I play my king all over the board. I make him fight! Wilhelm Steinitz More Quotes by Wilhelm Steinitz More Quotes From Wilhelm Steinitz Chess is intellectual gymnastics. Wilhelm Steinitz gymnastics intellectual chess A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror Wilhelm Steinitz artistic winning chess Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth. Wilhelm Steinitz truth chess enemy The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player with the better position runs the risk of losing it. Wilhelm Steinitz risk player running I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings Wilhelm Steinitz playing-chess defence chess 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. Wilhelm Steinitz eight player years 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. Wilhelm Steinitz reflection games success Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack Wilhelm Steinitz strategy player chess I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth. Wilhelm Steinitz mouths may hands The King is a fighting piece. Use it! Wilhelm Steinitz chess-pieces fighting kings A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it Wilhelm Steinitz sacrifice accepting chess Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game. Wilhelm Steinitz player games believe In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns. Wilhelm Steinitz powerful kings chess Fame, I have already. Now I need the money. Wilhelm Steinitz money chess needs I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die soon or to lose the match! Wilhelm Steinitz winning mean america 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. Wilhelm Steinitz pieces chess writing 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. Wilhelm Steinitz opponents personality might Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game Wilhelm Steinitz chess-game kings games Chess is not for timid souls. Wilhelm Steinitz soul chess Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. Wilhelm Steinitz demand reflection chess
