Capablanca, José
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1895 |
211 |
2250 | (114) | 2 |
| 1896 |
180 |
2266 | (108) | 0 |
| 1897 |
165 |
2282 | (100) | 0 |
| 1898 |
144 |
2297 | (92) | 0 |
| 1899 |
130 |
2313 | (82) | 0 |
| 1900 |
113 |
2329 | (71) | 0 |
| 1901 |
107 |
2345 | (57) | 27 |
| 1902 |
100 |
2350 | (58) | 10 |
| 1903 |
58 |
2408 | (62) | 0 |
| 1904 |
29 |
2466 | (62) | 3 |
| 1905 |
16 |
2512 | (63) | 1 |
| 1906 |
9 |
2561 | (59) | 5 |
| 1907 |
4 |
2599 | (57) | 1 |
| 1908 |
2 |
2644 | (49) | 5 |
| 1909 |
2 |
2674 | (36) | 91 |
| 1910 |
2 |
2665 | (39) | 19 |
| 1911 |
2 |
2694 | (37) | 43 |
| 1912 |
2 |
2715 | (42) | 4 |
| 1913 |
1 |
2745 | (36) | 52 |
| 1914 |
1 |
2775 | (38) | 35 |
| 1915 |
1 |
2781 | (44) | 15 |
| 1916 |
1 |
2774 | (48) | 20 |
| 1917 |
1 |
2788 | (53) | 0 |
| 1918 |
1 |
2801 | (51) | 12 |
| 1919 |
1 |
2814 | (51) | 16 |
| 1920 |
1 |
2800 | (53) | 0 |
| 1921 |
1 |
2787 | (49) | 14 |
| 1922 |
1 |
2769 | (48) | 15 |
| 1923 |
1 |
2745 | (49) | 0 |
| 1924 |
2 |
2722 | (41) | 20 |
| 1925 |
2 |
2692 | (39) | 20 |
| 1926 |
2 |
2682 | (40) | 9 |
| 1927 |
2 |
2677 | (32) | 54 |
| 1928 |
2 |
2660 | (33) | 33 |
| 1929 |
2 |
2652 | (33) | 55 |
| 1930 |
2 |
2633 | (40) | 9 |
| 1931 |
2 |
2640 | (39) | 30 |
| 1932 |
3 |
2625 | (50) | 0 |
| 1933 |
3 |
2610 | (53) | 0 |
| 1934 |
3 |
2595 | (49) | 1 |
| 1935 |
4 |
2597 | (35) | 37 |
| 1936 |
2 |
2620 | (33) | 41 |
| 1937 |
6 |
2587 | (37) | 14 |
| 1938 |
8 |
2565 | (38) | 24 |
| 1939 |
8 |
2555 | (43) | 25 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Capablanca y Graupera, José Raúl |
| Born: 19 Nov. 1888 |
| Died: 8 Mar. 1942 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Cornil, Le Café de la Régence, page 242 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 302 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 320 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 377 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 349 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 253, 301 |
| Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachzweikämpfe, page 76 |
| Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 172 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 63 |
| Golombek, Golombek's Encyclopedia, page 58 |
| Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 489 |
| Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 55 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 43 |
| Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 348 |
| Web |
| Alberti, Marco A. [José Raul Grauopera Capablanca] |
| Giffen, Glen. [Capablanca, Jose Raul] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944] |
| Winter, Edward. [Chess Prodigies] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 3812. Chess prodigies] |
| Winter, Edward. [CN 4918. Capablanca in the 1890s] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Taubenhaus, J. - Capablanca, J.R. 1895 |
(c) |
0 | - | 2 |
Taubenhaus, J. gave odds of the queen |
| Capablanca, J.R. - Ettlinger, A.K. 1901 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Marceau, M.P. 1901 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Delmonte, E. 1901 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Paredes, L. 1901 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Corzo, E. 1901 |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
|
| Corzo, J. - Capablanca, J.R. 1901 (1) |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Fiol, A. 1901 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Gavilan, A. 1901 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Marquez Sterling, M. 1901 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Blanco, J.A. 1901 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Corzo, J. - Capablanca, J.R. 1901 (2) |
(f) |
6 | - | 7 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Delmar, E. (1) 1904 |
(c) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Redding, J.D. 1905 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Raubitschek, Ro. 1906 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Delmar, E. (1) 1908 |
(f) |
5 | - | 0 |
Capablanca, J.R. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Capablanca, J.R. - McConnell, Ja. (1) 1909 |
(c) |
6 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Wilcox, C.O. 1909 |
(c) |
5 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Buck, C.F. 1909 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Dixon, B.V.B. 1909 |
(c) |
17 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Labatt, L.L. 1909 |
(c) |
5.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Benedict, P.S. 1909 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Levy (1) 1909 |
(c) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Preis 1909 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - McGuire, M.H. 1909 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Hago, M.D. 1909 |
(c) |
4 | - | 1 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Roething, O. 1909 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Jaffe, C. 1909 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Rosenthal, J.C. 1909 |
(f) |
0.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Marshall, F.J. 1909 |
