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by Vladimir Vukovic


  20 ... Bxd4?!

  Satisfied with the centralization he has achieved, Black too now becomes rather presumptuous and opens up the c-file prematurely. 20 ... f5 followed by a quiet positional plan based on ... b5-b4 was probably best. In that event simplification by 21 Nxc6 Bxf2+ 22 Kxf2 Bxc6 would give Black the better ending, while if 21 Be3, then 21 ... Bxd4 22 cxd4 Nb4 would be perfectly agreeable.

  The move suggested, 20 ... f5, signifies that Black is satisfied with a small advantage, whereas Capablanca’s idea aspires to dynamic play on the c- and f-files. However, the preconditions for this are insufficient, for counterattacks too demand preconditions and entail commitments just as attacks on the king do. The laws which determine the connection between the two types of action dictate the form, timing, and tempo of the counterattack in accordance with the state of the attack. Thus, the degree to which the attacking units have been diverted conditions the extent and force of the counterattack. In this case, therefore, direct defence by 20 ... f5 would have been better than 20 ... Bxd4.

  21 cxd4 Rac8

  The immediate 21 ... f6 did not work on account of 22 Qh4 Rf7 23 Bxg6.

  22 Bd1!

  Other moves by the bishop are defeated by 22 ... Qxc1+. 22 Qh4 is also inadequate; for example, 22 ... Nf6! 23 Rg3 Qxc2 24 Be3 (to prevent ... Qd1+) 24 ... Ne4 25 Rh3 h5 and Black wins.

  22 ... f6!

  This much-praised move of Capablanca’s is very economical in that it both attacks and defends in equal measure; it is probably Black’s best, now that he has embarked on 20 ... Bxd4. It is also true that an attack generally collapses when the pawns in front of the king begin to ‘bite’, but in this case the question is no longer one of attack but of the overall state of the position. Black has in fact awoken possibilities for White on the c-file, and in the event of the game being opened up White’s two bishops could come into their own.

  23 Qh4?

  This gains a tempo for Bf3 but neglects the development of his c1-bishop and a1-rook. The correct move was 23 Bd2!. Capablanca’s intention in that case was 23 ... Nxf4!? 24 Bxf4 fxe5 25 Bf3 e4, but the combination has a flaw: White does not play 26 Be2? (when 26 ... e3! wins) but 26 Qh4! and Black finds himself in difficulties. Moreover, 23 Bd2! cannot be met by 23 ... fxe5, e.g. 24 Rc1 Qb5 (24 ... Qxc1 would not succeed against correct play by White) 25 Rxc8 Bxc8 26 Qh4, whereupon 26 ... Rf7 27 Qd8+ leads to a draw, 26 ... h5 is not good due to 27 Qg5, while the complications following 26 ... Nf6 27 fxe5 Ba6 28 Rf3 seem full of uncertainty. Against 23 Bd2! Black would probably have to play 23 ... d6 24 Rc1 Qd7, when 25 Rxc8 Bxc8 26 Rf3 results in a complex struggle in which White’s dark-squared bishop derives pleasure from every exchange on e5. This represents an analytical proof of the assertions made in the note to the twentieth move.

  23 ... Rf7 24 Bf3 Qc4

  Since 25 Qf2 does not work (because of 25 ... Qxc1+) White is now lost.

  25 Be3 Nxe3 26 Bxb7 Nf5 27 Qe1 Rc7 28 Be4 Qxd4+ 29 Kh1 fxe5 30 Bxf5 exf5 31 fxe5 Re7 32 Re3 Qxb2 33 e6 dxe6 34 Rxe6 Kf7 0-1

  Teichmann-Schlechter, Carlsbad 1911

  Tolush – Kotov USSR Championship, Moscow 1945

  Tolush-Renter, Estonian Championship 1945

  Toth-Szigeti, Budapest 1946

  Treybal.K-Wolf.H, Teplitz-Schönau 1922

  Tylor-Koltanowski, Hastings 1930

  Vuković.V-Endzelins Munich Olympiad 1936

  Vuković-Dr Vajda, Debrecen 1925

  Vygodchikov – Alekhine Correspondence Game, 1908/9

  Alekhine – Lasker Zurich, 1934

  Winter-Capablanca, Ramsgate 1929

  Yates-Marco, The Hague 1921

  Yates-Takacs, Kecskemet 1927

  This game is very instructive for the purpose of studying the complex connection between attack and indirect defence; the decisive points illustrating this were shown in their correct light only by a thorough revision of the commentary.

