Hi, I'm working with Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals book and there's a thing I can't explain. In the following position, he says : White cannot win with f5 because Black's best move would be g6 draw. But as I worked it out with the computer I found that White would eventually win playing this. Could someone explain it to me ? Thanks
Apparently there is some fun history with this position in the book! It does seem clear that White is still winning with f5 so I tried to Google possible errors in Capablanca's book. This reddit thread provided a citation to someone who researched this infamous "White can't win" statement: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/pawnending.html
The conclusion: It was a typo! From the chesshistory citation above: "...the change (made in the mid-1930s US edition): [The word] ‘can’ was altered to ‘can’t’. Why and by whom?"
Hi, I'm working with Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals book and there's a thing I can't explain. In the following position, he says : White cannot win with f5 because Black's best move would be g6 draw. But as I worked it out with the computer I found that White would eventually win playing this. Could someone explain it to me ? Thanks