Take on Wilhelm Steinitz in a recreation of a 4th World Championship game in Havana, 1892. Solve for the best series of moves. By Daniel Naroditsky See more of our coverage in your search ...

Chess has sometimes been termed “the Jewish National Game” due to the extraordinary number of great Jewish grandmasters. One such was Wilhelm Steinitz, who ranked as first undisputed world chess ...

Wilhelm Steinitz was “a fat phlegmatic little man, with a fine forehead and mussed hair and clothes,” according to one newspaper account. He was also the favorite at the inaugural world chess ...

They were champions in two very different realms of the game, so it was perhaps no great surprise that Wilhelm Steinitz and Sam Loyd enjoyed a not-so-friendly rivalry at times. The Austrian-born ...

Here’s a look at some of the most important and memorable moments in the history of chess. By Daniel Naroditsky Chess at the world championship level can often feel very static. Wilhelm Steinitz, ...