“The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca.”
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Famous Irving Chernev Quotes
Source: 1000 best short games of chess: a treasury of masterpieces in miniature
“Every Chess master was once a beginner”
Source: Winning Chess: Reissue of the bestselling Irving Chernev instructional classic
“The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly”
Source: The chess companion: a merry collection of tales of chess and its players, together with a cornucopia of games, problems, epigrams & advice, topped off with the greatest game of chess ever played
Source: The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 masterly games of chess strategy
Source: The most instructive games of chess ever played