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| Dec-01-03 | | Shadout Mapes: 51...Rf8 is one of those legendary errors which plagues so many online databases. This is a great game, the one where Alekhine apparently saw the ending 20 moves in advance. The reduced material makes it plausible. IIRC, Capa's error took place somewhere on move 29, exchanging the wrong pawn. |
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Dec-01-03
 | | Chessical: <Shadout Mapes: "Alekhine apparently saw the ending 20 moves in advance">. Alekhine's version of the game, however, is of a complex and tense struggle. He indicates that both players make mistakes, and the advantage flips either way as both players struggle with the tension and the complexity of the piece play. Alekhine states that:
23...Qc7 was a mistake (23..Rc7) after which Capablanca has the advantage. Capablanca then plays 26.Ng4?! (26.Nc4) and 32.Nf6?! (32.Rb7). Alekhine is nicely increasing his advantage until the 43rd move where he misses 43...Qb6 Capablanca plays 47.Qd7?! (47.Rd7!)and Alekhine is on top again. There is a last series of inaccuracies on moves 58-60 in which Alekhine puts his Q on f1 rather than h1 and Capablanca does not find a defensive idea of Kg2 and Rc2 and mate becomes inevitable. |
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| Dec-01-03 | | Catfriend: The best in the match, and one of the best endings ever! |
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| Dec-01-03 | | Catfriend: In case somebody doesn't notice the idea immediately (I didn't see it on the spot - it took me at least half a minute), Capa must answer Qg2 and then Qh1 mates - a unique final |
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| Dec-01-03 | | kevin86: A TRUE multi-queen game by Alekhine! A brilliant finale!! Almost seen only in chess problems. |
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| Dec-01-03 | | Catfriend: I must say that what impresses me grandly is the fact AA won in such a way against the best ever endgame player! BTW, Alekhin himself was a tremendous "end-gamist". See Alekhin vs Tartakower, 1922. Alekhin wins a mythical end-game proving his thesis:
Games shouldn't be won technically, as Capa suggests, they should be played artfully! |
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| Dec-01-03 | | PinkPanther: I don't know why at the bottom of this page this game in included in a games collection where it says "Alex mates Capa in fine fashion" but this isn't checkmate. It will be very soon as soon as Capa interposes his queen on g2, but apparently he tipped his king before that happened. |
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| Dec-01-03 | | patzer2: Wow! This queen rook ending is really complex, and it is little wonder that both Capablanca and Alekhine traded mistakes trying to figure it out. Fritz 8 was churning the circuits for quiet a while on my Pentium 4 trying to solve it, and even approaching 20 ply depth I'm still not certain this near 2800 rated program has it right. According to Fritz 8's analysis, Alekhine missed a win with 47...Rc7! (-1.59 @19/60 depth & 775kN/s). However, according to Fritz 8, Alekhine should have been able to maintain a clear advantage after the move 47...Qc5 he actually played (-1.25 @18/70 depth & 784kN/s). The Fritz analysis of 47...Rc7! is deep but instructive and goes 47...Rc7 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Rd8 Qxf2+ 50. Kh3 Qxf6 51. Qg8+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ Qg7 53. Qd6 f5 54. Re8 Kh7 55. Re1 c2 56. Rc1 Qc3 57. Kh2 (-1.59 & 19/60 depth & 784kN/s). And now a second Fritz 8 analysis of this analyzed position gives 57...Qc4! [Not 57...Qa5? 58. Rxc2 Rxc2 59. Qe7+ and white has a draw by pereptual check] 58. a5 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 Rf7! [I started a third Fritz 8 analyis of the position after 59. Kh3 to get black's 59th move and what follows] 60. Qd5 Re7! 61. Qd4 f4! 62. Qxf4 Qd1 63. a6 Qd7+ 64. Kg2 Re2+ 65. Kg1 Qd1+ 66. Qf1 Qd4+ 67. Kh1 Rf2! to secure black's winning advantage (-4.38 @ 16/57 depth & 779kN/s). A fourth Fritz 8 analysis at the end of this third analyzed position indicates best play as 68. Qxf2 Qxf2 69. a7 Qd2! 70. Rg1 Qd7! 71. Kh2 [if 71. a8Q, then 71...Qh3#] 71...Qxa7 with an overwhelming winning advantage (-12.50 @ 17/75 depth & 886kN/s). After 47...Qc5 48. Re4 Qxf2+ 49. Kh3 Rf8 [instead of the 49...Qf1+ Alekhine played] 50. Qc6 Qf3 51. Kh2 Kh7 52. Qc4 Qf2+ 53. Kh3 Qg1 54. Re2 Qh1+ 55. Rh2 Qf3 56. Re2 Qxf6, Fritz 8 gives black a clear advantage (-1.25 & 18/70 depth & 784kN/s). |
