Thinking in Schemes ... publication about ideas in chess play by many GM's

Grandmaster A.A. Kotov recollects: ―Once, during the 3rd Moscow International Tournament held in 1936, several chess masters were analysing the ending of a game. They could not find any solution, but there was more than enough of arguing. Suddenly, into the tiny room where they were analysing the game entered Capablanca who loved to stroll about while waiting for his turn to move. On learning the cause of the dispute, the imposing Cuban suddenly scattered the pieces about the board and then showed what kind of arrangement the active side should try to achieve. It is not a slip of the tongue: Don Jose had literally scattered the pieces without making any moves, but simply placed the pieces to their proper positions. And then all became clear at once: the scheme was ready and a win could be easily achieved...