| ECO A06 in 1889 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin mikhail in 75 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bh5 4. Qd3 Qc8 5. c4 f6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bg6 8. Qd1 c6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nh4 f5 13. g4 Nf6 14. h3 Ne4 15. Bd3 fxg4 16. Nxg6 Nxg6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. hxg4 e5 20. d5 Qd7 21. Bc3 Rd8 22. Rh5 cxd5 23. cxd5 O-O 24. d6 Qe6 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Bb4 Rb6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Rf5+ Ke6 33. Rff7 Rb4 34. Rxb7 Rxg4 35. Rxg7 h5 36. Rxa7 Kf5 37. f3 Rg2 38. Ra6 |
| ECO A06 in 1898 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's lipke paul in 115 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 a6 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Rc1 g6 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Nce2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb1 Qe5 18. Qd2 a5 19. O-O Rad8 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22. Nge2 Ba6 23. Rfd1 Ne6 24. Nc3 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc4 26. Rcd1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Re5 28. Bc2 Kf8 29. Bb3 Bb7 30. Ba4 Ke7 31. Bb5 Ne4 32. Nd1 f5 33. f3 Nf6 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Nc3 Re7 36. Be2 Bc6 37. h3 h5 38. h4 Kc5 39. Bd1 Ne8 40. Ne2 Nc7 41. Nf4 Be8 42. a3 b5 43. b4+ axb4 44. axb4+ Kc6 45. Rd3 Bf7 46. Bb3 Rd7 47. Rd4 Rd6 48. Ne2 Na8 49. Rd1 Be8 50. Nd4+ Kb7 51. Rc1 Bd7 52. Rc5 Nc7 53. Kg3 Bc6 54. Kf4 Na6 55. Ke5 Nxc5 56. Kxd6 Nxb3 57. Nxb3 Be8 58. Nd4 |
| ECO A04 in 1889 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin michael in 103 moves | 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. Bd2 c6 8. c5 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Nb8 10. f3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Nh3 Bh4+ 13. Nf2 e5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O Be7 16. Ne2 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. Bc3 Qb8 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Nh3 Rd8 24. Bf1 Nf7 25. Nf4 d4 26. Bd2 dxe3 27. Bxe3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qe5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Bd2 Qb8 31. Qb3 Nd8 32. Qe3 Qb7 33. Bc4 Qd7 34. Bc3 Ra4 35. Bb3 Ra8 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Bxd5 Ra4 38. Bxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qxe7+ Qxe7 40. Rxe7+ Kf6 41. Rxh7 Rb4 42. Nd6 Be6 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Rh6+ Ke5 45. b3 b5 46. f4+ Kd4 47. Nxb5+ Rxb5 48. Rd6+ Kc3 49. Rxd8 Ra5 50. Rd5 Kb4 51. Rd2 Kc3 52. Re2 |
| ECO A06 in 1892 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin michael in 81 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. c5 c6 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2 Qc7 9. Be2 Ne8 10. O-O f5 11. Qc2 Nef6 12. a4 Ne4 13. b5 Rf6 14. a5 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 a6 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Rfb1 Rf8 18. Rb2 Bb7 19. Rab1 Rfb8 20. Ne1 Bc8 21. Nd3 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Bf6 23. Qa4 Kf7 24. Qa3 Bd8 25. Bd1 Rb8 26. Rb6 Nxb6 27. cxb6 Qb7 28. Ne5+ Kg8 29. Ba4 Qe7 30. Bb4 Qf6 31. Qc3 h6 32. Bd6 Rxb6 33. axb6 Bxb6 34. Qxc6 Qd8 35. Bc5 Bc7 36. Ng6 Kh7 37. Be7 Bd7 38. Bxd8 Bxc6 39. Bxc6 Bxd8 40. Nf8+ Kg8 41. Nxe6 |
| ECO A06 in 1892 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin mikhail in 97 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rxc7 Qd6 13. Rc3 Bxa2 14. e4 Qb4 15. Qa1 Bb3 16. Nd2 Bc2 17. Rc4 Qd6 18. Rxc2 Qxd4 19. O-O Nc5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Rd1 Qb4 22. Qa3 Qb5 23. Nc4 Ne6 24. Rd5 Qc6 25. Rc3 Nf4 26. Rd6 Qe8 27. g3 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. h4 Ne6 30. Nxe5 Nc5 31. Rd5 f6 32. b4 Na4 33. Rc7 fxe5 34. Rdd7 Qg6 35. Rxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxa4 Rf7 38. Bg4 Rd8 39. Qb5 Re7 40. Qc6 Rf8 41. Bf5 Rf6 42. Qd5 h5 43. Qd8 Ref7 44. Qe8 Rxf5 45. exf5 Rxf5 46. Qe7+ Rf7 47. Qxe5+ Kg6 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Qxh5+ |
| ECO A06 in 1889 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin michael in 53 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Qb3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 exd4 7. cxd5 Ne5 8. exd4 Nd7 9. Nc3 Qe7+ 10. Be3 Qb4 11. Qc2 Ngf6 12. Bb5 Rd8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Ba4 Be7 15. Rhg1 g6 16. Bh6 b5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Rge1 Kd7 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. a3 Qa5 21. Bg5 Ng8 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Ne4 Rb8 24. Nf6+ Kd8 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Qxc7+ Nd7 27. Qxa5 |
