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
writing pieces chess
I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will not write about myself, but I am sure that someone will write...
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.
american-celebrity believe capable good player
I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
advantage american-celebrity endangered obliged otherwise
When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.
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.
acceptance consists frequently sacrifice
The refutation of a sacrifice frequently consists in its acceptance.
reflection zealous research
Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.
monkeys watches examining
Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?
kings fighting play
I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!
kings games chess-game
Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game
country real home
I shall accord to myself the honor of inscribing myself as an applicant for the American citizenship which according to law I can obtain only after five years residence in this country. And I shall yield to no one of my future countrymen in patriotism. I consider America now my real home.
believe player games
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game.
personality opponents might
I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton.