Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot…

When teachers would say, 'When you all graduate, you won't have anywhere to go' - I'm the type of person playing chess and thinking…

— Tee Grizzley

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.

— David Bronstein

Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we…

— Alexander Alekhine

For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his…

— Alexander Alekhine

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ...

— Anatoly Karpov

One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other chess masters…

— Fred Reinfeld

I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.

— Max Euwe

No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca.

— Richard Reti

Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.

— Mikhail Tal

Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious…

— Max Euwe

Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship,…

— Alexander Koblencs

Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most…

— Garry Kasparov

Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was…

— Mikhail Botvinnik

I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which…

— Alexander Kotov

I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca!

— Emanuel Lasker