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	Capablanca Chess \| Topic Definition \| Find the Meaning and Define the Answer of Capablanca Chess
		Capablanca Chess is a variation on the game of chess that exists in several versions played on a board of either 10x10 or 10x8 squares.
		Capablanca proposed two opening setups for Capablanca's chess; in one opening setup, he proposed that the archbishop piece be placed between the bishop and the queen, and that the chancellor piece be placed between the king and the king's bishop.
		Capablanca subsequently revised the opening setup so that the archbishop was between the queen's knight and bishop, and the chancellor was between the king's knight and bishop.
	www.thefreeencyclopedia.com /definition/word.aspx?w=Capablanca_Chess (494 words)

	Chess World Champions - Jose Raul Capablanca
		Jose Raul Capablanca was born in Havana, Cuba on the 19th of November 1888.
		At this time in the history of chess there was an increasing number of strong chess players and it was felt that the world champion should not be able to evade challenges to his title as has been done in the past.
		Capablanca died of a stroke in New York in 1942.
	www.chesscorner.com /worldchamps/capablanca/capablanca.htm (887 words)

	Jose Raul Capablanca y Graupera
		Jose Raul Capablanca y Graupera was born on 19 November, 1888 in Havana, Cuba.
		In 1927 Capablanca was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at Large of the Cuban Republic.
		Capablanca won Berlin 1928, 2nd at Bad Kissingen 1928 (behind Bogoljubov), 1st at Budapest 1928, 2nd at Carlsbad 1929 (behind Nimzovich), 1st at Barcelona 1929, 1st at Ramsgate 1929, and 2nd at Hastings 1930-1 (behind Euwe).
	members.tripod.com /HSK_Chess/capablanca.html (1380 words)

	Capablanca in Cleveland
		Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research.
		I had always thought that a chess master was a cross between a logarithm table and an adding machine and that such a master would have a long white beard, large hypnotic eyes and would sing nothing but a strictly intellectual bass.
		Capa (sure, we chess experts call him Capa) was a rude shock to me. He is just on the wrong side of forty but looks as though he were just on the right side of thirty and he is dapper and handsome and he is actually interested in only one thing—baseball.
	www.chessarch.com /excavations/0017_capablanca/capablanca.shtml (2783 words)

	Chessville - Chess Variants - Gothic Chess: An Introduction - by Ed Trice
		The game of chess has not evolved since, but even those who are aware of the aforementioned bit of chess history are probably unaware that in the 1920s, World Champion José Raoul Capablanca was seriously considering altering the game.
		The result was that the drawing frequency among the chess elite was sharply on the rise.
		Pushing the h-pawn two squares in Capablanca chess, seemingly freeing the king’s bishop, knight, and chancellor, allows a violent attack against h3 and i2 by the enemy archbishop, queen, and bishop, after they line up on the c8-j1 diagonal.
	www.chessville.com /GothicChess/GothicChessIntro.htm (3134 words)

	Atticus Chess Club - Famous Players
		Referred to by many chess historians as the Mozart of chess, Capablanca was a chess prodigy whose brilliance was noted at an early age.
		Capablanca took the large lead of one and a half points in the preliminary rounds, and made Lasker fight hard to draw.
		There were an increasing number of strong chess players and it was felt that the world champion should not be able to evade challenges to his title, as had been done in the past.
	www.atticuschess.org.uk /famous_players.htm (7573 words)

	World Champion Capablanca Chess Software Monograph
		The Cuban Jose Raul Capablanca, World chess Champion 1921-1927, was considered at the height of his career to be almost unbeatable and received the nickname "the chess machine".
		Even those of his colleagues who reached the chess throne would call him a "genius" (Alekhine) or "the greatest player in the history of chess" (Fischer).
		An appreciation by Dr. Robert Hübner of the 1927 WCh-Match between Capablanca and Alekhine.
	www.chesscentral.com /software/capablanca.htm (250 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess history: Capablanca played the game!
		It has an article about "the chess tournament (sic) held last night at the city hall under the auspices of the the (sic) Capital City Chess club Capablanca, the noted Cuban chess player, was defeated four times by Lincoln men....." Fred Cornell was among the players listed as taking part in the simul.
		The second game which Capablanca lost was won by W.E. Jakway on a slip move of the Cuban's which was granted a mismove, and which the Lincoln players were willing he should be granted another trial, but this he would not sanction.
		Capablanca is a Cuban of small stature and rather slight build.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=3467 (1241 words)

	Capablanca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The move notation is described on the help page for chess.
		Capablanca's chess was invented by Jose Raul Capablanca (a chess master in the first half of the twentieth century).
		All other rules are the same as standard chess, except that in castling, the king moves three spaces toward a rook (instead of two).
	www.gamerz.net /pbmserv/capablanca.html (163 words)

