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Khan v Capablanca

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Sultan Khan – White
Capablanca – Black
Hastings, 1930-1931

In this famous game White outplays his equally famous opponent. Sultan Khan had few peers in the middle game, was among the three best endgame players and was generally regarded as one of the world’s ten best players. Capablanca as we are all aware, is considered to be one of the best endgame players of all time. But in the following game, he falters. White outmanoeuvres with two Rooks vs a Queen.

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 0-0 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Qc2 f5 12.Nb5 Bd6 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.h4 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.Nd2 Ndf6 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Be2 Rc6 19.g4 Rfc8 20.g5 Ne8 21.Bg4 Rc1+ 22.Kd2 R8c2+ 23.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24.Kxc2 Qc7+ 25.Kd2 Qc4 26.Be2 Qb3 27.Rab1 Kf7 28.Rhc1 Ke7 29.Rc3 Qa4 30.b4 Qd7 31.Rbc1 a6 32.Rg1 Qa4 33.Rgc1 Qd7 34.h5 Kd8 35.R1c2 Qh3 36.Kc1 Qh4 37.Kb2 Qh3 38.Rc1 Qh4 39.R3c2 Qh3 40.a4 Qh4 41.Ka3 Qh3 42.Bg3 Qf5 43.Bh4 g6 44.h6 Qd7 45.b5 a5 46.Bg3 Q

f5 47.Bf4 Qh3 48.Kb2 Qg2 49.Kb1 Qh3 50.Ka1 Qg2 51.Kb2 Qh3 52.Rg1 Bc8 53.Rc6 Qh4 54.Rgc1 Bg4 55.Bf1 Qh5 56.Re1 Qh1 57.Rec1 Qh5 58.Kc3 Qh4 59.Bg3 Qxg5 60.Kd2 Qh5 61.Rxb6 Ke7 62.Rb7+ Ke6 63.b6 Nf6 64.Bb5 Qh3 65.Rb8 1–0

Khan v Mir-Abrahams

Sultan Khan,  Mir–Abrahams,  G
British Championship 20.07.1929

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.0-0 Nc6 7. Re1+  Ne7 8. Bg5 Be6 9.Nc3 c6 10. Ne2  Qc7 11.Ng3 0-0-0 .

chessBlack castles on the Queenside, fearing perhaps that the Bishop can take the Knight on f6 and leave him with doubled pawns.
But White demonstrates that Black’s is equally not safe on the Queenside!

12.c3 h6 13.Bd2 h5 14.Bg5  Bg4 15.h3 h4 16.Nf1 Bh5 17.b4  Nfg8 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Ne3  Qd7 20.b5 Rdg8 21.bxc6 Qxc6 22.c4 Qd7 23.cxd5 Kb8 24.Rb1 g5 25.Bb5 Qc7
26.Qa4 g4 27.Rec1 Qd8 28.hxg4 Bg6
[ 28…Bxg4 fails after 29.Nxg4 Rxg4 30.Bd7 Rg7 31.Rxb7+ Kxb7 32.Rb1+ Ka8
[32…Kc7?? 33.Qxa7# ]
[33.Bc6+ Nxc6 34.Qxc6# ]
29.Rb3 h3 30.Bc6 b6 31.Nc4 Nxc6

[White was threatening 32.Rxb6+ axb6 33.Qa8+ ]

32.Qxc6  hxg2 33.Nxd6 Qe7 34.Re3 Rh1+ 35.Kxg2 Rxc1 36.Rxe7 Rxc6 37.dxc6 Black Resigns . 1-0. [c7+ is fatal].

President of the Guyana Chess Federation Shiv Nandalall recently provided the Covent Garden Secondary School with four chess sets on behalf of former student Vincent Persaud who currently resides in the USA. The school has added chess to its list of extra-curricular activities. Persaud said that he felt stimulated to introduce students to the “posh game” since he and his brothers benefited from an education at the Covent Garden Secondary. Veteran chess player David Khan has begun the process of instructing teachers and students about the game and instruction classes are scheduled to re-commence in September. In picture Nandalall hands over the sets to fourth form secondary student Selena Hack.
President of the Guyana Chess Federation Shiv Nandalall recently provided the Covent Garden Secondary School with four chess sets on behalf of former student Vincent Persaud who currently resides in the USA. The school has added chess to its list of extra-curricular activities. Persaud said that he felt stimulated to introduce students to the “posh game” since he and his brothers benefited from an education at the Covent Garden Secondary. Veteran chess player David Khan has begun the process of instructing teachers and students about the game and instruction classes are scheduled to re-commence in September. In picture Nandalall hands over the sets to fourth form secondary student Selena Hack.

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