All Jose Raul Capablanca Quotes
- A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Board
- A good player is always lucky. Always Lucky
- You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before… Becoming
- In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves,… Chess
- Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so… Apparently
- The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. Best
- The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game. Among
- The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very… Aggressive
- An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry ... one of… Ability
- Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true brilliance of his… Brilliance
- None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker. Amateurs
- 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… All
- To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. Chess
- Alekhine evidently possesses the most remarkable chess memory that has ever existed. It is said that he remembers by heart all the games played by… Alekhine
- Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves must… Attitude
- The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop becomes… Becomes
- Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help… Battle
- The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be… Chess
- An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess. Chess
- Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements. Artistic
- During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit of visiting a… Afternoon
- Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a later date. The… Become Champion
- Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about… All
- Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority… Bishop
- The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of… Art