Henry Ernest Atkins vs Jose Raul Capablanca (1922)

Henry Ernest Atkins vs Jose Raul Capablanca
London (1922) · Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation (B12) · 0-1

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Given 53 times; par: 130 [what's this?]

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Feb-24-04		Lawrence: A revelation to watch how Capa works his pawn up the "a" file.

Jul-05-04		rochade18: 4.Bd3 is not bad, but almost any other move would be more aggressive. White has to build up tension if he wants to win!

Jun-22-05		aw1988: The trends of time. 3. e5 is just as playable as 3. Nc3.

Feb-23-06		drummachine12: This game is a workshop in the art of restriction. Capa squeezes Atkins on the queen side and then switches to the king side. See game details in Chernev, Reinfield and Horowitz.

Aug-21-06		Chess Lou Zer: Neat puzzle after 65. Ra8.

Aug-21-06		Chess Lou Zer: But what happens if white plays 66. Kc1 or Kc3?

Mar-25-07		keypusher: <But what happens if white plays 66. Kc1 or Kc3?> Black plays 66...Rxg2 just the same. White played 66. Ke3 so he could wall the rook off from the queenside, but 67...Nb4 refuted the idea by setting up 68. Rxa3? Nc2+.

Apr-30-07		gambitfan: 131 138 3 times AVERAGE

Apr-30-07		gambitfan: 149 140 4

Jun-01-08		Alphastar: < rochade18: 4.Bd3 is not bad, but almost any other move would be more aggressive. White has to build up tension if he wants to win!> Actually it is quite bad. Black gains full control over the light squares after exchanging and Qa5-a6 or Qb6-a6 and any play white might have is eliminated by that. In any case, white is going to have to prove the game is equal.

Aug-17-09		xombie: Can anyone explain the series of mysterious moves 30 ... Rc6, 32 ... Bd6 etc? There is more going on here than meets the eye.

Apr-11-10		madlydeeply: This game is very interesting...i've played this pawn structure many times...as black with the light squared bishops exchanged...i get there from the accelerated dragon. Its great as black because the white d4 pawn is the most glaring weakness on the board... and its easy to throw the black pieces to work on the queenside. I think that white needs force through f4-f5 pawn break...but hardly any of my opponents ever try that! I immediately pile up on that d pawn with Nc6, Nf5, and Qb6. But Capablanca doesn't even try this atall...he immediately swaps the queens! The only time he uses the weak d pawn in the middle game is to force an exchange with the clever 37...Rc4 and 38...Nc6. He spends all the rest of his moves working his rooks into the white queenside and restricting the white knights. Chess is such a blast always full of surprises.

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