Steinitz–Anderssen Match 1866

Wilhelm Steinitz and Adolf Anderssen played fourteen games in London without a single draw. Steinitz won eight and Anderssen six, giving Steinitz the match by the narrowest possible decisive margin.

◇Every game decisive

The contest ran from 18 July to 10 August 1866. Its fourteen games split eight to Steinitz and six to Anderssen; no game ended in a draw.

Edo's notes compare several reports of the exact dates; the dates used here come from London coverage at the time and later tournament records.

◇An exact 8–6 archive

All fourteen games survive, and they add up to the historical +8 −6 =0.

This event is a nineteenth-century match, not a World Championship collection; its public category should remain the generic match type.