Beautiful Mate: Jose Raul Capablanca vs Jacob Rosenthal (1909)

[@doubler8761]

I never tire of Capablanca games. Thank you 😊

[@PeterWhite-q1k]

Yes... The Chocolate Cake Gambit! I've played it many times :^) Thank you for the smiles, good sir!

[@justinnscanlon]

Excellent lecture. Thanks again from the USA!

[@jeffjones6951]

Elegant and deadly

[@Firesign_chats]

Double piece sac then str8 to the endgame, very nice Raul.

[@abboudberrow-ux7op]

It was cool about chockolate .haha❤

[@dahshkeeNYer]

This wasn't a rapid game by todays standard, it was a form of chess popular back then called "rapid transit", which was 10 seconds per move. Very different from today. I have only played in one rapid transit tourney, and it's a different kind of chess.

[@PeterWhite-q1k]

Thank you for pointing this out. 60+ yrs "playing" chess and never heard of this. It's a good day when I learned something new about a game I love dearly and occasionally regret ever hearing about (but only for a minute or two)!

[@ZeroContinent-tu2lp]

Great game, thanks! Rosenthal would definitely have a better chance if the knight and bishop also protected the king, rather than standing idle on the queenside.

[@EnriqueBecerra-x7s]

Genial Capablanca, gracias Historical chess, saludos

[@michaeltellurian825]

Yes, just like chocolate cakes!