Legendary game · 1918
A rook AND a queen, sacrificed for one fork
Capablanca vs Fonaroff — New York 1918 · Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (C66)
Fonaroff
Capablanca
New York, nineteen eighteen. A world champion gives up a rook and a queen — just to set up a single knight fork.
The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.
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