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
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.
acceptance consists frequently sacrifice
The refutation of a sacrifice frequently consists in its acceptance.
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.
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
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...
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.
queens kings games
The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.