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| Oct-21-04 | | chessslayer: very good game shows>how capablanca is a excelent player on the pawn rook endings>>>>thanks jeff>if you get this ?kevin |
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| Oct-22-04 | | chessslayer: capablanca move forty got yates h7]h6 got yates out of the draw...very well play game.........any comments? |
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| Apr-23-05 | | micartouse: According to Reuben Fine in Basic Chess Endings, black missed a draw here with 57 ... Re1? which allows White to press to e5. 57 ... f6! is correct, preventing the e5 thrust.
The whole hassle could have been avoided if Yates knew the saving technique in Alekhine vs V Mikenas, 1935. Then he would have played 36 ... h5 right away. A tricky ending, it took me forever to study through. |
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| Apr-23-05 | | fgh: Whenever I play over Capablanca's endgames, I feel that I'am pretty dumb in endgames. When I play against anybody, I win around 95% of the endgames, but when playing over Capablanca's endgames... You know what I mean. |
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| Dec-23-05 | | capanegra: <<micartouse>According to Reuben Fine in Basic Chess Endings, black missed a draw here with 57 ... Re1? which allows White to press to e5. 57 ... f6! is correct, preventing the e5 thrust.> In "A Guide to Chess Endings", Euwe and Hooper also say that. But even after <57…Re1?> A few more mistakes were made. 1) <61.Rb6?> Apparently, the correct continuation was 61.Rd6 and if 61…Ra4 62.Kf3 Ra3+ 63.Ke4 Ra4+ 64.Rd4 2) <61…Re3?> According to Kopaiev (1957) there was a draw with 61…Ra4 62.Kf3 Ra3+ 63.Ke4 Ra4+ 64.Kf5 Rc4 65.Rb3 Ra4 66.Re3 Ra6 67.Ke4 Ra4+ 68.Kf3 Ra6 69.f5 Kf8 70.Rb3 Ra1 71.Rb8+ Ke7 72.f6+ Ke6 73.Re8+ Kd5 74.e6 Ra6 3) <63.Kf2?> The correct move was 63.Rb8 4) <63…Ra3?> Let escape the last chance. There was a draw with: 63…h5! 64.g5 (64.gxh5 Rh3) h4 65.Rb7 Kg6 66.Rb6+ Kg7 67.Rh6 h3 68.f5 (68.Kg1 Rf3) Rc5 69.f6+ Kg8 70.g6 fxg6 71.Rxg6+ Kf7 72.Rg7+ Kf8 73.Re7 Rc2+ 74.Kg1 h2+ 75.Kh1 Re7 The rest is supposed to be clean. |
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| Jan-26-06 | | micartouse: <capanegra> Thanks for the real analysis. I have the same endgame book you are talking about, but barely ever look at it (it's dull). However, the few times I have, it seems more thorough and accurate than Fine. I guess they are both valuable then. 63 ... h5! would have been a really nice swipe.
A brilliant game. It looks like by move 64, Capablanca has a forced win. But wow, what a finish! 69. Kd5, 81. Kc5, and 86. g5 are stirring. |
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| Jan-26-06 | | EricCartman: <chessslayer> This game also shows us, that Capablanca has perfect understanding of what's not important and what is important. The most important thing in chess is the pawnstructure, and that's why Capablanca won, he had a perfect pawnstructure during the whole game. |
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| Jan-26-06 | | Ziggurat: <ericcartman> If pawn structure is the most important thing in chess, why did Capablanca allow 25...Bxf3? And why didn't Yates play it? |
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| Jan-26-06 | | Whitehat1963: Capablanca, the great simplifyer of chess history. He steers everything into a theoretically superior endgame position, then drives it home with flawless technique. How well would that work today? |
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| Jan-26-06 | | RookFile: Capa could calculate, too. That's why nobody, not Alekhine, not Lasker, not Reuben Fine, nobody, could touch
Capa in blitz chess. |
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| Jan-26-06 | | Whitehat1963: Yes, you're right, of course, <RookFile>. I'm just referring to his preference for clarity and simplification. I wonder how he would have dealt with Tal. Anyway, who do you think are the greatest blitz players of all time. Surely Tal, Fischer and Anand have to rank pretty high on the list. And Capa, too, of course. |
