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> [Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/have-you-ever-seen-a-monkey-examining-a-watch/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

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## More by Wilhelm Steinitz

> [The King is a fighting piece. Use it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/the-king-is-a-fighting-piece-use-it/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/in-the-ending-the-king-is-a-powerful-piece-for-assisting-his-own/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/i-may-be-an-old-lion-but-i-can-still-bite-someone-s-hand-off-if-he/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/only-the-player-with-the-initiative-has-the-right-to-attack/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/chess-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted-it-absorbs-a-person-entirely-to/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [Chess is intellectual gymnastics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/chess-is-intellectual-gymnastics/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/when-you-have-an-advantage-you-are-obliged-to-attack-otherwise-you/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/no-great-player-blundered-oftener-than-i-done-i-was-champion-of-the/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/chess-is-so-inspiring-that-i-do-not-believe-a-good-player-is-capable/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/chess-is-difficult-it-demands-work-serious-reflection-and-zealous/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/have-you-ever-seen-a-monkey-examining-a-watch/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/i-do-not-believe-a-good-player-is-capable-of-having-an-evil-thought/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/i-would-rather-die-in-america-than-live-in-england-i-would-rather/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [Chess is not for timid souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/chess-is-not-for-timid-souls/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

> [I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will not write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/i-am-not-a-chess-historian-i-myself-am-a-piece-of-chess-history-which/)

[Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/)

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