	Capablanca Chess (8x10) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is very similar to Capablanca's Chess and is probably the inspirational source of the latter.
		Teutonic Chess is a variant of Capablanca's Chess, using a different setup, conceived by undersigned.
		It is too a variant of Capablanca's Chess, but the setup is different and the short castle is performed on the queenside.
	hem.passagen.se /melki9/capablanca.htm (319 words)

	Chess Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Their interest in promoting chess had for me, of course, coming across it eighty-seven years later, the added benefit of alerting me to the presence of a chess column beginning in Cleveland just at the time of the Cuban’s second visit to that city.
		Without further ceremony Capablanca quickly passed from one table to another, and with scarcely a second’s pause at each, he deftly moved a piece on each chess board, and thus the battle was on.
		Capablanca had himself stated, as reported in the Plain Dealer for December 17, 1922, that his 39 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw was “the worst defeat in the last four years of exhibition and match play” he had suffered.
	www.chessarch.com /excavations/0016_capablanca/capablanca.shtml (2900 words)

	Chess Champion of the World Jose Raul Capablanca
		A Cuban chess player, the 3-d World Champion (1921 - 1927), a chess literary man and a diplomat.
		At the age of 13 Capablanca defeated J. Korso (+ 4, - 3, = 6) and became the Champion of Cuba.
		Capablanca won with the score of 9 : 5 (+ 4, - 0, = 10) and became the 3-d World Champion in the history of chess.
	www.chessebook.com /history_1.php?chem=cap (192 words)

	Capablanca 1921 - 1927 - Kings of Chess - Chess History - World Chess Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the words of a chess-playing classmate, Cuban-born Jose Capablanca never “learnt to learn.” There was no necessity for him to do so, given his talent; but this failing also circumscribed the limits of his achievements, which were confined within that vast natural genius that was never extended by unremitting intellectual labor.
		The salient characteristic of Capablanca’s chess results, more pronounced even than his numerous first prizes in tournaments, was the near absence of defeat.
		Capablanca burst on the world chess scene in 1909 as an unknown who utterly demolished Frank Marshall, +8 -1 =14, in a stakes match.
	www.worldchessnetwork.com /English/chessHistory/salute/kings/capablanca.php (1593 words)

	Amazon.com: Capablanca's Best Chess Endings: Books: Irving Chernev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chernev's genius in his work on Capablanca's endings is that through the selected examples (which invariably contain 3 or 4 pieces per side with several pawns each) and his explanations of them, the average player can see how to orient himself in complex endgames.
		No wonder Capablanca was considered invincible until his match with Alekhine: his ability to again and again badly outplay his peers in the endgame is frightening.
		CAPABLANCA'S BEST CHESS ENDINGS has made me a believer in Capablanca (never a favorite of mine): if he were alive today, he would certainly be Elo 2700+, because he would pound all the 2500s-2600s in the endgame so terribly.
	www.amazon.com /Capablancas-Chess-Endings-Irving-Chernev/dp/0486242498 (2275 words)

	Jose R Capablanca
		In 1908, Capablanca went on a tour of the USA for the first time and broke all records both by results and the speed of his simultaneous play.
		Capablanca didn't like some of the proposed conditions, and Lasker broke off and refused to renew negotiations.
		Although Jose Capablanca was the obviously entitled challenger to the world championship, Alekhine refused to play Capablanca and instead played Bogoljubov and Euwe for the title.
	www.chess-poster.com /great_players/capablanca.htm (1053 words)

	Book Reviews
		David MacEnulty, a schoolteacher and chess coach in New York City, has written a series of books aimed at helping scholastic players become fundamentally sound in their first forays into competitive chess.
		MacEnulty acknowledges that chess terminology is sometimes slippery, and that some authors use terms such as “decoy” or “deflection” in different ways.
		The Chess Kid’s Book of the King and Pawn Endgame is also perfectly suited for scholastic players with some experience, but by virtue of its content it even transcends that relatively narrow audience and is suitable for stronger players as a refresher course for the basics of KandP endings.
	www.chesscafe.com /Reviews/books.htm (956 words)

	Chernev chess
		He was intrigued by chess, absorbed by it, amazed and delighted with it, fascinated, mesmerized, and intoxicated with it.
		Chess, for him, was the most incredibly beautiful jewel in the world, in the cosmos.
		His father taught him chess when he was twelve, and young Irving developed as a player during the ascendancy of Rubinstein, Nimzowitch, Alekhine, and Capablanca.
	www.chesslab.com /chernev.htm (2764 words)

	Capablanca Goes Algebraic by Edward Winter
		The publishers, G. Bell and Sons, rose to the occasion and produced a stately, navy blue hardback; Capablanca’s signature was embossed in gold on the front cover, and there was a fine frontispiece portrait, protected by a translucent interleaf.
		In Capablanca v Janowsky, San Sebastian, 1911 two gross annotational errors (confusion of the a- and h-pawns) have been made in Capablanca’s notes to his 52nd and 58th moves.
		Nonetheless, Capablanca’s original texts are followed closely, to the extent that in A Primer of Chess even such slips as the move numbers on pages 128-129 and the year of two Euwe games on page 143 and page 146 have been left untouched.
	www.chesshistory.com /winter/extra/capablanca.html (2777 words)