(f) |
15 | - | 8 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Blanco, R. 1909 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Portela, R. - Capablanca, J.R. 1909 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Corzo, J. 1909 |
(c) |
4 | - | 1 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Moorman, W.L. 1909 |
(c) |
16 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Beihoff, G.J. 1910 |
(f) |
5.5 | - | 1.5 |
Capablanca, J.R. gave odds of pawn and move |
| Capablanca, J.R. - Voigt, H.G. 1910 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Marshall, F.J. - Capablanca, J.R. 1910 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 2.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Gelly, M.A. 1911 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Portela, C.M. 1911 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Carranza, L. 1911 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Carranza, E. 1911 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Molina, L. 1911 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Villegas, B.H. 1911 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Lynch, J.A. 1911 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Nollmann, J. 1911 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Illa, Ro. 1911 |
(f) |
3 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Anaya, A. 1911 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Berasain, J.F. 1911 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Chajes, O. 1912 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Jaffe, C. 1912 |
(f) |
2.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Aurbach, A. - Capablanca, J.R. 1913 |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Mieses, J. 1913 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Teichmann, R. 1913 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Znosko-Borovsky, E.A. 1913 |
(f) |
1 | - | 1 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Dus-Chotimirsky, F.I. 1913 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Alekhine, A.A. 1913 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Nimzowitsch, A. 1913 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Bernstein, O.S. 1914 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Bogoljubow, E.D. 1914 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Tartakover, S.G. 1914 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Reti, R. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Aurbach, A. 1914 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Fernandez, V. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Lopez, R. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Villegas, B.H. 1914 |
(f) |
2 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Lynch, J.A. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Ruiz, E.G. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Israel, A.C. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Illa, Ro. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Molina, L. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Other, A.N. 1914 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Shipley, W.P. 1915 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Lovegrove, W.R. 1916 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Kostic, B. 1919 |
(f) |
5 | - | 0 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Lasker, Em. 1921 |
(f) |
9 | - | 5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Stewart, W.H. 1926 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
|
| Alekhine, A.A. - Capablanca, J.R. 1927 |
(f) |
18.5 | - | 15.5 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Euwe, M. 1931 |
(f) |
6 | - | 4 |
|
| Capablanca, J.R. - Cintron, R. 1934 |
(f) |
1 | - | 0 |
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Tournament data
| Havana 1902 |
Cuba Championship |
4.5 | / | 10 |
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| New York 1906 (4) |
Columbia University - Manhattan Club Match |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Fox, A.W. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1906 (5) |
Columbia University - Brooklyn Club Match |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Helms, H. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1906 (6) |
Yale University - Columbia University Match |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Burgess, E.B. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1906 (7) |
15th C.H.Y.P. Tournament |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Brackett, Q.A. |
1 - 0 |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Burgess, E.B. |
1 - 0 |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Ward, W.M. |
1 - 0 |
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| London, England and New York 1907 (2) |
7th Anglo-American Universities Cable Match |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Rose, H.J. (2) |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York 1910 (2) |
New York State Chess Association Play-off |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Jaffe, C. |
2.5 - 0.5 |
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| New York (?) 1910 |
