Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Capablanca chess (or Capablanca's chess) is a chess variant invented in the 1920s by former World Chess Champion José Raúl Capablanca. It incorporates two new pieces and is played on a 10×8 board. Capablanca proposed the variant while World Champion, and not as a \"sour grapes\" rationalization after losing his title as some critics have asserted. He believed that chess would be played out in a few decades (meaning games between grandmasters would always end in draws). This threat of \"draw death\" for chess was his main motivation for creating a more complex and richer version of the game. 30px The chancellor combines powers of a rook and a knight. 30px The archbishop combines powers of a bishop and a knight.The new pieces have properties that enrich the game. For example, the archbishop by itself can checkmate a lone king (king in a corner, archbishop placed diagonally with one square in between)."@en }
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- Capablanca_chess abstract "Capablanca chess (or Capablanca's chess) is a chess variant invented in the 1920s by former World Chess Champion José Raúl Capablanca. It incorporates two new pieces and is played on a 10×8 board. Capablanca proposed the variant while World Champion, and not as a \"sour grapes\" rationalization after losing his title as some critics have asserted. He believed that chess would be played out in a few decades (meaning games between grandmasters would always end in draws). This threat of \"draw death\" for chess was his main motivation for creating a more complex and richer version of the game. 30px The chancellor combines powers of a rook and a knight. 30px The archbishop combines powers of a bishop and a knight.The new pieces have properties that enrich the game. For example, the archbishop by itself can checkmate a lone king (king in a corner, archbishop placed diagonally with one square in between).".