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Chess is not for timid souls.

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess, Souls, Timid

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Intellectual, Chess, Gymnastics

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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Horror, However, Unsound, Fills

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Best, Sacrifice, Accepting

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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Initiative, Right, Only, Attack

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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Otherwise, Advantage, Attack

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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Game, Chess, Having, Inspiring

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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

My Life, Never, Which, Defence

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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Game, Thought, Having, Capable

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

- Wilhelm Steinitz

Money, Now, Need, Famous

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