AJanuary 06 1909
Capablanca Plays Washington Cracks 06 Jan 1909, Wed The Washington Times (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com
“Capablanca Plays Washington Cracks”
“The announcement that Capablanca, the Cuban chess wonder, will be in this city today for an exhibition simultaneous match has created quite a stir in local chess circles.
Matches of a similar nature have been witnessed here in past years, but the record of this Cuban for simultaneous play is said to be far above that of any expert who has played in Washington. He attracted attention when fourteen, and at the age of sixteen won the chess championship of Cuba. He graduated last year from the Columbia University of New York, and during his course at that institution startled the chess enthusiasts of the metropolis with his original and truly wonderful style of play.
Defeats Strong Players
He has since defeated the strongest players of many of the greatest clubs in this country, including the Manhattan Club of New York, the Brooklyn Chess Association, and the Franklin Club of Philadelphia.
In a recent simultaneous match with the strongest players of the Franklin Club of Philadelphia, out of 105 games played, he won 95, played 5 draws, and lost 5 games.
He defeated Lasker, the champion chess player of the world, in a simultaneous match, thus proving that he has no equal in this style of play.
Capablanca has selected the National Capital as the starting point of a tour which will cover all important cities of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Lavender, secretary of the local club, requests that all those wishing to play against the visiting expert be on hand before 8 o'clock this evening in the club rooms, 612 Twelfth street northwest.”
January 07 1909
Cuban Star at Chess 07 Jan 1909, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
“Cuban Star at Chess - Capablanca Successful Against Teams in Simultaneous Play - A Win in Nine Moves”
“Jose R. Capablanca, the phenomenal young Cuban chess expert, started his tour of the country at Washington last night, where he was pitted against twenty-three opponents. D.H. Adams, champion of the Washington Chess and Checkers Club, was caught off guard and suffered defeat in nine moves. Within an hour of the start Capablanca had disposed of three others of the strongest players in the club. Capablanca won the great majority of his games.
In his exhibition at the rooms of the Rice Chess Club, Capablanca made the splended record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 4 drawn games, against twenty-five opponents, in 3 hours and 35 minutes. The single winner was A.J. Danziger and the drawn games were credited to E. Ziegler, J. Young, A. Marder and A.H. Bierwirth. Capablanca has agreed to play three match games against Frank J. Marshall, who is a passenger on board the steamship Batavia, now overdue, at the end of this week. On Tuesday, the youthful Cuba will play in Troy, N.Y., after which he goes to Schenectady and Buffalo and then West.”
Cuban Champion Chess Player 07 Jan 1909, Thu The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com
“Cuban Champion Chess Player.
Jose R. Capablanca former chess champion of Cuba and now of New York City, will appear in Buffalo on Tuesday, January 19th, when he will give two simultaneous exhibitions at the Buffalo Checker and Chess Association, No. 40 Coal & Iron Exchange. No 257 Washington Street, the recognized chess headquarters in Buffalo. His first performance is scheduled for the afternoon at 2:15 to be followed by another in the evening at 8:15. He will meet the cream of Buffalo's players on these occasions, in which the Buffalo Checker and Chess Association will be strongly represented by P.D. Crow, George Buck, Thornton, Koons, Bayer, Parker and Colony.
Mr. Capablanca is a unique figure in the world of chess and in view of this and his undoubted genius for the game we feel that any chess player being absent from one of these performances by this talented son of the Queen of the Antilles is missing the biggest treat since Pillsbury appeared in this city seven years ago.
At the Manhattan Chess Club, January 11, 1906, won 16, lost 2, drew 1; 2 hours, 45 minutes. March 28, 1907, won 17, lost 0, drew 2; 1 hour 40 minutes. May 9, 1907, won 22, lost 0, drew 0; 2 hours.
At the Franklin Chess Club, January 25, 1908, won 16, lost 2, drew 1; 3 hours.
At the Brooklyn Chess Club, February 1, 1908, won 24, lost 1, drew 1; 3 hours.
Of the total of 105 games played, Mr. Capablanca won 95, lost 5 and drew 5.
As a most accomplished exponent of rapid transit chess, Mr. Capablanca can point to a success quite as noteworthy. All told, the young master participated in nine of the Manhattan Chess Club's knockout tournaments under a time limit of twenty seconds to a move, winning six of them. In one of these events Dr. Emanuel Lasker had to content himself with second place.
Mr. Capablanca is now making a tour of this country, Canada, Mexico and Panama, and it is greatly through the efforts of the Buffalo Checker and Chess Association that he has been induced to stop off at Buffalo for a day's exhibition. He opened his tour last week at the New York Athletic Club, winning 16 games and drawing 3 with no defeats recorded against him. Tuesday evening he played at the Rice Chess Club and last night Washington saw this eminent player. Before reaching Buffalo he will play at Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Albany, Schenectady, Troy and Rochester. Wherever he appears he is enthusing more life into the chess fraternity and his Buffalo performance will be the crowning event in chess circles this year. He will play both afternoon and evening at the Buffalo Checker and Chess Association, and let the Buffalo players turn out and see if they cannot stop this young expert's winning career.”
