Our pleasure, Joe! Glad it brought you joy!

Thaaank u!

Certainly capablanca was a great champion but with an insufferable ego.

@RaniaIsAwesome bro that’s why I love the phrase Alekhine’s gun. I’m pretty sure if I seen that beast heading my way I would think it would be a ratio of 10% bluff and 90% RUFF hahaha

Incredible!! Almost supernatural ....like watching three ghosts !

7 years later he died of a stroke. It was his second stroke. He was 53 years old. I don't think you would not think that as well as he looks in the video.

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iirc a movie was made in which Capa was in. I can't remember tho if it was a documentary or fiction.

VJ, Didn't Capablanca recommend beginning the study of chess by reviewing and understanding positions encountered during the end game?

@@dannygjk "chess fever" 1925 movie

@@dannygjk there also was cameos of Frank Marshal, Richard Reti, Carlos Torre Repetto, Frederick Yates, Ernst Grunfeld among others who played in tournament and acted as themselves

​​@@dannygjkthere's a Soviet movie made during thé Moscow's tournament. It's a burlesque fiction, very funny, featuring Capablanca : Chessmania.or Chess fever ( 1925l.

Who is Ewve supposed to be?

@@azzteke Max's dyslexic brother

ah, Alekhine had to give up smoking and drinking then won their rematch overwhelmingly, Euwe was just lucky on the first, even Capablanca said that here that Alekhine was stronger

@@corkystorky Although Alekhine also declined a rematch with Capablanca, so it's unclear if either of them should have stayed champion for very long.

Because it was scripted right?

No, Capablanca had a flabbergasting sight of board and could play very fast as attested by Manhattan chess club players. Therefore, he could find the right move that fast and Euwe’s reaction proves it was not scripted! Capablanca is exclusively known for his endgame skill and speed of playing according to Wilipedia!

@@kevinwellwrought2024 But there was a film camera there and he had to have agreed to appear on camera beforehand. Not saying you're wrong.

@RaniaIsAwesome 😂

Heel apart, inderdaad. Drie grootheden.

Dank je, Piet, voor de precieze datum ❤

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He did work as a diplomate and spent many years in the US

Alekhine modified his game against Capablanca, recognising that unsound attacks would have no chance. That aside, Capablanca was below his best in that match.

@@Straight_Talk of course Capa was past his prime.

@@Straight_Talk Historically he was in his prime, not below. The next few years he played just fine. You can argue and I'd agree with that, that he was in the end of his prime but to say that he was past it... no. Beyond that, computer analysis (these days, not ten years ago) shows that Alekhine was better. Capablanca has a large amount of games where although he won in the endgame he had a big advantage in the middlegame he lost. Now, beyond that, this debate (not ours, Capa's with Alekhine) reminds me of how people used to view martial arts (prior to MMA): I remember I was in a class and the teacher (who of course had a lot of meglomaniac self importance bs thoughts about himself) was talking about how his system of Karate is best. I asked him to demonstrate and after a few attempts where he told me what to do and I followed his orders to the letter and found myself at the losing end, he smiled thinking he just proved his superiority. I then said: "but this is because we are fighting YOUR system". Long story short - we then fought a free style fight in which I beat the living day lights out of him to a point he broke down and cried (yes I'm being serious). Conclusion... real life is everything, not just what you wanted it to be. In a closed setting where you disregard most things and leave only a few specific ones, yes, Capablanca was better. However, in real life where everything is at your disposal, Alekhine was better. That the idea of playing someone's weaknesses against them didn't work for Lasker against Capablanca doesn't mean that the idea itself is wrong. Alekhine was simply good enough to actually do it. Maybe in retrospect Capablanca can analyse a game till the end of time and realise some of the ideas were indeed "a bluff" but in a practical game that doesn't matter. It's the psychological knowledge, the understanding of pressure in conversion with the time at hand. That matters. Tal made a career with it. Nepo constantly bluffs (that is something he himself said), even Anand often referred to bluffs and how it's difficult because Carlsen doesn't fall for them but basically anyone and everyone else does. BTW, you can also claim Alekhine wasn't in his prime and worst of all... you can easily claim Alekhine was never in his prime because he started playing chess when he was 17 and only played his first serious tournament at 19. Had he started at 4 he'd probably be much much much better than he ever was. I used to be stuck on 1800 for several years. Then something clicked and I started to understand profiling and psychology and in one year my rating surpassed 2300. Anyway... you can debate on who was what and when but the reality is Alekhine beat Capablanca in literally every aspect of the game. To ignore that will be deluded. He beat him in tactical combinations, he beat him in strategy, he beat him in preparation, he beat him in middlegame complexes, he beat him in endgame complexes (which is where Capablanca himself though he will have an advantage over Alekhine and was evidently very wrong), he beat him in opening ideas, he beat him in novelties. To look at all of it (in their match) and ignore it is crazy.

@@c2c001 I didn't bother reading most of your book. Suffice it to say, virtually all great chess players, including Lasker (who played both Capa and Alekhine), Fischer and Kasparov, place Capa well ahead of Alekhine. Further, in OMGP, Kasparov said Capa was at his prime in 1916-18, BEFORE he became World Champion.

Well, Euwe had a life 😉

The presenter (han Hollander) said he didn't see any move to win anymore. Euwe then said if he touched the queen he should place a move with it. The presenter then told him he just wanted to polish the piece.

The last part is about the upcoming match. Euwe says he doesn't quite know how to predict the match as sometimes he thinks he will have the edge but other times he thinks he is too unpredictable himself.

@@LPRD, thank you 👍🏼👌🏼

He spent many decades all over the world and was exposed to English speakers since he was a child. 😊 Officially he was a diplomat.

lol the truth hurts😆😆

Being 20% bluff is not something bad, the way I interpret bluffs in chess is more like "Might not be the best move but might confuse or challenge my opponent". Capablanca liked to play in his comfort zone so I kinda understand his interpretation of "bluff" by being just "risky", which in fact, Alekhine took a more risky approach to chess.

I agree. When you look Carlsen's personality, his dress or hair, his poor form of talking , not possible to compare with the class of gentlemen grandmasters of that time. But Capablanca telling that Alekhine's play is bluff, I don't believe it.

Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like your opinion, man.

@@p.jhodeflea789 Carlsen is the Antichrist of chess. An extremely ill-mannered brat dedicating his life to the destruction of the noble game. To think the youngsters revere him is beyond me. But then again, in a normal world, the Botez sisters would sell perfumes for 1300 CAD/month. In ours, they are millionaires, thanks to a game they have no talent whatsoever for...

@@earlmyers2874 It's "maaaaaaan" 😋