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Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The ending is certainly more than a mopping up operation for white. Capablanca was a world chess champion and one of the greatest players in chess history, yet he wrote very little about the game. Chess fundamentals, revised by jose raul capablanca.

Jose raul capablanca is a chess legend, world champion and quite simply one of the greatest players in the history of the game. Capablanca was a child prodigy with an astonishing natural talent for the game. Capablanca demonstrates essential techniques for all game phases, including how to exploit a passed pawn, how to use knights for attack and how to win by indirect attack. Renowned for the simplicity of his play, his legendary endgame prowess, accuracy, and the speed of his play, he earned the nickname of the human chess machine. He wrote several chess books during his career, of which chess fundamentals was regarded by mikhail botvinnik as the best chess book ever written. In official highlevel meetings since 1909, capablanca lost only 34 games, and from 1916 to 1924 remained undefeated. Chess fundamentals, revised by jose raul capablanca goodreads. His achievements and seemingly effortless style of play won many admirers, and his legacy includes a treasure of instructive games.

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