Capablanca-Kupchik Havana 1913. 68 moves on 01.15.WED.2025

Chess Review - see Endgames - Master Games Help with Vision.

As you look at the ideas on the board, you can play "guess-the-move" and see how your ideas start to meet with Chess Masters from History.

1. [Event "Havana"]
   [Site "Havana CUB"]
   [Date "1913.02.24"]
   [EventDate "1913.02.15"]
   [Round "7"]
   [Result "1-0"]
   [White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
   [Black "Abraham Kupchik"]
   [ECO "C49"]
   [WhiteElo "?"]
   [BlackElo "?"]
   [PlyCount "135"]

2. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6
   bxc6 7. Nxe5 Qe8 8. Nd3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qh4 11. Qf3
   Ba6 12. Bf4 Rac8 13. Be5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Qg4 15. Bxf6 Qxf3

3. gxf3 gxf6 17. Re4 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Re6 19. R1e3 Rce8 20. Kf1
   Kf8 21. Ke2 Ke7 22. Ra4 Ra8 23. Ra5 d5 24. c4 Kd6 25. c5+ Kd7

4. d4 f5 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. f4 Kc8 29. Kd2 Kb7 30. Ra3 Rg8

5. Rh3 Rg7 32. Ke2 Ka6 33. Rh6 Re7 34. Kd3 Kb7 35. h4 Kc8

6. Rh5 Kd7 37. Rg5 Rf7 38. Kc3 Kc8 39. Kb4 Rf6 40. Ka5 Kb7

7. a4 a6 42. h5 Rh6 43. b4 Rf6 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Rf8

8. Rg7 Ra8+ 47. Kb4 cxb5 48. Kxb5 Ra2 49. c6+ Kb8 50. Rxh7
   Rb2+ 51. Ka5 Ra2+ 52. Kb4 Rxf2 53. Re7 Rxf4 54. h6 Rxd4+

9. Kb5 Rd1 56. h7 Rb1+ 57. Kc5 Rc1+ 58. Kd4 Rd1+ 59. Ke5 Re1+

10. Kf6 Rh1 61. Re8+ Ka7 62. h8=Q Rxh8 63. Rxh8 Kb6 64. Kxe6
    Kxc6 65. Kxf5 Kc5 66. Ke5 c6 67. Rh6 Kb5 68. Kd4 1-0

Play through the 1st ten moves. See if you can guess how the players will respond
to the opponent's move.
Give yourself a point for each correct move.

1. Is your move attacking the middle of the board?
2. Is the Master Move aiming at the king? Are you?
3. Is castling part of your plan?
4. Looking at the ranks 1-8, how many of your move start to control a rank?
5. After the 1st 20 moves, who controls more ranks?

Endgame is from the book Capablanca's Best Chess Endings from Irving Chernev.

To see the ideas for planning, play through move 16...g7xf6.

(p.46)