Merenyi – Capablanca Merenyi Capablanca Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1928.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Budapest Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "?"] [Date "1928.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Merenyi"] [Black "Capablanca"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5+ {This is weak since White's bishop is would be a good piece after the pawn center clarified.} Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 {Taking advantage of White's exposed knight to gain a strong center pawn.} 10.Nb5 Kd7 {10...Na6 would misplace the knight, while now it is White's knight which is misplaced.} 11.Ke2 Kc6 12.a4 Nd7 13.Be3 a6 14.Rd1 Ngf6 15.Nd2 Rd8 16.Na3 {White begins to retreat and Black's edge in piece activity will increase with every piece.} Nd5 17.Ndc4 b6 18.Rd2 Bxa3 19.Rxa3 {19.Nxa3 Nxe3 20.Kxe3 Nc5 And Black keeps the advantage because of his more active pieces and White's weak a-pawn.} Rhe8 20.Nd6 Re7 {Black meets White's hopeful tactics by simple consolidation.} 21.c4 Nxe3 22.fxe3 {22.Kxe3 Nf6 23.Ne4 Ng4+ 24.Kf3 Nxh2+ 25.Kg3 Nf1+} Nc5 23.Ne4 Rxd2+ 24.Nxd2 a5 {Black's edge is now clear across the whole board: White has weaknesses on c4, a4, e3 and g2, and Black's pieces are all more active than their counter- parts.} 25.Nb1 Rd7 26.Nd2 e4 27.Nb3 Nd3 28.Nd4+ Kc5 29.b3 f5 30.Ra1 Rxd4 {The e3 pawn was the key to White's keeping Black's king and pawns at bay; now White is overrun.} 31.exd4+ Kxd4 32.g3 {32.h4 f4} g5 33.b4 f4 34.c5 f3+ 35.Kf1 e3 36.Re1 bxc5 37.Rxe3 Kxe3 38.bxa5 c4 {White will promote first, but Black will promote with mate.} 0-1 [Event "Budapest"] [Site "?"] [Date "1928.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Merenyi"] [Black "Capablanca"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 d5 4.Bb5+ {This is weak since White's bishop is would be a good piece after the pawn center clarified.} Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 {Taking advantage of White's exposed knight to gain a strong center pawn.} 10.Nb5 Kd7 {10...Na6 would misplace the knight, while now it is White's knight which is misplaced.} 11.Ke2 Kc6 12.a4 Nd7 13.Be3 a6 14.Rd1 Ngf6 15.Nd2 Rd8 16.Na3 {White begins to retreat and Black's edge in piece activity will increase with every piece.} Nd5 17.Ndc4 b6 18.Rd2 Bxa3 19.Rxa3 {19.Nxa3 Nxe3 20.Kxe3 Nc5 And Black keeps the advantage because of his more active pieces and White's weak a-pawn.} Rhe8 20.Nd6 Re7 {Black meets White's hopeful tactics by simple consolidation.} 21.c4 Nxe3 22.fxe3 {22.Kxe3 Nf6 23.Ne4 Ng4+ 24.Kf3 Nxh2+ 25.Kg3 Nf1+} Nc5 23.Ne4 Rxd2+ 24.Nxd2 a5 {Black's edge is now clear across the whole board: White has weaknesses on c4, a4, e3 and g2, and Black's pieces are all more active than their counter- parts.} 25.Nb1 Rd7 26.Nd2 e4 27.Nb3 Nd3 28.Nd4+ Kc5 29.b3 f5 30.Ra1 Rxd4 {The e3 pawn was the key to White's keeping Black's king and pawns at bay; now White is overrun.} 31.exd4+ Kxd4 32.g3 {32.h4 f4} g5 33.b4 f4 34.c5 f3+ 35.Kf1 e3 36.Re1 bxc5 37.Rxe3 Kxe3 38.bxa5 c4 {White will promote first, but Black will promote with mate.} 0-1 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.