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Chessmetrics Player Profile: José Capablanca
   Born:    1888-Nov
   Died:    1942-Mar
   Best World Rank:    #1 (85 different months between the May 1914 rating list and the July 1937 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2877 on the May 1921 rating list, #1 in world, age 32y6m
   Best Individual Performance:    2833 in New York, 1918, scoring 6/6 (100%) vs 2682-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Capablanca-Corzo y Príncipe Match (Havana), 1900  not rated on January 1900 list   -   +2 (6/10, 60%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Capablanca-Corzo y Príncipe Match (Havana), 1901  not rated on November 1901 list   -   +1 (7/13, 54%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Capablanca-Lipschütz Cable Match, 1903  not rated on April 1903 list   -   -1 (0/1, 0%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York, 1906  not rated on January 1906 list   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Inter-Collegiate New York, 1906  not rated on November 1906 list   -   +3 (3.5/4, 88%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    USA-ENG University cable m, 1907  not rated on January 1907 list   -   = (0.5/1, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Capablanca-Marshall Match (New York), 1909  not rated on April 1909 list   2788   +7 (15/23, 65%)   +7 (15/23, 65%) vs 2684-rated opposition   N/A 
    Havana Black's Society, 1909  2765 (#3 on September 1909 list)   -   = (0.5/1, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York, 1910  2763 (#3 on January 1910 list)   [2672]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2651-rated opposition   +0.7 
    New York Association, 1910  2764 (#3 on February 1910 list)   [2600]   +3 (3.5/4, 88%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2614-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Manhattan CC-Franklin CC New York, 1910  2770 (#3 on May 1910 list)   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Capablanca-Marshall Training Match (New York), 1910  2774 (#3 on October 1910 list)   [2532]   -2 (0.5/3, 17%)   -2 (0.5/3, 17%) vs 2691-rated opposition   -1.3 
    New York, 1911  2741 (#4 on January 1911 list)   [2574]   +7 (9.5/12, 79%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2646-rated opposition   -0.2 
    San Sebastian, 1911  2740 (#4 on February 1911 list)   2781   +5 (9.5/14, 68%)   +5 (9/13, 69%) vs 2690-rated opposition   +1.7 
    New York, 1912  2753 (#4 on January 1912 list)   -   +2 (2/2, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    USA Ship, 1912  2753 (#4 on January 1912 list)   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New Orleans, 1912  2749 (#3 on April 1912 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Riga, 1913  2707 (#9 on January 1913 list)   [2673]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2742-rated opposition   +0.5 
    New York National, 1913  2707 (#9 on January 1913 list)   [2542]   +9 (11/13, 85%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2573-rated opposition   -0.6 
    Havana, 1913  2698 (#10 on February 1913 list)   2602   +6 (10/14, 71%)   +2 (6/10, 60%) vs 2554-rated opposition   -0.7 
    New York Rice, 1913  2705 (#10 on July 1913 list)   [2658]   +12 (12/12, 100%)   +3 (3/3, 100%) vs 2569-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Havana, 1913  2729 (#5 on September 1913 list)   2647   +9 (9/9, 100%)   +6 (6/6, 100%) vs 2440-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Moscow game, 1914  2755 (#2 on January 1914 list)   [2623]   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2649-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Vienna, 1914  2756 (#2 on March 1914 list)   [2656]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2628-rated opposition   +0.7 
    St. Petersburg, 1914  2771 (#2 on April 1914 list)   2819   +8 (13/18, 72%)   +6 (11/16, 69%) vs 2720-rated opposition   +2.0 
    New York, 1915  2817 (#2 on April 1915 list)   2726   +12 (13/14, 93%)   +6 (7/8, 88%) vs 2566-rated opposition   +0.6 
    New York, 1916  2832 (#1 on February 1916 list)   2710   +11 (14/17, 82%)   +11 (14/17, 82%) vs 2497-rated opposition   -1.2 
    New York, 1918  not rated on November 1918 list   2833   +9 (10.5/12, 88%)   +6 (6/6, 100%) vs 2682-rated opposition   N/A 
    Capablanca-Kostic Match (Havana), 1919  2848 (#2 on March 1919 list)   2817   +5 (5/5, 100%)   +5 (5/5, 100%) vs 2696-rated opposition   +1.6 
    Hastings Victory Congress, 1919  2871 (#1 on August 1919 list)   [2575]   +10 (10.5/11, 95%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2671-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Capablanca-Lasker Match (World Championship, Havana), 1921  2822 (#1 on March 1921 list)   -   +4 (9/14, 64%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    London, 1922  2827 (#1 on July 1922 list)   2751   +11 (13/15, 87%)   +5 (7/9, 78%) vs 2639-rated opposition   +0.5 
