Art of Calm ♕ Capablanca vs. Marshall, 1918 ♔ ASMR


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In 1918 Frank Marshall sprung an opening trap against the legendary cuban genius José Raul Capablanca. He had been working on the trap for 8 years and was bringing the heat to the chessboard on that day. Capablanca reacted with a serene calmness that is almost unfathomable.

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[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1918.10.23"]
[EventDate "1918.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.Re1 Bd6
13.h3 Ng4 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.d4 Nxf2 16.Re2 Bg4 17.hxg4 Bh2+ 18.Kf1
Bg3 19.Rxf2 Qh1+ 20.Ke2 Bxf2 21.Bd2 Bh4 22.Qh3 Rae8+ 23.Kd3
Qf1+ 24.Kc2 Bf2 25.Qf3 Qg1 26.Bd5 c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.b4 Bd6
29.a4 a5 30.axb5 axb4 31.Ra6 bxc3 32.Nxc3 Bb4 33.b6 Bxc3
34.Bxc3 h6 35.b7 Re3 36.Bxf7+ 1-0

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