A nail in a coffin | Alekhine beat Capablanca in Capa-style | Capablanca vs Alekhine: Match R21 1927

[@tomasramirezgomez5564]

"How could Capablanca lose against me? I must confess that even now I am unable to answer this question with certainty, since in 1927 I did not believe that I was superior to him. Perhaps the main reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers-the product of the overwhelming victory at the New York tournament that year-and his undervaluing of mine. "(Alekhine)

[@makisevitastratos9687]

Класс!

[@simonemiglioli1165]

Is the source of this news known ?

[@theUroshman]

I was just looking for some good game by Alekhine and I found your video. I am glad I have also found that winning combination at the end, and it didn't even take me more than a couple of minutes. Of course, the mastery was getting in such a winning position in the first place, but that's why we have to work on all the chess skills and all parts of the game. Thank you, Mate, for presenting this great game to us.

[@MatoJelic]

There is more: kzbin.info/aero/PL8gqV9r--YyDms6cQAdUgaypvR475CWeO

[@DingDimlewitz]

Whatever intro, Mato is awesome.

[@damohanson5393]

It took a few years but Alekhine finally beat Capablanca. These guys were good!

[@157sachin2]

Nowday on mato's channel playing H5 or a6 called asking the question

[@Atlargein]

This was a win after 8 draws, putting the match 4-2; the next game was almost a disaster for Capa but managed a draw on a slight mistake by Alekhine and an amazing double knight defensive gem against a pawn storm which should be analyzed!😮

[@tomasramirezgomez5564]

Even the great masters of the moment had predicted: Alekhine had no chance in the final. The question was not whether I was going to lose or not, but how many points. There were even those who said that Alekhine could not even win an isolated game. In fact, Alekhine had never won the Cuban prodigy. They had faced twelve times on a board in official competition, with a devastating statistic for the Russian: + 0-5 = 7. That is, five losses and seven draws ... no victory.

[@simonemiglioli1165]

No offence but Alekhine was very young when he lost.

[@kemetman1]

@@simonemiglioli1165 There was only about a 4 year difference in age and they were both in their twenties when they first met (1913). Alekhine didn't get his first win until 1927 so I think that until this time Capablanca was a better chess player all around.

[@law-abiding-criminal]

Its sad that this great channel does not have more views.

[@toninho7307]

Glad to see the famous Mato smile back! This game looks complicated. I wonder how it compares with very recent top games.

[@samiraljubory6223]

Finally 😭😭😭 thank you mato 🌹🌹🌹 more alekhine vs capa please game 32 the best end game ❤️🙏

[@fujiapple9675]

Alexander Alekhine might be my favorite chess player, but I would like to see a game analyzed where Capablanca beats Alekhine.

[@tomasramirezgomez5564]

Capablanca died on March 8, 1942 and although they had not spoken for more than 15 years, Alekhine wrote some last words of praise for the game of the great Cuban: 'the greatest chess player of all time has died. No one will ever be born again.'

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you for your comments

[@ifeanyiilogbaka7099]

Alekhine is my all time best chess grandmaster. His games are always on point.

[@isithardtobevegan53]

Alekhine is the best chess player ever.

[@cachotango]

MatoJelic, the killer move in chess lecture to teach or learn chess; tks Mato!

[@elcastorgrande]

Great to see the old Mato opening. Beats Queen's Gambit any day.

[@hoooday2047]

great video matooo!!!!

[@KillberZomL4D42494]

Two of my favorite chess giants against each other, now that's real show.

[@kopluss]

this is a heavyweight fight with gloves off.

[@discy12345]

Your ending is awesome again! I missed it!

[@Oscar7468]

Thank you again for all your videos, MatoJelic! Even not an expert at all, I agree: Alekine beat Capablanca in Capa-style. Unlike Kasparov when he beat Karpov in Kasparov-style?...

[@onardico]

Alekhine was a monster

[@alexanderharveyconrad2409]

And so, the Chess Machine fell...

[@penearth]

wonderful video

[@amyalindaily3781]

Tks

[@johnnyzee383]

Almost incomprehensible....as some of those moves are extremely unlike Capa....He lost because he didnt see the tactic leaving the rook on d1 undefendable because of the bishop check...although he was close to losing anyway...I think for the most part Capablanca got complacent because he had such an easy time with chess against some of the worlds best players, and his tactical skill began to wane...I have personally gone through many games with Stockfish and it appeared that even though Capa went on an undefeated streak for so many years, he became a bit lazy and clearly did not like to analyze positions for the absoloute best move...instead he would usually pick a variation that was safe but concrete even if it meant that it wasnt as forcing...he began to lose some of his tactical skills and against Alekhine, that was a recipe for disaster...as Alekhine steered alot of the games into complicated positions that required Capa to analyse and calculate which I believe he did not like to do.

