They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.

When I win, I'll put my title on the line every year, maybe even twice. I'll give players a chance to beat me.

I don't care! I don't have to show anybody my games just because they're a big shot!

There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player

I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.

Yeah, there are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely, you know. That's what I don't like.

He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players set out to attack the King directly. Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.