| LC control no. | n 50032560 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 |
| Variant(s) | Kapablanka, Khoze-Raul', 1888-1942 Graupera, José Raúl Capablanca y, 1888-1942 Capablanca, José Raoul, 1888-1942 Capablanca y Graupera, José Raúl, 1888-1942 Capablanca, José R. (José Raúl), 1888-1942 Kapablanka, Khose Raulʹ, 1888-1942 Capablanca, Josep Raül, 1888-1942 Capablanca i Graupera, Josep Raül, 1888-1942 |
| Birth date | 1888-11-19 |
| Death date | 1942-03-08 |
| Place of birth | Havana (Cuba) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Alekhine, Alexander, 1892-1946 |
| Affiliation | Columbia University Cuba. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |
| Profession or occupation | Chess player Diplomat |
| Found in | His The Chess weekly, 1908-10. His Capablanca's Best chess endings, 1982: t.p. (Capablanca) CIP info (José Raoul Capablanca) His A primer of chess, 1983, c1963: CIP t.p. (José R. Capablanca) Sizonenko, A. I. Kapablanka, 1988: p. 3 (Khose Rauli︠a︡ Kapablanki) Fontrodona, M. Capablanca, 1988: p. 3 (Josep Raül Capablanca i Graupera) Jose Raul Capablanca, 2004: back cover (third world champion) Encyclopedia Britannica website, August 29, 2023: (José Raúl Capablanca, (born November 19, 1888, Havana, Cuba; died March 8, 1942 in New York, New York, U.S.); chess master who won the world championship (1921) from Emanuel Lasker and lost it (1927) to Alexander Alekhine; he attended Columbia University in New York City (1906-1907); in 1913 joined the Cuban diplomatic service, an occupation that facilitated his chess career by permitting him to travel to European meccas of chess; remarkably, in active tournament competition from 1916 until 1924, Capablanca did not lose a single game; he was also proficient at baseball, bridge, and tennis; Capablanca was felled by a stroke while watching a game at the Manhattan Chess Club and died the next day; his chess style had a deceptive appearance of simplicity; at his best, he could make the defeat of another master look effortless) <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Raul-Capablanca> World Chess Hall of Fame website, August 29, 2023: (José Raúl Capablanca; nicknamed “The Human Chess Machine”; born in Havana, Cuba in 1888; died 1942; a true prodigy, he learned chess at age four and defeated Cuban champion Juan Corzo at 13; while attending Columbia University, he joined the Manhattan Chess Club and soon became its strongest player; he had a particular talent for rapid chess, defeating World Champion Emanuel Lasker in 1906; he eventually withdrew from Columbia to focus on chess; inducted in the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2001; info@worldchesshof.org) <https://worldchesshof.org/hof-inductee/jos%C3%A9-ra%C3%BAl-capablanca> |
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