Botvinnik versus Capablanca, AVRO 1938
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Botvinnik versus Capablanca, AVRO 1938
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On 22 November 1938, Mikhail Botvinnik defeated José Raúl Capablanca in one of the most famous games in chess history. The game was played in round 11 of the AVRO tournament in Rotterdam. Capablanca was a former World Chess Champion (1921-27), while Botvinnik would later become World Champion himself (1948-57). The game was widely praised, including by Garry Kasparov who said: This was the last game between the two before Capablanca's death in 1942; he was suffering poor health during the tourna
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