Abraham Kupchik vs Jose Raul Capablanca (1913)

Abraham Kupchik vs Jose Raul Capablanca
New York Rice 1913 · Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation (D25) · 0-1

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Jan-04-04		Whitehat1963: One of only five times Capablanca played the QGA, and his only win as black in three games (according to this site).

Sep-12-05		yunis: why not 22.Qxd3?

Sep-12-05		WannaBe: <yunis> trading for ?? Then what would white do?

Sep-12-05		peabody88: <yunis> if 22.xd3 cxd3 Maybe you meant 23.xd3 and what I think is that it allows 23... c5 and now if 24.xc5 xc5 and the in f3 and the pawn in d4 are under double attack. The in c5 can´t be taken by the pawn in d4 because of the pin by the rook.

Jul-14-06		tonsillolith: Capablanca would not have been able to win the game without playing on the kingside in the endgame with the use of the g-file, or it would have been more difficult at least. Did he know this when he played 33...g6? If so, I am very impressed.

Aug-28-08		GrahamClayton: Capablanca noted on his score sheet that he should have played 30...Nc4, and if 31. Rb5 d2 32. Rb1 Ne5 33.Ne3 Rc8 and Black wins at once.

Aug-28-08		visayanbraindoctor: <tonsillolith: Capablanca would not have been able to win the game without playing on the kingside in the endgame with the use of the g-file, or it would have been more difficult at least. Did he know this when he played 33...g6? If so, I am very impressed.> I am very impressed. Capa apparently intentionally isolated the white a5 pawn, already foreseeing the maneuver 39...Rc3 and 41...Rh3 On 33. Kg2, the position is materially equal and much simplified. 90% of such games would probably be drawn. Note that Capa does not immediately attack the weak white pawn on d4. Instead, he first creates a new weakness (the white a5 pawn) by 33...g6, so that white now has two weak pawns. Excellent judgment and possibly the only practical chance to win. (Most players probably would have automatically focused immediately on the white d4 pawn.) Then he gradually zeroes on these two weaknesses, eventually winning an almost equal game. I wonder what would happen if the position on 33. Kg2 occurred in a super GM tournament; how would our super GMs treat this endgame?

Sep-02-08		GrahamClayton: Source: CN 2114 Edward Winter, "Kings, Commoners & Knaves", Russell Enterprises, 1999

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