Steinitz, Wilhelm




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1860  21  2484 (64) 7
1861  19  2509 (54) 2
1862  13  2552 (39) 49
1863  2597 (42) 24
1864  2608 (46) 23
1865  2628 (45) 11
1866  2657 (36) 54
1867  2674 (38) 49
1868  2696 (48) 0
1869  2718 (48) 6
1870  2727 (44) 21
1871  2756 (48) 0
1872  2784 (41) 33
1873  2759 (42) 32
1874  2745 (51) 14
1875  2759 (57) 0
1876  2774 (59) 7
1877  2759 (64) 0
1878  2745 (66) 0
1879  2730 (65) 0
1880  2716 (60) 0
1881  2701 (51) 0
1882  2686 (33) 68
1883  2676 (30) 89
1884  2669 (44) 1
1885  2683 (45) 11
1886  2674 (43) 20
1887  2693 (48) 0
1888  2713 (44) 31
1889  2676 (42) 22
1890  2661 (46) 0
1891  2646 (39) 32
1892  2641 (38) 30
1893  2622 (42) 12
1894  2632 (36) 39
1895  2614 (34) 27
1896  2621 (31) 48
1897  2596 (35) 22
1898  2596 (29) 63
1899  14  2520 (39) 26

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Steinitz, Wilhelm  
   Also known as: William Steinitz; Wolf Steinitz
Born: 14 May 1836
Died: 12 Aug. 1900
 
Notes:
Cornil gives birth date as 14-05-1836; Alberti gives 18-05-1836; Sergeant and Gaige give 17-05-1836; a biography from the Oestereichische Schachzeitung, appearing in the Hartford Weekly Times of 30 Aug. 1873 gives 18-05-1837; Landsberger clarifies the source of the error (Steinitz himself) and confirms that the correct date is 14-05-1836. Harding, in Steinitz in London (p.13) gives a thorough discussion of the sources of the erroneous dates.
 
References
Books
   Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 249
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 28
   Féry d'Esclands, Congrès des Échecs 1867, page lxii
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 289, 305
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 96
   Forster, Amos Burn, page 27, 620, 969
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 46
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 406
   Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 309
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 160, 320, 369
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 183, 411, 580
   Harding, Steinitz in London
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 330
   Landsberger, Steinitz Papers
   Landsberger, William Steinitz, page 3
   Murray, History of Chess, page 889
   Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 14
   Sergeant, Century of British Chess, page 142
Periodicals
   [HWT], 30 Aug. 1873
   [HWT], 25 Oct. 1873
   [Str], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 July 1867, page 147
Web
   Alberti, Marco A.  [Wilhem Steinitz]
   Giffen, Glen.  [Steinitz, Wilhelm]
   Kingston, Taylor.  [Less Hype, More Notes], page 3
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]
   Steinitz, Wilhelm.  [1883 Interview with Steinitz on his Meeting Morphy]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4756. Census information]

