Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
Mikhail Botvinnik – José Raúl Capablanca
Moscow 1936 · Queen and rook vs. queen and bishop · 0-1
Start of the endgame, move 38
The story
An endgame with mistakes on both sides. After 38…♔f8 Stockfish sees White more than five pawns ahead – but 39.♗f6 gives the advantage back, and after 40.♗e7 the value tips fully towards Black. Capablanca's queen takes the pawns in front of the white king with 43…♕xf3+ and 45…♕xh4+.
The value along the endgame
↑ above: White better ↓ below: Black better
The moves from the start of the endgame
Values: Stockfish 19 at depth 24 with a time limit, for White in pawns; from five men or fewer the verdict of the Syzygy tablebase. A measurement that did not reach the depth does not count.