Of Alekhine's 13.....Bc5, Capa annotated "Ne4 would be better than the text move, although we believe that even in that position White has a clear advantage. Dr. (sic) Alekhine was probably rather anxious to complete his king's side development and did not consider all the possibilities."

An insight into Capa's technique and depth of thought is offered by the following further comments:

After 19. Rd1 "The most certain way of exploiting the white advantage. At first sight 19. e4 looks stronger, but it would have serious drawbacks."

Capablanca does not grab material with 23. Qxd5. After 23. e3, he notes "The most direct way of bringing the battle to a definite conclusion. This move was played after all the subsequent complications had been taken into consideration."

After 28. Be5 "The most energetic way of continuing the attack. Black has no resources."

After 32. Nxg7 "The coup de grace."

He played 7... d5. Obviously, Alekhine wanted to get his pawn there before white got in something like c4, he was afraid of a white clamp, a space advantage with c4 and e4.

Yet nowadays, even as black in the Sicilian, black willfully allows the 'Maroczy' bind, there have been methods developed to combat it.

Alekhine was generally inclined to take up the latest hypermodern opening ideas (something which made Nimzowitsch very proud). Capablanca would also do this (although to a lesser extent than Alekhine), and it is interesting to note that after this match, the ex-champion started adopting the line for Black.

I think 8...dxc4 would have been more accurate than 8...e6, but Alekhine's main mistakes appear to be 14...Bxb4? (14...Nxb4! would have given good saving chances) and 22...Qa4?!, although it's doubtful whether Black's game could be salvaged even after the stronger 22...Rcd8.

Now,Is this a misprint or did Capa see 32 Nxg7 (and beyond) when playing 21. Nb3 - Or did paladin mean that Capa saw 36 Qd3 when playing 31. h4 and calculated the sacrifice from there?