Wilhelm Steinitz
1836 to 1900
7 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Wilhelm Steinitz across 6 places, from 1836 to 1896. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
William Steinitz (born Wilhelm Steinitz; May 14, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Wilhelm Steinitz was documented, and when
14 May 1836exact date
Bohemiaattested
“Steinitz was born on May 14, 1836, in the Jewish ghetto of Prague (now capital of the Czech Republic; then in Bohemia, a part of the Austrian Empire).”
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1857year
Vienna University of Technologyattested
“After studying Talmud in his youth, he began playing serious chess in his twenties, after leaving Prague in 1857 to study mathematics at the Vienna Polytechnic.”
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1873 to 1889period
New York (state)attested
“During his nine-year layoff from tournament play (1873–1882) and later in his career, Steinitz used his chess writings to present his theories – while in the UK he wrote for The Field; in 1885 after moving to New York he founded the "Int…”
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1883year
New York (state)attested
“In 1883, shortly after the London tournament, Steinitz decided to leave England and moved to New York City, where he lived for the rest of his life.”
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1883year
New York Cityattested
“In 1883, shortly after the London tournament, Steinitz decided to leave England and moved to New York City, where he lived for the rest of his life.”
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1895year
Russiaattested
“But after having carefully considered the subject in all its bearings, I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die yet nor to lose the match." At a joint simultaneous display in Russia around the time of the 1895–96 Saint Pe…”
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November 1896month
Moscowattested
“In November 1896 to January 1897 Steinitz played a return match with Lasker in Moscow, but won only 2 games, drawing 5, and losing 10.”
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Places Wilhelm Steinitz is documented in
New York (state)2 presences · 1873 to 1883Bohemia1 presence · 1836Moscow1 presence · 1896New York City1 presence · 1883Russia1 presence · 1895
Vienna University of Technology1 presence · 1857
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1851 to 1866period
Londonmentioned
“These successes established Steinitz as one of the world's top players, and he was able to arrange a match in 1866 in London against Adolf Anderssen, who was regarded as the world's strongest active player because he had won the 1851 and…”
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1862year
Londonmentioned
“Steinitz was then sent to represent Austria in the London 1862 chess tournament.”
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March 1863month
Londonmentioned
“This charge up the rankings had a price: in March 1863 Steinitz apologized in a letter to Ignác Kolisch for not repaying a loan, because while Steinitz had been beating Blackburne, Daniel Harrwitz had "taken over" all of Steinitz's clien…”
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1866 to 1894period
Parismentioned
“Between his victory over Anderssen (1866) and his loss to Emanuel Lasker (1894), Steinitz won all his "normal" matches, sometimes by wide margins; and his worst tournament performance in that 28-year period was third place in Paris (1867).”
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1867year
Dundeementioned
“In the next few years he took: third place at Paris 1867 behind Ignatz Kolisch and Simon Winawer; and second place at Dundee (1867; Gustav Neumann won), and Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament; behind Anderssen but ahead of Blackburne, Lou…”
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1867year
Parismentioned
“In the next few years he took: third place at Paris 1867 behind Ignatz Kolisch and Simon Winawer; and second place at Dundee (1867; Gustav Neumann won), and Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament; behind Anderssen but ahead of Blackburne, Lou…”
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1873year
Viennamentioned
“But in the Vienna 1873 chess tournament, Steinitz unveiled a new "positional" style of play which was to become the basis of modern chess.”
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1873 to 1882period
Londonmentioned
“He was an experimenter and pointed out that chess obeys laws that should be considered." Steinitz was the main chess correspondent of The Field (in London) from 1873 to 1882, and used this to present his ideas about chess strategy.”
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1882year
Viennamentioned
“Steinitz returned to serious competitive chess in the Vienna 1882 chess tournament, which has been described as the strongest chess tournament of all time at that point.”
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December 1882month
United Statesmentioned
“Steinitz visited the United States, mainly the Philadelphia area, from December 1882 to May 1883.”
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1885 to 1891period
New York (state)mentioned
“In 1885 he founded the International Chess Magazine in New York City and edited it until 1891.”
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1885 to 1891period
New York Citymentioned
“In 1885 he founded the International Chess Magazine in New York City and edited it until 1891.”
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1886year
New York (state)mentioned
“Eventually it was agreed that in 1886 Steinitz and Zukertort would play a match in New York, St.”
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23 November 1888exact date
New York (state)mentioned
“He became a US citizen on November 23, 1888, having resided for five years in New York, and changed his first name from Wilhelm to William.”
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1889year
February 1889month
1890year
1892year
1894year
1894year
1894year
1895year
1896 to 1899period
1896 to 1899period
Documented at the same place, the same year
Sigmund FreudVienna · 1857Otto WagnerVienna · 1857Sergei RachmaninoffRussia · 1895Ludwig MinkusRussia · 1895Georgi DimitrovMoscow · 1896Leoš JanáčekMoscow · 1896Mikhail VrubelMoscow · 1896Sergei BulgakovMoscow · 1896
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