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Georgy Lisitsin vs Jose Raul Capablanca
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 5, Feb-21
Reti Opening: General (A09)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 5...Bxf3 6.Qxf3 cxd5 7.d4 e6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 = +0.10 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.85 (22 ply) after 6.h3 Bf5 7.d4 e6 8.Bd3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nd7 better is 9...Be7 10.e4 Nf4 11.Bxf4 Qxf4 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 Qc7 = +0.16 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.75 (21 ply)better is 10...O-O 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.Rc1 f5 13.Qb3 N7f6 14.Qxb7 Rab8 = +0.29 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.89 (19 ply)better is 19.Be1 Rac8 20.Bc3 Nd5 21.Bb2 Nb4 22.a4 Qa6 23.e4 Nxd3 ⩲ +0.80 (22 ply)= +0.10 (23 ply)better is 23...Rc8 24.Qb2 Nf6 25.Rc2 Ne4 26.Nc5 Nd6 27.e4 Qc7 28.f3 = +0.38 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.88 (25 ply) after 24.a5 Qb5 25.Qc5 Qa6 26.f3 Nd7 27.Qc4 Qxc4 28.Rxc4 a6 24...Rc8 25.a5 Qc7 26.a6 b5 27.Qc2 Red8 28.Nc5 Qe7 29.Nb7 = +0.43 (24 ply) ± +1.55 (24 ply) 30...Rbc8 31.Ra5 Nd6 32.Re5 Qb8 33.Ra1 Nb7 34.Qa4 Nd6 ⩲ +0.99 (27 ply) ± +1.84 (24 ply) after 31.Ne5 Nd6 32.Nxc6 Qb7 33.Qc5 Nb5 34.Qe5 Re8 35.Na5 32.Ne5 Nd6 33.Rc5 Qe8 34.Nxc6 h6 35.Ne5 Rcb7 36.Nd3 Qe7 ± +1.82 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.91 (25 ply)better is 33.Re5 Nf6 34.Rec5 Nd5 35.Rxc6 Rbxc6 36.Rxc6 Rxc6 ⩲ +1.15 (25 ply)better is 33...Nd6 34.Rac5 h6 35.Qc2 Nf5 36.Qf2 Qd8 37.g4 Ne7 38.e4 ⩲ +0.63 (23 ply) 34.e4 h6 35.Rac5 Qd8 36.Qa1 Nd7 37.Ra5 Qb8 38.Ra2 Rb5 ⩲ +1.16 (26 ply)= 0.00 (31 ply)better is 51.Qc3 Qd5 52.h4 Kh7 53.Qd3 Kg8 54.g3 Kg7 55.Qc3 Kh7 = -0.16 (30 ply)better is 51...Qh4+ 52.Ke3 Kg8 53.Qb2 Qg3 54.Qe2 h4 55.Kd2 g5 ⩱ -0.77 (30 ply)= -0.08 (33 ply) 60.Qb1 Ke7 61.Qh7+ Qf7 62.Qh8 Kd7 63.Kd3 Qf3+ 64.Kc4 = 0.00 (32 ply) ∓ -1.91 (32 ply)67.Ke4 Qe6+ -+ mate-in-190-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-05-05  paladin at large: A tense queen and pawn ending won, not surprisingly, by JRC. Interesting that in the late middle game after 30 moves, white has two pawn islands and black, three. After 40 moves white has three pawn islands, and black, two.

With 61....g4, Capa threatens 62.....Qf3++ .

Oct-02-08
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  GrahamClayton: White could put up a better defence with 60. ♔e4, although Black should still win after 60...g4 61. ♔f4 ♔f6 62. ♔e4 ♕e6+ 63. ♔d3 ♕d5 64. ♕f2+ ♔g6

Source: Jon Speelman, "Endgame Preparation", Batsford, 1981

Apr-24-10  Marmot PFL: Chernev gives 31 Ne5, winning the c-pawn and possibly the game.
Jul-01-10  TugasKamagong: In Tim Krabbe's website

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/...

he credits Charles Sullivan for writing to him about an analysis of this game in Practical Chess Endings (1974) by Paul Keres.

Keres wrote: "Bondarevsky has recommended a more active defence for White by means of 58.Qb1!, certainly giving White better prospects than the game continuation. After 58...Qc3+ 59.Qd3 Qxd3+ 60.Kxd3 Kd5, Black wins the ending: 61.Ke3 g5!"

Krabbé then adds <But...White then wins with 62.g4!>

Dec-27-15  visayanbraindoctor: I am not certain if Lisitsin knew what he was doing when he moved 54. f4.

While Lisitsin perhaps did not know what he was doing, Capablanca certainly did. Capa immediately captures with 54... ef4, thus achieving a Kingside pawn majority, which he then methodically pushes in order to create an outside passed pawn, a key idea in winning Queen endings.

Oct-13-18  goser: Lisitsyn had notable advantage but finally missed it by not playing 34. e4. Despite instructive and impressive play by Capablanca in queen endgame, the position was still close to equal until 60. Qh2?
Jan-26-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: A good general rule in queen endings is that the queen is best as an attacking piece, and not as a piece tied down to defending pawns.

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