Jose Raul Capablanca

A Chess Biography

Miguel A. Sánchez (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

568 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7004-4 (ISBN)

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This is the most complete and thorough biography of Jose Raul Capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Beginning with his family background, birth, childhood and introduction to the game in Cuba, it examines his life and play as a young man; follows his evolution as a player and rise to prominence, first as challenger and then world champion; his loss of the title to Alekhine and his efforts to recapture the championship in the last years of his too-short life. What emerges is a portrait of a complex man with far-ranging interests and concerns, in stark contrast to his robotic reputation as "the chess machine."

Meticulously researched, utilizing many sources available only in Capablanca's home country, it puts truth to legend regarding a man who stood astride the chess world in of its most dynamic and dramatic eras. Numerous games and diagrams complement the text, as do a wealth of photographs.

Miguel A. Sánchez, a journalist and historian in Cuba, also wrote several other books about Cuban contemporary history. In 2022 he was elevated to the Hall of Fame of Chess of the Americas in Mexico, which recognizes chess personalities from the three parts of the American continent, North, Central and South America. He lives in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Andy Soltis

Preface

1. Havana the Eldorado of Chess

2. Tadeo’s Saga

3. The Boy Prodigy

4. Champion of the Americas

5. The Prodigal Son

6. The New Conquistador

7. In Morphy’s Footsteps

8. A King in Waiting

9. The World Chess Championship, 1921

10. The Crowned King

11. Slipups at the Summit

12. More Challenges, New Triumphs

13. The World Chess Championship, 1927

14. The Eternal Challenger

15. Twilight Intermezzo

16. Smiling Again

17. The Silent Killer

18. His Last Bow

Epilogue

Capablanca’s Matches

Appendix I: Capablanca on Four Great Predecessors

(Articulos sobre sus predecesores en Crítica, 1927)

Appendix II: “The Illness and Death of José Raúl Capablanca,” by Dr. Orlando Hernández-Meilán, Neurologist

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index of Images

Index of Opponents

Index of Openings (by Traditional Name)

Index of Openings (by ECO Code)

General Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2015
Zusatzinfo	195 annotated games, 55 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, indexes
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1148 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
ISBN-10	0-7864-7004-6 / 0786470046
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7004-4 / 9780786470044
Zustand	Neuware