    New York, 1924  2765 (#2 on March 1924 list)   2792   +9 (14.5/20, 73%)   +8 (13/18, 72%) vs 2655-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Moscow, 1925  2756 (#3 on November 1925 list)   2760   +7 (13.5/20, 68%)   +6 (10/14, 71%) vs 2645-rated opposition   +1.2 
    Chicago, 1926  2754 (#4 on January 1926 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Lake Hopatcong, 1926  2741 (#4 on July 1926 list)   2655   +4 (6/8, 75%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2621-rated opposition   +0.2 
    New York, 1927  2746 (#4 on February 1927 list)   2827   +8 (14/20, 70%)   +8 (14/20, 70%) vs 2703-rated opposition   +3.0 
    Alekhine-Capablanca Match (World Championship, Buenos Aires), 1927  2798 (#1 on September 1927 list)   2744   -3 (15.5/34, 46%)   -3 (15.5/34, 46%) vs 2766-rated opposition   -2.8 
    Stockholm, 1928  2788 (#2 on January 1928 list)   -   +4 (4/4, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Bad Kissingen, 1928  2791 (#2 on August 1928 list)   2709   +3 (7/11, 64%)   +3 (7/11, 64%) vs 2654-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Budapest, 1928  2791 (#2 on September 1928 list)   2655   +5 (7/9, 78%)   +3 (5/7, 71%) vs 2581-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Berlin, 1928  2788 (#2 on October 1928 list)   2792   +6 (9.5/13, 73%)   +6 (9.5/13, 73%) vs 2678-rated opposition   +1.3 
    Ramsgate, 1929  2807 (#1 on April 1929 list)   2615   +4 (5.5/7, 79%)   +3 (4/5, 80%) vs 2520-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Karlsbad, 1929  2801 (#2 on July 1929 list)   2770   +8 (14.5/21, 69%)   +8 (14/20, 70%) vs 2638-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Barcelona, 1929  2795 (#2 on September 1929 list)   2698   +13 (13.5/14, 96%)   +7 (7.5/8, 94%) vs 2495-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Budapest, 1929  2795 (#2 on September 1929 list)   2746   +8 (10.5/13, 81%)   +8 (10.5/13, 81%) vs 2574-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Hastings, 1929  2808 (#2 on December 1929 list)   2643   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +4 (6.5/9, 72%) vs 2539-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Hastings, 1930  2785 (#2 on December 1930 list)   2641   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2566-rated opposition   -0.6 
    New York, 1931  2775 (#2 on April 1931 list)   [2603]   +9 (10/11, 91%)   +1 (2/3, 67%) vs 2611-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Capablanca-Euwe Match (Amsterdam), 1931  2780 (#2 on July 1931 list)   2732   +2 (6/10, 60%)   +2 (6/10, 60%) vs 2712-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Los Angeles, 1933  2726 (#3 on January 1933 list)   [2539]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2529-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Hastings, 1934  not rated on December 1934 list   2609   +2 (5.5/9, 61%)   +1 (4.5/8, 56%) vs 2597-rated opposition   N/A 
    Moscow, 1935  2629 (#18 on February 1935 list)   2623   +5 (12/19, 63%)   = (4/8, 50%) vs 2650-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Margate, 1935  2679 (#8 on April 1935 list)   2598   +5 (7/9, 78%)   +3 (4.5/6, 75%) vs 2503-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Margate, 1936  2679 (#9 on April 1936 list)   2659   +5 (7/9, 78%)   +5 (7/9, 78%) vs 2526-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Moscow, 1936  2689 (#7 on May 1936 list)   2787   +8 (13/18, 72%)   +8 (13/18, 72%) vs 2650-rated opposition   +3.2 
    Nottingham, 1936  2742 (#5 on August 1936 list)   2754   +6 (10/14, 71%)   +6 (10/14, 71%) vs 2638-rated opposition   +1.3 
    Semmering/Baden, 1937  2749 (#3 on September 1937 list)   2694   +1 (7.5/14, 54%)   +1 (7.5/14, 54%) vs 2686-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Paris, 1938  2740 (#4 on January 1938 list)   -   +4 (6/8, 75%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Havana casual, 1938  2737 (#4 on May 1938 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    AVRO, 1938  2732 (#5 on November 1938 list)   2677   -2 (6/14, 43%)   -2 (6/14, 43%) vs 2737-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Margate, 1939  2715 (#8 on April 1939 list)   2616   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2535-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Buenos Aires ol (Men) prel-D, 1939  2707 (#8 on August 1939 list)   [2577]   +1 (3/5, 60%)   = (1.5/3, 50%) vs 2635-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A, 1939  2706 (#8 on September 1939 list)   2694   +6 (8.5/11, 77%)   +6 (8.5/11, 77%) vs 2551-rated opposition   +1.0 
    New York, 1941  2687 (#11 on January 1941 list)   -   -1 (1/3, 33%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A