✳️ #Steinitz_chess_quotes_004
▪️ Wilhelm Steinitz
▪️ American-Austrian chess Master
▪️ The first undisputed World Chess Champion
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▪️ Wilhelm Steinitz
▪️ American-Austrian chess Master
▪️ The first undisputed World Chess Champion
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✳️ #about_Steinitz
▪️ Wilhelm Steinitz
▪️ American-Austrian chess Master
▪️ The first undisputed World Chess Champion
🔰 Wilhelm Steinitz 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.
🔘 Country: Kingdom of Bohemia (Austrian Empire)
United States
🔘 Born: May 17, 1836
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
🔘 Died: August 12, 1900 (aged 64)
New York City, New York, United States
🔘 World Champion: 1886–1894 (undisputed; with earlier dates debated)
🔰 The last of thirteen sons of a hardware retailer, he was born in Prague in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia within the Austrian Empire and which is now within the Czech republic. Like his father he was a Talmudic scholar, but then he left to study mathematics in the Vienna Polytechnic. He eventually dropped out of the Polytechnic to play chess professionally.
🔰 In 1853 Steinitz got to know Josef Popper, who later became known under the pseudonym Lynkeus as a writer and social reformer, but also as the author of technical treatises. ... With his help, Steinitz caught up in his studies in the 'Lesehalle der deutschen Studenten' (or 'reading room for German students').
🔰 In 1858 Steinitz went to Vienna to study Mathematics and worked as a journalist to finance his studies. But "since he could not meet the fees for his studies in this way and was having health problems with his lungs and eyes, Steinitz stopped his studies ut from time to time continued to attend lectures with his friend Popper ... Influenced by these, Steinitz later began to apply scientific principles to chess." (The Big Book of World Chess Championships)
🔰 Soon after, he played in the London tournament of 1862, and then settled in London for over twenty years, making his living at the London Chess Club. He emigrated to the USA in 1883, taking out US citizenship, living in New York for the rest of his life, and changing his first name to “William”.
♦️ A memorable game by Wilhelm Steinitz which named "The Royal Stroll" in chessgames.com site👇
🔸 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Louis Paulsen
🔸 Baden-Baden (1870), Baden-Baden GER, rd 13, Jul-30
🔸 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit Paulsen Defense (C25)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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▪️ Wilhelm Steinitz
▪️ American-Austrian chess Master
▪️ The first undisputed World Chess Champion
🔰 Wilhelm Steinitz 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.
🔘 Country: Kingdom of Bohemia (Austrian Empire)
United States
🔘 Born: May 17, 1836
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
🔘 Died: August 12, 1900 (aged 64)
New York City, New York, United States
🔘 World Champion: 1886–1894 (undisputed; with earlier dates debated)
🔰 The last of thirteen sons of a hardware retailer, he was born in Prague in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia within the Austrian Empire and which is now within the Czech republic. Like his father he was a Talmudic scholar, but then he left to study mathematics in the Vienna Polytechnic. He eventually dropped out of the Polytechnic to play chess professionally.
🔰 In 1853 Steinitz got to know Josef Popper, who later became known under the pseudonym Lynkeus as a writer and social reformer, but also as the author of technical treatises. ... With his help, Steinitz caught up in his studies in the 'Lesehalle der deutschen Studenten' (or 'reading room for German students').
🔰 In 1858 Steinitz went to Vienna to study Mathematics and worked as a journalist to finance his studies. But "since he could not meet the fees for his studies in this way and was having health problems with his lungs and eyes, Steinitz stopped his studies ut from time to time continued to attend lectures with his friend Popper ... Influenced by these, Steinitz later began to apply scientific principles to chess." (The Big Book of World Chess Championships)
🔰 Soon after, he played in the London tournament of 1862, and then settled in London for over twenty years, making his living at the London Chess Club. He emigrated to the USA in 1883, taking out US citizenship, living in New York for the rest of his life, and changing his first name to “William”.
