Aron Nimzowitsch vs Jose Raul Capablanca - New York 1927.03.13

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Aron Nimzowitsch vs Jose Raul Capablanca
New York New York, NY USA round 15 1927.03.13
Caro-Kann Defense 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.03.13"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3
Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Nge2 c5 {A possibility favoured
by Nimzowitsch as Black in such positions, e.g. his game
versus Duras from San Sebastian 1912, was 7...Qa6. Capablanca
had borrowed that idea to beat Atkins at London 1922. }
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Na4 Qc6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qc7
13. f4 Nf5 {It is rather amusing to compare this with the
Vajda-Nimzowitsch game.} 14. c3 Nc6 15. Rad1 g6 16. g4 {?
Creating a permanent weakness. Better is 16 Bf2. } 16...Nxe3
17. Qxe3 h5 18. g5 O-O 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Rf2 Rfc8 21. a3 Rc7
22. Rd3 Na5 23. Re2 Re8 24. Kg2 Nc6 25. Red2 Rec8 26. Re2 Ne7
27. Red2 Rc4 {!} 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. Rf2 a5 30. Re2 Nf5 {!}
31. Nxf5+ gxf5 32. Qf3 Kg6 33. Red2 Re4 34. Rd4 Rc4 35. Qf2
Qb5 36. Kg3 Rcxd4 37. cxd4 Qc4 38. Kg2 b5 39. Kg1 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. Kg2 Qc1 42. Kg3 Qh1 43. Rd3 Re1 44. Rf3 Rd1 45. b3
Rc1 {! Zugzwang. } 46. Re3 Rf1 {One might suppose from this
game that Capablanca had carefully read My System and then
used all the theories contained therein against their
inventor!} 0-1

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Updated: 8 February, 2022
Created: 8 February, 2022