World Chess Championship 1892

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Game 23: Chigorin blundered horribly in the final game, playing 32.Bb4?? here, handing Steinitz an easy mate in two (32...Rxh2+) and the World Championship.

The fourth World Chess Championship was held in Havana between January 1 and February 28, 1892. Holder William Steinitz narrowly defeated challenger Mikhail Chigorin.

Results

The match was to last twenty games; the first player to score 10½ points or win ten games would be thechampionship. In the event of a 10-10 tie after 20 games the players would continue until one of them had won ten games. If it reached a score of nine games each, the match would end in a draw and the defending champion Steinitz would retain the title.

The score was 10-10 after twenty games, so both players continued until one had won ten games.

World Chess Championship Match 1892

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Points	Wins
Mikhail Chigorin (Russian Empire)	1	½	½	0	½	0	1	1	½	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	½	0	0	10½	8
William Steinitz (United States)	0	½	½	1	½	1	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	12 ½	10

Steinitz won the match after three extra games, retaining his title.

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