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. It is ...

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 ...

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. One of the greatest players of all time, he was ...

José Raúl Capablanca was a chess grandmaster and the World chess champion in 1921 to 1927, Capablanca appeared in the Soviet film Shakhmatnaya goryachka ...

I n 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 ...

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 doing so. In many instances he converted ...

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

After decades spent playing simultaneous chess, an 87-year-old Hungarian pensioner has clinched a world record by finally overtaking a total set by 1920s Cuban grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca.

After decades spent playing simultaneous chess, an 87-year-old Hungarian pensioner clinched a world record Sunday, by finally overtaking a total set by 1920s Cuban grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca.