Master Class Band 4: José Raúl Capablanca Taktik Paul Keres

Paul Keres

'What can be learned from them

None other than Garry Kasparov accompanied him as a trainer on an important part of the journey

“Chess is 99 percent tactics” is an old saying

but here you are actively involved

Master Class Band 4: José Raúl Capablanca Taktik Paul KeresHe was a child prodigy and legends surround him. In his best days he was considered invincible and some consider him the greatest chess talent of all time: Jose Raul Capablanca, born in Havana in 1888. At the age of 13 he became Cuban champion, in 1909 he sensationally defeated Marshall 8: 1 and catapulted himself into the world elite. At a time when information was scarce across the pond, Capablanca did not gain the recognition he deserved in Europe