- José Raúl
Capablanca y
Graupera (19
November 1888 – 8
March 1942) was a
Cuban chess player who was the
third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A...
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Capablanca chess (or
Capablanca's chess) is a
chess variant invented in the 1920s by
World Chess Champion José Raúl
Capablanca. It
incorporates two new...
- all
challenged Capablanca in the
early 1920s but only
Alekhine could raise the US$10,000
Capablanca demanded and only in 1927.
Capablanca was shockingly...
- September–October 1920 for Lasker's and
Capablanca's statements that
Capablanca was the
champion and
Lasker the challenger, for
Capablanca's statement that Lasker's contract...
- The
Capablanca Memorial is a
chess tournament that has been held
annually in Cuba
since 1962 in
honor of José Raúl
Capablanca y Graupera. At the time...
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According to this
system the
highest ratings achieved were: 2725: José Raúl
Capablanca 2720:
Mikhail Botvinnik,
Emanuel Lasker 2700:
Mikhail Tal 2690: Alexander...
- and a
brilliancy prize).
Alekhine offered Capablanca a
rematch on the same
demanding terms that
Capablanca had set for him, and
negotiations dragged on...
- 22
November 1938,
Mikhail Botvinnik (playing white)
defeated José Raúl
Capablanca (playing black) in one of the most
famous games in
chess history. The...
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Capablanca and, to most people's surprise, lost
eight games, drew fourteen, and won only one.
After this defeat,
Marshall did not
resent Capablanca;...
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Capablanca, who had lost the
title to
Alekhine in 1927; if Euwe lost his
title to
Capablanca then FIDE's
decision should be
followed and
Capablanca would...
