Johannes Zukertort vs Wilhelm Steinitz (1886)

Johannes Zukertort vs Wilhelm Steinitz
Steinitz-Zukertort World Championship Match 1886 · Slav Defense: General (D10) · 1-0

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Apr-17-04		rochade18: All white pawns on black squares and all black pawns on white squares after move 34! There's somebody collecting games with such motives.

Apr-23-04		morphyvsfischer: That's Benjamin Lau, I believe. And if you look at the position after Black's 43rd move, all the white men on the Qside are on black squares and vice versa for the black men.

Apr-24-04		Benjamin Lau: morphyvsfischer + rochad18: thanks for all the tip! :)

Dec-30-04		fred lennox: Good game though i believe Steinitz blew a win. Instead of 28...hxg4 he could of...Ba5 29.gxh5...Bxc3 30.bxc3...Rab8 31.hxg6...fxg6 (or h6...Kh7) 32.Qd1...Qf5 threatening Rb2 then Rxf2...Kxf2 Rb2+...Kg3 Qg6+...Kh3...Rg2 then Qg3# or threatening 33...Rxc3.

Dec-30-04		Chessical: <fred lennox> I believe that you mean: <<38...Ba5>> 39.gxh5 Bxc3 40.bxc3 Rab8 41.hxg6 fxg6 42.Qd1 Qf5; but after <43.Ra2!> White appears to be holding on.

Dec-30-04		Ron: Interesting posts by fred lennox and chessical. It seems that there is merit to fred lennox's suggested move 38...Ba5. Here is a possible line: 39. gxh5 Bxc3 40. h6+ Kh7 41.bxc3 Ra8-b8 42.Ra1-a2 (chessical's idea for White) but 42. ....Bd3-b1 43.Ra1 Rb3-b2 44.Qc1 Bd3 45. Rh2 Rb2-c2 46.Qc1-g1 Qd5-a5 47. Ra-c1 Qxc3 48.Rxc2 Qxc2 49. Kh3 Rb5 50. Ng4 Rh5 51. Kg3 Rxh2 52.Nxh2 c3 It seems that Fred Lennox's suggested move is stronger than the move as actaully played by our great predecessor Steinitz

Jul-19-05		OJC: 25. h4? is the mistake that should have cost the game for Zukertort. The pawn cannot be defended and the king position is vulnerable. 38. ... hxg4 probably isn't best but Black shouldn't stand too bad after something simple like 39. ... Be7. Yet inexplicably Steinitz removes his Bishop from the key diagonal and allows Zukertort the pretty 40. Rh7! (if 40. ... Kxh7 then Steinitz loses Queen for Rook or Bishop and Queen for Rook and either Knight or Bishop). Steinitz had a blunder-prone start to the match. Perhaps suffering from a lapse of his sunstroke?

Mar-31-06		keypusher: Steinitz blows an absolutely crushing position and loses. It must have been very hard to come back from such a loss, but he managed.

Feb-26-08		Knight13: <keypusher: Steinitz blows an absolutely crushing position and loses. It must have been very hard to come back from such a loss, but he managed.> I agree. It was positionally 0-1. Too bad Zukertort managed to sneak through.

Aug-09-08		just a kid: I just didn't believe steinitz lost this game!

Aug-22-08		Once: 47. Rxf6 1-0 click for larger view It's mate in 8. There are several ways for black to die from here. Here's one ... 47 ... Rxf6 48. Qh4 Bf1+ 49. Kg1 Bh3 50. Rxh3 Kf8 51. Qxf6+ Ke8 52. Rh8# 1-0 click for larger view

Mar-18-09		WhiteRook48: 47...Rxf6... figured 48 Qh4 would win

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