I do need to make a correction. The story is correct, but the game is not. This game was played at St. Petersburg in 1914. However, my description of what happened at San Sebastien in 1911 is correct.
Gotcha. In thought my memory was slipping didn't remember it being the one played at S.S. I've been telling people to check your channel out. Good job you've helped myself and others to get better. Sorry for my long stories.
You might have also mentioned that Bernstein never beat Capablanca in 4 attempts. His record was 0 Wins, 3 Losses, and 1 Draw. Clearly a case of good GM vs. World Title Candidate.
The San Sebastian Tournament of 1911. The conditions of this tournament made it the best that could be had. It was limited to those players who had won at least two third prizes in previous first-class inter¬ national tournaments. An exception was made with respect to me,. because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry before this clause was known. One of them was Dr. Bernstein. I had the good fortune to play him in the first round, and beat him in such fashion as to obtain the Rothschild prize for the most brilliant game of the tournament. Before this game the strongest of the masters looked upon me as an easy prey to their wiles ; but, after it, the feeling changed to something more akin to awe than anything else ; at least, a profound feeling of respect for my ability remained throughout the rest of the contest.
Love this description of what actually happened at the tournament. I love underdogs - who become top dogs. Rather like the story of Chessdawg, in the chess world, I hope!
Having seen the Marshall match, I find it hard to believe that the other masters felt that Capablanca was beneath them. More likely they felt that he would be highly placed and deprive some of them of prize money.
I'll take a game like this with commentary like yours over a brilliant Morphy miniature any day. There are so many ideas in this game, it bears watching at least three times. The Morphy miniature is an art masterpiece, this is an instruction manual.
Capablanca went on to win this tournament 0.5 ahead of Rubinstein, whom was the only one to defeat Capablanca. For his win against Bernstein, Capablanca received the brilliancy prize sponsored by Baron Von Rothschild
I just love how J.R.C's pieces are always on the square best to maximise the opponents anxiety. Just the sweetest music being played.. I wonder at what move did the Dr. realise the hopelesness of his situation?
6:33. It's important to go over the slew of tactical variations of why the knight on c8 can't be taken. It's enprise three different ways and all of them lose.
Capablanca to me was like an architect organizing and combining his pieces so beautifully on the board. Bernstein was always getting mated out of all the variation and patterns you have given. When you see ( not just a GM ) but great minds ( geniuses ) at the level of Capa, Morphy, Tal, and so on, No taking pieces or sacrificing them; you better run. A great advantage in position is coming, or even a checkmate. It's just that we don't see it yet. :)
Quite a great game, not quite sure where Bernstein went wrong, but Capablanca was very forceful indeed. I wonder about Bernstein’s reaction to this game, and towards Capablanca after that tournament.
Imagine if Capablanca had access to the current opening theory AND the lastest computers. See Guid and Bratko's studies with Rybak 2.3.2a and Rybka 3. Rybka showed that Capablanca was right up there with Fischer in terms of high accuracy and low error rate.
I'm not a chess expert and not saying this cause I'm Cuban like Capa. I saw a video, Mr. Magnus Carsen said that Capa was better than Fisher. I don't know who you are, I would imagine Mr. Magnus, the greatest chess player in a long time knows more about chess than you and me. Saw another video, where he said that he knew how to take little advantage during the game, ignorants think that the game was equal, only a little advantage was enough for a win. Remember, we are talking about the Mozart of chess, the one that Lasker and the rest called a Genius. Adios
@@Tech-vn1jvMagnus knows about taking advantage of a little advantage in position and turning it into a win. Apparently he saw it in Capablanca and knew it wasn't an ability that just any chess player knows how to utilize effectively. Capablanca was a genius on the chess board. Other grandmasters at the time had nothing but praise for him.
