A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.
Wilhelm Steinitz

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

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is not for timid souls.
Wilhelm Steinitz

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

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

I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
Wilhelm Steinitz

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

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

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