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	1886 World Championship Match (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Zukertort and Herr Wilhelm Steinitz for the championship of the world and $2,000 stakes was played yesterday afternoon before an audience composed of well-known local chess amateurs and visiting members of other chess clubs.
		Zukertort is much the more rapid of the two and seems to have a line of action laid out before his opponent sets down the piece.
		Zukertort voiced the sentiments of the anxious spectators when he said he didn't understand why the committee did not have two sets of clocks to provide against accident.
	members.aol.com /graemecree/chesschamps/world/world1886.htm (8903 words)

	remote Schach -
		Zukertort, der von seinem Arzt vor dieser neuerlichen Anstrengung gewarnt worden war, brach nach einer hohen Führung (4-1 nach dem Auftakt in New York) psychisch und physisch ein.
		Zukertort erholte sich nicht mehr von diesem Zusammenbruch und war nur noch ein Schatten seiner selbst“ (Siegbert Tarrasch) in den folgenden wenigen Turnieren die er bis zu seinem durch einen Schlaganfall herbeigeführten Tod im Jahre 1888 (während eines Handicap-Turniers in London) spielte.
		Zukertorts höchste Historische Elo-Zahl betrug 2798; er führte (während Steinitz' Inaktivität und selbst nach dessen Rückkehr) die Weltrangliste von August 1878 bis November 1882, dann nochmals von Juli bis September 1883, an.
	www.remoteschach.de /wiki/index.php?SID=&SUID=1acaf&title=Johannes_Zukertort (605 words)

	The chess games of Johannes Zukertort
		Johannes Hermann Zukertort was born on the 7th of September 1842 in Lublin, Poland.
		Zukertort eventully succeeded in winning each of the individual encounters that first resulted in a draw.
		Zukertort achieved a better position at one point, but it was not clearly winning.
	www.chessgames.com /player/johannes_zukertort.html (3703 words)

	Chess World Champions - William Steinitz
		Zukertort had beaten Anderssen in a match in 1871 but when a match was arranged between him and Steinitz in 1872 Zukertort was thoroughly beaten.
		Zukertort then scored only one draw in the next five games and was showing signs of total exhaustion.
		Zukertort returned to England frail in body and died two years later at the age of 46.
	www.chesscorner.com /worldchamps/steinitz/steinitz.htm (775 words)

	ipedia.com: Johannes Zukertort Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Johannes Zukertort was a leading Polish chess master.
		Johannes Zukertort (1842 Lublin - 1888 London) was a leading Polish chess master.
		In 1886 in the United States he played what is widely regarded as the first official World Championship match against Wilhelm Steinitz, losing 12.5-7.5.
	www.ipedia.com /johannes_zukertort.html (146 words)

	William Steinitz 1836
		In terms of personality, Zukertort was clearly irritating to Steinitz because he was very assertful about himself, see Steinitz Personality, pretentiousness and falsehood note.
		Zukertort like in the 1883 London Tournament collapsed in this final stage of the match, most likely due to exhaustion.
		Zukertort was a supreme example in fact of someone who made very self-asserting claims, to which there was only tenuous evidence to support.
	www.souvenirworldja.com /chessworld/playbetter/Technical_Articles/worldchamps/steinitz/william_steinitz_1836.htm (3175 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Steinitz was born in Prague (today Czech Republic, then Austrian Empire), Steinitz was regarded the best player in the world after his victory over Adolf Anderssen in their 1866 match.
		Though he suffered a series of defeats at the beginning of the match, it becomes evident when watching the games who understood the game better (for example, in the third game he was strategically superior but failed to pull it together at the end).
		Johannes Zukertort vs Wilhelm Steinitz, Ch World (9th game of the match) 1886, Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Wilhelm_Steinitz (837 words)

	Johannes Zukertort vs Wilhelm Steinitz (1886)
		Everyone is also fully aware of the fact that objectively dubious moves can be wise choices in practical play but what Kasparov is doing is pointing out the earlier lack of understanding of chessly principles and the gradual development of such understanding thereby putting the great players of the past in their historical context.
		But Zukertort wanted to eliminate an active Knight and I don't think that the matter would be considerably different with fl pawn on g6 instead of g7.
		Zukertort's combinative play was equal to Steinitz', but he took too many chances with his pawn structure.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1132645 (1771 words)

