Wilhelm Steinitz

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

“Chess is intellectual gymnastics.”

“A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.”

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

“Chess is not for timid souls.”

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

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

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

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

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