[Event "Second simul, Dublin 1919"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1919.12.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Plunkett, Horace Curzon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "...b5 & ...d6"]
[Venue "Mansion House"]
[Source "Chess Notes 3723, citing Irish Statesman 27 Dec 1919 p658"]
[WhiteFullName "Capablanca, José Raúl"]
[BlackFullName "Plunkett, Sir Horace"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2019-08/capablanca-plunkett-second-1919.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon Aug  3 08:58:34 2026"]

{ Source: <em>Irish Statesman</em>, December 27, 1919, p. 658, via <a
href="https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter09.html#3722._Wellmuth">Chess
Notes 3723, 25 April 2005</a> (Harrie H. Grondijs). } { Other information:
Other information: A photograph of Plunkett, Capablanca and the Lord Mayor
of Dublin on the previous day, before the first simul, is in the <a
href="https://stillslibrary.rte.ie">RT&Eacute; Stills Archive</a> (search
for "Capablanca") (cf. <a
href="https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter156.html#CN_10531">Chess
Notes 10531, 26 July 2017</a> (Gerard Killoran)). }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 Bg4 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 exd4 14.
cxd4 Na5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6 Qd7 18. Qc1 Bd6 19. Ne4 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Rfe8 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rf3 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qa1
Qc6 26. Kh2 d5 27. Rf1 Kf7 28. Qa3 Qc7+ 29. Kh1 Qb7 30. Qd6 Rc6 31. Qf4 Qe7
32. Re1 1/2-1/2