@Eds7570 You said it best. Capablanca is my hero, not only because we are both from Havana, Cuba. I'm sure you and anyone that knows the game of chess, knows that Capa is among the top 10 players that ever lived. It is really comical how many people think they can play chess, if I was playing 50% of Capa playing Corzo at around 11 yrs. old, I would beat most people in chess. I watched those games, Corzo I think beat him twice at the beginning then the genius maneuvered, that was the end of Corzo in Cuba, some of those games are good. Bye
@@Corteum Well, since I love Chess, I keep learning about Chess. I saw Mr. Magnus Carsen in a video saying that Capablanca was better than Fisher. I don't know much, I would imagine that he knows more about Chess than most humans on the planet, since Capa was born decades before Fisher, Fisher said that Capa was probably the greatest player ever. Bye
@@Tech-vn1jv It's true. According to Rybka 3, which was rated 3100 on good hardware (i.e. 4 cores), Capablanca and Fischer were the strongest, the most accurate, most consistent, and the ones that had the lowest error rate of all the former wcc's. I think if both those players were alive today with all the latest theory and access to computers, they would be 3000+.
No disrespect with Capablanca ( who was already widely recognized as a major grandmaster and likely future world champion by 1911) there! Bernstein's argument should have been addressed to that tournament's sponsors and organizers, who extended the courtesy invitation for JRC to play although he had not (yet) met their other requirement. Capablanca was merely responding to his official invitation, Bernstein's argument over that was thus with completely different people!
Devil’s Advocate opinion; maybe no disrespect was intended. Bernstein might just be a stickler to the rules and felt it was unfair to make an exception
The refutation to Bernstein's claim that "Capablanca had not achieved the standards necessary for admission" could have been,"If he's not up to standard, then you'll easily defeat him. In which case, you have nothing to fear by his admission". 😂
Yes, because of Hubris. Capablanca wasn't different in this regard than a lot of others with their special abilities. He was human after all, got overconfident, didn't prepare, and underestimated Alekhine. What's interesting is after Alekhine won the world championship, he went out of his way to not grant Capablanca a rematch. He knew Capablanca could've taken him down.
Thanks for the Game. Im from Havana, Cuba, like Capa. Many people in this world think they are a big sh..t, how do you know if you are a big sh..t. When you are born in a poor country in 1888 i believe, died in 1942, on Netflix, the Queen Gambit, they mentioned Capa's name and also on the movie searching for Bobby Fisher. Anyone who knows chess, knows that Capa was one of the very few genuises in the game of Chess. That's how you know you are a big shi..t, when your name will be remembered for centuries and centuries, his name will never die. Adios.
In 1911 a new force arrived to the planet : *CAPABLANCA *.... the machine ... Unparalent talent.. precision at the maximum level on the board**. Yes , when the clock is ticking.. . The Goat (my opinion).. and lazy..😂
When enough people are included in any activity, rudeness is a guarantee because most people are so poorly developed in their character, education or upbringing that they will always say or do something disturbing or offensive. Aside from GM Bernstein, a good example of a detestable player is GM Kramnik...Always trying lead others to believe other players are cheating by posting their accuracy percentages of their games. Karjakin is also an asshole for obvious reasons. NM Levy Rozman is another one. Though he is obviously one of the most intelligent people out there and one of my favorite celebrities, he manages to always make disturbing or misleading youtube video titles that make my skin feel like it's burning after I remember that it's just a lead conversion tendril, and the video is likely one big pathological lie.
I would love to see a chess game how it was played, instead of all the if he does this then he will do that, and so forth. Just let us see what they did, and your opinion as to why they did it. stop with all the they would haves..... ugh
I take the opposite view, all the 'if he does this then he will do that' is what helps us to understand in greater depth the reasoning behind why they finally chose to do what they actually did. My humble opinion.
Beautiful game by Capablanca. But, chess is a game of rules. Every player MUST be obedient to those rules. So if the rules of entrance to the tournament have been communicated clearly, and have been agreed upon, then it was wrong to invite Capablanca, I would also argue, that strength of character, forces Capablanca to decline the invitation. Winning proves only that you are the better chess player, but accepting the invitation only proves, if given the opportunity, you would bend the rules for yourself. Morals, virtue and strength of character are more important than winning. Dr.(more important then GM)Bernstein was correct, even though he lost. Great channel though, one of my favorites. Thanks for the hard work. Health and happiness to you and your family.
