The Birth of a Deadly Marshall Attack: Capablanca vs Marshall 1918

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Frank James Marshall
Spanish Opening, Marshall Attack [C89]
New York, NY USA (1), 23.10.1918
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0--0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0--0 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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[@dm9910]

Marshall came up with one of the best, most enduring gambit lines of all time, one that is still playable for super GMs today. Capablanca beat it over the board. Unreal. A masterpiece and a historic game for opening theory.

[@myworldorder6753]

If I was Marshall and I kept this unheard of attack in my mind vindictively preparing for this for 10 years and I lost id be extremely pissed off lol.

[@amritawasthi7030]

@Paulo Eusebio I'd doubt my existence

[@tigerboy1966]

I sort of assumed from the title that Marshall won. Not so! The commentary brings the game to life much better than reading a list of moves with "!!"s and "?"s., and endless variations in brackets. Mato just tells you the moves, explains the key moments in a clear way and shows what might have happened if thing had been different.

[@samuelcastano2722]

I thought Marshall was going to win this game, since the name is deadly Marshall attack. Well, no wonder Capablanca is a legend.

[@-7-man]

+Samuel Castaño Against Capa..ablanca he should have come with an axe - # deadlyMarshallattack.

[@samuelcastano2722]

+sandeep nair He should have! Lol

[@libertyordeath3874]

yes, that really confused me too.

[@blkmge]

Here because of Julian Assange, haha

[@hopeseekr]

Me, too!

[@sethrichpanda5215]

this uploader be like , wth is up with all these new views . reeeeeeeeeee

[@sampearlman5702]

Me three. I did get the Q to f3 move right. Great game.

[@smackhead]

As did I - had to watch the whole thing because the embedded video started at 7 minutes. Shout out to Zerohedge friends (use a slightly more sensible name there, but only just).

[@orlwal1234]

capablanka/ "casa blanka" = white house Frank James Marshall = Frank Marshal ( BO Real Father?) check mate game over BO? GITMO Bay? lockup

[@peterbell8897]

Capablanca figured it out "over the board"; unbelievable!!

[@luissantiagocorreia]

This game shows how Great was Capablanca! Against a new opening variation preprared during 10 years, He smashed it in minutes. That's why He is my favourite player of all times. :-D

[@kingrodeo7321]

Mato, i loved watching your videos. not only because youre a good commentator/narrator, but also the magical moves made during those days.. thanks for bringing them up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ServiEntrega24H.Gerona]

finally I found someone that speak well and go directly to the point, only few minutes and I watched the complete game, thanks

[@GreenDayxRock1]

You weren't kidding when you said you were going to show a beautiful game.. Thanks , amazing video :)

[@kittycalisonnypatch]

Great game! Thank you so much for the upload mato. Secret for ten years? Would have been a shame if marshall never got to use it. I am glad he did. I think marshall is undrerated. I usually see his losses, but rarely hear about his wins. Thanks again mato and bye for now

[@predraglacmanovic7853]

Briljantna partija i Vasa fantasticna opservacija...Hvala Vam Mato! Pozdrav iz Bgd. P.

[@azizhaloho7426]

I have watched this video many times... awesome analysis Mato..

[@karasu-chan]

Dear Mato, this has been one of the most interesting chess videos I have seen in a long time. Thanks for letting us know the story behind the Marshall gambit. Too bad he still lost though! Capablanca was a monster OTB!

[@JSobrini]

Hey Mato ur videos are amazing. Only to get u know that i am very busy with my final thesis and i only make small breaks to watch ur videos and drink a tea. Congratulations

[@AryPalgunaMathematician]

"Hi this is Mato""If you wish, you can pause this video and if you can try to find the best move"The best chess commentator ever! 😆

[@scottcampbell6617]

And Julian Assange tweeted in today?

[@SlashHector]

Man, thank you for the tips and the analysis, it really helped me understanding the Marshall Attack.

[@schlagerhansi]

Brilliant game, brilliant analysis -- very instructive.

[@rubenramirez3755]

Capablanca once again . Omg Marshall held this opening for ten years wow that's crazy Mato...Mato ty so much .

[@skakofilsanonims4434]

One of the best Mato's lecture.

[@Benderrr111]

Great commentary Mato! Loved this game

[@Kleshumara]

What a wonderful piece of chess history! Against anyone but the supercomputer Deep Capablanca, this attack would have been devastating.

[@moyop85]

Mato, I think I may have improved by watching your videos alone. Very informative and interesting. You have a new fan.

[@mahmoudhachem4034]

Ohh the irony, poor Marshal prepared his attack for 10 years and lose in 10 min :)

[@andreashoppe1969]

Mahmoud Hachem like ski mountaineering. It takes you 3 hours to get to the top and 20 minutes to go down again. That's just how life is I guess…

[@mwangikimani3970]

+Mahmoud Hachem The original gambit needed some tidying up, but the modern Marshall gambit remains one of the most formidable gambit sequences in chess... That Capa found a way out (even in the old gambit line) is testament to his genius.

