José Raúl Capablanca Biography

José Raúl Capablanca biography

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NAME: José Raúl Capablanca
OCCUPATION: Chess Player
BIRTH DATE: November 19, 1888
DEATH DATE: March 08, 1942
EDUCATION: Columbia University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Havana, Cuba
PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York

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Chess master José Raúl Capablanca won the world championship (1921) from Emanuel Lasker and lost it (1927) to Alexander Alekhine.

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José Raúl Capablanca was born November 19, 1888 in Havana, Cuba. He won the chess world championship (1921) from Emanuel Lasker and lost it (1927) to Alexander Alekhine. Remarkably, in active tournament competition from 1916 until 1924, he did not lose a single game. In 1942 Capablanca was felled by a stroke while watching a game at the Manhattan Chess Club and died the next day.