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| Jan-26-06 | | euripides: Often Capablanca's positional wins depend on the pieces as much as the pawns. Here White's superior pawn structure in the opening is temporary. From move 15 to move 25 the pawn structure is effectively symmetrical. White's advantage depends on the placement of his pieces and is kept alive by tactical threats. 21 Ne4 and 22 Bf3 are elegant. 25...Bxf3 is critical; I think White keeps an advantage by 26 gxf3 Rc8 27 Rd6 g6 28 Ne4 Nxe4 (or Nd5 29 a3) 29 fxe4 Rc4 30 a3 Rxe4 31 Rxa6, leaving Black with the weak b5 pawn. Now if white puts the rook on a5 Black can try bringing his rook to c3 to defend the b pawn indirectly by the threat to the a3 pawn; however, if White brings his king to d2 the rook will be chased away (e.g. ...Rb3 Kc2). Otherwise he can try defending the pawn by keeping the rook on the 5th rank but it looks precarious. Capablanca's neat 30 a4 ! (which might have been underrated or missed by Yates at move 25) keeps a pawn advantage, but with pawns on one side the ending should be drawn with best play by Black. At move 36 or so h5 and possibly f5 are now generally recommended in this kind of ending. I don't know how much was known about this in 1930. |
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| Jan-26-06 | | Boomie: Black looks fine after 25...Bxf3.
25...Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rc8 27. Rd6 Ne8 28. Rd3= |
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| Jan-27-06 | | EricCartman: <Boomie> Black will win the game after 25... ♗f3 against a normal player, but since Capablanca is so superior in these kind of positions, he'd have been able to hold a draw against Yates |
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| Jan-27-06 | | Boomie: <Eric> I think the position is equal after 25...Bxf3 as indicated by the "=" after the line. |
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| Jul-11-06 | | ChessDude33: <Ziggurat> In "Capablanca's Best Chess Endings" Chernev says 25...Bxf3 leads to an easy draw by 25...Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rc8 27. Rd6 Kf8. Maybe Yates was playing for the win at the time. |
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| Jun-02-07 | | CapablancaFan: Allowing Capa even 1 pawn ahead in the endgame is almost enough to resign immediately. |
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| Jun-02-07 | | paladin at large: <EricCartman> I believe <euripides> is correct. You will find many Capablanca games that he won where he placed greater emphasis on activity for his pieces over the strength of his pawn structure. Chernev noted that for Capablanca the most important thing about his pawns was the force that they exerted (or had the potential to exert) on the enemy position. It is true that Capa also liked positions where he had fewer pawn islands than his opponent, but such a consideration was usually subordinate to finding strong play for his pieces. |
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| Jun-04-07 | | micartouse: <Allowing Capa even 1 pawn ahead in the endgame is almost enough to resign immediately.> Yes, back in the day it was like that! :) But thanks to wins against Duras and Yates, the R+4P v. R+3P on one side is a well analyzed draw. Most modern GMs will almost certainly draw these positions even if they were playing Capa with Rybka's assistance. |
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| Jul-24-08 | | randzo: after 35.moves it is clear draw |
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| Sep-27-08 | | whiteshark: "He [Capablanca] always had the attitude of a man who considers himself above the affairs of ordinary mortals... He once appeared for a resumption after adjournment against Yates dressed in tennis flannels but to his great annoyance was kept playing until long after dark." --Max Euwe
Was it this game? |
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| Sep-28-08 | | Calli: I don't know. Game played 30 Dec 1930. Can you play tennis in December in Hastings? |
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| Sep-30-08 | | whiteshark: <Calli> Other candidates are: Capablanca vs Yates, 1924
Capablanca vs Yates, 1922
Capablanca vs Yates, 1919 (Hastings = unlikely) |
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| Sep-30-08 | | sneaky pete: The first Christmas tournament was 1921/22. The 1919 Victory Congress was held in August. In round 1, August 11, JRC adjourned his game against Yates in a favourable position. During the next 5 rounds (and days) he won his games in one session. It's likely that on the scheduled free day, August 17, an excellent day for tennis I've been told, the adjourned game against Yates was resumed. |
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| Sep-30-08 | | whiteshark: Thanks, <sneaky pete>! That suits. |
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