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steinitz, W. - Jenay, E. 1860         (f)     2   -   2
Steinitz, W. - Lang, A. 1860         (c)     3   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Strauss, R. 1860         (c)     3   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Reiner (1) 1860         (c)     3   -   0
Anderssen (offhand) - Steinitz, W. 1862         (s)     4   -   2
Steinitz, W. - Dubois, S. 1862         (f)     5.5   -   3.5
Paulsen, L. - Steinitz, W. 1862         (c)     0   -   2      Paulsen, L. gave odds of pawn and move
Steinitz, W. - Bird, H.E. 1862         (c)     8   -   8
Steinitz, W. - Blackburne, J.H. 1863         (f)     8   -   2
Steinitz, W. - Deacon, F.H. 1863         (f)     5.5   -   1.5
Steinitz, W. - Mongredien, A. (1) 1863         (c)     7   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Green, V. 1864         (f)     8   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Healey, E. 1864 (1)         (f)     5   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Healey, E. 1864 (2)         (f)     5.5   -   1.5      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Hirschfeld, P.M. 1864         (c)     0.5   -   0.5
Steinitz, W. - Robey, J. 1865         (f)     4   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Wayte, W. 1865         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - de Vere, C.V. 1866         (f)     4   -   8      Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Steinitz, W. - Anderssen, K.E.A. 1866         (f)     8   -   6
Steinitz, W. - Bird, H.E. 1866         (f)     9.5   -   7.5
Steinitz, W. - Fraser, G.B. 1867 (1)         (f)     7.5   -   1.5      Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Steinitz, W. - Fraser, G.B. 1867 (2)         (f)     4   -   2
Steinitz, W. - Blackburne, J.H. 1869         (f)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Blackburne, J.H. 1870         (f)     1.5   -   0.5
Rosenthal, S. - Steinitz, W. 1870         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Zukertort, J.H. 1872         (f)     9   -   3
Paulsen, L. - Steinitz, W. 1873         (c)     3   -   2
Steinitz, W. - Bode, C.H. 1874         (f)     9.5   -   3.5      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Blackburne, J.H. 1876         (f)     7   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Martinez, D.M. 1882 (1)         (f)     7   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Martinez, D.M. 1882 (2)         (f)     4.5   -   2.5
Steinitz, W. - Kaiser, J.A. 1882         (c)     2   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Michaelis, O.E. 1882         (c)     2   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Thompson, D.S. 1882 (1)         (c)     3   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Miller, E.H. 1882         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Thompson, D.S. 1882 (2)         (c)     2   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of the move
Steinitz, W. - Shipley, W.P. 1882         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Steinitz, W. - Labatt, L.L. 1882         (f)     3   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Sellman, A.G. 1882         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Steinitz, W. - Maurian, C.A. 1883         (c)     6.5   -   0.5
Steinitz, W. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1883         (c)     11.5   -   3.5
Steinitz, W. - Wibray, J. 1883         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Farrar, E.H. 1883         (c)     0   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Mackenzie, G.H. 1883         (f)     4   -   2
Steinitz, W. - Schloestein, R. 1883         (c)     0   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a rook
Steinitz, W. - Delmar, E. (1) 1883         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Teed, F.M. 1883         (c)     0.5   -   1.5
Steinitz, W. - Golmayo, C.F. 1883         (f)     8.5   -   1.5
Steinitz, W. - Martinez, D.M. 1883         (f)     10   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Elson, J. 1883         (c)     2   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Eno, W.F. 1884         (c)     0   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Sellman, A.G. 1885         (f)     3   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Young, F.K. 1885 (1)         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Young, F.K. 1885 (2)         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Paine, W.C. 1885         (c)     2   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Snow, C.B. 1885         (c)     2   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Everett, W. 1885         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Sargent, H. 1885         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Harlow, F.P. 1885         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Worrall, Ms. H.J. 1885         (c)     0   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Zukertort, J.H. 1886         (f)     12.5   -   7.5
Steinitz, W. - Golmayo, C.F. 1888 (1)         (f)     5   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Vazquez, A.C. 1888 (1)         (f)     5   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Ponce, A. 1888         (c)     2   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Gavilan, A. 1888         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Golmayo, C.F. 1888 (2)         (c)     4   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Vazquez, A.C. 1888 (2)         (c)     2   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Lopez, G. 1888 (1)         (c)     0   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a rook
Steinitz, W. - Lopez, G. 1888 (2)         (c)     5   -   4      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Judd, Max 1888         (c)     2   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Carvajal, V.M. 1889         (c)     4   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Chigorin, M.I. 1889         (f)     10.5   -   6.5
Steinitz, W. - Gunsberg, I.A. 1891         (f)     10.5   -   8.5
