9 Apr
2016
9 Apr
'16
7:49 a.m.
Nah, couldn't have been Capablanca, since Lasker had played him several times before 1921 and would have recognized him. —Dan
On Apr 9, 2016, at 5:21 AM, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
P.S. Capa, right?
Probably apocryphal (Hans?), but the story I heard was that, en route to his 1921 Havana defeat, a fellow passenger found him analyzing a position and, unsuspecting, introduced himself as president of his local chess club. And then beat Lasker in game. "This piece here, how do you call it?" "The queen." "Do you mind if I play without it? It is impairing my mobility." [You can guess the rest.]