  Index

  Alekhine – Asgeirsson Reykjavik Simultaneous Display, 1931

  Alekhine – Asztalos Kecskemet, 1927

  Alekhine – Botvinnik Nottingham, 1936

  Alekhine – Drewitt Portsmouth, 1923

  Alekhine – Kmoch San Remo, 1930

  Alekhine-E. Cohn, Stockholm 1912

  Alekhine-Feldt, blindfold simultaneous display, Tarnopol 1916

  Alekhine-Gilg, Semmering 1926

  Alekhine-Weenink, Prague 1931

  Alekhine-Weenink, Prague 1931

  Alexander-Pachman, Hilversum 1947

  Alexander-Szabo. Hilversum 1947

  Averbakh-Kotov, Zurich Ct 1953

  Belavenets – Chistiakov Semi-finals, USSR Ch 1938

  Bernstein-Capablanca, Exhibition Game, Moscow 1914

  Bernstein-Kotov. Groningen 1946

  Boden-Bird, London 1869

  Bogoljubow-Przepiorka. Pistyan 1922

  Bogoljubow-Réti, Carlsbad 1923

  Boleslavsky-Ufimtsev, Semi-finals USSR Championship, Omsk 1944

  Botvinnik-Chekhover, Moscow 1935

  Botvinnik-Rabinovich, Leningrad 1934

  Burn-E. Cohn, Breslau 1912

  Byrne D-Fischer, New York Rosenwald 1957

  Capablanca – Kan Moscow, 1935

  Capablanca - Molina Carranza Buenos Aires, 1911

  Capablanca – Ragozin Moscow, 1935

  Capablanca – Schroeder New York, 1916

  Capablanca-Nimzowitsch, Bad Kissingen 1928

  Capablanca-R. Illa, Buenos Aires 1911

  Chigorin – Burn Ostend, 1906

  Chigorin – Caro Vienna, 1898

  Clemens – Eisenschmidt St. Petersburg, 1890

  Colle – Capablanca Carlsbad, 1929

  Colle - O’Hanlon Nice, 1930

  Colle-Tartakower, Niendorf 1927

  Coria-Capablanca, Buenos Aires 1914

  Euwe – Rubinstein The Hague, 1921

  Euwe-Colle, Amsterdam 1926

  Euwe-Flohr, Amsterdam 1939

  Euwe-Maróczy, Zandvoort 1936

  Field-Tenner, New York 1933

  Flohr-Stoltz, Warsaw 1935

  Fox-Bauer, Washington 1901

  Geller-Kotov, USSR Championship (Moscow) 1955

  Gligorić-Kostic, Zagreb 1947

  Gligorić-Petrosian, Belgrade 1954

  Hamppe – Meitner Vienna, 1872

  Hansen-Lundin, Oslo 1928

  Janowski and Soldatenkov - Lasker and Taubenhaus Consultation Game, Paris 1909

  Johner.P– Rubinstein Teplitz-Schönau, 1922

  Keller-Rohaczek, Vienna 1937

  Keres – Fine Ostend, 1937

  Keres – Kotov Budapest Ct, 1950

  Keres – Winter Warsaw OL, 1935

  Keres-Petrov, Estonia-Latvia Match 1939

  Keres-Reshevsky. World Championship Tournament, The Hague/Moscow 1948

  König – Weiss USSR Championship, Moscow 1919

  Kotov-Bondarevsky, Leningrad 1936

  Kotov-Keres, Budapest Ct 1950

  Kottnauer – Kotov Match, Prague vs Moscow, Moscow 1946

  Krogius-Niemcla, Lovisa 1934

  Lasker – Marshall St. Petersburg Final, 1914

  Lasker-Bauer, Amsterdam 1889

  Lewitzky-Marshall, Breslau 1912

  Lilienthal-Bondarevsky, USSR Absolute Championship, Leningrad/Moscow 1941

  Lilienthal-Najdorf, Saltsjöbaden 1948

  Lundin-Tartakower, Groningen 1946

  Marshall-Burn, Paris 1900

  Marshall-Mieses, Cambridge Springs 1904

  Meesen - H. Muller Correspondence Game, 1928/9

  Michelet – Kieseritzky Paris, 1845

  Mikenas-Maróczy, Folkestone 1933

  Morphy – Barnes Simultaneous Display against Five Masters, London 1859

  Najdorf-Ivkov Mar del Plata 1955

  Najdorf-Julio Bolbochan, Mar del Plata 1948

  Nimzowitsch – Tarrasch Preliminary event, St. Petersburg 1914

  Nimzowitsch-Capablanca, New York, 1927

  O’Kelly-Castaldi, Hilversum 1947

  Pillsbury – Tarrasch Hasting
s, 1895

  Pillsbury – Wolf Monte Carlo, 1903

  Pillsbury-Maróczy, Paris 1900

  Pilnik – Najdorf Mar del Plata, 1942

  Potemkin – Alekhine St. Petersburg, 1912

  Rabinovich-Romanovsky, Moscow 1925

  Rauzer – Botvinnik Leningrad, 1933

  Ravinsky-Panov, Moscow 1943

  Reshevsky-Botvinnik, World Championship Tournament, The Hague/Moscow 1948

  Réti - H. Wolf Teplitz Schönau, 1922

  Richter-Abramavicius, Hamburg 1930

  Rödl-Sämisch, Swinemünde 1931

  Rossolimo-Pachman, Hilversum 1947

  Rubinstein – Teichmann Vienna Match (4), 1908

  Rubinstein-Alekhine, Dresden 1926

  Rubinstein-Maróczy, Gothenburg 1920

  Schlechter-Tarrasch, Monte Carlo 1903

  Shumov-Jaenisch, St. Petersburg 1849

  Smyslov – Florian Moscow-Budapest Match, 1949

  Stahlberg-Alekhine, Hamburg 1930

  Steinitz - Von Bardeleben Hastings, 1895

  Steinitz-Golmayo, Havana 1888

  Steinitz-L. Paulsen, Baden-Baden 1870

  Steinitz-Lasker, London 1899

  Stoltz-Guimard, Groningen 1946

  Szabo-Kotov, Groningen 1946

  Szabo-van Scheltinga, Hilversum 1947

  Szilagyi-Szabo, Budapest 1946

  Tarrasch – Alekhine Bad Pistyan, 1922

  Tartakower-Euwe, Venice 1948

  Varein-NN

  Vuković.V-Endzelins Munich Olympiad 1936

  Vuković-Dr Vajda, Debrecen 1925

  Vygodchikov – Alekhine Correspondence Game, 1908/9

  Winter-Capablanca, Ramsgate 1929

  Yates-Marco, The Hague 1921

  Yates-Takacs, Kecskemet 1927

 

 

 


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