Alexander Alekhine – José Raúl Capablanca

The story

The 34th and last game of the world championship match in Buenos Aires. After the exchange of queens 49…♕xd4 50.♖xd4 Alekhine is a pawn up, the a-pawn. It ties down the black rook while the white king walks via d4, e5 and f4 to h6 on the kingside. When Capablanca finally takes the a-pawn with 76…♖xa5, h5 and f7 fall there. With this win Alekhine became world champion.

The value along the endgame

↑ above: White better ↓ below: Black better

The moves from the start of the endgame

35…♖b8 36.♖e2 ♖a8 37.♖a2 ♖a5 38.♕c7 ♕a6 39.♕c3+ ♔h7 40.♖d2 ♕b6 41.♖d7 ♕b1+ 42.♔h2 ♕b8+ 43.g3 ♖f5 44.♕d4 ♕e8 45.♖d5 ♖f3 46.h4 ♕h8 47.♕b6 ♕a1 48.♔g2 ♖f6 49.♕d4 ♕xd4 50.♖xd4 ♔g7 51.a5 ♖a6 52.♖d5 ♖f6 53.♖d4 ♖a6 54.♖a4 ♔f6 55.♔f3 ♔e5 56.♔e3 h5 57.♔d3 ♔d5 58.♔c3 ♔c5 59.♖a2 ♔b5 60.♔b3 ♔c5 61.♔c3 ♔b5 62.♔d4 ♖d6+ 63.♔e5 ♖e6+ 64.♔f4 ♔a6 65.♔g5 ♖e5+ 66.♔h6 ♖f5 67.f4 ♖c5 68.♖a3 ♖c7 69.♔g7 ♖d7 70.f5 gxf5 71.♔h6 f4 72.gxf4 ♖d5 73.♔g7 ♖f5 74.♖a4 ♔b5 75.♖e4 ♔a6 76.♔h6 ♖xa5 77.♖e5 ♖a1 78.♔xh5 ♖g1 79.♖g5 ♖h1 80.♖f5 ♔b6 81.♖xf7 ♔c6 82.♖e7