J R Capablanca Letter to Juan Corzo

J R Capablanca Letter to Juan Corzo

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Author: José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (1888-1942) signed Year: 1939Publisher: Self WrittenPlace: ParisDescription: Two pages on two adjoining sheets/ Small octavo (7" x 5 1/4") on stationary from 2 Place des Pyramides, Paris. Original manuscript with accompanying full letter of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services. Signed “J. R. Capablanca ALS in Spanish, signed “J. R. Capablanca,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, June 20, 1939. Handwritten letter to fellow Cuban chess champion Juan Corzo, who years earlier had passed the torch to Capablanca, which discusses the latter's potential participation in the historic 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. Letter with very good chess content. In full (translated): “Two lines to thank you for your letter of May 30, including another from Honduras. I follow the march of the Tournament there on posters. The Tournament of Nations begins on August 23. Would have to embark here at the end of July and at this time I do not know anythin

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