The Chess Greats of the World Capablanca Daniel Lovas, 2006


The Chess Greats of the World
JOSE RAUL CAPABLANCA
Copyright by CAISSA KFT
English text, diagram titles and layout:
Zoltan Molnar
Consultant: Tamas Erdelyi
Title page: A pa of Sandor Badacsonyi's
painting entitled Capablanca
Special thanks to Jurgen Stigter, the owner of
the painting, for his permission to use it
ISBN 963 87032 8 8
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THE CHESS G ATS OF THE
WO D
CAPABLANCA
Edited by
Daniel Lovas
CAISSA CHESS BOOKS
Dear reader, this is an interactive book. It
contains 50 chess diagrams, each showing a
critical position in which a very strong move
follows. You can also take part in the exciting
chess fights by trying to find the moves in
question. The game itself is always shown on
the page a er the diagram. Have fun!
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Capablanca was the third World Chess
Champion (1921-1927)
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Kedves Olvaso! Ez egy interaktiv konyv:
50 sakl brat tartalmaz, mindegyiken egy
kritikus allassal, melyben egy nagyon eros
lepes kovetkezik. On is reszese lehet az izgal
mas sakkcsataknak azzal, hogy megprobatja
megtatalni a kerdeses lepest. Magat a jatsz
mat mindig a diagramot koveto oldalon
ismertetj k. Jo szorakozast!
A kiad6 eloszava
E sorozat szerkeszteseben kiad6nkat kettos
eel vezerli. Egyreszt e leket kivanunk alli
tani a sakkozas egykori nagyjainak es be u
tatni napjaink nehany kival6sagat. Masreszt,
e zsenialis sakkoz6k legszebb, legjellegzete
sebb jatszmainak is ertetesevel, gyonyor
kodtetni szeretnenk a sakkjatek rajong6inak
nepes taborat, egyuttal elosegitve' az ifju
sakkne zedek tudasbeli gyarapodasat is.
Kivanjuk, hogy sorozatunk kżteteit forgas
sak haszonnal, s feledve a indennapok
egannyi gondjat-bajat, nyerjenek fel d
lest a
"szepseg oazisa" -ban, ahogy Bobby
Fiseher nevezte a sakkjatekot.
Dr. Erdelyi Tamas
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Publisher's Note
Our aim in compiling this serial is double.
Firstly, we wish to raise a monument to the
memory of the one-time greats of chess and
to introduce some notabilities of our days,
too. Secondly, by showing the finest and
most typical games of these genial players,
we' d like to delight the populous camp of
chess fans, and, at the same time, to assist
the development of the young chess genera
tion. We wish that yo will make good use of
these volumes and, forgetting the day's trou
bles, you will recreate yourselves by taking
a trip to the "oasis of beauty", as Bobby
Fischer called chess.
Dr. Tamas Erdelyi
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The Career of Capablanca
Jose Rall;l y Graupera Capablanca, the third
official World Chess Champion, was bo in
1888 in Havana in a well-to-do family. His
father was a Spanish nobleman, his mother
was French by birth. The talented youth was
fluent in several languages, attended the best
schools in the United States, and was at ease
in social life. It was as if he had been des
tined to be a diplomat. And that is how it
turned out. Following his chess successes,
he was given a diplomatic commission by
the Cuban State to popularize the insular
country all over the world by playing chess.
Thanks to this, he could lead a life of a rov
ing ambassador of chess.
He began his chess player's career as a
child prodigy. He learned to play at the age
7
of four by watching his father 's games, and
at age ten he defeated Juan Corso, the
strongest adult player of Cuba in a match.
From 190 4 he continued to study in New
York, and became a member of the Man
hattan Chess Club. In 190 8, he made a sen
sational tour in the United States, playing
more than 70 0 simultaneous and exhibition
games, of which he lost only 14. Another
match followed, and another walkover, this
time against the USA Champion Frank
Marshal1.
Just like Morphy, at age 23 Capablanca
also crossed the ocean to find worthy oppo
nents. At once że showed who he was by
coming first in the great tou ament organ
ized in San Sebastian in 1911. In the follow
ing decade he won several significant tour
naments both on the American continent and
in Europe, which was just getting out of
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World War I. He became the number one
challenger of the World Champion, Lasker,
already in his fifties then.
A er ż several years' wrangling, the
World Championship was finally held in
192 1 in Cuba. A hard-fought battle, not
devoid of psychological elements either,
was going on, in which the challenger won
four games, ten were drawn, but Lasker
could not win a single one. A new champion
sat on the throne of the chess world, of
whom the legend of invincibility circulated
in an even broader circle from now on.
Capablanca played in an extremely ef
fortless manner, yet with a crystal-clear
logic and almost faultlessly. He could
instinctively find the simplest yet best
moves. In his heyday he was almost unbeat
able and in all his life he lost barely more
than thirty tou ament games.
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He also did a great deal to increase the
esteem of chess. With his elegant appear
ance and irreproachable behaviour he made
competitive chess accepted even in higher
social circles. His being a man of the world
as well as his racional, typically American
concept of chess aroused a lot of debate
even among his contemporaries. Many peo
ple loved him enthusiastically. But some
noted chess players addressed severe criti
cism to him. Nimzowitsch called him a
'draw hunter' because of his frequent draws.
According to Tarrasch, he played the open
ings in an undemanding manner, while
Brinckman thought that he had not enough
fighting spirit.
The great rival, Alekhine, also revealed
several weaknesses in his play. And he soon
got the opportunity to prove that he was
right. In the World Championship match
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played in Buenos Aires in 1 927, 25 games
ended in a draw, Capablanca won three, and
his challeżger six. So Alekhine became the
World Champion, and with this the society
of official chess players changed into a high
er gear. Those who wanted to get among the
best could no longer afford long breaks in
competing.
In the years around the loss of the world
title Capablanca was the most successful
tou ament player in the world. Between
1926 and 1929, he was first eight times at
ten great tou aments. He o en visited Hun
gary too, a country he was particularly fond
of. In Budapest, both in 1928 and 1 929, he
came first undefeated.
But from 1930 he competed more rarely,
and even his success a er success was bro
ken. True, in 1936 he won the Moscow tour
nament unbeaten and did splendidly in
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Nottingham, too. But now, at age 50, it was
not with his tournament wins that he
impressed people but by the radiation of his
personality. In Cuba the ex world champi
on's fiftieth bi hday was declared a nation
al holiday, and a memorial stamp was print
ed in honour of him. His last notable appear
ance as a chess player is also symbolic. At
the Buenos Aires Chess Olympiad in 1 939
he played on the first board of the Cuban
team, unbeaten.
As befits a World Champion, Capablanca
has greatly enriched the opinion formed of
chess. He made his thoughts clear in his
books entitled Chess Fundamentals d My
Chess Career, but his opinion of chess can
mostly be read out from his games. Reti
though that it was in Capablanca's play that
the basic principle of modem che.ss, accord
ing to which every move is the element of a
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plan, asse ed itself for the first time. It was
not the opponent's psyche he was fighting
against but his moves. With this, more than
any earlier master, he drew attention to the
inner logic of chess and the regularity of
positions. His idea of a proper competitor 's
attitude is even now considered modem. He
avoided one-sided mental strain, so he reg
ularly played tennis and went in for riding,
taking care of his physical condition.
A er his loss to Alekhine he wrote with
some self-irony : "From a chess player 's
point of view the most important thing is
careful training. This is the secret of success,
because training is the only possibility for a
chess player to better his form." Paradoxical
though it may appear, the elegant man of the
world he was had been one of the pioneers
of scientifically grounded preparation and
competing, as well as of today's chess sport.
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Capablanca, the "great Capa" is one of
the legendary world champions. His roman
tic walk of life came to an unexpected end in
a New York hospital in 1 942. Even today we
do not know what the cause of his death
was. But with the passage of the years his
memory has not dimmed in the posterity's
esteem. This volume shows the less-known
visage of the endgame-fancier chess genius
famed for his positional style. He was also
fond of unexpected moves crowning his
large-scale strategy, as well as. of brilliant
combinative solutions. To become im
mersed in Capablanca's games is an experi
ence similar to a South Sea diver 's adven
ture - a real initiation into the most con
cealed secrets of chess. Do set out for this
exciting adventure!
