Reti – Capablanca Reti Capablanca Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1928.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Berlin Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Berlin"] [Site "?"] [Date "1928.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Reti"] [Black "Capablanca"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "36"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 f5 {White's fourth move did nothing for his immediate development and took the best square from his queen knight, so Black feels he can risk this push for the initiative.} 6.d4 fxe4 7.Ng5 exd4 8.Nxe4 {White might do better to castle and make a gambit of the opening.} Nf6 {Black uses the exposed White knight to develop with tempo.} 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qxd4 {White miscalculates that Black won't be able to take advantage of his exposed queen.} b5 {Winning material, but White must have felt that Black's many pawn moves would give White enough counterplay.} 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Qd5 bxa4 13.Bh6 {13.Qxc6+ Bd7} Qd7 {This fine move defends the knight as well as the bishop on e7, prepares to attack White's kingside by a later ...Qg4 or Qh3 and gets ready to castle queenside.} 14.O-O Bb7 {Aiming his extra piece straight at White's king position.} 15.Bg7 O-O-O {Another fine move. Black is willing to give back a little material to take the initiative. After White takes the rook Black will have his queen bishop, knight, queen and rook all aiming at White's king, which has no defenders.} 16.Bxh8 Ne5 {Now White's queen won't be able to get back to defend the kingside.} 17.Qd1 Bf3 {Very powerful; Black wins a tempo on White's queen while not allowing the counterplay White might hope for after, e.g. 17...Qf5 18.Qxa4.} 18.gxf3 Qh3 {White has no defense to threats like 19...Nxf3+ and 19...Rg8+} 0-1 [Event "Berlin"] [Site "?"] [Date "1928.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Reti"] [Black "Capablanca"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "36"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 f5 {White's fourth move did nothing for his immediate development and took the best square from his queen knight, so Black feels he can risk this push for the initiative.} 6.d4 fxe4 7.Ng5 exd4 8.Nxe4 {White might do better to castle and make a gambit of the opening.} Nf6 {Black uses the exposed White knight to develop with tempo.} 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qxd4 {White miscalculates that Black won't be able to take advantage of his exposed queen.} b5 {Winning material, but White must have felt that Black's many pawn moves would give White enough counterplay.} 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Qd5 bxa4 13.Bh6 {13.Qxc6+ Bd7} Qd7 {This fine move defends the knight as well as the bishop on e7, prepares to attack White's kingside by a later ...Qg4 or Qh3 and gets ready to castle queenside.} 14.O-O Bb7 {Aiming his extra piece straight at White's king position.} 15.Bg7 O-O-O {Another fine move. Black is willing to give back a little material to take the initiative. After White takes the rook Black will have his queen bishop, knight, queen and rook all aiming at White's king, which has no defenders.} 16.Bxh8 Ne5 {Now White's queen won't be able to get back to defend the kingside.} 17.Qd1 Bf3 {Very powerful; Black wins a tempo on White's queen while not allowing the counterplay White might hope for after, e.g. 17...Qf5 18.Qxa4.} 18.gxf3 Qh3 {White has no defense to threats like 19...Nxf3+ and 19...Rg8+} 0-1 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.
