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This is stupid. Capablanca explained exactly why he advocated studying endgames, and it had nothing to do with availability of material.
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There's a great debate out there about how useful endgames are, and some think Class C or Class A players is when stuff outside of the basics…
But nothing wrong with reading Capablanc…
My comment quite clearly was not about the validity (or lack thereof) of Capablanca's advise.
The author of this book claims "Had there been good b…