ChessBase Master Class: Understanding Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Champion was far ahead of his time. A new ChessBase Master Class explores Wilhelm Steinitz as a theoretician, practitioner, and driving force of ideas – and shows why his concepts continue to resonate today. Harry Schaack, Editor-in-Chief of the German chess magazine “Karl”, has taken a close look at the course and explains in the current issue why Steinitz still provokes, inspires, and surprises.