Jose Raul Capablanca

A Chess Biography

Miguel A. Sánchez (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

568 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7004-4 (ISBN)

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The book is a thorough and analytical review of the life of Jose Raul Capablanca and his years as a child prodigy, aspirant to the crown, monarch of chess and eternal challenger. The drama and complexities of his human side contrast with the definition of 'the chess machine', as he was usually known. This is the most complete and thorough work about this figure and opens new fields of interpretation about his life and his contribution to chess.

Miguel A. Sánchez, a well known chess journalist and historian in Cuba, he has written several other books about Cuban contemporary history. He lives in Bayside, New York.

Table of 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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2015
Zusatzinfo	195 annotated games, 55 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1165 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
ISBN-10	0-7864-7004-6 / 0786470046
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7004-4 / 9780786470044
Zustand	Neuware