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Nov-13-05
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| ray keene: <professeur y> you found the lot and i am glad you liked them -alekhine cd probably have held the n v b ending against capa but it was no simple task-i liked the way capa eliminated every weakness in his own position and then gradually started on alekhines-its very instructive! |
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Nov-13-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: <prof>
Thanks for the links!!! (and the info.) Later today, I shall endeavor to play through all of these. |
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| Nov-13-05 |
| Professeur Y: <ray keene> Yes, the game against Alekhine is quite a typical Capablanca win; he makes it look easy, but every little sequence brings about a small advantage, either by eliminating his weaknesses or by creating some in his opponent’s camp, which of course is not easy. Even though, as I said earlier, Capablanca’s games are understandable even by a patzer like myself, the moves he chooses are not always the most obvious. One example (out of many), in this game against Alekhine: 51. Nd4!, preventing 51… Ke5 tactically in view of 52. Nc6+ forking bishop and king. I of course would have played Kd3, and not even considered dropping e5. |
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| Nov-14-05 |
| paladin at large: <Professeur Y> Yes, thanks - 51. Nd4 is a fine move and that is a great ending. (Very hard to decide on a top ten games, for sure.) |
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Nov-16-05
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| keypusher: <Professeur Y> thanks for the link to the Corzo-Capablanca Evans Gambit -- I never saw that before. |
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| Nov-17-05 |
| paladin at large: <LIFE Master AJ> OK, Here (finally) are my top ten in roughly chronological and no other intended order, fwiw - Everybody loves a queen sac, but this one by a 13 year old is especially elegant, leading to a won endgame: Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901
A great odd-coloured bishop ending of remarkable scope:
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1913
The alltime classic otb challenge:
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918
Lasker said Capa's play from the 24th move on was enchanting: Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921
The great rook and pawn classic:
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924
A great Zugwzang game against Mr. Zugzwang:
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927
"Scintillating" and "approaching a miniature" you said- very true, this game is a gem: Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927
A great counterattack:
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927
A brilliant and profound recovery:
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936
35. Na5 x b7 ! - A profound insight into an endgame where the rook will outplay knight + bishop (thanks to <Ray Keene> for the reminder on this one: Capablanca vs Lilienthal, 1936
I would certainly be pleased to see anyone else's top ten. |
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Nov-17-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: <paladin at large>
THANKS!!!
Thanks a lot for the list. Certainly we agree on this game, the one with the classic R+P ending. (vs. Tartakower) Of course the game with Marshall (1918) would also have to be on my list as well. I really love the game with Corzo ... however, it might not make my Top Ten. (Too many good games might have to supercede it.) I will have to get back to you ... in about five or ten years ... as to what the rest of my list is. (j/k) Favor? Post your whole list on Capa's main page? (please?) |
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| Nov-18-05 |
| paladin at large: <LIFE Master AJ> I would be glad to. I have a favor to ask as well, since I see from another thread that you have a number of books on Marshall. There are conflicting/ambiguous accounts of how the 1918 Marshall attack game ended: Die Weltgeschichte des Schachs (1963), a compilation of all of Capa's tournament and match games, and "The Development of Chess Style" by Max Euwe, confirm Nightwalk's list of moves, ending with 40. Qh5++. In "My Chess Career", Capa writes laconically "36. Lxf7+ and mate in five moves". Both Capa and Marshall could see mate in five moves as fast as anyone which raises the question of whether Marshall resigned after Lx7+, and the resulting moves were added to the score later as a result of the intense scrutiny - this is one of the most analyzed chess games in history - heaped upon the game in the months and years which followed. It was against Capa's style to announce mate, so I doubt that that happened. Oddly, Wade and Harding in their book "The Marshall Attack" (256 pages!) devoted to this variation, conclude the game this way: "38. Rxh6+! 1-0, as mate cannot be averted." Do you know what actually happened at the board and whether and when Marshall resigned, or was he really mated at move 40? Thanks. |
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Nov-18-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: <paladin at large>
I think I have answered this question before, but as you have not seen the answer, I would be glad to do so again. In the Capa-Marshall game, ChessBase and GM A. Soltis (The 100 Best) give the game as ending 36.Bxf7+, and Black resigned. Several authors, newspaper accounts have probably embellished this game. (In the early days of chess, newspapers often whacked up a chess game. If the game ended in an extremely long ending, which the editor thought was boring, the actual end of the game would be omitted, and often times the editor would say something like, "and White wins." Or the end of a game would occasionally get accidentally deleted by a typesetter.) The respected Hermann Helms, (in the American Chess Bulletin, and in several newspapers); also gave the game as ending after 36.Bxf7+. (1-0) Chivalry means NOTHING today, but was big in Capa's age. It was considered fine to announce mate against amateurs and in simuls, but rude to do so when playing another master. (I know of no instance where Capa did so against a master of the first rank.) |