	The chess games of Johannes Zukertort
		One could say that Zukertort was unfortunate to lose three of these games.
		Zukertort's 1st place finish was clearly an outstanding result, but not one where I would say that he might as well have scored 100%.
		surely zukertort's favourite opening was not "evan's gambit" but "evans' gambit".
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=10427 (3703 words)

	guul.de - Johannes_Zukertort
		Zukertort war jüdischer Herkunft, sein Vater, Jankiel Ezechiel Cukiertort - seit 1833 Gottlieb (Bogumił) Jan Zukertort (1801-1887) - war ein zum evangelischen Christentum konvertierter Jude gewesen, der nach seiner Bekehrung als Missionar unter den polnischen Juden wirkte.
		Diese Tätigkeit wurde vom zaristischen Staat nicht geduldet und die Zukertorts wurden 1855 aus dem Königreich Polen ausgewiesen.
		Entgegen der weitverbreiteten Legende beendete Zukertort sein Studium nie und promovierte auch niemals – überzeugende Belege hierzu lieferten 2002 die polnischen Historiker Tomasz Lissowski und Cezary W. Domański in ihrer polnischen Zukertort-Biographie Arcymistrz z Lublina (Warschau 2002).
	www.guul.de /wiki_Johannes_Zukertort (731 words)

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		He worked as an army physician in the Prussian wars of 1866 and 1870-71; Johannes was a pianist, magazine editor, music critic, linguist, swordsman and marksman.
		Three days after winning a major tournament in Paris, in 1878, Zukertort sold his 5,000-franc Sevres vase prize—awarded by the King of France himself—in a pawn shop for about half the value.
		A student of Anderssen, Zukertort defeated his mentor in international play in 1871 and won international tournaments in 1878 and 1881.
	www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=chess&ID=119 (175 words)

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		Zukertort’s mother, de domo Krzyzanowska (F), was Polish, while the younger generation also count themselves as our countrymen, as Zukertort’s own sister, living amongst us in Warsaw, Mrs.
		Zukertort’s father stayed in Warsaw a short period, where he was lodged on Leszno street in a “missionary house” (T).
		Zukertort was also for a time an editor of the Neue Berliner Schachzeitung (T) while currently he issues the chess organ, the Chess Monthly (T).
	www.chessarch.com /excavations/0003_tomasz/tomasz.shtml (1131 words)

	Steinitz vs Zukertort
		Zukertort in New York, St. Louis and New Orleans.
		The match was very exciting, with Zukertort taking a strong lead in the first games, played in New York.
		However, Steinitz recovered in the next series, played in St. Louis, and in the last one, played in New Orleans, he definitively dominated.
	www.chess-poster.com /great_games/Steinitz_Zukertort/steinitz_zukertort.htm (102 words)

	Johannes Zukertort - definition erklärung bedeutung glossar zu Johannes Zukertort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Johannes Zukertort - definition erklärung bedeutung glossar zu Johannes Zukertort
		Aufgrund seiner Turniererfolge empfahl sich Zukertort als Kandidat für die Weltmeisterschaft.
		Zukertort war zu diesem Zeitpunkt schon nicht mehr auf der Höhe seiner Kraft, auch bereitete ihm eine Herzerkrankung arge Probleme.
	www.adlexikon.de /Johannes_Zukertort.shtml (300 words)

	Wilhelm Steinitz
		Back in England, Zukertort was claiming he was the world's best chess player because of his victory in the London 1883 tournament.
		Steinitz challenged him to a match and they both agreed that the first person to win ten games would be declared world champion, but that if each won nine games, the title would not be awarded.
		Steinitz was 49 years old (Zukertort was 43) and had been considered the unofficial world champion for the past 20 years.
	members.tripod.com /HSK_Chess/steinitz.html (2095 words)

	index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Steinitz called this game "the blossom in Anderssen's wreath of laurel" and designated this game as the "Evergreen Game." Lasker said that white's 19th move was "one of the most subtle and profound moves on record."
		Steinitz-Tchigorin (Havana, 1892) Wilhelm Steinitz became the first official world chess champion when he defeated Johannes Zukertort in 1886.
		The Russian champion Mikhail Tchigorin unsuccessfully challenged Steinitz in 1889 and again in 1892.
	www.basildonchess.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk (157 words)

	Wilhelm Steinitz Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Zukertort had moved to England and founded the Chess-Monthly, one of the era's most influential chess magazines.
		After Zukertort, Steinitz's next major opponent was Russian Mikhail Tchigorin, whom he met in 1889.
		After losing two games to Tchigorin via cable (Steinitz in New York, Tchigorin in Havana--matches which led to the New York police to arrest Steinitz as a spy when the chess moves were misinterpreted), the two met again in Havana in 1892.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/wilhelm-steinitz (1916 words)

	Wilhelm Steinitz Summary
		After protracted negotiations, Steinitz and Zukertort met for the first official world chess championship match on January 11, 1886.
		Born in Prague (today Czech Republic, then Austrian Empire), Steinitz was regarded the best player in the world ever since his victory over Adolf Anderssen in their 1866 match.
		When he fought for the first World Championship in 1886 against Johann Hermann Zukertort, it became evident that Steinitz was playing on another level.
	www.bookrags.com /Wilhelm_Steinitz (2683 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The world chess champions
		The first official match for the world chess championship took place in 1886, between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort.
		This last result led to a match between Steinitz and Zukertort in 1886 to decide officially who was world champion.
		Steinitz himself reckoned his term not from the first 'official' championship match in 1886 when he defeated Johannes Zukertort, but from a point twenty years earlier.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1308890 (3805 words)

