World Chess Championship 1889

World Chess Championship 1889
 
Defending champion

Challenger
 
  Wilhelm Steinitz Mikhail Chigorin
 
10½Scores6½
  Born 14 May 1836
52 years old		 Born 12 November 1850
38 years old

The World Chess Championship 1889, considered the second official World Chess Championship match, was held in Havana, Cuba. Defending champion Wilhelm Steinitz beat Russian challenger Mikhail Chigorin by a score of 10½–6½. The match consisted of a maximum of 20 games, meaning the first player to 10½ points would be crowned the victor, marking a slight deviation from the "first to ten" format of Steinitz's prior title bout in 1886.

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