When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation… — 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 with the help of our imagination turn the struggle of technique into a battle of ideas. — 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
