FM amazingatlasThe Rule of Three: The Candidate Move Capablanca Never Calculated
The fourth game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is his second straight loss to the same habit, no…
FM amazingatlasThe Uncastled King: How a Young Capablanca Lost by Not Castling
The third game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is another loss, and it turns on the most basic ru…
IM Lizard1God-Level Defense by White
White was under heavy pressure, short on time, and seemingly condemned to passive defense, but throu…
FM amazingatlasProactive Prevention: The Question That Cost Even Capablanca a Game
A brand new series on Capablanca's own Chess Fundamentals, and he opens the book with a game he lost…
FM amazingatlasThe Knight Dances: How Capablanca Beat a Bad Bishop in the Series Finale
The sixtieth and final game of Chernev's book. Capablanca lures Reshevsky into a knight-versus-bisho…
FM amazingatlasPosition First, Material Next: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down vs Two Masters
A consultation game: Capablanca alone against two strong masters. He lets them win a pawn, centraliz…
FM amazingatlasSimplify, Then Strike: How Capablanca Untangled a Jam and Queened a Pawn
Eight heavy pieces crammed onto two files, and an advantage almost too small to see. Capablanca diss…
FM amazingatlasHunt the Naked King: How Capablanca Beat Lasker With a Single Quiet Move
The last decisive game these two giants ever played. In a dead-level queen ending, Capablanca hunts …
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CPBchessEstructuras de Peones: El Peón Pasado (Parte 4) Alekhine vs Capablanca
La histórica partida decisiva cuya posición final, con las piezas, tablero y planillas originales se…
FM amazingatlasThe Minority Attack in Disguise: How Capablanca Won With Fewer Pawns
Everyone learns the minority attack as White, on the queenside, in a Queen's Gambit middlegame. Capa…
FM amazingatlasWin Because of It, Not With It: Capablanca's Passed Pawn Paradox
Capablanca built two connected passed pawns that never queened. Their whole value was the paralysis …
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FM amazingatlasThree Directions at Once: How Capablanca Won a Level Queen Ending
Material was dead even and the books call it a draw. Capablanca centralized his queen so she blockad…
Kaiba2_2Endgame Practice: Knight vs. Pawn
When I studied knight endgames I would let AI creat a random position for practice. One position I s…
FM amazingatlasWinning 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…
FM amazingatlasWelcome the Trade: How Capablanca Won Through the Exchanges
Menchik tried to force a draw by exchanging everything. Capablanca welcomed every trade, came out a …
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في الشطرنج البيدق هو عمله وفي جامبيت بينكو نحن ندفع هذا البيدق لنشتري وقتا ومساحه وضغطا لا ينتهي . س…
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FM amazingatlasFour 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…
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Diving into pawns, bishops, knights, and nets!
FM amazingatlasKing 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…
GM DrAgnevsteinThe 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…
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