Wilhelm Steinitz Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Wilhelm Steinitz:

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#50f79912

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#9878ee63

I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#f4d7cd96

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#c88446f5

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#5508a81e

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#7d16db66

Chess is not for timid souls.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#eaeae600

When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#3ac95b79

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
~Wilhelm Steinitz


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#0cc2fa0a

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/wilhelm-steinitz-quotes/#0db062ef

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