Wilhelm Steinitz defeated Frederick Deacon 5½–1½ in seven recorded games. The complete game record gives Steinitz five wins, Deacon one and one draw.
Seven games, not nine
The source label gives the score as +5 −3 =1, which would mean nine games, but the historical record lists seven. Those seven give +5 −1 =1, a 5½–1½ win for Steinitz.
This archive therefore follows the played record rather than treating the two impossible extra losses as missing games.
The complete score
All seven games survive, and they add up to the historical match score.
Cross table
1 win · ½ draw · 0 loss — click a game number to replay it.