 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's cronhelm e in 60 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. b4 Bb6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qc5 14. Nd2 dxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd5 16. Qg3 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxb5 18. Rfc1 Bc6 19. Bb3 Qd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Rab1 Rfe8 22. Rc4 Rad8 23. Nf3 Bb6 24. Rf4 Bd5 25. Ng5 Bxb3 26. axb3 f6 27. Ne4 Rd4 28. Re1 f5 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nxe8 Rxf4 |
| ECO C60 in 1870 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats white's de vere cecil in 100 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Nxf5 Rxf5 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Qd2 Qh4 13. f4 d6 14. g3 Qd8 15. Rae1 Rf8 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Bf2 Nd8 19. Bd4 h6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. c3 Rae8 22. Nh4 Kh7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxf5+ Qxf5 25. Bd3 Qc5+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ne5 28. Be2 g5 29. Kg1 gxf4 30. gxf4 Ng6 31. f5 Nh4 32. Bh5 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Rxf5 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rf7+ Kg5 36. Rxf5+ Nxf5 37. Be2 Kf4 38. Kf2 Ne3 39. h3 Nf5 40. Bg4 Ng3 41. Bf3 Ne4+ 42. Ke2 b6 43. Bg2 d5 44. Bf3 h5 45. Bg2 Kg3 46. Bf1 Ng5 47. Ke3 Nxh3 48. Kd4 Nf4 49. Bb5 h4 50. Bd7 h3 |
