Jose Raul Capablanca
3rd World Chess Champion · Classical era · Cuba · 1888–1942
The chess machine: eight years without a single loss, and endgames of frightening clarity.
Career In The Collection
597Games
301Wins
251Draws
44Losses
71%Score
1901–1941Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Marshall | 51 | 21 | 28 | 2 | view games |
| Alexander Alekhine | 49 | 9 | 33 | 7 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | view games |
| Rudolf Spielmann | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | view games |
| Aron Nimzowitsch | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | view games |
| Akiba Rubinstein | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | view games |
| Richard Reti | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | view games |
| Carl Schlechter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Joseph Blackburne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Mir Sultan Khan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
597 Games · Page 2 of 3
- 1929 vs Angel Ribera Black Barcelona E12 0-1
- 1929 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Karlsbad A46 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Budapest D30 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Karlsbad E24 1-0
- 1929 vs Edward G Sergeant White Ramsgate schev D30 1-0
- 1929 vs Philip Sergeant White Hastings D63 1-0
- 1929 vs P. Soler White Barcelona A30 1-0
- 1929 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Karlsbad D35 1-0
- 1929 vs Endre Steiner Black Budapest C71 0-1
- 1929 vs Sandor Takacs Black Hastings A17 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Barcelona C75 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Karlsbad A03 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Savielly Tartakower White Budapest C13 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs George Alan Thomas White Karlsbad D30 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs George Alan Thomas White Hastings E14 1-0
- 1929 vs George Alan Thomas Black Budapest C76 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs George Alan Thomas White Ramsgate schev D30 1-0
- 1929 vs Cristian Torres White Barcelona A31 1-0
- 1929 vs Karel Treybal White Karlsbad D30 1-0
- 1929 vs Theodore Tylor White Ramsgate schev A15 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Arpad Vajda White Budapest D30 1-0
- 1929 vs Johannes Van den Bosch Black Budapest B13 0-1
- 1929 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Hastings D67 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White Karlsbad D17 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Jose Vilardebo Picurena Black Barcelona E12 0-1
- 1929 vs William Winter Black Hastings E23 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs William Winter Black Ramsgate schev E43 0-1
- 1929 vs Frederick Yates Black Ramsgate schev C76 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Frederick Yates White Hastings D37 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Frederick Yates White Barcelona A05 1-0
- 1929 vs Frederick Yates White Karlsbad D66 1-0
- 1928 vs Zoltan Balla White Budapest E38 1-0
- 1928 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Bad Kissingen E12 0-1
- 1928 vs Max Euwe Black Bad Kissingen A30 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Kornel Havasi White Budapest D24 1-0
- 1928 vs Hans Kmoch Black Budapest E24 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Frank Marshall Black Bad Kissingen A47 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Frank Marshall Black Berlin Tageblatt E11 0-1
- 1928 vs Frank Marshall White Berlin Tageblatt E70 1-0
- 1928 vs Frank Marshall White Budapest E38 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Lajos Merenyi Black Budapest B27 0-1
- 1928 vs Jacques Mieses White Bad Kissingen D63 1-0
- 1928 vs Aron Nimzowitsch White Bad Kissingen E34 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Aron Nimzowitsch Black Berlin Tageblatt A34 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Aron Nimzowitsch White Berlin Tageblatt E34 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Richard Reti White Berlin Tageblatt D61 1-0
- 1928 vs Richard Reti Black Berlin Tageblatt C74 0-1
- 1928 vs Richard Reti Black Bad Kissingen E16 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black Berlin Tageblatt D05 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Berlin Tageblatt C09 1-0
- 1928 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Bad Kissingen D20 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Bad Kissingen D15 0-1
- 1928 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Berlin Tageblatt D47 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Berlin Tageblatt D12 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Budapest E38 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Endre Steiner Black Budapest C74 0-1
- 1928 vs Herman Steiner White Budapest D67 1-0
- 1928 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Berlin Tageblatt+ C71 0-1
- 1928 vs Siegbert Tarrasch Black Bad Kissingen B19 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Savielly Tartakower White Bad Kissingen A52 1-0
- 1928 vs Savielly Tartakower White Berlin Tageblatt C01 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Berlin Tageblatt C72 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Arpad Vajda Black Budapest C49 1/2-1/2
- 1928 vs Frederick Yates White Bad Kissingen A31 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D63 0-1
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D52 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D51 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D67 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black New York E15 0-1
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black New York B15 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D65 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D65 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D67 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D51 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D67 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D35 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D51 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White New York D47 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D51 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D67 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D65 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D67 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D62 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D52 0-1
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D65 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D67 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D64 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th A47 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D64 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D67 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D67 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th C01 0-1
