33 Quotes by José Raúl Capablanca

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.

A good player is always lucky.

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.

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 opening must be studied in relation to the end game.

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

People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it.

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

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