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> [The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient flexibility to adapt itself to altered circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/the-chess-machine-by-which-admiring-title-he-had-been-known-revealed/)

[Max Euwe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-euwe/)

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## More by Max Euwe

> [Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/poor-capablanca-thou-wert-a-brilliant-technician-but-no-philosopher/)

[Max Euwe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-euwe/)

> [Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/strategy-requires-thought-tactics-require-observation/)

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> [Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/chess-is-a-sport-the-main-object-in-the-game-of-chess-remains-the/)

[Max Euwe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-euwe/)

> [I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/i-honestly-feel-very-humble-when-i-study-capablanca-s-games/)

[Max Euwe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-euwe/)

> [Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/capablanca-plays-very-superficially-sometimes-in-a-way-that-can-only/)

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> [The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/the-essence-of-capablanca-s-greatness-is-his-rare-talent-for-avoiding/)

[Max Euwe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-euwe/)

> [Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/whoever-sees-no-other-aim-in-the-game-than-that-of-giving-checkmate/)

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> [Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of end-games and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/capablanca-did-not-apply-himself-to-opening-theory-in-which-he-never/)

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> [The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient flexibility to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/the-chess-machine-by-which-admiring-title-he-had-been-known-revealed/)

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> [He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/he-can-be-regarded-as-the-great-master-of-simplification-the-art-of/)

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> [Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/alekhine-is-a-poet-who-creates-a-work-of-art-out-of-something-that/)

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> [Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-euwe/alekhine-s-real-genius-is-in-the-preparation-and-construction-of-a/)

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