Juan Corzo

Juan Corzo y Principe (1873 – 1941) was a Spanish–Cuban chess master, champion of Cuba immediately preceding José Capablanca.

Born in Madrid, Corzo emigrated to Cuba in 1887. He studied under Pichardo and became Champion of the Havana Chess Club. He is best known for losing to Capablanca (4–3, 6 draws) in 1901 during that great player's meteoric rise, when Capablanca had just turned 13. But Corzo was a force in Cuban chess in his own right. With Capablanca, he founded the National Chess Federation of Cuba, and was a longtime editor of "Capablanca's Chess Magazine". He won five times Cuban Chess Championship (1898, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1918).

References

* [http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/corzo.html Well documented article by E. Winter]

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NAME=Corzo, Juan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Juan Corzo y Principe
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Chess master
DATE OF BIRTH=1873
PLACE OF BIRTH=Madrid
DATE OF DEATH=1941
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