The revolutionary Wilhelm Steinitz
(1836-1900) considered himself to be in the vanguard of an emerging, late-19th
century 'Modern' school, which embraced a new, essentially scientific vitality
in its methods of research, analysis, evaluation, planning, experiment and even
belligerent fight. Steinitz, who dominated the chess world in
the shadow of a more directly attacking, openly tactical and combinative,
so-called...