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| Jan-29-04 | | Lawrence: After 39 great moves Mieses plays 40.Qg3? and Capa is on him like a load of bricks. |
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| Jan-29-04 | | Brian Watson: black was threatening 40..Qxa3 and 40..c3, so what's the alternative? |
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| Jan-30-04 | | Lawrence: Brian, different silicon friends have different opinions about what to do but none of them give Black an advantage of more than about a pawn here. Crafty and Hiarcs would throw away the g pawn, Junior 8 would throw away both the g and f pawns, but Fritz 8 would play 40.♖5d4 ♗xd4 41.♖xd4 ♕xa3 42.♖xc4 ♕a5 etc. for an eval of -0.78. |
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| Jan-30-04 | | Brian Watson: Thanks. I thought white was already lost by move 40, but 40.R(5)d4! pinning and interfering -- missed that. My opinion was that 20.c3 was white's error, since this weakens the kingside. I see that white wants to play Re1 and prevent black from Re8, but aren't Rd3 or Rd5 instead playable? |
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| Jan-30-04 | | Calli: I think 40.R5d4 Qb3! followed by c3 wins. Could be wrong, though :-o |
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| Jan-31-04 | | Lawrence: Brian, both Junior and Fritz think that 20.c3 is just dandy. (A coward like me wouldn't open up in front of his King like that.) 21.Rd3 or 21.Rd5 would be met with the 21.....Re8 you mention and White loses his advantage. Calli, after 40.R5d4 Qb3 both those little swine barefacedly answer 41.g5 "como si nada" (as if nothing were about to happen.) Junior thinks Black should then play 41.....hxg5 whereas Fritz goes for 41.....Bxd4. A move or two later they both play your c3 but it's not decisive. Black has an edge of about a pawn but it doesn't appear to be an easy win. |
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| Jan-31-04 | | Calli: Hmm, I would simply take 41...Bxg5, but you are right. White can return the exchange and survive immediate disaster. A typical line is 40.R5d4 Qb3 41.g5 Bxg5 42.Rc2 c3 43.Qg3 Bf6 44.Rd3 Rb5 45.Rdxc3 Bxc3 46.Qxc3 Qxc3 47.Rxc3 Rxf5. This is a routine technical win. Well, if you are Capablanca! :-) |
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Sep-10-04
 | | offramp: The sequence 25....♗e7 26.♖de2 ♗f6 27.♕h5 h6 28.g4 ♔h7 taught me a lot. Capablanca says that it sets up a nearly impregnable position. I have tried it in a few games and it really is a tough set up. |
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| May-05-05 | | WorldChampeen: Washington Times article featuring this game and another Mieses Capablanca match as well as Walther vs. Fischer. http://washingtontimes.com/entertai... |
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| May-05-05 | | Calli: Unfortunately David Sands has a bad score there. 39.R5d2 instead of the correct 39.R1d2. This leads to his comment that 39...Rxb2+ is possible and implying that Capa missed it. |
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| May-07-05 | | paladin at large: Why did Capa play 21. Qc6 and why didn't Mieses respond 22. Qxc6? (Except that the endgame is against Capa.) |
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| May-07-05 | | Calli: <Paladin> Capablanca wrote "Qxc6 would have given White a decided advantage, enough to win with proper play. Mieses, however, feared the difficulties of an ending where, while having the Exchange, he would be a pawn minus. He preferred to keep the Queens on the board and keep up the attack. At first sight, and even after careful thought, there seems to be no objection to his plan; but in truth such is not the case. From this point the game will gradually improve in Black's favor until, with the Exchange ahead, White is lost." |
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| May-08-05 | | paladin at large: Thanks <Calli> - a remarkable circumstance. |
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May-08-05
 | | beatgiant: I think White's problem is the poor planning between moves 23 and 28. It does not look right to freeze the pawns on f5 and g4 while shutting out his own queen, and White never triples on the e-file. For example, I'd say 28. h4 Kh7 29. g3 Rd8 30. Re3 c5 31. Qe2, threatening to invade the back rank with 32. Re8, looks stronger for White. |
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| May-08-05 | | Calli: Kh7 was a tactical move. Let Capa explain
"28...Kh7! prevents 29.h4 which I would answer with g6 winning the Queen. It can now be considered that my King is safe from attack. White will have to withdraw his Queen via h3, and Black can use the time to begin his advance on the Queenside." - CJR |
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May-12-05
| | beatgiant: <Calli>
<Kh7 was a tactical move.>The suggested 28. h4 is also tactical. On the one hand it threatens 29. g4 and so induces Black to spend a move on 28...Kh7, and on the other it prevents ...Bg5 and so prepares the tripling on the e-file. Later, for a draw, I'd suggest 36. c4 to block the queenside. I think Capa commented on that too. |
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| May-12-05 | | Calli: <beatgiant> My problem is I don't see White's threat in the position. For instance 28.h4 Rd8 29.g4 d4 30.g5 Qxf5 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.cxd4 Bc7 looks fine. |
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May-12-05
| | beatgiant: <Calli>
Good point, even after 28. h4 the g4 push is not very threatening, so White may not have enough time for the easy win down the e-file that I was looking for. I still think it must be wrong for White to shut out his own queen and abandon the e-file as in the game's moves 28 to 32, but I don't immediately see a concrete improvement. |
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| Jul-21-06 | | paladin at large: Capa commented on his errors:
12......Nd4 "This complicates the game unnecessarily. Re8 was simple, and perfectly safe." 13......Bg4 "This is a serious mistake.
14. ....Rxe3 "There was nothing better."
He also commented that the overall situation for Black was not as bad as it looked, and Capa played beautfiully the rest of the way, as if it had all been designed that way. Unusual, to lose the exchange early in the middle game, and steadily turn the tables the rest of the way. |
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| May-10-07 | | technical draw: Great game. Mieses was no chump. This is a really complicated game with lots of pieces en prise at the same time (at move 13 black has two pieces en prise and puts in a third!). Really extraordinary. |
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| Sep-08-07 | | CapablancaFan: Capa gets outplayed in the middlegame, and in fact, loses the exchange. then they reach the endgame and well...LOL! |
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| Feb-03-08 | | sombreronegro: The winning move is 28 Kh7 which relieved g7 from its defensive duties. I think Mieses was going to play h2 h4 and threaten g4 g5. The problem is after Kh7 his queen is hopelessly trapped after g4 g5. He was fooled into building a tomb for his queen. With that stalled the counter attack was in the making and the queen never made is back to defend. |
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| Oct-07-09 | | ROADDOG: Nice vid on this great game. SeanGGodley shares Capablancas analysis on the game, his admitted mistakes, and how he overcame his errors with accurate play. These guys were good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9wT... |
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| Oct-07-09 | | darkjuva: Please stop this pressure :D |
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| Apr-17-10 | | Sourav: Isn't 7.f3 a better move? Is it bad because black can then respond with 7...d5? |
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