Jose Raul Capablanca vs George E Northrup - New York (1909)

Jose Raul Capablanca (White)
George E Northrup (Black)
Manhattan CC h-c t (1909), New York, NY USA, Mar-19
Russian Game Classical Attack. Staunton Variation
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[Event "Manhattan CC h-c t"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1909.03.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "George E Northrup"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4
12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 16. g4 hxg5
17. fxg5 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qe4 Qd7 20. g6 Be6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Bg5 Qe8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Rf1 e5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. dxe5 Rd8 28. Bxd8 Qxd8 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qh3+
Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Ke6 34. Qf7+ Kxe5
35. g7 Qg5+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Kd2 Qg2+ 39. Kc1
Qg1+ 40. Kc2 Qg4 41. Qe7+ 1-0

[@JohnOwenBanks]

The music is sublime, as is the chess game. Thank you for this post.

[@darnboo]

Your commentary is first class. Very well done videos. Love it!

[@Rafaga777]

That was an impressive endgame by JRC. Thanks a lot for this video...

[@jeffjones6951]

I'm especially enjoying your longer videos

[@glennarcher2988]

Thanks for your commentary and posts. I think I would have liked Capablanca in person. He rarely embarrasses opponents, he simplifies in a winning position and makes it seem close.

[@amosdraak3536]

As far as I know he was a bit of a d-bag. He liked to talk about himself and act like he was greater than Alekhine and Lasker yet he had a gift and wasn’t special individually. It’s like if you, me, and someone else are the richest 3 in the area, and you and the other guy worked 20 years to get so much wealth, but I accidentally stumble upon a rare diamond and act like you guys aren’t on my level. For someone with such a blessing, he wasn’t very wholesome....

[@MrCupidd]

He was a great player but I heard one story which makes me doubt your statement. Apparently he was paired against an English master named Yates in a tournament and considered it an easy point. He came to the Board dressed for a tennis game afterwards. He did beat Yates but after a 100 moves long after his tennis game. Yates said something like “Enjoy your tennis game”.

[@IlluminatiM06]

Great Video and Great Channel

[@santkumarpandey9184]

Love &admire from India

[@richardfabrizio8998]

He’s an endgame specialist. Thanks

[@marcelobrunorodrigues7630]

Great game! Anyway, George Northrup was no mean opponent.

[@jamescrenshaw5097]

Please note the pawn on g6, with the Black pawn in front of it on g7, was not a “passed” pawn.

[@santkumarpandey9184]

Nice vedio

[@bobthompson3739]

My three favourite players are Casablanca, Morphy and Tal

[@keromounir7260]

And fisher because tal wasn,t accurate like fisher

[@bobthompson3739]

@@keromounir7260 But I stated that these were my favourite players, not the best players

[@bobthompson3739]

@@keromounir7260 But I stated quite categorically that these three were my favourite players, my opinion was not based on merit

[@ricardzubimendifelip9039]

Great video as always. Capablanca was more interested in baseball than chess in his late teenage years because he knew that gave him the best chances of getting laid with the most beautiful girls in New York of the first decade of the twentieth century. Smart guy!

[@MrCupidd]

After E5 by Black RxBch KxR QF3ch looks quicker ie KG8 QH5 QE6 RF1 and there is no defense to QH7mate