Capablanca

American

[kap-uh-blang-kuh, kah-pah-blahng-kah] / ˌkæp əˈblæŋ kə, ˌkɑ pɑˈβlɑŋ kɑ /

noun

José Raoul 1888–1942, Cuban chess master.

Capablanca British

/ kapaˈβlaŋka /

noun

José Raúl (xoˈse raˈul), called Capa or the Chess Machine 1888–1942, Cuban chess player; world champion 1921–27.

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The young mathematician would wrest the world chess title from Austria’s Wilhelm Steinitz in 1894 and hold the crown for a record 27 years before he was dethroned by Jose Raul Capablanca in 1921.

From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2023

Yet past world championships show that game one is often a banana skin, including for José Raúl Capablanca in 1927, Mikhail Botvinnik in 1960,and Bobby Fischer in 1972.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018

Grandmaster José Raúl Capablanca put it well: to succeed, “you must study the endgame before everything else.”

From Time • Mar. 11, 2015

Grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca put it very well: to succeed ‘you must study the endgame before anything else.’

From Inc • Jun. 6, 2012

The major team match against the Capablanca Chess Club was disappointing for the Americans: though Bobby and Whitaker won their games, the five other Americans lost.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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