The

Life & Games

of

Akiva Rubinstein

Volume 1:
Uncrowned King

IM John Donaldson
IM Nikolay Minev

2006
Russell Enterprises, Inc.
Milford, CT USA
The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein
Volume 1: Uncrowned King

Copyright 2006

John Donaldson and Nikolay Minev

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 Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition 4

Introduction to the First Edition 6
A Rubinstein Primer 9
Tournament and Match Record 10
1 882- 1 904: The Young Rubinstein 12
1 905 33
St. Petersburg 1 906 43
Lodz 1 906 51
Ostende 1 906 58
1 907 76
1 907-08 1 17
Vienna 1 908 1 26
Prague 1 908 1 40
Lodz 1 908 1 53
Rubinstein-Marshall Match 1 908 1 66
St. Petersburg 1 909 1 75
Rubinstein-Mieses 1 909 1 98
Vi lna 1 909 203
Warsaw 1 909 209
1910 210
San Sebastian 1 9 1 1 217
Carlsbad 1 9 1 1 227
Warsaw City Championship 1 9 1 1 244
San Sebastian 1 9 1 2 246
Pistyan 1 9 1 2 259
Breslau 1 9 1 2 268
Vilna 1 9 1 2 28 1
The Years o f World War I 296
1919 323
1 920 3 36
N on-Tourn ament Games 1 906- 1 920 3 54
Addendum 377
Bibliography 3 87
Players Index 3 89
Openings Index 3 92
ECO Codes Ind ex 393
Annotator Index 3 95
Ind ex of Illustrations 396
General Ind ex 397
 Introduction to the Second Edition

This year marks the one hundred and first anniversary of Akiva Rubinstein's re
ceiving the master title at Barm en. As we noted in the first edition, it might seem
a bit strange to devote so much attention to a player from so long ago. The an
swer, we believe, is that in many ways Rubinstein was a truly m odem player and
his gam es are sti ll very relevant today. This is an opinion not only held by us. Two
recent books concerned with some of the greatest players of all time, My Great
Predecessors: Part 1 by Garry Kasparov and Learn from the Legends by M ihail
Marin both devote chapters to Rubinstein. Am ong today 's top players Boris
Gelfand has mentioned on m ore than one occasion that the great Akiva is one of
his heroes and it is no accident that he and many other top players readily contrib
uted to Viktor Glatm an's Akiba Rubinstein's Chess Academy.

The eleven years that have past since the publication of our first volume on
Rubinstein have yielded some new inform ation. Nick Pope deserves credit for
the biggest find, unearthing five new games of Rubinstein's from the m ammoth
Ostende 1 906 tournam ent. There are several events from Rubinstein's early ca
reer, where quite a few games are m iss ing, but Ostende 1 906 is the only one
played in Western Europe. Thanks to Nick's find we now have 1 9 games and
fragments of the 30 Rubinstein played in the Belgian port. It's likely that th is is
how things will stand as Tony Gillam has spent many years researching Ostende
1 906 and recently published a book on the event.

Alan Sm ith has found the rem aining m oves of Rubinstein-Nim zovitch , San
Sebastian 1 9 1 2, and Per Skj oldager has discovered the actual position of th e ad
j ourned game Rubinstein-Nimzovitch, Vilna 1 9 1 2, along with comm ents about
the gam e from Nimzo's column in the Rigaer Rundschau. These comm ents from
the original Germ an have been translated by Hans Baruch and give a good idea of
what happened in the game (we have no actual m oves).

It's likely that scraps of information l ike these are precisely the new discoveries
researchers will make in the future. M ost primary source m aterial has been thor
oughly picked over, the exception being some years of the Neue Lodzer Zeitung.
The chess column of this paper, which appeared in the Saturday supplement, is
potentially a gold m ine of material regarding Rubinstein's early career. In theory
libraries in Poland plus those in maj or cities of the Russian empire like Hel sinki,
Riga. Moscow and St. Petersburg would all be likely repositories but one hun
dred years and m any upheavals have made it a hard to find item .

