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Capablanca

1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.

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  • Galina Belyaeva

    Galina Belyaeva

    Sashenka Mojaeva

  • César Évora Díaz

    César Évora Díaz

    Capablanca

  • Eslinda Núñez

    Eslinda Núñez

  • Adolfo Llauradó

    Adolfo Llauradó

  • Boris Nevzorov

    Boris Nevzorov

  • Javier Ávila

    Javier Ávila

  • Marina Yakovleva

    Marina Yakovleva

  • Beatriz Valdés

    Beatriz Valdés

  • Ramón Veloz

    Ramón Veloz

Overview

1925. José Raúl Capablanca, a famous Cuban chess player and employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrives in Moscow for an international chess tournament. The trip, taking place under Machado's dictatorship, casts doubt on his future in this position. The film shows Capablanca's dramatic matches with Lasker, Tartakower, and Bogolubov, his tragic love for Bolshoi Theatre ballerina Sasha Mozhaeva, and a simultaneous game in which he lost to the very young Mikhail Botvinnik.

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