"The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca."
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The Chess Companion, (Faber & Faber, 1970).
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Irving Chernev
Irving Chernev (January 29, 1900 – September 29, 1981) was a prolific Russian-American chess author.
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