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Marshall, Frank James vs Capablanca, Jose Raul, 1927

Capablanca won this New York game as Black. LibreChess uses games like this for the daily Guess-the-Move trainer: you replay the opening, then try to find the master’s moves yourself.

White
Marshall, Frank James
Black
Capablanca, Jose Raul
Event
New York
Year
1927
Result
0-1
Opening
A46 Torre Attack: Classical Defense
♜♞♝♚♝♜♟♟♟♟♟♟♛♟♞♝♞♟♟♟♛♟♟♟♟♜♞♚♝♜
Training position around move 6 — start guessing Capablanca's moves from here.

Opening reference: Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46).

Move score

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. e3 d5 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. N2f3 Ne4 10. Bf4 f6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O-O 14. Bg3 exd4 15. O-O dxe3 16. a4 Re8 17. Qd3 exf2+ 18. Kh1 Qe3 19. Qd1 Bg4 20. Rxf2 h5 21. Qf1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Qe2 23. Qg1 h4 24. Re1 hxg3 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Rxg3 Bd6 27. Qf1 Rhe8 28. Qf5+ Kb8 29. Rf3 R8e5 30. Qd3 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Rd5 32. Qf3 Ne5 33. Qf2 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Ng4 0-1

PGN

[Event "New York"] [Site "LibreChess"] [Date "1927.??.??"] [White "Marshall, Frank James"] [Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. e3 d5 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. N2f3 Ne4 10. Bf4 f6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O-O 14. Bg3 exd4 15. O-O dxe3 16. a4 Re8 17. Qd3 exf2+ 18. Kh1 Qe3 19. Qd1 Bg4 20. Rxf2 h5 21. Qf1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Qe2 23. Qg1 h4 24. Re1 hxg3 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Rxg3 Bd6 27. Qf1 Rhe8 28. Qf5+ Kb8 29. Rf3 R8e5 30. Qd3 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Rd5 32. Qf3 Ne5 33. Qf2 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Ng4 0-1

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