Throwback Thursday: The Death of Capablanca
From March 8, 2007: José Raúl Capablanca, World Chess Champion, 1921-27, died on this date in 1942. Wikipedia article: On 7 March 1942, he was happily kibitzing a skittles game at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York when he collapsed from a stroke. He was taken to Mount Sinai […]