The danish gambit was popular with masters of the attack including alekhine, marshall, blackburne, and mieses, but as more. We are still trying to determine when the frere v marshall game first appeared with the date 1917, i. A masterly ending faehndrich kaufmann vs reti capablanca, 1914 c11 french, 47 moves, 01. While capablancas playing style was celebrated for its orderliness, purdys gift was an ability to distill a master game to its elements, and explain how those parts fit together. The danish gambit is one of the most aggressive openings as white will look to sacrifice two pawns for quick development and the attack. This line is recommended by nigel davies in his book play 1. Comprehensive jose raul capablanca chess games collection, opening repertoire, tournament history, pgn download, biography and news biggest chess games database online. Blackburne vs nn, 1863 c21 center game, 24 moves, 10. Chapter 12 the kieseritzky gambit allgaiers gambit. The danish gambit, known as the nordisches gambit in german and the noords gambiet in dutch both meaning nordic gambit, is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1.
It was popular with masters of attack including alekhine. A chess prodigy, he is considered by many one of the greatest players of all time, widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play born in havana, he beat cuban champion juan corzo in a match on 17 november 1901, two days before. Gligoric nimzoindian defense golombekcapablancas best games golombekretis best games golombekthe game of chess. See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Jose raul capablanca was born in havana, cuba on the 19th of november 1888. The danish gambit, known as the nordisches gambit nordic gambit in german, and the noors gambiet norwegian gambit in dutch, is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. Marshall, at that time one of the best players of the world in a onesided match. Bxe2 10 bxe2 qxg2 11 bf3 qg6 12 qb3 oo ooo, white once again has a roughly even position that i think one can play with confidence. Capablanca thought that chess would be played out in a few decades, that games between chess grandmasters would always end in a draw. Who can give rolavsky two pawns, development or no development. In their excellent book on the danish gambit titled danish dynamite 2003, karsten muller and martin voigt consider this the stem game of what they call the capablanca defense though the line had been around for many years before capablanca took it up. White players who prefer a quieter, more positional game tend to prefer 1. Center game and danish gambit colle system czechbenoni dunst opening 1. The earliest instance found so far remains pages 238239 of best short games of chess by. The dangerous danish gambit chess openings explained. Chess strategydevelopment wikibooks, open books for an. Capablanca chess club vs j corzo, 1911 c21 center game, 29 moves, 10. Analysis by scandinavian masters in the late 19th century showed it is playable for.
Capablanca was known for his exceptional endgame skills, and ability to precisely play technical endgame positions. The danish is closely related to the scotch and goring gambits, depending on the timing of the development of whites kingside pieces. An introduction to the danish gambit accepted richard westbrook, 2006 1 the danish gambit is a variation of the center game and begins with the moves 1. In 1909 capablanca stunned the chess world by clearly beating frank j. If capablanca was the chess machine, then purdy was the technical writer. O bernstein vs capablanca, 1914 d63 queens gambit declined, orthodox defense, 29 moves, 01. Two new pieces are introduced 1 a rchbishop princesscardinal, which slides like a bishop or leaps like a knight 2 c hancellor empressmarshall, which slides like a rook or leaps like a knight. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and. All in all, 35 games are annotated by capablanca in person with remarkable objectivity bestowing praise and hurling criticism as and when required. He held a world championship title from 1921 to 1927 until he lost it to alexander alekhine. Danish gambit nordic gambit wikipedia page general history. Faced with the cool, smart defense, marshall is left with no choice but to allow whites king access to the defenseive blockade on the queen side that only a few moves ago looked like a logjam hampering capablancas offesive prospects. The openings were published in five volumes of eco, with volumes labeled a through e.
