I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the… — Alexander Koblencs Copy Share Image
Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful,… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other… — Fred Reinfeld Copy Share Image
The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ... — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
As with Steinitz, Fischer's genius has often been concealed by controversies away from the board. Like Lasker, Fischer has raised chess to… — Andrew Soltis Copy Share Image
Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict. — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Many an expert says that there is a certain affinity between (Capablanca's style) and that of the world master, Lasker. There may… — Jacques Mieses Copy Share Image
Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple,… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
And the rigidity of the material with which we have to compose, is a more formidable opponent than Lasker or Capablanca. Because… — Henri Weenink Copy Share Image
You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca. — Irving Chernev Copy Share Image
Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed was true,… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
