Image from page 214 of Chess fundamentals (1921)

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Image from page 214 of Chess fundamentals (1921)

Identifier: chessfundamental00capa Title: Chess fundamentals Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors: Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 Subjects: Chess Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace and company [etc., etc.] Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: B — B 5, which would haveto be stopped. 12. B —Kt 5 B —K3 198 GAME 7 Now it is not so effective, because Whites Q B is out,and the Knight, in going to K 3 to defend the squareQ B 4, does not block the Q B. 13. Kt—K3 R—Ki 14. 0 — 0 Q—K2 This is bad. Blacks game was already not good.He probably had no choice but to take the Knightwith the Bishop before making this move. Wm ^m § mi \ m ^^^ ^P ^P ^ ^P 15. Kt —Qs BxKt 16. PxB Kt —Kti in order to bring it to Q 2, to support the other Knightand also his Kings Pawn. White, however, does notallow time for this, and by taking advantage of hissuperior position is able to win a Pawn. 17. P-QR4 P-Kt5 Since he had no way to prevent the loss of a Pawn,he should have given it up where it is, and playedQ Kt— Q 2, in border to make his position more solid. RUY LOPEZ 199 The text move not only loses a Pawn, but leavesBlacks game very much weakened. 18. P X P B X P 19. B X Kt Q X B 20. Q-K4 B-Q3 21. QxPch K —B I ■ ■ P^ S ^^^-mk Text Appearing After Image: With a Pa\vn more and all his pieces ready for action^while Black is still backward in development, it onlyremains for White to drive home his advantage beforeBlack can come out with his pieces, in which case,by using the open K R file, Black might be able tostart a strong attack against WTiites King. Wliiteis able by his next move to eliminate all danger. 22. Kt —R4 Q-R3 Black could not play This is practically forced P — Kt 3 because of B X P, and Wliite meanwhile threatened Q — R S ch followed by Kt — B 5 ch and QxP. 200 LrAMJn. 7 23. QxQ PxQ 24. Kt-B5 P-KR4 25. B-Qi Kt-Q 2 26. B X P Kt-B3 27. B-K2 KtxP 28. KR—Q I Kt-B5 29. B —B 4 KR—Qi 30. P-R4 P —R4 Black must lose time assuring the safety of this Pawn. 31. P-KKt3 Kt-K3 32. B X Kt PXB 33- Kt-K3 KR—Kt I 34. Kt-B4 K—K2 Black fights a hopeless battle. He is two Pawns downfor all practical purposes, and the Pawns he has areisolated and have to be defended by pieces. 35. QR—B I R —R 2 White threatened Kt X B, f Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.