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The Godfather of Chess: Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz | World Champion, 1st Jew, Bohemian - Britannica.
Wilhelm Steinitz: A short tribute
"Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player
is capable of having an evil thought during the game."
Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz: A short biography
Wilhelm Steinitz was born on 17th May in Prague into a poor Jewish family as the ninth of 13 children.
In his recently published Big Book of World Chess Championships ChessBase editor André Schulz details Steinitz's family background:
"His father was a tailor and a teacher of the Talmud, ...
his mother Anna Steinitz, née Torschowa.
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... Steinitz' four younger siblings died in childhood, as did two older siblings. Steinitz himself was born with a club foot and all his life required the aid of a crutch. Steinitz was small in stature, no taller than 1.50 metres.
Wilhelm steinitz biography of albert
... Steinitz learned chess at the age of 12 from a friend of his father, or according to other sources from a school friend. He is supposed to have carved his first c