Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

Enjoy a Chess Classic Modernized with MoveTrainer®

Undefeated in any game for 8 years and widely considered to be one of the most accurate players of all time, José Raúl Capablanca was a chess titan among titans. Champions then and through the ages - including Botvinnik, Fischer, and Karpov to name a few - have looked to his games for lessons and inspiration.

And now with Capablanca’s famous masterpiece Chess Fundamentals now on Chessable, you too can take inspiration from the third world chess champion - completely free and modernized for the 21st century player.

Although opening theory has progressed well beyond what Capablanca presented, you’ll find that his insights on middlegame and endgame strategy are perfectly applicable today. And the top chess engines would agree: most of the moves made in his games are the engine’s top recommendations even decades later!

What’s Inside the Course

Thanks to the hard work of Chessable user and community course author kiki_chess, the legendary work of the genius Capablanca is preserved in a digital format for the modern age. All descriptive notation has been replaced with algebraic notation, and you’ll be able to train 45 lines with MoveTrainer®.

In the course, you’ll see what Capablanca himself has to say about:

♚ Basic endgames and checkmates
♚ The value of the pieces in different situations
♚ Pawn structure
♚ Middlegame strategy
♚ The importance of the initiative and how to take it
♚ Rook and pawn endgames

You’ll also get 14 of Capablanca’s annotated games showing how the chess legend used these principles to dominate other chess greats in his time. 100 years later, these games still drop jaws!

Treat yourself to a little inspiration from chess history - get Chess Fundamentals on Chessable today.