Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz

male, deceased (1900)
English, Jewish, chessstrategy, World Chess Championship, From Prague, American…World Chess Champion, chess player
Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836, Prague-August 12, 1900, New York) was an Austrian-English-American chess player and the first...

Abu-Bakr Muhammad Ben Yahya As-Suli

male, deceased (946)
chess player, chess opening, chess, basra, Shi'a Muslim, arab…blindfold chess, chessstrategy
Abu-Bakr Muhammad ben Yahya as-Suli (c. 880 - 946) was an Arab shatranj (an ancestor of chess) player who came to prominence sometime in between...