Steinitz, W. - Lipschutz, S. 1891         (c)     12   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Chigorin, M.I. 1892         (f)     12.5   -   10.5
Steinitz, W. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1892         (c)     1   -   2      Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Steinitz, W. - Barry, J.F. 1892         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Steinitz, W. - Dresel, E.L. 1892         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Steinitz, W. - Sargent, H. 1892         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Winslow 1892         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Sanford, G.W. 1892         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Robertson, D.C. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Bemrose, J. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Hall, W.A. 1893         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Short, R. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Barry, P. 1893         (c)     1   -   1      Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Steinitz, W. - Fleming, R.P. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Robertson, E.A. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Babson, J.N. 1893         (c)     1   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Sanderson, E. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - MacLeod, N.M. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Pope, E. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Chalk, W. 1893         (c)     1   -   0
Lasker, Em. - Steinitz, W. 1894         (f)     12   -   7
Steinitz, W. - Ettlinger, A.K. 1894         (f)     10   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Lipschutz, S. 1895         (c)     3.5   -   2.5
Steinitz, W. - Solovtsov, A.V. 1896         (c)     1   -   0
Schiffers, E.S. - Steinitz, W. 1896         (f)     4.5   -   6.5
Lasker, Em. - Steinitz, W. 1897         (f)     12.5   -   4.5
Steinitz, W. - Ettlinger, A.K. 1898         (c)     2   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Showalter, J.W. 1898         (c)     2   -   1
Steinitz, W. - Hymes, E. 1898         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Steinitz, W. - Richardson, P. 1898         (c)     1.5   -   0.5
Steinitz, W. - de Visser, W.M. 1898         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Halpern, J.C. 1898         (c)     1   -   0
Steinitz, W. - Rocamora, S.R. 1898         (c)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Vienna 1861     Vienna Club Tournament    
  Steinitz, W. - Harrwitz, D.     0 - 2    
Vienna 1862     Vienna Free Tournament     30  /  31
London, England 1862 (3)     British Chess Association Congress - Grand Tournament     7.5  /  14
  Steinitz, W. - Dubois, S.     0 - 1    
Dublin 1865     Dublin Masters Tournament     4.5  /  5
London, England 1866 (2)     British Chess Association Handicap Tournament    
  Steinitz, W. - de Vere, C.V.     3 - 1    
  Steinitz, W. - MacDonnell, G.A.     2 - 0    
  Steinitz, W. - Mocatta, A.     2.5 - 0.5          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
  Steinitz, W. - Green, S.J.     2 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Paris 1867 (1)     International Chess Congress - Grand Tournament     17.5  /  22
Dundee 1867 (1)     Dundee Tournament     7  /  9
Dundee 1867 (3)     Dundee Handicap Tournament    
  Steinitz, W. - Keating, W.H.     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
  Steinitz, W. - Scott, P.     1.5 - 0.5          Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
London, England 1869 (1)     British Chess Association Handicap Tournament    
  Steinitz, W. - Gossip, G.H.D.     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of the move
  Steinitz, W. - Franklin, W.L.     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Steinitz, W. - Haggard, H.D.     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
  Steinitz, W. - Mongredien, A. (2)     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
  Steinitz, W. - Wisker, J.     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of the move
Baden-Baden 1870     Baden-Baden Tournament     12.5  /  18
London, England 1872 (1)     City of London Club Handicap    
  Steinitz, W. - Lowson, H.     2 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of a rook
  Steinitz, W. - Swyer, S.     2 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
  Steinitz, W. - Watson (2)     2 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and two moves
  Steinitz, W. - Potter, W.N.     2 - 0    
  Steinitz, W. - Thomson, R.     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
  Steinitz, W. - Keates     2 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and two moves
London, England 1872 (3)     British Chess Association Grand Tourney     6  /  6
London, England 1872 (4)     British Chess Association Handicap Tournament    
  Steinitz, W. - Fenton, R.H.F.     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
  Steinitz, W. - Zukertort, J.H.     1 - 2    
Vienna 1873     Vienna International Tournament     20.5  /  25
  Steinitz, W. - Blackburne, J.H.     2 - 0    
London, England 1874 (9)     City of London Club - Bermondsey Club Match    
  Steinitz, W. - Huttley, E.J.     1 - 0          Steinitz, W. gave odds of a knight
Vienna 1882 (2)     Vienna International Tournament     22  /  32
  Steinitz, W. - Winawer, S.A.     1 - 1    
London, England 1883 (5)     London Tournament     21.5  /  32
New York 1894 (6)     New York Tournament     8.5  /  10
Hastings 1895 (7)     Hastings International Congress - Master's Tournament     13  /  21
Saint Petersburg 1896     Saint Petersburg Tournament     9.5  /  18
Nuremberg 1896     Nuremberg Tournament     11  /  18
Murray Isle, Thousand Islands 1897 (1)     7th Staats-Zeitung Challenge Cup Tournament     2.5  /  4
  Steinitz, W. - Lipschutz, S.     0.5 - 0.5    
Vienna 1898 (3)     Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier     23.5  /  36
Cologne 1898 (2)     11th German Chess Federation Congress - Meisterturnier     9.5  /  15
London, England 1899 (3)     London Major Tournament     10.5  /  26


Player information updated: 8 Jan. 2024