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JOSÉ RAÚL CAPABLANCA

For a long time, Capablanca was a sort of hidden legend. There was the story of how he had started to play — somehow figuring out the rules of chess all on his own and, when he was four years old, correcting a wrong move in a game his father was playing. And there was his achievement winning the championship of Cuba when he was 12.

But, for an extended stretch from 1901 to 1909, Capablanca apparently played very little and had a ‘normal adolescence,’ matriculating as an engineering student at Columbia and playing on the freshman baseball team. There’s some confusion about how much he really studied as a child. Capablanc

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Jose Raul Capablanca - A Chess Biography

This is the most complete and thorough biography of José Raúl Capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Beginning with his family background, birth, childhood and introduction to the game in Cuba, it examines his life and play as a young man; follows his evolution as a player and rise to prominence, first as challenger and then world champion; his loss of the title to Alekhine and his efforts to recapture the championship in the last years of his too-short life. What emerges is a portrait of a complex man with far-ranging interests and concerns, in stark contrast to his robotic reputation as “the chess machine.” Meticulously researched, utilizing many sources available only in Capablanca’s home country, it puts truth to legend regarding a man who stood astride the chess world in of its most dynamic and dramatic eras. Numerous games and diagrams complement the text, as do a wealth of photographs.

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José Raúl Capablanca

Cuban chess player (1888–1942)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Capablanca and the second or maternal family name is Graupera.

José Raúl Capablanca
Capablanca in 1931
Full name	José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera
Country	Cuba
Born	(1888-11-19)19 November 1888 Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire
Died	8 March 1942(1942-03-08) (aged 53) New York City, US
World Champion	1921–1927

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 chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.

Capablanca was born in 1888 in the Castillo del Príncipe, Havana.^[1] He beat Cuban champion Juan Corzo in a match on 17 November 1901, two days before his 13th birthday.^[2]^[3] His victory over Frank Marshall in a 1909 match earned him an invitation to the 1911 San Sebastián tournament, which he won ahead of players such as Ak