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Capablanca palyafutasa
Jose Rżul y Greupera Capablanca, a sak
kozas harmadik hivatalos vilagbajnoka
1888-ban, Havannaban sz letett jomodu
csaladban. Apja spanyol nemes, anyja fran
cia szarmazasu volt. A tehetseges ifju tobb
nyelven beszelt, a le obb iskolakat llitogat
Allamokban, s otthonosan
ta az Egyes lt
mozgott a tarsasagi eletben. Mintha diplo
fgy
matanak szanta volna a sors. is !O ent.
Sakksikerei nyoman a kubai aIlamtol dip
lomaciai megbizast kapo , hogy a sziget
orszagot nepszeriisitse a nagyvilagban.
Ennek koszonhetoen ugy elhette eletet, mint
a sakkjatek utazo nagykovete.
A sakkozoi paIyan csodagyerekkent in
dult. A Iepeseket negyeves koraban o hon
leste el, tizevesen pedig paros merkozesen
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legyozte Juan Cors6t, Kuba legerosebb fel
nott jatekosat. 190 4-tol New Yorkban foly
tatta tanulmanyait, es a Manhattan Chess
Club ta a lett. 190 8-ban szenzaci6s korutat
Allamokban, s tobb mint
tett az Egyes lt
70 0 szimultan es bemutat6 jatszmab61 mind
Ujabb paros merkozes
ossze 14-et vesztett.
kovetkezett, s ujabb folenyes gyozelem, ez
uttal az amerikai bajnok, Frank Marshall
ellen.
Morphyhoz hasonl6an, 23 evesen Capab
l ca is atkelt az 6ceanon, hogy melt6 ellen
feleket talaIjon. Azonnal letette nevjegyet:
1911-ben elso lett a San Sebastianban ren
dezett nagy tornan. A kovetkezo evtizedben
az amerikai kontinensen es az elso vilag
haborub61 kilabal6 Eur6paban is tObb jelen
tos versenyt nyert meg. Az akkor mar
otvenes eveiben jar6 vilagbajnok, Lasker
elso szamu kihiv6java valt.
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A vihigbajnoki paros merkozesre tObb
eves huzavona utan, 1921-ben, Kubaban ke
rii sor. Pszichologiai demeket sem nelk
lt
lozo, kemŹ ny k zdelem folyt, melyben a
kihivo tiz dontetlen mellett negy jatszmat
nyert, Lasker viszont egyszer sem tudo
Igy
gyozni a paros merkozesen. hat uj
bajnok lt a sakkvilag tronjara, akirol ettol
az idotol meg szelesebb korben terjedt a
legyozhetetlenseg legendaja.
Capablanca rendkivii konnyeden, mind
l
azonaltal kristalytiszta logikaval, szinte hi
Osztonosen megtalaIta a
batlanul jatszott.
legegyszerii megis le obb lepeseket.
bb,
Fenykoraban szinte verhetetlen volt, s egesz
eleteben alig vesztett narmincmil tObb ver
senyjatszmat.
Sokat tett a sakkozas megbecs lesenek
noveIeseert is. Elegans me elenesevel es
kifogastalan viselkedesevel a magasabb tar-
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sadalmi korokben is e1fogadotta tette a
versenyszerii sakkozast. N agyvilagi eletvi
tele es a sakkozasrol vallott racionaIis, jel
legzetesen amerikai felfogasa sok vitat vaI
tott ki mar a kortarsak kozott is. Sokan
rajongva szerettek. Nehany neves sakkozo
viszont kemeny kritikat fogalmazott meg
rola. Nimzovics remis-vadasznak nevezte
gyakori dontetlenjei miatt. Tarrasch szerint
igenytelenul jatszotta a megnyitasokat,
Brinckmann szerint nem volt eIegge kuzd6
szellemu.
A nagy vetelytars, Aljechin is tObbfele
gyengeseget fedezett fel jatekaban. Hama
ros alkalma nyilt, hogy bizonyitsa igazat.
A Buenos Airesben 1927-ben lejatszott
vilagbajnoki merk6zesen 25 dontetlen me 1-
lett Capablanca harom jatszmat nyert,
kihivoja hatot. Aljechin lett a vilagbajnok, s
ezzel a hivatasos sakkozok tarsadalma na-
Ht
gyobb sebessegfokozatra kapcsolt. Aki a
legjobbak koze akart kerulni, nem enged
hetett meg tObbe maganak hosszu kihagya
sokat a versenyzesben.
Capablanca a vilagbajnoki dm elvesztese
koruli evekben a vilag legeredmenyesebb
tomajatekosa volt. 1926 es 1929 kozo tiz
nagy versenyen nyolcszor lett elso. Tobb
szor megfordult Magyarorszagon is, melyet
kiilonosen kedvelt. 1928-ban es 1929-ben
Budapesten veretlen l lett elso.
1930 -t6l viszont ritkabban versenyzett,
sikersorozata is megtort. Igaz, 1936-b ve
reseg nelk l nye e a moszkvai tomat, es
ragyog6an szerepelt a no inghami verse
nyen is. Hatasat azonban ekkor mar, otven
evesen nem versenygyozelmeivel fejte e ki,
hanem szemelyisegenek kisugarzasaval.
Kubaban az exvilagbajnok otvenedik sz le
tesnapjat nemzeti nnepnek nyilvanito ak,
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tiszteletere emlekbelyeget nyomtattak. Jel
kepes utols6 jelentos sakkoz6i fellepese is.
A Buenos Aires-i sakkolimpian Kuba csapa
hit vezette veretlen l.
Sakkvihigbajnokhoz melt6an, Capablan
ca jelentosen gazdagitotta a sakkjatekr61 ki
alakult fe1fogast. Gondolatait Chess Funda
mentals (A sakk sarkalatos kerdesei) es My
Chess Career (Sakkpalyafutasom) cimii
konyveiben is kifejtette, de sakkr61 vallott
felfogasa elsosorb jatszmaib61 olvashat6
ki. Reti szerint nala ervenyesiilt eloszor a
modem sakk alapelve, mely szerint minden
lepes egy terv eleme. Capablanca nem az
ellenfel pszicheje ellen harcolt, hanem a
Iepesei ellen. Ezzel minden korabbi mester
nel jobban rairanyitotta a figyelmet a
sakkjatek belso logikajara, az allasok tOr
venyszerii nek
segeire. Ma is korszerii sza
mit6 felfogast vallott a helyes 'versenyzoi
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magatartasr61. Kerii
lte az egyoldalu szellemi
terhelest, rendszeresen teniszezett, lovagolt,
ugyelt fizikai eronletere.
Aljechin elleni veresege utan irta, nemi
onkritikaval: "A sakkjatsz6 szempon ab61 a
le ontosabb: a gondos trenin Ez a siker
titka, mert a trening az e etlen lehetosege a
sakkoz6nak, ho formajat javitsa." Bar
milyen paradoxul hangzik is, de az elegans
vilagfi a tudomanyosan megalapozott felke
sz Ies es versenyzes, a mai sakksport egyik
uttoroje volt.
Capablanca, a
"nagy Capa", a legendas
vilagbajnokok koze tartozik. Regenyes elet
utja varatlanul ert veget 1942-ben egy New
York-i k6rhazban. Ma sem tudjuk, miben
halt meg. Az ido mulasaval azonban emleke
nem halvanyult az ut6kor szemeben. Ez a
kotet a pozici6s stilusar61 nevezetes, veg
jatekokat kedvelo sakkzseni kevesbe ismert
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areat villantja fel. Nem voItak idegenek toIe
a nagyivii strategiat megkoromizo varatlan
Iepesek, a virtuoz kombinacios megoIdasok
sem. CapabIanea jatszmaiba eImeIyedni egy
deItengeri buvarkaIandhoz hasonIo eImeny,
igazi beavatas a sakkjatek Iegrejtettebb
titkaiba. Va on beIe on is ebbe izgalmas
kalandba!
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G e 1
An Unexpected Horse-Kick
V atl lo gas
J. Capablanca - W. Morris
New York 1911
ite to pl : 26?
23
Game 1
J. Capablanca - W. Morris
New York 1911
Sicilian Defence
1 e4 c5 2 e6 3 c3 d5 4 exd5 exd5 5 d4
f6 6 żg5 że6 7 żxf6 gxf6 8 dxc5 żxc5 9
żb5 t c6 10 0-0 0-0 11 d3 YJld6 12 żc6
bxc6 13 a4 żb6 14 b6 axb6 15 żfel c5
16 że3 f4 17 c3 żfd8 18 a3 żf5 19 b5
d6 20 żdl żac8 21 a4 c4 22 żd4 b5 23
dI wh8 24 żh4 żg8 25 d4 d7 26 że7!!
xe7 27 xf5 (27 e5 28 xh7t wxh7 28
...
h5#)
1- 0
G e 2
Grabbing a Pawn
Hopp, e p aszt!
