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.
gymnastics intellectual chess
Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
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!
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.
money needs fame
Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.
kings games chess-game
Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game
kings fighting play
I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!
monkeys watches examining
Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?