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Legendary game · 1918

A gambit kept secret for YEARS

Capablanca vs Marshall — New York 1918 · Ruy Lopez, Marshall Attack (C89)

Marshall

Capablanca

New York, nineteen eighteen. Frank Marshall kept a secret gambit hidden for years — saving it just for Capablanca. This is what happened.

The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.

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