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| Jan-31-11 | | Llawdogg: 34 ... Kh5? pinned Capa's own rook to his king for no apparent reason and delayed checkmate by a move while he removed the pin. Kg7 would have been better. Still, a fantastic game with great rooks and bishops slashing through the white position. Amazing play by a thirteen year old! |
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| Apr-30-12 | | optimal play: A thirteen year old Capablanca introduces a new line into the French defence and comes up with this remarkable win. That's Capablanca Gold! btw the game heading has Juan Corzo but the post by <Karpova> indicates it should be his brother Enrique Corzo. |
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| Dec-17-12 | | 12.12.12: capa's first french in this db |
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| Dec-17-12 | | Wyatt Gwyon: surprised capa didn't play more french with this early success. maybe he did and it just wasn't recorded.... |
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| Dec-18-12 | | Shams: <optimal play> <A thirteen year old Capablanca introduces a new line into the French defence> Is this really the first Fort Knox? |
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Dec-18-12
 | | perfidious: <Shams> In this DB at least, that looks to be the case: Opening Explorer. |
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| Dec-18-12 | | Wyatt Gwyon: Cyrus Lakdawala states in "capablanca move by move" that it is indeed the very first Fort Knox. |
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Jul-26-14
 | | yiotta: 25...Ba8! Excellent. |
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Nov-20-14
 | | FSR: There was no gold in Fort Knox until 35 years after this game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United... |
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Nov-20-14
 | | maxi: I remember the tremendous impression this game made on me when I first saw it. |
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Dec-02-15
 | | Domdaniel: The Fort Knox should really be named after Capablanca. |
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| Feb-09-17 | | heyRick: Capablanca's style used to convince me that learning how to play a decent game of chess couldn't possibly be as difficult as my father made it out to be. Roman |
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| Apr-21-18 | | AlbertoDominguez: According to every other source I've seen (Edward Winter, Hooper & Brandreth's The Unknown Capablanc, Reinfeld's The Immortal Capablanca, Panov's book, Linder's recent book on Capa, Lakdawala's Move by Move book, and the Chess Stars collection of Capa's games), White in this game was not E. Corzo, but his brother J. Corzo. |
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Apr-21-18
 | | Stonehenge: See Karpova's post. |
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| Aug-30-18 | | romancitog: Sweet game. I wonder why the French Defense has gone out of fashion the way it has. I really don't see it being played that often by GM's. |
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| Aug-30-18 | | Dr Winston OBoogie: I had to let the engine take a look because of 22..Rf8 when I thought Rg8 looked better. I was of course wrong :)
click for larger viewAmazing how accurate black is, it's a mate in 11 from here. He did play RxN here when Rxa2 was much better
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Aug-30-18
| | maxi: Same difference, 32...R2xg5 is a mate in 14; 32...Rxa2 is a mate in 10. Both are mates, mate. It is amazing how computer-like young Capablanca's playing is. And how he avoids the "natural" moves. |
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Aug-30-18
| | perfidious: If it is 'same difference', then why bother posting over it? |
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Aug-30-18
 | | beatgiant: <maxi>
I don't see the quick mate if White plays <34. h4>. What am I missing? |
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Aug-30-18
| | maxi: I don't agree that in practical play you can say that a move "was much better" because it was a mate in 10 and not in 14. |
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Aug-30-18
| | maxi: It is great to see you <beatgiant> after so many years! My guess is that you went for 32...R2xg5 33.fxg5+ Rxg5. Try 33...Kh5! |
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Aug-30-18
| | beatgiant: <maxi>
I'm just following the <computer-like young Capablanca>, who did play 33...Rxg5 instead of 33...Kh5.But suppose 33...Kh5 34. Kg2, I still don't see a quick mate. |
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Aug-30-18
| | maxi: The shortest line is: 32.Ng5 R2xg5 33.fxg5+ Kh5 34.Kg2 exd5 35.Kf3 d4+ 36.Ke2 Be4 37.h4 Kxh4 38.a3 Rxg5 39.Rf8 Rg2+ 40.Kf1 Ra2 41.Ke1 Bd3 42.Rh8+ Kg5 43.Rg8+ Kh6 44.Rh8+ Kg7 45.Rg8+ Kxg8 46.a4 Ra1# |
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Aug-30-18
| | maxi: This was friendly game with a 13 year old Capablanca. I am sure he could have calculated the whole line, but taking the knight should have resulted in immediate resignation. For some reason Enrique Corzo did not resign, but Black's position is overwhelming. My point had nothing to do with all of this, but only that in practical play a mate is a mate, even if it takes longer. Incidentally, Capa once discussed what was the best move when you have a decisive advantage, and he wrote that the best move is the one that forces the fastest resignation. |
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May-21-22
 | | kingscrusher: Amazing casual game at such a young age to play this strongly. Capablanca was indeed a true genius. |
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