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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Akiba Rubinstein canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
chess player
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human ⓘ |
| competedAgainst |
Alexander Alekhine
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Aron Nimzowitsch NERFINISHED ⓘ Carl Schlechter NERFINISHED ⓘ Emanuel Lasker NERFINISHED ⓘ José Raúl Capablanca NERFINISHED ⓘ Siegbert Tarrasch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Poland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1882-12-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1961-03-15 ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century chess ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Rubinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Akiba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| healthIssue | mental illness ⓘ |
| influenced |
Mikhail Botvinnik
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Vasily Smyslov NERFINISHED ⓘ modern endgame theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Rubinstein Variation of the Four Knights Game
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Rubinstein Variation of the French Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ Rubinstein Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined NERFINISHED ⓘ Rubinstein Variation of the Sicilian Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Akiba Rubinstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the strongest players never to become World Chess Champion
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pioneering rook endgame technique ⓘ profound positional style ⓘ |
| notableGame |
Rubinstein vs Rotlewi, Lodz 1907
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Rubinstein vs Salwe, Lodz 1908 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rubinstein vs Schlechter, San Sebastian 1912 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
chess author
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chess player ⓘ |
| peakActivityPeriod | 1907-1914 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Congress Poland
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Stawiski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Antwerp
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Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| specialty | rook endgames ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
endgame-oriented
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positional ⓘ |
| title | grandmaster ⓘ |
| wonTournament |
Breslau 1912 chess tournament
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Karlsbad 1907 chess tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ Pistyan 1912 chess tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ San Sebastian 1912 chess tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ St Petersburg 1909 chess tournament (shared first with Emanuel Lasker) ⓘ Vilna 1912 chess tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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