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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
The Armenians win Dole Open with 1.e4
In the last round of the strongest open tournament in europe in front of my board i had a scree with…
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…
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…
2 Aug 2026
ZugzwangedAgain
Take me, please, take me!
A sweet study for a beginner
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…
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 …
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…
5 Aug 2026
CM
jeigoth5
Practical Play vs Computer Play
The best engine move is not always the best practical decision. In this game, time pressure and the …
5 Aug 2026
TheCommandalorian
Road to NM: Week 4 — Building a Bridge to 1600 Quick Rated
Welcome back to week 4 on the Road to NM series!
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 …
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…
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…
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…
9 Aug 2026
GM
alexcolovic
The Woodpecker Before the Woodpecker Method
Everything new is something well forgotten
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 …
12 Aug 2026
GM
DrAgnevstein
The Power of a Queenside Pawn Majority
When I was a child, the following game made a big impression on me. The idea behind it stayed with m…
13 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…
14 Aug 2026
Mradsomer
Endgame Bootcamp 15
Diving into pawns, bishops, knights, and nets!
16 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Four Against Three: How Capablanca Won the "Drawn" Rook Ending
A rook and four pawns against a rook and three, all on one wing, is a theoretical draw. Capablanca w…
17 Aug 2026
ZugzwangedAgain
700+ years old ...
700+ years old and nary a wrinkle
17 Aug 2026
ALEEQAP
جامبيت بينكو المتولده من رحم البنوني كيف تشتري السيطره والهجوم مقابل بيدق واحد
في الشطرنج البيدق هو عمله وفي جامبيت بينكو نحن ندفع هذا البيدق لنشتري وقتا ومساحه وضغطا لا ينتهي . س…
17 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Welcome the Trade: How Capablanca Won Through the Exchanges
Menchik tried to force a draw by exchanging everything. Capablanca welcomed every trade, came out a …
18 Aug 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Winning From Nothing: How Capablanca Won a Full Pawn Down
A pawn down with an edge Chernev called hardly visible to the naked eye, Capablanca kept posing prob…
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