The New York Times

WILLIAM STEINITZ DEAD; Chess Champion of the World Over Twenty Years. DEFEAT BROKE HIS SPIRIT Memorable Tournaments in Which Lasker Lowered His Proud Record -- His Sad Decline ...

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Washington Times

DAVID R. SANDS: Problematic chess results when a composer and a champion collide

They were champions in two very different realms of the game, so it was perhaps no great surprise that Wilhelm Steinitz and Sam Loyd enjoyed a not-so-friendly rivalry at times. The Austrian-born ...
The Forward

Champion of the Jewish National Game

Chess has sometimes been termed “the Jewish National Game” due to the extraordinary number of great Jewish grandmasters. One such was Wilhelm Steinitz, who ranked as first undisputed world chess ...
The New York Times

Chess Replay: You Versus Steinitz

Take on Wilhelm Steinitz in a recreation of a 4th World Championship game in Havana, 1892. Solve for the best series of moves. By Daniel Naroditsky See more of our coverage in your search ...
Indiatimes

Magnus Carlsen to feature in Steinitz Memorial Chess tourney

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) will be joining hands with Chess24.com to hold the first FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial tournament. The event is being held in memory of Wilhelm Steinitz (1836 ...