biography
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Steinitz, William
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originally Wilhelm Steinitz
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pronunciation:
[stiynits]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1836–1900)
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| biography:
| Chess player, born in Prague, Czech Republic. Playing from the age of 12, he dropped out of polytechnic at Vienna to devote himself to chess. From 1862 he settled in London as a professional, supplementing his income as chess editor of The Field. After emigrating to the USA (1883), he worked as a chess writer and editor, and beat Zukertort in the 1886 match organized to decide the first official championship of the world. He defended his title three times successfully, before losing it in 1894 to Lasker. A nervous breakdown followed, and he died in a New York mental institution. |
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