| ECO C52 in 1859 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's meitner philip by checkmate in 67 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8. e5 Bb4 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bg5 Qf8 11. Nxc3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 h6 13. Bh4 Nge7 14. Rad1 g5 15. Bg3 Qg7 16. Rfe1 h5 17. h4 gxh4 18. Nxh4 Rg8 19. Qf3 Na5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Qxh5+ Ng6 22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Qxa5 b6 24. Qe5 d6 25. Rxd6 cxd6 26. Qxd6 Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kf6 28. Bh4+ Kf5 29. Qe5+ Kg4 30. Re4+ Qxe4 31. Qxe4+ Kh5 32. Qh7+ Kg4 33. f3+ Kf4 34. Qe4# |
| ECO C30 in 1894 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's jasnogrodsky n in 57 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bb3 Ng4 8. Qe2 a5 9. f5 a4 10. Bc2 Bf2+ 11. Kf1 Bb6 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 Re8 14. Kg2 d5 15. Bg5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. Nbd2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. Rhd1 Red8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ne3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Na5 23. b3 Bc6 24. Qh6 Kh8 25. g5 Rg8 26. h4 Ra6 27. Kh2 fxg5 28. f6 Qf8 29. Nxg5 |
| ECO C37 in 1866 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's anderssen adolf in 85 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 d6 8. Nd3 f3 9. g3 Qe7 10. Nf2 Be6 11. Na3 Bxc4+ 12. Nxc4 Qe6 13. d5 Qg6 14. h3 Nd7 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16. hxg4 b5 17. Na3 Ne5 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. Nd4 Be3 20. Nxf3 Qf6 21. Kg2 Bxf2 22. Nxe5 Bxg3 23. Nd3 Bh4 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Raf1 Bg5 26. Rf5 f6 27. Rhf1 O-O 28. b3 Rbe8 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Nf2 Bh4 31. Rh5 Bxf2 32. Qxf2 Rg8 33. Qf5 Rg7 34. Rh6 Reg8 35. Reh1 Rxg4+ 36. Kf3 Rg3+ 37. Ke2 R3g7 38. Rxf6 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 R8g3+ 40. Kc4 Re3 41. Rf8+ Rg8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Rg1+ |
| ECO C25 in 1871 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's eschwege by checkmate in 63 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. h4 Be7 6. hxg5 Bxg5 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Bg4 9. gxf4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qd3 Bh4+ 12. Kd1 c5 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. c3 Nc6 15. Rg1 Nh6 16. Qh3 Rg8 17. Qxh6 Rxg1 18. Nxf6+ Ke7 19. Ke1 Qf8 20. Nd5+ Kd7 21. Qh3+ Kd8 22. Be3 Rg6 23. f5 Rg8 24. Rd1 b6 25. Bf4 Kc8 26. Ba6+ Kb8 27. Qxh7 Rg1+ 28. Kf2 Rxd1 29. Qxf7 Rd2+ 30. Ke3 Qd8 31. Bxd6+ Qxd6 32. Qb7# |
| ECO C30 in 1867 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's dandre in 57 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. f5 h6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. d3 c6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. g4 g5 11. a3 a4 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. h4 Nd7 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Qxh8 16. Bxg5 Qh1+ 17. Qf1 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 f6 19. Bh4 O-O-O 20. g5 fxg5 21. Bxg5 Rh8 22. Kg2 d5 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. exd5 Rf8 25. Rh1 Rxf5 26. Rh7 Kd8 27. d6 Rg5+ 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Rh8+ |
| ECO C25 in 1889 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's vasquez andreas in 63 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. g3 g5 8. gxf4 g4 9. Ne1 Nc6 10. Be3 d6 11. f5 Qg7 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c3 d5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Bg2 Bxf5 17. Nd3 O-O-O 18. Nf4 Ng6 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Qg1 Be4 21. h3 f5 22. hxg4 f4 23. Rh3 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Rhe8 25. Rf1 fxe3 26. Nf6 Qd6 27. Nxe8 Nf4+ 28. Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxe3 Qf7 30. Qe4 Rxd5 31. Nf6 Rd8 32. Qf5+ |
| ECO C39 in 1862 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's wilson by checkmate in 39 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. O-O Qxh4 11. Bxf4 g3 12. Bh6+ Kg8 13. Rf3 Qh2+ 14. Kf1 Qh1+ 15. Ke2 Qxg2+ 16. Ke3 f6 17. Bc4 fxe5 18. Rf8+ Bxf8 19. d6+ Be6 20. Bxe6# |
