Juan Corzo
Juan Corzo y Príncipe (born June 24, 1873 in Madrid , † September 27, 1941 in Havana ) was a Cuban chess master .
Corzo y Príncipe emigrated to Cuba in 1887 , where he became the best chess player in the country. He was the champion of the Havana Chess Club when he lost a competition for the Cuban championship 6: 7 (+3 = 6 −4) against 13-year-old José Raúl Capablanca in 1901 and thus went down in chess history.
Even after Capablanca's meteoric rise, Corzo y Príncipe remained one of Cuba's leading players and published the chess magazine Capablanca's Chess Magazine . Together with Capablanca he founded the Cuban Chess Federation.
Web links
- Edward Winter: Immortal but Unknown Portrait of Corzos (English)
- The games of the Capablanca-Corzo 1901 match (Polish)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corzo, Juan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corzo y Príncipe, Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1941 |
| Place of death | Havana |