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Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker.

None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker.

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.

Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has Emanuel Lasker.

No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has Emanuel Lasker.

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.

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

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

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

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight

Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: Excellent! I will still be in time for the ballet!

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

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book.

I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book.

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.

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

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.

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

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.

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

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

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

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied endings of the first rank.

To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied endings of the first rank.

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: A good player is always lucky.

A good player is always lucky.

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.

You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.

Jose Raul Capablanca quotes: To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame.

To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame.