1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.O-O {The development is now complete. White has a lone d Pawn, but, on the otherhand, Black is somewhat hampered in the manoeuvering of his pieces.}
14... Rac8 15.Ne5 Bb5 {With this move and the following, Black brings about an exchange of pieces, which leaves him with a free game.}
16.Rfe1 Nbd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qb3 Bc6 {Not Ba6 because of Nd7, followed by Nc5.}
20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Ne2 {Probably White's first mistake. He wants to take a good defensive position, but he should instead have counter-attacked with Na4 and Rc5.}
23... Rd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 {Black has now the open file and his left side Pawn position is very solid, while White has a weak d-Pawn. The apparently weak Black a Pawn is not actually weak because White has no way to attack it.}
25.Qd2 Nf5 26.b3 {In order to free the Queen from the defense of the b-Pawn and also to prevent Rc4 at any stage.}
26... h5 { In order to prevent g4 at a later stage. Also to make a demonstration on the king’s side, prepatory to further operations on the other side.}
27.h3 {Weak, but White wants to be ready to play g4.}
27... h4 {To tie up White's King side. Later on it will be seen that White is compelled to play g4 and thus further weaken his game.}
28.Qd3 Rc6 29.Kf1 g6 30.Qb1 Qb4 31.Kg1 {This was White's sealed move. It was not the best move, but it is doubtful if White has any good system of defense.}
31... a5 32.Qb2 a4 {Now Black exchanges the pawn and leaves White with a weak, isolated b-Pawn, which will fall sooner or later.}
33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2 axb3 35.axb3 Rb6 {In order to force Rd3 and thus prevent the White rook from supporting his b-Pawn by Rb2 later on. It means practically tying up the White rook to the defense of his two weak pawns. }
36.Rd3 Ra6 37.g4 hxg3 38.fxg3 Ra2 39.Nc3 Rc2 40.Nd1 {The alternative Na4, was not any better. White’s game is doomed.}
40... Ne7 41.Nc3 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.Nd1 Rb1 {Not Nb4 because of 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Nb2 Rxb2 46.Rxb2 Nd3+ 47.Ke2 Nxb2 48.Kd2, and Black could not win. }
44.Ke2 {Not a mistake, but played deliberately. White had no way to protect his b-Pawn.}
44... Rxb3 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Nc3 Ne7 47.Ne2 Nf5+ 48.Kf2 g5 49.g4 Nd6 50.Ng1 Ne4+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Kg2 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+ 54.Ke1 Ra2 {All these moves have a meaning. The student should carefully study them.}
55.Kf1 Kg7 56.Re3 Kg6 57.Rd3 f6 58.Re3 Kf7 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Re3 Kd6 61.Rd3 Rf2+ 62.Ke1 Rg2 63.Kf1 Ra2 64.Re3 e5 {This was my sealed move and unquestionably the best way to win.}
65.Rd3 {If 65.Ne2 Nd2+ 66.Kf2 e4 67.Rc3 Nf3 68.Ke3 Ne1 69.Kf2 Ng2. and White would be helpless. If 65.Nf3 Nd2+ exchanging knights wins.}
65... exd4 66.Rxd4 Kc5 67.Rd1 d4 68.Rc1+ Kd5 {There is nothing left. The Black pawn will advance and White will have to give up his Knight for it. This is the finest win of the match and probably took away from Dr. Lasker his last real hope of winning or drawing the match.} 0-1
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[White "Tiu, B."]
[Black "Sol Cruz, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Bf5 9. a3 a6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 1/2-1/2
[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D59 - QGD Tatakower Variation"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O Na6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ne2 a4 20. Rfd1 Qd6 21. Rd2 Be6 22. h3 Rc7 23. Nf4 c4 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25.Ne2 a3 26. bxa3 Bf5 27. Nc3 Rcd7 28.Rd4 Kf8 29. f3 Ke7 30. Rcd1 Be6 31. Rb1 Ra6 32. a4 Kd6 33. Kf2 Kc5 34. Rd2 Ra5 35. Ke2 Bf5 36. e4 dxe4 37.fxe4 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Bd7 39. Rb7 Kc6 40. Rb8 Kc5 41. Rf8 Be6 42. Rb8 Bd7 43. Rb7 Kc6 44. Rb2 Kc5 45. Ke3 Ra7 46. Rd2 Bc6 47. g4 Rb7 48. Rf2 Rd7 49. Rd2 Rb7 50. h4 f6 1/2-1/2
[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D59 QGD Tartakower Exhange"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 d4 21. f4 Qe7 22. e5 Rb8 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. b3 a5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc7 32. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8 37. Qe4 Nf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8 41. Qf4 1-0
[Event "WCH"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1921.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D61"]
1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.O-O
{The development is now complete. White has a lone d Pawn, but, on
