Capablanca Quote by Max Euwe Download Open image “I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.” — Max Euwe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Capablanca Feels Games Honestly Humble Study
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 Copy Share Image
I'm a humble kid. I grew up with Filathlitikos. There were some people in Filathlitikos that taught to me how to stay humble. It… — Giannis Antetokounmpo Copy Share Image
Back in the day, I was very humble, because my coach taught me to be like that in Brazil. — Renato Moicano Copy Share Image
I constantly try to humble myself; if you don't, I'm sure the game is going to find a way to humble you. — Evan Longoria Copy Share Image
I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off… — Gabby Douglas Copy Share Image
It was easy for me to be humble because I played with so many other great players and they had no problem knocking me… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
Knowing that the teams in front of us are sometimes better than you, you have to recognise that and be humble. It's part of… — Nuno Espirito Santo Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory. — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict. — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of end-games and… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient flexibility to… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at all. — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship,… — Alexander Koblencs Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ... — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
