David Janowski vs Jose Raul Capablanca (1913)

David Janowski vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Havana (1913) · Indian Game: Wade-Tarkatower Defense (A46) · 1-0

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Given 21 times; par: 92 [what's this?]

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Jun-12-03		bishop: One of Capablanca's rare losses.I believe that after 12...N8d7 Capa is ok but ...Nxe4 leaves him a little worse because of his slightly weak king position. Capa's 15...Ne6 definitely puts him in a bad spot as later he has to resort to the awkward looking 18...Kf6 to hold the K-Pawn. Im having trouble understanding the move 20...g5, but after 23.h4! Janowski picked up a Pawn.

Jun-12-03		Calli: <bishop> I think you have picked some of the key points of this game. Capablanca said that he should have played 12...0-0-0, but got all worried about the f5 square. White threatens to play Ng3 and Bf5. This explains 12...Nxe4 and 14...Bg6 which get him into trouble. 20...g5! is very interesting. Capa saw that white could push his Kingside pawns and win the e pawn. He just plays h4, g4, g5. So he stops h4 with g5, intending to follow it with g6. If white plays h4 with Capa's pawns at g5 and g6, he simply takes gxh4. IF white retakes with the knight, f5 is guarded. If he takes with the Queen, simply Kg7. Everything would be safe. Somehow he never played g6!

Jun-13-03		Honza Cervenka: The gamescore seems to be incomplete here. Complete game is Janowski vs Capablanca, 1913

Jun-13-03		Calli: <Honza> You are right, the other game is conplete. I think what happened is that Capa gave the score only as far as move 36 in "Chess Fundamentals" noting that the game went on for some moves but was hopeless. As a result you find both scores circulating today.

Jun-13-03		chessgames.com: We added the extra moves to the score here.

Feb-13-09		stoy: David Janowski & Siegbert Tarrasch were the only players to defeat the first four world champions. Now I know how Janowski got his only win!

Feb-14-09		apf123: Capa beat Janowski 9 to 1 with 1 draw

Dec-31-11		Tridel: It's weird. I could've sworn White was Capablanca. I look back up and it's Janowski. A rare loss where Capa's own style was turned against him...

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