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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 …
9 Aug 2026
GM
alexcolovic
The Woodpecker Before the Woodpecker Method
Everything new is something well forgotten
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
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…
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
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
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 …
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…
2 Aug 2026
ZugzwangedAgain
Take me, please, take me!
A sweet study for a beginner
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
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
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…
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
StevenEmily
Selfmate chess: Queens vs Queen endgame: results
Chess but you try to get checkmated
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 …
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 …
26 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
How Capablanca Won a Rook Ending Two Pawns Down
In one of the most famous rook endings ever played, Capablanca gave Tartakower two extra pawns, marc…
26 Jul 2026
CPBchess
Estructuras de Peones: El Peón Pasado (Parte 3) Kurajica vs Karpov
Ahora que vimos en video anterior 4 finales de alfiles de diferente color, digamos para entender el …
25 Jul 2026
Oby4ai_OcmiHor
Тактика и счёт в эндшпиле важны
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25 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
Provention: How Capablanca Beat Atkins Move by Move
Capablanca beat Atkins in 1922 not with tactics but with provention, my term for prevention that imp…
24 Jul 2026
FM
amazingatlas
How Capablanca Buried a Bishop and Won the Race
Down no material but effectively a piece ahead, Capablanca shut Bogoljubow's bishop out of the game …
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