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Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian and later American chess master, and the first undisputed World Chess Champion, from 1886 to 1894. He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician.

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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.

Accord, Country, Home, Honor, Patriotism, Real

I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die soon or to lose the match!

America, Die, Live, Mean, Winning

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

Game, Games, Kings, Moved, Queen, Queens

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.

Automaton, Boards, Concerned, Fully, Opponents, Personality

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

Chess, Initiative, Player, Right, Strategy

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

Adverse, Chess Game, Games, King, Kings, Ultimate

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings

Chess, Defence, Dullest, French, Openings, Playing Chess

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

Board, Fighting, King, Kings, Play

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

Chess, Gymnastics, Intellectual

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

Already, Chess, Fame, Money, Needs

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

Absorbs, Games, Reflection, Slavery, Success, Zealous

Chess is not for timid souls.

Chess, Soul, Souls, Timid

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

Chess Pieces, Fighting, King, Kings, Piece, Use

I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.

Bite, Hand, Hands, Lion, Lions, Mouths

The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player with the better position runs the risk of losing it.

Losing, Player, Risk, Running, Runs, Systematically

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror

Artistic, Chess, Combination, Horror, Showy, Winning

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