Kammala wannan jumla: Steinitz aka sa'an nan kuma aika su wakilci Austria a cikin
Gasar wasan chess ta London 1862. Ya zama na shida, amma nasarar da ya yi a kan Augustus Mongredien an ba shi kyautar kyautar gasar. Nan da nan ya kalubalanci dan takara na biyar, mai karfi dan wasan Italiya Serafino Dubois, zuwa wasan, wanda Steinitz ya lashe (nasara biyar, daya zana, uku hasara). Wannan ya karfafa shi ya zama kwararre, kuma ya zauna a London. A cikin 1862<unk>63 Steinitz ya sami nasara mai ban mamaki a cikin wasa tare da Joseph Henry Blackburne, wanda ya ci gaba da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin manyan goma na duniya tsawon shekaru 20, amma wanda ya fara wasan chess ne kawai shekaru biyu da suka gabata. Steinitz sannan ya doke wasu manyan 'yan wasan Burtaniya a wasannin: Frederic Deacon da Mongredien da aka ambata a baya a 1863 sannan Valentine Green a 1864. Wannan cajin a cikin martaba yana da farashi: a watan Maris na 1863 Steinitz ya nemi afuwa a cikin wasika zuwa Ignác Kolisch saboda rashin biyan bashin, saboda yayin da Steinitz ya doke Blackburne, Daniel Harrwitz ya "mallaki" duk abokan cinikin Steinitz a London Chess Club, wanda ya samar da babban tushen kudin shiga na Steinitz.