J. Capablanca - F. Benyon
New York 1913
ite to pl : 33?
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Game 2
J. Capablanca - F. Benyon
New York 1913
Sicilian Defence
1 e4 c5 2 c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 xd4 f6 5
c3 d6 6 że2 g6 7 0-0 żd7 8 że3 żg7 9 h3
0-0 10 d2 a6 11 Had 1 c7 12 b3 Had8 13
żh6 żc8 14 żxg7 wxg7 15 e3 e5 16 f4 że6
17 d5 żd5 18 exd5 e7 19 c4 f5 20
e4 21 c3 b6 t 22 d4 Hc8 23 wh 1 xd4 24
Hxd4 wg8 25 f5 Hce8 26 b4 c7 27 g3 e7
28 g6 g6 29 c5 dxc5 30 d6 e5 31 xe5
Hxe5 32 bxc5 d7 33 żxa6 bxa6 34 Hx t
wx 35 c6 we8 36 c7 Hc5 37 Hxe4 t w 38
He7 f)f6 39 d7 xd7 40 Hxd7
1- 0
26
G e 3
A Convincing A Being Shot On the Head
s s
Meggyozo, mint a t k6n loves
J. Capablanca - G. Wolbrecht
St Louis 1909
ite to pl : 29?
27
Game 3
J. Capablanca - G. Wolbrecht
St Louis 190 9
Petroff Defence
1 e4 e5 2 flf6 3 flxe5 d6 4 e4 5 d4
d5 6 żd3 żd6 7 0-0 żg4 8 Hel f5 9 c4 c6 10
flc3 0-0 11 cxd5 żxh2 t 12 wxh2 flx 13
e2 flxd3 14 xd3 żx 15 żg5 xg5 16
x h4 t 17 h3 xd4 18 Had 1 f4 t 19
wgl d6 20 He6 c5 t 21 whl cxd5 22 Hxd5
23 He7 fl t 24 wh2 f4 t 25 g3 h6 t
26 wg1 flc6 27 Hxb7 Hae8 28 Hdd7 g6 29
g5!
1- 0
28
G e 4
A Bit Too Thick
Ciki szi
J. Capablanca. - E. Michelsen
New York 1915
ite to pl : 28?
29
Game 4
J. Capablanca - E. Michelsen
New York 1915
PetrolfDefence
1 e4 e5 2 ż Łlf6 3 żxe5 d6 4 ż że4 5 d4
d5 6 żd3 żd6 7 0-0 0-0 8 c4 że6 9 He I f5
10 c5 że7 11 że5 żd7 12 żxd7 żd7 13
żf6 14 He5 że8 15 Hxd5 c8 16 He5 żf6 17
żc4 t wh8 18 He2 c6 19 żf4 b6 20 żc3 fJc7
21 d3 Hd8 22 Hae1 bxc5 23 dxc5 żb5 24
żxb5 cxb5 25 żd6 żc6 26 żd5 żxd5 27
xd5 g6 28 He7 !!Hd7 29 Hxd7
1- 0
30
G e 5
Be Bloody, Bold, And Resolute
Le vakmero, veres es szil r
d
J. Capablanca - F. Marshall'
New York 1909
ite to pl : 21?
31
Game 5
J. Capablanca - F. Mar hall
s
New York 190 9
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 fl fle6 3 @b5 f5 4 fle3 flf6 5 e2
fld4 6 d4 exd4 7 exf5 t @e7 8 fle4 0-0 9
flxf6 t @Xf6 10 0-0 d5 11 @d3 e5 12 h5 e7
13 e4 dxe4 14 @xe4 t wh8 15 d3 e5 16 g4
.
@d7 17 a4 @e7 18 @d2 e2 19 Hael xd2 20
Hxe7 @e8 21 f6! h6 22 xh6 gxh6 23 Hfe1
@xa4 24 Hxb7 Hae8 25 Hxe8 Hxe8 26 Hxa7
@dl 27 h3 h5 28 g5 h4 29 f4 @h5 30 f5 H
31 He7 Hb8 32 Hxe5
1- 0
32
G e 6
One Too Many Knights
L6b61 is meg a sok
J. Capablanca - O. Bernstein
S Sebas 1911
White to pl : 28?
33
Game 6
J. Capablanca - O. Bernstein
San Sebastian 19 11
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 fl flc6 3 żb5 flf6 4 0-0 że7 5
flc3 d6 6 żxc6 t bxc6 7 d4 exd4 8 xd4 żd7
9 żg5 0-0 10 Hel h6 11 żh4 h7 12 że7
xe7 13 d3 Hab8 14 b3 flg5 15 Hadl e5
16 e3 fle6 17 flce2 a5 18 flf5 flc5 19
fled4 wh7 20 g4 Hbe8 21 fle6 22 fle2
xa2 23 fleg3 xc2 24 He 1 b2 25 h5 Hh8
26 He2 e5 27 f4 b5 28 ffxg7! flc5 29
flxe8 że8 30 c3 f6 31" f6 t wg6 32 h5
Hg8 33 f5 t wg5 34 e3t
1- 0
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G e 7
The Strength of Infant men
A gyalogosok ereje
J. Capablanca - E. Tennenwurzel
New York 1913
White to pl : 18?
35
Game 7
J. Capablanca - E. Tennenwurzel
New York 19 13
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 fl flc6 3 flc3 flf6 4 żb5 żb4 5
0-0 0-0 6 żc6 dxc6 7 d3 He8 8 h3 h6 9 fle2
flh5 10 g4 flf6 1 1 flg3 flh7 12 flf5 żxf5 13
gxf5 f6 14 flh2 h4 15 wg2 Had8 1 6 f4 żd6
17 g4 f6 18 d4! exf4 19 e5 żxe5 20 dxe5
xe5 21 żf4 e4 t 22 wg 1 flf6 23 g2 flh5
24 xe4 Hxe4 25 żc7 Hd7 26 ża5 He3 27
H He2 28 He 1 c5 29 żc3 b5 30 a3 żf6 31
żxf6 gxf6 32 flg4 Hdd2 33 H Hx 34 ż
Hd5 35 flg4
1- 0
36
G e 8
Grand And Spectacular
Latv yos es nagysze i
J. Capablanca - F. Dus-Chotimirsky
St Petersburg 1913
ite to pl : 30?
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Game 8
J. Capablanca - F. Dus-Chotimirsky
St Petersburg 1 913
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 fl flc6 3 żb5 a6 4 ża4 flf6 5 0-0
że7 6 Hel b5 7 żb3 d6 8 c3 fla5 9 żc2 c5 1 0
d4 c7 11 flbd2 flc6 1 2 flfl cxd4 13 cxd4
żg4 1 4 d5 fld4 15 żd3 0-0 16 że3 Hac8 17
żxd4 exd4 18 a4 1M'b6 19 axb5 axb5 20 h3
żx 21 x fld7 22 Hec1 flc5 23 b4 fla4 24
Hxc8 Hxc8 25 e5 g6 26 e6 H 27 fJg3 b7
28 flf5 e6 29 dxe6 c7 30 c6!
flxe7 t xe7 32 żxb5 flc3 33 d7 xd7 34
żxd7 Hb8 35 e7 wfl 36 Hel He8 37 że8 t
wxe8 38 He6 d5 39 wfl flb5 40 we2 flc7 41
He5 fla6 42 b5 flb4 43 b6 d3t 44 wd2 wd7
45 e8lM' t wd6 46 e7 t wc6 47 xb4
1 -0
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G e 9/1
Assault And Battery
Te eges b m as
J. Capablanca - O. Chajes
New York 1913
ite to pl : 23?
