World Chess Championship 1894
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World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title....
was held in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
(games 1-8), Philadelphia (games 9-11) and Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
(games 12-19) between March 15 and May 26, 1894. Holder William Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian and then American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. From the 1870s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz was effectively the champion earlier...
lost his title to challenger Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...
, who was 32 years his junior.
Results
The first player to win ten games would be the World Champion.| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Wins | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 10 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 5 |
External links
- Source
- Preview in the New York Times, Mar 11 1894 (pdf file)