[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogoljubow,E"]
[Black "Capablanca,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Lopez "Battle Royale""]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 { Preventing the advancement of the Black c-pawn as well as preparing for Bb2. } 5... Nc6 6. O-O ( 6. dxc5 Bxc5 { This just helps Black's development. } ) 6... Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Qe7 { Capablanca prepares the advance of his e-pawn by backing it up with the Queen. } 9. Ne5 { Bogoljubow's Knight blocks the Black e-pawn's advance and prevents Black from dominating the center. } 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 { The battle lines are now drawn. White will try to use his dominating position in the center. Black will try to exploit the dark-square weaknesses on the Queenside (caused by the exchange of White's dark-squared Bishop and the holes on a3 and c3) as well as the half-open c-file. } 12. Ndf3 { Ensuring that a Knight will remain well-posted at e5 (12...Nxe5 13.Nxe5). } 12... Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qd2 { Alekhine later said that he thinks 14.Qc1 was better. } ( 14. Qc1 Qb4 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Ne5 { Alekhine's idea in this variation is for White to push the Black Queen back while still controlling the center. } ) 14... Rac8 { Capa looks to the future. Once the c6-Bishop moves, his Rook will create a bit of pressure along the c-file. } 15. c3 { Bogo should have played Ne5 right away, as there was no real danger to the c-pawn. } 15... a6 { Capablanca creates an anchor point for his Bishop. } 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. f3 ( 17. Bxb5 axb5 { And Black now has another half-open file on the Queenside. } ) 17... Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Rc7 { Preparing to double the Rooks on the c-file and pile up on the c3-pawn. } 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rc2 Ne8 21. Rfc1 Nd6 22. Ne5 { The main purpose for a Knight on the fifth rank is to hamper the movement and development of the opposing pieces. But Black already has his pieces where he wants them on the Queenside, so there's no point to this move anymore. } ( 22. Nc5 b6 23. Na4 { This would have made life much more difficult for Black. } ) 22... Qa5 { And now everything is piled up on c3. } 23. a4 { We're not sure what Bogo was thinking with this move, unless it was to play b3-b4 next move. The fact is that Bogo now has two weak pawns on the Queenside. } 23... Qb6 { Cpap zeros right in on the fresh weakness White just created. } 24. Nd3 { Bogo has decided to drop the pawn in favor of playing Nc5. He might have done a bit better to follow his original plan of playing b3-b4. } ( 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 { Now the c-pawn is under fire again, but at least this doesn't drop a pawn as in the actual game. } ) 24... Qxb3 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Rb2 Qa7 27. Qe1 { Bogo had to do this, as Black was threatening ...Nc4, forking the Queen and b2-Rook. } 27... b6 28. Nd3 Rc4 { White is really hurting now. Capa is able to exploit the weak Queenside squares to his full advantage. } 29. a5 ( 29. Rb4 Qc7 $19 ) 29... bxa5 30. Nc5 Nb5 31. Re2 { Now Capa sees a brilliant way of finishing the game... } ( 31. Kh1 { Getting the King off of the same diagonal as the Black Queen would have saved Bogo a lot of grief (but in his defense, the actual game's finale wasn't a bit obvious). } ) 31... Nxd4 $1 32. cxd4 R8xc5 { Bogo sees no future for this game, so he throws in the towel. } ( 32... R8xc5 33. Rd1 ( 33. dxc5 Qxc5+ 34. Kh1 Rxc1 { And White is doomed -- he's behind by way too much material. } ) 33... Rc8 { Even with all the major pieces on the board, Black's extra pawns will win the day. } ) 0-1