CHESS PLAYER

José Raúl Capablanca

1888 - 1942

Photo of José Raúl Capablanca

Icon of person José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Capablanca was born in 1888 in the Castillo del Príncipe, Havana. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Raúl Capablanca has received more than 1,645,541 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). José Raúl Capablanca is the 3rd most popular chess player, the 4th most popular biography from Cuba and the most popular Cuban Chess Player.

José Raúl Capablanca is most famous for being the first World Chess Champion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, José Raúl Capablanca ranks 3 out of 461. Before him are Bobby Fischer, and Wilhelm Steinitz. After him are Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Boris Spassky, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, and Garry Kasparov.

Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, José Raúl Capablanca ranks 5. Before him are Heinz Guderian, T. E. Lawrence, Fernando Pessoa, and Dale Carnegie. After him are Otto Stern, Nikolai Bukharin, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Carl Schmitt, Giorgio de Chirico, and Alexander I of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 1942, José Raúl Capablanca ranks 6. Before him are Stefan Zweig, Reinhard Heydrich, Janusz Korczak, Robert Musil, and Edith Stein. After him are Bronisław Malinowski, Anton Drexler, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Lucy Maud Montgomery, William G. Morgan, and Richard Willstätter.

Others Born in 1888

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1942

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, José Raúl Capablanca ranks 4 out of 300. Before him are Fidel Castro (1926), Raúl Castro (1931), and Fulgencio Batista (1901). After him are Italo Calvino (1923), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Alberto Korda (1928), Andy García (1956), Gloria Estefan (1957), and Compay Segundo (1907).

Others born in Cuba

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Cuba

Among chess players born in Cuba, José Raúl Capablanca ranks 1. After him are Leinier Domínguez (1983), Irisberto Herrera (1968), and Lázaro Bruzón (1982).

Cuban born Chess Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous