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IX. 3 Famous chess players
Wilhelm Steinitz
The first official world chess champion. He contributed greatly to the development of chess theory, especially in the field of positional games. His ideas were well received by other eminent chess players, such as Aron Nimzowitsch, Siegbert Tarrasch and Emanuel Lasker. Steinitz was the world champion from 1886 to 1894. During this time, he defended the title in four official matches against Zukertort, Czigorin( twice) and Gunsberg. He lost two matches with his successor Lasker. In 1883, Steinitz settled in New York, in 1888 he was granted American citizenship, previously representing Austria.
Jose Raul Capablanca
Jose Raul Capablanca y Graupera was born on November 19, 1888 in Havana. He was the most famous Cuban chess player and the third world chess champion. He reigned in 1921- 1927. Capablanca was considered a cheesy genius child. His first significant success was his victory in the match against Kuba in 1901. Capablanca was 12 at the time, his brilliant game was quickly noticed and appreciated. To this day he is considered one of the most talented chess players in history. Particularly appreciated is his positional play and playing the ends. Capablanca met chess while cheering on his father. Throughout his life, even as a chess expert, he remained largely a " natural " player, spending relatively little time on preparing for tournaments and matches. His greatest rival, Alexander Alechin, who became the fourth world champion, after
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