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White New York C11 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D51 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D64 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine Black World Championship 13th D62 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Alexander Alekhine White World Championship 13th D52 1-0
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall Black New York A46 0-1
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall White New York E11 1-0
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall White New York A63 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Frank Marshall Black New York B18 0-1
- 1927 vs Aron Nimzowitsch White New York A46 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Aron Nimzowitsch Black New York B12 0-1
- 1927 vs Aron Nimzowitsch White New York E16 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Aron Nimzowitsch Black New York D30 0-1
- 1927 vs Rudolf Spielmann White New York D38 1-0
- 1927 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black New York B15 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Rudolf Spielmann White New York D38 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black New York B19 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black New York C48 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black New York D30 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White New York C98 1-0
- 1927 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White New York A30 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Ellison White Chicago E12 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Abraham Kupchik White Lake Hopatcong D30 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Abraham Kupchik Black Lake Hopatcong A47 0-1
- 1926 vs Edward Lasker Black Lake Hopatcong E01 0-1
- 1926 vs Edward Lasker White Lake Hopatcong D52 1-0
- 1926 vs Geza Maroczy Black Lake Hopatcong B13 0-1
- 1926 vs Geza Maroczy White Lake Hopatcong C01 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Frank Marshall White Lake Hopatcong B07 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Frank Marshall Black Lake Hopatcong C44 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs R. Reel White Chicago D51 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Efim Bogoljubow White Moscow D24 1-0
- 1925 vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk Black Moscow B83 0-1
- 1925 vs Fedor Ivanovich Dus Chotimirsky Black Moscow B22 0-1
- 1925 vs Solomon Borisovich Gothilf Black Moscow E15 0-1
- 1925 vs Ernst Gruenfeld White Moscow D27 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky White Moscow B25 0-1
- 1925 vs Emanuel Lasker White Moscow D47 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow A54 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Frank Marshall White Moscow A14 1-0
- 1925 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich Black Moscow A53 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Richard Reti Black Moscow A12 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky Black Moscow C47 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Akiba Rubinstein White Moscow D27 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Fritz Saemisch Black Moscow D27 0-1
- 1925 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Moscow B13 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Savielly Tartakower White Moscow D30 1-0
- 1925 vs Carlos Torre Repetto White Moscow C12 1/2-1/2
- 1925 vs Boris Verlinsky White Moscow D00 0-1
- 1925 vs Frederick Yates Black Moscow B29 0-1
- 1925 vs Nikolay Zubarev White Moscow D21 1-0
- 1924 vs Alexander Alekhine White New York C12 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Alexander Alekhine Black New York D10 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Efim Bogoljubow White New York C12 1-0
- 1924 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black New York D05 0-1
- 1924 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky Black New York D67 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Dawid Markelowicz Janowsky White New York A09 1-0
- 1924 vs Emanuel Lasker White New York D13 1-0
- 1924 vs Emanuel Lasker Black New York C66 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Edward Lasker White New York D52 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Edward Lasker Black New York B27 0-1
- 1924 vs Geza Maroczy White New York D02 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Geza Maroczy Black New York C96 0-1
- 1924 vs Frank Marshall Black New York A48 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Frank Marshall White New York D38 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Richard Reti Black New York A15 1-0
- 1924 vs Richard Reti White New York C14 1-0
- 1924 vs Savielly Tartakower White New York A85 1-0
- 1924 vs Savielly Tartakower Black New York C33 0-1
- 1924 vs Frederick Yates Black New York C91 1/2-1/2
- 1924 vs Frederick Yates White New York D00 1-0
- 1922 vs Alexander Alekhine Black London D64 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Henry Ernst Atkins Black London B12 0-1
- 1922 vs Efim Bogoljubow White London C91 1-0
- 1922 vs Max Euwe Black London C66 0-1
- 1922 vs Geza Maroczy Black London C66 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Davide Marotti White London B38 1-0
- 1922 vs John Stuart Morrison Black London A47 0-1
- 1922 vs Richard Reti White London A48 1-0
- 1922 vs Akiba Rubinstein Black London D02 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Savielly Tartakower White London D58 1/2-1/2
- 1922 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White London D64 1-0
- 1922 vs Victor L Wahltuch Black London A46 0-1
- 1922 vs Charles Gilbert Watson Black London D02 0-1
- 1922 vs Frederick Yates White London D61 1-0
- 1922 vs Eugene Znosko Borovsky White London D64 1-0
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker White World Championship 12th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker White World Championship 12th D63 1-0
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker Black World Championship 12th D61 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker Black World Championship 12th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker White World Championship 12th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker Black World Championship 12th C66 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker White World Championship 12th D64 1-0
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker White World Championship 12th D61 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker Black World Championship 12th C66 0-1
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker Black World Championship 12th D12 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker Black World Championship 12th D37 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker Black World Championship 12th D61 0-1
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker White World Championship 12th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1921 vs Emanuel Lasker White World Championship 12th D63 1/2-1/2
- 1919 vs LM. Brown Black Bradford sim C28 0-1
- 1919 vs Clough White Bradford sim C64 0-1
- 1919 vs Harold Cole Black Hastings C66 0-1
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