Capablanca

[ kap-uh-blang-kuh; Spanish kah-pah-blahng-kah ]

noun

1. Jo·sé Ra·oul [haw-, se, , r, ah-, ool], 1888–1942, Cuban chess master.

Capablanca

/ kapaˈβlaŋka /

noun

1. CapablancaJosé Raúl18881942MCubanSPORT AND GAMES: chess player José Raúl (xoˈse raˈul), called Capa or the Chess Machine 1888–1942, Cuban chess player; world champion 1921–27.

Example Sentences

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.

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Lasker was, of course, the ex-world champ, having lost the crown to Jose Capablanca two years earlier.

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Like many of Capablanca’s best wins, there’s no spectacular brilliancy here, but a world-class opponent is still rendered helpless in less than 30 moves.

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To see a great champion at the very peak of his powers, check out Capablanca’s win in London against well-known Russian master and author Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.

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Na4!, another of Capablanca’s signature “petite combinaciones” — tactical touches in the service of harmonious positional whole.

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