39
Game 9/1
J. Capablanca - O. Chajes
New York 1913
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 ż że6 3 żb5 a6 4 ża4 żf6 5 0-0
b5 6 żb3 że7 7 d4 d6 8 e3 żg4 9 że3 0-0 10
żbd2 ża5 11 że2 He8 12 b4 exd4 13 exd4
że6 14 a3 ż 15 Hel że7 16 e5 dxe5 17
dxe5 żx 18 x żd7 19 h3 żg6 20 f4
żb6 21 fl że4 22 żg5 h6 23 żxfi!
f5 t wg8 25 xg6 'flxe3 26 h7 t wfl 27
żb3t że4 28 Hfdl b8
(See diagram)
40
G e 9/2
A ng Is Swept Away By Popular Anger
Egy k elsopor a nep ag
J. Capablanca - O. Cbajes
New York 1913
ite to pl : 29?
41
Game 9/2
J. Capablanca - O. Cbajes
New York 1913
Ruy Lopez
29 Hxc4! bxc4 30 żc4 t we7 31 żf5 ż6t
32 wfl
1- 0
42
G e 10
Overrun
Lerohamis
J. Capablanca - J. Blackburne
St Petersburg 1914
ite to pl : 26?
43
Game 10
J. Capablanca - J. Blackburne
S t Petersburg 1914
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 c6 3 żb5 żd4 4 żxd4 exd4 5
0-0 g66 d3 żg7 7 żd2 że7 8 f4 c6 9 żc4 d5
10 żb3 0-0 11 c5 12 e5 b5 13 c3 c4 14
żc2 dxc3 15 bxc3 ża5 16 żd2 żg4 17 d4
b6 18 żbl a6 19 h3 żf5 20 g4 żxc2 21
żxc2 f5 22 wh2 żc6 23 żg1 żd8 24 gxf5
"
żxf5 25 ż4 ż5 26 żxg6! hxg6 27 żxg6
b8 28 żxg7 t wxg7 29 żg 1 t w 30 żg6
żxh3 t 31 wm3
1 -0
44
G e 11
A Splendid Combination
E remekbe szabo kombi
J. Capablanca - M. Fonaroff
New York 1918
ite to pl : 17
45
Game 11
J. Capablanca - M. Fonaroff
New York 191 8
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 fl flc6 3 żb5 flf6 4 0-0 d6 5 d4
żd7 6 flc3 że7 7 He1 exd4 8 flxd4 xd4 9
żxd4 żxb5 10 flxb5 0-0 11 żc3 c6 12 d4
fld7 13 flf5 żf6 14 żg3 fle5 15 żf4 żc7 16
Hadl Had8 17 Hxd6!
Hxd1 że5 20 flh6t wh8 21 żxe5 żxe5 22
flx t
f7
1 -0
46
G e 12/1
Break-Through
A ores
J. Capablanea - R. Blaneo
Havana 1913
ite to pl : 19?
47
Game 1211
J. Capablanca - R. Blanco
Havana 1913
French Defence
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ż3 dxe4 4 fu.e4 'Łld7 5
żgf6 6 żxf6 t żxf6 7 że5 żd6 8 c6 9 c3
0-0 10 żg5 że7 11 żd3 że8 12 h3 f5 13
żxe7 xe7 14 0-0 Hf6 15 Hfel żd6 16 He2
żd7 17 Hael He8 18 c4 ż 19 d5! żxe5 20
Hxe5 g6 21 h4 wg7 22 d4 c5 23 c3 b6 24
dxe6 żc8 25 że2 że6 26 ż w 27 żd5
d6 28 e3 He7 29 h6 wg8 30 h4 a6 31 h5
f4' 32 hxg6 hxg6
(See diagram)
48
G e 12/2
The Decisive Sac "Pops O
" a donto aldozat
"Eldordfil
J. Capablanca - R. Blanco
Hav a 1913
ite to pl : 33?
49
Game 12/2
J. Capablanca - R. Blanco
Havana 1913
French Defence
33 Hxe6! (33... H e6 34 e6 eż 35
}
xg6t)
1- 0
50
G e 13
A Masterly Stroke
Husz agas
J. Capablanca - A. Alekhine
St Petersburg 1914
ite to pl : 31 ?
51
Game 13
J. Capablanca - A. Alekhine
St Petersburg 1914
French Defence
1 d4 e6 2 e4 d5 3 ż3 flf6 4 @g5 h6 5 @Xf6
xf66 exd5 @b4 7 @b5 t c6 8 dxc6 flxc6 9
flge2 0-0 1 0 0-0 żd8 11 fle4 h4 12 @Xc6
bxc6 13 f4 @a6 14 c3 @ 15 e 1 h5 16ż
c5 17 flxc5 @xc5 18 dxc5 xc5 19 fld4 żd5
20 h3 żad8 21 e3 e5 22 fxe5 żxe5 23
e7 24 flc6 żel t 25 żxel xel t 26 wh2
żd7 27 fld4 @d3 28 g3 bl 29 b8 t wh7
30 e8 żb7 31 fle6 !
fl t wg8 34 fld7 t wh7 35 c5 el 36 f5 t
wg8 37 xb5 żxd7 38 że2 dl 39 że8 t wh7
40 f5 t g6 41 e5 f6 42 xf6 d6t 43 xd6
żxd6 44 że7 t wg8 45 żxa7
1- 0
52
G e 14
The Triumphal March of a Pawn
E por diadalu a
J. Capablanca - R. Reti
New York 1924
ite to pl : 36?
53
Game 14
J. Capablanca - R. Reti
New York 1924
French Defence
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 flc3 f6 4 żg5 że7 5 e5
fd7 6 żxe7 xe7 7 d2 0-0 8 f4 c5 9
c6 10 dxc5 4)xc5 11 żd3 f6 12 exf6 xf6
13 g3 żd7 14 0-0 xd3 15 cxd3 że8 16Hfel
żg6 17 b5 e5 18 c3 d4 19 e4 że4 20
Hxe4 exf4 21 Hxf4 d6 22 He1 Hxf4 23 xf4
xf4 24 gxf4 wfS 25 He4 He8 26 w h6 27
e5 xe5 28 e5 w 29 wfl Hd8 30 Hg4 g5
31 h4 wg632 hxg5 hxg5 33 we4 wh5 34 Hgl
wh4 35 e6 g4 36 e7!
1 -0
54
G elS
Black Is Given a Raw Deal
SOtettel kibab
J. Capablanca - R. Spielmann
S Sebasti 191 1
ite to pl : 30?
55
Garne 15
J. Capablanca - R. Spielmann
San Sebastian 1911
Queen s P n Opening
1 d4 d5 2 c5 3 c3 f6 4 e3 c6 5 dxc5
e5 6 b4 c7 7 żb2 że6 8 bd2 że7 9 że2
0-0 10 0-0 Had8 11 c2 żg4 12 e4 dxe4 13
xe4 xe4 14 xe4 f5 15 c4t wh8 16Had1
e4 17 d4 e5 18 b3 że2 19 xe2 g4 20
g3 f4 21 Hxd8 Hxd8 22 e6 g3 23 xg4
gxh2t 24 whl e5 25 Hel Hd2 26 Hxe4 c7
27 żcl Hx 28 żf4 d8 29 Hxe7 WJ 30
xg7 !! (30 xg 7 3 J He8t g8 32 że5t)
...
t
1- 0
56
G e 16
Struck By Lightning
Befit a me yk6
J. Capablanca - C. Jaffe
New York 1910
ite to pl : 19?
57
Game 16
J. Capablanca - C. Jaffe
New York 1910
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 d5 2 żf6 3 e3 c6 4 c4 e6 5 żc3
żbd7 6żd3 żd67 0-0 0-0 8 e4 dxe4 9 że4
żxe4 10 że4 żf6 11 żc2 h6?! 12 b3 b6 13
żb2 żb7 14 d3 g6?! 15 Hael ż5 ? 16żcl
wg7 17 Hxe6! ż6 18 że5 c5 19 żxh6 !
t
wxh6 20 ż t (20
f7 t p 21 xg6#)
P
1-0
58
G e 17
The King Is Ba ed
A kir81 ak n
yi
J. Capablanca - D. Janowski
New York 1918
ite to pl : 30?
59
Game 17
J. Capablanca - D. Janowski
New York 1918
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 d5 2 ż żf6 3 e4 e6 4 żg5 żbd7 5 e3
e6 6żbd2 że7 7 żd3 dxe4 8 żxe4 0-0 9 0-0
e5 10 Hel b6 11 e2 żb7 12 Hfdl fld5 13
żd6że614 że4 f5 15 że7 xe7 16fled2 e5
17 dxe5 flxe5 18 flxe5 xe5 19 e7 20
żd4 exd4 21 Hxe6 żb4 22 że4 wh8 23 He6
t
d3 24 Hxd3 e5 25 Hd4 b5 26żxb5 a2 27
że4 żb4 28 h5 g6 29 Hxg6 Had8 30 Hg7!