Good sir, I see you have elected unsubstantiated disparagement over intellectual retort. Could it be you are unable to engage in actual conversation, with proper grammar, extended vocabulary and the ability to promulgate your ideas, therefore you sink to lowest denominator, and might I add, lazy, ad hominem attacks? I communicated my values and thoughts on a chess game, you chose effeminate emotion and spineless attack. To sink the nail, my life is awesome. Health and happiness to you and yours.
I do need to make a correction. The story is correct, but the game is not. This game was played at St. Petersburg in 1914. However, my description of what happened at San Sebastien in 1911 is correct.
It's San Sebastian* by the way. Love your videos.
Capablanca played the Ruy Lopez and won brilliant not Queen Gambit Declined in 1911
Gotcha. In thought my memory was slipping didn't remember it being the one played at S.S. I've been telling people to check your channel out. Good job you've helped myself and others to get better. Sorry for my long stories.
You might have also mentioned that Bernstein never beat Capablanca in 4 attempts. His record was 0 Wins, 3 Losses, and 1 Draw. Clearly a case of good GM vs. World Title Candidate.
capablanca is remembered as a grand strategist, but here we see his tactical brilliance
Very unlike other games from Capablanca. It was attack attack attack. Loved it
He took that insult personally and said fine ill show you my Tal side
Thanks for the background story. This style of analysis is much better in my opinion, a bit of humor as the underdog crushed the proud player.
The San Sebastian Tournament of 1911.
The conditions of this tournament made it the best that could be had. It was limited to those players who had won at least two third prizes in previous first-class inter¬ national tournaments. An exception was made with respect to me,. because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry before this clause was known. One of them was Dr. Bernstein. I had the good fortune to play him in the first round, and beat him in such fashion as to obtain the Rothschild prize for the most brilliant game of the tournament. Before this game the strongest of the masters looked upon me as an easy prey to their wiles ; but, after it, the feeling changed to something more akin to awe than anything else ; at least, a profound feeling of respect for my ability remained throughout the rest of the contest.
Love this description of what actually happened at the tournament.
I love underdogs - who become top dogs. Rather like the story of Chessdawg, in the chess world, I hope!
@@altonbrekand Capablanca eventually won the tournament ahead of Rubinstein (only player to beat Capablanca but also drew 10 of 15 games )
@@FenceThis Thanks for the info.
What a game! Thank you for sharing and telling the story.
Magnifique !
Merci beaucoup Chessdawg😉😉😉
Wow, what a brilliant resourceful attack!
Having seen the Marshall match, I find it hard to believe that the other masters felt that Capablanca was beneath them. More likely they felt that he would be highly placed and deprive some of them of prize money.
Merciless punishment for poor old Bernstein. “ Y'all don’t diss the man dudes “, as they all used to say back then I believe.
Thanks brother for sharing this capablanca's brilliant game
Thnaks, from Malaga, spain
This is not tipical Capablanca's game. He suprised me with brutal attack.
One is still lucky to get a stalemate or draw, even when not playing against him.
He was annoyed about this puny gnat. lol
Indeed a historical game embellished with your explanations, thanks for sharing.
Also, Capa won the brilliancy prize for this game...
I'll take a game like this with commentary like yours over a brilliant Morphy miniature any day. There are so many ideas in this game, it bears watching at least three times. The Morphy miniature is an art masterpiece, this is an instruction manual.
There is a new sheriff in town
Hi Sir, I love your videos so much and I learned a lot from them. Thank you so much!
Thanked you for sharing this beautiful game. Please more about capablanca's masterpieces
And also Lasker
This is a great channel.
amazing game ty for sharing
I love this game and backstory behind it
Phenomenal!
Brilliant! 😊
Osip Bernstein: "There is a disturbance in the force.."
1911? Capablanca was only 22 years of age!
Being taken to the wood shed by what was considered a little kid was still unknown back then.
Ouch!
Well, not really: Morphy had been about the same age (21), when he defeated all the leading masters in 1858...
Thanks!