	The chess games of Jose Raul Capablanca
		Jose Raul Capablanca was born in Havana, Cuba on November 19, 1888.
		He learned to play chess at age four by watching his father's games, and his rise to the top of the sport was quick.
		Capablanca was still looking for financial backing after 12 years of trying to arrange the rematch.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=47544 (1237 words)

	Capablanca
		José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942) was born in Cuba, the second surviving son of an army officer.
		Capablanca did not like some of the proposed conditions, and as a result Lasker broke off and refused to renew negotiations.
		Capablanca may have become over-confident and complacent with this brilliant result - 3 points ahead of Alekhine, thus possibly underestimating the threat of Alekhine in the subsequent World championship match.
	www.chessclub.demon.co.uk /culture/worldchampions/capablanca/capablanca.htm (2927 words)

	Standard chess diagram - Wikimedia Commons
		Standard chess diagram template is a result of discussions and votings which took place in WikiProject Chess on Meta-Wiki.
		Chess diagram 8x10 (chessboard with ten columns, 26x26 px)
		This diagram is recommended for common use as a main diagram in the articles on chess openings, endings, games, positions etc. See the corresponding code below.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Standard_chess_diagram (469 words)

	The Chess Machine - Jose Raul Capablanca CD
		No chess player's education is complete without reference to the games and works of Jose Raul Capablanca, 3rd World Chess Champion.
		Capablanca had perhaps the greatest natural talent for chess ever seen.
		Capablanca's amazing style of play is characterized by his precision and iron logic, combined with almost complete freedom from error.
	www.chesscentral.com /pickard/capablanca.htm (233 words)

	Capablanca Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Capablanca Chess is a variation on the game of chess that exists inseveral versions played on a board of either 10x10 or 10x8 squares.
		Each player has a king, a queen, a chancellor that moves like both a rook and a knight, an archbishop that moves both like abishop and a knight, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and ten pawns.
		An archbishop (which also sometimes hasdifferent names), is about a pawn less valuable than a queen.
	www.therfcc.org /capablanca-chess-113640.html (120 words)

	Chess
		World champion who dominated chess in the 1940's and 50's selects and annotates his own best games to 1946.
		Chess expert helps beginning players grasp essentials of playing chess to win.
		25 chess games played between master and amateur—chosen, arranged and annotated to help amateurs learn how to play chess, and avoid a variety of weak strategic and tactical moves.
	store.doverpublications.com /by-subject-chess.html (601 words)

	Amazon.ca: Capablanca's Best Chess Endings: Books: Irving Chernev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It showed me a totally new way of playing chess, a style that I consider to be even more beautiful than a vicious sacrificial mating attack.
		But the moves and plans have such a simplicity and clarity to them even beginners will be able to understand what the objective is and watch him make it happen.
		I had been consulting and recomending this book for years to my youngs chess students with great and outstanding results, is a classic that show Capa finess technic and his economic cristal clear style....very good book to be use to learn endgames from beginners to masters...
	www.amazon.ca /Capablancas-Chess-Endings-Irving-Chernev/dp/0486242498 (1052 words)

	Chessville - Reviews - Chess Fundamentals - by Jose Capablanca - converted to eBook Format by Tim Sawyer - Reviewed by ...
		This famous chess manual by one of the all-time chess greats is simplified by diagrams and illustrated by eighteen complete games; it has introduced thousands to one of the oldest and most fascinating games in the world.
		Some chess players may prefer to stick with paper-and-ink books – it’s still hard to tuck a lap-top into your coat pocket or purse, and there are some rooms in the house you that shouldn’t set your computer up in.
		Please note: if you are really, really interested in Capablanca, and have a little bit more money on hand, you might want to read what the Chess Central site has to say about their CD The Chess Machine: Jose Raul Capablanca by Tim Sawyer and Sid Pickard.
	www.chessville.com /reviews/ChessFundamentals.htm (644 words)

	Capablanca Chess - Slider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The game is named after its inventor, the former World chess champion José Raúl Capablanca.
		Archbishop is placed between knight and bishop on the queen side, Chancellor on the king side.
		He also experimented with 10x10 board sizes, where the pawns could move up to three squares on the initial move.
	enc.slider.com /Enc/Capablanca_chess (483 words)

	Capablanca's Best Chess Endings by Irving Chernev - 0486242498 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Capablanca was one of the greatest endgame players off all time, and Chernev's analysis is easy to follow.
		Usually ships in 24 hours One of the few books Capablanca wrote, this is a must-have book for every serious chess player.
		Capablanca: A Compendium of Games, Notes, Articles, Correspondence, Illustrations and Other Rare Archival Materials on the Cuban Chess Genius Jose Raul Capablanca, 1888-1942
	www.chess-strategy-online.com /books/Jose-Capablanca/0486242498 (303 words)

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