World Chess Championship 1889

World Chess Championship 1889
 
Defending champion

Challenger
 
  Wilhelm Steinitz Mikhail Chigorin
 
10½Scores
Game 1058 moves 1
Game 21 38 moves0
Game 3083 moves 1
Game 41 22 moves0
Game 51 26 moves0
Game 6037 moves 1
Game 7034 moves 1
Game 81 38 moves0
Game 91 56 moves0
Game 101 27 moves0
Game 11031 moves 1
Game 121 61 moves0
Game 13064 moves 1
Game 141 35 moves0
Game 151 36 moves0
Game 161 52 moves0
Game 17½70 move draw½
  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.