World Chess Championship 1890
Portraits | ||
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Wilhelm Steinitz | Isidor Gunsberg | |
nation | ||
status | Defending champion | challenger |
Age | 54 years | 36 years |
At the world chess championship in 1890 , world champion Wilhelm Steinitz successfully defended his title against Isidor Gunsberg .
prehistory
Isidor Gunsberg had won several top-class chess tournaments, for example in Hamburg (1885), Bradford (1888) and London (1888). At the New York tournament in 1889, he finished only half a point behind the tournament winner Chigorin in third place. A match against Chigorin organized by the Havana Chess Club ended in 1890 with 9: 9.
After that Steinitz was ready to accept Gunsberg as an opponent.
Organization and rules
Financing was difficult: As usual, the players should get a share of the stakes, but Gunsberg was only able to get a few supporters to bet. Steinitz then agreed to gamble for less money.
The Manhattan Chess Club took care of the organization . The match was scheduled for 20 games. The president of the Manhattan Chess Club, Professor Isaac Leopold Rice acted as referee. The games were played in two stages, the first half from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and the second half from 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
course
The match started on December 9th, 1890. Contrary to expectations, it was pretty even. Gunsberg even led 3-2 after five games. But then Steinitz prevailed and on January 22nd, 1891, in the 19th game, an agreed draw brought the decisive half point to 10½: 8½. The winner received $ 3,000 in prize money, Gunsberg as the loser $ 1,000.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | Victories | Points | |
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Steinitz | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6th | 10½ |
Gunsberg | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4th | 8½ |
The last (drawn) game was then played out by the two opponents for fun, and Steinitz finally won it.
literature
- Raymund Stolze : Contested Crown - The duels of the world chess champions from Steinitz to Kasparow. Sportverlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-328-00526-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The man who was Mephisto: Isidor Gunsberg , chessbase.com, May 2, 2020, accessed on May 3, 2020