1- 0
60
G e 18/1
Assault Fire On the ng
Oss a ki a
J. Capablanca - R. Scott
Has gs 1919
ite to pl : 22?
61
Game 18/1
J. Capablanca - R. Scott
Hastings 191 9
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 flf6 4 e3 e6 5 flbd2
flbd7 6 żd3 żd6 7 0-0 0-0 8 e4 dxe4 9 e4
flxe4 10 że4 flf6 11 żc2 b6 12 d3 h6 13
b3 e7 14 żb2 Hd8 15 Had1 żb7 16 Hfe1
Hac8 17 flh4 żb8 18 g3 w 19 wg8 20
flf5 c7 21 flxh6 t w 22 d5! ! cxd5 23 żf6
gxf6 24 xf6 we8
(See diagram)
62
G e 18/2
I Come Bury Caesar
Teme jo em Caesa
J. Capablanca - R.
Has gs 1919
ite to pl : 25?
63
Game 1812
J. Capablan - R. Scott
Hastings 1919
Queen s Gambit
25 Hxe6t! ! e6 26 żxe6 t <;!I 27 żf6 t
1- 0
64
G e 19
A Bellicose Knight On the m
H cias husz a bla szelen
J." Capablanca - Em. Lasker
New York 1924
ite to pl : 26?
65
Game 19
J. Capablanca - Em. Lasker
New York 1924
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 ż6 2 c4 c6 3 flc3 d5 4 cxd5 cxd5 5
flc6 6 żf4 e6 7 e3 że7 8 żd3 0-0 9 0-0 ż5
10 że5 f5 11 żcl flf6 12 żxf6 gxf6 13 ż4
wh8 14 f4 żg8 15 ż żd7 16 ż3 że8 17 a3
żg7 18 żg3 żxg3 19 hxg3 żc8 20 wfl fla5
21 flc4 22 e2 fld6 23 żh 1 fle4 t 24
żxe4 e4 25 g4 f5 26 flxfS!
h5 28 g4 żc6 29 g5 wg8 30 flxd5 ż 31
flxe7 t xe7 32 g4 hxg4 33 h7 t w 34 ż6
żg8 35 f5 t wg7 36 żxc6 bxc6 37 wg3 e6
38 xg4 xf5 t 39 wxf5 żd5 40 b4 a6 41
wg4 żc4 42 f5 żb3 43 wf4 żc2 44 we5 w
45 a4 wg7 46 d5 żxa4 47 d6 c5 48 bxc5 żc6
49 we6 a5 50 f6 t
1- 0
66
G e 20
Ge ing Tough
Capa bekemenyit
J. Capablanca - N. Zuba v
Moscow 1925
ite to pl : 34?
67
Game 20
J. Capablanca - N. Zubarev
Moscow 1925
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 dxc4?! 4 e4! c5 5 d5
exd5 6 exd5 ż6 7 żxc4 żd6 8 0-0 0-0 9
żg5 żg4 10 ż3 flbd7 11 fle4 } 12 żxf6
c7
flxf6 13 flxf6t gxf6 14 h3 żh5 15 że1 żfe8
16 } a6 17 a4 żg6 18 żd3 Y}} 19 fld2!
b3 d7
że7 20 żxg6! fxg6 21 fle4 wg7 22 }
c3 że5
23 } żb2?! 24 flg5 ! żae8 25 fle6t wf7
xc5
26 żab1 że5 27 } b3 żb8 29 g3
c4 żc8 28 }
} d7 32 żxe7 t wxe7
d630 ż4 żce8 31 że6 }
33 } żxf4 34 żel t! ! że5 35 d6t! we6
xb7!
36 } wf5 37 } wg5 38 } wf5 39
b3t d3t e3t
} we6 40 } t wxd6 41 żd1 t we7 42
e4t c4
żxd7 t Wxd7 43 }
xa6
1 -0
68
G e 21
A King In a Hot Spot
G v , felseg!
J. Capablanca - A. Alekhine
Buenos Aires 1927
White to pl : 29?
69
Game 21
J. Capablanca - A. Alekhine
Buenos Aires 1927
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 c3 f6 4 bd 7 5 żg5
c6 6 e3 a5 7 d2 żb4 8 c2 0-0 9 żh4 c5
10 b3 a4 1 1 żxf6 xf6 12 dxc5 e4?! 13
cxd5 żxc3 1 4 bxc3 xc5 15 Hd I! exd5 16
t
Hxd5 xb3?! 17 axb3 c6 18 Hd4 He8 19
żd3! xg2 20 żxh7 tw 21 że4 h3 22 d2
że6 23 c4 a5 24 Hgl xh2 25 Hhl c7 26
b2 c5 27 żd5 Ha6? 28 He4 Hd6 29 Hh7!
we7 30 xg7 wd8 31 żxe6 e6 32 xb7
\Wb4 t 33 xb4 axb4 34 c5 Hc635 Hxb4 Hxc5
36 Ha7
1-0
70
G e 22
"err Spielmann Is Dumbfounded
Spielm n lees alla
J. Capablan - R. Spielmann
New York 1927
ite to pl : 18?
71
Game 22
J. Capablanca - R. Spielmann
New York 1927
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 d5 2 fl e6 3 <;4 fld7 4 flc3 flgf6 5 żg5
żb4 6 cxd5 exd5 7 a4 żc3 t? 8 bxc3 0-0
9 e3 c5 10 żd3 c4 11 żc2 e7 12 0-0 a6 13
Hfe1 e6 14 fld2! b5 15 a5 ! fle4 16fu.e4
dxe4 17 a4 d5 18 axb5! ! 18 xg5 19 że4
Hb8 20 bxa6! Hb5 21 c7 flb6 22 a7 żh3 23
Heb1 Hxb1 t 24 Hxb1 f5 25 ż f4 26 exf4
1- 0
72
G e 23
Capa Is Not To Be ifled With
Capa nem vele
, ho pack z
J. Capablanca - H. Matisons
K lsbad 1929
White to pl : 19?
73
Game 23
J. Capablan - H. Matisons
Karlsbad 1929
Nimzo-Indian Defence
1 d4 żf6 2 c4 e6 3 żc3 żb4 4 Wc2 c5 5 dxc5
żc66 żxc5 7 żf4 d5 8 e3 Wa5 9 że2 żb4
1 0 0-0 żc3 11 bxc3 0-0 12 Habl Wa3 13
Hfd1 b6 14 cxd5 żxd5 15 żg5 f5 16ż Wc5
17 c4 żdb4 18 'M'b3 e5 19 a3! ża6 20 żxc6
1- 0
74
Game 24
Not Every Knight On the Rim Is Dim
Nem m den husz a szelen idetlen
J. Capablanca - D. Janowski
New York 1924
ite to pl : 36?
75
Game 24
J. Capablanca - D. Janowski
New York 1924
English Opening
1 d5 2 g3 c5 3 żg2 c6 4 0-0 e5 5 c4 d4
6 d3 żd6 7 e3 ge7 8 exd4 cxd4 9 a3 a5 10
bd2 g6 11 He1 0-0 17 c2 He8 13 b3 h6
14 1 że6 15 h4 Hc8 16c5 żb8 17 c4 f6
18 żd2 wh8 19 b4 axb4 20 axb4 a7 21 c 1
b5 22 h2 e7 23 Hal Hc7 24 Ha5 żd7 25
b6 żc6 26 c4 a7 27 d5 żxd5 28 xd5
f5 29 f6 30 h5 e7 31 g4 f4 32 e4
ec6 33 Haal Hce7 34 g6 35 He6
36 h4!
xf6 gxf6 40 żxg8 Hxg8 41 f5 42 żf4
ec6 43 g6t wh7 44 że5 xe5 45 Hxe5
żxe5 46 Hxa7
1 -0
76
G e 25
The Ballad of the Buried Queen
Az elteme ezett vezer balladaja
J. Capablanca - E. Colle
B celona 1929
ite to pl : 26?
77
Game 25
J. Capablanca - E. Colle
Barcelona 1929
English Opening
1 c4 żf6 2 ż c5 3 żc3 żc6 4 d4 cxd4 5
żxd4 żxd4? 6 żxd4 g6 7 e4 d6 8 że3 żg7 9
ża5 10 żd2! a6 11 że2 że6 12 Hcl Hc8
13 b3 żd7 14 0-0 0-0 15 żd5 żd8 16 ż4!