| ECO A04 in 1892 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin mikhail in 77 moves | 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 O-O 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nd4 Ng6 11. Qc2 Ne8 12. f4 Bf6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Bf2 Ne7 15. Rae1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. e4 Qd7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bb5 21. Rf3 Nc7 22. Rc3 Na6 23. Rce3 Rfe8 24. Re6 Nc7 25. Qxf5 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Qe7 27. Qxb5 Rac8 28. Qxb7 Rc7 29. Qe4 Rec8 30. Bc3 Rc4 31. Qd3 a5 32. Rd1 Qa7+ 33. Kh1 R4c7 34. Qxd6 h5 35. Be4 Re8 36. Qe5 Rc5 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. Bxd5 Re7 39. Qxg7+ |
| ECO A05 in 1899 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's gunsberg in 79 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Bb4+ 4. c3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 c6 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qa4 Nb8 16. Rac1 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Rf3 Qe7 20. Rcf1 Rc8 21. Bb4 Qe6 22. Nf4 Qe4 23. Nh5 Nd7 24. Qa6 Qe8 25. Rh3 Bg5 26. Kh1 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qb7 Qg6 29. Qd7 Kh8 30. Be7 Rg8 31. Qxc6 Rac8 32. Qxd5 Rg7 33. Bb4 Qd3 34. Qf3 Rc2 35. Bc3 Re7 36. e4 Qxe4 37. d5 Qg6 38. Rg3 Rf7 39. d6 h6 40. h4 |
| ECO A06 in 1889 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin mikhail in 121 moves | 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nge7 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Rb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Bd2 Nce7 15. Rc2 c6 16. Rfc1 Ng6 17. Be1 Nfh4 18. Nxh4 Nxh4 19. f3 Nf5 20. Bf2 Qg5 21. Re1 Re6 22. e4 Rbe8 23. Rce2 Nd6 24. e5 Qd8 25. Kf1 Nc4 26. Qxb7 Qg5 27. Qb4 Rg6 28. Bg3 h5 29. b3 Nb6 30. Qd2 Qf5 31. Qc2 Qg5 32. Qd2 Qf5 33. Kg1 Nc8 34. Qc2 Qd7 35. Bh4 Nb6 36. Qd3 Na8 37. f4 Nc7 38. Bf2 Qg4 39. Be3 f5 40. Rf2 Rge6 41. Qe2 Qg6 42. Rf3 Qf7 43. Rg3 Kh7 44. Bf2 Rh6 45. Rc1 Rc8 46. Rgc3 Ne6 47. Qa6 Rg8 48. Rxc6 Nxf4 49. Rxh6+ gxh6 50. Bg3 Rg6 51. Qf1 Ne6 52. Qd3 Rg4 53. h3 Rxd4 54. Qa6 Rd2 55. Be1 Rd4 56. Rc6 Re4 57. Rxe6 Rxe1+ 58. Kh2 Rc1 59. Rf6 Qg7 60. Qe6 Rf1 61. Rf7 |
| ECO A05 in 1889 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin mikhail in 75 moves | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Bd2 Nf8 14. Bc3 Bd7 15. c5 Bb8 16. d5 Qd8 17. d6 b6 18. b4 f6 19. Qd3 a5 20. a3 e5 21. Nh4 bxc5 22. bxc5 Ba7 23. Rad1 Bxc5 24. Qc4+ Ne6 25. Qe4 Nf8 26. Qc4+ Ne6 27. Bg6 Qb6 28. Re2 Reb8 29. Rb2 Qa7 30. Bf5 Kf7 31. Re2 Qa6 32. Qg4 Nf4 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Bxe5 g5 35. Bg6+ Kf8 36. Qxd7 Qa7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. d7 |
| ECO A13 in 1860 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's jeney e in 65 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 c4 8. O-O Bd6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 O-O 11. Bb2 Na5 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qd1 a6 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. Qb3 Qa5 18. a3 Bf5 19. a4 b4 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxc4 Nb6 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Qd1 b3 24. e4 Nxa4 25. d5 Bd7 26. Qxb3 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rb8 28. Bc3 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Bb4 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Be8 32. Ra7 a5 33. Kf1 |
| ECO A13 in 1882 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's mckenzie george in 65 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. e3 c5 3. d4 d5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. a3 Ne7 11. b4 Bf5 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Nfd4 Bd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Bxc8 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Rc1 f5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 f4 21. Qb3 Nxf2 22. Bxg6 Qxe3 23. Qxe3 fxe3 24. Bb1 Bg4 25. Re1 Nd1 26. Ba1 e2 27. Nxe2 Ne3 28. Ng3 Nc4 29. Re7 Rf7 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Bxh7+ Kf7 32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. Re7 |
