In game 5 of the 1921 Lasker - Capablanca match in Havana,
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1241495 Capablanca commented
after black's (Lasker's) last move, "It will be noticed that it was Dr.
Lasker's forty-fifth move. He had very little time to think..."
This does not make any sense. The times for this game, as given twice in
Capablanca's book on the match we Capablanca (white) 2 hours 55 minutes
Lasker (black) 2 hours 25 minutes.
The time limit was 15 moves an hour, so move 45 was indeed a time control
move, but Lasker had more than 15 minutes to think about it. I can
understand Capablanca's memory being at fault - but the figures are there in
the book for him to see.
Was Capablanca giving his opponent an excuse, perhaps?

Alan

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"Alan OBrien" wrote in message
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Capablanca (white) 2 hours 55 minutes
Lasker (black) 2 hours 25 minutes.

Apologies... Lasker's time was 2 hours 45 minutes. A typo.

Alan OBrien wrote:
In game 5 of the 1921 Lasker - Capablanca match in Havana,
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1241495 Capablanca commented
after black's (Lasker's) last move, "It will be noticed that it was Dr.
Lasker's forty-fifth move. He had very little time to think..."
This does not make any sense. The times for this game, as given twice in
Capablanca's book on the match we Capablanca (white) 2 hours 55 minutes
Lasker (black) 2 hours 45 minutes.
The time limit was 15 moves an hour, so move 45 was indeed a time control
move, but Lasker had more than 15 minutes to think about it. I can
understand Capablanca's memory being at fault - but the figures are there in
the book for him to see.
Was Capablanca giving his opponent an excuse, perhaps?

Interesting. I have a Dover reprint of the match book (autographed by
Aivars Gipslis, of all people), and I see the same puzzling comment.
Firstly, I wouldn't be too sure that "the figures were there in the
book for him to see" when Capa was writing his notes. Also, the times
for each game may have been added afterwards. I wonder if perhaps the
times got reversed by the printer, so that actually Lasker had 5
minutes, not 15, for move 45. Even so, five minutes for one move is not
usually considered serious time pressure.