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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Wilhelm Steinitz
   Born:    1836-May
   Died:    1900-Aug
   Best World Rank:    #1 (173 different months between the September 1866 rating list and the May 1890 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2826 on the April 1876 rating list, #1 in world, age 39y11m
   Best Individual Performance:    2829 in Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876, scoring 7/7 (100%) vs 2648-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    London, 1862  not rated on June 1862 list   2491   +1 (7.5/14, 54%)   -1 (4.5/10, 45%) vs 2509-rated opposition   N/A 
    Steinitz-Dubois Match (London), 1862  not rated on July 1862 list   -   +2 (5.5/9, 61%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Anderssen-Steinitz Offhand Games, 1862  not rated on July 1862 list   -   -1 (1/3, 33%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Blackburne-Steinitz I (London), 1862  2556 (#5 on December 1862 list)   2621   +6 (8/10, 80%)   +6 (8/10, 80%) vs 2456-rated opposition   +1.8 
    Steinitz-Blackburne Offhand Games, 1863  2571 (#5 on January 1863 list)   -   -1 (0/1, 0%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Deacon-Steinitz Match (London), 1863  2585 (#4 on April 1863 list)   2562   +4 (5.5/7, 79%)   +4 (5.5/7, 79%) vs 2424-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Mongredien-Steinitz Match (London), 1863  2592 (#4 on October 1863 list)   2611   +7 (7/7, 100%)   +7 (7/7, 100%) vs 2371-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Green-Steinitz Match (London), 1864  2616 (#4 on January 1864 list)   2564   +7 (8/9, 89%)   +7 (8/9, 89%) vs 2344-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Robey-Steinitz Match, 1865  2619 (#3 on January 1865 list)   -   +3 (4/5, 80%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Dublin, 1865  2621 (#3 on September 1865 list)   [2535]   +4 (4.5/5, 90%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2517-rated opposition   +0.3 
    London Handicap, 1866  2633 (#2 on June 1866 list)   -   +4 (5/6, 83%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Anderssen-Steinitz Match (London), 1866  2632 (#2 on July 1866 list)   -   +2 (8/14, 57%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Bird-Steinitz Match (London), 1866  2707 (#1 on September 1866 list)   -   +2 (9.5/17, 56%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Fraser-Steinitz Match (Dundee), 1867  2690 (#2 on January 1867 list)   -   +2 (4/6, 67%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Paris, 1867  2688 (#1 on June 1867 list)   [2688]   +14 (18.5/23, 80%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2675-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Dundee, 1867  2719 (#3 on September 1867 list)   [2613]   +5 (7/9, 78%)   +1 (2/3, 67%) vs 2625-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Blackburne-Steinitz II (London), 1870  2679 (#4 on January 1870 list)   -   +5 (5.5/6, 92%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Baden-Baden, 1870  2696 (#3 on July 1870 list)   2708   +6 (12/18, 67%)   +5 (10.5/16, 66%) vs 2613-rated opposition   +0.9 
    London, 1872  2729 (#1 on June 1872 list)   2703   +7 (7.5/8, 94%)   +4 (4.5/5, 90%) vs 2591-rated opposition   +1.2 
    Steinitz-Zukertort I (London), 1872  2770 (#1 on August 1872 list)   2750   +6 (9/12, 75%)   +6 (9/12, 75%) vs 2624-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Vienna, 1873  2768 (#1 on July 1873 list)   2763   +18 (22.5/27, 83%)   +10 (12.5/15, 83%) vs 2563-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876  2730 (#1 on February 1876 list)   2829   +7 (7/7, 100%)   +7 (7/7, 100%) vs 2648-rated opposition   +2.8 
    Vienna, 1882  not rated on May 1882 list   2750   +12 (23/34, 68%)   +9 (18/27, 67%) vs 2623-rated opposition   N/A 
