Attacking Style of Capablanca The Elegant

Bernstein,O - Capablanca,J
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Attacking Style of Capablanca the elegant, 1914

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0
6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qa4 Bb7
10.Ba6 Bxa6 11.Qxa6 c5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.dxc5 bxc5

Black has the hanging pawns and a bishop to cramp the knights.

14.0-0 Qb6 15.Qe2 c4

Nimzovitch called this "blockaded security"

16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bb4 18.b3 Rac8 19.bxc4 dxc4

Now a secure passed pawn

20.Rc2 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Nd5 22.Rc2 c3 23.Rdc1 Rc5 24.Nb3 Rc6 25.Nd4 Rc7

White snaps back at the pushy pawn.

26.Nb5 Rc5 27.Nxc3 Nxc3 28.Rxc3 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Qb2

A finish that expresses Capablanca's elegance more than any other.

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