Dec-23-03
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| euripides: There is a game that Fisher lost to Gligoric which is somewhat reminiscent of this - Fischer pushes his king's side pawns forward as White against a Sicilian and Gligoric exploits the empty space created. But the combination in this game is distinctive and wonderfully thematic; Black's defence would fail without it. |
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| Dec-23-03 |
| Taidanii: If I may, the advancement of the F and G pawns by white was a huge mistake. Comments? |
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Dec-23-03
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| Chessical: <Taidanii> The annotation I have seen in Chess Stars "Capablanca" vol. 1 (from Euwe and the tournament book?), shows Capa well ahead at move 18 when 18.Nd5 leading to Ne7 and f6 is recommended with a big advantage. Capa's advance of the f and g pawns would seem to be dynamic and positive rather than mistaken. |
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Oct-31-04
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: I've seen annotations by Kotov, Yudovich and Keres. For some reason (I've never seen the exact analysis), the losing move is supposed to be 30.Kh1. 30.Kh2 is supposed to keep the game complicated and unclear. Still, very calm defense by AI-Z and a good example of how to create counterplay in the center in response to a wing attack. |
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Oct-31-04
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| Calli: I can't see how Kh1 makes a difference. No big mystery really, Capablanca simply miscalculated when he played 27.d4? |
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Nov-01-04
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: Calli, Kotov wrote something about how in one of the sub-variations White avoids immediate disaster with the King on h2. He wrote this in his book co-written with Keres, The Art of the Middle Game. I also wish he included the analysis--if nothing else, Fritz & Co. could check the accuracy. |
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| Nov-01-04 |
| offramp: I have the book here in my hand -there is no analysis, just a prose comment to the effect the  h2 was better; Kotov says it retains some attacking chances. I will try it on my computer {see my profile) and see if anything comes up. |
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| Nov-01-04 |
| offramp: 30.h2 dxe5 31. f3 This might be what Capablanca would have played.( but 31. xg6! is far better. 31...fxg6 32.f3  xf3 33. xf3 unclear. There is everything to play for.) 31...exf4? Trying the same defence as in the game.
( He should play 31...xe4! which wins. 32.b3  )
32.xe3 fxe3 33.h1  It is the possibility of this move that makes h2 superior. 33...e2 34.g3 e1+ 35.xe1 d3+ 36.f3 lack is more or less helpless to the returning to h1.] |
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Nov-02-04
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| Calli: <offramp> Thanks for working that up. I see it now. So its quite likely Capablanca had 31.Nxg6 prepared but then noticed that it loses if the King is on h1 because of the check. Sloppy of Kotov not to explain it, although that book was culled from other sources and maybe some bad editing had something to do with it. |
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| Feb-27-05 |
| WMD: According to Hans Kmoch, Capa's opinion of this game: 'I played like a lunatic.' |
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| May-10-05 |
| Whitehat1963: Player of the Day's biggest win? |
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| Sep-11-05 |
| urusov: With the help of Fritz I found several ways for Capa to win. See my blog with links to PGN and Java:
http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/... |
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| Sep-11-05 |
| RookFile: I can believe it, it sure looked like Capa had a clear edge at one point. |
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| Nov-08-05 |
| joelsontang: after 30.Kh2, black should respond 30...Rb2 with a razor sharp game!! with good chances for both sides |
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| Jul-21-06 |
| Maynard5: The critical mistake here is 27. d4? which permits a series of exchanges. Surprisingly, the Kotov analysis omits both any discussion of this move, and fails to point out White's winning line. Ironically, this game is included in the Kotov-Keres book as an example of defensive play. Nevertheles, White can win easily by 27. Bf3, threatening Kg2 and Rh1. In the book Soviet Chess by Nikolai Grekov, published in 1944, it was readily acknowledged that this line would lead to a forced win for White. Several lines were analyzed, and no defense was found. It is therefore rather surprising that Kotov was unfamiliar with this analysis. |
