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World Champion. 1921–1927. José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Capablanca was born in 1888 in the Castillo del Príncipe, Havana. [1]
2725: José Raúl Capablanca. 2720: Mikhail Botvinnik, Emanuel Lasker. 2700: Mikhail Tal. 2690: Alexander Alekhine, Paul Morphy, Vasily Smyslov. Though published in 1978, Elo's list did not include five-year averages for later players Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov. It did list January 1978 ratings of 2780 for Fischer and 2725 for Karpov.
Capablanca Memorial. The Capablanca Memorial is a chess tournament that has been held annually in Cuba since 1962 in honor of José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera. At the time, it was the best paid tournament in the world. [1] Since 1974 B and C tournaments have been held. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Highest-ranked Russian player, formerly world no. 1 (1984–1993, 1995–2006), former world champion (1985–2000), first player to achieve 2800+ rating, formerly highest-ranked player (1990–2012), highest-ranked Soviet-born player (since 1986) 3 Italy United States: Fabiano Caruana: 2844 2014-10 1992
On 22 November 1938, Mikhail Botvinnik (playing white) defeated José Raúl Capablanca (playing black) in one of the most famous games in chess history. [1] The game was played in round 11 of the AVRO tournament in Rotterdam. [2] Capablanca was a former World Chess Champion (1921-27), while Botvinnik would later become World Champion himself ...
1927 →. The 1921 World Chess Championship was played between José Raúl Capablanca and Emanuel Lasker. It was played in Capablanca's native Havana from March 18 to April 28. Capablanca won the match by a score of 9-5 (4 wins, 0 losses, 10 draws) to become the third World Chess Champion.
The 1927 World Chess Championship was played between José Raúl Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine, in Buenos Aires from September 16 to November 29, 1927. Alekhine, a Russian, became a naturalised French citizen during the match (on November 5). [1]
No. 1 (July 2024) Peak ranking. No. 1 (January 2010) Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen [a] (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, the reigning five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning seven-time World Blitz Chess Champion, and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion.