Capablanca - Nimzowitsch match simulation

Nimzowitsch used his own weapon (Nimzo-Indian Defence), but Capablanca managed to gain a slight advantage. Nimzowitsch was rescued by sacrificing 26 ... B:f3, however this was only the beginning of the most interesting part of the game. The first game is impressive, complex, and very fierce.

[pgn]
[Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2
d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Ne4 11. O-O
Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Rac1 h6 15. h3 Qd6 16. a4 a5 17. b3 Qe7 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bd5 20. f3 c5 21. Rd2 Qh4 22. Bc4 Rd8 23. Bb5 Bb7 24. Rcd1
Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Bd5 26. Qd3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qg3+ 28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+ 30. Ke1
Qh4+ 31. Kd2 Rd8 32. Bd7 Qf2+ 33. Kc3 Qxf3 34. Kc4 h5 35. Kb5 h4 36. Qd6 h3 37.
Rd2 Qb7 38. Qc6 Qxc6+ 39. Kxc6 g5 40. Rf2 g4 41. Rf4 Kf8 42. Bxe6 h2 43. Rxf7+
Ke8 44. Rh7 g3 45. Bf5 g2 46. Rxh2 g1=Q 47. Rh8+ Ke7 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Rh8+ Kg7
50. Rxd8 Qxe3 51. Rd7+ Kh6 52. Rd6+ Kg7 53. Rd7+ Kh6 54. Rd5 Qxb3 55. e6 Qxa4+
56. Kd6 Qf4+ 57. Kd7 Qa4+ 58. Kd8 Qc6 59. Rd7 Qa8+ 60. Kc7 Qa7+ 61. Kc8 Qa6+
62. Kb8 Qe2 63. e7 Qe5+ 64. Kc8 c4 65. Bc2 Kg5 66. Ba4 b5 67. Bxb5 c3 68. Ba4
Qe4 69. Rd5+ Qxd5 70. e8=Q Qa8+ 71. Kd7 Qxe8+ 72. Kxe8 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Four Knights Game, Spanish Rubinstein Variation.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Black "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. O-O Qxe2
11. Bxe2 d6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. g4 a5 15. a4 c6 16. b5 Bc5 17. bxc6 bxc6
18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. h3 h5 20. gxh5 Bxh3 21. Rd1 Bf5 22. Rd2 Rfc8 23. Bb5 Bg4 24.
Rd5 Bf3 25. Rf5 Be4 26. Rg5 d5 27. Bf4 Rb6 28. Bd3 Be7 29. Rg3 Bf6 30. Bxe4
dxe4 31. Rd1 Bxc3 32. Rd7 Rf6 33. Be3 Rf5 34. h6 g6 35. Rh3 Kh7 36. Rh4 Rc4 37.
Rf4 Rxf4 38. Bxf4 Kg8 39. Kg2 Bf6 40. Rc7 Rxa4 41. Rc6 Bd4 42. c3 Bh8 43. Rc8+
Kh7 44. Rf8 Bxc3 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Rc7 Bd4 47. Rd7 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[/pgn]

Nimzo-Indian Defence, Capablanca variation, main line. A long and even fight.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O-O b5 14. cxb5 Nd5
15. Qxe5 dxe5 16. Bxd8 Rfxd8 17. Kd2 a6 18. Nh3 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nf4+ 20. Kc1 Nxh3
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. gxh3 Bxf3 23. Rf1 Bd5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. a4 Kf8 26. a5 Ke7 27.
a6 Bc6 28. Bd3 Bf3 29. Rd2 Kd7 30. a7 Kc8 31. Rf2 Ba8 32. Kc2 Rf6 33. Rxf6 gxf6
34. Ba6+ Kd7 35. Bb5+ Kc8 36. Ba6+ Kd8 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Ke2 Kc6 39. Bd3 Kb6 40.
Kf2 Kxa7 41. Kg3 Bb7 42. Kg4 Ba6 43. Bh7 Bc8+ 44. Kh5 f5 45. Kxh6 f4 46. exf4
exf4 47. Be4 Bb7 48. Bf5 f3 49. h4 f2 50. Bh3 Ba6 51. h5 f1=Q 52. Bxf1 Bxf1 53.
Kg7 Bd3 54. h6 c5 55. Kxf7 Kb6 56. Kg7 c4 57. h7 Bxh7 58. Kxh7 Kb5 59. h4 Kb4
60. h5 Kb3 61. Kg7 Kxb2 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Four Knights Game, Double Spanish Variation. Capablanca defended with a perpetual check.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Black "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8.
a4 a5 9. Be3 b6 10. h3 Qe7 11. Kh1 Ne8 12. Nd2 f6 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Qb1 Rd8 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 h6 17. Nf3 g5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rf2 c5 20. Qa2+ Kh7 21. Raf1
Ng7 22. Nd2 Bc8 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Kg1 f5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Qc3 Rde8 27. b3 Nd6
28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxf8 Qxf8 30. d4 Qf5 31. Ng3 Qd5 32. Nf3 c4 33. Nh5 Qf7 34.
g4 cxb3 35. d5 Bb7 36. Qxb3 Kg8 37. Qd3 Ba6 38. Qc3 Ne8 39. Qe5 Bc4 40. Nd4
Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf2+ 42. Kh1 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Catalan Opening.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 d5 10. Qb3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Rfc1 a6 14. Bc7 Qe8
15. Nc3 b5 16. e3 Rc8 17. Ba5 Bc6 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Bb5 21. Bxb5
axb5 22. Nc3 Nc4 23. Bb4 Nf6 24. Ra7 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Nxd6 26. Kg2 h5 27. h3 Qd8
28. Raa1 Nc4 29. Qb4 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Nxd6 31. Ne5 Ra8 32. h4 Rfc8 33. Nd3 g6 34.
Nc5 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Réti Opening

