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Alekhine v Capablanca 1927

Buenos Aires · Sep 1927

Alekhine 18½–15½ Capablanca

Alekhine won 18½–15½.

Momentum

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

Capablanca +3levelAlekhine +3startgame 34

The coach's numbers

Alexander Alekhine93.7 · 2 blunders, 7 mistakes
José Raúl Capablanca93.3 · 5 blunders, 9 mistakes

The costliest move

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

Alekhine v Capablanca 1927, Game 11

Capablanca v Alekhine · 0–1

56. Qc4 by Capablanca: chances 47% → 21%

The coach: Re7 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.

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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 Alekhine 0–1

43 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Capablanca 87.8, Alekhine 91.3

Costliest move: 16. Rac1 (Capablanca, 42% → 27%)

Game 2: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

19 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 93.1, Capablanca 92.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 3: Capablanca v Alekhine 1–0

42 moves · d4 Nf6 Nf3 b6 · accuracy Capablanca 95.3, Alekhine 92.4

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 4: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

49 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 95.2, Capablanca 95.7

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 5: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

42 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 93.1, Alekhine 93.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 6: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

40 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 94.3, Capablanca 94.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 7: Capablanca v Alekhine 1–0

36 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 91.6, Alekhine 90.7

Costliest move: 28... Rd6 (Alekhine, 36% → 14%)

Game 8: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

42 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 91.9, Capablanca 92.5

Costliest move: 42. Ke3 (Alekhine, 45% → 31%)

Game 9: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

34 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 93.7, Alekhine 94.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 10: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

20 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 94.5, Capablanca 95.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 11: Capablanca v Alekhine 0–1

66 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 89.9, Alekhine 92.1

Costliest move: 61. a6 (Capablanca, 30% → 2%)

Game 12: Alekhine v Capablanca 1–0

41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 92.7, Capablanca 89.9

Costliest move: 36... Qe5 (Capablanca, 31% → 13%)

Game 13: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

27 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 95.1, Alekhine 96.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 14: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

25 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 92.6, Capablanca 92.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 15: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

30 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 94.1, Alekhine 93.2

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 16: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

24 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 96.8, Capablanca 95.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 17: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

59 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 95.0, Alekhine 95.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 18: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

28 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 92.4, Capablanca 92.6

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 19: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

21 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 95.5, Alekhine 95.6

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 20: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

43 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 94.3, Capablanca 93.9

Costliest move: 40. Bxc4 (Alekhine, 69% → 52%)

Game 21: Capablanca v Alekhine 0–1

32 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 90.9, Alekhine 95.7

Costliest move: 32. Rd1 (Capablanca, 29% → 3%)

Game 22: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

86 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 92.6, Capablanca 93.8

Costliest move: 45... Nxf4 (Capablanca, 41% → 26%)

Game 23: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

48 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 95.2, Alekhine 95.5

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 24: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 92.4, Capablanca 92.9

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 25: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

40 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 95.5, Alekhine 95.3

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 26: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

22 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 95.5, Capablanca 96.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 27: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

38 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 93.5, Alekhine 93.5

Costliest move: 38. Kf2 (Capablanca, 82% → 50%)

Game 28: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

43 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 94.2, Capablanca 94.4

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 29: Capablanca v Alekhine 1–0

70 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 94.7, Alekhine 93.1

Costliest move: 60... Bxf2 (Alekhine, 20% → 2%)

Game 30: Alekhine v Capablanca ½–½

40 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 93.9, Capablanca 94.0

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 31: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

42 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 90.9, Alekhine 89.8

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 32: Alekhine v Capablanca 1–0

63 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 93.4, Capablanca 91.1

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 33: Capablanca v Alekhine ½–½

18 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Capablanca 92.0, Alekhine 94.4

No move cost more than 12%.

Game 34: Alekhine v Capablanca 1–0

82 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 93.2, Capablanca 92.2

Costliest move: 47. Qb6 (Alekhine, 85% → 70%)

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