Jose Raul Capablanca, 1888-1942, visited 5 times the United Kingdom between 1911-1920. He participated in several tournaments and played many simultaneous, free and consultation games. The book is a definitive work on his visits in Britain - detailed history, inclusive articles and news from papers of the time, is accompanied by all 123 today known Capablancas games, most of which is annotated from contemporary sources. Crosstables, several indexes (players, openings, bibliography, list of simuls etc).
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