One bright spot for Rubinstein fans look ing for new m aterial comes from the
generosity of S imon Constam . Several d ecades ago Simon did a tremendous
am ount of research on R ubinstein. He spent time in Holland and Belgian at vari
ous libraries and befriend ed Rubinstein's sons Jonas and Samm y. I n this book
yo u will find som e o f h is d is co veries from Ak iva 's tour of Holland in 1920 in-

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eluding a fragment from the Rotterdam Quadrangular and som e very interesting
non-tournam ent efforts.

A curiosity from the early 20th century was the practice of strong local players
taking every chance they had to play a visiting hero. This m ight m ean the local
would not only face the master in a tournament but also in consultation games
and even simuls! One of the players to do this in Holland, Rubinstein's country
m en Sam uel Factor, would soon m ove to the United States where he won several
Western Chess Association championships. Volum e 2 will have many m ore of
Sim on's finds including over a dozen pictures from the Rubinstein fam ily ar
chives and numerous training gam es between Akiva and his younger son Sammy.

Note that we have ch anged the spelling of Rubinstein's name for this volum e
from Akiba t o Akiva, a s i t appears i n Jewish sources.

We are currently working on the second edition of volume two, which will cover
the rem ainder of Rubinstein 's life ( 1 92 1 - 1 96 1 ) and would love to hear from read
ers who m ight have any of the following games:

Gothenburg 1 920/2 1 : Appel berg.

Triberg 1 92 1 : Selez niev-R (rd 1 ), Selezniev-R (rd 4) and Spielm ann-R (rd 6)
Hastings 1 922/23: Yates and E.G. Sergeant. .
Southport 1 924: Wright.
London 1 925: both gam es with Thomas.
Lodz 1 927: Kohn, Bl ass and Friedman.
Warsaw 1 927: Makarczyk
Chicago 1 928: any from the simul R m ost likely gave in m id-March.
Rogaska Slatina 1 929: Mar6czy, and Honlinger.
Prague Olympiad 1 93 1 : Erdelyi, E. Steiner, and Grunfeld.
Antwerp 1 93 1 : Baert, De Mey, and Perquin.
War saw (?) 1 93 1 : match with H . Friedman ???

Please contact us at imwj d@ aol.com or John Donaldson - Mechanics ' Chess Di

rector, 57 Post Street, Room 408, San Francisco, CA 94 1 04.

We would like to thank all of our helpers from the previous edition and add Ricardo
Alvarez Cela, Simon Constam , Nathan Divinsky, Mark Donlan, Anthony Gillam,
Burt Hochberg, Peter Holmgren, Holly Lee, Jason Luchan, Michael Negele, Nick
Pope, Per Skjoldager, Alan Sm ith and Edward Winter for this volume.

This book is fond ly ded icated to Holly Lee and Elena Minev.

John Donaldson
Nikolay Minev
August 2006

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 Introduction to the First Edition

The name Akiva Rubinstein is certainly fam iliar to chess players around the world ,
but one m ight still wonder why the authors have spent so much tim e and energy
on a player whose career ended over 60 years ago and who never even played ,
m uch less won, a match for the world championship. The answers are not hard to
find .

Akiva Kielowicz Rubinstein, Paul Keres and Viktor Korchnoi belong to a very
select club: they are the strongest players never to become world champion. While
Keres and Korchnoi had their chances at the title, Rubinstein was denied the
opportunity. One might well call the great Akiva the strongest player to never
have a shot at the crown.

However, playing strength isn 't everything, and while Rubinstein will always be
rem em bered for his great sporting results - especially 1 9 1 2, the m agic year when
he won four big tournam ents - his contributions to the gam e went well beyond
the accumulation of points and prizes.

Rubinstein was as much an artist as a fighter and his best games compare favor
ably with those of the greatest players of all time. His influence on the m od ern
opening, m idd legame, and endgame is imm ense. Tod ay, system s in the N imzo
Ind ian, French, and Four Knights Gam e bear his name and these represent but a
fraction of his contributions to opening theory. As one of the pioneers in the
treatm ent of positions with an isolated queen pawn or hanging pawns, Rubinstein
was not averse to taking either side of these thematic m idd legames.

