World Chess Championship 1889

World Chess Championship 1889

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Wilheilm Steinitz	Mikhail Chigorin
	Wilhelm Steinitz	Mikhail Chigorin
	10½ Scores 6½ Game 1 0 58 moves → 1 Game 2 1 ← 38 moves 0 Game 3 0 83 moves → 1 Game 4 1 ← 22 moves 0 Game 5 1 ← 26 moves 0 Game 6 0 37 moves → 1 Game 7 0 34 moves → 1 Game 8 1 ← 38 moves 0 Game 9 1 ← 56 moves 0 Game 10 1 ← 27 moves 0 Game 11 0 31 moves → 1 Game 12 1 ← 61 moves 0 Game 13 0 64 moves → 1 Game 14 1 ← 35 moves 0 Game 15 1 ← 36 moves 0 Game 16 1 ← 52 moves 0 Game 17 ½ 70 move draw ½
	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.