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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…
• Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could…
• 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 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient…
• Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness…
• Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation
• Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home…
• Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess…
• Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
• Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at…

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