Nd2 trap c45 medium scotch 1007 a blackmardiemar trap. Howell, in his contemporary notes to the game, writes. View and download countless other grandmaster chess games from our pgn file collection, completely free. This is a list of chess openings, organized by the encyclopaedia of chess openings eco code. Hermann vs argonaut, 2006 c21 center game, 24 moves, 10. Which are the best 10 chess games for a beginner to study. Rolavsky stared across the board, tightlipped 6 in contempt. Game 101 in laskers manual of chess by emanuel lasker. Steve lopez has written penportraits of the players at the 1924 ny tournament, and there is a whole site devoted to the world champions.
This is a fairly typical position for white in the queens gambit, with the exception of the n on c4. Here, we learn to play 6 be3 nf6 7 nc3 bb4 8 nge2 bg4 9 h3. Lolli attack chess openings chess game, chess, chess. When youre ready to take your chess studies to the next level, check out pgn mentor, the very best program available for working with pgn files. The brilliant lines of attack setup in the opening gradually fade to a new structural reality defined by white. Capablanca chess is a chess variant played on a 10x8 board. One example of a gambit to gain time to develop pieces is the danish gambit, where white quickly develops his bishops, which can expertly use the open diagonals of the board. Marshall capablanca, lake hopatcong 1926 danish gambit. Games are given in the style section of the canon, and relevant examples may be found through the glossary.
The opening that has stood the test of time like no other. In 1966, chess informant categorized the chess openings into five broad areas a through e, with each of those broken down into one hundred subcategories 00 through 99. D63 queens gambit declined, orthodox defense, 48 moves, 10 lasker vs capablanca, 1921 d61 queens gambit declined, orthodox, rubinstein attack, 68 moves, 01. He learned chess at the age of four by watching his father play and in 1901, at the age of 12, he beat juan corzo, the cuban champion. However, with care, black can accept one or both pawns safely, or simply decline the gambit altogether. I am always facing the danish gambit from people and have a really hard time defending stuff.
This defense has been worked out by capablanca and is what i play myself. It is considered by karsten muller and martin voigt in their book danish dynamite to be the stem game of the capablanca defense to the danish gambit, since it popularized the variation 1. Alexander alekhine a 43 alexander alekhine, the fourth world chess champion, a russian who had spent half his life in france, winner of the legendary 1927 match in buenos aires against capablanca, died undefeated. Chess openings encyclopedia of chess openings d83 gruenfeld defence, gruenfeld gambit, capablanca variation. The danish gambit, known as the nordisches gambit in german and the noords gambiet in. Nxc3, when the position would bare some resemblance to the smithmorra gambit of the sicilian defense. Jose raul capablanca is considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. White will sacrifice one or two pawns for the sake of rapid development and the attack.
Awe for his astonishing ability and strength, admiration for his achievements in the competitive arena and at the board, and envy for a talent that seemed to allow him to top the world with an iota of the effort his greatest peers needed to stand toetotoe with him. Lolli attack chess openings the lolli attack is an extremely aggressive line for white in the two knights defense against the italian game. Capablanca was regarded as the most naturally talented chess player. White sacrifices one or two pawns for the sake of rapid development and attack. Peter lane, 22 january 1997 on studying master games a short digression. His life is a distillation of the entire 20th century, with its revolutions, world wars, upheavals and contradictions. This book captures the magic of capablancas early victory at san sebastian 1911 and his second place bowing only to lasker pdf at st petersburg 1914. The danish gambit, known as the nordisches gambit nordic gambit in german, and the noors gambiet northern gambit in dutch, is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. Not in a tournament since marshall drew one with capa twenty years ago. General alekhine vs a cheron, 1925 c21 center game, 16 moves, 10. I wrote this to accompany the lollipops in 1994, but it holds up as well as it ever did. In their excellent book on the danish gambit titled danish dynamite 2003, karsten muller and martin voigt consider this the stem game of what they call the capablanca defensethough the line had been around for many years before capablanca took it up. However, with care, black can accept one or both pawns safely, or simply decline the gambit altogether with. Danish gambit part 1 danish gambit part 2 danish gambit part 3 articles by tim mcgrew from danish pastry.