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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

The King's daughter, the Princess Gemdelovely must be given to the Stoorworm. — Walter Traill Dennison

We cling to the letter because the spirit is so much harder to master. — Rachel Held Evans

When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play. — Vladimir Kramnik

Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. — Ronald Reagan

If people think honoring pastors means doing everything they say, why don't they honor Jesus the same way? — D.R. Silva

Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city. — Urs Fischer

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

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

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

I wasn't worried about unemployment. — Dick Van Patten

The minute hand moves faster than you think it does. — John Mayer

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

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

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner
but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own — Henry Rollins

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

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

I love bookstores. I love the energy in a bookstore and the smell of the paper. — Chris Colfer

A good player is always lucky. — Jose Raul Capablanca

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

Balance both sides of the equation to attain equilateral-balance your life — Ikechukwu Joseph

Law is a substitute for love. — Helen McCloy

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

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

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue. — Richard Reti

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

The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict. — Max Euwe

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

That was the nightmare. That was the nightmare That was the — Maggie Stiefvater

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

I'm from North Wales, where we express ourselves by throwing rocks at trees. — Lisa Kleypas

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

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

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

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

The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca. — Irving Chernev

Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again. — Alexander Alekhine

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation. — Arthur Rock

No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca. — Richard Reti

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