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

- Jose Raul Capablanca

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

- Jose Raul Capablanca

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

- Jose Raul Capablanca

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

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

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…

- Jose Raul Capablanca

A good player is always lucky.

- Jose Raul Capablanca

Most players ... do not like losing, and consider defeat as something shameful. This is a wrong attitude. Those who wish to perfect themselves must r…

- Jose Raul Capablanca

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.

- Jose Raul Capablanca