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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instanceOf chess player
human
competedAgainst Alexander Alekhine NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Vasily Smyslov NERFINISHED
modern endgame theory
knownFor Rubinstein Variation of the Four Knights Game NERFINISHED
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
pioneering rook endgame technique
profound positional style
notableGame Rubinstein vs Rotlewi, Lodz 1907 NERFINISHED
Rubinstein vs Salwe, Lodz 1908 NERFINISHED
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, San Sebastian 1912 NERFINISHED
occupation chess author
chess player
peakActivityPeriod 1907-1914
placeOfBirth Congress Poland NERFINISHED
Stawiski NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Antwerp NERFINISHED
Belgium NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
specialty rook endgames
styleOfPlay endgame-oriented
positional
title grandmaster
wonTournament Breslau 1912 chess tournament NERFINISHED
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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