Match Results
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| Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Score | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | Eduard Jenay | Drew | Vienna | 2/4 | 2 : 2 | |
| 1860 | Max Lange | Won | Vienna | 3/3 | +3−0=0 | |
| 1862 | Serafino Dubois | Won | London | 5½/9 | +5−3=1 | |
| 1862 | Adolf Anderssen | Lost | London | 1/3 | +1−2=0 | Offhand games |
| 1862–63 | Joseph Henry Blackburne | Won | London | 8/10 | +7−1=2 | Only 2 years after Blackburne started playing chess. |
| 1863 | Frederic Deacon | Won | London | 5½/7 | +5−1=1 | |
| 1863 | Augustus Mongredien | Won | London | 7/7 | +7−0=0 | |
| 1863–64 | Valentine Green | Won | London | 8/9 | +7−0=2 | |
| 1865 | James Robey | Won | London | 4/5 | 4 : 1 | |
| 1866 | Adolf Anderssen | Won | London | 8/14 | +8−6=0 | As a result of this win Steinitz was generally regarded as the world's best player. |
| 1866 | Henry Edward Bird | Won | London | 9½/17 | +7−5=5 | |
| 1867 | George Brunton Fraser | Won | Dundee | 4/6 | +3−1=2 | |
| 1870 | Blackburne | Won | London | 5½/6 | +5−0=1 | |
| 1872 | Johannes Zukertort | Won | London | 9/12 | +7−1=4 | |
| 1873 | Blackburne | Won | Vienna | 2/2 | +2−0=0 | Play-off match. |
| 1876 | Blackburne | Won | London | 7/7 | +7−0=0 | |
| 1882 | Szymon Winawer | Drew | Vienna | 1/2 | 1 : 1 | Play-off match. |
| 1882 | Dion Martinez | Won | Philadelphia | 7/7 | +7−0=0 | |
| 1882 | Alexander Sellman | Won | Baltimore | 3½/5 | +2−0=3 | |
| 1883 | George Henry Mackenzie | Won | New York | 4/6 | +3−1=2 | |
| 1883 | Martinez | Won | Philadelphia | 4½/7 | +3−1=3 | |
| 1883 | Celso Golmayo Zúpide | Won | Havana | 9/11 | 9 : 2 | |
| 1883 | Martinez | Won | Philadelphia | 10/11 | 10 : 1 | |
| 1885 | Alexander Sellman | Won | Baltimore | 3/3 | +3−0=0 | |
| 1886 | Zukertort | Won | New York, St.Louis and New Orleans | 12½/20 | +10−5=5 | World Chess Championship 1886; the contract for this match said it was "for the Championship of the World". |
| 1888 | Alberto Ponce | Won | Havana | 4/5 | 4 : 1 | |
| 1888 | Andrés Vásquez | Won | Havana | 5/5 | +5−0=0 | |
| 1888 | Golmayo | Won | Havana | 5/5 | +5−0=0 | |
| 1889 | Vicente Carvajal | Won | Havana | 4/5 | 4 : 1 | |
| 1889 | Mikhail Chigorin | Won | Havana | 10½/17 | +10−6=1 | World Chess Championship 1889; often described as a World Championship match, but may not have been. |
| 1890–91 | Isidor Gunsberg | Won | New York | 10½/19 | +6−4=9 | World Chess Championship 1891 match. |
| 1892 | Chigorin | Won | Havana | 12½/23 | +10−8=5 | World Chess Championship 1892 match. |
| 1894 | Emanuel Lasker | Lost | New York, Philadelphia and Montreal | 7/19 | +5−10=4 | World Chess Championship 1894 match; Steinitz's first recorded defeat in a serious match. |
| 1896 | Emanuel Schiffers | Won | Rostov-on-Don | 6½/11 | +6−4=1 | |
| 1896–97 | Lasker | Lost | Moscow | 4½/17 | +2−10=5 | World Chess Championship 1897 match. |
| 1897 | S. Lipschütz | Drew | New York | 1/2 | 1 : 1 | Play-off match. |
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