Club Capablanca

                                                               The Results of this years first Club Competition The 'Club Capablanca Championship' 1400 - 1600 Was won by. In joint 1ST PLACE  - JEDDOBET from Sweden. and  JBEDSOLE3  from U.S.A. Congratulations!!! and well played.                          2ND PLACE - DISP79  from GERMANY.                          3RD PLACE -  TIME2C  from   U.S.A. Well played to these players and a personal thank you to all those players who took part in t...

               Havana Cup Tournament 2023 This is the Second Internal Club Tournament of the year open to all ratings at the club determine the 'Havana Cup' Champion  of the year. This Competition is by invite only for members of 'Club Capablanca'   -  Havana Cup  -  Open Rating (Groups of 5 with 2 going through in each group)  Invites will be sent personally to all club members at the time of this announcement release. There is also a Link to Join this Tournament at the bottom of this an...

    Capablanca Memorial Tournament 2023 This is an External Tournament for all club members and non-club members rated Under 1001.  There is a maximum of x128 spaces available to register, on a first come first serve basis  –   -  Capablanca Memorial Tournament 2023    x128  Under 1001 Rating  (Groups of 4 with 2 going through in each group)  Please be aware, if your rating is higher than the tournament parameters at start/beginning of the tournament, you will be removed automatically....

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                                  ALTHOUGH CAPABLANCA IS NOT MY FAVOURITE CHESS PLAYER  HE IS WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE GREATEST CHESS PLAYERS OF ALL TIME/ HIS GAMES ARE STILL ANALYSED BY TOP GRANDMASTERS TODAY AS SIGNIFICANT LEARNING MATERIAL.  I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO POST A SHORT BIO OF THIS WONDERFUL PLAYER WHO THIS CLUB WAS NAMED AFTER.  Many chess lovers still regard Cuban world chess champion José Raúl Capablanca as the greatest player who has ever lived. In his own lifetime...

For those who wish to view them - Current External Tournaments - https://www.chess.com/tournament/fide-corona-cup-world-championship-2022-23 https://www.chess.com/tournament/2023-daily-chess-world-crown-under-1100 https://www.chess.com/tournament/2023-daily-chess-world-crown-under-1400 https://www.chess.com/tournament/2023-daily-chess-world-crown-under-1600 https://www.chess.com/tournament/2023-daily-chess-world-crown-under-1800 Current Internal (invite only) Club tournaments - http...

EXTERNAL TOURNAMENTS  -                                                      'CAPABLANCA MEMORIAL'  (THIS IS AN ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OPEN TO BOTH CLUB MEMBERS AND EXTERNAL PLAYERS FOR ALL RATING RANGES UNDER - 1001)  CAPABLANCA MEMORIAL -  Under 1001  -     X128                                                                              'TATA STEEL CHESSMASTERS KNOCKOUT'  (THIS IS AN ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OPEN TO ALL PLAYERS AND ALL RATING RANGES BOTH CLUB MEMBERS AND EXTERNAL PLAYERS I...

This is the First Internal Club Tournament to determine club champions for the respective year. There are 5 categories –   -  Capablanca Club Championship Under 1000  -  Capablanca Club Championship 1000 - 1200  -  Capablanca Club Championship 1200 - 1400  -  Capablanca Club Championship 1400 - 1600  -  Capablanca Club Championship 1600 - Open (Groups of 4 with 2 going through in each group)  Invites will be sent personally to all club members at your respective ratings. Players who...

  This is the start of a new year and the start of our Club 'Club Capablanca'.  We are about to start some internal Club tournaments which will be listed below. These Internal Competitions will not be simultaneous. They will happen one after the other. There will also be external tournaments, again these Competitions will happen one after the other, followed by we hope, Inter-Club matches with other Clubs. We want all players to feel they have something to play for and get involved in.  ...

We thought this would be a handy schedule to let all club members know when,… approximately,our Tournaments will be running through the year. Of course, you are free to compete where you chose but, we do ask, where possible, to support the club by being active in our Internal Club Tournaments. Internal or Club Members only Tournaments Capablanca Club Championship - (Early January - approx.) Havana Cup - (March - approx.) San Sebastien Knockout - (June/July) - approx.) External or Bot...