José Raúl Capablanca

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José Raúl Capablanca was a Cuban chess grandmaster renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and intuitive positional play, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest world chess champions in history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chess player ⓘ
human ⓘ
world chess champion ⓘ
burialPlace Cementerio de Colón, Havana ⓘ
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Cuba ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-11-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1942-03-08 ⓘ
defeatedForWorldTitle Emanuel Lasker ⓘ
era classical chess era ⓘ
familyName Capablanca ⓘ
famousFor clarity of strategic ideas ⓘ
speed of play ⓘ
technical endgame mastery ⓘ
fullName José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera ⓘ
givenName José Raúl ⓘ
isConsideredOneOf greatest chess players of all time ⓘ
greatest world chess champions ⓘ
languagesSpoken English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
lostWorldTitleTo Alexander Alekhine ⓘ
nativeLanguage Spanish ⓘ
notableFor clear, simple playing style ⓘ
exceptional endgame skill ⓘ
intuitive positional play ⓘ
rarely losing games ⓘ
notableWork Chess Fundamentals ⓘ
My Chess Career ⓘ
occupation chess player ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cuba ⓘ
Havana ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
playedInCity Havana ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
playedInCountry Cuba ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld World Chess Champion ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedCountryInChess Cuba ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
styleOfPlay endgame-oriented ⓘ
positional ⓘ
worldChampionTitleEnd 1927 ⓘ
worldChampionTitleStart 1921 ⓘ

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Emanuel Lasker → worldChampionSuccessor → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Emanuel Lasker → notableOpponent → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Emanuel Lasker → influenced → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Emanuel Lasker → successor → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
subject linked to: Lasker
Paul Morphy → influenced → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
José Raúl Capablanca → fullName → José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera ⓘ
linked to: José Raúl Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca → familyName → Capablanca ⓘ
linked to: José Raúl Capablanca
Wilhelm Steinitz → influenced → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
World Chess Champion → notableHolder → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Siegbert Tarrasch → influenced → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Akiba Rubinstein → competedAgainst → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Alexander Alekhine → defeatedForTitle → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
World Chess Hall of Fame → notableInducteesInclude → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
World Chess Championship → notableChampion → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Paul Keres → playedAgainst → José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