Unknown Capablanca

Cuban chess master José Raúl Capablanca, who lived from 1888 to 1942, is counted among the greatest players the game has known. He won his first Cuban championship at the age of 12, defeating Juan Corzo in 1901, and went unbeaten from February 1916 to March 1924. He was known as the chess machine.

This collection brings together 203 of his games, with a focus on the inventive manoeuvres and strategic ideas he displayed in his less prominent matches and exhibitions. It covers consultation games, match and exhibition games, simultaneous games, and simultaneous games played with clocks. It also includes all 13 of his games against Corzo and the games from his European tour of 1913 and 1914.

The volume adds reference material that helps place Capablanca in context. It offers his complete chess record, an index of endgames, an index of players, and an index of chess journals and newspapers from the United States, Cuba, France, and Eastern Europe. Together these pages trace the career of a Cuban genius who captivated audiences worldwide for nearly forty years.