Believe Quote by Max Euwe

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

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

— Emanuel Lasker

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

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

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

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

— Richard Reti

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

— Anatoly Karpov

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

Our efforts in chess attain only a hundredth of one percent of their rightful result... Our education, in all domains of endeavour, is frightfully…

— Emanuel Lasker

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

— Vladimir Putin

A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

And the rigidity of the material with which we have to compose, is a more formidable opponent than Lasker or Capablanca. Because these lifeless…

— Henri Weenink