Wilhelm Steinitz Quotes

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

"Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack."
- Wilhelm Steinitz
(Related: Right)

"I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings."
- Wilhelm Steinitz
(Related: Life)

"A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror."
- Wilhelm Steinitz
(Related: Horror)

"I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game."
- Wilhelm Steinitz
(Related: Thought, Evil)

"Chess is intellectual gymnastics."
- Wilhelm Steinitz
(Related: 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
(Related: Thought, Chess, Evil, Inspiring)

"Fame, I have already. Now I need the money."
- Wilhelm Steinitz
(Related: Money, Fame, Now)

"A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it."
- Wilhelm Steinitz
(Related: Sacrifice)