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Capablanca Quotes by Max Euwe
- 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 other…
- Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than…
- The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.
- He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most effacious…
- Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his make-up…
More Capablanca Quotes
- Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of… — Max Euwe
- Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that… — Alexander Alekhine
- Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of… — Alexander Alekhine
- Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the… — Unknown Author
- I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer… — Alexander Kotov
- The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this… — Anatoly Karpov
- When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who… — Bobby Fischer
- But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed was true,… — Bobby Fischer