José Raúl Capablanca : a chess biography / Miguel A. Sánchez ; foreword by Andy Soltis ; edited by Robert Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sánchez, Miguel Á., 1947- author.

Soltis, Andy, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Franklin, Robert, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942.

Capablanca, José Raúl.

Chess players--Cuba--Biography.

Chess players.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1499-7