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Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson vs Jose Raul Capablanca
London (1922), London ENG, rd 12, Aug-15
Formation: Queen Pawn Game: London System (D02)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Geza Maroczy6 Qb3 seems preferable for after c4 7 Qxb6 axb6 White has the strong move 8 Na3! e.g. e5 9 Nb5 Ra5 10 Nc7+ Kd7 11 dxe5 Nh5 12 Nxd5 Rxd5 13 Bxc4 Ra5 14 Bxf7, etc.A harmless innovation, but Black gets the initiative.This knight loses alot of time; Bg3 was the right move. Ingenious winning a pawn.An unsound sacrifice, but White has a lost game anyhow.0-1

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
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Aug-23-05  turkishgrandmaster: Usually when white plays the London system , they win
Feb-07-10  nolanryan: i love this game, but i love the turk's comment even more
Mar-21-11
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  FSR: I tried submitting "Elementary, My Dear Watson" as the pun for this game, but someone had beaten me to it. :-(
Jun-07-22
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  kingscrusher: White's mistake was 1.Nf3 for the London system. The Knight should not commit so early.

The modern London system move order is for example:

1.d4 d5
2.Bf4!

Early Bf4 helps avoid all this c5, Qb6 downside torture

Be4 by Capablanca was beautiful amplification strategy for the Q on b6 to inflict dark square damage through provocation of moves like f3

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