| May-21-05 | | paladin at large: Another rook-and-pawn masterpiece by Capablanca. After 30 moves, there seems little to choose between the positions. Interesting how between moves 28 and 40 the doubled white rooks on the a-file prevent black from being able to invade the white position. 40. Kd3 is an important move. Black has committed his rooks to the g-file, but cannot gain the initiative. After the exchange of rooks on a2, white seizes the g-file and decides the game. |
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May-21-05
 | | RookFile: I think Kreymbourg played a good game,
and aquitted himself well. Capablanca seemed to be on autopilot
for the first half of the game. |
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| May-21-05 | | fgh: Quite an Capablanca like ending, by Capablanca :-) |
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| May-22-05 | | paladin at large: <RookFile> Agree. Capablanca makes the impression of casually pushing the pieces around until the endgame. Why did Kreymbourg play 15.....Qc6? It brings to mind one of Chernev's dictums: " 'Don't simplify against Capablanca!' I keep telling them at the office." |
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Jul-23-05
| | davewv: Page 65 Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca |
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Aug-02-05
 | | Caissanist: Paladin: I agree, Kreymborg would certainly have had the better game had he played the obvious 15...Nf6 instead of 15...Qc6? Kreymborg seems to have been worried about the potential weakness of his d-pawn, but white is so cramped that I don't see how he could have attacked it effectively. Does anybody see any reason for Capa's 13.O-O-O? It seems to me that he simply hands the initiative over to black with that move, at least until his opponent hands it back two moves later. |
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Aug-02-05
| | aw1988: To me it seems like a rather sterile position and White cannot do much. I think via O-O-O he tries to get his king more active. |
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Nov-12-05
| | AdrianP: According to Chernev 34. ...f4 would draw for Black. |
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| Dec-30-05 | | FENfiend: <Caissanist> & <aw1988>: Doesn't 13. O-O-O also develop the R on the semi-open file in a single move? As was previously mentioned, Capablanca plays solidly enough to stay safe. He might as well do what he does best. |
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Feb-04-06
| | Mateo: A very difficult Rook ending. I think the decisive mistake was 39... Rbg7 (?). He should have come back with 39... Rgg7, keeping control of the open file, an eye on the b5 break, and defending a7. After 39... Rgg7, it is hard to find a way to make any progress for White. Did any annotator noticed this possibility? |
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Feb-04-06
 | | Calli: <Mateo> Yes
"39.R6a2 Rbg7 [39...Rgg7 would have offered greater resistance, but the position is lost in any case (I leave the student to work this out)." - J.R. Capablanca
I assume he will play Ra6 and b5. Perhaps play one rook to a6 and the other rook to a5 and then b5. What do you think? |
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Feb-05-06
| | Mateo: <Calli> After 39... Rgg7 40. Ra6 Rg2 41. Kd3 Rgg7 42. Ra5, White wins gradually. No doubt your plan is the best one. |
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Oct-19-09
| | Resignation Trap: <Caissa Nods> by Alfred Kreymborg I swore I'd never begin another game
When I lost the one I should have won or drawn
Some twenty years ago, before young Fame
Crowned Capablanca King. From dark to dawn,
Capa and I fought on in Caissa's name-
Even the wooden chessmen had to yawn-
And then, with a draw so near, my sleepy brain
Overlooked a stealthily creeping pawn!
When I was ten, my father said the same:
'I must be growing old - I had a won game!'
And now I battle with the blue-eyed Aiken,
And bungle the most apparent victories,
Again I hear a ghostly voice awaken:
I must be growing blind - my queen's en prise!
from <The Lost Sail: A Cape Cod Diary>, 1928. |
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Nov-19-12
 | | Cemoblanca: I would call this 1 'Krèym de la Krèym'! ;) |
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