Capablanca – Marshall Capablanca Marshall Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1925.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Moscow Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "?"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca"] [Black "Marshall"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bb2 d4 9.e4 {White blocks the center in order to start a flank attack.} dxe3 {Black doesn't want to let White gain space on the kingside by 10.Ne1 and 11.f4, but now White's extra center pawn gives him a permanent edge there. 9...a6 10. Ne1 Rb8 Should be OK for Black.} 10.fxe3 Ng4 11.Qe2 Bf6 12.Nc3 Qa5 {The queen doesn't do anything here and Black will soon gets exposed on the kingside.} 13.Rac1 Rd8 14.h3 Nge5 15.Ne4 {The knight takes aim at Black's kingside. With his queen and queenside pieces out of play Black is hard pressed to defend the coming attack.} Qxa2 {Now Black gets crushed on the kingside, but things were bad anyway. 15...Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Bxb2 17.Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Qf8+} 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Be4 {White's whole army is aimed at Black's king and Black has only a knight to defend.} Bd7 19.Ra1 Qxb3 20.Rfb1 {Black now loses either his queen or knight. He could resign here, but the finish is amusing.} Qb4 21.Bxe5 fxe5 22.Rxb4 cxb4 23.Bxb7 Rab8 24.Rxa7 b3 25.Qb2 Ba4 26.Qxe5 Bc6 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Bxc6 b2 29.Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "?"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca"] [Black "Marshall"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bb2 d4 9.e4 {White blocks the center in order to start a flank attack.} dxe3 {Black doesn't want to let White gain space on the kingside by 10.Ne1 and 11.f4, but now White's extra center pawn gives him a permanent edge there. 9...a6 10. Ne1 Rb8 Should be OK for Black.} 10.fxe3 Ng4 11.Qe2 Bf6 12.Nc3 Qa5 {The queen doesn't do anything here and Black will soon gets exposed on the kingside.} 13.Rac1 Rd8 14.h3 Nge5 15.Ne4 {The knight takes aim at Black's kingside. With his queen and queenside pieces out of play Black is hard pressed to defend the coming attack.} Qxa2 {Now Black gets crushed on the kingside, but things were bad anyway. 15...Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Bxb2 17.Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Qf8+} 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Be4 {White's whole army is aimed at Black's king and Black has only a knight to defend.} Bd7 19.Ra1 Qxb3 20.Rfb1 {Black now loses either his queen or knight. He could resign here, but the finish is amusing.} Qb4 21.Bxe5 fxe5 22.Rxb4 cxb4 23.Bxb7 Rab8 24.Rxa7 b3 25.Qb2 Ba4 26.Qxe5 Bc6 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Bxc6 b2 29.Qe7+ 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
