Akiba Rubinstein World Chess Hall of Fame

(1882-1961) World Chess Hall of Fame Inducted 2019 Akiba (or Akiva) Rubinstein, along with Paul Keres and Viktor Korchnoi, is considered one of the strongest players never to become world champion, despite learning the game at the late age of 16. Born in what is today eastern Poland, he was one of the four strongest players in the world from 1907 to 1922, and for a short time in 1912, might have been number one.

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