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Wilhelm Steinitz

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Wilhelm Steinitz

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Austrian-American chess player (1836–1900)

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Wilhelm Steinitz was a male chess player and chess composer born in Prague. He was educated at TU Wien and held citizenship in the United States, the Austrian Empire, and Cisleithania. Steinitz received the award of world chess champion and worked in the field of chess. He spoke and wrote in the English language.

He resided in New York City, where he died on August 12, 1900. His cause of death was a myocardial infarction, classified as natural causes. Steinitz is described by sources including Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, and the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich.

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Instance of
human
Given name
William
Family name
Steinitz
Gender
male
Citizenship
Cisleithania
Place of birth
Prague
Place of death
New York City
Educated at
TU Wien
Languages spoken
English language
Award
world chess champion
Field of work
chess
Sport
chess
Country for sport
Austria–Hungary
Image
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Residence
New York City
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Wilhelm Steinitz
date of birth
1837-05-18
date of death
1900-08-12
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Wilhelm Steinitz
writing language
English language
birth name
Wilhelm Steinitz
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Encyclopedic overview

William Steinitz (born Wilhelm Steinitz; May 14, 1836 – August 12, 1900) 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.

When discussing chess history from the 1850s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz could be effectively considered the champion from an earlier time, perhaps as early as 1866. Steinitz lost his title to Emanuel Lasker in 1894, and lost a rematch in 1896–97.

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