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 Wilhelm Steinitz |
 Mikhail Chigorin | |||||
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Born 14 May 1836 55 years old |
Born 12 November 1850 41 years old | |||||
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The fourth World Chess Championship was held in Havana from 1 January to 28 February 1892. Defending champion William Steinitz narrowly defeated challenger Mikhail Chigorin.
This was Steinitz' fourth successive world championship match victory, and his second against Chigorin. He had previously defeated Johannes Zukertort in 1886, Chigorin in 1889 and Isidor Gunsberg in 1891.