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