As I recall, it was an almost dead-equal rook endgame with a single open
file, but capablanca had the slight advantage of having his king closer to
the open file. This seemed to make all the difference that he needed to
win. I want to say Capablanca had black. I also want to say this was
against Corzo, but I've looked at all the capa-corzo games I have and none
look familiar. And it may not be Corzo, so that may be a false lead.

I know it's not much to go on. If anyone recognizes this description --
especially the part about the smallest advantage of a better placed king --
I'd really appreciate a pointer in the right direction.

Thanks

mike wrote:
As I recall, it was an almost dead-equal rook endgame with a single open
file, but capablanca had the slight advantage of having his king closer to
the open file. This seemed to make all the difference that he needed to
win. I want to say Capablanca had black. I also want to say this was
against Corzo, but I've looked at all the capa-corzo games I have and none
look familiar. And it may not be Corzo, so that may be a false lead.

I know it's not much to go on. If anyone recognizes this description --
especially the part about the smallest advantage of a better placed king --
I'd really appreciate a pointer in the right direction.

Sounds vaguely like Capablanca-Tartakower, New York 1924, though
there Capa's advantage rested more on having a rook on the 7th rank.
This is probably not your game, but just in case, here it is:

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7
8. O-O
Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxe7 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14.
Rfb1
Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Qxe4
g6 21.
g3 Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+
Kxe8 27. h5
Rf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 Kf8 30. Rh7 Rc6 31. g4 Nc4 32. g5 Ne3+ 33.
Kf3 Nf5
34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Kg3 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rf3 37. g6 Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 Re4 39.
Kf6 Kg8
40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7 Re8 42. Kxf5 Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+
Kg8 46.
Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Rxa4
52. d6
1-0

"Taylor Kingston" wrote:
mike wrote:
As I recall, it was an almost dead-equal rook endgame with a single
open file, but capablanca had the slight advantage of having his king
closer to the open file. [ . . . ]

Sounds vaguely like Capablanca-Tartakower, New York 1924, though
there Capa's advantage rested more on having a rook on the 7th rank.
This is probably not your game, but just in case, here it is:
[game snipped]

Thanks, Taylor. Great game. I just ordered the Capablanca "Chess Machine"
CD. He bewitched me with his June 16, 1918 game against Fonaroff in New
York.

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mike wrote:
As I recall, it was an almost dead-equal rook endgame with a single open
file, but capablanca had the slight advantage of having his king closer to
the open file. This seemed to make all the difference that he needed to
win. I want to say Capablanca had black. I also want to say this was
against Corzo, but I've looked at all the capa-corzo games I have and none
look familiar. And it may not be Corzo, so that may be a false lead.

I know it's not much to go on. If anyone recognizes this description --
especially the part about the smallest advantage of a better placed king --
I'd really appreciate a pointer in the right direction.

Using a combination of header and material search, Chess Assistant
5.0 produced a list of about 40-50 Capablanca games that at some point
had one rook and 5 to 8 pawns each for Black and White, and no other
pieces but kings. Looking quickly through them, I found three games
that seemed to fit your description at least to some extent. They are
appended below.
A similar search on CB MegaDatabase 2005 found 10-20 more games, but
every time I tried to read a game from the list, the @#$%^&* program
abended!
Anyway, I don't know if any of these are the game you want, but if
one is, you owe me big time. ;-)

FRENCH def. CLASSICAL var.
Capablanca J. - Shipley W.
1:0, Philadelphia, 1924.

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3 7.
bxc3 gxf6 8. Qd2 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qe3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Bd3 Qa5
13. Ke2 O-O-O 14. Rhb1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 fxe5 18.
Be4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rb3 Kc7 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rxb8
Kxb8 24. Kd3 Kc7 25. Ke4 Kd6 26. g4 Ke6 27. h4 f6 28. f4 exf4 29. Kxf4
h6 30. c3 a6 31. a3 a5 32. a4 Ke7 33. Kf5 c5 34. c4 [1:0]

CARO-KANN
Maroczy G. - Capablanca J.
0:1, Lake Hopatcong (NY) 1926.

