Steinitz, W. – Fraser, G.B. 1867 (1)




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Steinitz, Wilhelm    2669 (38) 7.5/
Fraser, George    2314 (51) 1.5/
  Steinitz, Wilhelm gave odds of pawn and move
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: Dundee
Start date: 25 Jan. 1867
End date: 1 Feb. 1867
 
Notes:
Dates from Tim Harding (from the Dundee Advertiser and the Dundee Courier and Argus). Le Sphinx of 15 Dec. 1866 (vol.2, pp.231-232) has a game of the match, but this issue may have been published later than the nominal date.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 47
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 18
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 167
   Harding, Steinitz in London, page 151, 347
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 148
   Winter, Chess Explorations, page 56
Periodicals
   [BLL], no. 2341, 2 Mar. 1867, page 9
   [BLL], no. 2344, 23 Mar. 1867, page 9
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 2, Feb. 1867, page 60
   [CPM], vol. 3, no. 3, Mar. 1867, page 66
   [CW], vol. 3, no. 1, Mar. 1867, page 10
   [Era], vol. 29, no. 1481, 10 Feb. 1867, page 4
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1412, 9 Feb. 1867, page 147
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1413, 16 Feb. 1867, page 171
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1414, 23 Feb. 1867, page 195
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1415, 2 Mar. 1867, page 219
   [ILN], vol. 50, no. 1416, 9 Mar. 1867, page 243
   [NYC], 30 Mar. 1867
   [PDEB], 1 Mar. 1867
   [Sis], vol. 1, no. 3, Mar. 1867, page 92
   [Sph], vol. 2, no. 15, 15 Dec. 1866, page 231
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 3, 15 Mar. 1867, page 66
   [TFF], 16 Mar. 1867

Match information updated: 17 Apr. 2024