 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei kunze kwemutambo weBlackburne, Steinitz haana kutamba makwikwi echess kubva muna 1874 kusvika muna 1882. Munguva iyoyo, Zukertort akabuda somutambi anotungamirira munyika yose, achikunda mutambo wechess weParis 1878. Zukertort ipapo akakunda London 1883 mutambo wechessnomuganhu unogutsa wemapoinzi matatu, pamberi peanenge mutambi ari pamusoro ari wose munyika, naSteinitz achipedza ari wechipiri. Mutambo uyu wakaita kuti Steinitz naZukertort vave vatambi vaviri vakanakisisa munyika, uye wakatungamirira kumutambo pakati pevaviri ava, World Chess Championship 1886, yakakundwa naSteinitz. 