Capablanca Quote by Richard Reti

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

— Richard Reti

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

— Richard Reti

The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in…

— Richard Reti

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

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

— Anatoly Karpov

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

I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.

— Max Euwe

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

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

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

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