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

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.