No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant…

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

— Richard Reti

The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

“So endgames are naturally messy. They may not be very dynamic, but when an active war is shutting down, there is still a lot…

— Venkatesh G. Rao

If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analysing studies; in your training games you must aim at transposing to…

— Mikhail Botvinnik

I always urge players to study composed problems and endgames.

— Pal Benko

“But first the endgames. Because it seems that no matter what you think of them, they must be played, even if, like the independence…

— Zadie Smith

Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where…

— Pal Benko

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

Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed…

— Alexander Alekhine

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

— Emanuel Lasker