żxd5 17 cxd5 Hxcl 18 Hxcl żb8 19 żc4
żb2 20 Hc2 żf6 21 f4 Hd8 22 żc7 ża8 23
żg4 ż5 24 e5 ! żg7 25 żxe7 h5 26 e6! hxg4
27 edI t wh7 28 żh4 t żh629 f5 g5 30 żxg5
1 -0
78
G e 26
No Buggering Around
Capa nem lacafac
J. Capablan - C. Alexander
No ngh 1936
ite to pl : 39?
79
Game 26
J. Capablanca - C. Alexander
No ingham 1936
English Opening
1 e4 e5 2 fle3 fle6 3 g3 g6 4 żg2 żg7 5 d3
flge7 6 fld5 0-0 7 h4fld4 8 żg5 f6 9 żd2 e6
10 flxe7 t xe7 11 e3 fle6 12 fle2 f5 13 e2
b6 14 f4 żb7 15 fxe5 żxe5 16 0-0-0 d5 1 7
d4 żg7 18 exd5 exd5 19 wb1 Hae8 20 fle3
d7 21 He I flc7 22 b3 wh8 23 h5 g5 24 h6
żf6 25 Hhfl że7 26 dl e8 27 g4 g6 28
gxf5 Hxf5 29 Hxf5 xf5 t 30 wal H 31 h 1
d3 32 flb I żd6 33 ż f5 34 Hfl g6 35
Hgl że7 36 fle3 g8 37 e4 fl 8 żg2
ż
39 żxg5! żxg5 40 Hfl xfl t 41 żfl dxe4
42 żg2 fle6 43 żxe4 ża6 44 żb1
1- 0
80
G e 27
A Dea y S b
Hal los dafes
A. Ni owi ch - J. Capablanca
S Sebas 1911
Black to pl : 33 . ?
. .
81
Game 27
A. Nimzowitsch - J. Capablanca
San Sebastian 1911
Sicilian Defence
1 e4 e6 2 d3 d5 3 żd2 e5 4 żg 4Jc6 5 że2
żd6 6 0-0 e7 7 Hel żge7 8 e3 0-0 9 a3 f5
10 żfl żd7 11 exd5 exd5 12 b4 Hae8 1 3 żb2
b6 14 d4 e4 15 że4 dxe4 16 że4 t wh8 17
żg5 żxh2t 18 whl żf4 1 9 4Jf7t Hxfi 20
żxfi Hf8 21 żh5 żg8 22 e4 d8 23 Wl
h4 t 24 h3 x 25 He2 g3 26 xg3
żxg3 27 e5 żee7 28 ż żb5 29 He2 ż6 30
a4 żd3 31 Hee 1 że4 32 b5 Hf6 33 że4 żf2!
0 -1
82
G e 28
Ex u on
vegzes
J. Mieses - J. Capablanca
Be 1913
Black to pl : 43 ...
?
83
Game 28
J. Mieses - J. Capablan
Berlin 1913
Middle Gambit
1 e4 e5 2 d4 exd4 3 xd4 że6 4 e3 ff6 5
że3 żb4 6żd2 0-0 7 0-0-0 He8 8 g3 że4
9 żxe4 Hxe4 10 żf4 f6 11 ż3 d6 12 żd3
żd4 13 że3 żg4 14 żg5 Hxe3 15 xg4 ż2 t
16 że2 Hxe2 17 ż4 Hxe4 18 xe4 g5 t
19 f4 b5 20 e3 że5 21 Hhe1 e6 22 Hd5
d7 23 f5 e624 Hd2 d5 25 że7 26 Hde2
żf6 27 h5 h6 28 g4 wh7 29 wbl Hd8 30
Hdl e5 31 h3 a4 32 Hed2 e4 t 33 wal b5
34 g2 a4 35 wbl b4 36 exb4 xb4 37 a3
a4 38 Hxd5 Hb8 39 Hl d2 e4 40 g3 Hb3 41
d6 e3 42 He2 exb2 43 Hd3 e4!
He3!
0 -1
84
Game 29
Proletarian's Fist
Proletarokol (oda sujt, ahova koll... )
I. Gunsberg - J. Capablan
St Petersburg 1914
Black to pl : 25...
?
85
Game 29
I. Gunsberg - J. Capablanca
St Petersburg 1 914
King s Gambit
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 żc4 f6 4 flc3 żb4 5 e5
d5 6 żb3 fle4 7 flfl c6 8 że2 żc3 9 dxc3 g5
10 fld2 żf5 1 1 e4 żxe4 12 żd2 fld7 13 c4
że7 14 cxd5 cxd5 15 żc3 0-0-0 16 e6 flf6
17 exfi żxfi 18 0-0-0 he8 19 h4 h6 20
hxg5 hxg5 21 h6 e6 22 żxf6 xf6 23
żg4t f5 24 dhl fl 25 h7 fxg2! 26 lh6
gl żt
0 -1
86
G e 30/1
A Bolting S
Egy megbo osodott csat en
A. Alekhine - J. Capablanca
St Petersburg 1914
Black to pl : 23 . .?
.
87
Game 30/1
A. Alekhine - J. Capablanca
St Petersburg 1 914
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 c6 3 żb5 d6 4 d4 exd4 5
xd4 żd7 6 c3 f6 7 0-0 że7 8 f5 ? żf5
9 exf5 0-0 10 He I?! d7 11 d5 żf6 12 c3
b6 13 xf6t żxf6 14 żc6? bxc6 15 ż
Hfe8 16że3 c5 1 7 He2 He5 1 8 Hael Hae8 19
żb7? żxf5 20 żxc7 że6! 21 żxa7 d5 22
wfl f4 23 Hd2 xg2!
żh3 t 26 we2
(See diagram)
88
G e 30/2
With I n Hand
Vasszigor
A. Alekhine - J. Capablan
St Petersburg 1914
Black to pl : 26 .?
. .
89
Game 30/2
A. Alekhine - J. Capablanca
St Petersburg 1914
Ruy Lopez
26" " " Hxe3t! 27 fxe3 żxe3 t 28 wdl żxel t
29 wc2 że4t 30 wb3? żc6 31 a4 d5 32 a5
żb5 t 33 wa3 Hb8 34 wa2 h6 35 a6 żb3t (36
wbl He8 37 He2 Hel 38 Hel He2 --+)
t
0 -1
90
G e 31
A Most Vicious Move
E folo ebb gonosz hUzas
s. Tarrasc" - J. Capablanca
St Petersburg 1914
Black to pl : 34. .?
.
91
Game 31
S. Tarrasch - J. Capablanca
St Petersburg 1914
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 ż6 3 żb5 a6 4 ża4 flf6 5 ż3
że7 6 0-0 b5 7 żb3 d6 8 a4 b4 9 d5 żg4 10
e3 Hb8 11 że4 xe4 12 d4 bxe3 13 bxe3 0-0
14 żxa6 exd4 15 exd4 b4 16 flxb4 Hxb4 17
żb5 ż 18 gx g5 19 Ha3 żf6 20 f4 fle6
21 Hh3 Hxd4 22 Wh5 h6 23 Hg3 wh8 24 Wf5
żh4 25 Hh3 Wf6 26 Wg4 żg5 27 że3 xf4 28
żxd4 xh3t 29 whl We6 30 W żd2 31 Wd3
ża5 32 że6 d5 33 Hel f4 34 We3 żd2!
Wa3 Hb8
0 -1
92
G e 32
Capa Pounces
Capa odacsap
G. Ma y - J. Capablanca
New York 1924
Black to pl : 35. .?
.
