Wilhelm Steinitz
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He even has a chess set name after Him by jaques of London
https://chesscollectibles.com/product/jaques-standard-size-steinitz-chessmen/
"... As a young player in the early 1860s, Steinitz ... still largely played in the old combinational and direct romantic style ... Looking back on his career, Steinitz would insist that his result at Baden-Baden 1870 was a pivotal turning point in his chess development. ... From that point on, he considered that he must thoroughly review and overhaul his playing style and significantly deepen and extend his theoretical researches. ..." - IM Craig Pritchett (2011)
"... Wilhelm Steinitz, first world champion, almost single-handedly established the ground-rules for modern positional chess. ..." - IM Craig Pritchett (2011)
"... Generally considered to be the world's strongest player from around 1870 to the early 1890s, Steinitz was by far that era's most profound thinker. He approached chess in the main strategically, revolutionizing our understanding of position and approach to planning, ..." - IM Craig Pritchett (2011)
"... It was due to [Morphy's] principles of development that he had, in most cases, at the outset a better development than his opponent. As soon, however, as these principles of Morphy's had become the common property of all chess players it was difficult to wrest an advantage in an open game. ... the next problem with which players were confronted ... was to discover principles upon which close positions could be dealt with. To have discovered such principles, deeper and more numerous as they were than those relating to development in open positions, is due to Steinitz. ..." - Richard Reti (1923)
"... The analytical work of Steinitz extends over thirty years and is very valuable. In the Field, in the Tribune, in his publication International Chess Magazine and in his book Modern Chess Instructor, one may find his penetrating and profound analysis. The world did not comprehend how much Steinitz had given it ... the chess world did not understand Steinitz, neither his manner of play nor his written word which treated of his 'Modern School.' ... Now let us turn back to Steinitz and demonstrate his revolutionary achievement from his history and from his writings. ..." - Emanuel Lasker (~1925)
"... Steinitz ... started out as an all-out attacking player, as it was common at the time, but then went on to change his approach toward chess and became very positional. Positional, at that time, was very shocking to the rest of the chessplayers, and they actually considered his new way - his new style of playing as cowardly and controversial. It was only, later, his successor on the world champion's throne, Emanuel Lasker, who acknowledged the influence and the impact of the concepts Steinitz introduced. ..." - IM Anna Rudolf (2018)
https://www.chess.com/video/player/games-that-changed-chess-history-part-4
"... Underlying [Wilhem Steinitz’s Modern Chess Instructor] is Steinitz’s explanation – and fervent defense – of what he called the 'Modern School.' Its basic tenets: The ultimate objective of chess is to capture the opponent’s king but that should not be the primary goal. Attacks cannot defeat proper defense unless they are founded on some previously acquired positional superiority, such as better development, pawn structure or piece mobility. This was revolutionary at the time. ..." - GM Andy Soltis (2017)
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/59d531c4d2b8578104f5e06e/1507144136823/mciexcerpt.pdf
https://www.chess.com/blog/janwerle/finishing-touch-from-the-world-champions-2
https://www.chess.com/article/view/behold-steinitz-the-austrian-morphy
https://www.chess.com/article/view/steinitz-changes-the-chess-world
https://www.chess.com/article/view/steinitz-the-official-world-chess-champion
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What's the value of copying/pasting wiki's article?
A link would have been sufficient: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Steinitz
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