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Chess fundamentals (1921)

Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 · New York : Harcourt, Brace and company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 228

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eatens to march up with his King to K 5via KB2,KKt3, KB4, after having, of course,prepared the way. Hence, Blacks best chance wasto give up a Pawn, as in the text, in order to free hisKnight. 24. B X P Kt — Q 2 25. P —K R4 Kt—B 4 26. B —B 4 Kt—K3 Black exchanges Knights to remain with Bishops of… … Black wants to force B — Kt3. P—KKt3 wouldbe bad, on account of P — Q 5; which wouldget the Black Bishop into the game, even thoughWhite could answer P — K 4. The text move is,however, weak, as will soon be seen. His best chancewas to play P — Kt 5 ; and follow it up with P — R 4and B — R 3. White…

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