CHESS PLAYER

Wilhelm Steinitz

1836 - 1900

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Steinitz has received more than 829,201 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Wilhelm Steinitz is the 2nd most popular chess player, the 20th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Czech Chess Player.

Wilhelm Steinitz is most famous for being the first world chess champion. He defeated Johannes Zukertort in 1886 to become the first world champion, and defended his title against all comers until 1894.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Wilhelm Steinitz ranks 2 out of 461. Before him are Bobby Fischer. After him are José Raúl Capablanca, Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Boris Spassky, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, and Garry Kasparov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Wilhelm Steinitz ranks 2. Before him is Ramakrishna. After him are Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Léo Delibes, Sophia of Nassau, Ferdinand Cheval, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sakamoto Ryōma, Marie Henriette of Austria, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. Among people deceased in 1900, Wilhelm Steinitz ranks 5. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, Gottlieb Daimler, and Max Müller. After him are Umberto I of Italy, Ivan Aivazovsky, Robert Luther, John Ruskin, Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Wilhelm Steinitz ranks 20 out of 1,200. Before him are Edmund Husserl (1859), Jan Žižka (1360), Alphonse Mucha (1860), Ferdinand Porsche (1875), John of Nepomuk (1350), and Karel Čapek (1890). After him are Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), Kurt Gödel (1906), Joseph Schumpeter (1883), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Ernst Mach (1838), and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Czechia

Among chess players born in Czechia, Wilhelm Steinitz ranks 1. After him are Vlastimil Hort (1944), Rudolf Charousek (1873), Luděk Pachman (1924), Ernst Falkbeer (1819), Miroslav Filip (1928), Lubomir Kavalek (1943), Jana Bellin (1947), and David Navara (1985).

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