Spielmann vs Capablanca
USA | It New York
1075
[Event "USA"] [Site "It New York"] [Round "0"] [White "Spielmann"] [Black "Capablanca"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: 4.Nxe4 Nf6"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 Bg4 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nxh5 Nxh5 9. Nf3 e6 10. g3 Bd6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. b3 Nhf6 14. Bb2 e5 { Capablanca plays for exchanges, apparently on the grounds that White, if undisturbed, could build up a strong position by Rfe1 followed in due course by Pc4} 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf5 {The idea behind this move is to prevent Black taking the sting out of the White Bishop pair by playing ... Nxf3+ followed by ... Be5} 16... Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 { Black has exchanged a lot of material, but he is still under some pressure, mainly due to the White Bishoppair} 21. Bg4 Qe7 $132 (21... -- 22. Qc8) 22. Kf1 (22. Qc8 Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Bc5) 22... Bb4 23. c3 Nd6 24. Qd3 Ba5 25. Ba3 (25. b4 Bc7 26. c4 {Alekhine}) 25... Bc7 26. c4 Qe5 27. Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 b6 {In this posi tion the players agreed to a draw. According to Alekhine in the tournament book, White still had the better of it. He could have maintained a promising iniative, either by} 29. c5 (29. Kd3 c5 30. b4) 29... Nb5 30. cxb6 1/2-1/2
½-½
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