Copy This Capablanca Strategy: It's Perfect!

[@tensor131]

you're not exagerrating ... that was a true master class by the great Capa. Thank you.

[@DEBIEL918]

As much as I love crazy in-your-face tactical attacking players like Tal or Nezhmetdinov, it's mindblowing how on the other end of the spectrum Capablanca does all the right things in such a slow, relaxed and transparent way, but still you can't do anything to stop it. It's like standing their waiting while an anaconda wraps around you, preparing to consume you.

[@harshrajjadhav940]

True. Capablanca, Karpov, Fischer, Carlsen.

[@lourencevanderbyl5540]

This guy is just as good as Levy if not better because, he does not go into extra unnecessary lines, he delivers straight instructive content. I am not a critic of Gothamchess to be fair. I just discovered this channel. Thank you very much chess dawg I appreciate the lessons.

[@luisrivera8211]

Thanks!

[@chessdawg]

Thank you very much!

[@yaboyyamz]

New to this channel, really like your commentary and explanations. Thank you!

[@John-jt4dj]

I learned the most from .studying Capablanca. He is my favorite chess player.

[@cameront3768]

Great commentary, In the future would you please show the game from blacks point of view or the winner’s point of view. Thank you.

[@ric12-o2k]

If I could copy his strategy, I wouldn't be watching this...

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

Excellent presentation, thank you!

[@clivewismayer2404]

Thx chess-dawg. Beautiful game, beautifully explained. Subscribed.

[@bjdaniels3810]

In a study conducted by Matej Guid and Ivan Bratko of the University of Ljubljana titled "Computer Analysis of World Chess Champions", the resulting top player was JR Capablanca! Fischer was 2nd. Carlsen was not included in the study because of the time the research was made. The conclusion was that Capablanca most often made the most accurate moves based on engine choices. The most noteworthy description of his moves was that of their clarity.

[@20Korna07]

I wonder how advanced the chess engines that were used in the study are if Carlsen wasn't included yet. Do you know what they used? Would be interesting to know

[@rg7535]

@@20Korna07 Chesscom did their own study recently, using Stockfish 14 and comparing it to all the greatest players in history. Perhaps unsurprising, Magnus took the prize with some room to spare. If you're curious, I'll post the link on a separate reply, as I'm pretty sure YT will delete it.

[@andrew_owens7680]

@@rg7535 Let's be fair. Without computers, players played a fraction of the number of games and even dedicated players were able to effect less practice. I was thinking that Magnus probably plays at least double the number of games as any player before the internet. Fischer for example would have had to find a live opponent of GM ability at 3AM or any time, any day. That's impossible without the internet. As for his practice, I grew up with two boards, one for mainlines and one for variations and books that I had to prop open. It's far slower than doing puzzles or following computer studies. So modern players have superpowers over the older ones. That's why games like this are such jewels.

[@rg7535]

@@andrew_owens7680 Absolutely, I would never discount that. Still, Magnus is the most accurate chess player in history, with all the advantages he and his peers have had over the players of the past.

[@abcdef8915]

​@@andrew_owens7680Y​es, but, at the same time, everybody else has access to these resources and there are more chess players now than then, so lots more competition.

[@Calicoo-x4d]

I always play Capa style (no calculations), and still 600. I wonder what i am doing wrong 🤔

[@zvezdanjasovic3185]

Who said Capa played without calculations? He was a great positional player and endgame master, but could calculate long variations like against Marshal (Marshal’s gambit debut game) where he defended perfectly, he had to calculate all of that, that’s part of chess.

[@Pearl_Kinnie]

Adding on to what the previous reply said, style isn't the same as skill

[@5SectorFive5]

You don't have to calculate to any great depth. I think the reason people don't improve is because they study their own pieces and not the opponents. Study every possible move of your opponent before you choose your move.

[@rg7535]

@@zvezdanjasovic3185 I'm pretty sure it was a joke, bud.

[@yzfool6639]

@@5SectorFive5 You would quickly get exhausted studying every possible move of your opponent before you choose your move. We are not computers.

[@user-mn2tw9pw2r]

Thank You ChessDawg for this Beautiful Masterpiece!

[@johnpender358]

Capablanca is my favorite chess player.

[@DeeDee-fi4kq]

Whenever a "bad" bishop gets out, it becomes a "BEAST" bishop.

[@csca555]

The Clarity of Capablanca

[@SIIB-ZERO]

Love the channel.....only thing I wish is when the instructive side for the video is black that the board would be flipped......but great content as always

[@tonycar9739]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@luisrivera8211]

thank you great job all the best to you sir

[@stevegunderson2392]

What chess game software are you using for your display? I would really like to have that for my own! Can you post that please?

[@chessdawg]

It is chessbase.

[@lukechess]

Appreciated. Thanks

[@Render051]

The best chess channel on KZbin👍

[@kolepavlov2221]

Always excellent and instructive comments on chess game masterpieces.

[@יותםשפירא-מ3ז]

The biggest leap I had in my chess performance was during watching Agadmator's cover of Capablanca's career

[@isaakvandaalen3899]

Man Capablanca makes Chess look so easy but then I play against 1400s and get checkmated in 20 moves hahaha.

[@Janto001]

Yes like all the great players he’s obviously doing certain things like his intuition calculating if his positional moves are sound. Then he makes them…they look simple BUT sometimes they are not because he’s automatically avoiding the positions he doesn’t want. He was a master at steering the game into equal endings that he felt had some minute advantage that he can appreciate. Karpov adopted this style and the rest was history.

[@mikecantreed]

This is a great underrated channel. Curious what your FIDE rating is?

[@alwaysinout]

Just beautiful

[@thomasherbst6771]

I read that Capablanca played the Tarrasch Defence because he wanted to try the move 9. ...Ne4 on 9.Bg5, which he had seen in a game of Rubinstein, and Marshall did him the favour of playing it. 11.Ne5 was an overambitious move after which Black is already slightly better. 16.Rc1 was far too passive instead of immediately fighting for the d-file with Rfd1. 20.Bf1 - puzzling how you can come up with such a move. Unnatural and bad. White lands with his bishop on the so ‘splendid’ square d1 and leaves the d-file to Black without a fight. After the queen exchange initiated by Marshall, Black is already clearly winning. The endgame is a piece of cake. Capablanca has always been effusively praised for his style of play. In fact, he just made simple and healthy moves. It's strange that nobody mentioned how terribly Marshall played in this game.

[@stephenweatherford6321]

Capablanca "owned" Frank Marshall. 50 Career games, 28 Draws, only 2 wins for Marshall while Capablanca won 20. That is even better than my record against my 6 year old nehew!

[@Luckey900]

Thanks, Seasons Greetings. Jim Canada

[@kennethlewis3870]

That's how Fischer played too. With the key difference that there were openings in the 50's-60's that allowed much more unbalanced play. The KID/Grunfeld/ Sicilian eg. Fischer played crystal clear chess like Capa.

[@brycesattler2301]

Marshall needed to start check on D file there before exchanging pawn structure

[@rampant59]

Interesting game strategy in end game

[@johnnyzee383]

It makes me laugh when I hear Nakamura discount the great players of the past like Capa...and he plays speed chess with people on the internet and sometimes gets in trouble.cmon give me a break...

[@AlwaysAudacity]

Great stuff.

[@stephenmiano2392]

Big Brain Capa

[@arightscepter]

Simply, "that's really good."

[@ashoksafaya5397]

I would like to call it game of concentration both could read the other very well.

[@docalexander2853]

I would just like to see the game played. I don’t want all the could be situations.

[@davesmith5656]

Alekhine is pronounced Ah-li-O-heen.

[@beepboop204]

[@exoplanet11]

micro to macro!

[@charliepenguingaming]

Big Brain Dawg

[@Ieueseuei]

Mainlines are a myth

[@emranahmed5711]

I would rather lose a game by playing an entertaining, aggressive, tactical game than win by playing a defensive,boring game. "

[@paulbloemen7256]

Well, boring is in the eye of the beholder, but I wouldn’t call Capablanca’s way of playing here defensive. With black he had the initiative for most of the game. And apparently Marshall wasn’t a pushover in those days, having a string of draws in a match against Capablanca is no mean feat.

[@joycongrip]

This game was very entertaining and very instructive, not defensive at all. Chess is not all about attacking.

[@abcdef8915]

Sometimes. On the other hand, playing a strong defensive game can boost your confidence. Knowing that you can switch between styles if needed.

[@altonbrek]

It's all about technique. Get the technique right, the game plays itself and you get the excitement!

[@joycongrip]

@@altonbrekThat's what I struggle with; I frequently get a winning position but I struggle a lot to win from that point...

[@donaldyanson8144]

Your board On the screen is alphabetical notation. But you're speaking chess notation😂 Capablanca wouldn't have. A rook on the seventh rank, it would be the second rank.

[@dusanpogacar1399]

This is boring compare to Tal, Phillsbury and Morphy. No spectaculary mooves just tactic.😢

[@seksualnaczekolada1992]

maybe you simply dont like chess that much as you think?

[@lukechess]

there is beauty in these "tactics"

[@lukechess]

the game it's profoundly Strategic

[@ContentRemoved___]

Shrink yo head. Board bigger. Say less words.