AThe Buffalo Enquirer Buffalo, New York Thursday, January 07, 1909 - Page 10 — 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.
His particular forte is an extraordinary quick sight of the board, wherefore and because of his precocious tendencies while a boy, he has been hailed a second Paul Morphy. As a simultaneous performer, he has made records equal to the best feats of the greatest masters. A few instances will verify this:
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.”
Cuban Champion Chess Player 07 Jan 1909, Thu The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com
Cuban Champion Chess Player 07 Jan 1909, Thu The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com
