Euwe Quotes & Sayings

Cade seemed a little too sure of his conclusion from too little evidence. "Cade. If you knew something I didn't, you'd tell me, right?"
"I know a lot of things you don't, Zach. We don't have that kind of time. — Christopher Farnsworth

I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games. — Max Euwe

Has he some psychological antipathy to realism? I am no psychologist, and cannot say. The fact remains that Euwe commits the most inexplicable mistakes in thoroughly favorable positions, and that this weakness has consistently tarnished his record. — Hans Kmoch

A pointed illustration indeed of the old adage that "extremes meet". — Charlotte Bronte

Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which, I admit, are very good for the ordinary club player. But once you've reached a certain strength you get the impression that everything that Euwe writes is a lie. — Bent Larsen

The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life. — Lesley Nicol

People aren't just ants rushing around over a crust of bread. Every life, no matter how isolated, touches hundreds of others. It's up to us to decide if those micro connections are positive or negative. But whichever we decide, it does impact the ones we deal with. One word can give someone the strength they needed at that moment or it can shred them down to nothing. A single smile can turn a bad moment good. And one wrong outburst or word could be the tiny push that causes someone to slip over the edge into destruction. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most effacious way so as to clarify the position as desired is Capablanca's own. — Max Euwe

Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his make-up and can only be partially compensated by his employing his time allowance to the full. — Max Euwe

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable. — Winston Churchill

Blaire, i love you girl. To the moon and back. — Abbi Glines

Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of his worth. This cannot be done by mere acts of duty. It can be done only when spontaneous affections arise in the heart. — John Piper

The goal of Christian dating is not to have a boyfriend or girlfriend but to find a spouse. Have that in mind as you get to know one an- other, and if you're not ready to commit to a relationship with the end goal of marriage, it's better not to date but simply to remain friends. — Mark Driscoll

Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one. — Max Euwe

We can serve humanity with passionate commitment to our divine purpose. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict. — Max Euwe

We touch people's lives simply by existing. That is our privilege and our burden. — J.K. Rowling

Whoever 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

I'm theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, but I also have tremendous respect for my brothers and sisters in other Christian faiths. — Marco Rubio

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory. — Max Euwe

That's what sacrifice is - beauty and tragedy. It's pain and suffering for something or someone you love. And — M. Leighton

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 Euwe

Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at all. — Max Euwe

Capablanca 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 Euwe

Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post card — Max Euwe