Alekhine developed a love for chess that would see him overcome jose raul capablanca to reach the summit of the game by the age of 35. Three years after this match capablanca would claim the world title. Books by jose raul capablanca author of chess fundamentals. Comprehensive jose raul capablanca chess games collection, opening repertoire, tournament history, pgn download, biography and news biggest chess games database online. Following are the most similar chess games to this game of alexander alexandrovich alekhine and jose raul capablanca. I have the avro tournament book with me written by euwe, were he says following translated from dutch to english with by best effort. Capablanca announces checkmate in five moves begining with bxpch. Mar 06, 2016 jose raul capablanca vs alexander alekhine, 19. Alexander alekhine vs aron nimzowitsch, san remo 1930, french defence, winawer variation c17, 10 one of the shortest games ending in a zugzwang by the 26th.
Alekhine representing france avoided capablanca until the end, sitting out the france vs. Jose raul capablanca vs alexander alekhine first blood game of the day feb212017 capablanca alekhine world championship match 1927, buenos aires arg, rd 1, sep16 french defense. Jose raul capablanca y graupera 19 november 1888 8 march 1942 was a cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. Several players attempted to play capablanca for the world championship, but only alexander alekhine could secure the funds for the match to take place. Alexander alekhine vs jose raul capablanca capablanca alekhine world championship match 1927 queens gambit declined. His mother was matilde maria graupera y marin,a housewife. By the bye, still waiting to see correction entered in the books. If you win a passed pawn and the game is a draw and your losing a world championship match. His father, jose maria capablanca 18631923, was a spanish army officer. Barmen variation d37, 10 a tactical game that earned the brilliancy prize for capablanca. Alexander alekhine october 31, 1892 march 24, 1946 was a russian grandmaster who was the 4th world champion and one of the biggest names in chess history. Jose raul capablanca vs alexander alekhine cambridge springs eternal game of the day nov202016 capablanca alekhine world championship match 1927, buenos aires arg, rd 7, sep30. Jun 20, 2018 as we move further from the misty past and closer to modernity in our exploration of the endgames of world championship matches, we come to the battle between the incumbent champion, jose raul capablanca, and the challenger, alexander alekhine.
He was born in moscow at the end of the 19th century. Jose raul capablanca cuban chess player britannica. On february 7, 1914, capablanca won a consultation game against alexei alekhine brother of alexander alekhine and l. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Il a ete dispute a buenos aires du 6 septembre au 29 novembre 1927. Jose raul capablanca vs rudolf spielmann, new york 1927, queens gambit declined. Written by jose raul capablanca, one of the greatest chess players in the history, almost 100 years ago, it remains a classic that every chess player should read. Before that match, the 1927 new york tournament occurred. It was agreed that capablanca and alekhine would play for the title in september of 1927.
Capablanca, jose raul 2321 alekhine, alexander alexandrovich 2378 1212. Le championnat du monde dechecs 1927 a vu saffronter le cubain jose raul capablanca, champion en titre, et le francais dorigine russe alexandre alekhine. Jose raul capablanca author of chess fundamentals, revised. Login to be able to use more accurate and deep game similarity search. Chess fundamentals is an outstanding chess book not only for its historical value. Capablanca came second at the new york 1924 tournament, 1. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read chess fundamentals. Jose raul capablanca vs frank james marshall, ch manhattan cc, new york 1918, spanish game. The winner would be the one who first won six games. A chess prodigy, he is considered by many one of the greatest players of all time, widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play born in havana, he beat cuban champion juan corzo in a match on 17 november 1901, two days before.
He held the title until 1927 when he lost in an upset to russian master alexander alekhine, who would hold the title until 1946 with a brief interuption between 1935 and 1937 when he lost it to max euwe. Alexander alexandrovich alekhine vs jose raul capablanca. However, after his upset defeat by alexander alekhine in 1927, capablanca was never able to obtain a revenge match for the world title, though he remained one of the leading players during the 1930s. He takes the unique approach in focusing on chess endings rather than focusing on openings as. Capablanca learned the moves of chess at the age of four by watching his father play, and he went on to defeat cubas best player in 1901. The books a great read on all the fundamentals of chess especially end game. Capablanca vs alekhine world chess championship youtube. Alekhine was a brilliant player with a poor character. The other game euwe mentions is the unfortunate capablanca vs alekhine, 1927. Jose raul capablanca vs andor lilienthal, moscow 1936, reti opening. He takes the unique approach in focusing on chess endings rather than focusing on openings as most beginning books do.
Alexander alekhine vs jose raul capablanca 1927 the game to. Fourth world chess champion by isaak linder paperback. Alexander alekhine vs jose raul capablanca 1927 youtube. Alexander alekhine was born october 31, 1892 at least according to the gregorian calendar which is generally used today. Alexander alekhine simple english wikipedia, the free.
Bogoljubow variation a12, 10 pawn play utilizing space against material advantage. Third world chess champion world chess champions by isaak linder, vladimir linder isbn. The 1939 chess olympiad was capablancas last tournament, at which he won a gold medal. After capturing the world championship, jose capablanca was for a time regarded as practically invincible. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Knight defense d52, 10 an impressive grecos sacrifice along with deceptive simplicity in the followup. This is the definitive biography of jose raul capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess.
