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Chess fundamentals (1921)

Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 · New York : Harcourt, Brace and company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 182

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or me todo but submit to the inevitable. 17. Q —B i! PxKt 18. QXB Q-Q7 19. Q-Kt5 Kt-Qs 20. Q-Q3 QxQ 21. PXQ KR —Ki 22. B —Kt4 This gives Black a chance. He should have playedK R— K I. If then Kt — B 7 ; R X R ch, R X R;R-QBi,R-K7; K-B i, Kt-Q 5 (if R-Q 7 ;B —K6ch, K — Bi; BxP would win); R— B 8… … 30- P-QR3 A bad move, which gives away any legitimatechance Black had to draw. It loses a very importantmove. In fact, as the course of the game will show,it loses several moves. The proper way was to playK—Q 3. If then R —Q Kt 5, RxR; B x R,Kt—Q 5; followed by P —Q Kt 4; and WTiitewould have an…

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