| World Chess Championship :: New York City 1890/1891 |
[ Competition summary || Match Results | Information ]
| name | Flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | pts | + | = | - |
| Steinitz, William | |
½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10½ | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| Gunsberg, Isidor | |
½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 8½ | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| World Chess Championship | |
| Dates: | 9th December 1890 - 22nd January 1891 |
| City: | New York City (United States) |
| Venue: | Manhattan Chess Club |
| Organizers: | Manhattan Chess Club |
| Tournament Director: | Mr. Fred Mintz (USA) |
| Chief Arbiter: | Mr. Isaac Leopold Rice (SA) |
| Competition format: | First to 10 wins, draws not counting; if 20 games were played without either player reaching 10 wins, the player with the majority of wins was to be declared winner; if the score reached 9 wins each, the match was to be declared drawn. |
| Time control: | 26/1h45m + 15/1h |
| Website: | Wikipedia |
| Other websites: | http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=53816 http://www.chessarch.com/archive/1890.12.09_Gunsberg-Steinitz/index.shtml |
| PGN game file: | wc1891-wch.pgn |