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How simplifying can backfire! Jose Raul Capablanca vs. Wheatcroft : Margate (1939)

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Margate"] [Site "Margate ENG"] [Date "1939.04.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Black "G Wheatcroft"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B20"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1939.04.12"] {GEORGE SHORROCK ASHCOMBE WHEATCROFT (born Oct-29-1905, died Dec-02-1987) United Kingdom [what is this?] He was British Correspondence Champion in 1935 and a strong blindfold player.} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 e5 {Inviting an exchange of queens in effect} 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. O-O Be6 9. Be3 (9. Qxd8+ Rxd8) 9... Qxd1 {simplifying but leaving white with a nagging edge} (9... Qe7) 10. Rxd1 b6 11. Na3 Rd8 (11... a6 12. f4 Bh6 13. Nc2) 12. Nb5 Bc4 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Nd5+ Ke6 (14... Ke8) (14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc4 18. Rac1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bf8 20. Rc7+ Ke8 21. d6) 15. Rd2 Nge7 16. Nc7+ {Very strong move} (16. Rad1 f5 (16... Bxa2 17. Nc1 Bc4 18. b3)) 16... Kf6 17. Rad1 Rxd2 (17... Bxa2 18. Rd6+ Be6 19. h4 h6 20. f4) 18. Rxd2 Rd8 (18... Bxa2 19. Rd6+ Be6 20. Nd5+ Nxd5 21. exd5) (18... Nc8 19. b3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2) 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Ne8+ 1-0 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Capablanca See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Ra%C3%BAl_Capablanca_young_cr.jpg

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