Capablanca vs Yates, 1930

Chess endgame

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[JaguarKid70]

The example is one of the best rook ending ever seen.Thank you very much.

[Majnu2006]

you are welcome. :-)

[brucewallace2]

Majnu. Excellent! I think trixapete misses the point. Such positions are really hard to crack with rooks still on the board. Capa had to work out a precise series of moves which finally reached the zugzwang. This is incredibly difficult. At most levels this would probably be a draw! Leaving the the g pawn en prix because of the tactic bringing the rook to g8 etc and using this tactic as part of his whole plan to win the f pawn is the mark of Capa's genious!

[jrobichess]

Great video Majnu!

[SpectreStillRoaming]

great game and great comentary!

[bennymcfarlane]

I am trying to figure out why the option of the one pawn ending after E6 (2:29) is undesirable.

[bennymcfarlane]

Good, intelligent presentation. Thank you, sir.

[bastiaan0741]

Nailed that last move :p

[Zyrog]

that last move blew my mind

[bendkafka]

Thanks for the vid!

[colourmegone]

Excellent, very well presented. Thank you.

[turlough06]

I'm pretty envious because I know that no matter how much I play chess or analyze it there'll be people like Capablanca who know  the game instinctively and will always win situations like that. Great vid btw.

[oubapo]

Beautiful! Thanks!

[yxorpsram]

Ok, here I am here again. I think I see now what would happen, for example if: 1-...Rc3 2-Rd8,Ra3 3-Ke2,Rc3 or Rh3 then 4-Rd3 exchanging the rooks or allowing the king to penetrate the black field with conseqüêncies similar the actual game...