Art of Calm ♕ Capablanca vs. Marshall, 1918 ♔ ASMR

In 1918 Frank Marshall sprung an opening trap against the legendary cuban genius José Raul Capablanca. He had been working on the trap for 8 years and was bringing the heat to the chessboard on that day. Capablanca reacted with a serene calmness that is almost unfathomable.
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[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1918.10.23"]
[EventDate "1918.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.Re1 Bd6
13.h3 Ng4 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.d4 Nxf2 16.Re2 Bg4 17.hxg4 Bh2+ 18.Kf1
Bg3 19.Rxf2 Qh1+ 20.Ke2 Bxf2 21.Bd2 Bh4 22.Qh3 Rae8+ 23.Kd3
Qf1+ 24.Kc2 Bf2 25.Qf3 Qg1 26.Bd5 c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.b4 Bd6
29.a4 a5 30.axb5 axb4 31.Ra6 bxc3 32.Nxc3 Bb4 33.b6 Bxc3
34.Bxc3 h6 35.b7 Re3 36.Bxf7+ 1-0

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[@Danthrax81]

Imagine spending the time it takes to get a master's degree on a single chess opening, only to have it unraveled by a man in a single sitting.

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Back when they didn't have engines lol

[@martinyeriksson]

@Paul Simon chess engines

[@randompersondontmindme]

I mean, Capablanca knows little opening theory, so to him it’s just a chess move attempting to attack lol

[@Danthrax81]

@@randompersondontmindme perhaps true. But that makes it even more impressive that he could calculate in advance without rote theory. Even modern GM's need a strong repertoire in theory to compete

[@randompersondontmindme]

@@Danthrax81 That's what makes Capablanca Capablanca

[@mrdawgpound28]

I think a great idea would be you talking about some of the greatest Grand Masters in chess history. Love the way you say "Capablanca." Great video as always!

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I will definetely make more videos about the chess giants of the past. For now you can watch my 2 "immortal games" videos.

[@adamflux2]

Yes the context in the beginning really sets up the suspense, definitely looking forward to more like this one.

[@unreeeal493]

Capablanca is my favorite player. The fact he was unbeatable in his country at 4 years old is absurd

[@ASMRChess]

Capa is an absolute legend, but it is not true that he was unbeatable in Cuba at 4 years old. In the Cuban championship in 1901 Capa was 12 years old and placed 4th losing both his games against Corzo. Capablanca is one of my all time favourites and he has some absolutely incredible feats. He was undefeated from February 10, 1916, when he lost to Oscar Chajes in the New York 1916 tournament, to March 21, 1924, when he lost to Richard Réti in the New York International tournament.

[@unreeeal493]

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Being playing chess on and off for years and had never noticed if a knight is on a black square it cannot move to a black square, and vice-versa! Interesting stuff, ty :)

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I just saw your old videos. You have become so much calmer and humbler, but also better at chess and explaining it.

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I fell asleep while watching this but then continued to finish it after waking up amazing video

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Omg I loved that Lil reference / quote you through in there. " a genius player"

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Me when minor pawn moves are described as genius: "Huh? What the hell does that accomplish?" Me after everything plays out: 🤯🤯🤯

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I am the same tbh

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This was so interesting yet so relaxing I was trying so hard not to fall asleep, haha. Great video.

[@Tsunderella]

I absolutely loved every second of this, I know very little about chess history so it was really eye-opening

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I know hardly anything about Chess and yet, this still is very relaxing and enjoyable. Thank You.

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Congrats on 25k subs man! Cool to see you finally starting to get the recognition you deserve, hope the growth continues!

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I hope so too!

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now at 40k+ so the growth has continued for at least some months. Very exciting.

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[@Ryan-rt7kj]

Eeeeeeeee another historical game!! My notification didn't come through so I'm late to the party but I'm very happy to see this! I was watching your old videos and remembering the days when I thought you had gone from youtube for good and I'm just so happy you're back in full force now.

[@ASMRChess]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@u.v.s.5583]

What You probably didn't know is that there is a writer named Valeriy Segal, and he wrote a short story called Marshal's attack. It is totally the absolutely best fictional chess story ever written. Every chess fan should know it.

[@chrisrickenbach8167]

This was a great game! Trying to improve, so I set up my board and moved piece by piece, then tried to slow it down and think about why these moves were made. I appreciate the ASMR that you do and the educational aspect of something that you are so passionate about.

[@ASMRChess]

did you go over this particular game? I think that is a very good way to improve.

[@chrisrickenbach8167]

@@ASMRChess I did go over this game, following along piece by piece because I am thinking it is important to see these positions while sitting behind the board and seeing the pieces from that angle. Further chess study has shown me how important the pawns are and the value that good chess players put into them. Thank you again for providing this!

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Another brilliant video displaying a brilliant player and game. Thank you very much sir!

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Another superb video!!! This semester has been so stressful but I can always count on you and chess to calm my nerves, thank you!!!

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I'm so glad!

