Jose Raul Capablanca

Everyone has probably heard about Jose Raul Capablanca (1888-1942) he was one of the best chess players of all time, he was the undisputed world champion from 1921 to 1927 he was born in Havana Cuba. Legend has it that while his father was playing chess Capablanca pointed out an illegal move and beat him twice all at the age of four. At the age of eight he was inscripted in he Havana Chess Club and was recognized as one of the best players. He won the title of chess champion in 1921 defeating emanuel lasker. he also played many simultanious matches, including one in cleveland against 103 opponents, in total he won 102 and drew in 1 the best simultanious game match of all time. he lost his title to   Alexander Alekhine who defeated him in 1927. He later died in 1942while in a chess club in manhatthan.

Just so you know he was not defeated by the baseball player al kaline

Alekhine was better!  ;)

Haha, but in all seriousness, yea, great player.  :)

C had a plus score against A, and would have beaten him in a rematch for the WCh

yaa... he is among the true legends of all time..

Yeah, that match was the acid test

Capablanca wasn't perfect when he lost his title he went on the decline sometimes there were flashes of brilliancy in his play and other times he was unrecognizable.

He did leave behind many beautiful games and his book chess fundamentals is still an excellent primer for beginners. 

lol!

good old al kaline, i didnt know he played chess!?  so whats the point here? 

for more info go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capablanca

hers som photos of the great chess machine

Imagine the confusion if Al Kaline was Hassidic!

A good shot of the young Capa in action.

I saw him play many times in Detroit in 73-74.  Great hitter -- great fielder -- even good on the bases.  Did not know he played chess, nor that he was Cuban!  

I think since Kaline was Kaline before Durst was Durst, you'd have to say Durst was the spitting image of Kaline. Or something like that.

That's a great picture... but uh, I guess that's really hypermodern chess with  both sides using black pieces

As for Al Kaline vs Will Durst...holy cow! They look like twins! (no, not Minnesota Twins)

i like that set, black with BLACKER pieces!  it is a sweet shot of capa, thanks G-dog another pic for my collection