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3
Na5 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qc2 Qb6 10. Nf3 e6 11. O-O Bb5 12. Nbd2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
Rc8 14. Rab1 Be7 15. h3 O-O 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Ne5 Rcc8 19.
Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ng4 Kh8 22. f4 f5 23. Ne5 Bd6 24. Qf3 Bxe5
25. Rxe5 Rg8 26. Re2 Qh4 27. Kh2 Rg6 28. g3 Qf6 29. Rg1 Kg7 30. Qd3 a6
31. Rc1 h5 32. h4 Kh6 33. c4 dxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxg3 35. Qxg3 Rxc4 36. Rd2
Qg6 37. Qg5 Qxg5 38. hxg5 Kg6 39. Kg3 Rc6 40. Kf3 Rd6 41. Kg3 f6 42.
gxf6 Kxf6 43. Kf3 h4 44. Rh2 Rxd4 45. Rxh4 b5 46. Rh6 Ke7 47. Rh7 Kd6
48. Ra7 Ra4 49. a3 Kd5 [0:1]

ITALIAN GAME & HUNGARIAN def.
Capablanca J. - Eliskases E.
1:0, Moscow 1936.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Ne7 10. Ne3 Be6 [10... O-O] 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3
Qc8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4! Bxd4 15. cxd4 O-O 16. O-O Qd7 17. Rac1 Rab8
18. Rc3 d5 19. Qc2 c6 [19... Nc6 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rc5 Nxd4 22. Qd3]
20. e5 Rf4 [¹20... Rf7] 21. Qd1 Rbf8 22. f3 [22. g3! Rf3 23. Kg2!]
22... Qd8 [22... R4f7 23. g3 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. h4! (25. f4 g5!)]
23. g3 R4f7 24. f4 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. h4! g6? [26... g5! 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Qh5 Qe8 29. Qxe8 Rxe8 30. fxg5 Ref8 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Kg2 Rxg5
33. Rf3 c5= Capablanca] 27. Kg2 Qe7 28. a3 Qg7 [28... g5 29. Qg4 Qg7
30. Rcf3 gxf4 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Qxg7 Kxg7 3. gxf4± Capablanca] 29.
Rcf3! Qe7 [29... g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. Qh5!
gxh4 34. Qxh4± Capablanca] 30. Qc2! Kg7 31. g4 R5f7 32. Kh3 Qd7 33.
b4 Rg8 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. Qd2 Rh7 36. Qf2 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Rg5 Qh7 39.
Qg3 Qh6 40. Qg4 Rg7 41. Rg3 Kh7 42. Rg2 Kh8 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. Rh2 Re7 45.
Rh3 Kg7 [45... Re8 46. Kf3 Re7 47. Rg3! Rxh4 48. Rxg6 Rxg4 49. Rxh6
Kxh6 50. Rxg4 Rg7 51. Rh4 Kg6 52. Rh8? Capablanca] 46. Rxh5! Qxh5 47.
Qxh5 gxh5 48. f5! exf5 49. Kf4 Re6 50. Kxf5 Rg6 51. e6! Rg4 52. Ke5
Re4 53. Kd6 Rxd4 54. Re3 [1:0]

Here's one more. As you will see, at the point it becomes a
single-rook endgame, at move 45, Capa's (Black's) king is nearer the
only open file (the h-file). However, that does not seem to have much
bearing on the game, as later it's White's king, not Black's, that goes
toward the open file.

VIENNA GAME
Kan I. - Capablanca J.
0:1, Moscow 1936.

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Na4 Bb6 5. Nxb6 axb6 6. d4 exd4 7.
Qxd4 Qf6 8. Bg5 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bc4 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. a3 O-O 13.
Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd2 Ra4 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Bc3 f6 18. f3 Re8
19. Rf2 Bc8 20. Bf1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rfd2
c5 25. Kf2 Ra4 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Rd1 Ke6 28. Kd2 Rb8 29. Rc3 g5 30. h3 h5
31. Rh1 Rd4 32. Ke2 Rg8 33. Rd3 Ra4 34. Rhd1 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Ke3
Rh8 37. Rb3 Rh2 38. Rd2 Rd4 39. Re2 c6 40. Rc3 g3 41. Rd3 Rh1 42. f4
Rf1 43. f5 Kf6 44. c3 Rxd3 45. Kxd3 d5 46. b3 c4 47. bxc4 bxc4 48. Ke3
Ra1 49. Kf3 Rxa3 50. Kxg3 Rxc3 51. Kh4 Rc1 52. g4 Rh1 53. Kg3 d4 54.
Ra2 d3 55. Kg2 Re1 56. Kf2 Rxe4 57. Kf3 [0:1]

Hey, waddya know, ChessBase stopped crashing on me. Here are a few
more games that might fit your bill. I will send you my bill soon. ;-)