| ECO C65 in 1894 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's lasker emanuel in 83 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. Ba4 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Ne3 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 Rad8 14. g4 dxe4 15. fxe4 h6 16. Qf3 Be8 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Nh3 Nc5 19. Nf2 b5 20. g5 h5 21. Nf5 gxf5 22. exf5 f6 23. g6 Nxg6 24. fxg6 Bxg6 25. Rg1 e4 26. dxe4 Kh7 27. Rxg6 Kxg6 28. Qf5+ Kf7 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Qxc5 Qe5 31. Be3 a6 32. a4 Rfe8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Ra6 Rc8 36. Ng4 Re7 37. Bc5 Ree8 38. Ne3 Bf8 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. h5 Be7 41. Bb3+ Kf8 42. Nf5 |
| ECO C50 in 1860 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's reiner in 63 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. b4 Bxb4 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bb2 f6 12. Kh1 Nh6 13. Qh5+ Nf7 14. f4 g6 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. d6 Qxd6 19. Bf7+ Kd8 20. Nc3 Bd4 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. e5 c5 24. Rf6 Kc7 25. Rc1 b6 26. Bc4 Kb8 27. Rf7 Qc6 28. e6 Qd6 29. Ba6 Bxa6 30. Qxa6 Qc6 31. Rxc5 Qe4 32. Rc1 |
| ECO C67 in 1886 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's zukertort johann in 121 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bf6 10. Re3 g6 11. b3 Re8 12. Qf3 Bg5 13. Rxe8+ Nxe8 14. Bb2 c6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qe3 d5 17. Qd4 f6 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. h4 Qd7 21. h5 Bf7 22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. Qe3 Kf7 24. Qf4 Re8 25. Re3 Ne6 26. Qg4 Nf8 27. Nf5 Bc5 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kf7 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kf7 34. Nh6+ Kg7 35. Bxg6 Qxg4 36. Nxg4 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Kxg6 38. Nxf6 Bb4 39. d3 Ne6 40. Kf2 h5 41. g4 h4 42. Nh5 Bd6 43. Kg2 c5 44. Bf6 Ng5 45. Bxg5 Kxg5 46. Kh3 Be5 47. Nf4 d4 48. Ne6+ Kf6 49. exd4 cxd4 50. Nc5 Kg5 51. Nxb7 Kf4 52. Na5 Bf6 53. Nc6 Ke3 54. Nxa7 Kd2 55. Nc6 Kxc2 56. a4 Kxd3 57. Nb4+ Ke2 58. a5 Be7 59. Nd5 Kf3 60. Nxe7 d3 61. Nd5 |
| ECO C53 in 1896 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's lobbecke in 38 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxc4 10. Nxh8 Bg4 11. Qf1 Qe4 12. d3 Qf3+ 13. Kg1 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Rf8+ 16. Kg1 Bh3 17. a4 Ndb4 18. b3 Nxd3 19. Ba3 Rf2 |
| ECO C30 in 1882 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's meitner philip in 65 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Bxf7+ Kf8 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 g6 9. d3 Kg7 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. c3 b5 12. cxb4 bxa4 13. Bxa4 Nxb4 14. Bb5 Rb8 15. Bc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 Nf6 18. Kg2 Nh5 19. Rf1 Nc6 20. b3 Rhf8 21. Be3 Rbd8 22. Qd2 Nf4+ 23. Kh1 Rf6 24. Rac1 Nd4 25. Qa5 Qh3 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rf2 Nxf3 28. e5 Rc6 29. e6 Rxd3 30. e7 Qe6 31. Re1 Rxc4 32. Rxe6 Rc1+ 33. Re1 |
| ECO C30 in 1867 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's baxter cr in 79 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. d4 Bb6 12. Bb3 Ne7 13. Bxh6 Ng6 14. Bg5 c5 15. Qf5 Nh8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O-O Re8 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. e5 Qa5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. exf6 Ng6 23. h4 Ba3 24. bxa3 Qxc3+ 25. Kb1 Re2 26. Qd4 Rb2+ 27. Ka1 Rxb3+ 28. Qxc3 Rbxc3 29. Rxd6 Nf4 30. Rhd1 Ne6 31. Ng5 R3c6 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. g4 Kf7 35. g5 e5 36. h5 a5 37. Rf1 e4 38. g6+ Kf8 39. f7 Rc8 40. h6 |
| ECO C29 in 1882 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's blackburne josep in 111 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. fxe5 Ng4 6. Nxe4 Nc6 7. c3 Qd5 8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Ngxe5 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bc4 Be7 12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15. Nfg5 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd8 17. b5 Re8 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. Ne3 Ne6 21. Ng4 Ng6 22. Bd5 Nd8 23. Bxh6 c6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bc4 Re7 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. h4 Be7 28. h5 Nf8 29. Be3 Bd6 30. b4 Nde6 31. Ra6 Rc8 32. h6 Nh7 33. hxg7 Kxg7 34. Bh6+ Kg8 35. Bd3 Rcc7 36. Bd2 Nef8 37. Nh6+ Kh8 38. Be4 Re7 39. Bxc6 Re2 40. Nf5 Rxd2 41. Nxd6 Ng5 42. Re1 Nfe6 43. Rf1 Nd8 44. b5 Rd3 45. Rf5 Nge6 46. Ne4 Ng7 47. Rf6 Kg8 48. Rh6 Nge6 49. d5 Nf4 50. Rh4 Nxc6 51. Nf6+ Kf8 52. Rxc6 Rxc6 53. bxc6 Ng6 54. c7 Rxc3 55. d6 Ne5 56. Re4 |