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| Dec-01-03 | | kevin86: Technically,the game ended in resignation-rather than mate. But when it is this close and this clear,I would call it a mate. Kind of like a TKO in boxing. |
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| Dec-02-03 | | patzer2: 57. Qg2 Qh1# |
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| Apr-27-04 | | Whitehat1963: Does anyone know which game this is in their match? |
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| Apr-27-04 | | Pterodactylus: According to "Predecessors I" this is the 11th game in the match. |
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| Apr-27-04 | | Calli: It says RND 11 right in the Chessgames scorecard. No need for research! |
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| Apr-27-04 | | horticulture: In my mind, Alekhine's book, My Best Games of Chess, illustrates this game really well! =) He calls it a "comedy of errors." I hope this is helpful for everyone; the book is still in print; Dover rush! =) |
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Jul-21-04
 | | cu8sfan: About the mistakes mentioned here: At least around move 55. or 60 both players were in serious time trouble. |
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Jul-21-04
 | | offramp: Lillienthal said that there are four stages in a chess games; openings, middlegames, endgames and Q+R endings.
He said Q+R endings were extremely hard to play because if you try to play them like an ending you might suddenly get mated.
They are really, really hard to plat and even Lasker (Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910) made mistakes. |
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| Aug-17-04 | | Whitehat1963: Could it be that this game is underrated? Capa and Alekhine slug it out for the world championship and place four queens on the board. |
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| Aug-17-04 | | acirce: <Could it be that this game is underrated?> Hardly in terms of quality, it contains lots of important mistakes from both sides. |
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| Aug-17-04 | | Whitehat1963: <acirce> Is accuracy the only measure? Or do fireworks count for anything? (Not trying to be sarcastic.) |
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| Aug-17-04 | | acirce: It depends on what you mean, of course. That's why I said 'in terms of quality'. |
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| Aug-17-04 | | Whitehat1963: For instance, the Marshall v. Marco 1904 game also has errors, but is also full of fireworks. |
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| Sep-19-04 | | Sergey Sorokhtin: Detailed new correktion THIS GAME on http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Sep-19-04 | | Lawrence: <Sergey Sorokhtin>, the warmest of welcomes. The link you provide mentions Capa-Bogo 1925 and Rubinstein-Capa 1911 but I can't find this game. For those who don't know, here's a bit of bio on <Sergey>: "One candidate for a prize is Sergey Sorokhtin of St. Petersburg, Russia. The 34-year-old manager of a construction company is an untitled player who takes part in blitz tournaments, occasionally beating a GM or IM in the process. He also photographs chess events, and has some of his photos published in chess magazines." Nice photo of HIM too. Bio and photo at the chessbase link he mentions. |
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| Sep-20-04 | | Sergey Sorokhtin: Lawrence!Look better!
Press this form:
Click here for Sorokhtin's original file in ChessBase format
Note that this contains more extensive and diverse analysis and included additional games. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Sep-20-04 | | Lawrence: <Sergey>, found it, spasiba. |
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