Diagram 16 · White to move
Material is level. White's rook owns the seventh rank, and Black's rook has just taken aim at the pawn on c3. Every quiet defence lets the position drift toward a draw. Capablanca found the move that every annotator since has called decisive. What did he play?
Capablanca vs Tartakower, New York 1924
Black
sealed
White
Diagram 16
Diagram 16 · White to move
Material is level. White's rook owns the seventh rank, and Black's rook has just taken aim at the pawn on c3. Every quiet defence lets the position drift toward a draw. Capablanca found the move that every annotator since has called decisive. What did he play?
Capablanca vs Tartakower, New York 1924
Coach