Learn · master endgames · Won from an equal position
Emanuel Lasker – José Raúl Capablanca
New York 1924 · Rook and bishop vs. rook and knight · 0-1
Start of the endgame, move 41
The story
After the pawn sacrifice 44…f3+ 45.♔xf3 Capablanca takes the white bishop with 45…♖xe1 – Stockfish sees the position as balanced. Only 46.♖h6+ tips the value towards Black. After 47.♖xa6 the knight joins in with 47…♘g5+ and later takes the d-pawn with 51…♘xd4.
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.