Position after 19…Qxe4
Andre Lilienthal – Jose Raul Capablanca [E24]
Hastings, 1935
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.f3 d5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Ba6 9.e4 Bxc4 10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.Qa4+ Qd7 12.Qxc4 Qc6 13.Qd3 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Rd8 15.0–0 a5 16.Qc2 Qc4 17.f4 Rc8 18.f5 e5 19.dxe5 Qxe4 (Diagram) 20.exf6! Qxc2 21.fxg7 Rg8 22.Nd4 Qe4 23.Rae1 Nc5 24.Rxe4+ Nxe4 25.Re1 Rxg7 26.Rxe4+ Kd7 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
How many people dare to sac a Queen against Capablanca?
I saw this game much years ago, in one of the Reuben Fine books. Fine regarded Lilienthal as “The Gay Caballero of Chess”, and cited this game as a exemple of his daring. Carlos Cleto, from Rio de Janeiro