Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein was a French chess player and businessman. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950.
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera 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 playing chess with his father José María Capablanca in 1892
Capablanca in 1919
First Match game between Alekhine and Capablanca on 14 December 1913 in an exhibition in St. Petersburg