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Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz

🇦🇹 ATBorn 1836

Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian-American chess master and the first official World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1886 to 1894. He invented positional chess — and at Hastings 1895 proved he could still attack like the Romantics he dethroned.

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Steinitz
Bardeleben

Steinitz vs von Bardeleben

Hastings tournament · 1895.08.17
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