Steinitz, W. – Gunsberg, I.A. 1891




Results
 
Name   Edo    Dev.   Score  /  Games 
Steinitz, Wilhelm    2647 (39) 10.5/19 
Gunsberg, Isidor    2525 (38) 8.5/19 
 
Status: formal

Event table notes

Event data
Place: New York
Start date: 9 Dec. 1890
End date: 22 Jan. 1891
 
Notes:
The British Chess Magazine of Aug. 1891 gives the result as +7-4=8 for Steinitz and gives the dates as Nov. 1890 - May 1891, though the dates may be mean to refer to the Steinitz - Chigorin telegraph match instead.
 
References
Books
   Adams, Mikhail Chigorin, page 111, 478
   Barcza, Magyar Sakktörténet, Vol.1, page 217
   Davies, Samuel Lipschütz, page 186
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 127
   Elo, Rating of Chessplayers, page 91
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 25
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 423
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 346
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 196, 297
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 88
   Hilbert, Napier, page 127
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 54
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 137, 331
   Moran, World Chess Championship I, page 11
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 147
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 215
   Sunnucks, Encyclopaedia of Chess, page 189, 468
   Wade, Soviet Chess, page 22
   Zavatarelli, Ignatz Kolisch, page 249
Periodicals
   [BCM], vol. 11, no. 8, Aug. 1891, page 392
   [BDE], vol. 52, no. 86, 27 Mar. 1892, page 17
Web
   Cree, Graeme.  [1890-1 Steinitz-Gunsberg World Championship Match] (broken)
   Cree, Graeme.  [The World Championship Box Score]
   Giffen, Glen.  [Events Timeline]
   Giffen, Glen.  [Steinitz, Wilhelm]
   Harding, Tim.  [The Family Life of Grandmaster Gunsberg], page 6
   Kingston, Taylor.  [Worthy Man, Worthwhile Book], page 7
   Pope, Nick.  [1890 Gunsberg-Steinitz World Championship Match]
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   Sarah.  [Isidor Gunsberg]
   Sarah.  [Monte Carlo 1902 - The Players]
   Sericano, C.  [I campionati del mondo dal 1886 al 1937]
   Sericano, C.  [I matches 1880/99]

Match information updated: 6 May 2022