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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: Havana |  
   | Start date: 6 Mar. 1887 |  
   | End date:   6 Mar. 1887 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | From the report in the Brooklyn Chess Chronicle of 15 Mar. 1887 (p.87), it sounds as though these were offhand games. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 35 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BCC], vol. 5, no. 6, 15 Mar. 1887, page 87 |  |  |