Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack Wilhelm Steinitz More Quotes by Wilhelm Steinitz More Quotes From Wilhelm Steinitz Chess is intellectual gymnastics. Wilhelm Steinitz gymnasticsintellectualchess A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror Wilhelm Steinitz artisticwinningchess Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth. Wilhelm Steinitz truthchessenemy 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 riskplayerrunning I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings Wilhelm Steinitz playing-chessdefencechess 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 eightplayeryears 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 reflectiongamessuccess I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth. Wilhelm Steinitz mouthsmayhands The King is a fighting piece. Use it! Wilhelm Steinitz chess-piecesfightingkings A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it Wilhelm Steinitz sacrificeacceptingchess Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game. Wilhelm Steinitz playergamesbelieve In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns. Wilhelm Steinitz powerfulkingschess Fame, I have already. Now I need the money. Wilhelm Steinitz moneychessneeds 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 winningmeanamerica 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 pieceschesswriting 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 opponentspersonalitymight Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game Wilhelm Steinitz chess-gamekingsgames Chess is not for timid souls. Wilhelm Steinitz soulchess Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. Wilhelm Steinitz demandreflectionchess Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch? Wilhelm Steinitz monkeyschesswatches
