This was Steinitz' fourth successive world championship match victory, and his second against Chigorin. He had previously defeated Johannes Zukertort in 1886, Chigorin in 1889 and Isidor Gunsberg in 1891.
The match was to last twenty games; the first player to score 10½ points or win ten games would be the champion. In the event of a 10–10 tie after 20 games the players would continue until one of them had won ten games. If it reached a score of nine wins each, the match would end in a draw and the defending champion Steinitz would retain the title. After twenty games the score was 10–10 with each player having eight wins, so the players continued until one had won ten games. Game 21 was drawn, but Steinitz won games 22 and 23 to win the match and retain the title.
With the match tied at 8-8 after 21 games, Steinitz won the match after blunders by Chigorin in the next two games.
Steinitz–Chigorin, game 22
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Chigorin errs with 9.cxd5 Nxd5?
In game 22 Chigorin blundered on move 9 losing a pawn and ultimately the game (see diagram). Playing black, Chigorin adopted the variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined later known as the Tartakower Defense. 9. cxd5 Nxd5? An elementary error that loses a pawn.[1]10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rxc7 Qd6 13. Rc3 Bxa2? When making his 9th move Chigorin may have expected this capture would regain the pawn, but after 14. e4 the bishop was trapped.[1] Play continued 14... Qb4 15. Qa1 Bb3 16. Nd2 Bc2 17. Rc4 Qd6 18. Rxc2 Qxd4. Down a piece for a pawn, Chigorin's position was lost, though he played on until resigning after White's 49th move.[2]
Chigorin–Steinitz, game 23
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32.Bb4?? loses the match
As White in game 23, Chigorin was behind eight wins to nine and played the aggressive King's Gambit.[1] Steinitz defended poorly and was in a hopeless endgame (see diagram).[1] A piece up, Chigorin should have won after 32.Rxb7 (32...Rxd5? 33.Nf4 forks the black rooks).[1] Instead the game and match ended suddenly when Chigorin blundered with 32. Bb4?? Rxh2+ White resigns, as Black will mate on the next move (33.Kg1 Rdg2#).[1][3] By missing a mate in 2, this is regarded as one of the worst ever blunders in World Championship play.[4][5]
^Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin, 1892 WC Match Game 22 at chessgames.com
^Mikhail Chigorin vs Wilhelm Steinitz, 1892 WC Match Game 23 at chessgames.com
^Copeland, Sam (9 December 2016). "The 7 Most Shocking World Championship Blunders". Chess.com. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
^Editorial Staff (2022-04-18). "7 Biggest Chess Blunders In History (Jaw-Dropping Mistakes)". The Chess Journal. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
External linksedit
1892 Steinitz - Chigorin Title Match at www.mark-weeks.com
Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Rematch (1892) - All games and details at Chessgames.com
January 01, 1970
world, chess, championship, 1892, fourth, world, chess, championship, held, havana, from, january, february, 1892, defending, champion, william, steinitz, narrowly, defeated, challenger, mikhail, chigorin, defending, championchallenger, wilheilm, steinitzmikha. The fourth World Chess Championship was held in Havana from 1 January to 28 February 1892 Defending champion William Steinitz narrowly defeated challenger Mikhail Chigorin World Chess Championship 1892 Defending championChallenger Wilheilm SteinitzMikhail Chigorin Wilhelm SteinitzMikhail Chigorin 12 Scores10 Born 14 May 1836 55 years oldBorn 12 November 1850 41 years old 1890 911894 This was Steinitz fourth successive world championship match victory and his second against Chigorin He had previously defeated Johannes Zukertort in 1886 Chigorin in 1889 and Isidor Gunsberg in 1891 Contents 1 Match 2 Decisive mistakes 3 References 4 External linksMatch editWorld Chess Championship Match 1892 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Points Wins nbsp Mikhail Chigorin Russian Empire 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 8 nbsp William Steinitz United States 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 12 10 The match was to last twenty games the first player to score 10 points or win ten games would be the champion In the event of a 10 10 tie after 20 games the players would continue until one of them had won ten games If it reached a score of nine wins each the match would end in a draw and the defending champion Steinitz would retain the title After twenty games the score was 10 10 with each player having eight wins so the players continued until one had won ten games Game 21 was drawn but Steinitz won games 22 and 23 to win the match and retain the title Decisive mistakes editThis section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves With the match tied at 8 8 after 21 games Steinitz won the match after blunders by Chigorin in the next two games Steinitz Chigorin game 22abcdefgh8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 877665544332211abcdefghChigorin errs with 9 cxd5 Nxd5 In game 22 Chigorin blundered on move 9 losing a pawn and ultimately the game see diagram Playing black Chigorin adopted the variation of the Queen s Gambit Declined later known as the Tartakower Defense 9 cxd5 Nxd5 An elementary error that loses a pawn 1 10 Nxd5 Bxd5 11 Bxe7 Qxe7 12 Rxc7 Qd6 13 Rc3 Bxa2 When making his 9th move Chigorin may have expected this capture would regain the pawn but after 14 e4 the bishop was trapped 1 Play continued 14 Qb4 15 Qa1 Bb3 16 Nd2 Bc2 17 Rc4 Qd6 18 Rxc2 Qxd4 Down a piece for a pawn Chigorin s position was lost though he played on until resigning after White s 49th move 2 Chigorin Steinitz game 23abcdefgh8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 877665544332211abcdefgh32 Bb4 loses the match As White in game 23 Chigorin was behind eight wins to nine and played the aggressive King s Gambit 1 Steinitz defended poorly and was in a hopeless endgame see diagram 1 A piece up Chigorin should have won after 32 Rxb7 32 Rxd5 33 Nf4 forks the black rooks 1 Instead the game and match ended suddenly when Chigorin blundered with 32 Bb4 Rxh2 White resigns as Black will mate on the next move 33 Kg1 Rdg2 1 3 By missing a mate in 2 this is regarded as one of the worst ever blunders in World Championship play 4 5 References edit a b c d e f Pachman Ludĕk 1972 English trans 1975 Dover ed 1987 Decisive Games in Chess History Dover pp 1 2 ISBN 0 486 25323 6 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin 1892 WC Match Game 22 at chessgames com Mikhail Chigorin vs Wilhelm Steinitz 1892 WC Match Game 23 at chessgames com Copeland Sam 9 December 2016 The 7 Most Shocking World Championship Blunders Chess com Retrieved 4 November 2023 Editorial Staff 2022 04 18 7 Biggest Chess Blunders In History Jaw Dropping Mistakes The Chess Journal Retrieved 2023 11 04 External links edit1892 Steinitz Chigorin Title Match at www mark weeks com Steinitz Chigorin World Championship Rematch 1892 All games and details at Chessgames com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Chess Championship 1892 amp oldid 1189807725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
