 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutanga kudzoka kwake mumutambo weHastings wa193435, Capablanca akapedza wechina, kunyange zvazvo achiuya pamberi paMikhail Botvinnik naAndor Lilienthal. Akava wechipiri ne 12 pfungwa mumakwikwi eMargate a1935 na1936. MuMoscow muna 1935Capablanca akapedza ari wechina, 1 poindi shure kwevakakunda pamwe chete, nepo nzvimbo yechitatu yaLasker pazera remakore 66 yakarumbidzwa sechishamiso chezvoupenyu. Gore rakatevera, Capablanca akahwina mutambo wakatonyanya kusimba muMoscow, poindi imwe pamberi paBotvinnik uye 312 pamberi paSalo Flohr, uyo akatora nzvimbo yechitatu; Mwedzi mumwe gare gare, akagovana nzvimbo yekutanga naBotvinnik kuNottingham, aine mamakisi e 518, achirasikirwa naFlohr chete. Kurasikirwa kwaFlohr kwakanga kuri nemhaka yokuvhiringidzwa panguva yokutambudzika nomunhu aiona Euwe. Alekhine akaiswa pachinhanho chechitanhatu, pfungwa imwe chete shure kwevakakunda pamwe chete. Aya makwikwi a1936 ndiwo makwikwi maviri okupedzisira akaridzwa naLasker, uye ndiwo bedzi ayo Capablanca akapedza mberi kwaLasker, zvino ava nemakore 67. Mukati mokukunda uku Capablanca akavamba kutambura zviratidzo zvepamusoro peropa. Akabatanidza nzvimbo yechipiri paSemmering muna 1937, ipapo aigona kungopedza wechinomwe wevatambi vasere pamakwikwi e1938 AVRO, makwikwi epamusoro akagadzirirwa kusarudza munhu anopikisa zita renyika raAlekhine. 