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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Cool chess puzzle: Can you think like Capablanca?

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Hi everyone,


Time for a Capablanca chess puzzle. Do you know how White handled this? It's one of the simplest chess puzzles around. Just check out forcing moves and you will have the solution.


Capablanca vs TA Carter, St. Louis, 1909








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4 comments:

  1. Saira Fernandes, MadridNovember 3, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    That's a cool puzzle. Finally a simple one.

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  2. Aaron, WurzburgNovember 3, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    Queen sac ha ha ha ha

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  3. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 2:14 AM

    Shouldnt people abstain from writing the answer in the comments. It spoils the fun for the rest of us.

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  4. Amrit Puri, Knights Chess Club, New DelhiNovember 4, 2011 at 2:27 AM

    Thats a nice puzzle we have studied capa games at the club think we missed this

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