Capablanca and the Space Invaders

This is a game from the Karlsbad Tournament of 1929. José Raúl Capablanca had the white pieces against Karel Treybal. This instructive game highlights a few key topics. Namely good/bad bishops, space, and pawn tension. How would a space advantage influence important decisions in the game, and when should the pawn tension be resolved? If you’re looking for a model game on the topic of “space”, this one between Capablanca and Treybal is it.

PGN
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.Nbd2 f5 7.e3
Nd7 8.Bd3 Nh6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 g6 11.Rab1 Nf6 12.Ne5 Nf7 13.f4
Bd7 14.Ndf3 Rfd8 15.b4 Be8 16.Rfc1 a6 17.Qf2 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nd7
19.Nf3 Rdc8 20.c5 Nf6 21.a4 Ng4 22.Qe1 Nh6 23.h3 Nf7 24.g4 Bd7
25.Rc2 Kh8 26.Rg2 Rg8 27.g5 Qd8 28.h4 Kg7 29.h5 Rh8 30.Rh2 Qc7
31.Qc3 Qd8 32.Kf2 Qc7 33.Rbh1 Rag8 34.Qa1 Rb8 35.Qa3 Rbg8
36.b5 axb5 37.h6+ Kf8 38.axb5 Ke7 39.b6 Qb8 40.Ra1 Rc8 41.Qb4
Rhd8 42.Ra7 Kf8 43.Rh1 Be8 44.Rha1 Kg8 45.R1a4 Kf8 46.Qa3 Kg8
47.Kg3 Bd7 48.Kh4 Kh8 49.Qa1 Kg8 50.Kg3 Kf8 51.Kg2 Be8 52.Nd2
Bd7 53.Nb3 Re8 54.Na5 Nd8 55.Ba6 bxa6 56.Rxd7 Re7 57.Rxd8+
Rxd8 58.Nxc6

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