Williams Steinitz, 1st World Chess Champion (1886-1894) The match between William Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort in 1886 was the first chess match for the ‘World Chess Championship’. Steinitz won, and has since been considered the first official world champion in chess history.
Master Class Vol. 19: Wilhelm Steinitz, de Dorian Rogozenco.
Williams Steinitz, 1st World Chess Champion (1886-1894) The match between William Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort in 1886 was the first chess match for the ‘World Chess Championship’. Steinitz won, and has since been considered the first official world champion in chess history.
In 1894, he lost the title in a match against Emanuel Lasker. William Steinitz, born in 1836 in the ghetto of Prague, then Austria, came to Vienna in 1858, and soon became one of the best chess players in the city. In 1862, he moved to the chess stronghold of London and made a name for himself by defeating the other top players of the world in competitions. Steinitz is considered the founder of modern chess theory. He analysed master games, formulated rules and laid the foundations for the modern strategic-positional school of chess, which replaced the ‘romantic’ style, characterised by stormy attacks on the king. William Steinitz was not only a prolific player, but also a prolific writer. He wrote a chess column in ‘The Field’ in London. After moving to the USA, he published the chess magazines ‘The International Chess Magazine’ and ‘The Modern Chess Instructor’. In opening theory, variations in the Spanish Game, the Scotch Game and the French Defence are named after Steinitz. In this video course, experts including Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of William Steinitz. Let them show you which openings Steinitz chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were, or how he outplayed his opponents in the endgame. Finally, you’ll get a glimpse of his tactical abilities in the Tactics section.
Langues: Allemand, Anglais
Niveaux: tout niveau
Système requis : Windows 10 ou supérieur
Contenu :
Introduction
Short biography
Opening
Introduction
French Defence
Spanish
Scotch Game
Vienna Game
Strategy
Introduction
A Bridge between Steinitz and Modern Chess
Game 1: De Vere - Steinitz
Game 2: Bricard - Marin
Game 3: Zuckertort - Steinitz
Game 4: Steinitz - Chigorin
Game 5: Chigorin - Steinitz
Game 6: Steinitz - Zuckertort
Game 7: Steinitz - Lasker
Tactics 1
Pihal - Steinitz 1959
Hamppe - Steinitz 1860
Steinitz - Meitner 1860
Reiner - Steinitz 1860
Steinitz - Robey 1862
Steinitz - NN 1862
Novotny - Steinitz 1862
Steinitz - Andersen 1862
Steinitz - Thorold 1864
Green - Steinitz 1864
Steinitz - Duffy 1865
Steinitz - Burden 1865
Steinitz - MacDonnell 1866
Tactics 2
Steinitz - Stern 1870
Fisher - Steinitz 1872
Steinitz - Zuckertort 1872
Steinitz - Anderssen 1873
Steinitz - Gelbfuhs 1873
Winawer - Steinitz 1883
Steinitz - Gunsberg 1890
Steinitz - Chigorin 1892
Steinitz - Pillsbury 1892
Waldtbrodt - Steinitz 1895
Steinitz - Von Bardeleben 1895
Tactics database
Further Exercises
Endgames
The Steinitzian method of restriction
Two bishops vs two knights
Opposite coloured bishops favour the attacker
Good knight bad bishop
Opening attacking inroads
The transformation of advantages
Interactive Exercise: A knightmare
Extra Endgames
Bonus
All Games from Steinitz
Steinitz Book with White
Steinitz Book with Black
More Tactics