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José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca

🇨🇺 CUBorn 1888

José Raúl Capablanca was a Cuban chess prodigy and the third World Chess Champion, famed for a clarity of play so complete he lost only 35 serious games in his life. At New York 1918 he walked into Marshall's prepared attack and refuted it at the board.

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Capablanca vs Marshall

Manhattan Chess Club Masters · 1918.10.23
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