36 Quotes by Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.

Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?

I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!

Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game

I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will not write about myself, but I am sure that someone will write...

I shall accord to myself the honor of inscribing myself as an applicant for the American citizenship which according to law I can obtain only after five years residence in this country. And I shall yield to no one of my future countrymen in patriotism. I consider America now my real home.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game.

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.

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.