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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Cuban Jose Raul Capablanca, who had defeated the great Emanuel Lasker just six years earlier, was considered near-unbeatable when the up-and-coming Alekhine took him on in Argentina in the fall of 1927.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2021

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

From Time • Mar. 11, 2015

The greatest champions of the past, Jose Capablanca, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov also had minimal defeats in their peak years.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2013

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

From Inc • Jun. 6, 2012

Years later, Lilienthal was still shaking his head over Bobby’s recollection of his famous win over Capablanca more than a half century before.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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