Thanks for your commentary and posts. I think I would have liked Capablanca in person. He rarely embarrasses opponents, he simplifies in a winning position and makes it seem close.
As far as I know he was a bit of a d-bag. He liked to talk about himself and act like he was greater than Alekhine and Lasker yet he had a gift and wasn’t special individually. It’s like if you, me, and someone else are the richest 3 in the area, and you and the other guy worked 20 years to get so much wealth, but I accidentally stumble upon a rare diamond and act like you guys aren’t on my level. For someone with such a blessing, he wasn’t very wholesome....
He was a great player but I heard one story which makes me doubt your statement. Apparently he was paired against an English master named Yates in a tournament and considered it an easy point. He came to the Board dressed for a tennis game afterwards. He did beat Yates but after a 100 moves long after his tennis game. Yates said something like “Enjoy your tennis game”.
Great video as always. Capablanca was more interested in baseball than chess in his late teenage years because he knew that gave him the best chances of getting laid with the most beautiful girls in New York of the first decade of the twentieth century. Smart guy!
Your commentary is first class. Very well done videos. Love it!
That was an impressive endgame by JRC. Thanks a lot for this video...
Great Video and Great Channel
I'm especially enjoying your longer videos
Thanks for your commentary and posts. I think I would have liked Capablanca in person. He rarely embarrasses opponents, he simplifies in a winning position and makes it seem close.
As far as I know he was a bit of a d-bag. He liked to talk about himself and act like he was greater than Alekhine and Lasker yet he had a gift and wasn’t special individually. It’s like if you, me, and someone else are the richest 3 in the area, and you and the other guy worked 20 years to get so much wealth, but I accidentally stumble upon a rare diamond and act like you guys aren’t on my level. For someone with such a blessing, he wasn’t very wholesome....
He was a great player but I heard one story which makes me doubt your statement. Apparently he was paired against an English master named Yates in a tournament and considered it an easy point. He came to the Board dressed for a tennis game afterwards. He did beat Yates but after a 100 moves long after his tennis game. Yates said something like “Enjoy your tennis game”.
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He’s an endgame specialist. Thanks
Great game! Anyway, George Northrup was no mean opponent.
Nice vedio
Please note the pawn on g6, with the Black pawn in front of it on g7, was not a “passed” pawn.
My three favourite players are Casablanca, Morphy and Tal
And fisher because tal wasn,t accurate like fisher
@@keromounir7260 But I stated that these were my favourite players, not the best players
@@keromounir7260 But I stated quite categorically that these three were my favourite players, my opinion was not based on merit
Great video as always. Capablanca was more interested in baseball than chess in his late teenage years because he knew that gave him the best chances of getting laid with the most beautiful girls in New York of the first decade of the twentieth century. Smart guy!
After E5 by Black RxBch KxR QF3ch looks quicker ie KG8 QH5 QE6 RF1 and there is no defense to QH7mate