One name keeps popping up in this phase – Cuba’s world champion, Jose Raul Capablanca (1888-1942) properly remembered as the “Cuban Chess Machine “ for his unerring accuracy of play.

José Raúl Capablanca was a chess grandmaster and the World chess champion in 1921 to 1927, Capablanca appeared in the Soviet film Shakhmatnaya goryachka from 1925, which was filmed while he was ...

Jose Raul Capablanca José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927.

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In Buenos Aires 32 small statues stood upon a polished piece of wood. Sixteen of them were white; behind these sat a middle-aged Cuban, Jose Raul Capablanca, chess champion of the world. Behind ...

The achievements of Cuban legend Jose Raul Capablanca will be remembered with his upcoming induction into the World Chess Hall of Fame in Kendall. But for many local chess aficionados, Capablanca&#… ...

An 87-year-old Hungarian pensioner clinches the world record for playing the most games of simultaneous chess, overtaking a total set by 1920s Cuban grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca.

Being able to convert a chess game into a winning endgame is the mark of a champion. Cuba’s world chess champion Jose Raul Capablanca gained fame for ...

In a recent interview with Vedomostisport, former World No. 20 Dmitry Tursunov compared Daniil Medvedev to former chess champion Jose Raul Capablanca.