Aug-25-04
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| tpstar: Move order! After 11. Bxg4 correct is 11 ... Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Nxd4 with White retaining a spatial advantage, but material is equal. The game continuation lost a Pawn to save a piece. tpstar0-tealmx3 (Yahoo 8/25/04): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. h3 (wimpy) Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. f4 e6 13. Kh2 h6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. g4 Ng8 16. Rad1 f5!? 17. ef ef 18. gf Nxd4 19. fg+ Kh8 20. Bxd4 Nf6 21. f5 Bc6 22. Nd5! Bxd5 23. cxd5 Re8 24. Bf3 Ne4? 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qxg7# 1-0. |
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| Mar-26-05 |
| Whitehat1963: Capa uses the Opening of the Day to display easy superiority. |
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| Jul-18-06 |
| tonsillolith: Why not 14...Nxg6+ ? |
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| Jul-18-06 |
| CapablancaFan: After 24.Bh6 the rook on f8 cannot be saved. If 24...Rg8,Rd8,Rc8,Rb8 or Ra8 25.Qxf6+. If 24...Rf7 25.Re8+ would be the response. Great finish from Capa. |
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Dec-19-06
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| notyetagm: <CapablancaFan: After 24.Bh6 the rook on f8 cannot be saved. If 24...Rg8,Rd8,Rc8,Rb8 or Ra8 25.Qxf6+. If 24...Rf7 25.Re8+ would be the response. Great finish from Capa.> Yes, the Black f8-rook must perform two tasks: defending the back rank e8-square and the f6-pawn, else mate occurs in both cases. To meet these two threats the Black f8-rook must stay on the back rank -and- the f-file, hence the f8-square, the intersection of these two lines. After 24  h6! the f8-square is no longer safe for the Black rook and since it cannot move the exchange is lost. The ending of the Lutz-Kramnik 1995 Bundesliga game is very similar: a White rook must meet a threat on a file and on a rank, hence it must stay on the square it occupies to perform both tasks (the intersection), and then Black (Kramnik) simply attacks the defending rook with a bishop to dominate that square. |
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Dec-19-06
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| notyetagm: Kramnik's 35 ... d2! attacking the White e1-rook in C Lutz vs Kramnik, 1995 is -exactly- like Capablanca's 24 h6! attacking the Black f8-rook in this game, as I described in my previous post in this forum. |
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| Sep-25-07 |
| patzerboy: I think not 14...Nxg6+ because Black must lose a tempo to take the Knight at e7 since the other Knight then comes to d5 with an attack on the Queen. Capa prefers to maintain the initiative with an extra pawn rather than give Black any breathing room for a second pawn. By keeping on the pressure it shortens the game. Black has no time for proper defense. |
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| Sep-25-07 |
| patzerboy: addendum: Capa's style usually involves squelching counterplay as thoroughly as Petrosian would much later, though it was second nature to Capa, while Petrosian made a fetish out of it. |
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| Jan-05-09 |
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