American - Celebrity | May 17, 1836 - August 12, 1900
Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
Wilhelm Steinitz
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A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror.
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Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
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Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.
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When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.
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Chess is not for timid souls.
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Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.
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I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.
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A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.
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I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
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