Wilhelm Steinitz
✶May 14, 1836
†August 12, 1900
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✶May 14, 1836
†August 12, 1900
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William Steinitz was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player. From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess Champion. He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician.
Austrian-American chess player (1836–1900)
Biography from the article Wilhelm Steinitz on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.