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Capablanca v Lasker 1921

Havana · Mar 1921

Capablanca 9–5 Lasker

Capablanca won 9–5.

Momentum

The score gap, game by game: up is Capablanca.

Lasker +4levelCapablanca +4startgame 14

The coach's numbers

José Raúl Capablanca92.8 · 2 blunders, 4 mistakes
Emanuel Lasker92.1 · 2 blunders, 8 mistakes

The costliest move

The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.

Capablanca v Lasker 1921, Game 5

Capablanca v Lasker · 1–0

45... Kf8 by Lasker: chances 38% → 2%

The coach: Kf6 instead (the arrow) — with it, Lasker was slightly worse.

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Every game

Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.

Game 1: Capablanca v Lasker ½–½

50 moves · d4 d5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 94.2, Lasker 94.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 2: Lasker v Capablanca ½–½

41 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Lasker 93.0, Capablanca 92.7

Costliest move: 14. Nb3 (Lasker, 47% → 32%)

Game 3: Capablanca v Lasker ½–½

63 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Capablanca 91.6, Lasker 91.7

Costliest move: 43... Rh4 (Lasker, 51% → 39%)

Game 4: Lasker v Capablanca ½–½

30 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Lasker 93.7, Capablanca 95.0

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 5: Capablanca v Lasker 1–0

46 moves · d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Capablanca 89.6, Lasker 86.8

Costliest move: 42. Rxh5 (Capablanca, 100% → 61%)

Game 6: Lasker v Capablanca ½–½

43 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 92.3, Capablanca 93.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 7: Capablanca v Lasker ½–½

23 moves · d4 d5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 93.9, Lasker 93.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 8: Lasker v Capablanca ½–½

30 moves · d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Lasker 94.5, Capablanca 93.6

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 9: Capablanca v Lasker ½–½

21 moves · d4 d5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 90.2, Lasker 90.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 10: Lasker v Capablanca 0–1

68 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Lasker 91.0, Capablanca 93.0

Costliest move: 65. Rd3 (Lasker, 22% → 10%)

Game 11: Capablanca v Lasker 1–0

48 moves · d4 d5 Nf3 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 94.2, Lasker 90.8

Costliest move: 44... Qe7 (Lasker, 25% → 7%)

Game 12: Lasker v Capablanca ½–½

31 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 90.1, Capablanca 89.4

Costliest move: 26... Nxe4 (Capablanca, 51% → 25%)

Game 13: Capablanca v Lasker ½–½

23 moves · d4 d5 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Capablanca 92.5, Lasker 93.7

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 14: Lasker v Capablanca 0–1

56 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Lasker 93.3, Capablanca 95.5

Costliest move: 29. Kh2 (Lasker, 46% → 27%)

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