Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.
Wilhelm SteinitzThe king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.
Wilhelm SteinitzNo great player blundered oftener than I done. I was champion of the world for twenty-eight years because I was twenty years ahead of my time. I played on certain principles, which neither Zukertort nor anyone else of his time understood. The players of today, such as Lasker, Tarrasch, Pillsbury, Schlechter and others have adopted my principles, and as is only natural, they have improved upon what I began, and that is the whole secret of the matter.
Wilhelm Steinitz