@@hemanthgowda5269 If you believe the US government so called official rate of inflation then you are being very naive. It has been demonstrated to be a bad joke many times. Look at the commodity prices. A good house on a large lot in 1921 cost 2-3000 and gold was $20/ounce.
@@cae9838 yes I had it one a analyzed a game of mine with the computer, it's so annoying if you fall for that and the rook is just following your king...
The legend says Capablanca still didn't loose a game,the streak never ended. There is some talks about God Vs Capa,but they are still arguing about conditions. Do we play in hell or in heaven. Capa is insisting on hell since he is used to warm climate...
Congrats to you too Antonio, you have done a fab job bringing the Capa Saga to us. Your efforts and research behind each game is a testimony of your love for chess. Kudos!!
You really are creating something really special with the Casablanca Saga and one day what a wonderful legacy you will have left for chess lovers to enjoy. Keep up the great work I looked forward to your videos each day Antonio.
Maybe it's just me, but I feel there's some particular beauty in this game. Almost at every point in the game all pieces on both sides are positioned in a kind of simple yet 100% efficient harmony. A real work of art.
Lasker was getting old. He hadn't been able to compete in many tournaments in recent memory, and he probably felt that he wouldn't have the energy to play that many good games against someone like Capablanca.
More like Capa plays the best moves without even knowing theya are the best moves and I am playing my best moves without even knowing they are the worst
Antonio, I always look at the precious metals conversion of dollars to ounce of the day, and today to get a ballpark. For instance .77 of an ounce of silver was a silver dollar then. 20$ gold piece was .96 oz of gold which is roughly 1400$ in today's money. The gold price didn't move for centuries until taken out of currency, silver was closer to gold back then, roughly 1/35 of its value historically, but much less as of today closer to 1/100th. So, depending on which metal you wish to convert: gold 1,334,000$ or silver:234,000$. (Both roughly as the price moves by the second) a good aggregate would be about $850,000.
This is the best saga that i have ever watched and the way it has progressed and presented by you, the one and only Mr. Antonio😎, I m really enjoying every bit of it😃🙌🏻. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTRIBUTING SUCH GREAT SAGA 😉
It seems that at those days the champion was free to choose his challenger,so: Lasker: " Ok, we will play the championship match,but first I resign from my title. Now you are the world champion and I am the challenger!" Capablanca: " Well, not exactly...since I am the world champion now, I can choose my challenger. And the name of my challenger is.... Borislav Kostic!!!
I find it very strange that so many people seem to think that the $20,000 is worth about 250-270,000 today. In fact it is worth much more when translated into the majority of the commodities that you would want to buy. Obviously, it varies but consider that gold was $20 per ounce, bread was 10 cents a loaf, cabbage and watermelon were 2 cents a pound, gasoline was 20 cents a gallon, solid oak furniture was about 1/50 of the cost today and a good house on a large lot was 2-3000 dollars! !(depending on which city of course) Against that, leading tech items at the time such as electric appliances were relatively expensive but those would go down in price as is always the case with new tech.
In other words, $20,000 in 1920 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $251,106.83 in 2018, a difference of $231,106.83 over 98 years. The 1920 inflation rate was 15.61%. (Wikipedia)
Dear Mr. Agadmator. Sometime in the future it would be great if you would do a Lasker saga. I very much admire Lasker, though he is a hard master to learn from since there is nothing distinctive in his style to grab onto for a lesson. I find Lasker's versatility truly amazing. He played some brilliant attacks. He could defend as tenaciously as anyone in history. He could play very tidy methodical Tarrasch style chess. He could also play crazy chess in strange positions with material imbalances and weird pawn structures. He was a very powerful endgame player. He didn't so much specialize in technically precise endgames like Capa and Rubinstein, though he has a few of those. But he was very dangerous in tricky fighting endgames with chances for both sides. He would often mysteriously get the better of his opponent. Hans Kmoch once joked that Morphy perfected the attacking style, Steinitz the positional style, Tarrasch the methodical style, Capablanca the precise style, and Lasker perfected the styleless style.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index, prices in 2018 are 1,302.83% higher than average prices throughout 1921. The dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 2.76% per year during this period, meaning the real value of a dollar decreased. In other words, $21,000 in 1921 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $294,594.61 in 2018, a difference of $273,594.61 over 97 years. Ps. Keep up the great commentary and work sir! You've always done a hell of a job analyzing games.
Emanuel Lasker : sips tea & reads book in house *A wild Capablanca appears!* Emanuel Lasker : I've heard good things about you, don't disappoint me. Capablanca : *proceeds to disappoint Lasker by drawing the game.
Black : Take my rook. White : No. Black : Take it. White : No. Black : Take my rook. White : No. Black : Take my rook. White : Noooo. Black : Take my rook. White : (while running)Help meeeee.
Roughly 273k dollars adding to the fact that deducing terms for purchasing power parity, incomes in Cuba were 30% that of the US, assuming similar structural costs of living (very roughly speaking) then it would not be a strech to say that it would imply that that same value would be 3 times more powerfull if spent in Cuba with appropriate currency exchange. So lets say you could buy in Cuba what 9/10 of a million would get you in the US at the time with such a prize. A kings ransom indeed given the time.
In this equation I assume that the US inflation rate is 2.5% on average. 20000$ * (1 + r)^x where r is the amount of growth per year in percent, and x is the number of years. r = 1 + 0.025 = 1.025. Number of years since 1920 is (for simplistic sake) 100 so x = 100 Which means: 20000 x 1.025^100 = 236.274,32$ in today's age.
Lashar was cantankerous and not above gaming to his unfair advantage, while lecturing on the proper deportment of a champion. But Harrwitz was a scoundrel, whose word not to be taken seriously.
When you consider that a brand new Ford Model T automobile cost $260 in 1920, it gives you an idea of how much purchasing power $20,000 represented at that time.
Congrats on getting the saga to this point man👍 Could you give a little about the processes of negotiation in each video from now on? If possible, that would be great. Tnx man
