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Chess fundamentals (1921)

Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 · New York : Harcourt, Brace and company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 102

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0. Rx Kt P—KKt3 21. Q—R4 K—Kt 2 22. Q—Q4 P —B 4 Forced, as White threatened P X K P, and also Q X P 23. Q-B3 P-Kt3 Q—Q 3 was better. But Black wants to temptWhite to play P X P, thinking that he will soon afterregain his Pawn with a safe position. Such, however,is not the case, as White quickly… … 25. B —K 2! The deciding and timely manoeuvre. All the Blackpieces are useless after this Bishop reaches Q 5. 8S FORCE OF THREATENED ATTACK 25 BxP 26. B —B 3 K —B 2 27. B-Q5 Q-Q3 Now it is evident that all the Black pieces are tiedup, and it only remains for White to find the quickestway to force…

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