In this game Capablanca provides us with a magic formula for conducting Rook and Pawn endings: seize the seventh rank with your Rook, and advance your King to the sixth. Once there, his King and Rook keep the adverse King busy warding off threats of mate, and leave him no time to defend his Pawns.
[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator ""]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7.
Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qe8 {Customary strategy in the Dutch
Defence: Black intends to attack on the King side by 9... Qh5 and 10... Ng4.}
9. Qe2 $1 Ne4 {Tartakover changed his mind} 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 {The position is
equal.} 11. bxc3 Qxe7 {Now Black could play an unwelcome intrusion move 12...
Qa3, but after} 12. a4 $1 {it is not possible anymore.} Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14.
Rfb1 Rae8 15. Qh3 {After this move Black cannot free himself by 15... e5; 16.
Bxf5. White prepares 16.f4, which will assure him the control over e5 square.}
Rf6 16. f4 $1 {Now the Queen could move back.} Na5 17. Qf3 {dominating the
long diagonal.} d6 18. Re1 {to support a break by 19.e4.} Qd7 19. e4 $1 {
White opens the position to give his pieces more scope.} fxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21.
g3 {White prepares an attack on the King-side by h4 and h5, but with g3 he
stabilizes the position.} Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 (23. c5 {seems wilder.} dxc5
24. dxc5 Qd5 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rad1) 23... d5 (23... c5 {with more
complications.} 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Rab1 e5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Qa8+ Kg7) 24. cxd5
exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. h5 Rf6
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 Kf8 30. Rh7 Rc6 31. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]
} Nc4 {Black activates his Knight.} 32. g5 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 $16 {
KR-KR} 35. Kg3 $1 {With his Rook at the 7th rank and the g passed Pawn,
Capablanca decides to send his King to the f6 square. He must have planned
this many moves before.} Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 $1 Rf3 $2 {[#]} (36... a6 $16 {was
worth a try.}) 37. g6 $1 $18 Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 Re4 {[#]} 39. Kf6 $1 {[%cal Rh7h8]
Now the King support his Pawn and thretens with mate. White desdained
capturing Black´s Pawn, which now acts as protection against check by Black´s
Rook.} Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 {Threatening ...Re6+!} 41. Rxc7 {White threatens Rc8+
and mate.} Re8 42. Kxf5 Re4 $2 (42... a6 43. Rb7 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Rxb5 Rf8+
46. Kg5 Rd8) 43. Kf6 {White wants to mate with Rc8+.} Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 {[#]}
45. g7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Kg8 (45... Rxg7 46. Rxg7) 46.
Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rc1 50.
Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 {Strongly threatening d6.} Rxa4 52. d6 {Precision: White = 61%,
Black = 35%.} 1-0
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