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Steinitz: The Original World Champion | Road to 2000 - NM Caleb Denby

National Master Caleb Denby looks at games from the first world chess champion Wilhelm Steinitz. See a game against Henry Bird, and also two games from the 1886 Zukertort match for the inaugural title.

2020.09.02
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Henry Edward Bird, London m (1866): C10 French, Rubinstein variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1027930
 Johannes Zukertort vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Steinitz - Zukertort World Championship Match (1886): D53 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Bg5 Be7
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1132661
Johannes Zukertort vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Steinitz - Zukertort World Championship Match (1886): D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1132645