There is nothing strange that several of the first videos in this collection were dedicated to the Cuban José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (1888-1942) because no one doubts that he is one of the greatest natural geniuses in the history of chess. In fact, the most interesting debates about his figure deal with the potential that he did not develop: how many more years could he have been world champion if he had dedicated himself intensely to training, because in reality he was never a professional chess player as we understand him in the last fifty years. Another interesting rhetorical discussion is what would happen if we resurrected Capablanca, provided him with the most advanced current technology to train with it intensively for two or three years, and then pitted him against the current elite.
The departure of this video reinforces the genius of the immortal Cuban, but from a complementary and unorthodox approach. His display of defensive virtuosity against Frank Marshall, one of the best attackers in history, is only possible in a player whose understanding of chess has an astronomical depth. You have to have a tremendous command of strategy and tactics to stop a fierce offensive and demonstrate that defense can also be a very beautiful art.
