Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was a unique beauty of genuine depth.

Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all.

In short, we can see Karpov as an exploiter of other people’s ideas. His ability to use these ideas is not at issue, but he himself is about as fertile as a woman who has been sterilized is.

If Tal would learn to program himself properly, then it would become quite impossible to play against him.

Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made him invincible.

There is no better place for learning to work independently and to extend your horizon than in higher school.

Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.