Capablanca Endgames with GM Ben Finegold

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Published 2023-07-09

Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenFinegold/ GM Ben Finegold teaches the endgame class by going over four different Capablanca games. This lecture was recorded on Oct. 3, 2017 at CCSCATL in Roswell, Georgia.

Games Discussed:
Capablanca, Jose vs. Corzo, Juan (Havana, 1901)
Marshall, Frank vs. Capablanca, Jose (New York, 1909)
Duras, Oldrich vs. Capablanca, Jose (New York, 1913)
Janowski, Dawid vs. Capablanca, Jose (New York, 1916)

Originally posted on the CCSCATL channel, but moved here for channel consolidation.

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All Comments (21)

@ibazulic 10 months ago

Ben is always amazing, but I have to admit, I sometimes miss the jokes about names, like "Marshall gambit was named after Mr Gambit" and such :-D
@Deucely 10 months ago

Capibaras have the perfect attitude to play chess.
@edsal467 10 months ago

This seems like the beginning of a beautiful lesson.
@notdanroth 10 months ago

Oh man huge burn on Naka from that kid xD
@ShadowEnlightenment69 10 months ago

Thanks
@chessanthemum 10 months ago

I love Casablanca
@Jumper300035 10 months ago

Casablanca is a real Gangster
@jordanmcmorris5248 10 months ago

If any piece goes to g7 it's a Fianchetto
@SevenTheJester 10 months ago

I love that this kid just said, unironically, that the second best chess player in the world "isn't a super grandmaster." 😂
@shrayanmajumder7517 6 months ago

Great stuff
@clagan415 10 months ago

Love these lectures... have improved tremendously 🙏
@isaaccraft5977 5 months ago

lol kid: naka isnt a super GM Ben: oh, he's not? Kid: no Ben: that is funny... it is funny because you are being serious .... better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all shadow of doubt
@isaaccraft5977 5 months ago

Kf7 is a draw because the knight can create a blockade on the Q-side. The king cant get in. Curiously the move Nf5 is losing because (while it trades pawns in the endgame) it gives white a monster passed pawn. @ 8:52
@germanchris4440 6 months ago

To me, the Janowski-Capablanca position is an example of middlegame strategy. Not everything without queens has to be an endgame.
@grecuccionicola 10 months ago

In the game , duras capa , can white play Ra8 Ke7 , Rh8 , then it’s posible to play g3 and h4
@rp1894 10 months ago

Petition to call Capablanca PapaCapa.
@eladiocamacho5088 10 months ago

Hey this is the guy from the place I'm time
@thedigitalnerds 5 months ago

Karen deserves better than the world treats her.
@tomswiftyphilo2504 10 months ago

aw crap I'm internet people
@WastrelWay 3 months ago

The anecdote about the two astronomers 500 years ago raises some interesting epistemological questions. Or maybe just one. It's not chess, anyway. Let's move on...