There have been 14 official world champions in the history of chess within a period of more than 100 years. It started with William Steinitz, who won against Zukertort in 1886 and then held the highest title in chess until 1984. Steinitz enjoyed (and still enjoys) the reputation as the founder of the general positional school, the basic principles of which have not lost their unrestricted validity until today. Applying them, Steinitz was far superior to his contemporaries in practical play.

Thorsten Heedt's biography features a comprehensive portrait of the first world champion. An important part are of course the stations of his life -- Prag, Vienna, London and finally America are the places where Steinitz settled down. Naturally his 5 matches for the world championship are duly covered. Short texts about &quotappearance and constitution" as well as &quotcharacter and manners" complete the picture of the first world champion.

Features:

• more than 1,000 games
• 42 texts
• database with training questions
• database with special topics such as &quotSteinitz's provocative openings"
• includes CB reader for reading all data on the CD.

Specifications:

• System Requirements:
• Pentium PC, 32MB RAM, Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP.
  
• No additional software required