AApril 21 1918
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, April 21, 1918
Girls in Cienfuegos Draw With Capablanca
Jose R. Capablanca, chess champion of Cuba, who is expected to arrive here soon, recently visited Cienfuegos and there, at the Liceo Club, gave an exhibition of simultaneous play against twenty opponents, including four young women, who conducted a consultation game and drew with the young master. Capablanca showed no mercy to his male opponents, among whom was Charles S. Winans, the American Consul at Cienfuegos, and defeated them all.
The following evening the famous international player gave a lecture on chess before a large gathering of society people, and this was followed by a ball given in honor of the visitor. During this function and while carrying on a lively conversation with a bevy of debutantes the Cuban champion played a blindfold game against five of the best local amateurs, conceding them the odds of a knight. This ended in a draw, although Capablanca had the advantage.
