--- title: "26 Wilhelm Steinitz Quotes - Famous Chess player (Literary Steinitz Gambit)" description: "William Steinitz was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player. From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess Champion. He was also a high..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b102/author-wilhelm-steinitz-23501.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b102/author-wilhelm-steinitz-23501.jpg) # Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900) Chess Player Cisleithania **26** quotes in **142** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Wilhelm Steinitz was a chess player from Cisleithania, best known for *Literary Steinitz Gambit*. ## Quick Facts About Wilhelm Steinitz Born May 17, 1836 Died August 12, 1900 Nationality Cisleithania Profession Chess Player Notable works Literary Steinitz Gambit Spouse Elisabeth Wiebel ## About Wilhelm Steinitz William Steinitz was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player. From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess Champion. He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician. ## Awards & Honors world chess champion ## Quotes by 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/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_chess-is-not-for-timid-souls-1293966_1293966.png) > [A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/a-sacrifice-is-best-refuted-by-accepting-it/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_accepting_a-sacrifice-is-best-refuted-by-accepting_1771075.png) > [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/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_the-king-is-a-fighting-piece-use-it-2383_23836.png) > [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/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_have-you-ever-seen-a-monkey-examining-a_803445.png) > [Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/fame-i-have-already-now-i-need-the-money/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Fame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fame/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_fame_fame-i-have-already-now-i-need-the-money_1610793.png) > [Chess is intellectual gymnastics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/chess-is-intellectual-gymnastics/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_chess-is-intellectual-gymnastics-559205_559205.png) > [I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/i-play-my-king-all-over-the-board-i-make-him-fight/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_boards_i-play-my-king-all-over-the-board-i-make_3166408.png) > [Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/capture-of-the-adverse-king-is-the-ultimate-but-not-the-first-object/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_adverse_capture-of-the-adverse-king-is-the-ultim_2141648.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_believe_i-do-not-believe-a-good-player-is-capabl_1133134.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_attack_only-the-player-with-the-initiative-has_369212.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/967/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_adverse_in-the-ending-the-king-is-a-powerful-pie_187134.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_bite_i-may-be-an-old-lion-but-i-can-still-bit_333419.png) > [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/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_chess-is-difficult-it-demands-work-serio_795598.png) > [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/) [Advantage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_advantage_when-you-have-an-advantage-you-are-oblig_632728.png) > [The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/the-king-pawn-and-the-queen-pawn-are-the-only-ones-to-be-moved-in-the/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_the-king-pawn-and-the-queen-pawn-are-the_1692943.png) > [I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/i-am-fully-and-entirely-concentrated-on-the-board-i-never-even/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Abstraction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstraction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_abstraction_i-am-fully-and-entirely-concentrated-on_2482022.png) > [I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in…](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/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_america_i-would-rather-die-in-america-than-live_1204471.png) > [I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will…](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/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_i-am-not-a-chess-historian-i-myself-am-a_1347041.jpg) > [Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_bottom_chess-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted-it-ab_472868.png) > [The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/the-task-of-the-positional-player-is-systematically-to-accumulate/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Advantage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_advantage_the-task-of-the-positional-player-is-sys_2974417.jpg) > [I shall accord to myself the honor of inscribing myself as an applicant for the American citizenship which according to law I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/i-shall-accord-to-myself-the-honor-of-inscribing-myself-as-an/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_accord_i-shall-accord-to-myself-the-honor-of-in_1477334.png) > [No great player blundered oftener than I done. I was champion of the world for twenty-eight years because I was twenty years…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_adopted_no-great-player-blundered-oftener-than-i_665661.png) > [Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/unfortunately-many-regard-the-critic-as-an-enemy-instead-of-seeing/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_unfortunately-many-regard-the-critic-as_2448944.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_believe_chess-is-so-inspiring-that-i-do-not-beli_781187.png) > [A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/a-win-by-an-unsound-combination-however-showy-fills-me-with-artistic/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_art_a-win-by-an-unsound-combination-however_1745407.png) > [I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/i-have-never-in-my-life-played-the-french-defence-which-is-the/) [Wilhelm Steinitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/) [Chess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_i-have-never-in-my-life-played-the-frenc_2427445.png) ## Wilhelm Steinitz by topic [Chess (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess/wilhelm-steinitz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-steinitz/#itemlist", "name": "Wilhelm Steinitz Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Chess is not for timid souls.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wilhelm Steinitz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/chess-is-not-for-timid-souls/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_chess-is-not-for-timid-souls-1293966_1293966.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_chess-is-not-for-timid-souls-1293966_1293966.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_chess_chess-is-not-for-timid-souls-1293966_1293966.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Chess is not for timid souls.” — Wilhelm Steinitz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wilhelm Steinitz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-steinitz/a-sacrifice-is-best-refuted-by-accepting-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_accepting_a-sacrifice-is-best-refuted-by-accepting_1771075.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_accepting_a-sacrifice-is-best-refuted-by-accepting_1771075.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/wilhelm-steinitz-23501_accepting_a-sacrifice-is-best-refuted-by-accepting_1771075.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it” — Wilhelm Steinitz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The King is a fighting piece. 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