Chess Quote by Jose Raul Capablanca

I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

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

In order to improve your game, you must study the Endgame before everything else.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent

— Jose Raul Capablanca

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

“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

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

In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

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

To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

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