The achievements of Cuban legend Jose Raul Capablanca will be remembered with his upcoming induction into the World Chess Hall of Fame in Kendall. But for many local chess aficionados, Capablanca ...

In Buenos Aires 32 small statues stood upon a polished piece of wood. Sixteen of them were white; behind these sat a middle-aged Cuban, Jose Raul Capablanca, chess champion of the world. Behind ...

Cuba’s world chess champion Jose Raul Capablanca gained fame for doing so. In many instances he converted middle games with slight edges for endings and proceeded to win.

José Raúl Capablanca was a chess grandmaster and the World chess champion in 1921 to 1927, Capablanca appeared in the Soviet film Shakhmatnaya goryachka ...

One commentator said if the great Cuban world champion Jose Raul Capablanca were a contestant today, his FIDE Elo-rating would be 2400. Ridiculous and laughable!

His large margin of victory made it the most one-sided world championship since Jose Raul Capablanca of Cuba defeated German Emmanuel Lasker 9-5 in 1921 - an outcome that few would have bet on ...