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| Jan-24-06 |
| offramp: <Calli: <IMJP>...Anything Chernev says about Capablanca is usually a bit exaggerated. He worshipped Capa.> That is true; but fortunately that led to Chernev's book 'Capablanca's Best Chess Endings' which I think is Chernev's best book. It's a very good book and unusually for an American chess book of that time it is in algebraic. |
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Jan-24-06
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| Calli: <'Capablanca's Best Chess Endings'> Alternate title:
"How Capablanca won without his opponent making a mistake!" At least thats the impression you get from Chernev's cheerleading, oops, I mean annotations. :-) Instuctive if you just study Capa's strategy, but old Irv is no help in the analysis. |
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| Jun-06-06 |
| Nikita Smirnov: Wery strange how can 24...Nxd3 be played because the Knight cannot move to d3 from h4 or f7 it is impossible how can it be please tell me! |
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| Jun-06-06 |
| CapablancaFan: <Nikita Smirnov: Wery strange how can 24...Nxd3 be played because the Knight cannot move to d3 from h4 or f7 it is impossible how can it be please tell me!> Because that wasn't the knight on f7 that was doing the attacking, it was that knight that started from e7 on move 22. |
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| Jun-06-06 |
| Nikita Smirnov: But it can't take on d3! |
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Jun-06-06
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| Karpova: <Nikita Smirnov: But it can't take on d3!> well, it can... and there's nothing strange or mysterious about it. |
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| Jun-06-06 |
| Nikita Smirnov: Sorry guys i thoght that he played Nh4 now I do not need more help! |
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| Sep-27-06 |
| blakjak: i'd say the losing mistake is 42)...Rxg8 it was really just stupid |
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May-14-07
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| wals: What a character this man is. Move 28 he gives up his Queen to eliminate the white square bishop and seals the deal in another 32 moves. |
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May-14-07
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| chancho: <What a character this man is.> He was 12 years old at the time, but ok... |
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| Jan-19-08 |
| jovack: great endgame player. another demonstration how B+N > R+P |
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| Jan-21-08 |
| Whitehat1963: More than just a great endgame player, <jovack>. A great tactician as well. Take a look at this game: Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918 |
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| Jul-14-08 |
| erniecohen: 42... xg8 is as good as anything. If 42... g6, 43.  f6 and 44.  c7. |
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| Jul-15-08 |
| Duck McCluck: Too bad what came of cuba. I think their chess atmosphere has dried up. I went to cuba and got a couple mojitos, but thats it. Thats all there is to cuba if you don't smoke. |
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| Jul-15-08 |
| Lutwidge: Strange this hasn't been made GOTD yet. Could be called "Tropic of CapaCorzo". Or "Army of Juan"
Or "The Fark of Corzo"
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| Jul-23-08 |
| Duck McCluck: <Strange this hasn't been made GOTD yet. Could be called "Tropic of CapaCorzo".
Or "Army of Juan"
Or "The Fark of Corzo"
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How do we nominate it? |
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| Sep-14-08 |
| visayanbraindoctor: This game is a strong candidate for the most well-played game by a 12 year old kid in all of chess history. |
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| Sep-14-08 |
| CapablancaFan: Why this hasn't been a GOTD yet is a mystery to me. |
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Jan-15-09
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| blacksburg: 113 on guess-the-move. i don't think i did very well. i got a bunch of no-brainer points at the end up a bishop, and barely broke par. i'm a scrub. :(
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| Jun-05-09 |
| newzild: <IMJP> I just ran your suggestion through Rybka, and our silicon friend does prefer 33.f8=Q+, if only by a whisker: 33.f8=Q+ Rxf8 34.Rxf1 Rd7 35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Nxf5+
Rybka says white is up 1.3 pawns, against 1.26 for 33.Rxf1. |
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| Jun-05-09 |
| Kinghunt: Why not 54. bxa5? That looks a lot simpler and more forcing to me. |
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| Jun-05-09 |
| beatgiant: <Kinghunt: Why not 54. bxa5?> I answered in previous kibitzing, see
Dec-20-04 <On 53. bxa5? Kd5 54. a6 Kc6 55. a7 Kb7 White is stuck with the infamous "rook's pawn and wrong bishop," so there's no way to dislodge Black's king from the corner and it is a book draw.> |
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| Jun-06-09 |
| CapablancaFan: <beatgiant: <Kinghunt: Why not 54. bxa5?>
I answered in previous kibitzing, see
Dec-20-04 <On 53. bxa5? Kd5 54. a6 Kc6 55. a7 Kb7 White is stuck with the infamous "rook's pawn and wrong bishop," so there's no way to dislodge Black's king from the corner and it is a book draw.>>And of course, Capablanca's precise endgame calculation of these small little facts have allowed him to win many an endgame. |
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Jul-05-09
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| Ulhumbrus: Capablanca does not play the advance c4 until the twenty-sixth move. |
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| Aug-13-09 |
| WhiteRook48: bishop outplaying? |
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sac: 29.Qxb5
