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José Raúl Capablanca
Cuban chess player (1888-1942).
Born November 19th, 1888 in Havana.
Died March 8th, 1942 at 53 years old in New York City (brain ischemia).
Occupations
chess player, diplomat, non-fiction writer
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A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson