Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
José Raúl Capablanca – Dawid Janowski
New York National 1913 · Two rooks vs. two rooks · 1-0
Start of the endgame, move 26
The story
A double rook endgame, balanced for a long time. After 31…♖e5 Stockfish sees White clearly ahead for the first time. Capablanca brings king and pawns forward – 32.♔e3, 35.g5 – and wins a pawn on the kingside with 47.♖gxg5.
The value along the endgame
↑ above: White better ↓ below: Black better
The moves from the start of the endgame
Values: Stockfish 19 at depth 24 with a time limit, for White in pawns; from five men or fewer the verdict of the Syzygy tablebase. A measurement that did not reach the depth does not count.