Blitz Quote by Alexander Alekhine

When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca,…

— Bobby Fischer

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

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

— Emanuel Lasker

Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then…

— Bobby Fischer

But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed was true, he said…

— Bobby Fischer

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

My younger brother ended up the British chess champion 10 times, a record.

— Roger Penrose

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

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

— 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

Have you ever seen a chess article without a brilliant example of the author's own play? 'Silly question,' you will say. Quite.

— Yuri Razuvaev

I remember mentioning to friends back in 1938 that the world chess champion would be beaten by a computer in 50 years time. Today…

— Konrad Zuse