Ability Quote by Garry Kasparov

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

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

Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious…

— Max Euwe

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

— Emanuel Lasker

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

One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other chess masters…

— Fred Reinfeld

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

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

— Richard Reti

For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his…

— Alexander Alekhine

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ...

— Anatoly Karpov

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

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