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| Nov-19-05 |
| paladin at large: <LIFE Master AJ> thank you, that is also very plausible. I found it strange that a master of Marshall's combinative foresight would have played on to 40. Dh5++. Do we have Marshall's reaction to the close of this game in any of your books on Marshall? |
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Nov-20-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: <paladin at large>
According to one NY newspaper (chess columns), they immediately shook hands and began analyzing the game. Marshall was never one to take a loss extremely hard ... I can't see him starting here. Marshall had the utmost respect for Capa, I could quote you dozens of things he said, once - after NY 1927 - Marshall said Capa was "one of the greatest geniuses this game has ever produced." Capa also had a deep respect for Marshall, indeed it was Marshall's vouching for him that got Capa into his first international tournament. Marshall analyzed this game in several different publications and even went so far to tell the President of the Manhattan chess club that it was one of the most profound games he had ever played ... so it maybe the LOSER of that game, (Capa-Marshall, 1918) that did more to popularize it than anyone else. |
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| Nov-20-05 |
| paladin at large: <LIFE Master AJ> thanks - that is very interesting. Capa's respect for Marshall comes through in Capa's interviews in the 1920s discussing the status of the participants in this or that tournament - he usually says nice things about Marshall's strength relative to other masters, even though Marshall was clearly past his prime by then. If I recall correctly, Marshall in 1943, one year before he died, wrote in regard to a couple of variations of the Marshall attack that he had not given up on either line , and that - "they are replete with thrills". This guy had CHESS in his blood. |
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| Nov-20-05 |
| RookFile: I like Marshall's play (and Capa's
for that matter). I tend to find
that what passes for positional play
is just a couple of guys who are
afraid to mix it up tactically. |
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Nov-21-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: <paladin at large> PLease check the Capa page, <Capablanca Fan> has posted an interesting list. If you could and have the time take a look at this list. If you are uncomfortable critiquing this list in public please do so privately and send me an e-mail. |
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Dec-08-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: I sent GM R. Keene my analysis of this game a while back. I was hoping he might use that (as a basis) to offer <the general CG public> a short analysis of this game. --- We shall see, I am sure that GM Keene is a very busy man. (But) I - for one - would greatly appreciate his insights into this game. And I am also curious to see how he ranks this game among Capa's other efforts. |
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| Jun-16-06 |
| Zorts: So what's the continuation? 26...Qg6 looks like a good move for black. |
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| Jul-02-06 |
| Zorts: Daaa, now I see-Rook takes the Knight if Qg6. |
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Aug-21-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: I don't know if I ever posted this link before ... I did not see it on the earlier kibitzing pgaes. (http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster...) |
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Aug-21-06
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| paulalbert: Nice work <AJ>. I of course had seen this game before but had not seen the analysis on your site. Paul Albert |
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Aug-22-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: Thanks much!! |
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Aug-23-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: Paul:
The analysis posted on the Internet is the SHORT version, if you send me an e-mail, (and can read Chessbase files); I will gladly send you the long version. - aj
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| Oct-20-06 |
| RookFile: This game is a masterpiece. |
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| May-30-08 |
| Augalv: Eagle-Like Precision
« Articles homeSubmitted by benws on Thu, 05/29/2008 at 3:28pm.
The great Capablanca had the ability to dispose of strong opponents without any effort. After an opening mistake by Spielmann, his play afterwards is accurate to the most minute detail. http://www.chess.com/article/view/e... |
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Nov-21-08
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| notyetagm: 19 ... ?
click for larger view<TrueFiendish: Check out this brilliant game. Note if at 19...Ra7 20.b6! Qxa5 21.bxa7!!> (VAR)
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click for larger viewStupendous game by Capablanca. In "The Big Book Of Chess", FM Burgess uses this game the illustrate the strength of creating a powerful passed pawn. See also the Dresden Olympiad games Sargissian-Stellwagen and Nyback-Carlsen, both wins for the passed pawns. |
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Nov-21-08
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| AnalyzeThis: Spielmann was one of the few guys was was competitive against Capablanca. They played some memorable games against each other. |
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