even when he was world-famous, he carried a folding pocket chess set with him at all times so that, if he wanted to reconstruct a game or solve a problem, he would be able to examine the positions of the pieces by eye.
mundu guztian ospetsua izatea lortu zuenean ere, sakelako xake tolesgarri bat erabiltzen zuen beti aldean, piezen ezarkera begi-bistan eduki ahal izateko, txapelketako partida bat eraiki edo arazoren bat bakarrean ebatzi nahi zuenean.