Nimzovitch vs Capablanca
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[Event "New York"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Nimzovitch"] [Black "Capablanca"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Bd3"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 {Too passive. White trades his good bishop for Black's bad one and, by doing so, eliminates his own attacking potential.} 4... Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Nge2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Ne7 {Black is wi lling to let White exchange his knight for the c5 bishop because this trade will leave White's bishop without any good squares.} 10. Na4 Qc6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Nf5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Rad1 g6 {Black sets a positional trap: White has been moving his pieces with no real object in mind, and Black invites him to do something apparently active on the kingside.} 16. g4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 h5 {Now White must either let the h-file be opened onto his king or give Black the f5 square.} 18. g5 O-O {Now White has no chance to open the kingside while Black has fine squares for his pieces for his pieces all over the board.} 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rf2 Rfc8 21. a3 Rc7 22. Rd3 Na5 23. Re2 Re8 24. Kg2 Nc6 25. Red2 Rec8 26. Re2 Ne7 { Black saves his knight for f5 and unleashes a brutal battery on the c- file.} 27. Red2 Rc4 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. Rf2 a5 30. Re2 Nf5 {Now Black will allow the exchange of knights because the trade will leave White tied to the defense of f4.} 31. Nxf5+ gxf5 32. Qf3 {32.Qxh5 Rh8 33.Qf3 Rh4 And the f4 pawn must fall.} 32... Kg6 33. Red2 Re4 34. Rd4 Rc4 35. Qf2 Qb5 36. Kg3 Rcxd4 37. cxd4 Qc4 { Black will now work on the weak spots on d4 and f4 until White is forced to let Black's pieces into the first rank, when White will simply run out ofmoves. } 38. Kg2 b5 39. Kg1 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. Kg2 Qc1 42. Kg3 Qh1 43. Rd3 Re1 44. Rf3 Rd1 45. b3 Rc1 46. Re3 Rf1 { White's queen can only be saved at the cost of mate or his rook.} 0-1
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Players
WhiteNimzovitch
BlackCapablanca
Game
Moves46
OpeningB12 — Caro-Kann: Advance, 4.Bd3
Result0-1
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TournamentNew York
Location?
Round0