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The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop becomes more evident to him, and of course there is, or should be, a corresponding decease in his estimation of the value of the Knight as compared to the bishop.

José Raúl 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.

José Raúl Capablanca

Morphy's principal strength does not rest upon his power of combination but in his position play and his general style.... Beginning with la Bourdonnais to the present, and including Lasker, we find that the greatest stylist has been Morphy. Whence the reason, although it might not be the only one, why he is generally considered the greatest of all.

José Raúl Capablanca

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

José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca

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Born: November 19, 1888

Died: March 8, 1942 (aged 53)

Bio: José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.

Known for:

Chess Fundamentals (1941)
A primer of chess (1935)
My Chess Career
Last Lectures
The Games of José Raúl Capablanca

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