"How could Capablanca lose against me? I must confess that even now I am unable to answer this question with certainty, since in 1927 I did not believe that I was superior to him. Perhaps the main reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers-the product of the overwhelming victory at the New York tournament that year-and his undervaluing of mine. "(Alekhine)

Whatever intro, Mato is awesome.

It took a few years but Alekhine finally beat Capablanca. These guys were good!

Nowday on mato's channel playing H5 or a6 called asking the question

I was just looking for some good game by Alekhine and I found your video. I am glad I have also found that winning combination at the end, and it didn't even take me more than a couple of minutes. Of course, the mastery was getting in such a winning position in the first place, but that's why we have to work on all the chess skills and all parts of the game. Thank you, Mate, for presenting this great game to us.

Even the great masters of the moment had predicted: Alekhine had no chance in the final. The question was not whether I was going to lose or not, but how many points. There were even those who said that Alekhine could not even win an isolated game. In fact, Alekhine had never won the Cuban prodigy. They had faced twelve times on a board in official competition, with a devastating statistic for the Russian: + 0-5 = 7. That is, five losses and seven draws ... no victory.

Capablanca died on March 8, 1942 and although they had not spoken for more than 15 years, Alekhine wrote some last words of praise for the game of the great Cuban: 'the greatest chess player of all time has died. No one will ever be born again.'

Its sad that this great channel does not have more views.

Finally 😭😭😭 thank you mato 🌹🌹🌹 more alekhine vs capa please game 32 the best end game ❤️🙏

Alexander Alekhine might be my favorite chess player, but I would like to see a game analyzed where Capablanca beats Alekhine.

Glad to see the famous Mato smile back! This game looks complicated. I wonder how it compares with very recent top games.

Alekhine is my all time best chess grandmaster. His games are always on point.

Great to see the old Mato opening. Beats Queen's Gambit any day.

this is a heavyweight fight with gloves off.

Alekhine was a monster

Two of my favorite chess giants against each other, now that's real show.

MatoJelic, the killer move in chess lecture to teach or learn chess; tks Mato!

Thank you again for all your videos, MatoJelic! Even not an expert at all, I agree: Alekine beat Capablanca in Capa-style. Unlike Kasparov when he beat Karpov in Kasparov-style?...

This was a win after 8 draws, putting the match 4-2; the next game was almost a disaster for Capa but managed a draw on a slight mistake by Alekhine and an amazing double knight defensive gem against a pawn storm which should be analyzed!😮

Your ending is awesome again! I missed it!

great video matooo!!!!

wonderful video

And so, the Chess Machine fell...

Tks

Awesome

Had there been a return match, somewhere in 1929, would Capablanca have trounced Alekhine ... I wonder ...

I was looking at this game in a book written in 1981 so I said let's check if Mato covered the game, it would probably be less boring

Isn't the game still playable for white ? If 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 what is the next move ?

Found it.

Plot twist!

I'm not very good at chess but it seems to me that the knights can create winning situations in middlegames, by often seemingly sacrificing themselves for a pawn.

I like to think that up in heaven, all of the old masters are in their prime, playing each other while God watches. Thanks, Mato.

8k , why so few views

Almost incomprehensible....as some of those moves are extremely unlike Capa....He lost because he didnt see the tactic leaving the rook on d1 undefendable because of the bishop check...although he was close to losing anyway...I think for the most part Capablanca got complacent because he had such an easy time with chess against some of the worlds best players, and his tactical skill began to wane...I have personally gone through many games with Stockfish and it appeared that even though Capa went on an undefeated streak for so many years, he became a bit lazy and clearly did not like to analyze positions for the absoloute best move...instead he would usually pick a variation that was safe but concrete even if it meant that it wasnt as forcing...he began to lose some of his tactical skills and against Alekhine, that was a recipe for disaster...as Alekhine steered alot of the games into complicated positions that required Capa to analyse and calculate which I believe he did not like to do.

Can someone explain how alekhin wins? I think white still can move.

Alekhine vs capa this is like kasparov vs fischer

Who could have contributed $ 10,000 to "force" Alekhine to accept a new challenge from Capablanca? We know that Capablanca made enormous efforts to raise this sum and finally got it. However, Alekhine rejected that offer, claiming that the dollar had devalued a lot and wanted the sum in gold. Then, Capablanca was outraged and withdrew. However, a few years later Alekhine agreed to play with a minor prize matches against Bogoljubov

How did Alekhine beat Capablanca? Easy. He knows Capablanca is an old man so he tried to play very very long games with him in order to tire the old man. Now you know how to win using off the board techniques. There are other off the board techniques but some are not allowed in official matches of course.

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After Alekhine beat Capablanca in the World title match, he refused his rematch. So he went and played Bogolubov pretty easily. Instead of playing a tougher opponent, Alekhine played him again an beat him again. It's said that afterwards, Alekhine wanted to play someone else in the World championship, Capablanca said he would play him, but again Alekhine still refused to play him. Instead, he tred to go the easy way around and played Max Euwe. Euwe stunned him, and won by one point. Euwe accepted the rematch (unlike Alekhine woh didn't accept Capa's) and Alekhine won. Now, who thinks Alekhine was a coward?

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