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Jose Raul Capablanca vs Maurice Fox
"Outfoxed" (game of the day Aug-04-2017)
Simul, 40b (1919) (exhibition), London ENG, Sep-18
Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense (C25)  ·  0-1

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Apr-03-06  Calli: <mack> "Can't explain 31.Qe3 at all."

My theory: Capablanca played 31.Qe3?? to draw Fox into playing 31...Rd5. He thought Black would lose in variations like 32.Rc1 Rdc5? 33.Rxc5 dxc5 34.Rg8+ wins. Playing a simul of 38 boards, he missed Fox's 32...Rd1! which, in fact, is the only move that does not lose.

Apr-03-06  goldenbear: <Benzol> Doesn't 31.Bd5 fail to Qxh6? It seems to me that things went south after White mistakenly won the pawn with 13.Nh6+. 13.h4 looks good to me.
Apr-03-06  Benzol: <goldenbear> You might be right. My idea was to try and give the King a flight-square.
Apr-30-06  CapablancaFan: Rare miscalculation for Capablanca. 31.Qe3?
Apr-30-06  syracrophy: After 40.Kb1 Qxf5+ and its all over
Apr-30-06  goldenbear: 17.g4 and 18.Bf5 and maybe White really is better.
Sep-11-08  Whitehat1963: Impressive to have been the only player to have beaten Capablanca in 1919. Simul, schmimul. Against Capablanca, especially that year, a win is a win is a win. And we'd all brag about that win.
Sep-11-08
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  GrahamClayton: Fox later emigrated to Canada and won the Canadian championship 8 times between 1927 and 1949, so he obviously was a pretty reeasonable player, even at this young age.

Jun-28-15  joddon: Fox made the Great Capablanca look like a chicken in the barn!! how does one with such high standards give away his queen like that???
Jun-28-15
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  MissScarlett: <Ultra Fox, Oh Vienna!>
Nov-23-15  TheFocus: From a simultaneous exhibition in London, England on September 18, 1919.

Capablanca scored +36=2-2.

Mar-19-17
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  offramp: Mr Fox played 30...Qh4 attacking the pawn on h6. Capablanca protected the pawn with 31. Qe3.


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Fox had his wits about him and made a brilliant nowotnyesque move: 31...Rd5!!


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White could now have kept the balance with the clever 32. Qc1!!


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Or even with 32. Bxd5! Bxe3 33. fxe3:


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*****
34. fxe3


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34..Qxh6? <34...Qxe4+ was better.> 35. Rd7 Qxe3
36. exf5 b4
<Now 37.Rh1 draws>


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But Capablanca played
37. axb4?? a3
38. bxa3 Qe4+
39. Ka1 Qe5+ 0-1
White will soon lose the rook on d7.

May-26-17
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  FSR: Outfoxed.
Aug-04-17
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  al wazir: Note that black played 30...Qh4 instead of Qxe4+, forcing the ♕ swap. Fox knew he had the advantage, and he was going for the kill!
Aug-04-17  ChessHigherCat: Check out the list of other super-GMs Fox played on his profile page: Alekhine, Euwe, Marshall, Lasker, Horowitz... He even beat Fischer in 1956: http://chess.ca/fox-maurice
Aug-04-17
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  offramp: <MissScarlett: <Ultra Fox, Oh Vienna!>> I think that is a cracking pun. For a start, most people know the song. Then, the opening is indeed a Vienna. And Capablanca was "ultrafoxed" in this game, foxed beyond what one would normally expect.

But what pun is chosen? "Outfoxed". Do me a favour. That's about as funny as a Leonard Cohen song about Krakatoa.

Aug-04-17  ColeTrane: So yesterday crack hens and now a crack fox.... Kudos to these merry punsters
Aug-04-17  morfishine: According to Capa lovers, he only loses in simuls, of course forgetting about the 1927 match vs Alekhine

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Too bad Capa, no prep, ur schlepp...

*****

Aug-04-17  sachman19: 31st move by white was bad
Aug-04-17  Ferro: After 38, Capablanca: Imponte

ANGELINA JOLIE

Aug-05-17
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  offramp: <Ferro: After 38, Capablanca: Imponte ANGELINA JOLIE.>

LOL! <Ferro>, you go STRAIGHT to my favourites list!

Aug-07-17  kevin86: A rare Capa loss, the rook is a goner.
Feb-23-24
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  Sally Simpson: This simul may have taken place at the Gambit Chess Rooms, 3, Budge Row, Cannon St, London"

I have a photo-copy of the score sheet where Capablanca is playing someone called. C.G. (I know this looks like one of my gags - C.G. ChessGames etc. but I'm on the level.) and that address is on the score sheet. The player may have brought it with them

The score sheet. An 18 move miniature.
https://web.archive.org/web/2008091...

I'm adding this here because I am about to submit the game (with more details how I got it) and as it is a rare unknown Capablanca game (it is not in Hooper's book) they will not believe me so I can point them towards this post.

Feb-23-24
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  MissScarlett: CG = NN. Capablanca vs NN, 1919
Feb-23-24
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  Sally Simpson: Thanks, I'll post how that game dropped into my lap at the above link.
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