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a calm voice meets a calm chess grandmaster

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Amazing commentary, very interesting and relaxing at the same time, thanks!

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Hope so!

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Thank you. Loving these new videos!

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I love this. Do more.

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I am so happy you are posting again! I love your commentary videos of old classics, very relaxing :)

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I fell asleep while watching them woke up to see who won

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I love these, they are amazing.

[@lulagoodwin5372]

this is my favorite video by you i keep rewatching it

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I agree. keep what your doing, I am tuned in to your new take on this. More videos with commentary and explanations. A+

[@iMannyLP]

Your videos have improved so much! I love the historical background information and especially the reading from Capablanca's book! :)

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Fantastic video of an amazing game!

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I will.

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[@TheSputZar]

Great vid 10/10. You pronnounced really well Jose Raul Capablanca :D

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Really good content! thank you for creating these. I like the board with these colours aswell, more than White and black plastic. Love the wood

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thanks :) I went from 16k to 26k subs in the last 40 days, so it's going in the right direction :)

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5:48 got me looking mental telling the person at the door to come in

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What a wonderful game. Thanks!

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your videos are always so relaxing

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This is my sleep schedule now

[@u.v.s.5583]

The true genius was Capablanca's father. If I see it correctly, Capablanca himself, even though a true chess master, never managed to move his Knight from a white square to another white square in one move. Only his father knew the magical secret. I mean, that is a feat that even Stockfish can't repeat.

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Incredible. Love your channel

[@khann2159]

Marshall played extremely well even though he lost the game. What a battle !

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Thoroughly enjoyable and relaxing

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More of those immortal game videos would be awesome.

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More of this! Well known game reviews

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WE NEED MORE ❤️

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more are coming.

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This was fantastic. More game analysis!!!

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more are coming :)

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This is utterly fascinating

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Better than expected, keep it up

[@facemcshooty6602]

Teatcher: what do you think when i say 1918? Most students: end of WWI Me: capablanca go brrrr

[@jamesmeadowsiii]

These games are always fun for me. My story is somewhat like Beth Harmon's in the movie, I found a chess book by Tartakower called "500 Master Chess Games" when I was in school and fell in love with Chess. I grew up on the games of Capablanca, Marshall, Nimzovitsch, Tarrasch, Menchik, Rubinstein, and the players from that age. So many of them are forgotten or don't get the attention they deserve. It was such an incredible age of discovery. Steinitz's development of positional chess and many of the new strategies and opening ideas were still in infancy. The title of grandmaster was just being invented and even the title of World Chess Champion was relatively new. It was a time for exploration, discovery, and novelty that is missing in modern chess, where everything has become about lines calculated hundreds of times by computers and just trying to find small improvements in the lines of games that other masters have already played.

[@ASMRChess]

I very much agree. There is something truly magical about the era you describe. For me the era starts with Morphy and ends with Capablanca's defeat against Botvinnik in the AVRO tournament 1938.

[@lulagoodwin5372]

i keep rewatching this video

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Awesome content!!! I think you should be doing a bit more tapping (a little harder). Keep it up!!! ✌️✌️

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I think the only 2 Chess annotators who have a therapeutic effect on the spectator are Yasser Seirawan and you. Thank You !

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You should analyse the game Dido ASMR just played against his girlfriend!

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Instead I played Dido for 2 games and we both made a video about it :)

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Too interesting game. Can't doze of to this brilliancy. Very good game, incredible high level.

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15k + subs in the last 6 months. gainzz!

[@titanten7582]

This video is art

[@RodrigoMasoYiCon]

Capablanca was such a machine playing chess

[@hassansabri6637]

What a beautiful game

[@Sir_VexBruiser]

Capablanca and I have the same birthday just thought that was cool

[@Majora1988]

The most interesting part of the Marshall Gambit is that it came to him in a dream before he spent 8 years refining it. Only to have Capablanca refute it over the board.

[@joakimbenini4642]

Please more of this 🤩

[@LoadPast]

great vid!

[@temp6156]

A movie about JR Capablanca would be awesome. He’s super interesting and extremely intelligent. Robert Downey Jr could play him pretty well.

[@m9teo]

great stuff

[@angelaDPT]

This goes to show you don’t need long fingernails to make tapping tingles 😁 PS - nicely added visual effects in the beginning 👍🏻

[@ASMRChess]

oh I'm happy you noticed! Seeing what I can do to up the production quality.

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Great video.

[@jefersongarciaosorio2658]

Podrías poner subtitulos en español? Así entendería un poco más, buen vídeo por cierto, me ha gustado, nuevo suscriptor

[@ianponce4636]

Un comentario en español jajaja

[@duderzguy1236]

Nice!

[@phantomjoker5]

genius!

[@GauravDevdhekar]

Crazy tactic after Qh4 i.e Bxf7 King has two moves if Kh8 and Rxf7 Rxf7 - Re8, Rf8 - Qxf8# Kh8 - Re8, Rxe8 - Bxe8 and white is in clear advantage. (Apologies is my notation is wrong but you'll get an idea :pp)