“Place the contents of the chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height of two feet, and you get the style of my opponent.”

About Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess Player • Austrian-American

Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian and later American chess player, and the first official World Chess Champion from 1886 to 1894. He was a hugely influential figure in the development of chess strategy, moving the game...