Jose Raul Capablanca vs Juan Corzo (1901) Last Bishop of Havana

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Jose Raul Capablanca vs Juan Corzo
"Last Bishop of Havana" (game of the day Jul-29-2021)
Capablanca - Corzo (1901), Havana CUB, rd 11, Dec-15
Queen Pawn Game: Krause Variation (D02) · 1-0

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Given 177 times; par: 107 [what's this?]

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May-14-07		chancho: <What a character this man is.> He was 12 years old at the time, but ok...

Jan-19-08		jovack: great endgame player. another demonstration how B+N > R+P

Jan-21-08		Whitehat1963: More than just a great endgame player, <jovack>. A great tactician as well. Take a look at this game: Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918

Jul-14-08		erniecohen: 42...♖xg8 is as good as anything. If 42...♔g6, 43. ♘f6 and 44. ♗c7.

Jul-15-08		Duck McCluck: Too bad what came of cuba. I think their chess atmosphere has dried up. I went to cuba and got a couple mojitos, but thats it. Thats all there is to cuba if you don't smoke.

Jul-15-08		Lutwidge: Strange this hasn't been made GOTD yet. Could be called "Tropic of CapaCorzo". Or "Army of Juan" Or "The Fark of Corzo"

Jul-23-08		Duck McCluck: <Strange this hasn't been made GOTD yet. Could be called "Tropic of CapaCorzo". Or "Army of Juan" Or "The Fark of Corzo" > How do we nominate it?

Sep-14-08		visayanbraindoctor: This game is a strong candidate for the most well-played game by a 12 year old kid in all of chess history.

Sep-14-08		CapablancaFan: Why this hasn't been a GOTD yet is a mystery to me.

Jan-15-09		blacksburg: 113 on guess-the-move. i don't think i did very well. i got a bunch of no-brainer points at the end up a bishop, and barely broke par. i'm a scrub. :(

Jun-05-09		newzild: <IMJP> I just ran your suggestion through Rybka, and our silicon friend does prefer 33.f8=Q+, if only by a whisker: 33.f8=Q+ Rxf8 34.Rxf1 Rd7 35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Nxf5+ Rybka says white is up 1.3 pawns, against 1.26 for 33.Rxf1.

Jun-05-09		Kinghunt: Why not 54. bxa5? That looks a lot simpler and more forcing to me.

Jun-05-09		beatgiant: <Kinghunt: Why not 54. bxa5?> I answered in previous kibitzing, see Dec-20-04 <On 53. bxa5? Kd5 54. a6 Kc6 55. a7 Kb7 White is stuck with the infamous "rook's pawn and wrong bishop," so there's no way to dislodge Black's king from the corner and it is a book draw.>

Jun-06-09		CapablancaFan: <beatgiant: <Kinghunt: Why not 54. bxa5?> I answered in previous kibitzing, see Dec-20-04 <On 53. bxa5? Kd5 54. a6 Kc6 55. a7 Kb7 White is stuck with the infamous "rook's pawn and wrong bishop," so there's no way to dislodge Black's king from the corner and it is a book draw.>> And of course, Capablanca's precise endgame calculation of these small little facts have allowed him to win many an endgame.

Jul-05-09		Ulhumbrus: Capablanca does not play the advance c4 until the twenty-sixth move.

Aug-13-09		WhiteRook48: bishop outplaying?

Dec-02-09		notyetagm: Game Collection: Endgame lessons: Cutting off the enemy king 36 Nf5-e7! prevents Black h7-king from approaching d5-passer

Dec-02-09		notyetagm: Game Collection: Endgame lessons: Cutting off the enemy king Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901 36 Nf5-e7! prevents Black h7-king from approaching d5-passer

Dec-10-09		desiobu: Someone has probably already mentioned this, but 28. e6 has a little trap if 28...Bxe6? 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. d5+!

Dec-10-09		visayanbraindoctor: This game never fails to impress me. If one did not know it was a 12 (or 13) year old kid playing it, one could certainly mistake it for a gem produced by a super GM.

Dec-11-09		M.D. Wilson: One of the first games I examined properly. Capa was a genius!

Jan-29-10		stdmcm23: amazing game by capablanca..chernev says he averaged less than one minute for all the moves...nevertheless there seems to be a quicker win..found by rybka...Rybka considers 31...h6 a blunder by Corzo because it finds a quick tactical win: 31..h6 32. now instead of Nd4 which rybka considered best at first,but after some thinking found the tactical blow Nh4!! ..now if 32..gxh4 33. Rg1 (expoiting the pinned rook on g7!) Qd7 (amazingly the only move that doesn't lead to mate) 34. Bxg7 Kh7 35. f8q (or f8n+ if you feel like forking the queen for a sec anyway) Rxf8 36. Bxf8 Qd8 (forced other moves lead to mate) 37. Re7+..and black can pretty much resign...now going back if: 32..Kh7 33. Bxg7 and now whatever black does all lines seem to lead to an eventual f8Q Rxf8 Bxf8 and white has an overwhelming advantage..

Jan-29-10		HeMateMe: In the Kasparov book 'Predecessors', GK says Capa was 'lazy', (tongue in cheek), because he missed forciing lines, in some of his games, which would have ended things quicker. This one looked pretty decisive.

Jan-29-10		miguelito: una cita con una dama era mas importante para capa que un punto .

Feb-09-10		Xeroxx: <una cita con una dama era mas importante para capa que un punto .> Jag håller med.

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