Justify the Attack
Steinitz games teach that attacks need positional grounds. Before moving, ask whether your pieces, structure, and king safety support action.
Steinitz Games: Study Steinitz Games Move by Move
Study Steinitz games through interactive Guess the Move training. Play through Wilhelm Steinitz's wins, practice positional justification, defensive resources, and principled attacks, and track your score and accuracy.
Steinitz Games to Study
Choose a Steinitz game, play through the winning side's moves, and return here to review your score and accuracy. This table is built for players who want to study Steinitz games actively instead of replaying them passively.
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| Game | Event | Year | Moves | Played | Current move | Score | Correct | Accuracy | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Serafino Dubois - Wilhelm Steinitz 0-1 | B.C.A. Grand Tourney, London ENG | 1862 | 37 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Wilhelm Steinitz - Augustus Mongredien 1-0 | Casual game, London ENG | 1862 | 22 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Samuel Rosenthal - Wilhelm Steinitz 0-1 | Vienna, Vienna AUT | 1873 | 38 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Wilhelm Steinitz - Mikhail Chigorin 1-0 | Steinitz - Chigorin World Championship Rematch, Havana CUB | 1892 | 28 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Wilhelm Steinitz - Curt von Bardeleben 1-0 | Hastings, Hastings ENG | 1895 | 25 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Defend Actively
Look for resources that absorb pressure and turn premature aggression into targets. Steinitz helped make defense a strategic weapon.
Accumulate Advantages
Small gains in structure, squares, and coordination matter. Use each guess to decide which advantage should be improved next.
How to Use This Page
For improvement
Study Steinitz games slowly. Write down your candidate moves, choose one move, and only then compare your decision with the game. The value comes from noticing why a great player preferred one plan over another.
For searchers
This page is a focused entry point for players looking for Steinitz games, ways to study Steinitz games, world champion game study, and online Guess the Move chess practice.
Steinitz Guess the Move FAQ
What are Steinitz Games on IgniteChess?
Steinitz Games are interactive Guess the Move lessons built from Wilhelm Steinitz's games. Instead of replaying the moves passively, you study Steinitz games by choosing the move you think the player or winning side played.
How do I study Steinitz games with Guess the Move?
Choose a game from the table, calculate candidate moves before each turn, play your move on the board, and then compare it with the historical game move, engine feedback, score, and accuracy.
Can I track progress while I study Steinitz games?
Yes. The table shows completed games, resumable games, current move, score, correct moves, and accuracy when progress data is available.
Where can I start playing?
Start from the Steinitz games table above, or use the main Guess the Move trainer to choose a master game and begin move-by-move training.