Killegar Chess presents: Jose Raul Capablanca vs Charles Jaffe, 1910

[tavogp]

wow capablanca is a fucking master all his moves where so perfect

[roflolzof]

with the continuation of Kg8 rather than Kxh6, after knight takes f7, how is the black king in check?

[David1Neves]

Thank you very much for your precious work, it is amazingly helpful for intermediate players such as me to improve my chess' skills! Big Hug

PS. At the end of the series I would like to play against you! :))))

[mahoganybasswood]

Ali G does chess?

[TheThaifood]

what about Rg8 to defend mate

[Philneave]

It's amazing how much venom there actually was in the chess world at this time. There is an anecdote that after the death of Steinitz, in abject poverty, one of the great players of the day, I believe it was Dr Euwe, proposed that every GM put part of his winnings into a sort of pension fund to stop similar occurrences. Everyone agreed EXCEPT each GM specified at least one other who must NOT be included. In the end every GM was blackballed by another and the fund never got off the ground!

[OceanderTethyseus]

@Philneave: I find it hard to believe that *every* GM alive at the time (or even involved in the effort) was so petty as to specifically mandate that his participation in the effort was contingent on the exclusion of every GM on his own list of one or more other GMs. On the very face of it, to protest in such a manner is tantamount to blatant opposition to the effort. Certainly, Dr Euwe was himself a GM, and i am quite sure that he should suffice as a counter-example to your claim.

[Zyrog]

Jaffe seemed to make a lot of obvious mistakes, I totally saw most of the moves capablanca made before hand. Hmm

[PrzystankersFCB]

I think the only reason why Kasparov would beat Capa is that Kaspy was basing on his games when training as a young player:)

[BlindLemonJaffaCake]

No probs mate. Your videos are great! Keep'em coming.

[buffguy86]

Capablance is brilliant. He would probably be considered the greatest of all time had he not lost to Alekhine

[Philneave]

The Alekhine match has always been controversial because Capablanca dodged him for so many years, only to finally lose to him. Capablanca claimed he lost because he didn't take Alekhine seriously and offered a rematch. But Alekhine refused to play Capablanca ever again; so we'll never know who was the stronger player, i.e. who would win out over a longer series of games.

[60tat]

the capa stuff is your best yet

[dropkicktype]

Thanks for the videos. They are inspirational. Your chess instruction videos have inspired me to give the endgame more systematic study.

[geekorthodox9]

i truly enjoy your 'chess behind the scenes' approach to these games.

[BoudieBatsnikov]

What is a bookline/move or why are they called book moves? Ive never seen a book with these standand openings (with more than 4 moves)

[dropkicktype]

You can try Nick de Firmian's most recent revision of Modern Chess openings. It's more of a reference work than an instructional tome though.

[SeanGGodley]

Book lines are the result of decades (centuries, in many cases) spent studying the best way to play particular openings. The book I use with these videos is the one I got for my Fritz engine, and contains about 5 million games. Some lines go up to move thirty and beyond - which is incredible when you remember there are more possible games of chess up to move forty than there are electrons in the universe!

[NiclasSaande]

don't be too sure about the count of electrons in the universe. human comprehension is dwarfed by the complexity in nature. modern theoretical physics is highly speculative, a fact which is demonstrated as our continual progress routinely trashes prior "understanding".

[SeanGGodley]

Yes, I know what you're saying absolutely, I couldn't believe it either when I first heard it - but current estimations are: number of electrons in the universe (as best physicists can determine) 10 to the power of 79. Number of possible games of chess is 10 to the power of 120 (approximately of course). In any case, a difference so massive that there's little room for doubt - unfathomable!

[Philneave]

First the quote is atoms and not electrons and this was in the 1930s, we've seen a bit more of the universe since then. I believe it was a quote by Fred Hoyle who was an astronomer as well as a chess player. I agree with Niclas though, after all we're only monkeys clinging to rock which is falling through space and our understanding severely limited.

[contado83ll]

can someone explain to me why KF7 at 7:16 checks the black king? haha i dont get it

[SxPxG]

@NiclasSaande human comprehension is dwarfed by the SIMPLICITY of nature :)

[RaymondR127]

Excellent as usual! :) Thanks for additional historical information, it makes the video more enjoyable! Cheers!

[napone0]

Nice vid. Capa's moves always seem to get right to the point.

[BlindLemonJaffaCake]

Thanks for another great video Sean. But where's the check on knight takes f7?

[SeanGGodley]

Hi, and thanks. Yes, sorry about that check! When I analyse with Fritz, sometimes when a good move is made it gives a + - symbol. When making this vid I must have read the + as a check - I focus on the moves and notation etc when I am recording as opposed to the board itself, so I didn't see that there was in fact no check! Thanks for the observation, and all the best,

Sean

[oOBlackWidowOo]

Capablanca is the all time greatest chess player ever. ( In my opinion)

[BlindLemonJaffaCake]

I think you have a good case there BlackWidow. Pity he's not around these days cos we'll never know if that was the case. Paul Morphy could be considered the same. Shame we can't bring them both back to life! lol

[ych22]

No complicated 10 move tactics or gambits off the bat, capa's moves always seem to be the simplest and most accurate in the position. an admirable style and delight to watch.

[Sorcerer88]

great game, and interesting info about jaffe, didn't know him before.