	PRACTICAL CHESS ENDING + COMPUTER ANALYSIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This took place in 1886 but unfortunately his health was not up to such a gruelling match and he lost by a wide margin (+5 -10 =5).
		In the above setting Zukertort comes up with an idea which was first shown by Horwitz and Kling in a study in 1851 and which has been seen many times since.
		On his way to winning the London tournament of 1883, Zukertort played a number of fine endings which contributed to the knowledge of endgame theory at that time.
	users.aol.com /brigosling/psitn111.htm (508 words)

	wu :: forums - [Chess] Mate in one move (Zukertort)
		Zukertort won London 1883, one of the greatest tournaments ever played.
		When Zukertort made this problem (18??), the rules of FIDE had this rule about promoted pawn: A pawn on a 8th row must be promoted in any other piece of the game but not a king and not a pawn.
		And in the given solution, the book said that a this period the rule of FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs = World Chess Federation) accept the two colors for a promoted pawn.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_medium;action=display;num=1050322983 (2548 words)

	Chessville - The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Argumentative Journalism: When Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort played their world championship match in 1886, both were involved in editing chess magazines at the same time.
		Technological First: The first time that a large demonstration board was used to show the moves in a world championship match was in 1883, when Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort played a match in New York.
		Between 1896 and 1911, a series of trans-Atlantic matches were played between the United States and Great Britain, using the undersea telegraph cable that connected the two countries.
	www.chessville.com /misc/History/Mad_Aussie_Trivia_Archive_18.htm (1280 words)

	Publications p 3
		The first book project of the Ken Whyld Association after its foundation was finished at the beginning of August, 2005 when the Zukertort biography was brought out by the Exzelsior Publishing House Berlin.
		Wahrheit und Legende über Johannes Hermann Zukertort (288 p., hardcover, ISBN 3-935800-03-7; shop price 29.- Euro) is available to the chess public in German language within only 3 years after the publication of the Polish original.
		Those interested are requested to pay attention to the message (pdf-file) of our secretary Michael Negele who you may also write to via this contact form.
	www.kwabc.org /Homepage-UK/publications03.htm (219 words)

	Sanarate, El Progreso, Guatemala.
		‘‘The first officially recognized world Chess championship was held in 1886, when Wilhelm Steinitz beat Johannes Zukertort in a match held in the USA.
		The outstanding players before this date are well known, but there were no official champions.
		To determine Morphy's successor, a match was held between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort in NY, St. Louis and New Orleans.
	www.sanarate.com /Deportes/chess/w_champions.html (763 words)

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		Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Johannes Zukertort.
		Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
		Zukertort vs Limbeck, New York Blindfold Exh, 1884
	www.wtharvey.com /zuke.html (44 words)

	Amos Burn at AllExperts
		From 1913 until his death, Burn edited the chess column of The Field, but he was never a professional player.
		Burn's greatest tournament results were equal first at London 1887 with Isidor Gunsberg (ahead of Joseph Henry Blackburne and Johannes Zukertort), first at Amsterdam 1889 (ahead of a young Emanuel Lasker), second at Breslau 1889 (behind Siegbert Tarrasch) and first at Cologne 1898 (ahead of Rudolf Charousek, Mikhail Chigorin, Carl Schlechter, David Janowski and Steinitz).
		He also played at Hastings 1895, the strongest tournament held up to that point, finishing in joint twelfth place with 9.5/21.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/am/amos_burn.htm (360 words)

	Chess - New York Times
		For example, if Rudolf Spielmann, a brilliant attacking player of the 20's and 30's, lost an early game, it was a sure thing that his chief interest would be the nearest beer garden, not the tournament.
		But in the first official match for the world championship, in 1886, Wilhelm Steinitz started with a horrendous 1-4, and then went on to a smashing 12 1/2-7 1/2 victory over Johannes Zukertort in New York, St. Louis and New Orleans.
		The early losses did not deter Steinitz; the early victories did not carry Zukertort through.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04EEDF1239F934A1575BC0A960958260 (478 words)

	World Chess Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Only the chess computer, which arrived 100 years later, had a greater impact on the royal game.
		The victor, Johannes Zukertort, lost what many consider to be the first official title match in 1886 to his runner-up Wilhelm Steinitz.
		Harry Nelson Pillsbury, 22, an unknown American, crossed the Atlantic to conquer a stellar field including Lasker, Steinitz, Tarrasch and Chigorin.
	wcn.tentonhammer.com /print.php?sid=700 (590 words)

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