[@100neshama]

The game was not a rapid or bullet,so it probably took Calablanca 100 minutes to figure out all of Marshalls traps,not 10 minutes

[@carlosrafael7363]

Another great video. Thanks!

[@Varun23121985]

best chess comentary I've heard of all other chess commentaries including Mato's own. made it so dramatic :)

[@Ilheo1]

What a exciting game! Thanks for the help

[@predpalina]

Mato is a professional chess commentator. His reviews are well-thought of. Unlike the other chess channel whom the commentator seems to be experimenting on his moves.

[@predpalina]

Gnwekor Agrwshe I beg to disagree English grammar guru! Review in dictionary also means analysis. Mato doesn't merely present the game. He does some deep analytic calculations as well. If you wanna watch basic presentation, better yet download the PGN's from popular games and watch the presentation yourself.

[@liberalaccidental]

This is a great video Mato, very informative and entertaining. Keep up the good work!!!

[@akashmihir84]

Thank you explaining lines Mato. Please keep doing that.

[@SirErick13]

I absolutely love your chess lectures, just amazing.

[@manigopal92]

Jose Raul Capablanca ✊🏻😍😍✊🏻 BEAST !

[@ashwin71151]

excellent video mato!thank you very much....

[@LordPrutsikas]

I love the way you say "check mate"

[@andrewdanger2830]

Wonderful! Thank you.

[@abkarahmed9180]

When Mato says someone played a move and the other resigned , I feel as if I was playing .

[@abhishekshah11]

Very good game. Love the way Mato says "check---pause---mate" xD

[@dule8080]

mato is very cool ,and easy speaking -and simple---this is the best---thanx mato

[@qiblawi61]

i made the like before i watched the video due to the title :) mato we all love u , we wish u the best in life

[@MrXKarim]

I used to be a big fan of Bobby Fischer but I think Capablanca was really the best player in the History

[@jak3677]

Thank you Mato,exelent drama

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Why not Bf7+, then Rxbf7, then Re8+, Rf8 blocking Check, then either Rxf8 or Qxf8? Thank you for all these wonderful videos - they occupy the majority of my Google+ Posts.

[@tlspud]

Jullian Assange just tweeted a position from this game.

[@darinhurdman2508]

Q to FOX THREE do you believe in coincidence?

[@ComposerInUK]

Very good analysis, as always, Mato. There are just too many questions! What do I do?? Maybe we could go for a coffee sometime!? Really, very well done. You make everything very clear, even to a bad player like me :-)

[@moshariff6320]

Absolutely beautiful game

[@ComposerInUK]

By the way, when I first discovered chess, I followed a few games played by Taal. I remember enjoying his flamboyant tactics; like a sleeping tiger, always playing very simply but often coming up with a 'killer' move. Could we see an analysis of a couple of his games? Thanks again, Mato.

[@Gamer2O12]

Capablanka was a genius, to play so well against so strong - new then - attack/gambit! I lower my hat before him!

[@livingpicture]

Concerning when Marshall resigned, there are other possibilities left that were not discussed, but none that could defeat the string of checks into checkmate: After Rook takes Bishop & Rook to A8 Rook to E8, Queen takes Rook - back in check. Rook to F8, Queen takes Rook - back in check. Nice ending!

[@waelhagras2340]

thank you Mato , you are my best chess teacher

[@adflicto1]

Finally a worthy opponent for Capablanca! Amazing game

[@bobthompson3739]

Capablanca, such elegance and thought. Mato, you are the guvnor!

[@carlosfcruz-rr9hp]

well done mato,thank you.

[@samthemusicguy]

Imagine that. Preparing the Marshall attack for 10 years..and then one day you launch the pawn onto d5. Amazing.

[@danielbpaiva]

Não dá pra acreditar que Capablanca escapou desse ataque, simplesmente épico! Mas o vencedor do jogo com ctz foi Marshall!

[@100neshama]

Bravo Capablanca! One of the best ever!

[@jatinpatel1853]

What a game !what a game! I will definitely resign game in white pieces and confidentially in black pieces but this game like so much deadly

[@vmsauro]

Very instructive!thanks mato..

[@vandrik77]

Fierce game by Marshall! Beautiful game indeed! Mato, where do you think he went wrong?

[@kpnunni]

I thought with the title and all, Marshall would win :) Great game Mato!

[@danilogallardo5804]

Thank you sir Mato

[@thothbaboon]

What a comeback, Capablanca is insane.

[@edwinsmart12345]

Good video as always mato

[@ohmuchiha]

hi mato. i don't wants to get Castling on chess in every game. So what is best opening that is so strong that if i am not Castling then i can manage to play game in strong position.

[@jarmokajander7990]

THANK YOU

[@tubewatcher38]

What a game ! (I thought Mato was going to say at the end.)

[@bubbumi8535]

Marshall played well but capa is the positional beast , what a game . Master of endgame.

[@pedjolliny]

Hello Mato! Why not Qh1# after pawn take bischop on g4?

