Ossip Bernstein vs José Raúl Capablanca, 1914

Capablanca's back-rank surprise

Exhibition game · Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defence · 0-1

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Game moves (PGN)

[Event "Exhibition game"]
[Site "Moscow, Russia"]
[Date "1914.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ossip Bernstein"]
[Black "José Raúl Capablanca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 c5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O
Qb6 15. Qe2 c4 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bb4 18. b3 Rac8 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Rc2 Bxc3
21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rc2 c3 23. Rdc1 Rc5 24. Nb3 Rc6 25. Nd4 Rc7 26. Nb5 Rc5
27. Nxc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qb2 0-1