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Chess fundamentals (1921)

Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 · New York : Harcourt, Brace and company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 183

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of the Knight at i68 GAME 2 Q 5 in conjunction with the extra Pawn on the Queensside and the awkward position of Whites King. (Seehow this is so.) 31. R —B 7 ch R X K Kt P B —Kt8 2>^-33-34.35-36.37.38. K-Q3P —Kt4 P-QR4P-RSP-Kt5K—B4K-Kt3 RXP P —R4R—R6chR —R5 chB-Q5 With these last three moves… … 38 P—Kt6 R X P would make it practically impossible forWhite to win, if he can win at all. Whites best con- QUEENS GAMBIT DECLINED 169 tinuation then would have been : 39 B — B 4, R — By;40 R—Kt 5 ch, K—B 2; 41 B —Kt 8, P —R 6;42 P — R 5, P — R 7 ; 43 B X P, R X B, and if thereis a win it is very…

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