Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack
Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth. - Wilhelm Steinitz
Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.
- Wilhelm Steinitz
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings - Wilhelm Steinitz
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings
The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, othe… - Wilhelm Steinitz
The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, othe…
Chess is intellectual gymnastics. - Wilhelm Steinitz
Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
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
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…
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
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…
Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack - Wilhelm Steinitz
A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror - Wilhelm Steinitz
A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror
The King is a fighting piece. Use it! - Wilhelm Steinitz
The King is a fighting piece. Use it!
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