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In a simul against Capablanca in 1933 Mary Bain won her game in 11 moves.
Does anyone have the moves from this game?

Jon Haskel

A little Gooooogling turns this up

in Portuguese...
Capablanca - Bain, Mary
(Simultâneas em Hollywood 1933)
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Cxe5 Te8 7.Cd3 [Lance
pouco jogado. O usual aqui é 7.Cf3 Cxe4 8.d4 Cxc3 9.bxc3 Bf8 (9...Be7 10.d5
Cb8 11.Bf4 Maróczy-Pillsbury, Nürnberg 1898) 10.Cg5 (10.c4 h6 11.Bf4 a6
12.Ba4 Ca5 13.Ce5 Kámsky-Winants, Tilburg 1992; 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bf4 d6 12.Tb1
Df6 13.Bg3 b6 Schlechter-Marshall, Montecarlo 1904) 10...h6 11.Ch3 d6 12.Df3
Bd7 13.Tb1 Tb8 14.Dg3 Beliavsky-Ljubojevic, Linares 1993.] 7...Bd4 [7...Bb6
8.e5 Cxe5 9.Cxe5 Txe5 10.d4 Te8=] 8.Ce2?! [Parece melhor 8.Te1 Bxc3 9.dxc3
Cxe4 10.Bf4 com ligeira vantagem branca.] 8...Txe4 9.Cxd4? [Seguramente,
teria sido melhor 9.Cdf4 Bb6 (9...Be5 é ruim por interromper o retorno da
torre preta: 10.d3 Tb4 11.Bxc6 dxc6 12.c3) 10.d3 Te8, com uma posição
confortável para as pretas.] 9...Cxd4 10.Ba4?? [Erro grosseiro do grande
Capablanca, talvez perturbado com a beleza da adversária. Era necessário
10.f3 Te8 11.a4 (de modo algum 11.Ba4? b5 12.Bb3 c5 13.Cf4 g5 14.Ch3 c4
ganhando) 11...c6 12.Bc4 d5 13.Ba2 Bf5 e de qualquer modo a posição preta é
bastante superior.] 10...Ce2+ 11.Rh1 Cxc1 0-1 Capablanca abandonou porque a
perda da peça era inevitável.

in English?
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.o-o it 6.Cxe5 Te8 7.Cd3 [ Lance
little played. The usual one is 7.Cf3 Cxe4 here 8.d4 Cxc3 9.bxc3 Bf8 ( 9...
Be7 10.d5 Cb8 11.Bf4 Maróczy-Pillsbury, Nürnberg 1898) 10.Cg5 ( 10.c4 h6
11.Bf4 a6 12.Ba4 Ca5 13.Ce5 Kámsky-Winants, Tilburg 1992; 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bf4
d6 12.Tb1 Df6 13.Bg3 b6 Schlechter-Marshall, Montecarlo 1904) 10... h6
11.Ch3 d6 12.Df3 Bd7 13.Tb1 Tb8 14.Dg3 Beliavsky-Ljubojevic, Linares 1993. ]
7... Bd4 [ 7... Bb6 8.e5 Cxe5 9.Cxe5 Txe5 10.d4 Te8 = ] 8.Ce2! [ better
Parece 8.Te1 Bxc3 9.dxc3 Cxe4 10.Bf4 with fast white advantage. ] 8... Txe4
9.Cxd4? [ Surely, would have been better 9.Cdf4 Bb6 ( 9... Be5 is bad for
interrupting the return of the black tower: 10.d3 Tb4 11.Bxc6 dxc6 12.c3 )
10.d3 Te8, with a comfortable position for the black color. ] 9... Cxd4
10.Ba4? [ Gross error of the great Capablanca, perhaps disturbed with the
beauty of the adversary. Was necessary 10.f3 Te8 11.a4 (by no means 11.Ba4?
b5 12.Bb3 c5 13.Cf4 g5 14.Ch3 c4 gaining) 11... c6 12.Bc4 d5 13.Ba2 Bf5 and
in any way the black position is sufficiently superior. ] 10... Ce2+ 11.Rh1
Cxc1 0-1 Capablanca abandoned because the loss of the part was inevitable.

HTH

dd

According to Chess Life & Review, January 1973 it is claimed that when
Capablanca resigned at move 12, Black 'would not accept victory and
conceded the game as a draw. Raul graciously accepted'