Szymon Winawer (1838 – 1920) was a leading Polishchess player. He tied for first place with Wilhelm Steinitz in one of the strongest chess tournaments in history, the Vienna1882. In one of his finest games, he beat Steinitz in Nuremberg in 1896 (moves given in Algebraic chess notation): 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... From left, a white king, black rook and queen, white pawn, black knight, and white bishop in Staunton chess pieces. ... Wilhelm Steinitz Wilhelm Steinitz (May 17, 1836 - August 12, 1900), born in Prague, was the first official World Champion of chess. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Nuremberg coat of arms Location of Nuremberg Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Algebraic chess notation is the method used today by all competition chess organizations and most books, magazines, and newspapers to record and describe the play of chess games. ...
Winawer's best result was a first place tie with Wilhelm Steinitz at Vienna1882, in what was the strongest chess tournament in history up to that time.
Winawer continued to play competitive chess into his 60s, and in his career he faced all of the top players from the last third of the 19th century, from Anderssen to Lasker.
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