| ECO A10 in 1873 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's paulsen louis in 93 moves | 1. c4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 f5 5. g3 Nh6 6. h4 Nf7 7. h5 e6 8. e4 Nd7 9. Bg2 a6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Rxh8+ Nxh8 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qe2 Nf7 16. Bh4 c5 17. dxc5 dxe5 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Qc7 20. Ne4 Kf8 21. O-O-O Bd7 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxg4 Be8 24. Qf2+ Kg8 25. Bxe4 Rc8 26. b3 Bf8 27. Qf6 Bg7 28. Qxe6+ Bf7 29. Qxc8+ Qxc8 30. Rd8+ Qxd8 31. Bxd8 Be6 32. Bxb7 Bxg4 33. Bxa6 e4 34. c6 e3 35. Ba5 Be5 36. Be1 Bf3 37. Bb5 Kf7 38. c5 Ke7 39. b4 g5 40. Ba4 Kd8 41. b5 Kc8 42. b6 e2 43. Bb5 g4 44. Ba6+ Kb8 45. c7+ Bxc7 46. bxc7+ Kxc7 47. Bb5 |
| ECO A20 in 1873 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's rosenthal samuel in 77 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. a3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 c5 10. d5 Nd7 11. Bb2 Nf6 12. Bc4 a6 13. a4 Bf5 14. O-O Rb8 15. a5 h6 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. h3 Nh2 18. Re1 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Bf1 Nxf1 22. Nxf1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 f5 24. f4 Kh7 25. Re2 g5 26. Rh2 Qg4+ 27. Rg2 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 g4 29. Be5 Rbd8 30. Ng3 Kg6 31. Rb2 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Rfe8 33. Rb6+ Kg5 34. e6 h5 35. Ne2 h4 36. Nf4 h3 37. Rxb7 Kh4 38. Rh7+ Kg3 39. Rf1 |
| ECO A13 in 1873 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's gelbfuhs o in 67 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 b6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nd2 e5 14. Rfe1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 e4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Rfc8 18. Rec1 a6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 Nf6 21. Ba3 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc6 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Qe6 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qb4 Kf7 27. Qf8+ Kg6 28. Bf1 f4 29. exf4 e3 30. Bd3+ Kh6 31. Qe7 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qh3 33. Kg1 Qh5 34. Qxf6+ |
| ECO A20 in 1873 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's schwarz adolf in 63 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 d6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 Bd7 10. g4 Bf8 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Bb1 c6 13. a3 Na6 14. Bc2 Nc7 15. O-O-O d5 16. g5 Nh5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne5 g6 19. Kb1 a5 20. Rc1 b5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bd1 Bf5+ 23. Ka2 b4 24. a4 Rc8 25. Bb3 Qd6 26. Qe2 Rc3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Ka1 c2 29. Rxc2 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Qxe5+ 31. Ka2 Qd6 32. Bc5 |
| ECO B40 in 1885 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's brackenborough by checkmate in 43 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Nxd5 Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Nxe7 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxb3 14. Nc6 Qc8 15. axb3 Nf6 16. O-O Qb7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. Re3 Qc7 21. Rg3+ Qxg3 22. Ne7# |
| ECO B30 in 1866 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's green valentine in 37 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Ndb5 Qb6 7. Nd6+ Kf8 8. Bc4 Bxf2+ 9. Ke2 Nd4+ 10. Kxf2 Nf5+ 11. Ke2 Nxd6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bb3 b6 14. Bf4 Ba6+ 15. Ke1 Ke7 16. Qd2 Qc6 17. Nd5+ exd5 18. Bxd5 Nxe4 19. Qb4+ |
| ECO B23 in 1866 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's mcdonnell alexan in 59 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Qb6 9. Qd2 Ne7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. f4 d6 13. exd6 f5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qc3 Qxd6 16. b3 a5 17. a3 Qd5 18. Rf1 Ra7 19. Bb2 c5 20. O-O-O Qc6 21. h4 Rff7 22. h5 Ne7 23. Bc4 Nd5 24. Qe5 Qc7 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qe8+ Rf8 27. Bxd5+ Qf7 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qe5 Rf6 30. h6 |
| ECO B23 in 1870 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's de vere cecil in 89 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 e5 13. Kh1 Nd4 14. Nd5 Bc5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. f4 f6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. a3 a5 21. Qe2 Nd4 22. Qd3 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ba7 24. Bh3 Rc7 25. c4 Re7 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Qe8 28. Qa3 Qh5 29. Bg2 Nf5 30. g4 Qxg4 31. Qxa7 exf4 32. Bf3 Qh3 33. Rf2 Re3 34. Bg2 Qh4 35. Kg1 Qg4 36. Rdf1 Nh4 37. Bc1 Rfe8 38. Qa2 f3 39. Bxe3 fxg2 40. Re1 h6 41. Qc2 Qh3 42. c5 g5 43. cxd6 Qd7 44. Rxf6 Kg7 45. Re6 |