    Martinez-Steinitz I (Philadelphia), 1882  2727 (#2 on November 1882 list)   -   +7 (7/7, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Sellman-Steinitz I (Baltimore), 1882  2768 (#1 on December 1882 list)   -   +3 (4/5, 80%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Martinez-Steinitz II (Philadelphia), 1882  2768 (#1 on December 1882 list)   2565   +2 (4.5/7, 64%)   +2 (4.5/7, 64%) vs 2506-rated opposition   -1.2 
    Golmayo-Steinitz I (Havana), 1883  2778 (#1 on January 1883 list)   -   +7 (9/11, 82%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Martinez-Steinitz III (Philadelphia), 1883  2778 (#1 on January 1883 list)   2786   +9 (10/11, 91%)   +9 (10/11, 91%) vs 2576-rated opposition   +1.9 
    Mackenzie-Steinitz Match (New York), 1883  2780 (#1 on February 1883 list)   2717   +2 (4/6, 67%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2701-rated opposition   +0.4 
    London, 1883  2794 (#1 on April 1883 list)   2747   +12 (22.5/33, 68%)   +8 (18/28, 64%) vs 2635-rated opposition   -1.2 
    Sellman-Steinitz II (Baltimore), 1885  2791 (#1 on January 1885 list)   [2633]   +3 (3/3, 100%)   +3 (3/3, 100%) vs 2532-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Steinitz-Zukertort II (World Championship, USA), 1886  2777 (#1 on January 1886 list)   2828   +5 (12.5/20, 63%)   +5 (12.5/20, 63%) vs 2757-rated opposition   +2.0 
    Ponce-Steinitz Match (Havana), 1888  2740 (#1 on January 1888 list)   -   +3 (4/5, 80%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Steinitz-Vasquez Match (Havana), 1888  2740 (#1 on January 1888 list)   2590   +5 (5/5, 100%)   +5 (5/5, 100%) vs 2394-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Golmayo-Steinitz II (Havana), 1888  2740 (#1 on January 1888 list)   2709   +5 (5/5, 100%)   +5 (5/5, 100%) vs 2551-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Chigorin-Steinitz I (World Championship, Havana), 1889  2753 (#1 on January 1889 list)   -   +4 (10.5/17, 62%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Carvajal-Steinitz Match (Havana), 1889  2753 (#1 on January 1889 list)   2517   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +3 (4/5, 80%) vs 2390-rated opposition   -0.6 
    Gunsberg-Steinitz Match (World Championship, New York), 1890  2710 (#5 on December 1890 list)   2730   +2 (10.5/19, 55%)   +2 (10.5/19, 55%) vs 2700-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Chigorin-Steinitz II (World Championship, Havana), 1892  2729 (#3 on January 1892 list)   2740   +2 (12.5/23, 54%)   +2 (12.5/23, 54%) vs 2709-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Lasker-Steinitz I (World Championship, USA/CAN), 1894  2726 (#4 on January 1894 list)   2748   -5 (7/19, 37%)   -5 (7/19, 37%) vs 2850-rated opposition   +0.3 
    New York, 1894  2747 (#4 on October 1894 list)   2718   +7 (8.5/10, 85%)   +6 (7/8, 88%) vs 2556-rated opposition   +1.2 
    Hastings, 1895  2763 (#3 on August 1895 list)   2692   +5 (13/21, 62%)   +2 (9.5/17, 56%) vs 2658-rated opposition   -1.1 
    St. Petersburg, 1895  2746 (#4 on December 1895 list)   2789   +1 (9.5/18, 53%)   +1 (9.5/18, 53%) vs 2787-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Schiffers-Steinitz Match (Rostov-on-Don), 1896  2757 (#4 on March 1896 list)   2684   +2 (6.5/11, 59%)   +2 (6.5/11, 59%) vs 2653-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Nurnberg, 1896  2750 (#4 on July 1896 list)   2668   +4 (11/18, 61%)   = (7/14, 50%) vs 2679-rated opposition   -1.2 
    Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896  2754 (#4 on November 1896 list)   2676   -8 (4.5/17, 26%)   -8 (4.5/17, 26%) vs 2842-rated opposition   -2.2 
    New York, 1897  2743 (#5 on August 1897 list)   [2558]   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2543-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Vienna, 1898  2725 (#6 on May 1898 list)   2770   +11 (23.5/36, 65%)   +9 (21.5/34, 63%) vs 2660-rated opposition   +1.9 
    Cologne, 1898  2741 (#5 on July 1898 list)   2701   +4 (9.5/15, 63%)   +4 (8/12, 67%) vs 2619-rated opposition   +0.3 
    London, 1899  2737 (#4 on May 1899 list)   2576   -5 (10.5/26, 40%)   -7 (7.5/22, 34%) vs 2674-rated opposition   -5.1