| Jul-20-03 |
| Elrathia Kingi: Reti lets Capablanca have the center with 6.d4 and 7.Ng5. He then breaks the old queen rule by taking her right out to the center of the board, and Capablanca makes him pay for doing so by taking out Reti's Bishop. The biggest blunder appears to be 14.0-0, since 14.Bg7 would have taken the tempo Capablanca had where he forced the queen out of the center. Instead, he would not have had time to castle and attack the queen, and Reti would have been able to regroup his attack. The king was not in danger at that point, but the black queen and bishop were both pointed at the kingside.
Reti also had a bad development problem. By 15...0-0-0, Reti had a queen and bishop attacking, while all of Capablanca's men were in a fighting position. An outstanding example of defence on Capablanca's part. |
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Jul-20-03
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| Calli: Yes, 14.Bg7 would have been better. The biggest blunder, however, was 10.Qxd4??. I suspect that Reti was shocked that he overlooked 10...Bb5 and that led to the second error. |
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| Dec-08-03 |
| Lawrence: 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ would have been better than 10.Qxd4. Junior 8 says that 14.Bg7 is no better than 14.0-0 and shows the following lines: 14.Bg7 Qe6+ 15.Qxe6 Bxe6 (-2.79)whereas 14.0-0 Rb8 15.Nd2 (-2.74). J8 definitely prefers 14.....Rb8 to the Bb7 that Capa played. |
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| Dec-08-03 |
| Lawrence: The rot set in when Reti played 7.Ng5 instead of 7.Nxe5. |
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| May-18-04 |
| Whitehat1963: <Lawrence>, what happens after 7. Nxe5 if dxe5? |
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May-18-04
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| Honza Cervenka: <Whitehat1963> If 7.Nxe5 dxe5, then 8.Qh5+ Ke7 (8...Kd7 9.d5) 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Bg5+ Nf6 11.dxe5 Qd5 12.Bh4 Ke6 (other moves lead to an advantage of white, for example 12...Kd7 13.Qg5! Be7 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Qf4 Be5 16.Qe3 Qb5 17.b3 Re8 18.Nd2 etc.) 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qe8+ Kf5 15.Qh5+ Ke6 (15...Kf4 16.g3#) 16.Qe8+ = |
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| May-23-05 |
| Kingsider: ok,Siesta Variation? |
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| Sep-07-05 |
| DoctorChess: Bf3!!! Brilliant! |
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| Oct-18-05 |
| Runemaster: Yes, a remarkable win so quickly as Black against such a strong opponent. But that's Capablanca. |
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| May-09-06 |
| ArturoRivera: Junior 8 in 10 minutes aint better than Capablanca in two hours |
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| May-09-06 |
| CapablancaFan: Capa ends this thing in 18 moves...and he's black! |
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| Jul-11-07 |
| Fast Gun: Reti gets steam rollered in only 18 moves !! I wonder why he played 1.e4 against Capablanca in this game, when you consider the success that had against Capablanca in 1924? |
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| Jan-24-08 |
| Whitehat1963: Capablanca seems to be on the defensive the entire time, then bam! And it's all over! |
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| May-13-08 |
| Whitehat1963: Tueday/Wednesday puzzle after 17. Qd1. |
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| May-18-08 |
| JimmyVermeer: Fast Gun, I wouldn't blame Réti's loss on his first move. His 10th, 14th, and 18th moves were much worse. The game might have continued:
18 gxf3? Qh3 19 Qd5 c6 20 Qe6+ Qxe6 21 Nd2 Qh3 22 Bg7 Rg8 23 Kh1 Nxf3 24 Nxf3 Qxf3+ 25 Kg1 Rxg7# Réti's 18th move should have been Nd2 (or Bg7 or Kh1 or Qxf3), though in either case he still would have lost. |
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| May-20-08 |
| Whitehat1963: <JimmyVermeer> I'm sure your suggestion of 19. Qd5 would have gone more like this: 18. gxf3 Qh3 19. Qd5 Nxf3+ 0-1 (20. Qxf3 Qxf3 with mate to follow shortly or worse: 20. Kh1 Qxh2#) |
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| May-24-08 |
| JimmyVermeer: <Whitehat1963>, your way is good, but my way is 3 moves faster. Yours leads to 19 Qd5 Nxf3+ 20 Qxf3 Qxf3 21 Re1 Rg8+ 22 Bg7 Rxg7+ 23 Kf1 Rg2 24 Re2 Rxh2 25 Ke1 Rh1+ 26 Kd2 Qd5+ 27 Ke3 Rh3+ 28 f3 Rxf3# |
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| May-25-08 |
| Whitehat1963: <Crafty>, what's the best continuation after 19. Qd5? |
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Dec-05-08
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| andymac: <Whitehat1963>, I saw that too, and thought I was brilliant for about 15 seconds, until I saw 19. ... Nxf3#! which mates (20. Kh1 Qxh2#) or wins the Queen after 20. Qxf3 Qxf3. |
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| Dec-05-08 |
| tommy boy: Not only 19...Nxf3 but 19...Rg8+ |
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Dec-07-08
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| andymac: <tommy boy>, not 19...Rg8+ as 20. Qxg8+! |
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| Dec-08-08 |
| tommy boy: Andymac, thanks, I missed that |
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Dec-08-08
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| Wolfgang01: „Quick and dirty“. A quickie by José!! Great game. |
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+ sac: 15...O-O-O
