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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| José Raúl Capablanca canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7500623 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: José Raúl Capablanca Context triple: [Emanuel Lasker, worldChampionSuccessor, José Raúl Capablanca]
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A.
Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian chess player widely regarded as the first official World Chess Champion and a pioneer of modern positional play.
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B.
Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Botvinnik was a Soviet chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in chess history.
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C.
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a German mathematician and the second World Chess Champion, renowned for holding the title for a record 27 years from 1894 to 1921.
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D.
Paul Morphy
Paul Morphy was a 19th-century American chess prodigy widely regarded as one of the strongest players of his era and an unofficial world champion.
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E.
Wlamir Marques
Wlamir Marques is a legendary Brazilian basketball player who starred for the national team during the 1950s and 1960s, helping Brazil win multiple FIBA World Championship titles and Olympic medals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: José Raúl Capablanca Target entity description: 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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A.
Wilhelm Steinitz
Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian chess player widely regarded as the first official World Chess Champion and a pioneer of modern positional play.
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B.
Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Botvinnik was a Soviet chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in chess history.
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C.
Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker was a German mathematician and the second World Chess Champion, renowned for holding the title for a record 27 years from 1894 to 1921.
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D.
Paul Morphy
Paul Morphy was a 19th-century American chess prodigy widely regarded as one of the strongest players of his era and an unofficial world champion.
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E.
Wlamir Marques
Wlamir Marques is a legendary Brazilian basketball player who starred for the national team during the 1950s and 1960s, helping Brazil win multiple FIBA World Championship titles and Olympic medals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chess player
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human ⓘ world chess champion ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cementerio de Colón, Havana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Cuba ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1888-11-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-03-08 ⓘ |
| defeatedForWorldTitle | Emanuel Lasker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classical chess era ⓘ |
| familyName | Capablanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousFor |
clarity of strategic ideas
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speed of play ⓘ technical endgame mastery ⓘ |
| fullName | José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | José Raúl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConsideredOneOf |
greatest chess players of all time
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greatest world chess champions ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| lostWorldTitleTo | Alexander Alekhine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear, simple playing style
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exceptional endgame skill ⓘ intuitive positional play ⓘ rarely losing games ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chess Fundamentals
NERFINISHED
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My Chess Career NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
chess player
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diplomat ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cuba
NERFINISHED
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Havana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| playedInCity |
Havana
NERFINISHED
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Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInCountry |
Cuba
NERFINISHED
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Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | World Chess Champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| representedCountryInChess | Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
endgame-oriented
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positional ⓘ |
| worldChampionTitleEnd | 1927 ⓘ |
| worldChampionTitleStart | 1921 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: José Raúl Capablanca Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
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