The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient flexibility to adapt itself to altered circumstances.
Max EuweCapablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of end-games and other simple positions which respond to technique rather than to imagination.
Max EuweWhoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player
Max Euwe