"In order to defeat me, you have to beat me three times: in the opening,
in the middlegame, and again in the ending”
in the middlegame, and again in the ending”
Alexander ALEKHIN
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"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." |
Jose Raul Capablanca, World Champion 1921-1927 [More endgame quotes?] |