Wilhelm Steinitz
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Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian chess player widely regarded as the first official World Chess Champion and a pioneer of modern positional play.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Chess Champion
ⓘ
chess player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austrian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1836-05-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1900-08-12 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | historical chess literature ⓘ |
| endTime | 1894 (as World Chess Champion) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Steinitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | chess theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Wilhelm ⓘ |
| influenced |
Emanuel Lasker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
José Raúl Capablanca NERFINISHED ⓘ modern positional chess theory ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
developed systematic theory of positional play
ⓘ
first official World Chess Champion ⓘ held World Chess Championship title from 1886 to 1894 ⓘ pioneer of modern positional chess ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Modern Chess Instructor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
chess player
ⓘ
chess writer ⓘ |
| opponent |
Adolf Anderssen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emanuel Lasker NERFINISHED ⓘ Johannes Zukertort NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Henry Blackburne NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Paulsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Chigorin NERFINISHED ⓘ Szymon Winawer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ Vienna ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | chess ⓘ |
| startTime | 1886 (as World Chess Champion) ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | positional play ⓘ |
| titleHeld | World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldChampionTitle | World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Emanuel Lasker