"Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue." — Richard Reti

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• Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the… — Max Euwe
• Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess… — Alexander Alekhine
• Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the… — Alexander Alekhine
• Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle… — Unknown Author
• I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move… — Alexander Kotov
• The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely… — Anatoly Karpov
• When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers… — Bobby Fischer
• But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed… — Bobby Fischer
• I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker
• One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of… — Fred Reinfeld
• Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one… — Garry Kasparov
• Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another… — Max Euwe

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