Golombek Harry. Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess

London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1972. — 270 p. — ISBN: 978-4-387187-575-2.Jose Raoul Capablanca is widely regarded as the strongest chess player who ever lived prior to Bobby Fischer. The authoritative work, “The Rating of Chess Players Past and Present” by Arpad Elo, inventor of the modern rating system, ISBN: 0923891277, rates Capablanca as 2725, higher than any other player in history prior to Fischer. The great thing about Capablanca's style of play is he tended to play simple, direct moves, moves that even an amateur player can find over the board. José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was the third World Champion, reigning from 1921 until 1927. Renowned for the simplicity of his play, his legendary endgame prowess, accuracy, and the speed of his play, he earned the nickname of the "Human Chess Machine". Jose Raul Capablanca was born in Havana. Capablanca's ideas are still relevant on the world stage of chess. His images are a powerful aid to the student board secrets. In this volume Harry Golombek, the distinguished chess correspondent of the times and one of Great Britain's leading players, has bought together Capablanca's Hundred Best Games. These will provide the expert as well as the beginner with a new insight into the master's extraordinary grasp of the game's fundamental strategic principles, the brilliance of his tactical development. Golombek's clearly written notes highlight the games most crucial phases and provide the reader with many interesting clues as to possible variations.Harry Golombek OBE was born on 1 March 1911 in London. He was a British chess International Master and honorary grandmaster, chess arbiter, and chess author. He was three times British Chess Champion, in 1947, 1949 and 1955. He became a grandmaster in 1985. He was famous as an author of many books and magazine articles. During World War II he worked at Bletchley Park deciphering the German enigma codes. He died on 7 January 1995 in the United Kingdom. Julius Du Mont was a chess player, author and translator best known for “500 Master Games of Chess” and “The Basis of Combination in Chess”. He was born December 15, 1881 in Paris and died April 7, 1956 in Hastings, England.