the otherhand, Black is somewhat hampered in the manoeuvering
of his pieces.}
14... Rac8 15.Ne5 Bb5
{With this move and the following, Black brings about an exchange of pieces, which leaves him with a free game.}
16.Rfe1 Nbd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qb3 Bc6
{Not Ba6 because of Nd7, followed by Nc5.}
20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Ne2
{Probably White's first mistake. He wants to take a good defensive
position, but he should instead have counter-attacked with Na4
and Rc5.}
23... Rd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5
{Black has now the open file and
his left side Pawn position is very solid, while White has a weak d-Pawn. The apparently weak Black a Pawn is not actually weak because White has no way to attack it.}
25.Qd2 Nf5 26.b3
{In order to free the Queen from the defense of the b-Pawn and
also to prevent Rc4 at any stage.}
26... h5
{ In order to prevent g4 at a later stage. Also to make a demonstration on the king’s side, prepatory to further operations on the other side.}
27.h3
{Weak, but White wants to be ready to play g4.}
27... h4
{To tie up White's King side. Later on it will be seen that White is compelled to play g4 and thus further weaken his game.}
28.Qd3 Rc6 29.Kf1 g6 30.Qb1 Qb4 31.Kg1
{This was White's sealed move. It was not the best move, but it is doubtful if White has any good system of defense.}
31... a5 32.Qb2 a4
{Now Black exchanges the pawn and leaves White with a weak, isolated b-Pawn, which will fall sooner or later.}
33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2 axb3 35.axb3 Rb6
{In order to force Rd3 and thus prevent the White rook from supporting his b-Pawn by Rb2 later on. It means practically tying up the White rook to the defense of his two weak pawns. }
36.Rd3 Ra6 37.g4 hxg3 38.fxg3 Ra2 39.Nc3 Rc2 40.Nd1
{The alternative Na4, was not any better. White’s game is doomed.}
40... Ne7 41.Nc3 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.Nd1 Rb1
{Not Nb4 because of 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Nb2 Rxb2 46.Rxb2 Nd3+ 47.Ke2 Nxb2 48.Kd2, and Black could not win. }
44.Ke2
{Not a mistake, but played deliberately. White had no way to protect his b-Pawn.}
44... Rxb3 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Nc3 Ne7 47.Ne2 Nf5+ 48.Kf2 g5 49.g4 Nd6 50.Ng1 Ne4+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Kg2 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+ 54.Ke1 Ra2
{All these moves have a meaning. The student should carefully study them.}
55.Kf1 Kg7 56.Re3 Kg6 57.Rd3 f6 58.Re3 Kf7 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Re3 Kd6 61.Rd3 Rf2+ 62.Ke1 Rg2 63.Kf1 Ra2 64.Re3 e5
{This was my sealed move and unquestionably the best way to win.}
65.Rd3
{If 65.Ne2 Nd2+ 66.Kf2 e4 67.Rc3 Nf3 68.Ke3 Ne1 69.Kf2 Ng2. and White would be helpless. If 65.Nf3 Nd2+ exchanging knights wins.}
65... exd4 66.Rxd4 Kc5 67.Rd1 d4 68.Rc1+ Kd5
{There is nothing left. The Black pawn will advance and White will have to give up his Knight for it. This is the finest win of the match and probably took away from Dr. Lasker his last real hope of winning or drawing the match.} 0-1
[Event "Zurich"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D67"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5 13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N3xd4 Ne5 16.Bb3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qb6 18.Qd6 Ned7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Qg3 g6 21.Qg5 Kh8 22.Nd6 Kg7 23.e4 Ng8 24.Rd3 f6 25.Nf5+ Kh8 26.Qxg6 1-0
[Event "Ch World"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia"]
[Date "1894.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "D37"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Ke2 Bd7 13. Bb3 Rac8 14. Bb2 a5 15. b5 Ne7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. a4 Bc7 18. Nc4 Bd7 19. Rac1 Ned5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. e4 fxe5 24.exd5 Kf7 25. Rhd1 Ke7 26. d6+ Kf6 27. Ke3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Bc2 Kf7 31. Bxh7 g6 32. Ke4 Kf6 33. g4 g5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Be4 Ke8 36. h4 Kd7 37. h5 Ke8 38. Ke3 1-0
[Event "Ch World (match)"]
[Site "New York/Philadelfia (USA)"]
[Date "1894.01.16"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "D37"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Rfd1 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Be4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rb6 21. c4 f5 22. Bc2 Qf6 23. c5 Rc6 24. Rab1 Nh4 25. Qe3 Rc7 26. f4 Ng6 27. Bb3 Re7 28. a4 Rd8 29. a5 a6 30. Ba4 Qh4 31. g3 Qg4 32. Rd2 Nf8 33. Bd1 Qg6 34. d5 Rf7 35. d6 Qf6 36. Rdb2 g5 37. Rxb7 gxf4 38. Rxf7 Qxf7 39. gxf4 Qg7+ 40. Kh1 Ng6 41. Qxe6+ Kh8 42. Qe3 Rg8 43. Bf3 Nh4 44. Bd5 1-0
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