Capablanca the Great Minimalist – Volume II: 1919-1928

José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942, World Champion 1921-1927) had a way of posting his pieces on exactly the perfect squares at the perfect time. For his opponents, it almost felt as if Capa’s pieces had a gift for condescension, since they had no need to look for opportunity. Opportunity instead came to them. The position’s optimal plan would magically and instantaneously arrange itself into coherent order within Capa’s chess mind. The present volume, number II, contains 107 freshly annotated games and fragments incorporating 103 exercises. It covers Capablanca’s world championship matches against Emanuel Lasker and Alexander Alekhine, famous tournaments including Hastings 1919, London 1922, New York 1924, Moscow 1925, New York 1927, and Bad Kissingen, Budapest and Berlin 1928 among others, as well as a host of other high-quality games. Other great opponents included Euwe, Bogoljubov, Maroczy, Nimzowitsch, Spielmann, Tarrasch, Rubenstein, Reti, Marshall, Edward Lasker, Tartakower, Thomas and Yates.