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Black "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qd4 Bc5
15. Qa4 d4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Kf1 h5 20. Na4 Bxb2
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxb2 g5 23. Nc4 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Caro-Kann.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ngf3
O-O 15. O-O Bb7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. c3 Qb6 18. Rad1 Ng4 19. Bg3 Ngf6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6
21. Ne5 Rad8 22. Bh4 a6 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Bc2 Ba8 25. a3 Qb7 26. f3 Qc7 27. Kh1
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bd5 29. Bf2 Bd6 30. Bd4 a5 31. f4 Qb7 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. h3 Ne4 34.
Kh2 a4 35. Qg4 Nf6 36. Qg3 Nh5 37. Qg4 Nxf4 38. Qxf4 f6 39. Kg1 Qc7 40. Re1 Rd8
41. Qg3 fxe5 42. Bxe5 Bxe5 43. Qxe5 Qxe5 44. Rxe5 Bxg2 45. Bxb5 Rd2 46. Re2
Rxe2 47. Bxe2 Bc6 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Reti opening.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Black "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Rc8 8. Re1
Qb6 9. Bf1 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. c3 Rfd8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Rc1 Be8
15. Qe2 a5 16. a3 Bf8 17. h3 Rc7 18. a4 Rdc8 19. Rcd1 Ne7 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Rbc1
Nf6 22. Rb1 Nh5 23. g3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26. Qd1 Nf5 27. Nf3 f6 28.
g4 Nd6 29. Re3 Nf7 30. Qc2 Bd6 31. c4 Bf4 32. Re2 dxc4 33. bxc4 Qc6 34. Re4 Bd6
35. Qe2 b6 36. Bc3 Re8 37. h4 Rcc8 38. Re1 Qxa4 39. Re3 Bf4 40. Re4 Qa3 41.
Bxa5 bxa5 42. Rxf4 e5 43. Re4 Nd6 44. dxe5 Nxe4 45. Qxe4 f5 46. Qe3 Qc5 47. Nd4
Red8 48. e6 Be8 49. Nxf5 Qxe3 50. Rxe3 Rc7 51. h5 a4 52. e7 Rdd7 53. Kg2 a3 54.
c5 Rxc5 55. Bb1 Ra5 56. Ba2+ Kh7 57. Nh4 Ra8 58. Bb1+ Kh8 59. Ng6+ Bxg6 60.
hxg6 Re8 61. Rxa3 Rdxe7 62. Ba2 Rf8 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Nimzo-indian.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 Nb3 22. Bc4 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Nbd4+ 24. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Rd1 Kf6
27. Nb5 Ba6 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxc4 30. Ke3 a5 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

English symmetrical.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Black "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5
Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Nd4 Ng4 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15.
Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 bxc5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. b4 Nf6 19. Bxc6 Bc4 20. Rfb1 Rc8 21.
b5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. a4 Rfd8 25. a5 Kf8 26. b6 axb6 27. Rxb6
Rb8 28. Rab1 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Ra8 30. Rb5 Ke7 31. Rxc5 Kd6 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Queen's Indian.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Bf1 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5
Bf6 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Bxc4 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qe5 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Qa5
Rc7 28. Qa6 Nb6 29. Bf1 Qxd5 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Qe2 Qe6 32. Qd2 Rd7 33. Qc1 Qd6
34. h4 Nc8 35. h5 Ne7 36. Qc2 g6 37. Qb2 Ng8 38. Qh8 gxh5 39. Qxh7 Qg6 40. Qh8
f6 41. Re6 Rd1 42. Kg2 Qf7 43. Bc4 Qb7+ 44. f3 Rd2+ 45. Kh3 Qxf3 46. Qxg8+ Kxg8
47. Rxf6+ Qd5 48. Bxd5+ Rxd5 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

Queen's Gambit.

[pgn][Event "Capablanca-Nimzowitsch match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Comp"]
[Black "Capablanca, Comp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D67"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O b6 14. Be2
Bb7 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Qa4 c5 17. Qa3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. dxc5 Qd2 20. Bh5 Rxc5
21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rcd1 Qa5 23. Rd7+ Kf6 24. Rxb7 Qxa3 25. bxa3 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

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Points

Jose Raul Capablanca

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

6

Aron Nimzowitsch

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

½

6