♦️ A memorable game by Wilhelm Steinitz which named "The Royal Stroll" in chessgames.com site👇
🔸 Wilhelm Steinitz vs Louis Paulsen
🔸 Baden-Baden (1870), Baden-Baden GER, rd 13, Jul-30
🔸 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit Paulsen Defense (C25)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
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26. Nxe6!?
An interesting sacrifice by Kovalev.
26...Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Bd5 28. Nxd8 Bxc4 29. Nc6 Qd7 30. Rxc4 Re8 31.Nxb4 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 Rc8 33. Rc4 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Qc7 35. Bxa6 Qxa5 36. Bf1 =
With an equal game, although it seems that white's position is somewhat easier to play.
An interesting sacrifice by Kovalev.
26...Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Bd5 28. Nxd8 Bxc4 29. Nc6 Qd7 30. Rxc4 Re8 31.Nxb4 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 Rc8 33. Rc4 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Qc7 35. Bxa6 Qxa5 36. Bf1 =
With an equal game, although it seems that white's position is somewhat easier to play.
In the position, Kramnik played 21.Qxe1+?!, trusting that after 22.Qxe1 Bxd3 23.bxa5 his passed d-pawn will provide some winning chances. Wojtaszek got a passed a-pawn, but Kramnik's threat on the d-file forced him to look for perpetual checks. Eventually, the players agreed to a draw.
23...Rac8 24. Qe7 Ba6 25. c6 Re8 26. Qb4 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. h4 d3 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qd6 Re6 31. Qd7 Rf6 32. Qd4 h5=
23...Rac8 24. Qe7 Ba6 25. c6 Re8 26. Qb4 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. h4 d3 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Qd6 Re6 31. Qd7 Rf6 32. Qd4 h5=
12...h5!?
Preventing g2-g4 and securing the f5 square for the knight. Though Black has other good alternatives:
A) 12...Nf5 13.g4 Ne7
With the idea of ...h5, attacking the kingside.
B)12...Nc8
Intending Nb6-c4 and ...Rc8.
Preventing g2-g4 and securing the f5 square for the knight. Though Black has other good alternatives:
A) 12...Nf5 13.g4 Ne7
With the idea of ...h5, attacking the kingside.
B)12...Nc8
Intending Nb6-c4 and ...Rc8.
Black is about to play g4, winning the d-pawn after the knight retreats. At this point, it was necessary for Nisipeanu to look for a quick counterattack on the queenside, with 19.b4. The German played 19.Rc3? instead, and allowed his young opponent to take the pawn in the next two moves.
19... g4 20. Nd2 Ncxd4 21. Rec1 Rc8 22. Nf1 Rc6 23. Ng3 Ka8 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. b4 Rhc8 -+
19... g4 20. Nd2 Ncxd4 21. Rec1 Rc8 22. Nf1 Rc6 23. Ng3 Ka8 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. b4 Rhc8 -+
Giri 0-1 Kovalev! https://bit.ly/2L2Z7XY
Duda leads on 2.5/3 as Dortmund 2018 is about to cross the halfway mark.
Duda leads on 2.5/3 as Dortmund 2018 is about to cross the halfway mark.
Dortmund R3: 20-year-old Duda beats fellow countryman and defending champion Wojtaszek again to remain the sole leader and enter the world top 20!
12...Qb8
I felt the time still wasn't right for ...b5, so I carried on developing behind the lines. The text prepares to bring a rook to the c-file so that I can ease my cramped position with an exchange of rooks (Sadler).
13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Bb1 cxd4 15.Rxc8+ Qxc8 16.Nxd4 b5!
So here we have it: the standard QGA symmetrical pawn structure.
I felt the time still wasn't right for ...b5, so I carried on developing behind the lines. The text prepares to bring a rook to the c-file so that I can ease my cramped position with an exchange of rooks (Sadler).
13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Bb1 cxd4 15.Rxc8+ Qxc8 16.Nxd4 b5!
So here we have it: the standard QGA symmetrical pawn structure.