[Event "World Championship 04th"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1892.01.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Steinitz, William"] [Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C58"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1892.01.01"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] {Mikhail Chigorin plays here in what became a main theoretical line, William Steinitz tried to catch him out in the opening but he is in turn caught out by some fine subtleties in the position. This was in a World Championship match with both level on 3.5 - 3.5 and set at 24 games. William started out, and, ended up as champion.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 {this is the Two Knights Defence.} d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bf1 $6 h6 9. Nh3 Bc5 10. d3 (10. Qe2 $17 {this was played in game 10 of the same encounter.}) 10... Qb6 {Mikhail has gambited a pawn but has developed most of his pieces while William has most of his pieces at home. It was Emanuel Lasker who developed the idea of improving your own pieces positions thus maximising their potential threats and what you can achieve with them. Who knows maybe this very game was a catalyst to him doing so. It is known he followed this game avidly while he waited to challenge the winner to the become World Champion.} 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. f3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nb3 Bb4+ $1 ( 15... Ne3 $4 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 (16... Nxf1 17. Qf2 Nxh2 {the Knight is trapped in this alternative.} 18. Rxh2 $18) 17. Bxe3 $18) 16. Bd2 Ne3 $1 17. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 18. c3 $2 $17 (18. Kf2 $11) 18... Qh4+ 19. Kd2 $4 (19. Qf2 Nc2+ 20. Ke2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Nxb3 22. Rd1 $17) 19... Nac4+ $1 20. Kc1 Rxd3 $3 21. Bg2 (21. Qxd3 $6 Qe1+ 22. Qd1 Qxd1#) 21... Rhd8 $5 22. a4 (22. Nd4 R8xd4 23. cxd4 Qxd4 24. Qc2 ( 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxd1#) (24. Re1 Rd2 25. Qxc4 Qxb2#) 24... Nxc2 25. Kxc2 Re3 26. Rad1 Qxb2#) 22... Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Nxd1 {Its hopeless now. William Steinitz was from the states when he played this, he had changed his nationality from Austria. Chigorin, the Russian, won this game and kept in touch until the end of the, in the 24 game Match, but secumbed in the end to Williams superior tactics.} 0-1