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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

- Wilhelm Steinitz

The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, othe…

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

- Wilhelm Steinitz

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…

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

- Wilhelm Steinitz

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 play…

- Wilhelm Steinitz

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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

- Wilhelm Steinitz