| Feb-13-03 | | refutor: quite an impressive game by capablanca, although you could say that about almost any of capa's game ;) |
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| Feb-14-03 | | drukenknight: 28 Rf8+ looks tricky. |
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| Jan-13-04 | | Lawrence: At move 36 Winter was ahead--eval +2.76, Junior 8--but 37.Qh7 was a terrible blunder. He should have played 37.Qc4, analyzed by Alekhine through to move 41 ("Chess Stars") and exactly the same analysis is found by the silicon monster. drukenknight, the computer confirms that your 28.Rf8+ is far better than 28.f4. |
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| Jan-21-04 | | capanegra: Indeed, with 37.Qc4 the situation would have been quite intricate for the mighty capa. |
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| Jan-21-04 | | technical draw: For white it was the Winter of his discontent.
<capanegra> Saludos a todos los Uruguayos! |
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| Jan-21-04 | | capanegra: ¡Muchos saludos para usted también, amigazo! |
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Sep-19-05
 | | offramp: Capablanca seemed to think this position was a win from quite early on; it shows he was certainly not infallible as regards positional play. |
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| Sep-19-05 | | Snosko: 37. Qc4 Cxf5! |
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| Sep-19-05 | | Snosko: I mean Kxf5!! |
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Sep-20-05
| | offramp: <Snosko> If you mean 37.Qc4 Kxf5 - wee, that's not possible as the black king is on h5. If you mean 37.Qc4 Nxf5 then 38.g4+ leads to mate. |
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Oct-29-05
 | | Mateo: <capanegra> 34... Re2?? was a blunder. After 37. Qc4 (stopping the threat 37... Qe4) Qc4 (only move) 38. bc white has a won ending. It is simple and not intricated at all. <refutor> This not an impressive game from neither side: too many errors. Capablanca could have reached a draw on several occasions but he wanted too much against a weaker opponent. He was very, very, lucky in the end. |
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| Dec-21-11 | | King Death: White's blunder 37.Qh7+ was the first move after the time control (36 moves in 2 hours). He had a bad time down the stretch at Nottingham, as he may have gotten more than a draw in this game if he'd played on: Botvinnik vs W Winter, 1936. He definitely wouldn't have risked losing in that important last round game. |
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| Feb-05-17 | | The Kings Domain: Such subtle brilliance as ever displayed on the chessboard. Capablanca dominates the center without being overly aggressive. He leaves his opponent floundering around the chessboard looking for a breakthrough which never came. |
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Feb-11-17
| | offramp: <The Kings Domain: Such subtle brilliance as ever displayed on the chessboard. Capablanca dominates the center without being overly aggressive. He leaves his opponent floundering around the chessboard looking for a breakthrough which never came.> If you read some of the previous comments on this game you will learn that Capablanca was lost up until Winter blundered on move 37. |
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Aug-17-17
 | | perfidious: <td: For white it was the Winter of his discontent.> Discontent, indeed--one can only imagine the discomfiture Winter felt as he realised the tables had been turned. |
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Jul-12-24
 | | Sally Simpson: It is a pity Winter made an error in this game. it would have been his only win the tournament. One minor point of interest. In the Dover tournament book (pub in 1962, page 212) Capablanca's 33rd move (33...Ng7) and his 34th move (34...Re2) were swapped over so after 33....Re2 if you are playing through the book you get this position with White to play. 
click for larger viewWhen 34.Qh5+ wins the e2 Rook. The book continues with 34. Qxh7+ Ng7 and we are back to what actually happened. |
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| Jul-21-25 | | CarlosCleto: Capablanca himself wrote in “Last Lectures”: "I had just won a very important game and was on my way back to the hotel. During the course of the game my opponent built up a magnificent position. At a certain point he saw an opportunity to win the Exchange, and did so. Yet he lost the game! Some of the world’s greatest masters, who were present, began to study the game. All of them began their investigations from the point where my opponent had won the Exchange, for they assumed that this had been the proper course, and that his error must have occurred later on. They spent a good deal of time on the game, and meanwhile Lasker came in. They told him how the game had ended and played it over for him; but when they came to the point where my opponent had won the Exchange, he interrupted them and said, ‘Oh no, that move cant be right!’ The aged master had realized at once what the others had failed to perceive: that the win of the Exchange was an error which lost not only the advantage, but the game itself. Lasker saw that it was not my opponent who had made a combination but I! Several hours later he met me in the hotel and said, ‘You must have been relieved when your opponent swallowed the bait,’ Then he added, ‘These players are not so strong as most people think’.” |
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| Jul-21-25 | | Granny O Doul: Regarding the passage just above, I had always taken it to refer to Capa's game with Alekhine. It rings a bit odd for Alekhine to be referred to simply as "my opponent", but then these two were like Davis and Crawford, or Bardot and Loren. In any case, I believe Alekhine to be more likely overall as Winter turned a win into a loss on the very last move of this game. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 21...Qb7