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Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?

Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?

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

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

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: Chess is not for timid souls.

Chess is not for timid souls.

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

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

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game

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

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.

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

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror.

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

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.

When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

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

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

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

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

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.

Wilhelm Steinitz quotes: I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!

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