French Defence Quotes by Wilhelm Steinitz

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Wilhelm Steinitz has 24 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
• Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game.
• A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror
• Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack
• A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it
• Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game
• I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings
• The King is a fighting piece. Use it!
• Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?
• In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.
• Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.
• Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.

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