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World-champion Cuban chess player (1888-1942) considered one of the greatest of all time. ALS in French, signed “Raul,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 9.75, Union Club (Habana) letterhead, May 13, 1938. Untranslated handwritten letter to his fiance, Olga Evgenyevna Choubaroff, to whom he addresses as “Ma chere Kikiriki." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed by Capablanca, who incorporates his signature into the lower left, "J. R. Capablanca." Olga Evgenyevna Choubaroff (1898–1994) was a socialite and self-proclaimed princess from Russia who spent most of her life in the United States. She was married four times, a group that included Admiral Joseph J. Clark and world chess champion Capablanca, whom she wed a month later on October 20, 1938.
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