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Very young capablanca playing against his dad

Wikipedia page on Capablanca

Chernev's book with Capablanca's best endings - 60 games (part 1)

AnalysisChessEndgame
Just a brief intro to endgames by Capablanca

I got this book recently and it is a gem to read. I've imported all the 60 games (via chessgames dot com game collection) into a Lichess study (quite some work, but I'm happy to have done this), and in another study I've (clone) imported them where I want to use Lichess Stockfish on all the 60 games (a work in progress as there's daily limit to that feature).

The main thing I noticed after going through these games is how subtle Capablanca played chess with a really long term vision.
And I am sure that the chess genius and legend Capablanca was an example for the other chess genius and legend : Bobby Fischer.
Both play with such clarity and clean technique and superb endgame skills.

One thing I found interesting is the f and h pawn (or a and c pawn) rook ending topic.
This very rook ending is known to tricky and can be draw-ish! Years ago when I read about that I was surprised. How is it possible that with 2 pawns up that ending can be drawn ? I think I saw a Smyslov game with it, and the thing I seem to remember is that the black king should ideally be on f7 to defend.
But in this Capablanca game black had no chance to draw whatsoever.

Capablanca f + h pawn rook ending game without comments :

https://lichess.org/study/ulPbr4Gh/Yhorow7s#159

Capablanca f + h pawn rook ending game with Lichess Stockfish analysis :

https://lichess.org/study/ybdiAVdQ/2pHkbFS9#159

Later I'd like to write more about games from this book and also about the topic of the f and h pawns.