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How Capablanca Won a Dead Level Endgame With Two Plans

2026-07-21T16:57:08.746Z

From a level rook endgame against three consulting opponents, Capablanca fixed a weak pawn, won it, then ran a passed pawn to victory.

How Capablanca Won While His Opponent Had the Passed Pawn

2026-07-20T19:29:33.323Z

Black had a protected passed pawn three squares from queening, yet Capablanca won the king and pawn ending by making two passers on the far wing.

How Capablanca Won a Piece Without Capturing It

2026-07-19T13:57:37.077Z

Capablanca walled White's bishop in with pawns, then played the whole ending a piece up while the material count stayed dead level.

How Capablanca Gave Up the Exchange and Won

2026-07-18T15:57:41.424Z

Capablanca gave up a rook for a knight on purpose, played most of the game down the exchange, and won the endgame so cleanly it looked effortless.

How Capablanca Won This Endgame a Pawn Down

2026-07-17T10:38:48.011Z

Playing Black against Kostic, Capablanca gave away a healthy passed pawn on purpose, went a full pawn down, and won by freezing every enemy piece.

How Capablanca Marched His King Into the Enemy Camp to Win

2026-07-16T11:57:13.421Z

With the queens gone, Capablanca stopped hiding his king and marched it the whole length of the board to g6, and that one idea won the game.

How Capablanca Sacrificed a Pawn to Put Marshall in Zugzwang

2026-07-15T10:22:01.357Z

Capablanca gave up a pawn to make his pieces active and Marshall's useless, until the great attacker could not move a single piece without losing.

When Capablanca Played Like Five Different Masters

2026-07-14T13:20:01.443Z

Chernev called it one of the greatest masterpieces in chess, because in one game Capablanca plays in the style of five different masters in turn.

Three Moves Where Capablanca Was Wrong

2026-07-13T13:45:47.919Z

Capablanca won this game, but the engine corrects him three times, and the position his opponent resigned was actually a draw.

Capablanca Was Up a Queen and the Game Lasted 31 More Moves

2026-07-12T09:15:48.596Z

Winning your opponent's queen is not the same as winning the game. This king hunt shows what to do with a material advantage: go straight at the enemy king.

Choose Your Endgame: The Master Habit That Wins From Move 19

2026-07-11T11:25:31.027Z

Capablanca does not accept the endgame he is handed, he steers into a bishop-versus-knight ending and a king-and-pawn win he judged winning in advance.

The Two Endgame Plans: How Capablanca Wins With Just One Idea

2026-07-10T15:29:07.162Z

Two queen sacrifices, one romantic and one purely positional, and a single endgame idea that ties them together.

The Move That Converted Reti: How Capablanca's Bishop Beat the Knight

2026-07-09T11:37:09.21Z