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Jose Raul Capablanca vs George H Walcott
New York Masters (1911), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Jan-31
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Variation (C77)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 10.Ng3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.O-O Bf6 13.Bb3 Be6 14.Re1 h6 ⩲ +0.53 (22 ply) 10...h6 11.Ne3 b5 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Bc2 Nb7 14.g5 hxg5 = -0.25 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.51 (20 ply) 14.g5 Nd7 15.h4 Nc6 16.h5 d5 17.g6 h6 18.Be3 Bc5 19.exd5 ⩲ +0.83 (22 ply) 14...Ng6 15.O-O Rb8 16.d4 c5 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Rfd1 d5 = -0.20 (20 ply)+- +2.57 (24 ply) 22.Kg1 Nf4 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Qxe6+ Kf8 25.Ng2 Rf7 26.f4 +- +4.23 (23 ply) ± +1.65 (28 ply)better is 26...Kf7 27.Re4 Rxe4 28.Nxe4 d5 29.Ng3 b5 30.Be3 Rb8 ⩲ +1.48 (25 ply) ± +2.21 (22 ply) after 27.f3 Rh4 28.Bd2 Rf8 29.Re4 Rxe4 30.Nxe4 Kf7 31.h4 h6 better is 30.Be3 Ra5 31.b3 d5 32.a4 b5 33.Ra2 e4 34.Raa1 Kf7 35.Ne2 +- +2.54 (23 ply) 30...Rd3 31.Re3 Rd5 32.Rf3 Rxf3 33.Kxf3 Kf7 34.a3 a5 ± +1.86 (21 ply)better is 31.f4 exf4 32.Rxe6 Bxg5 33.Re8+ Rf8 34.hxg5 fxg3 35.R1e7 +- +2.87 (26 ply) 31...Rd3 32.Re3 Rd5 33.Rh3 Ra5 34.a3 Rb5 35.Nd2 h6 ± +2.01 (23 ply)better is 32.f4 exf4 33.Rxe6 Rd3 34.Nd2 Rg3+ 35.Kf2 d5 36.Re8 h6 +- +3.29 (21 ply) ± +2.32 (22 ply) after 32...g6 33.f4 Bg7 34.Nh2 Rd3 35.Nf3 Rf5 36.Rf1 d5 37.Rxe5 33...b5 34.Ng4 c6 35.Be3 c5 36.f3 c4 37.Nf2 Rd5 38.h5 g6 +- +2.66 (25 ply)+- +4.05 (28 ply)37...Bd6 38.Re1 c5 39.f3 d4 40.cxd4 c4 41.Kf2 b5 42.Re4 +- +3.98 (23 ply)1-0

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Jan-21-06  RankAndFile: Interesting. 35...d5 is forced because if not 36. Nb4! traps the rook. Unfourtunately, black could'nt both protect his rook AND the e6 pawn after which when it falls so does black's defense.
Mar-24-06  CapablancaFan: <RankAndFile><Interesting. 35...d5 is forced because if not 36. Nb4! traps the rook. Unfourtunately, black could'nt both protect his rook AND the e6 pawn after which when it falls so does black's defense.> Yeah you're right. It's amazing how Capa can induce weaknesses like this. Indeed ...35.d5 must have left a bad taste in Walcott's mouth, but he had to pick his poison, save his rook or let the d5 pawn fall. His being a piece down also didn't help.
May-20-06  Seethamraju: I think White must have been lucky for Capablanca.He has more wins with white and more losses with black.
May-20-06
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  offramp: <Seethamraju: I think White must have been lucky for Capablanca.He has more wins with white and more losses with black.> Curiously, white seems to be the lucky colour of many leading masters. Even the great Zoltan Almasi had more wins with white and more losses with black.

Weird, uncanny, sauve-qui-peut, Twilight Zone stuff indeed!

Apr-02-07
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  beatgiant: How about 27...Rc6 to escape with the rook by playing ...a5/Ra6 or ...b5/Rb6. Of course, Black has only two pawns for a piece, but on the other hand, White's kingside is overextended. In that case, it would be much harder for White to win.
Jun-24-07  myteacher34: 24..Rxf4 is wrong.24..exf6 will be better and so black don't lose his figure
Aug-04-16
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  Mateo: 14...Qd7?? was a huge mistake. Capablanca won against some weak players in this tournament.

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