Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
Dawid Janowski – José Raúl Capablanca
New York Manhattan CC 1918 · Queen and rook vs. two rooks · 0-1
Start of the endgame, move 31
The story
Capablanca's queen against Janowski's two rooks. After 38.g4 the value tips towards Black. Capablanca checks again and again with the queen, takes the a-pawn with 45…♕xa4 and then sends the c-pawn off: 50…c5, 51…c4, 52…c3, 55…c2.
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.