Capablanca Chess Set - Rosewood - 4" King

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World Champion Commemorative Series - Rosewood 4" King Chess Set
Massive bases tapering to slender elegant tops of the pieces make me want to play with this set every time I play. Quadruple weighting gives this set a wonderful feel. Classic Rosewood lends to the pure lines of the set. The flow of the mane of the bridle knight gives these chess peces a look like no other. The more I thought about it I knew this had to be the Capablanca Commemorative wood chess set. It most closely matches his seemingly effortless play and his casual style. Referred to by many chess historians as the Mozart of chess, Capablanca was a chess prodigy whose brilliance was noted at an early age. Richard Réti said about him 'Chess was his mother tongue'.

According to Capablanca, he learned the rules of the game at the age of four by watching his father play. He said he noticed his father make an illegal move with his knight, accused him of cheating, and then demonstrated what he had done. Capablanca was taken to the Havana Chess Club when he was five, where the leading players found it impossible to beat the young boy even when giving him the handicap of a queen.
In his entire chess career, Capablanca suffered fewer than 40 losses in serious games. He was undefeated for over eight years of active, world-class competition, from February 10, 1916, when he lost from a superior position against Oscar Chajes; to March 21, 1924, when he lost to Richard Reti in the New York International tournament. This was an unbeaten streak of 63 games, and included the strong London tournament of 1922, as well as the world championship match against Lasker.

In fact, only Marshall, Lasker, Alekhine and Rudolf Spielmann won two or more serious games with the mature Capablanca, but their overall lifetime scores were minus (Capablanca beat Marshall +20 -2 =28, Lasker +6 -2 =16, Alekhine +9 -7 =33), except for Spielmann who was level (+2 -2 =8). Of top players, only Keres had a narrow plus score against him (+1 -0 =5), and that win was when Capablanca was 50 and Keres 22.

This set looks best on our Exclusive Monaco Series 2.25" solid wood chess boards. I would recommend the Blood Rosewood to help bring out the color of the classic Rosewood.

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Reg price: $399.00
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