Capablanca, José Raúl (hōsā` rä
l` käpäbläng`kä), 1888–1942, Cuban chess player, b. Havana. Champion of Cuba at the age of 12, he won the world's championship from Emanuel Lasker Lasker, Emanuel (āmä`nĕl), 1868–1941, German chess player.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1921, retaining the title until he was defeated by Alexander Alekhine Alekhine, Alexander (əlyĕkh`ēn), 1892–1946, Russian-French chess player, b. Moscow.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1927. His game was almost free from false interpretations of position, and his technique, although facile, was highly refined.
(born Nov. 19, 1888, Havana, Cuba—died March 8, 1942, New York, N.Y., U.S.) Cuban chess master. He learned chess from his father at age 4 and beat Cuba's best player at 12. He defeated Emanuel Lasker to become world champion in 1921; in 1927 he was defeated by Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946). From 1916 to 1924, while playing in many tournaments, he did not lose a game. In 1921 he published an instruction manual, Chess Fundamentals.
l` käpäbläng`kä), 1888–1942, Cuban chess player, b. Havana. Champion of Cuba at the age of 12, he won the world's championship from Emanuel Lasker Lasker, Emanuel (āmä`nĕl), 1868–1941, German chess player...... Click the link for more information. in 1921, retaining the title until he was defeated by Alexander Alekhine Alekhine, Alexander (əlyĕkh`ēn), 1892–1946, Russian-French chess player, b. Moscow.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1927. His game was almost free from false interpretations of position, and his technique, although facile, was highly refined.
Bibliography
See his My Chess Career (1920, rev. ed. 1966), Chess Fundamentals (1921, repr. 1967), A Primer of Chess (1935), and Capablanca's Last Chess Lectures (1967); H. Golombek, ed., Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess (1947, repr. 1965).
Capablanca, José Raúl
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José Raúl Capablanca, 1921.
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