| Jul-15-07 | | Fast Gun: This game appears in The Unknown Capablanca, by Hooper and Brandreth (Batsford Books 1974) This was probably the first encounter between these two players:
The book criticises Reti's 24th move a6 and suggested a5 instead, because after Capablanca's next move 25.b4! he
had the makings of a 2-1 queenside pawn majority in the endgame:
Also Move 31 Kf8? is given as an error
and recommend the following line as being sufficient for a draw
31.b6 Rb4!
32.f3 Bd5
33.Rc8+ Kh7
34.Rd8
It is instructive to see just exactly how Capablanca is able to win this ending with little material on the board, and finally at the end of the game
50.Kf2 1-O
If d5
51.Ra5+ wins, but not
50.Kf2 d5
51.Rxd4? Rxd4
52.Bxd4 g4!
With a draw |
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| Sep-27-09 | | pericles of athens: i can't believe anyone would attempt to play the ruy lopez as black against capablanca. seems like the french or the sicilian would have better luck. who knows tho. |
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| Sep-29-09 | | pericles of athens: i know capablanca was young in this match but i'm not sure about reti. either way, reti's 15th move is puzzling (when he takes the pawn with his bishop). If he takes the pawn with his queen bishop pawn, then he undoubles his bishopfile pawns and evens things up a bit, right? or am i missing something? i don't understand it at all. |
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Sep-29-09
 | | maxi: Hi, Pericles. After 15...cxd6 follows 16.♗xc5 and Black is thoroughly screwed. |
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| Sep-30-09 | | Calli: "am i missing something?"
Yes, try it out on the board, play 15...cxd6. What will White play ? Hint: White can win a pawn after cxd |
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| Mar-11-11 | | Bryan14: Why not 25.BXC5 ? |
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Mar-11-11
 | | Sastre: <Bryan14: Why not 25.BXC5 ?> 25...Bc2 26.Rf1 dxc5  . |
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| Mar-11-11 | | BobCrisp: <Why not 25.Bxc5 ?> 25...Bc2 wins. White has a back rank weakness of his own. |
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| Oct-25-14 | | Albion 1959: This game should have (but did not) featured in Capablanca's Best Chess Endings.(Oxford 1978)One of many good wins achieved by Capablanca that rarely ever get to see the light of day!! |
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Apr-26-18
 | | mifralu: Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung, March 29, 1914, p.207: <9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nd4 Ne6>
and Black resigned after <48. Kxg3> http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... |
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| Apr-26-18 | | Retireborn: <mifralu> Very interesting - are those Schlechter's annotations? I wonder if there's a record of him witnessing the game. The present score/move order derives from Capa himself (in Capablanca-magazine according Winter's book.) That's not to say he remembered it correctly, but awkward to argue with the man himself. I do not understand why this game has been labelled rd 2 by the way. |
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Feb-12-19
| | mifralu: Photo Capablanca - Réti
http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... |
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Feb-12-19
 | | Penguincw: Ah, one of those rare games with 2 en passant. (15.exd6, 47...fxg3) |
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Feb-12-19
 | | Sally Simpson: ***
Hi Penguin,
Some more here:
Game Collection: Two or More En-Passant Captures and there is...
1. a4 Nf6 2. a5 b5 3. axb6 Ng8 4. b4 Nf6 5. b5 a5 6. bxa6 Ng8 7. c4 Nf6 8. c5 d5 9. cxd6 Ng8 10. d4 Nf6 11. d5 c5 12. dxc6 Ng8 13. e4 Ra7 14. e5 f5 15. exf6 Ra8 16. f4 Ra7 17. f5 e5 18. fxe6 Ra8 19. g4 Ra7 20. g5 h5 21. gxh6 Ra8 22. h3 Ra7 23. h4 Ra8 24. h5 g5 25. hxg6 Giving us this position after 8 en passant captures. 
click for larger view(there should be a page where we can post odd games like this.) White is threatening mate in one, but it is Black's move. So from here you have to find the Help Mate in 4. (Black goes first and helps White to mate him on White's 4th move. ) Stipulation:
You are not allowed to move any of those pawns, nor is Black allowed to take any. Apart from that they are normal pawns (they still attack the 7th.)
So the King cannot move. Two solutions.
Clue: The g1 Knight can get to g7 in four moves. *** |
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Feb-12-19
| | Penguincw: <Sally Simpson: Some more here: Game Collection: Two or More En-Passant Captures > Thanks for those, but you know, it's more fun to search them yourself. :) ---
< White is threatening mate in one, but it is Black's move.So from here you have to find the Help Mate in 4. > Given your clue, I'm guessing the solution is something along the lines of 1...Nd7 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Nd4 Nf8 4.Nf5 Bb7 5.Nxg7# 1-0. ---
< (there should be a page where we can post odd games like this.) > Heh...
Anyway, I remember coming across a puzzle something like this, many years ago. 
click for larger viewMate in 3. Could never figure it out. |
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Feb-12-19
| | Sally Simpson: Hi Penguin,
Your solution makes it three solutions. (but I forgot to add White does not make any captures...but your idea is sound. The f8 Bishop goes to e7 and b8 Knight hops to f8 then Black plays Ra7.)
click for larger view25... Rh7 26. Nh3 Be7 27. Nf4 Rf7 28. Nh5 Rf8 29. Ng7 
click for larger viewBlack also get the a8 Rook to f8.
Your problem reminds me of a Lord Dunsany problem but I think the King is on h4. This position.
click for larger viewIf you have a computer run it over this and see how it evaluates it.
Be interesting to see what one of these super-duper thinks. AylerKupp may be able to help. |
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| Aug-26-23 | | Albion 1959: Curious as to why they only played eight times. Reti died in 1929. They could have faced each other again in the 1930's had Reti not died. They were both active in tournaments in the 1920's, but only seven times face-to-face over the board. Not enough, I am sure they would have played even more interesting games: |
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Aug-26-23
 | | perfidious: <Albion1959>, World War I caused the virtual cessation of international chess; while it is true that Capablanca and Reti both played, it will be remembered that Capa played no serious chess in 1921 apart from his match with Lasker, and only one event in 1922. The Cuban has no game listed in this DB for 1923, and the great New York tourney of 1924 was his only serious action that year. At the end of 1925, Capablanca played in Moscow, as did all the top masters of the day save Alekhine. His only action in 1926 was at the small Lake Hopatcong tourney. In 1927, Capa played the sextangular in New York, then the title match at the end of the year. The final meetings between these players were once at Kissingen 1928 and twice in the Berlin event. In short: there were simply fewer events in those days, and Capablanca did not often play in Europe in that age before jet travel. After Carlsbad 1929, Capablanca actually played no serious chess again until 1931. Not living in Europe, he was never as active there as other top players of the day. |
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| Sep-02-23 | | Albion 1959: Another game from The Unknown Capablanca. This is not an easy book to get hold of. I have had a copy of this since 1979 ! Some of the games are top-drawer and high quality. While others, such as consultation and exhibition games are not so high. The simul games against lesser lights are understandably not high in quality. Indeed in some of these games, Capablanca's standard of play is poor and downright bad. Okay, in these games he only a had a few seconds per move and could not possibly play with the level of accuracy as he would in one-to-one game over the board. But if you do get the chance to get a copy of this book, then do so. You will not be disappointed ! |
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Sep-02-23
 | | fredthebear: Try Dover publishers: https://store.doverpublications.com... |
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Kibitzing
sac: 34.Bxb7