Wilhelm Steinitz Quotes

• Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

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  Tags in Chess, Capable, Capacity

• Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

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  Tags in Fame

• A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.

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  Topics in Sacrifice

  Tags in Accepting

• A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

  Tags in Artistic, Combination, Unsound

• Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

  Tags in Gymnastics, Chess

• Chess is not for timid souls.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

  Tags in Chess, Timid

• I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

  Tags in Defence, Openings, Dullest

• Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

  Tags in Initiative, Chess

• When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.

  Wilhelm Steinitz

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Wilhelm Steinitz (9)

Birth:	17th May, 1836
Death:	12th August, 1900
Nationality:	American, Austrian
Profession:	Chess Player

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