Akiba Rubinstein

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Akiba Rubinstein was a Polish chess grandmaster renowned as one of the strongest players never to become World Champion, celebrated for his pioneering endgame technique and profound positional style.

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Akiba Rubinstein canonical 4

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instanceOf chess player ⓘ
human ⓘ
competedAgainst Alexander Alekhine ⓘ
Aron Nimzowitsch ⓘ
Carl Schlechter ⓘ
Emanuel Lasker ⓘ
José Raúl Capablanca ⓘ
Siegbert Tarrasch ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Poland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1882-12-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1961-03-15 ⓘ
era early 20th century chess ⓘ
ethnicGroup Polish Jews ⓘ
familyName Rubinstein ⓘ
givenName Akiba ⓘ
healthIssue mental illness ⓘ
influenced Mikhail Botvinnik ⓘ
Vasily Smyslov ⓘ
modern endgame theory ⓘ
knownFor Rubinstein Variation of the Four Knights Game ⓘ
Rubinstein Variation of the French Defence ⓘ
Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence ⓘ
Rubinstein Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined ⓘ
Rubinstein Variation of the Sicilian Defence ⓘ
name Akiba Rubinstein ⓘ
notableFor being one of the strongest players never to become World Chess Champion ⓘ
pioneering rook endgame technique ⓘ
profound positional style ⓘ
notableGame Rubinstein vs Rotlewi, Lodz 1907 ⓘ
Rubinstein vs Salwe, Lodz 1908 ⓘ
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, San Sebastian 1912 ⓘ
occupation chess author ⓘ
chess player ⓘ
peakActivityPeriod 1907-1914 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Congress Poland ⓘ
Stawiski ⓘ
placeOfDeath Antwerp ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
specialty rook endgames ⓘ
styleOfPlay endgame-oriented ⓘ
positional ⓘ
title grandmaster ⓘ
wonTournament Breslau 1912 chess tournament ⓘ
Karlsbad 1907 chess tournament ⓘ
Pistyan 1912 chess tournament ⓘ
San Sebastian 1912 chess tournament ⓘ
St Petersburg 1909 chess tournament (shared first with Emanuel Lasker) ⓘ
Vilna 1912 chess tournament ⓘ

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Emanuel Lasker → notableOpponent → Akiba Rubinstein ⓘ
Rubinstein → hasNotableBearer → Akiba Rubinstein ⓘ
Akiba Rubinstein → name → Akiba Rubinstein ⓘ
Carl Schlechter → notableGameAgainst → Akiba Rubinstein ⓘ