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| Jan-14-04 | | Lawrence: A spectacular Capa-bility ending. |
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| Jun-04-04 | | refutor: 9.h3 seems weak to me...by opening up the g-file, white is trying to persuade capablanca not to castle kingside? |
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| Dec-14-04 | | kostich in time: After his losses to Verlinlinsky and Ilyin Zhenevsky, Capo took some daring risks to win..playing the Alekhine(the first and only Alekhine of his career!)here against the dangerous Yates, and later the Sicilian against the equally dangerous Bogarutchuck( I know, I know thats a variant spelling..I just cant remember how to spell his name!) |
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| Dec-14-04 | | akiba82: A good illustration of Silman's so called minor imbalance. Capablanca's knight being much superior to Yate's bad bishop. The latter remains on the sideline available to be picked off by an x-ray attack after White gives up his queen. |
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| Oct-19-05 | | Pawn Ambush: I have the feeling that the ALEKHINE defense would have work real well with Capablanca's ability to get opponents to over extend themselves. I wonder if he played it after 1927! |
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| Oct-19-05 | | Runemaster: Wonderful. It looks as though Yates hoped to generate an atack along the 'g' file. It's very striking, I think, how quickly White's attacking plans are completely neutralised. From about move 20 onwards, only Black has any play at all and White is planless, giving a feeling of inevitability to the result. |
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| May-18-07 | | micartouse: Black's moves 11-13 are interesting. Rather than just routinely finishing his development, Black develops a plan based on a superior minor piece. I didn't understand the moves c4, g6, and h5 at first sight, but after playing through the game I see he eliminated the pawn levers necessary to free White's king bishop. Bishop out of play! This shows how doubled pawns can be a weakness in the middlegame. 15. Bg5 looks like a blunder, but it really doesn't make a difference in the game. |
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| May-18-07 | | Whitehat1963: Monday puzzle after 38. Ka1. |
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| Aug-06-07 | | Akuni: <Micartouse> 14. Bh4 was the real blunder because after 14...Be7 White's Bishop can't be defended, can't go back to g3 because of h4 and after Bxe7 White has absolutely no play unless he wants to make a pawn break on the Queenside. So he elects to sac a pawn, and better to undouble the f-pawns than to lose the e-pawn and be left with doubled isos. |
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| Nov-02-07 | | SuperPatzer77: Why White resigns is because 39.cxb3 Rxa3+, 40. Qxb3 Rxb3+, 41. Kb1 c2+!, 42. Kb2 Ra2+!* (see Note below), 43. Kc1 (forced) Ra1+, 44. Kxc2 Ra2+ winning the White bishop. Or 39. cxb3 Rxa3+, 40. Kb1 Ra1+, 41. Kc2 Rxc1+, 42. Kxc1 Ra1+, 43. Kc2 Ra2+ winning the White bishop. *Note: 42...Ra2+!, 43. Kxa2 c1=Q, 44. Bf3 Qxf4 winning the White bishop. |
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| Nov-02-07 | | SuperPatzer77: Correction: <SuperPatzer77> Notice that I made an incorrection: <40. Qxb3 Rxb3+> -> Oops!! The correction is that 39 cxb3 Rxa3+, <40. Qxa3 Rxa3+>, 41. Kb1 c2+!, 42. Kb2 Ra2+!* (*see note below), 43. Kc1 (forced) Ra1+, 44. Kxc2 Ra2+ winning the White bishop  . Or 39. cxb3 Rxa3+, 40. Kb1 Ra1+, 41. Kc2 R8a2+ 42. Kxc3 Rxc1+ leaving Black two rooks up . *Note: 42...Ra2+!, 43. Kxa2 c1=Q, 44. Bf3 Qxf4 winning the White bishop . Forcing mate: 39. cxb3 Rxa3+, 40. Kb1 Ra1+, 41. Kc2 R8c2+, 42. Kd3 Rxc1 43. Bf3 Rd2+, 44. Ke3 Re1+, 45. Be2 Rexe2+, 46. Kf3 d4! setting up mating net, 47. Kg3 Re3+, 48. Kh4 Rf2 mates in next move . Sorry if I made an error in typing 40. Qxb3 Rxb3+. It should be 40. Qxa3 Rxa3+ - Sorry. |
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Mar-01-16
 | | Phony Benoni: Well, I'm looking at 38...Qxb3 39.cxb3 Rxa3+ 40>Qxa3 Rxa3+ 41.Kb1 c2+ 42.Kxc2 Ra2+ and 43...Rxg2. So much for innocent bystanders. Wonder if that's right? |
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Mar-01-16
 | | Penguincw: It's March! That last month felt longer than usual.
