Oldest World Chess Champion
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Posted: Apr 15, 2023
The Oldest World Chess Champion was Wilhelm Steinitz, who won the first in 1886 at 49. He would win the next three championship matches, not losing until the fifth one in 1894 to Emanuel Lasker. He was so good that he was unbeaten in match play for three decades, from 1862 to 1894.
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The Top Chess Players in the World - Wilhelm Steinitz
In the early 1870s he introduced a new style of play, and is subsequently regarded as the father of positional chess.
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