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Wilhelm Steinitz was born the 12th May 1836, in the city of Prague.

Wilhelm Steinitz was World Champion from 1886 (defeated Zukertort) to 1894 (was defeated by Lasker).

Wilhelm Steinitz was one of the most influential chess players in the history of the game.

He helped develop the science of chess strategy, and he did far more to popularize chess through his tireless journalism than most people realize.

"...I cannot imagine anything that puts such a strain on all the vital organs - brain, heart, kidneys and liver - at once,as the excitement when playing chess..."

Wilhelm Steinitz died in 1900 in New York in poverty.

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