The MCC Endgame Group met again on Wednesday, examining 2 of Capablanca’s classic endgame. First his victory in a double rook endgame against Kan from Moscow 1936. Then we tried to win a position from the game Nimzovich-Capablanca Riga 1913, an opposite bishop ending that Capablanca claimed was ‘won by force’. We tried and failed or succeeded, but now have a much better idea of these types of endings than before. My thanks go to Bill Jordan who helped a great deal, explaining a number of principles which helped us all.
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