Wilhelm Steinitz
Austrian-American chess player (1836–1900)
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Steinitz held the first official World Chess Championship title from 1886 to 1894 and spent a lifetime reshaping how the game was understood through his theoretical writings.
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William Steinitz was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player. From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess Champion. He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician.
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