Quotes from Jose Raul Capablanca

An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.

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

There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess.

The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.

Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.

A good player is always lucky.

The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts.

Excellent! I will still be in time for the ballet!

A good player is always lucky.

In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame.

you must study the endgame before everything else.

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 created.

Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.

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