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How one brilliant Steinitz game reveals shocking chess tactics

Discover a brilliant chess game by Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Chess Champion, featuring sharp tactics, bold sacrifices ...
The New York Times

Chess Replay: You Versus Steinitz

Take on Wilhelm Steinitz in a recreation of a 4th World Championship game in Havana, 1892. Solve for the best series of moves. By Daniel Naroditsky See more of our coverage in your search ...
The Forward

Champion of the Jewish National Game

Chess has sometimes been termed “the Jewish National Game” due to the extraordinary number of great Jewish grandmasters. One such was Wilhelm Steinitz, who ranked as first undisputed world chess ...
The New York Times

It Takes a Lot of Skill and a Little Luck to Be a World Chess Champion

Here’s a look at some of the most important and memorable moments in the history of chess. By Daniel Naroditsky See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en ...
Washington Times

DAVID R. SANDS: Problematic chess results when a composer and a champion collide

They were champions in two very different realms of the game, so it was perhaps no great surprise that Wilhelm Steinitz and Sam Loyd enjoyed a not-so-friendly rivalry at times. The Austrian-born ...