| ECO C57 in 1862 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's wilson in 51 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bb3 d5 8. O-O Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Qe1 Kd7 12. Qxe5 Bc5 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Qg3 c6 15. f4 Nf5 16. Qh3 Bg6 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Ne5+ Kc7 19. Bd2 Qc8 20. Rae1 Bh5 21. g4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Bxg4 23. Qg2 Nh5 24. e6 Rxe6 25. Qxg4 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 |
| ECO C25 in 1867 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's loyd samuel in 33 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 h6 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 Bc5 7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2 c6 9. Ng3 Qc7 10. h4 Qb6 11. Qe2 Bb4 12. a3 Qa5 13. axb4 Qxa1 14. O-O Qa6 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nfd7 17. Nxd5 |
| ECO C25 in 1883 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's mckenzie george in 93 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 6. exd5 Qe7+ 7. Kf3 Nf6 8. h3 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Bxf4 Qb6 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nge2 Bd6 14. Qd2 Qc6+ 15. Kf2 Nbd5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rhe1 Rae8 18. Ng3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qf4+ 20. Kg1 Nd5 21. Qd3 Ne3 22. Nf1 Nf5 23. Qb5+ Kd8 24. Qxb7 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Nd6 26. Qf3 Qa4 27. b3 Qa5 28. Red1 Kc8 29. c4 Kb8 30. Rd5 Qa3 31. Ng3 Qb2 32. Rad1 f5 33. c5 Ne4 34. Nxe4 fxe4 35. Qf1 Qf6 36. Qb5+ Ka8 37. Rd7 Rb8 38. Qa5 Rb7 39. Rxc7 Rd8 40. Re1 Qd4 41. Rxb7 Kxb7 42. Qb5+ Kc7 43. Rf1 Qd5 44. Qa5+ Kb8 45. Re1 Rc8 46. Qb4+ Qb7 47. Rxe4 |
| ECO C59 in 1892 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's chigorin mikhail in 93 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nh3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Nd5 12. c4 Ne7 13. Kh1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nf5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne3 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. b4 Nb7 21. b5 Nd8 22. Bg4 Qd4 23. Rb3 cxb5 24. Nxb5 Qc5 25. Rf5 Qe7 26. Nc3 Rxb3 27. axb3 Bd4 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. b4 g6 30. Rf1 Nc6 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Bg2 Be5 34. Qe3 Rd7 35. Re1 f6 36. b5 Nd4 37. Qf2 Qb8 38. Be4 Ne6 39. Rf1 Rf7 40. Bxg6 Kxg6 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Qxe6 Qb7 43. d4 Bb8 44. Rg1+ Kf8 45. Qf5 Bd6 46. c5 Be7 47. c6 |
| ECO C25 in 1870 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's rosenthal dirk in 45 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Bxf3+ 8. gxf3 Qxf4 9. Nd5 Qh6 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Kc8 12. d5 Nf6 13. dxc6 d5 14. Qd4 Bd6 15. Qxa7 bxc6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Kd1 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. fxe4 Qf4 20. Bh3+ Kd8 21. Rf1 Qxe4 22. Qb6+ Ke8 23. Re1 |
| ECO C65 in 1886 play it! steinitz wilhelm defeats black's zukertort johann in 97 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. f3 Bc6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. h4 a4 16. Nd2 h6 17. h5 g5 18. Nf1 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rfd8 20. Ng3 Bd7 21. O-O-O c6 22. Rd2 Be6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Nd7 26. g4 Nf6 27. Be4 Rd8 28. Qc2 Nd5 29. Bf2 b5 30. a3 Bf8 31. Rd1 Qb7 32. c4 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Rb8 34. Rd2 Nb6 35. Qc3 Nd5 36. Qc4 Nb6 37. Qd3 Be7 38. Rc2 Nd5 39. Qc4 Bxa3 40. bxa3 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 Rd8 42. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 43. Ke3 Rb5 44. Qxc6 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Kh7 46. f6 Rb2 47. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 48. Kf1 Qxa3 49. Qe8 |