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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.

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Max Euwe
Age: 80 †
Born: 1901
Born: May 20
Died: 1981
Died: November 26
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Amsterdam
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