Sep 06, 2015 alexander alekhine vs jose raul capablanca capablanca alekhine world championship match 1927 queens gambit declined. Jose raul capablancas most popular book is chess fundamentals, revised. Last lectures the chess legacy of jose raoul capablanca by. Jose raul capablanca has 25 books on goodreads with 1401 ratings. Below are lists, as comprehensive as possible, of books about not by jose raul capablanca and alexander alekhine.
Capablancas own book worlds championship matches, 1921 and 1927 has the unfortunate feature that while the 1921 match is annotated by capablanca himself, the 1927 match is annotated by yates and winter. Is there a good book on the 1927 capablancaalekhine world. Alexander alekhine vs aron nimzowitsch, san remo 1930, french defence, winawer variation c17, 10 one of the shortest games ending in a zugzwang by the. His skill in the endgame and his speed of play garn. Capablancas defeat at the hands of richard reti in the fifth round was his first in serious competition in eight years. The book of the nottingham international chess tournament. Jose raul capablanca vs alexander alekhine, 19 color by. Much to learn, you still have capablanca vs alekhine savorin. The world championship match was held in buenos aires, argentina, in 1927. Jose raul capablanca simple english wikipedia, the free. Alekhine vs capablanca world chess championship 1927. He was a lieutenant later major in the cavalry division stationed in morro castle, havana.
Jose raul capablanca vs alexander alekhine, world championship match, buenos aires 1927, queens gambit declined d52, 01 the game ends in a position with four queens on the board. Alexander alekhine vs eero einar book margate 1938 queens gambit accepted. All 34 games are annotated, but the notes are quite sparse, and decidedly light on explanatory prose. Capablanca was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. However, alekhine won the match, played from september to november 1927 at buenos aires, by 6 wins, 3 losses, and 25 draws the longest. Chess fundamentals in algebraic illustrated, kindle edition, by jose capablanca.
As we move further from the misty past and closer to modernity in our exploration of the endgames of world championship matches, we come to the battle between the incumbent champion, jose raul capablanca, and the challenger, alexander alekhine. Not everyone liked his personal character, but all admired his chess genius. My reign world chess was from champion from 1921 to 1927. Capablanca vs alekhine buenos aires 1927 pinal chess. During this event, capablanca proposed the london rules to regulate future world championship negotiations. Reminds me of the evans gambit a fun game i played. Jose raul capablanca vs alexander alekhine, 19 color. He grew up into a cultured and charming man, whom the cuban government made its roving ambassadoratlarge.
Capablanca s defence was superb while alekhine played great strategy and an interesting positional sacrifice. In an actual game there would be score sheets and a chess clock on the table. Alexander alekhine vs jose raul capablanca avro 1938, the netherlands. Oct 18, 2010 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In april 1914, after arriving in saint petersburg, capablanca defeated alexander alekhine, eugene znoskoborovsky, and fyodor duzchotimirsky in matches.
Alexander alekhine vs jose raul capablanca capablanca alekhine world championship match 1927, buenos aires arg, rd 28, nov10 queens gambit declined. Chapter fourteen, the eternal challenger, details capablancas unsuccessful attempts to organize a rematch with alekhine and throws a look at the very strong but often underestimated tournament in berlin 1928, where capablanca finished first ahead of nimzowitsch, rubinstein, reti, spielmann, tartakower, and marshall. Containing all the games in the masters tournament and a small selection of games from the minor tournament with annotations and analysis by dr. Alexander alekhine became world chess champion 1927 by defeating the chess machine jose raul capablanca in buenos airesargentina. Chess fundamentals by jose raul capablanca free ebook. His relations with alekhine his former friend degenerated into a public feud. A chess prodigy, he is considered by many one of the greatest players of all time, widely renowned for. See all books authored by jose raul capablanca, including chess fundamentals, revised chess, and a primer of chess, and more on. I played this game over today without many notes from a facsimile of an old book of the tournament and it seems to me one of the greatest games, by both players. Jose raul capablanca books list of books by author jose.
A chess prodigy, he is considered by many as one of the greatest players of all time, widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play born in havana, he beat cuban champion juan corzo in a match on 17. This statement made, let it be noted, when alekhine and capablanca were still alive is of evident importance because of the stature of euwe, a former world champion who had frequently conversed with both alekhine and capablanca in the 1930s about world title match conditions. Follow me on instagram for extra content jose raul capablanca vs alexander alekhine phi beta. But at the time when alekhine was born, the julian calendar was widely used in russia and therefore the date given in alekhines birth certificate is october 19, 1892. I was born in cuba, an island of the coast of florida.
Aug 06, 2015 this is the definitive biography of jose raul capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess. The match lasted 34 games and was going over two months. Jose raul capablanca vs alexander alekhine 1927 first blood. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Capablanca,j alekhine,a 01 capablanca,j alekhine,a 10 capablanca,j alekhine,a 10 capablanca,j alekhine,a 01 alekhine,a capablanca,j 10 capablanca,j alekhine,a 01. Since capablanca had won the new york 1927 chess tournament overwhelmingly and had never lost a game to alekhine, the cuban was regarded by most pundits as the clear favorite in their world chess championship 1927 match. Beginning with his family background, birth, childhood and introduction to the game in cuba, it examines his life and play as a young man. Jose raul capablanca y graupera was born on november 19, 1888 in havana, cuba in the castillo del principe in havana, cuba. Two can play that game alekhine vs capablanca savorin cup 19 game 2. Capablanca was the favorite and alekhine the outsider. Hello boys and girls my name is jose raul capablanca and i was the 3rd world chess champion.
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