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This is stupid. Capablanca explained exactly why he advocated studying endgames, and it had nothing to do with availability of material.
“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”
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“One never quite allows for the moron in our midst.”
― The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
― The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
“Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a
different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.”
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different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.”
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“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
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My comment quite clearly was not about the validity (or lack thereof) of Capablanca's advise.
The author of this book claims "Had there been good b…