There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Alekhine evidently possesses the most remarkable chess memory that has ever existed. It is said that he remembers by heart all the… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions;… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
In order to improve your game, you must study the Endgame before everything else. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
It was Steinitz who was the first to establish the basic principles of general chess strategy. He was a pioneer and one… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
In order to improve your game, you must study the Endgame before everything else. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
“One must attempt to increase whatever weakness there may be in the opponent’s position; or, if there is none, one or more must be… — José Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit of visiting… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
