Wednesday, 13 December 2023

An ideal game?

 I once read that Capablanca described the ideal chess game as one where a player played positionally correct moves, forced the win of material, and won with the last remaining pawn on the board. While I'm not convinced that all moves were positionally correct, it at least fulfilled the last of Capablanca's conditions.


Cheng,Larry - Press,Shaun [D03]
Swiss Festive Fun --- (6), 12.12.2023

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 Ne4 6. Bh4 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 e6 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Rab1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Na5 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nd2 Rec8 21. Bg3 Rc6 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Kf1 b5 26. a3 a5 27. Rd1 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Re3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Kg7 34. g4 Rc3+ 35. Rd3 Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 g5 37. Ke3 f5 38. f4 Kf6 39. h3 fxg4 40. hxg4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 h6 42. Kf3 e5 43. Ke3 exd4+ 44. Kxd4 Kg5 0-1

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