By beating Johannes Zukertort 12.5-7.5, Wilhelm Steinitz of Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) became the first official world champion in 1886. He subsequently won two matches against the Russian master Mikhail Chigorin and, in between those, a match against the Hungarian player Isidor Gunsberg.
In the year 1894 Steinitz turned 58, and he was publicly speaking of retiring. He changed his mind and accepted a challenge from the 32 years younger player Emanuel Lasker from Prussia (now Germany). It was the biggest age difference between two match players that a world chess championship has ever seen.
The match was played in New York, Philadelphia (USA) and Montreal, Quebec (Canada). The first player to win 10 games would win the match, draws not counting. The time control was 15 moves per hour. The stakes were $2,000 per side, the equivalent of roughly $60,000 each, today.
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Schedule:
May 11, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 1
May 12, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 2
May 13, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 3
May 14, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 4
May 15, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 5
May 16, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 6
May 17, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 7
May 18, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 8
May 19, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 9
May 20, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 10
May 21, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 11
May 22, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 12
May 23, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 13
May 24, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 14
May 25, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 15
May 26, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 16
May 27, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 17
May 28, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 18
May 29, 2020 14:00 CEST/5 a.m. Pacific Game 19
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