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Sep-06-06
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| euripides: In Fischer vs Gligoric, 1962 Gligoric meets the same kind of attack by playing fxg6 and defending along the second rank. Black might have been able to organise somthing like that here. |
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| Sep-06-06 |
| tud: 27 Bh3 seems a good move |
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| Nov-17-06 |
| Maynard5: In an earlier post, I cited an analysis by a Russian player demonstrating that 27. Bf3 would have won for White. As it happens, there is an even simpler win for Capablanca at this point in the game, 27. Bd2. The reasoning is as follows. In this position, White threatens to set up a mating net on the h-file, by for instance Kg2, Rh1, Qh3. Since Black has no direct defense against this threat, his only chance is to obtain counterplay by opening the center. This of course is why the actual move 27. d4? converts a winning position into a loss. With 27. Bd2, White protects the pawn on c3, and threatens 28. Bh3, winning the knight on g4, or 28. Bf3, clearing the square g2 so that White can follow up with Kg2, Rh1 immediately. In sum, 27. Bd2 appears to win by force. |
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| Nov-17-06 |
| syracrophy: <<31...exf4? Trying the same defence as in the game.>> That move was forced since the threat was 32.h3, mating on h8, but anyways, Black obtained a huge advantage for the |
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Dec-22-06
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| who: <An englishman> Yes Kotov says (showing the diagram after black's 12th) Since the center is not closed the oppertunity exists for some very brisk skirmishes in the central squares. Capablanca sets into motion a pawn attack on the King's wing. 'Where does that leave us then?' the surprised reader may perhaps ask. 'Doesn't the World Champion, with his marvelous intuition of chess strategy, understand the elementary principles?' Naturally Capablanca is acquainted with these precepts; but here he manifestly underestimates an unknown chess-master. 'For me everything is possible' - this idea surely must have dominated the Cuban when he embarked on his pawn attack. |
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| Feb-25-07 |
| shalgo: <Maynard5> Pachman, in his Complete Chess Strategy, agrees that 27.Bd2 is White's best move, although he is not convinced that it wins. He gives 27...Rdb8 28.Bh3 Rb2 29.Nxb2 Rxb2 30.Bxg4 Rxd2 31.Qe1 Rc2 or 31...Rxa2, when White has won the exchange "but exposed his position," when "a very difficult position arises, which could only be evaluated after thorough analysis." Pachman considers 27.d4? to be the losing move, but he also identifies some mistakes earlier in the game by both sides. In particular, for Black he considers 8...a6 and 11...Rc8 to be losses of time (8...Rb8 and 11...b5 are better). For White, 14.f4 is not as good as 14.g5, which would have forced the knight back to e8 instead of d7, and 19.Nf2 loses time compared to 19.h4. |
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Dec-17-07
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| Ulhumbrus: Inatead of 10...Re8, 10...Ne8 makes possible ..Nd4 with possibly ..Bc6 and ...d5 to follow , as in the game H Wolf vs Lasker, 1923 |
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Oct-25-08
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| Pawn and Two: <shalgo: Pachman, in his Complete Chess Strategy, agrees that 27.Bd2 is White's best move, although he is not convinced it wins.> Pachman gives: 27.Bd2 Rdb8 28.Bh3 Rb2 29.Nxb2 Rxb2 30.Bxg4 Rxd2 31.Qe1? Rc2 or 31...Rxa2. However, Pachman's 31.Qe1? is a serious error. Romanovsky analyzed, that if 27.Bd2, threatening 28.Bh3, Black could then successfully repluse the attack by 27...Rdb1 28.Bh3 Rb2 29.Nxb2 Rxb2 30.Bc1? Nh2. In this variation, 30.Bc1? is a serious error. A review by Fritz shows that White is clearly winning after 27.Bd2!. Fritz agrees with Pachman that after 27.Bd2!, 27...Rdb8 28.Bh3 Rb2 29.Nxb2 Rxb2 30.Bxg4 Rxd2, is the best line for both sides. White's position is now winning after 30.Bxg4 Rxd2 31.Rab1!, or 30.Qe1. Here is Fritz's analysis: (2.13) (23 ply) 30.Bxg4 Rxd2 31.Rab1! Qxc3 32.Rb8 Qxd4+ 33.Kh1 Qa4 34.Nxe6 Nxg4 35.Qxg4 Qd7 36.Rfb1 Rxd3 37.Rd8 wins for White. Also winning for White is: (1.92) (23 ply) 30.Qe1 c4 31.d4 Nh2 32.Kxh2 Qxc3 33.Ng2 Rxd2 34.Rd1 Rxg2+ (3.45) (23 ply) 35.Bxg2 Qxe1 36.Rdxe1 Nd3 37.Rb1 Bb5 38.Kg3 d5 39.a4 Be8 40.exd5 exd5 41.Bxd5. Capablanca missed his chance for a brilliant win by failing to see the correct continuation that begins with the move 27.Bd2!. |
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