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Jose Raul Capablanca vs Albert Hodges
Rice Memorial (1916), New York, NY USA, rd 8, Jan-27
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Defense (C83)  ·  1-0

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Feb-25-12  RookFile: You hear about bad bishops a lot, but black had a bad knight in this game.
Apr-25-17
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  Jonathan Sarfati: This was a theoretical dispute. In the St Petersburg 1914 tourney, Tarrasch had been very successful with his .. d4 (beating Bernstein O Bernstein vs Tarrasch, 1914 and nearly beating Lasker Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1914). Capa published an article claiming a White advantage after Ne4. But both Chajes and Hodges disputed that claim, thinking that White's isolated Q-side Ps were not compensated by White's activity. Capa proved them both wrong (compare Capablanca vs O Chajes, 1915 which has his notes, and a rematch with the same result Capablanca vs O Chajes, 1916).
Sep-19-20  beugi19: Beautiful final combination! Capa had it all figured out:

1) 39... bc3 40 ♖a7 c2 41 ♖f7+! and mate;
2) 40... bc3 41 ♖b8 c2 42 ♖g8+ ♔h6 43 g4! again mates.

Not easy to see all this at move 37!

Dec-11-22  BxChess: <beugi19> your first line is not mate as 41...Kxf7. And if 42 kd7+, then 42...Ke6 and white has nothing but to retreat the rook to the first rank to give it up for the queened pawn to be down the exchange. White has to play 41. Rd1, give up the rook for the queened pawn, and emerge a Knight and pawn up to win.

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