ALS in French, signed “Capa,” 1 page, 7.25" x 11.25" -----------. The Albany Hotel, Hastings, Sussex.
Dec. 31/33.4.
My dear love,
Today I received your first and lovely letter. I hope you will now be calmer.
Yesterday, I wrote to you in a bad mood because I had not heard from you.
I am very happy to see that you love me and that you will try to do the things necessary.
On my side, I repeat to you that you are the only woman I have loved, truly loved, and also that you will be the last. So, try to do as you say in your letter.
Now, I begin to play a little better.
I will write to you again in a few days. Meanwhile, I wish you all the best this world has to offer for the new year.
My own wish is that we can be together as soon as possible.
All my love and tenderness,
Raoul
I believe hereafter you should write to me:
c/o Legation de Cuba
Rue de Lord Byron
Paris, France
I expect to be there by the 22nd of January. Between the 16th and 22nd, I expect to be in Holland.
With the corresponding envelope that has Casablanca's full signature on the reverse. The translated letter is to his future wife "Olga" in New York. At first, Capablanca did not divorce his first wife, as he had not intended to remarry. By late October Olga & Casablanca were deeply in love and got married, and Capablanca recovered his ambition to prove he was the world's best player. The letter is dated on New Year eve 1934. In fine condition.
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is considered by many one of the greatest players of all time, widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.
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