Books with author Jose Raul Capablanca

Play to Win! Jose Raul Capablanca was one of the greatest World Chess Champions of all time! While his playing style was straightforward he played with a blazing speed and strength that had never been seen before or since. In Chess Fundamentals Capablanca gives the reader a glimpse into his thinking patterns and strategy. Perfect for any playing level. The advice and exercises herein will make anyone and everyone a stronger player.

Capablanca’s Masterpiece now in Algebraic NotationWritten with the novice chess player in mind, Chess Fundamentals equips you with the essential opening, middlegame, and endgame techniques needed to advance your game. Capablanca writes with an ease of understanding that any chess player will grasp, and includes 14 full games annotated by the World Champion himself. A true mountain of knowledge, Chess Fundamentals will take you from just knowing the rules of chess to applying the principles used by the masters.

Play to Win! Jose Raul Capablanca was one of the greatest World Chess Champions of all time! While his playing style was straightforward he played with a blazing speed and strength that had never been seen before or since. In Chess Fundamentals Capablanca gives the reader a glimpse into his thinking patterns and strategy. Perfect for any playing level. The advice and exercises herein will make anyone and everyone a stronger player.

The seminal work of the Cuban genius who repeated the exploits of Morphy, suddenly bursting onto the European scene and annihilating the great masters who had hitherto dominated the international arena. This book captures the magic of Capablanca's early victory at San Sebastian 1911 and his second place - bowing only to Lasker - at St Petersburg 1914. All in all, 35 games are annotated by Capablanca in person with remarkable objectivity - bestowing praise and hurling criticism as and when required.

This is the masterpiece by World Chess Champion Jose Raul Capablanca who is regarded as the strongest chess player who ever lived, prior to the arrival of Bobby Fischer. World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik regarded Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals as the best chess book ever written. This is a reprint of the original "Chess Fundamentals" by Capablanca, as first published in 1921 and only a preface added by Capablanca in 1934. The reader here can feel confident that this reprint contains the exact, complete words of Capablanca. Unlike other reprints, not one word has been changed or omitted. All 14 illustrative games plus another five games in the initial text have been converted into algebraic notation in an appendix added in the back of this book, with diagrams.