Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess: Masterpieces by the Mozart of the chessboard - Softcover

Golombek, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184382129X ISBN 13: 9781843821298

Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited, 2004

Synopsis

Jose Capablanca was a phenomenon who burst onto the chess world and took top prize in the first ever elite tournament in which he participated. This was at San Sebastian - otherwise known as Donostia - in the Basque country of Spain in 1911. Capablanca's style was serene - no position seemed to trouble him, and he crushed most of the established European grandmasters with seemingly little effort. Only against the mighty Lasker did he experience serious problems. Then in 1921 Capa - as he was known - obliterated Lasker in their world title match and took the championship without losing a single game. Other triumphs followed, such as London 1922, and Capablanca acquired the legend of an invincible superman when he went for 8 years without losing a game! His supreme moment was in New York 1927 - a quadruple round trial of strength between Capa himself Alekhine, Nimzowitsch and three other contenders for the crown. Capa whitewashed the field, creating a fresh masterpiece practically every day. Possibly this easy victory left him over-confident for later the same year he lost his world title to Alekhine.

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Harry Golombek is a Grandmaster in Chess.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184382129X
• ISBN 13: 9781843821298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292