Endgame #1

[00:00.26] 1866, Wilhelm Steinitz
[00:04.75] 1894, Emanuel Lasker
[00:07.89] How straightforward the game
[00:10.80] When one has trust in one's player! (1921, José Capablanca)
[00:16.43] And how great the relief
[00:19.30] Working for one who believes in
[00:22.67] Loyalty, heritage
[00:24.79] True to his kind come what may (1927, Alex Alkehine)
[00:30.57] How straightforward the game (1935, Euwe)
[00:33.19] When one is free from distraction (1948, Mikhail Botvinnik)
[00:39.25] When your only concern
[00:42.01] Is laid out so clearly before you
[00:45.52] 64 squares, they're the reason you know exist (1957, Vasily Smylov)
[00:53.80] It's the weak who accept (1960, Tal)
[00:56.61] Tawdry untruths about freedom (1963, Tigran Petrosian)
[01:02.43] Prostituting themselves
[01:05.50] Chasing a spurious starlight
[01:08.73] Trinkets in airports
[01:10.86] Sufficient to lead them astray (1969, Boris Spassky)
[01:16.81] Does the player exist (1972)
[01:19.73] In any human endeavor? (Bobby Fischer — 1975, Anatonly Karpov)
[01:25.72] Who's been known to resist
[01:28.65] Sirens of fame and possessions?
[01:31.73] They will destroy you, not rivals, not age, not success (1956, Budapest is rising)
[01:41.27] 1956, Budapest is fighting
[01:45.61] 1956, Budapest is falling
[01:50.69] 1956, Budapest is dying
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