Answers.Body: <p>Only if your intuition is good enough:)</p>
  
  <p>You overlook the training and experience he had.  Emanuel Lasker said he did not memorize anything he can deduce.  </p>
  
  <p>From my playing over his games he was a quiet patient positional player who could mix it up if the situation forced him to do that. </p>
  
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Body: <p>I have heard that he plays intuitively(maybe based on themes), but can someone give an example?</p>
  
  <p>How did he manage to reach such heights despite his laziness for calculations? </p>
  
  <p>Doesn't that mean even a mediocre  player can reach great rankings if he just plays intuitively?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Maybe Capablanca could explain it to you. He did write a book. It is called *Chess Fundamentals*
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Comments.Text: He studied deeply when he was 12, and chess didn't change much during his lifetime.
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Title: Can someone explain the playing style of the great Jose Raul Capablanca?
ThreadText: # Can someone explain the playing style of the great Jose Raul Capablanca?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-30)
  
  I have heard that he plays intuitively(maybe based on themes), but can someone give an example?
  
  How did he manage to reach such heights despite his laziness for calculations?
  
  Doesn't that mean even a mediocre player can reach great rankings if he just plays intuitively?
  
  **Tags:** strategy, tactics, capablanca, capablanca-chess
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Maybe Capablanca could explain it to you. He did write a book. It is called *Chess Fundamentals*  
  > **username_2**: He studied deeply when he was 12, and chess didn't change much during his lifetime.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2020-05-31. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  Only if your intuition is good enough:)
  
  You overlook the training and experience he had. Emanuel Lasker said he did not memorize anything he can deduce.
  
  From my playing over his games he was a quiet patient positional player who could mix it up if the situation forced him to do that.
  
  
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