Manhattan Club - New Jersey Match |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Field, O.W. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1910 (4) |
Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Shipley, W.P. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| New York 1911 (1) |
New York Tournament |
9.5 | / | 12 |
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| San Sebastian 1911 (1) |
San Sebastian Master Tournament |
9.5 | / | 14 |
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| New York 1913 (1) |
New York Tournament |
11 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| Havana 1913 |
Havana Tournament |
10 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| New York 1913 (4) |
Rice Club Tournament |
12 | / | 12 |
| | | |
| Saint Petersburg 1914 (2) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament - Preliminary |
8 | / | 10 |
| | | |
| Saint Petersburg 1914 (3) |
Saint Petersburg Tournament - Final |
5 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| New York 1915 (7) |
New York Tournament |
13 | / | 14 |
| | | |
| New York 1916 (1) |
New York Tournament - Preliminary Section |
12 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| New York 1916 (2) |
New York Tournament - Final Section |
2 | / | 4 |
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| New York 1916 (3) |
Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Schroeder, M. |
1 - 0 |
| | | |
| New York 1916 (4) |
Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match |
| | | | | | |
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Capablanca, J.R. - Sharp, S.T. |
1 - 0 |
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| New York 1918 (8) |
New York Tournament |
10.5 | / | 12 |
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| Hastings 1919 (1) |
British Chess Federation Special Victory Congress - Chief Tournament |
10.5 | / | 11 |
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| London, England 1922 (1) |
British Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament |
13 | / | 15 |
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| New York 1924 (1) |
New York Tournament |
14.5 | / | 20 |
| | | |
| Moscow 1925 (3) |
Moscow Tournament |
13.5 | / | 20 |
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| Lake Hopatcong 1926 |
Pan-American Tournament |
6 | / | 8 |
| | | |
| New York 1927 (2) |
New York Tournament |
14 | / | 20 |
| | | |
| Bad Kissingen 1928 (1) |
11th Bavarian Chess Federation Congress - Master Tournament |
7 | / | 11 |
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| Budapest 1928 (2) |
Budapest Tournament |
7 | / | 9 |
| | | |
| Berlin 1928 (9) |
Berlin Tournament |
9.5 | / | 13 |
| | | |
| Ramsgate 1929 (1) |
22nd Kent County Chess Association Congress - British vs Foreigners |
5.5 | / | 7 |
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| Carlsbad 1929 |
Carlsbad Tournament |
14.5 | / | 21 |
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| Budapest 1929 (1) |
Budapest Tournament |
10.5 | / | 13 |
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| Barcelona 1929 |
Barcelona Tournament |
13.5 | / | 14 |
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| Hastings 1930 (1) |
10th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament |
6.5 | / | 9 |
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| Hastings 1931 (1) |
11th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament |
6.5 | / | 9 |
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| New York 1931 (6) |
New York International Tournament |
10 | / | 11 |
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| Hastings 1935 (1) |
15th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament |
5.5 | / | 9 |
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| Moscow 1935 (1) |
Moscow International Tournament |
12 | / | 19 |
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| Margate 1935 (1) |
Margate Premier Tournament |
7 | / | 9 |
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| Margate 1936 (1) |
Margate Premier Tournament |
7 | / | 9 |
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| Moscow 1936 (2) |
Moscow International Tournament |
13 | / | 18 |
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| Nottingham 1936 (1) |
Nottingham Master Tournament |
10 | / | 14 |
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| Semmering 1937 |
Semmering-Baden Tournament |
7.5 | / | 14 |
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| Paris 1938 (1) |
Paris Tournament |
8 | / | 10 |
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| Netherlands 1938 |
AVRO Tournament |
6 | / | 14 |
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| Margate 1939 (1) |
Margate Premier Tournament |
6.5 | / | 9 |
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| Buenos Aires 1939 (4) |
8th Olympiad - Qualifying Group 4 |
3 | / | 5 |
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| Buenos Aires 1939 (6) |
8th Olympiad - Final A |
8.5 | / | 11 |
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| Player information updated: 8 Dec. 2023 |
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