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Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position

Emanuel Lasker – José Raúl Capablanca

New York 1924 · Rook and bishop vs. rook and knight · 0-1

Start of the endgame: Emanuel Lasker – José Raúl Capablanca – White: Kf1, Rf4, Be1, b2, f2, b3, h3, d4, e5; Black: Ke6, Rc8, Ne4, b5, d5, f5, h5, a68a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h

Start of the endgame, move 41

The story

After the pawn sacrifice 44…f3+ 45.♔xf3 Capablanca takes the white bishop with 45…♖xe1 – Stockfish sees the position as balanced. Only 46.♖h6+ tips the value towards Black. After 47.♖xa6 the knight joins in with 47…♘g5+ and later takes the d-pawn with 51…♘xd4.

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.