In this game from an exhibition match against an amateur player Capablanca plays a very questionnable bishop sacrifice. This happens every day all over the world whe a strong player meets a weaker one, you might argue. And true that is.
But this game has been regarded one of the Capablanca classics - is that fair, considering the quality?
Judge for yourself…
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June 24, 2010 at 1:58 am
Anonymous
Re your series on exchange sacs. I thought you might enjoy the following game played in San Remo in 1930. Black sacs the exchange on move 23.
[Event "San Remo (Italy)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Mario Monticelli"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Bb7
7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Qe7 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 O-O-O
13.a4 a5 14.Rb1 Rdg8 15.f3 h5 16.e4 h4 17.Be1 e5 18.h3 Nh5
19.c5 dxc5 20.d5 Nf4 21.Nc4 Rh6 22.Rf2 f5 23.d6 Rxd6 24.Nxd6+
Qxd6 25.Bc4 Rf8 26.exf5 Rxf5 27.Rd2 Qe7 28.Qb3 Rf8 29.Bd3 e4
30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.fxe4 Qxe4 32.Qc2 Qc6 33.c4 g4 34.Bxh4 gxh3
35.g3 Ne5 36.Rb3 Ne2+ 37.Rxe2 Rf1+ 38.Kxf1 Qh1+ 39.Kf2 Ng4#
0-1
I particularly like the checkmate.I’ll let you be the judge as to whether or not the exchange sac is positional or tactical but at the end the sacs come thick and fast.
June 24, 2010 at 5:07 am
Claus Jensen
Thanks for sharing - and indeed a very nice game!
The exchange sac effectively stops white’s attack and after that he can concentrate on his own attack. In the end he just had enough material to mate Bogoljubov beautifully - great!
Claus
July 30, 2010 at 1:52 pm
tmills
I would replace “Just for yourself” by “Judge for yourself”.
tmills
July 30, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Claus Jensen
@tmills
thanks for making me aware of the typo.
It has been corrected now