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Wilhelm Steinitz, an Uncommon card
William Steinitz was a Bohemian-Austrian, and later American, chess player.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 68,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Wilhelm Steinitz quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wilhelm Steinitz card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess ______.
Answer
Champion. From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess Champion. From the Wilhelm Steinitz article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance 96 · Brendon Hartley 91 · Wilhelm Steinitz 84 · Red Grange 81 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- From 1886 to 1894, he was the first World Chess Champion.
- He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician.
- When discussing chess history from the 1850s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz could be effectively considered the champion from an earlier time, perhaps as early as 1866.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wilhelm Steinitz article was read about 68,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Wilhelm Steinitz
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The cards just above and just below Wilhelm Steinitz in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Antimicrobial resistanceUncommon · Nature · ATK 96 DEF 85
- Bud PowellUncommon · Arts · ATK 81 DEF 100
- Burning of SmyrnaUncommon · History · ATK 84 DEF 97
- Kenneth ClarkUncommon · Science · ATK 81 DEF 100
- AscalonUncommon · History · ATK 85 DEF 96
- Brendon HartleyUncommon · Society · ATK 91 DEF 90
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wilhelm Steinitz (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Schumann, Fritz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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