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Steinitz, William vs. Mongredien, Augustus, London mt, London, 1862.??.??, Round ?, 1-0

Steinitz, William vs. Mongredien, Augustus,  London mt,  London,  1862.??.??,  Round ?,  1 0


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[Event London mt] [Site London] [Date 1862.??.??] [Round ?] [White Steinitz, William] [Black Mongredien, Augustus] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO B01]1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rf3 f5 14. Rh3 g6 15. g4 fxg4 16. Rxh7 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Kxh7 18. Qxg4 Rg8 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qh7+ Ke6 22. Qh3+ Kf7 23. Rf1+ Ke8 24. Qe6 Rg7 25. Bg5 Qd7 26. Bxg6+ Rxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kd8 28. Rf8+ Qe8 29. Qxe8+ 1-0

Steinitz, William vs. Owen, John, London mt, London, 1862.??.??, Round ?, 1/2-1/2

Steinitz, William vs. Owen, John,  London mt,  London,  1862.??.??,  Round ?,  1/2 1/2


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[Event London mt] [Site London] [Date 1862.??.??] [Round ?] [White Steinitz, William] [Black Owen, John] [Result 1/2-1/2] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO B40]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. c4 h6 11. f4 e5 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Rab1 b6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. c5 b5 20. Rfd1 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc8 22. Qh5 Kf8 23. Rbd1 Kg8 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. c3 Bxa2 27. Bd4 Kh7 28. Qf5+ g6 29. Qf2 Be6 30. Bxh8 Rxh8 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Kg1 a5 33. Kf2 a4 34. Qc1 Rd8 35. Ke3 Bb3 36. h4 h5 37. Kf4 Rd1 38. Qb2 Rd3 39. Ke5 Kg7 40. Qc1 1/2-1/2

Lenhof vs. Steinitz, William, Vienna, Vienna, 1859.??.??, Round ?, 0-1

Lenhof vs. Steinitz, William,  Vienna,  Vienna,  1859.??.??,  Round ?,  0 1


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[Event Vienna] [Site Vienna] [Date 1859.??.??] [Round ?] [White Lenhof] [Black Steinitz, William] [Result 0-1] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C23]1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4 h6 9. d4 e4 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f3 Qe8 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. Bf4 Qg6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Rf4 Re7 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Nh5 20. Rh4 Rf7 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. h3 Qg5 23. Qf4 Nh7 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. Rf1 Rfe7 26. Rhf4 e3 27. Re1 Bxh3 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. b3 Nh7 30. Nd1 Nf6 31. c4 Ng4 32. Rf3 Nf2 33. Bg6 Nxd1 34. Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Rxd1 Bg4 36. Re1 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Kf7 38. c5 dxc5 39. dxc5 Re5 40. c6 bxc6 41. dxc6 Ke6 42. Kf1 e2+ 43. Rxe2 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 a5 45. f4 g6 0-1

Steinitz, William vs. Lenhof, Vienna, Vienna, 1859.??.??, Round ?, 1-0

Steinitz, William vs. Lenhof,  Vienna,  Vienna,  1859.??.??,  Round ?,  1 0


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[Event Vienna] [Site Vienna] [Date 1859.??.??] [Round ?] [White Steinitz, William] [Black Lenhof] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C52]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 Ba7 12. d5 b5 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Qb2 Nf6 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Bg5 Ng4 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Kh2 c6 22. Nc3 Bb8 23. Bb3 Bb7 24. Rad1 Qc7 25. f4 c5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Ra7 28. f5 h6 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. f6 Qd6 31. Qe2 Qb6 32. Qh5 1-0

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