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Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

~Wilhelm Steinitz

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

~Wilhelm Steinitz

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Chess is not for timid souls.

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

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

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

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

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

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A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Celebrity

Born: May 17th, 1836

Died: August 12th, 1900

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