Blanco, Rafael
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1906 |
225 |
2279 | (86) | 1 |
| 1907 |
203 |
2296 | (77) | 9 |
| 1908 |
221 |
2290 | (76) | 0 |
| 1909 |
234 |
2285 | (74) | 1 |
| 1910 |
228 |
2286 | (70) | 0 |
| 1911 |
233 |
2288 | (63) | 5 |
| 1912 |
171 |
2322 | (56) | 10 |
| 1913 |
107 |
2367 | (49) | 20 |
| 1914 |
84 |
2381 | (57) | 10 |
| 1915 |
97 |
2358 | (65) | 0 |
| 1916 |
121 |
2335 | (69) | 0 |
| 1917 |
160 |
2312 | (70) | 6 |
| 1918 |
181 |
2298 | (78) | 0 |
| 1919 |
203 |
2284 | (84) | 0 |
| 1920 |
238 |
2270 | (88) | 0 |
| 1921 |
290 |
2256 | (91) | 0 |
| 1922 |
329 |
2242 | (93) | 0 |
| 1923 |
388 |
2228 | (94) | 0 |
| 1924 |
464 |
2215 | (95) | 0 |
| 1925 |
526 |
2201 | (94) | 0 |
| 1926 |
595 |
2187 | (92) | 0 |
| 1927 |
655 |
2173 | (90) | 0 |
| 1928 |
732 |
2159 | (86) | 0 |
| 1929 |
815 |
2145 | (81) | 12 |
| 1930 |
854 |
2144 | (85) | 0 |
| 1931 |
916 |
2144 | (88) | 0 |
| 1932 |
936 |
2144 | (89) | 0 |
| 1933 |
956 |
2143 | (89) | 0 |
| 1934 |
964 |
2143 | (89) | 0 |
| 1935 |
1016 |
2142 | (87) | 0 |
| 1936 |
979 |
2142 | (84) | 0 |
| 1937 |
948 |
2142 | (79) | 0 |
| 1938 |
944 |
2141 | (73) | 0 |
| 1939 |
883 |
2141 | (64) | 8 |
| 1940 |
738 |
2152 | (65) | 9 |
| 1941 |
748 |
2142 | (75) | 2 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Blanco Estera, Rafael |
| Born: 1 Dec. 1885 |
| Died: 5 Aug. 1955 |
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| Notes: |
| Gaige gives date of death as 5-08-1955; chessgames.com gives date of death as 4-08-1955. Sánchez gives year of death as 1956. |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 347 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 41 |
| Hooper and Brandreth, Unknown Capablanca, page 136 |
| Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 76, 467, 506 |
| Web |
| Bartelski, Wojciech. [8th Chess Olympiad: Buenos Aires 1939 - Cuba] |
| Sericano, C. [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944] |
| Urcan, Olimpiu G. [Living the American Dream: Julius Finn], page 9 |
| Winter, Edward. [Immortal but Unknown] |
| [Los Campeones de Ajedrez de Cuba] |
| [Rafael Blanco Estera] |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
| Lasker, Em. - Blanco, R. 1906 |
(s) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Capablanca, J.R. - Blanco, R. 1909 |
(c) |
1 | - | 0 |
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| Corzo, J. - Blanco, R. 1911 |
(f) |
5 | - | 0 |
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| Kupchik, A. - Blanco, R. 1913 |
(f) |
3.5 | - | 2.5 |
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| Capablanca, J.R. - Blanco, R. 1941 |
(f) |
1.5 | - | 0.5 |
Capablanca, J.R. gave odds of pawn and move |
Tournament data
| Player information updated: 12 Nov. 2024 |
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