Capablanca – Fonaroff Capablanca Fonaroff Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1918.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: New York Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "New York"] [Site "?"] [Date "1918.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca"] [Black "Fonaroff"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 d6 {This is weak, but Black hopes to keep his center pawn.} 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 {Now White threatens to win Black's e-pawn.} exd4 {7...O-O 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rfxd8 11.Nxe5 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Nd3 White wins material because of thepin} 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 {Black should castle. Now White's queen gets a strong post.} 9.Qxd4 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 O-O 11.Qc3 {White prepares to bring his knight to f5.} c6 12.Nd4 Nd7 13.Nf5 Bf6 14.Qg3 Ne5 15.Bf4 Qc7 16.Rad1 Rad8 {White now has a beautiful combination. You may want to try to find it before looking at the rest of the game.} 17.Rxd6 Rxd6 18.Bxe5 {Black is now tied down to both his queen and the defense of g7. He tries a clever tactical defense, but White has seen further.} Rd1 {18...Qa5 19.f4 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Rg6 21.Ne7+} 19.Rxd1 Bxe5 {The bishop looks strong here, but it has little attacking potential because it must defend g7.} 20.Nh6+ Kh8 {Now White has a final combination which mates or wins a piece. Try to look for it yourself before continuing.} 21.Qxe5 Qxe5 22.Nxf7+ 1-0 [Event "New York"] [Site "?"] [Date "1918.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca"] [Black "Fonaroff"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 d6 {This is weak, but Black hopes to keep his center pawn.} 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 {Now White threatens to win Black's e-pawn.} exd4 {7...O-O 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rfxd8 11.Nxe5 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Nd3 White wins material because of thepin} 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 {Black should castle. Now White's queen gets a strong post.} 9.Qxd4 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 O-O 11.Qc3 {White prepares to bring his knight to f5.} c6 12.Nd4 Nd7 13.Nf5 Bf6 14.Qg3 Ne5 15.Bf4 Qc7 16.Rad1 Rad8 {White now has a beautiful combination. You may want to try to find it before looking at the rest of the game.} 17.Rxd6 Rxd6 18.Bxe5 {Black is now tied down to both his queen and the defense of g7. He tries a clever tactical defense, but White has seen further.} Rd1 {18...Qa5 19.f4 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Rg6 21.Ne7+} 19.Rxd1 Bxe5 {The bishop looks strong here, but it has little attacking potential because it must defend g7.} 20.Nh6+ Kh8 {Now White has a final combination which mates or wins a piece. Try to look for it yourself before continuing.} 21.Qxe5 Qxe5 22.Nxf7+ 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