[@4lifetransferfactor557]

Isn't the game still playable for white ? If 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 what is the next move ?

[@mahmoudkchaou1799]

I was looking at this game in a book written in 1981 so I said let's check if Mato covered the game, it would probably be less boring

[@petercohen3966]

Found it.

[@terencelutre6195]

I'm not very good at chess but it seems to me that the knights can create winning situations in middlegames, by often seemingly sacrificing themselves for a pawn.

[@sakkeus2yt]

Knights are fun to sacrifice

[@davidcopson5800]

You can spend all day deciding what to do with a knight.

[@AroundTheW1]

Awesome

[@sachinkakodkar9856]

Had there been a return match, somewhere in 1929, would Capablanca have trounced Alekhine ... I wonder ...

[@Oscar7468]

A pity that chess fans could never know it. So, the question seems to be: WHY? Yes, the match Alekhine-Bogoljubov too was nice to watch. But was it really the appropriate way to know who was deserving the highest title, at that time? I appreciate really Alekhine as a great artist of chess; but it's hard for me to understand why he avoided by all ways a rematch against Capablanca... Excuse me for my bad english, Sachin Kakodkar; I'm a Frenchman, and a little to lazy nowadays for reviewing my ancient knowledge (which was already just basic in the past)...

[@preussenuberalles1682]

@@Oscar7468 : Your only mistake was to write english instead of English! 😅

[@chrishauser5505]

I like to think that up in heaven, all of the old masters are in their prime, playing each other while God watches. Thanks, Mato.

[@vitalydmtrysvidler8023]

8k , why so few views

[@gabrielesimionato1210]

Plot twist!

[@omidsarayanibafghi222]

Can someone explain how alekhin wins? I think white still can move.

[@davidcopson5800]

Anyone "can still move". But winning or surviving is another mater.

[@tomasramirezgomez5564]

Who could have contributed $ 10,000 to "force" Alekhine to accept a new challenge from Capablanca? We know that Capablanca made enormous efforts to raise this sum and finally got it. However, Alekhine rejected that offer, claiming that the dollar had devalued a lot and wanted the sum in gold. Then, Capablanca was outraged and withdrew. However, a few years later Alekhine agreed to play with a minor prize matches against Bogoljubov

[@srmishima3025]

Still doesn't take away Alekhine's achievement. Even in the rematch it could have gone either way. Alekhine became a very strong player in those years.

[@tomasramirezgomez5564]

@@srmishima3025 A lesson to be learned from this historical event is that even if you are a genius you have to train for the world championship and also that many times perseverance gets great results.

[@samiraljubory6223]

Alekhine vs capa this is like kasparov vs fischer

[@balazsio]

Do Garry played Bobby?

[@samiraljubory6223]

@@balazsio no Bobby was afraid to loss against karpov because karpov is great positional player and fischer's weapon(end games) not working against karpov

[@balazsio]

@@samiraljubory6223 well we can't be sure. I think Fischer would have decent chances. I've heard Bobby was friend of Kasparov, sometimes Bobby sent a few good lines to Garry and help in preparation against Karpov

[@samiraljubory6223]

@@balazsio kasparov is gangster he is a disgrace to chess he disgrace to human race he is not something Russia should be proud of he should join khodorkovsky in prison he has committed a terrible fraud with all these prearranged games and matches. (Bobby Fischer)

[@samiraljubory6223]

@@balazsio and of course we do not agree with fischer

[@tomasramirezgomez5564]

After Alekhine beat Capablanca in the World title match, he refused his rematch. So he went and played Bogolubov pretty easily. Instead of playing a tougher opponent, Alekhine played him again an beat him again. It's said that afterwards, Alekhine wanted to play someone else in the World championship, Capablanca said he would play him, but again Alekhine still refused to play him. Instead, he tred to go the easy way around and played Max Euwe. Euwe stunned him, and won by one point. Euwe accepted the rematch (unlike Alekhine woh didn't accept Capa's) and Alekhine won. Now, who thinks Alekhine was a coward?

[@Wilcosach]

Alekhine avoided all tournament that Capablanca joined. The last game they played was the Championship. Alekhine knows he is no match to Capablanca.

[@Wilcosach]

How did Alekhine beat Capablanca? Easy. He knows Capablanca is an old man so he tried to play very very long games with him in order to tire the old man. Now you know how to win using off the board techniques. There are other off the board techniques but some are not allowed in official matches of course.

[@davidcopson5800]

What nonsense. Capablanca was only four years older than Alekhine. Lasker and Botvinnik were world champions in their 50s.

[@masterofniftylevels843]

second

[@HaniSantosa]

FIRST!! Hahahaha.