3 DECEMBER 1927, Page 3

Senor Capablanca, the chess champion who seemed to be invincible,

has at last fallen. He has been beaten at Buenos Aires by Dr. Alekhine, who is of Russian birth but has lately become a naturalized Frenchman. Senor Capablanca is still a comparatively young man. Perhaps the strain of the game is too great for champions to last long. Dr. Alekhine, however, at thirty-five is not much younger than Senor Capablanca. He has played with brilliant inventiveness—adapting his play during the games to Senor Capablanca's own theory—and evidently deserves to have his' name on the roll which includes Steinitz, Lasker and Capablanca.