Wilhelm Steinitz Quotes

I play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making 'Andromeda.'

Having marshalled the men in battle order, as shown in the first diagram, you will observe that each party has two ranks of men, on the first of which stand the superior Pieces, and on the next the eight Pawns.

Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.

Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game

In chess there can never be a favorite move. I can probably pinpoint in a specific game, there might be a move that was like, "Oh, that was a good move." And maybe certain moves turned the whole game around, but there's not one special move that does that, unless it's checkmate because that's when the game is over.

He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players set out to attack the King directly. Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.

Chess is one long regret.

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner.

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

We were like bishops of opposite color.

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other.

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.

Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.

Chess is mental torture.

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son.

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

I'm a pretty good chess player.

Chess is a thinking person's game. But you don't have to be smart to know what's funny! Lots of check, mate!

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

The authority of a king is the keystone which closeth up the arch of order and government

I love the chess game that I do on 'Suits.' I just love every bit of it and that I get to do it.

With chess it was almost this palpable electricity that I felt. You're totally in control of your own fate. There's no luck factor. It's you and the pieces.