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11 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
One Bishop, Two Passers: How Capablanca Won an Opposite-Coloured Bishop Ending
Opposite-coloured-bishop endings are famously drawn. Capablanca steered into one on purpose and won …
8 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Create It, Then Use It: Capablanca's Passed Pawn Masterclass
A pawn majority is a passed pawn waiting to be born. Capablanca turned a modest queenside majority i…
7 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
King Safety Is Paramount: How Capablanca Won a Queen Ending With One Quiet Move
The first pure queen ending of the series. Material was level and Capablanca's pawns were worse, but…
6 Aug 2026
pawngrid
Einstein’s Foreword to Lasker’s Biography
An AI Translation of the Original German
6 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Transformation Doctrine: How Capablanca Won Without Capturing the Weakness
Capablanca attacked Rubinstein's isolated pawn all game, then gave up that attack on purpose to seiz…
6 Aug 2026
danthedestroyer317
Fischer vs Spassky I: Before the Match
Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky played each other five times before their 1972 World Championship ma…
5 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Endgame Capablanca Had to Win Twice: Steiner vs Capablanca, 1928
Capablanca reached a won ending, let the cleanest win slip with a natural move, and then had to win …
5 Aug 2026
RuyLopez1000
The 1948 World Championship
The Match Tournament.
4 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Two Plans and a King: How Capablanca's King Won the Endgame
Capablanca marched his king into the centre the moment the queens came off, ran both endgame plans a…
3 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
When the Knight Beats the Bishop: Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
The mirror of the last game. Alekhine holds the long bishop, but with the pawns all on one wing, an …
2 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Weak King Decides: How Capablanca Zugzwanged Nimzowitsch
Capablanca beat the great theoretician of prophylaxis and zugzwang with his own weapon, aiming every…
1 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Bishop Outruns the Knight: Capablanca vs Vidmar, 1927
With the material dead level, Capablanca kept the bishop pair, traded into a pure bishop against kni…
30 Jul 2026
FM
jeffforever
Interview with IM Khagan Ahmad - World Youth Under-16 Chess Champion 2026
Get to know the two-time European Champion and now also U16 World Champion
30 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Won, Lost, or Drawn: Capablanca's Masterclass in King and Pawn Endings
In a simultaneous display, with only seconds a move, Capablanca traded straight into a king and pawn…
29 Jul 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
USA vs UZBEKISTAN DAY 2
The american national team of the last olimpiad are facing the top 5 of Uzbekistan all young players…
29 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Out of Thin Air: How Capablanca Beat Réti From a Level Rook Ending
In his revenge game against Réti, Capablanca won a rook ending with no material edge and no weakness…
29 Jul 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
USA vs UZBEKISTAN DAY 1
The american national team of the last olimpiad are facing the top 5 of Uzbekistan all young players…
29 Jul 2026
Benedictine
I Tried Quitting Theory (Chess Experiment)
Do Club Players Need Opening Theory?
28 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Fewer Pieces, Mightier Pawns: How Capablanca Beat Emanuel Lasker
In the only game Emanuel Lasker lost at New York 1924, Capablanca gave up a knight for two pawns to …
28 Jul 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
What Happen With Gukesh???
3 loses and the last position for the world champion in the Chennai Master was unexpected but its tr…
28 Jul 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026 Best Games
4th edition of this very strong close tournament where 4 indian top grandmasters and other 4 for the…
28 Jul 2026
DouglasPBrum
La pasión del Ajedrez (1998)
La pasión del Ajedrez (1998) é uma famosa série de 25 vídeos educativos sobre xadrez, criados em for…
27 Jul 2026
FM
BuendiaChess
Aronian's Weapon against the French
In this post i going to show you the idea that Levon Aronian is employing to face the french defence…
27 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
The Knight Wheel: How Capablanca Won a Pawn by Circling It Like a Hawk
Capablanca beat Yates in 1924 not with a combination but with the Knight Wheel, sending a knight on …
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