The Unknown Capablanca by Hooper, David and Dale Brandreth - 1975

New York: R. H. M. Press, 1975. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips or tears. Price clipped. Previous owner's small ink stamp on the endpaper. All other pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with 150 chess board diagrams. Includes 208 annotated games (most of which are previously unpublished) and 2 studies. Also includes the games from his match victory over Corzo which gained him the title of Cuban Champion at the age of 12. First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. Translated from the Russian. Has numerous appendices: The Chess Record of Jose Raul Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 - 8 March 10, 1942); Tournaments record; Team Events record; Individual Matches; Exhibition Games; Consultation Games; Simultaneous Displays record; Index of Players; Index of Openings; Index of Endgames; Index of Sources. Bound in the original maroon boards, lettered in bright gold on the spine.… Read More