93
Game 32
G. Maroczy - J. Capablanca
New York 1924
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 ż żc6 3 żb5 a6 4 ża4 żf6 5 0-0
że7 6 że 1 b5 7 żb3 0-0 8 c3 d6 9 h3 ż5 10
żc2 c5 11 d3 flc6 12 żbd2 d5 13 ż1 dxe4
14 dxe4 że6 15 żd2 ża7 16żg5 żc4 17 że3
żd3 18 żxd3 xd3 19 żf5 h620 że3 d8 21
ż żd7 22 c2 c4 23 żxe7 t xe7 24 a4
żfd8 25 axb5 axb5 26 żee 1 e6 27 że3 żd3
28 żd2 że7 29 ż5 30 ż1 f5 31 ż g6
32 h2 g5 33 że3 ż4 34 żg3 żxe3 35
żxe3 żg2! 36 że2 ż4 37 żd2 ż 38 ż1
'
h5 39 ż żeg6 40 dl ż4 41 żd8 ż t
42 hl ż3 43 żxd3 cxd3 44 xd3 f4 45
dl żf6 46 ża8 t h7 47 d5 żg5 48 g8 t
g6 49 e8 t ż 50 c8 t 51 g 1 g3t
f7
52 f1 53 g4 t xg4 54 hxg4 g5 55
ża5 ż656żd3 xg4 57 że5 t g3
0 -1
94
G e 33
A Kn k-Out For e King
K.O. a k
R. Re - J. CapabJan
Be 1928
Black to pl : 17...
?
95
Game 33
R. Reti - J. Capablanca
Berlin 1928
Ruy Lopez
1 e4 e5 2 flc6 3 żb5 d6 4 c3 a6 5 ża4 f5
6 d4 e4 7 flg5 exd4 8 flxe4 flf69 żg5że7
1 0 żxd4 b5 11 flxf6t gxf6 12 żd5 bxa4 13
żh6żd7 140-0 żb7 15 żg7 0-0-0 16ż8
fle5 17 żdl żf3!
0 -1
96
G e 34
It's Time Shake Hands
Lehet kezet D jt i
A. Nimzowitsch - J. Capablanca
New York 1927
Black to pl : 46. . ?
.
97
Game 34
A. Nimzowitsch - J. Capablanca
New York 1927
Caro-Kann Defence
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 żf5 4 żd3 żxd3 5 xd3
e6 6 flc3 b6 7 flge2 c5 8 dxc5 żxc5 9 0-0
fle7 10 fla4 c6 11 flxc5 xc5 12 że3 c7
13 f4 flf5 '14 c3 flc6 15 żadl g6 16 g4 flxe3
17 xe3 h5 18 g5 0-0 19 fld4 b6 20 ż
żfc8 21 a3 żc7 22 żd3 fla5 23 że2 że8 24
wg2 flc6 25 żed2 żec8 26 że2 fle7 27 żed2
żc4 28 h3 wg7 29 ż a5 30 że2 flf5 31
flxf5 t gxf5 32 fJ wg6 33 żed2 że4 34 żd4
żc4 35 b5 36 wg3 żcxd4 37 cxd4 c4
38 wg2 b5 39 wgl b4 40 axb4 axb4 41 wg2
!.Wcl 42 wg3 !.Whl 43 żd3 żel 44 ż żdl 45
b3 żcl 46 że3 żn!
0 -1
98
G e 35
Disciplining the Cheeky Infantrymen
KOnnere k e t
J. Corzo y Prinzipe - J. Capablanca
Hav a 1913
Black to pl : 21 . . ?
.
99
Game 35
J. Corzo y Prinzipe - J. Capablanca
Havana 19 13
Queen s Pawn Opening
1 d4 f6 2 c4 d6 3 c3 flbd7 4 e4 e5 5 f4
exd4 6 Wxd4 flc5 7 że3 We7 8 fld5 xd5 9
exd5 żf5 10 fl g6 1 1 w Hg8 12 He 1 żg7
13 Wdl fle4 t 14 wgl w 1 5 żd4 g5 16
żxg7 t Hxg7 1 7 fld4 żd7 18 f5 We5 19 Wd3
He8 20 fle6t fxe6 21 fxe6Hxe6 22 dxe6 żc6
23 W t Wf4 24 We3 we7 25 b4 b6 26 b5 żb7
27 g3 fld2! 28 Wc3 fl t 29 w WfS 30 c5
fle5 t 31 wgl t 32 w bxc5 33 Wa5 fle5 t
34 wgl W 35 Wxc7 t wf636Wxd6Wxhl t 37
w 'lYxh2t
0 -1
100
G e 36
Tactic Is the Spice of Chess
A taktika a sakkjatek sava-borsa
F. Dus-Choti rsky - J. Capablanca
St Petersburg 1913
Black to pl : 15 . .?
.
101
Game 36
F. Dus-Chotimirsky - J. Capablanca
St Petersburg 1913
Queen s P n Opening
1 d4 d5 2 żf6 3 żf4 c5 4 c3 b6 5 c2
cxd4 6 cxd4 żc6 7 żc3 żd7 8 e3 c8 9 c 1
e6 1 0 że2 że7 11 0-0 0-0 12 1 a5 13
żd2 a6 14 żb3 b4 15 żc5 żxd4! 16 exd4
żxc5 17 a3 xd4 18 żg3 że7 19 cd1 1M'b6
20 że5 żc6 21 d3 żd7 22 3 f5 23 żf4 d4
24 a2 f6 25 żg5 dxc3 26 żf6 żd5 27
xd5 exd5 28 że7 cxb2 29 żd3 c1 30 żb4
a5 31 żxf5 axb4 32 żxh7 t w 33 t f6
34 axb4 b5
0-1
102
G e 37
Petit Combinaison
Kiskombinaci6
E. Bogoljubov - J. Capablanca
New York 1924
Black to pl : 31...
?
103
Game 37
E. Bogoljubov - J. Capabl anca
New York 1924
Queen s P n Opening
1 d4 ili6 2 d5 3 e3 e6 4 żd3 c5 5 b3 c6
e7 9 e5 cxd4
6 0-0 żd6 7 żb2 0-0 8 bd2 }
10 exd4 ża3 11 żxa3 } 12 d żd7 13
xa3
xc6 żc6 14 } Hac8 15 c3 a6 16 e5
d2
żb5 17 żxd3 18 tflxd3 Hc7 19 Hac 1 Hfc8
20 Hc2 e8 21 Hfc1 d6 22 e5 } 23 a4
a5
} xb3 25 c5 b6 26lTh2 }
b6 24 d3 } a7 27
}
e 1 b6 28 d3 Hc4 29 a5 bxa5 30 żc5 żb5
31 He2 d4! ! 32 cxd4 H8xc5
0- 1
104
G e 38/1
More Than Enough Compensation
T obb, m t elegendo ellene ek
F. Marshall - J. Capablanca
New York 1927
Black to pl : 24 ?
...
105
Game 38/1
Marshall - J. Capablanca
New York 1927
Queen s P n Opening
1 d4 ż6 2 ż e6 3 żg5 c5 4 c3 @b6 5 @c2

cxd4 6 żd4 żc6 7 e3 d5 8 żd2 żd7 9 ill
że4 10 żf4 f6 11 żd3 e5 12 żxe4 dxe4 13
@xe4 0-0-0 14 żg3 exd4 15 0 -0 dxe3 16a4
He8 17 @d3 ex t 18 whl @e3 19 @dl żg4
20 Hx h5 21 @fl ż 22 Hx @e2 23 @g 1
h4 24 Hel hxg3! 25 Hxe2 Hxe2 26Hxg3 żd6
27 @fl Hhe8 28 @f5 t wb8 29 H H8e5 30
@d3 Hel t 31 Hfl Hd5 32 @ że5 33 @
Hxfl t 34 @xfl
(See diagram)
106
G e 38/2
Never Underestima a Knight!
Soha ne becs lj le e lovat!
F. Marshall - J. Capablanca
New York 1927
Black to pl : 34. .?
.
1
Game 38/2
F. Marshall- J. Capablan
New York 1 927
Queenż' P n Opening
34... żg4! !
0 - 1
108
G e 39
Winning a R k In an Insolent Manner
Arcatl bas yeres
o. Bernstein - J. Capablanca
Moscow 1914
Black to pl : 29. . ?
.
109
Game 39
O. Bernstein - J. Capablan
Moscow 1914
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 c3 ff6 4 f3 e7 5 g5
0-0 6 e3 bd7 7 He 1 b6 8 cxd5 exd5 9 a4
żb7 10 a6 ża6 11 xa6 c5 12 żf6 f6
13 dxc5 bxc5 14 0-0 b6 15 e2 c4 16 Hfd 1
Hfd8 17 d4 b4 18 b3 Hac8 19 bxc4 dxc4
20 Hc2 żxc3 21 Hxc3 d5 22 Hc2 c3 23
Hdcl Hc5 24 b3 Hc6 25 d4 Hc7 26 b5
Hc5 27 xc3 c3 28 Hxc3 Hxc3 29 Hxc3
b2!
