AVRO 1938 chess tournament
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The AVRO tournament was a famous chess tournament held in the Netherlands in 1938, sponsored by the Dutch broadcasting company AVRO. The event was a double round-robin tournament between the eight str
Final round game Paul Keres vs. Reuben Fine
José Raúl Capablanca
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José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he was widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed o
AVRO 1938 chess tournament
…½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 7 5 Samuel Reshevsky United States 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 6 Alexander Alekhine France ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 7 José Raúl Capablanca Cuba 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 6 8 Salo Flohr Czechoslovakia ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 4½ The longest game was a 68-move win of Fine over Alekhine…
Capablanca in 1931
Capablanca playing chess with his father, José María Capablanca, in 1892
Capablanca in 1915
First Match game between Alekhine and Capablanca on 14 December 1913 in an exhibition in St. Petersburg