In My Opinion, The King's

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.

Chess Demands Total Concentration

As Olafsson Showed Me, White Can Win... It's Hard To Believe. I Stayed Up All Night Analysing, Finally Convicing Myself, And, Incidentally, Learning A Lot About Rook And Pawn Endings In The Process.

The Turning Point In My Career Came With The Realization That Black Should Play To Win Instead Of Just Steering For Equality.

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.