Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess

Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess
Author: Harry Golombek
Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2004-04-01
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781843821298

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.

Chess Fundamentals

Chess Fundamentals
Author: José Raúl Capablanca
Publisher: Mundus Publishing
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1921
Genre: Chess
ISBN:

Capablanca: Move by Move

Capablanca: Move by Move
Author: Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Total Pages: 498
Release:
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1781943834

Jose Raul Capablanca is a chess legend, world champion and quite simply one of the greatest players in the history of the game. His achievements and seemingly effortless style of play won many admirers, and his legacy includes a treasure of instructive games. Studying Capablanca's play is a must for any aspiring chess player. For Cyrus Lakdawala, it was a key factor in his chess development and improvement, and in this book he revisits many of his favourite Capablanca games. Lakdawala examines Capablanca's skills in attack, defence, counter-attack, exploiting imbalances, accumulating advantages and, of course, his legendary endgame play. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge.

Capablanca's Best Chess Endings

Capablanca's Best Chess Endings
Author: Irving Chernev
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2012-09-26
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486138445

DIV60 complete games, annotated throughout but emphasizing endings that seem like long-contemplated works of art. /div

One Hundred Selected Games

One Hundred Selected Games
Author: Mikhail Botvinnik
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1960-01-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486206202

World champion who dominated chess in the 1940s and '50s selects and annotates his own best games to 1946. 221 diagrams.

Jose Raul Capablanca

Jose Raul Capablanca
Author: Isaak Linder
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2010-08-26
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1888690828

The name of José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942), the third world champion, is indelibly inscribed in the annals of chess history. Capablanca s technique, intuition, remarkably quick calculation, and sense for elegant combinations made him the paragon of grandmasters during his lifetime. At the peak of his career Capablanca was almost invincible; each of his losses was regarded as a sensation. His books, articles, and lucid annotations became instant classics. As a star of the first magnitude, Capablanca continues to influence the world of chess. All the world champions of the late 20th century Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, and Kasparov have been influenced by Capablanca s original ideas. Join Russian chess historians Isaak and Vladimir Linder as they take you on a journey exploring the life and games of the great Cuban world chess champion.

A Primer of Chess

A Primer of Chess
Author: José R. Capablanca
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780156028073

A basic manual of chess by the master José Raul Capablanca, regarded as one of the half dozen greatest players ever. Capablanca was noted especially for his technical mastery, and in this book he explains the fundamentals as no one else could. Diagrams.

Jose Raul Capablanca

Jose Raul Capablanca
Author: Miguel A. Sánchez
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2015-08-20
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0786470046

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.

Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces
Author: Akiba Rubinstein
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1960-01-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486206172

Here are 100 of Rubenstein's best games against such opponents as Euwe, Janowski, Kashdan, Marshall, Tarrasch, and many others. His highly original contributions to chess theory cannot be overlooked by any serious player.

Capablanca's Best Games

Capablanca's Best Games
Author: Harry Golombek
Publisher: International Chess Enterprises
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1997-02-01
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781879479470