Steinitz

[ stahy-nits, shtahy- ]

noun

1. William Wilhelm Steinitz, 1836–1900, U.S. chess player, born in Austria-Hungary.

Steinitz

/ ˈʃtainɪts; ˈstaɪnɪts /

noun

1. SteinitzWilhelm18361900MUSCzechSPORT AND GAMES: chess player Wilhelm (ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1836–1900, US chess player, born in Prague; world champion (1866–94)

Example Sentences

The young mathematician would wrest the world chess title from Austria’s Wilhelm Steinitz in 1894 and hold the crown for a record 27 years before he was dethroned by Jose Raul Capablanca in 1921.

From Washington Times

A surgeon by trade, Pollock had a so-so tournament record, including an 11th place finish out of 20 in the famous 1889 American Chess Congress in New York to pick a challenger to titleholder Wilhelm Steinitz.

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More often, however, “it is everyday situations in which Jews are confronted with antisemitism,” Benjamin Steinitz, the head of RIAS, told reporters in Berlin.

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Bh6, Steinitz has managed to equalize with a very playable defense, only to throw it all away immediately: 18 … Qb6?!

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Steinitz and English star Joseph Henry Blackburne tied for first in the 12-player round-robin event, with Blackburne dealing Steinitz his only loss in the unique three-game mini-matches that constituted each round.

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