“And sending a message to his detractor.. 5:45”
After seeing this game I understand Bobby Fischer liked Capa's playing style : it is so efficient !
Capablanca went on to win this tournament 0.5 ahead of Rubinstein, whom was the only one to defeat Capablanca. For his win against Bernstein, Capablanca received the brilliancy prize sponsored by Baron Von Rothschild
Marshall must be laughing at Bernstein
And Doctor Bernsten realized that he said one word too much
I just love how J.R.C's pieces are always on the square best to maximise the opponents anxiety. Just the sweetest music being played.. I wonder at what move did the Dr. realise the hopelesness of his situation?
One does not simply piss off the Great Cuban
6:33. It's important to go over the slew of tactical variations of why the knight on c8 can't be taken. It's enprise three different ways and all of them lose.
Capablanca to me was like an architect organizing and combining his pieces so beautifully on the board. Bernstein was always getting mated out of all the variation and patterns you have given. When you see ( not just a GM ) but great minds ( geniuses ) at the level of Capa, Morphy, Tal, and so on, No taking pieces or sacrificing them; you better run. A great advantage in position is coming, or even a checkmate. It's just that we don't see it yet. :)
I wonder wha happened the next time they played...
I like your channel. Great game, great story.
The who didn't belong smashed Bernstein! Red face all year! 😮
2:41 haha, "a lot of junk in the way"
Why bernstein did not capture the a2 pawn in the endgame with his rook instead of going after the e pawn ? Thank you for video
Quite a great game, not quite sure where Bernstein went wrong, but Capablanca was very forceful indeed. I wonder about Bernstein’s reaction to this game, and towards Capablanca after that tournament.
Imagine if Capablanca had access to the current opening theory AND the lastest computers.
See Guid and Bratko's studies with Rybak 2.3.2a and Rybka 3. Rybka showed that Capablanca was right up there with Fischer in terms of high accuracy and low error rate.
I'm not a chess expert and not saying this cause I'm Cuban like Capa. I saw a video, Mr. Magnus Carsen said that Capa was better than Fisher. I don't know who you are, I would imagine Mr. Magnus, the greatest chess player in a long time knows more about chess than you and me. Saw another video, where he said that he knew how to take little advantage during the game, ignorants think that the game was equal, only a little advantage was enough for a win. Remember, we are talking about the Mozart of chess, the one that Lasker and the rest called a Genius. Adios
@@Tech-vn1jvMagnus knows about taking advantage of a little advantage in position and turning it into a win. Apparently he saw it in Capablanca and knew it wasn't an ability that just any chess player knows how to utilize effectively. Capablanca was a genius on the chess board. Other grandmasters at the time had nothing but praise for him.
@Eds7570 You said it best. Capablanca is my hero, not only because we are both from Havana, Cuba. I'm sure you and anyone that knows the game of chess, knows that Capa is among the top 10 players that ever lived. It is really comical how many people think they can play chess, if I was playing 50% of Capa playing Corzo at around 11 yrs. old, I would beat most people in chess. I watched those games, Corzo I think beat him twice at the beginning then the genius maneuvered, that was the end of Corzo in Cuba, some of those games are good. Bye
@@Corteum Well, since I love Chess, I keep learning about Chess. I saw Mr. Magnus Carsen in a video saying that Capablanca was better than Fisher. I don't know much, I would imagine that he knows more about Chess than most humans on the planet, since Capa was born decades before Fisher, Fisher said that Capa was probably the greatest player ever. Bye
@@Tech-vn1jv It's true. According to Rybka 3, which was rated 3100 on good hardware (i.e. 4 cores), Capablanca and Fischer were the strongest, the most accurate, most consistent, and the ones that had the lowest error rate of all the former wcc's. I think if both those players were alive today with all the latest theory and access to computers, they would be 3000+.
AMAZING CAPABLANCA
Thank you, it was extremly interesting! And we will se each other again soon. Take care.
No disrespect with Capablanca ( who was already widely recognized as a major grandmaster and likely future world champion by 1911) there! Bernstein's argument should have been addressed to that tournament's sponsors and organizers, who extended the courtesy invitation for JRC to play although he had not (yet) met their other requirement.