[@gorantrevise]

This game shows nicely how difficult it has been to beat the Champ

[@stevoman0072]

2:16 Bishop to B7 is the best move

[@EDSRisHere]

Beautiful...

[@hamanb9278]

Za ovu partiju se Marshall posebno pripremao protiv Capablance. Ali bezuspješno, Capa je bio isuviše jak i iskusan a to je dobro znao i Marshall pa je pokušao sa iznenadjenjima da igra protiv Cape...Capa je igrao šah jednostavno baš kao što se diše, tako je rekao Mihail Botvinik (savremenik i supranik), a posebno mi je drago što je bio častoljubiv... Rijetki su fenomeni šahisti kao što je bio J.R. Capablanca.

[@nocosa]

I would like to know how long the matches lasted, its that possible?

[@ranjithshegde]

Both of the top two spots for longest time without losses is held by Mikhail Tal, not capa. Also, Garry is not just a chess nerd. He is a very dynamic human rights activist, accomplished writer and 2008 Russian Presidential Candidate and a Radical Politician.

[@nunu5245]

@ 5:39 bf7 works then after rook captures on f7 the white rook on the king side can check the black king on e8 forcing the black rook back to f8 and capturing with either rook or Queen and white would still win the game. That was the second mate variation,you only covered one

[@Robert-yy4fs]

Beautiful game

[@brechelt1]

Check......

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[@brechelt1]

............................... Maaate!

[@bojanivosevic3968]

i didnt know there could be 2 queens on the board

[@LJLMETAL]

AWESOME GAME!

[@Matias-eh2pn]

I thought it would be a win for Marshall.

[@arunmanick3186]

Me too :D First suspense/thriller from Mato. Marshall attack is great but Capa knows his mother tongue well :)

[@Zuckerberg3831]

I was disappointed that it wasn't. I was hoping it would show to be a completely new strategy vs. Spanish opening but in the end, it just showed that (in this case) there is nothing new under the sun.

[@burt591]

Michael Nguyen It was a new strategy vs spanish, it is being used even today by the super GMs, you cant blame the opening, it was just that he was playing against a monster

[@tridacnabr]

MatoJelic on the position at 5:29, i have an idea.. what if you take the f7 pawn with the light squared bishop on b3? then black is forced to recapture it with rook takes on f7 and then white plays rook to e8, check. the only defending move possible is rook back to f8, then white captures f8 with his queen and it's check mate, right?

[@tridacnabr]

MatoJelic nevermind, i just realised that the king can go back to h8 after bishop takes on f7. was a good insight tho haha

[@IronMaidenEE]

At 6:10, if black played queen to h1 instead of bishop to h2, wouldn't it be checkmate ?

[@Crackaine123]

No because king takes knight

[@IronMaidenEE]

+Crackaine123 true.. Didn't see it.. Thanks

[@Nubian42]

+Andrew Sp It's far from check mate, cuz white still have TWO moves, Kf2 or Kf1

[@mclovin510]

+Nubian42 not kf1

[@WilliamRobinsonPHD]

Kxf2

[@TheUltimateDGames]

What are you using to show the chess games?

[@Diademic111]

Hiarcs I think

[@bobbydigital9830]

I cannot understand the move that was played in the 6 min. 11 sec.?! What is stopping black queen from going to H1 checkmate?

[@deathbymonkeys]

King captures knight on f2.

[@bharahul50]

OMG!!!!!! i would have certainly fallen for that trap

[@ruisir1]

at 5:28 what if b takes f8 and after king h8, rook e8

[@mohamadshennar3764]

i didnt understand why when marshal sacrifice the night on g4 you said that then Qh4 then f3????????? why not g3

[@DarealJLS]

In the position held by black at time apprx: 6:11 is queen to h1 checkmate? ☺️

[@KingofWolfmans]

+Jonluke Summerfield No, Kxf2

[@bengann79]

unbelievable

[@migueleduardo6297]

Frank Marshall was one of the greatest attacker of his time, only Titans like Capablanca or Lasker could have neutralized his mortal tatics.

[@pedjolliny]

Oh, didn't saw...sorry! King can take Knight ...Great video! Tnx Mato !

[@AmaatAkhtar]

mato would u plz tell me that why not moving queen on H1 at 6:10

[@wojciechpejas1706]

If Qeen on h1, then black knight on f2 is hanging, I guess.

[@wojciechpejas1706]

*queen. There's no check mate (Kxf2).

[@peternagy9183]

thanks mato

[@dareyfairy]

:51 y didn't he take the pawn on e4?

[@geanmackel6538]

this game was intense

[@slipppry]

I read that Capa announced mate in 5.

[@TheParadisecove]

At 4:58..black to move...how is that a "check-mate"??

[@TheParadisecove]

Never mind..I see the Bishop on B3...check-mate...

[@Ronbo710]

Marshall was amazing. though I believe Pillsbury was stronger. And we all know Morphy was :). Thanks for the GREAT videos !!

[@Jolly_Hardeep]

mato y didnt the black play queen at h1 @6.10,it was check mate

[@TheCamillusvickerman]

I believe anything could have happened in that game.