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Jose Raul Capablanca vs Alfredo Israel
Buenos Aires casual (1914), Sep-01
Bird Opening: Buenos Aires Variation (A03)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3...c5 4.e3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bf5 8.Nc3 = -0.35 (26 ply)better is 4.g3 Be7 5.e3 c5 6.a4 O-O 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bb2 b6 9.O-O = +0.37 (23 ply)= -0.20 (29 ply) after 4...Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.g3 a5 7.Bg2 a4 8.Na3 b6 9.O-O better is 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.c4 dxc4 11.bxc4 b5 12.d3 b4 13.Nd2 Be7 = +0.13 (33 ply) 9...b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne5 Be7 13.d4 cxd4 ⩱ -0.53 (31 ply) 10.cxd5 exd5 11.d3 f6 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Rc1 O-O-O 14.d4 Kb8 ⩲ +0.61 (31 ply) 10...dxc4 11.bxc4 Be7 12.a4 O-O 13.d3 Rb8 14.Qc2 Qc7 = -0.50 (29 ply) 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne2 O-O-O 13.Rc1 f6 14.b4 d4 15.exd4 c4 ⩲ +1.15 (31 ply) 11...dxc4 12.bxc4 Bd6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 = -0.31 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.33 (32 ply) after 12.d4 dxc4 13.f5 Nb6 14.fxe6 Qd6 15.Rf2 O-O-O 16.bxc4 13...O-O-O 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nxd5 Qd6 16.b4 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 = +0.50 (33 ply) 14.Qe2 Be7 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.b4 Bxb4 17.Nxd5 Qd6 18.Nxb4 ± +1.75 (33 ply) 14...Bxc5 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Qb6 17.Ne2 O-O 18.Qxb6 ⩲ +0.81 (34 ply) ± +2.32 (33 ply) 16...Ne6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.a3 Bd6 19.Qa4 Qd7 20.Qxa6 O-O ± +1.91 (34 ply)+- +3.09 (33 ply) after 17.f5 Nb6 18.Ne6 Nc4 19.e4 Nxb2 20.Qd4 Qe7 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 18...Nc5 19.a4 h5 20.Ba3 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Na6 22.Bxf8 Qxf8 ± +2.04 (30 ply)+- +4.90 (36 ply)+- mate-in-9 after 25.Rxc6 Bc5 26.Rxc5 b6 27.Rc6 Qb7 28.Rxb6 Qxb632...Qc7 33.Rxc7# +- mate-in-11-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-10-15  TheFocus: This game was one of ten exhibition games Capablanca played on his 2nd South American Tour.

This game was played in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 1, 1914.

Apr-25-19  Plakkiecake: Another example of Capablanca's relative strength compared to his contemporaries. After Black's weak 11. ... f6? Capablanca came at him like a pitbull and never let go, while showing his tactical prowess.
Apr-25-19
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  master8ch: Capablanca missed 29.Qa6+ Kb8 30.Ba7+ Ka8 31.Qxc6mate.
Apr-25-19  john barleycorn: <master8ch> nice observation. Relativates Capablanca tactical prowess a bit.
Apr-25-19  RookFile: In other words, Capa played a forced checkmating sequence, but there was a shorter one available.

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