I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
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… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
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… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
