White: J. R. Capablanca. Black: A. Burn
| 1. P - K 4 | P - K 4 | |
| 2. Kt - K B 3 | Kt - Q B 3 | |
| 3. B - Kt 5 | P - Q R 3 | |
| 4. B - R 4 | Kt - B 3 | |
| 5. P - Q 3 |
This is a very solid development, to which I was much addicted at the time, because of my ignorance of the multiple variations of the openings.
| 5. ........ | P - Q 3 | |
| 6. P - B 3 | B - K 2 |
In this variation there is the alternative of developing this Bishop via Kt 2, after P - K Kt 3.
| 7. Q Kt - Q 2 | O - O | |
| 8. Kt - B 1 | P - Q Kt 4 | |
| 9. B - B 2 | P - Q 4 | |
| 10. Q - K 2 | P × P | |
| 11. P × P | B - Q B 4 |
Evidently to make room for the Queen at K 2, but I do not think the move advisable at this stage. B - K 3 is a more natural and effective move. It develops a piece and threatens B - B 5, which would have to be stopped.
| 12. B - Kt 5 | B - K 3 |
Now it is not so effective, because White's Q B is out, and the Knight, in going to K 3 to defend the square Q B 4, does not block the Q B.