“With his death, we have lost a very great chess genius whose like we'll never see again.”
Quoted in: Edward G. Winter (1989) Capablanca: A Compendium of Games, Notes, Articles..., p. 307; on his great rival José Raúl Capablanca.
Alexandre Alekhine: 6 citations0 J'aime
Alexandre Alekhine: Citations en anglais
On the Zeitnot problem.
Source: Chess Life, Vol. 16-18, 1961. p. 113.
“I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.”
Attributed in: David Hooper, Kenneth Whyld (1996) The Oxford companion to chess. p. 8.
“Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.”
Quoted in: M. Yudovich, A. Kotov (2001) The Soviet School of Chess, p. 42.
Quoted in: Daniel James Brooks (2013) Poetics. Book 1, p. 72.
“It was impossible to win against Capablanca; against Alekhine it was impossible to play.”
Paul Keres, quoted in: Bruce Pandolfini (1992) Pandolfini's Chess Complete: The Most Comprehensive Guide. p. 208.
