Answers.Body: <p>This is a quote by Emanuel Lasker. I found the source to be
  <a href="https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Adventure_of_Chess/o0RaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;bsq=%22I%20can%20checkmate+him%22&amp;printsec=frontcover" rel="noreferrer">The Adventure of Chess</a>, a 1950 book published by Edward Lasker. The quote given is:</p>
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  <p>In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In chess, if anybody claims he is better than I, I can checkmate him</p>
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  <p>Edward says Emanuel once told him this.</p>
  
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Body: <p>My memory tells me that this quote:</p>
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  <p>Whenever someone says that he is better than me, I checkmate him</p>
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  <p>is from Capablanca. But I haven't been able to find it. So maybe it isn't from him or that quote never existed.</p>
  <p>Do you know this or a very similar quote like this one and who said it?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: According to a quick google and a facebook site it was Lasker saying "In chess, if anybody claims he is better than I, I can checkmate him" But I can't find a reliable source - and both forms may be a translation of the original German (which I don't speak). If it was said it sounds more like Lasker to me.
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Comments.Text: I tried too, no chance with some random backtranslations and googling...
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Title: Who is this quote from?
ThreadText: # Who is this quote from?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-11-24)
  
  My memory tells me that this quote:
  
  > Whenever someone says that he is better than me, I checkmate him
  
  is from Capablanca. But I haven't been able to find it. So maybe it isn't from him or that quote never existed.
  
  Do you know this or a very similar quote like this one and who said it?
  
  **Tags:** identify-this, quotations
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: According to a quick google and a facebook site it was Lasker saying "In chess, if anybody claims he is better than I, I can checkmate him" But I can't find a reliable source - and both forms may be a translation of the original German (which I don't speak). If it was said it sounds more like Lasker to me.  
  > **username_2**: I tried too, no chance with some random backtranslations and googling...  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2023-03-28. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  This is a quote by Emanuel Lasker. I found the source to be
  [The Adventure of Chess](https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Adventure_of_Chess/o0RaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22I%20can%20checkmate+him%22&printsec=frontcover), a 1950 book published by Edward Lasker. The quote given is:
  
  > In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In chess, if anybody claims he is better than I, I can checkmate him
  
  Edward says Emanuel once told him this.
  
  
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