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José Raúl Capablanca

553 pages, library binding, McFarland, 1. edition 2015

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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.


Author Miguel A. Sanchez is a well known chess journalist and historian in Cuba, he also wrote several other books about Cuban contemporary history. He lives in Bayside, New York.




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EAN 9780786470044
Weight 1.15 kg
Manufacturer McFarland
Width 17.9 cm
Height 25.6 cm
Medium Book
Year of Publication 2015
Author Miguel A. Sanchez
Language English
Edition 1
ISBN-13 978-0786470044
Pages 553
Binding library binding
Photos 60
001 Foreword by Andy Soltis
003 Preface
007 Havana the Eldorado of Chess
050 Tadeo's Saga
062 The Boy Prodigy
104 Champion of the Americas
123 The Prodigal Son
152 The New Conquistador
186 In Morphy's Footsteps
208 A King in Waiting
233 The World Chess Championship, 1921
255 The Crowned King
275 Slipups at the Summit
300 More Challenges, New Triumphs
322 The World Chess Championship, 1927
351 The Eternal Challenger
390 Twilight Intermezzo
416 Smiling Again
433 The Silent Killer
450 His Last Bow
477 Epilogue
480 Capablanca 5 Matches
481 Appendix I: Capablanca on Four Great Predecessors
486 (Articulos sobre sus predecesores en Critica, 1927)
490 Appendix II: "The Illness and Death of Jose Raul Capablanca," by Dr. Orlando Hernandez-Meilan, Neurologist
497 Chapter Notes
535 Bibliography
537 Index of Images
538 Index of Opponents
539 Index of Openings ( by Traditional Name)
540 Index of Openings (by ECO Code)
541 General Index
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