Capablanca,Jose Raul - Munoz Ximenez,R [C28]
simul, Montevideo, 1911

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nd4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne6
8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.f4 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qxe5 Qxe5 13.fxe5 b6
14.Ne2 Rf8 15.Rf1 Rxf1+ 16.Kxf1 Kf7 17.Kf2 d5 18.Ke3 dxe4 19.Rf1+ Kg7
20.d4 Ba6 21.Rf6 Bxe2 22.Kxe2 Re8 23.Ke3 b5 24.Kxe4 c6 25.g4 g5 26.Kf3
Rf8 27.Rxf8 Kxf8 28.Ke2 Ke7 29.Kd3 Kd7 30.c4 a6 31.cxb5 axb5 32.c4 Kc7
33.Kc3 Kb6 34.Kb4 bxc4 35.Kxc4 1-0


Capablanca,Jose Raul - Grigoriev,Nikolay Dmitrievich [C50]
Moscow, 1914

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Nd5 Nd4 8.c3
Bxf3 9.gxf3 Ne6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.b4 Bb6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Rg1
Qe7 15.Qb3 Kd7 16.0-0-0 Rag8 17.Rg3 Rg6 18.Rdg1 Qg7 19.Kb1 Qh6
20.Qd1 b5 21.d4 Qxh2 22.Qf1 Rxg3 23.Rxg3 Kc6 24.Rh3 Qf4 25.Qd3 Rg8
26.d5+ Kb6 27.Qe3+ Qxe3 28.fxe3 exd5 29.exd5 e4 30.fxe4 Rg4 31.Kc2 Rxe4
32.Kd3 Re7 33.e4 Rf7 34.c4 Rg7 35.Rh6 Rf7 36.c5+ Ka7 37.Ke3 Kb8 38.Kf4
Kc8 39.Kf5 Kd7 40.Rxf6 Rxf6+ 41.Kxf6 c6 42.cxd6 cxd5 43.e5 d4 44.e6+
Kxd6 45.e7 1-0


Allies - Capablanca,Jose Raul [C46]
consultation, Paris, 06.09.1919
[Allies: A.Aurbach & W.Bienstock]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Bc5 5.Bc4 d6 6.d3 Na5 7.Bb3 Nxb3
8.axb3 c6 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 0-0 12.0-0 f5 13.Bg5 h6
14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nxf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Na4 Rd5 18.Qg4 Rf8 19.Nxc5
Rxc5 20.c3 Rcf5 21.Qd1 Rd5 22.Qc2 a6 23.Rae1 Re5 24.Rxe5 Qxe5 25.Qd2
Re8 26.Rd1 d5 27.b4 Qe2 28.h3 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 Re1+ 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Kg3 Kf6
32.Kf3 Ke5 33.Rd4 b6 34.Rd3 Rb1 35.Re3+ Kd6 36.Re2 c5 37.bxc5+ bxc5
38.Ke3 c4 39.Kf4 g6 40.h4 a5 41.h5 gxh5 42.Kf5 a4 43.Kg6 Rc1 44.f4 a3
45.bxa3 Rxc3 46.f5 Rxa3 47.Re6+ Kc5 0-1


Capablanca,Jose Raul - West Side YMCA [D52]
simul, New York, 12.02.1931
[Allies: Herisse, Hassialis, Huszar, Weiss]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2
dxc4 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nxc4 Qc7 11.g3 0-0 12.a3 Be7 13.Bg2 Rd8 14.0-0
Bd7 15.b4 Rac8 16.Rfc1 Be8 17.Ne5 Bd6 18.f4 Nd5 19.Nc4 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 f6
21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Qc5 Qxc5 23.Rxc5 a6 24.Rac1 Kf7 25.Bh3 Rb8 26.f5 Bd7
27.fxe6+ Bxe6 28.Bxe6+ Kxe6 29.Kf2 Rd6 30.a4 Rbd8 31.b5 cxb5 32.axb5 a5
33.R1c4 R8d7 34.Rc8 Rd5 35.R4c5 b6 36.R5c6+ R7d6 37.Rxd6+ Rxd6 38.Ke2
h5 39.Kd3 f5 40.Kc4 g6 41.Rg8 Kf7 42.Rb8 Ke6 43.d5+ Ke5 44.Re8+ Kf6
45.Kd4 Kf7 46.Rc8 Ke7 47.Ke5 Rd8 48.Rc7+ Rd7 49.d6+ Kd8 50.Rc6 Rb7
51.Ke6 h4 52.e4 fxe4 53.Rc4 a4 54.Rxa4 1-0

On 15 Mar 2006 14:22:48 -0800, "Taylor Kingston"
wrote:

Hey, waddya know, ChessBase stopped crashing on me. Here are a few
more games that might fit your bill. I will send you my bill soon. ;-)

Good work!!! I appreciate it too.
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