0-1
110
Game 40
A Sac G s Bang
E aIdozat eldordul
v. Ala ev - J. Capablanca
Moscow 1935
Black to pl : 22...
?
111
Game 40
V. Alatortsev - J. Capablan
Moscow 1935
Queen s Gambit
1 d4 ż6 2 c4 e6 3 żc3 d5 4 żg5 że7 5 e3
0-0 6 cxd5 żxd5 7 żxe7 xe7 8 żxc3 9
bxc3 b6 10 że2 żb7 11 0-0 c5 12 że5 żc6
13 żxc6 żxc6 14 żf3 Hac8 15 a4 cxd4 16
cxd4 g6 17 żxc6 Hxc6 18 d3 7 19 Hfb 1
Hfc8 20 h3 a6 21 a3 Hc2 22 d6 Hxf2!
g3 He2
0 -1
112
G e 41
Swapping Down To a Won Ending
Lebonyolitas nyert ve atekra
A. Alekhine - J. Capablanca
New York 1927
Black to pl : 30. . ?
.
113
Game 41
A. Alekhine - J. Capablan
New York 1927
Queen s Indian Defence
1 d4 ż6 2 c4 e6 3 fl b6 4 g3 żb7 5 żg2
c5 ?! 6 d5! exd5 7.flh4 g6 8 flc3 żg7 9 0-0
0-0 10 żf4 d6 11 cxd5 flh5 12 żd2 fld7 13
f4? a6 14 żf3? flhf6 15 a4 c4 16 że3 c7 17
g4 flc5 18 g5 żd7 19 f5 Hfe8 20 żf4 że5 21
żg4 flb3 22 g6 hxg6 23 Hb1 żxc3! 24
bxc3 c5 t 25 e3 fle5 26 ż fld3! 27 whl
żxd5 28 Hxb3 f4 29 Hb1 Hxe3 30 flg2
Hxf3!
żxf3 34 x xg5 35 Hel' Hxe1 t 36 Wxe 1
gl t 37 wd2 xh2t 38 wc1 e5 39 wb2 wg7
40 fl b5 41 !Wb6 bxa4 42 xa6 e2t
0- 1
114
G e 42
Entangled In a Mating Net
Ma aI6ba gabalyodva
E. Bogoljubov - J. Capablan
Bad ssingen 1928
Black to pl : 4 J . .?
.
115
Game 42
E. Bogoljubov - J. Capablan
Bad Kissingen 1928
Queen s Indian Defence
1 d4 flf6 2 c4 e6 3 fl b6 4 flc3 żb7 5 żg5
że7 6 e3 fle4 7 że7 xe7 8 flxe4 żxe4 9
fld2 żb7 10 że2 g5 11 ż żx 12 x
flc6 13 g3 'tWxg3 14 hxg3 we7 15 g4 h6 16
a3 a6 17 we2 b8 18 fle4 b5 19 c5 d5 ! 20
cxd6 t cxd6 21 f4? c8 22 f5 ? fla5 23 wd3
flc4 24 abl d5 ! 25 flc3 c6 26 e6 e6 27
g5 hxg5 28 5 wf6 29 3 ac8 30 fle2 a5 !
31 t wg6 32 g4 fld6 33 flc3 b4 34 axb4
axb4 35 fldl c2 36 b3 37 al fle4 38
e2 8c6! 39 bl e5 ! 40 al 6c4 41 a5
flc5t !
0 -1
116
G e 43
Magic S e
ds
Taltos p p
F. Marshall - J. Capablan
New York 1931
Black to pl : 22. . ?
.
117
Game 43
F. Marshall - J. Capablan
New York 1 931
Queen s Indian Defence
1 ż żf6 2 d4 e6 3 e4 b6 4 g3 żb7 5 żg2
żb4 t 6 żd2 żxd2t 7 żbxd2 0-0 8 0-0 e5 9
dxe5 bxe5 1 0 Hel że7 11 żb3 d6 12 żd2
że6 1 3 Hfdl Hfd8 14 ż4 a5 15 a4 Hab8 16
He3 ża8 17 h3 żb4 1 8 ża8 Hxa8 19 żf4
że6 20 H Hd7 21 g4 żxa4 22 Hxd6 żbd5 !
23 że5 Hxd6 24 żxd6 że4 25 że5 żxe4 26
Hd3 a4 27 żef6 28 ż2 że 1 t 29 w h6 30
f4 e4 31 Hd4 e3 32 bxe3 a3 33 g5 a2 34 żb3
żxe3 35 gxf6 żxb3 36 Hdl żxdl
0 -1
118
G e 44
Annoyingly Wi y
Bossz t6 szellemes
J. Enevoldsen - J. Capablanca
Buenos Aires 1939
Black to pl : 31 . .?
.
119
Game 44
J. Enevoldsen - J. Capablanca
Buenos Aires 1939
Nimzo-Indian Defence
1 d4 ż6 2 c4 e6 3 flc3 żb4 4 c2 0-0 5 a3
żxc3t 6 xc3 d6 7 g3 e7 8 żg2 e5 9 d5 a5
10 b3 flbd7 11 fl flc5 12 fld2 żf5 13 0-0
flfe4 14 flxe4 że4 15 żg6 16 że3 b6 17
b4 fld7 18 Hfc 1 axb4 19 axb4 f5 20 f4 exf4
21 gxf4 flf6 22 h3 Hxal 23 Hxal He8 24 Ha3
żh5 25 c2 fle4 26 żd4 h4 27 e3 e 1 t 28
wh2 ż 29 Ha2 He7 30 a4 w 31 as
fld2!
flx t 35 wg3 flxd4
0-1
120
G e 45
A Fine Finish
Cs os befejezes
Ed Lasker - J. Capablan
L e Hopatcong 1926
Black to pl : 32 . . ?
.
121
Game 45
Ed Lasker - J. Capablanca
Lake Hopatcong 1926
English Opening
1 d4 flf6 2 fl e6 3 g3 c5 4 c4 cxd4 5 d4
d5 6 żg2 e5 7 fl .e4 8 flfd2 dxc4 9 ża4 t
żd7 10 żxc4 e3 11 fxe3 żc6 12 0-0 żxg2 13
wxg2 że7 14 flc3 0-0 15 fl flbd7 16 e4
żc8 17 !MJ5 a6 18 żf5 żc5 19 żf4 żc4 20
że3 żc5 21 fld2 żb4 22 b3 że7 23 a3 że3
24 żxe3 żb6 25 żad 1 że6 26 b4 żc8 27 żd4
żd6 28 fld5 flxd5 29 exd5 żxe2t 30 wgl
flf6 31 flb3 żxd5 32 ż żxdl !
żxd l t 34 wg2 flg4 35 żb6 h5 36 flc5 że8!
0 -1
122
Index of Opponents
Numbers refer to games. A bold number
indicates that Capablanca was White.
Alatortsev 40 Lasker, Ed 45
Alekhine 13, 21, 30 , 41 Lasker, Em. 19
Alexander 26 Maroczy 32
Benyon 2 Marshall 5, 38, 43
Bemstein 6, 39 Matisons 23
Blackbume 10 Michelsen 4
Blanco 12 Mieses 28
Bogoljubov 37, 42 Morris 1
Chajes 9 Nirnzowitsch 27, 34
Colle 25
Reti 14, 33
Corzo y Prinzipe 35 Scott 18
Dus-Chotimirsky 8, 36 Spielmann 15, 22
Enevoldsen 44 Tarrasch 31
F onaroff 11 Tennenwurzel 7
Gunsberg 29 Wolbrecht 3
Jaffe 16 Zubarev 20
J anovski 17, 24
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Index of Openings
Numbers refer to games. A bold number indi
cates that Capablanca was White.
Caro-Kann Defence 34
English Opening 24-26, 45
French Defence 12-14
King's Gambit 29
Middle Gambit 28
Ni zo-Indian Defence 23, 44
Petroff Defence 3-4
Queen's Gambit 16-22, 39-40
Queen's Indian Defence 41 -43
Queen's Pawn Opening 15
Ruy Lopez (Spanish) 5-11, 30-33
Sicilian Defence 1-2, 27
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Symbols
Check
t
, tt Double check
# Checkmate
Good move
! ! Excellent move
? Bad move
?? Blunder
! ? Interesting move
?! Dubious move
+- Winning advantage for White
-+ Winning advantage for Black
1-0 White wins
0-1 Black wins
125
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