- List of people who have beaten José Raúl Capablanca in chess
The following twenty-seven people have beaten
José Raúl Capablanca in a regular game of chess — not a game played at odds. Capablanca is considered to be perhaps the strongest human chess player in history, being undefeated for over eight years of active, world-class competition, from February 10, 1916 to March 21, 1924 (Comparing top chess players throughout history ). [Arpad Elo , "The Rating of Chessplayers, Past and Present", (1978)] [Raymond Keene andNathan Divinsky , "Warriors of the Mind", (1989)] [Jeff Sonas, [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2345 The Greatest Chess Player of All Time – Part I] (2001), atChessbase ]Some of the people listed played Capablanca when he was quite young, and some were "Simul" games, where he took on multiple opponents at the same time. These players are listed with an (S) next to them. Players who defeated Capablanca when he was under 16 years of age have an (U16) by their names.
Tournament and match play
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Alexander Alekhine , seven wins - Buenos Aires 1927 Match Games #1,11,12,21,32,34 and AVRO 1938, and score (+7 –9 =33)
*Arnold Aurbach - Paris 1913, and score (+1 –3 =0)
*Roy Turnbull Black - New York 1911, and score (+1 –1 =0)
*Mikhail Botvinnik - AVRO 1938, and score (+1 –1 =5)
*Oscar Chajes - New York 1916, and score (+1 –2 =2)
*Juan Corzo (U16), three wins - Havana 1901 Match Games #1,2,13
*Erich Eliskases - Semmering 1937, and score (+1 –1 =2)
*Max Euwe - AVRO 1938, and score (+1 –4 =14)
*Salo Flohr - Nottingham 1936, and score (+1 –2 =8)
*Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Moscow 1925, and score (+1 –0 =0)
*Charles Jaffe - New York 1913, and score (+1 –3 =3)
*David Janowski - Havana 1913, and score (+1 –9 =1)
*Paul Keres - AVRO 1938, and plus score (+1 –0 =5)
*Emanuel Lasker , two wins - Sankt Petersburg 1914 and Moscow 1935, and score (+2 –6 =15)
*Andre Lilienthal - Hastings 1934/35, and score (+1 –1 =2)
*Frank James Marshall , four wins - New York 1909 Match Game #7, New York 1910 (two games), Havana 1913, and score (+4 –21 =29)
*Samuel Reshevsky - Margate 1935, and score (+1 –1 =4)
*Richard Réti - New York 1924, and score (+1 –4 =2)
*Nikolai Riumin - Moscow 1935, and score (+1 –2 =0)
*Akiba Rubinstein - San Sebastian 1911, and score (+1 –1 =7)
*Friedrich Saemisch - Carlsbad 1929, and score (+1 –1 =0)
*Rudolf Spielmann , two wins - Bad Kissingen 1928 and Carlsbad 1929, and score (+2 –2 =8)
*Mir Sultan Khan - Hasting 1930/31, and score (+1 –0 =0)
*Siegbert Tarrasch - Sankt Petersburg 1914, and score (+1 –2 =3)
*George Alan Thomas - Hastings 1934/35, and score (+1 –5 =2)
*Boris Verlinsky - Moscow 1925, and score (+1 –0 =0)
*Eugene Znosko-Borovsky - Sankt Petersburg 1913 Match Game #2, and score (+1 –3 =1) [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com/ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ] [ [http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/ShortMatchesOf20thCentury.htm Short matches of the 20th century ] ]Discussion results
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Borislav Kostić - Buenos Aires 1915 Match (+2 –12 =0) [Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). "Szachy od A do Z". Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z).]Exhibition and offhand games
Among others:
*Barrett (S) - Philadelphia 1908
*A.H. Beckman (S) - Philadelphia 1924
*Mikhail Botvinnik (S) - Leningrad 1925
*Juan Corzo (S) - Havana 1931
*Reuben Fine (S) - New York 1931
*Maurice Fox (S) - London 1919
*Rudolf Loman (S) - London 1913
*D.W. Pomeroy (S) - St Louis 1909
*Sergei Prokofiev (S) - St Petersburg 1914
*E. Weiss (S) - Hamburg 1911
*Kluxen (S) - Hamburg 1911References
ee also
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List of people who have beaten Alexander Alekhine in chess
*List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess
*List of people who have beaten Garry Kasparov in chess
*List of people who have beaten Emanuel Lasker in chess
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