Capablanca was merely responding to his official invitation, Bernstein's argument over that was thus with completely different people!
Devil’s Advocate opinion; maybe no disrespect was intended. Bernstein might just be a stickler to the rules and felt it was unfair to make an exception
The refutation to Bernstein's claim that "Capablanca had not achieved the standards necessary for admission" could have been,"If he's not up to standard, then you'll easily defeat him. In which case, you have nothing to fear by his admission". 😂
Very very nice history
Bernstein is also known for winning a chess game where his life was literally at stake...
Did Casablanca take a dive against Alekhine?
Yes, because of Hubris. Capablanca wasn't different in this regard than a lot of others with their special abilities. He was human after all, got overconfident, didn't prepare, and underestimated Alekhine. What's interesting is after Alekhine won the world championship, he went out of his way to not grant Capablanca a rematch. He knew Capablanca could've taken him down.
How did Bernstein fare in the rest of that tournament? This is the type of game that would discombobulate most people.
Very instruktive Game. But in 1911 Capa was a young man. His picture is wrong!
Thanks for the Game. Im from Havana, Cuba, like Capa. Many people in this world think they are a big sh..t, how do you know if you are a big sh..t. When you are born in a poor country in 1888 i believe, died in 1942, on Netflix, the Queen Gambit, they mentioned Capa's name and also on the movie searching for Bobby Fisher. Anyone who knows chess, knows that Capa was one of the very few genuises in the game of Chess. That's how you know you are a big shi..t, when your name will be remembered for centuries and centuries, his name will never die. Adios.
6:03 - queen to b3 instead, still threatens checkmate
positionally not good enough
A very nice game.
🙏🏽
In 1911 a new force arrived to the planet : *CAPABLANCA *.... the machine ... Unparalent talent.. precision at the maximum level on the board**. Yes , when the clock is ticking.. . The Goat (my opinion).. and lazy..😂
"Chapeau!" ("Comment?")
When enough people are included in any activity, rudeness is a guarantee because most people are so poorly developed in their character, education or upbringing that they will always say or do something disturbing or offensive.
Aside from GM Bernstein, a good example of a detestable player is GM Kramnik...Always trying lead others to believe other players are cheating by posting their accuracy percentages of their games. Karjakin is also an asshole for obvious reasons. NM Levy Rozman is another one. Though he is obviously one of the most intelligent people out there and one of my favorite celebrities, he manages to always make disturbing or misleading youtube video titles that make my skin feel like it's burning after I remember that it's just a lead conversion tendril, and the video is likely one big pathological lie.
I would love to see a chess game how it was played, instead of all the if he does this then he will do that, and so forth. Just let us see what they did, and your opinion as to why they did it. stop with all the they would haves..... ugh
I take the opposite view, all the 'if he does this then he will do that' is what helps us to understand in greater depth the reasoning behind why they finally chose to do what they actually did. My humble opinion.
Beautiful game by Capablanca. But, chess is a game of rules. Every player MUST be obedient to those rules. So if the rules of entrance to the tournament have been communicated clearly, and have been agreed upon, then it was wrong to invite Capablanca, I would also argue, that strength of character, forces Capablanca to decline the invitation. Winning proves only that you are the better chess player, but accepting the invitation only proves, if given the opportunity, you would bend the rules for yourself. Morals, virtue and strength of character are more important than winning. Dr.(more important then GM)Bernstein was correct, even though he lost. Great channel though, one of my favorites. Thanks for the hard work. Health and happiness to you and your family.
get a life
Good sir, I see you have elected unsubstantiated disparagement over intellectual retort. Could it be you are unable to engage in actual conversation, with proper grammar, extended vocabulary and the ability to promulgate your ideas, therefore you sink to lowest denominator, and might I add, lazy, ad hominem attacks? I communicated my values and thoughts on a chess game, you chose effeminate emotion and spineless attack. To sink the nail, my life is awesome. Health and happiness to you and yours.