#33 · The Marshall Ambush

Manhattan CC Masters · 1918 · vs Frank Marshall
You are Jose Raul Capablanca.
1888–1942 · The Chess Machine · Meet the Legend

New York, 1918. Frank Marshall has kept a secret weapon sharpened for years, waiting for you — and on move eight he finally springs it. You are Jose Raul Capablanca, and you choose to walk straight into the prepared storm, refuting a decade of home analysis one only-move at a time.

Find the moves they actually played · 🟩 exact · 🟨 engine says just as good · five lives

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The legends

Paul MorphyAdolf AnderssenPhilipp MeitnerWilhelm SteinitzEmanuel LaskerAkiba RubinsteinFrank MarshallAron NimzowitschJose Raul CapablancaAlexander AlekhineEsteban CanalMNMikhail TalBobby FischerGarry KasparovDBJudit PolgarMagnus Carlsen

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