Should be a great month of chess with the Candidates tournament (say, when's the Championship). Tuesday puzzle, and it's a Capablanca puzzle, which means the solution should be a simple one. And indeed, it is. 39...Qxb3, if white doesn't take the queen, they just lost a piece. If 40.cxb3, then 40...Rxa3+, and the white queen is lost somehow or another (rather right now, or through a skewer). Since black was already up the exchange and a pawn, this looks like one of those simplification puzzles. |
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| Mar-01-16 | | agb2002: Black has a rook and a pawn for a bishop.
Black can reach a won ending with 38... Qxb3 39.cxb3 Rxa3+: A) 40.Kb1 Ra1+ 41.Kc2 Rxc1+ 42.Kxc1 Ra1+ 43.Kc2 Ra2+ 44.Kxc3 Rxg2 - + [R+P]. B) 40.Qxa3 Rxa3+ 41.Kb1 Rxb3+ - + [R+3P vs B]. |
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| Mar-01-16 | | stacase: WHAM!
Easier than yesterday. |
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| Mar-01-16 | | diagonalley: good puzzle, but requires a bit more calculation than is usual for a tuesday |
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| Mar-01-16 | | saturn2: After QxR black gets the queen back and (in forcing the reexchange Q for R) also the a pawn. This should be enough. |
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| Mar-01-16 | | Cybe: 38. Kb1 is stronger, then 38. Ka1 (Capa can not Q:b3), but Black is still much better. |
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| Mar-01-16 | | morfishine: <38...Qxb3> and Black gets a winning exchange-up endgame |
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| Mar-01-16 | | sfm: Cute little maneuvering by the queen in the last moves.
36.-,Qc4? would be answered by 37.Bc1 and matters are suddenly less clear. So first 36.-,Qc5!, forcing the white king to a2, and now 37.-,Qc4, pinning the rook. One threat is 38.-,RxP+ 29.QxR,RxQ+ 30.KxR,Qe2 and the bishop goes, and there is not really anything good to do about that. |
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| Mar-01-16 | | Once: A delicious little combination with a little sting in the tail. Black doesn't just win an exchange, he wins a whole rook. After 38...Qxb3 39. cxb3 Rxa3+ we get a parting of the ways. White is going to lose his queen, but he can choose whether to lose it immediately or a little later. It doesn't make any difference in the long run because black has a nifty trick up his sleeve. Choice #1:
40. Qxa3 Rxa3+ 41. Kb1
click for larger viewAnd now the trick is 41...c2!
If white captures the pawn then Ra2+ wins the unprotected bishop on g2. 41. Kc1 Ra1+ 42. Kxc2 Ra2+ is the same thing. After 41. Kb2 black has the pleasant choice between Ra1 and Ra2+. Choice #2:
40. Kb1 Ra1+ 41. Kc2 Rxc1 42. Kxc1 Ra1+ 43. Kc2 Ra2+
click for larger viewAnd again black wins the Bg2. |
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Mar-01-16
 | | Bubo bubo: Black, who is already up the exchange and a pawn, forces a decisive simplification and wins another pawn: 38...Qxb3 39.cxb3 Rxa3+ 40.Kb1 Ra1+. |
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| Mar-01-16 | | whiteshark: It took me a bit longer today, but finally I spotted the justifying <skewer motif> that <Once> visualized quite lively. |
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| Mar-01-16 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: Black is up by an exchange and a pawn, with white attempting to hold what's left of the flimsy king position with a last-stand defense of a3. White may be considering 39.Bf1, an attempt at active defense. Black can simplify with 38... Qxb3 39.cxb3 Rxa3+ and white must return the queen with additional losses: A.40.Kb1 Ra1+ 41.Kc2 Rxc1+ 42.Kxc1 Ra1+ 43.Kc2 Ra2+ wins white's remaining piece. B.40.Qxa3 Rxa3+ 41.Kb1 Rxb3+ is also a slaughter (exchange + 3 pawns). |
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| Mar-01-16 | | Eduardo Leon: <Once> Slightly more precise, in the 40.♔b1 ♖a1+ 41.♔c2 line, is <41...♖8a2+> 42.♔d1 ♖xc1+ 43.♔xc1 ♖xg2, keeping the c3 pawn. |
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