Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz
WilhelmSteinitzwas an Austrian and later American chess Master player, and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth17 May 1836
CountryUnited States of America
Wilhelm Steinitz quotes about
acceptance consists frequently sacrifice
The refutation of a sacrifice frequently consists in its acceptance.
american-celebrity believe capable good inspiring player
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
american-celebrity believe capable good player
I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
gymnastics intellectual chess
Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
winning chess artistic
A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror
player chess-players chess
Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack
sacrifice chess accepting
A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it
chess playing-chess opening
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings
kings fighting chess-pieces
The King is a fighting piece. Use it!
hands mouths lions
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.
player eight years
No great player blundered oftener than I done. I was champion of the world for twenty-eight years because I was twenty years ahead of my time. I played on certain principles, which neither Zukertort nor anyone else of his time understood. The players of today, such as Lasker, Tarrasch, Pillsbury, Schlechter and others have adopted my principles, and as is only natural, they have improved upon what I began, and that is the whole secret of the matter.
enemy guides critics
Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.
kings powerful pieces
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.
success reflection games
Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself up into slavery. Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.