Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:06:00 03/12/01
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On March 12, 2001 at 15:44:04, Daniel Chancey wrote: >Insane as in "Has Capablanca EVER played 1.f4 in his prime?" > >Castle2000 I would define "in his prime" as between the early 1910's (he crushed Marshall in a match in 1909 and he met Lasker for a tournament in 1914), and the late 1930's (about 10 years after he lost the championship to Alekhine). I have two games, one in 1918, and another in 1922, which was when he was World Champion. [Event "?"] [Site "Philadelphia (USA)"] [Date "1918.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca J R"] [Black "Haussmann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. c4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. d3 Ne8 12. Nd2 f6 13. Ng4 Qc7 14. e4 d4 15. Qf3 Rd8 [Event "?"] [Site "New York (USA)"] [Date "1922.??.??"] [Round "11.0"] [White "Capablanca J R"] [Black "Malowan W "] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 Bf6 6. d4 Nge7 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Kf2 g5 9. Bb5 gxf4 10. exf4 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Re1 Rg8 13. g3 h5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 h4 There is a third game from 1914 at this site (it is Game 4): www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/lesscapa.html jm
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