While he is well-kn own for his opening and m idd legame play, it was in the end
ing, particularly rook end ings, that Rubinstein's genius was m ad e manifest. Not
so m uch in technical end ings of R + P versus R - though he knew his basic theory
well - but in strategic end i ngs of the sort d ealt with at length in M ikhail
Shereshevsky 's Endgame Strategy. It's no accident that the Encyclopedia OfChess
Endings chose m any of his rook end ings as examples of m odel play.

Rubinstein's life away from the chess board is equally fascinating. A life d ifficult
to sum up in a few words, it seem s m ore fiction than fact. Raised accord ing to
fam ily trad ition to be a rabbi, Akiva's l i fe was transformed when he was intro
d uced to chess. Rising through the ranks, he went from rank beginner to com ing
within a hair 's breadth of Caissa's throne.

The authors have spent much of their time in the last three years trying to d o
justice t o this great player. Rubinstein d oes have books written about him - i n
fact w e know of a t least eight - but none comes close t o being complete. There
are s everal good samplers , but they leave the reader wish ing for more.

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Early on, we hoped our planned work, incorporating all of Rubinstein's games,
annotations, crosstables, pictures, and all the biographical m aterial we could get
our hands on, would fit into one 300-page book. This turned out to be totally
unrealistic. Visits to Warsaw, the Hague, Brussels, New York, and C leveland
yielded such m aterial that the planned single volum e expanded to two books.

We hope you enjoy reading this book as m uch as we did writing it.

A few technical notes:

Chess nom enclature tends to be confusing and inconsistent. It's not uncommon
to find several different sources all spelling the same player's nam e a different
way. In the interests of consistency we have with very few exceptions used Jer
emy Gaige 's Chess Personalia and four volum e Chess Tournament Crosstables
as our standard for the spelling of player and place names - with the m ore recent
Chess Personalia the final arbiter in cases where the two differ. While we might
not agree in all cases with the spellings chosen by Mr. Gaige, we feel that his
system is logical and well thought out, and that standardization m akes a lot of
sense. Gaige's work as a chess archivist is unparalleled.

For the few rare cases where the player wasn 't mentioned by Gaige - mostly
lesser-known Polish m asters - we have used Wladyslaw Litm anowicz and Jerzy
Gizycki 's Szachy od A do Z as our guide. This m amm oth ( 1 ,438 pages) two
volum e set is one of the best and m ost complete works of its kind. It proved
invaluable in offering m uch otherwise unobtainable material about little-known
Polish players.

Today Poland is a very respectable chess country with a few GMs and a large
num ber ofi Ms, but in the past it was a great power in the chess world. During the
period 1 928- 1 939, the Poles won a gold, two silvers, and three bronze m edals in
chess olympiads. Only in 1 93 3 , when the Poles were fourth, were they shut out of
the m edals.

Rubinstein, Tartakover, and Najdorf are nam es known to all chess players, but
Poland had other good players: Flam berg, Salwe, Rotlewi, Przepi6rka, and Lowcki
from the pre- World War One period alone. We have made a special effort to pro
vide som e details of these players ' lives and to give some idea of what chess life
was like then.

The m ost difficult part of Rubinstein's career to research was the events he played
in Poland. The difficulties stem from that country 's troubled history. A part of
Russia till 19 1 8, no regular Polish chess periodical appeared until after indepen
dence. The result is that what is obtainable is either from outside sources - prin
cipally Russian - or comes fr om the rare books Pierwyj almanach Lodzinskogo
obszczestwa liubitielej szachmatnoj igry ( 1907), edited by Daniuszewsk i and

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Mundt, and Ksiega Jubileuszowa Lodzkiego Towarzystwa Zwolennikow Gry
Szachowej 1903-1938, edited by Daniuszewski.

The authors had just a glimpse of what m ust be a large am ount of material in the
newspaper Neue Lodzer Zeitung. This paper, which started a chess column in
1 902, reported news during the week and published more complete coverage,
including games, in the Saturday supplement. We were not able to find a library
that had the Saturday supplement, but jud ging from the fact that the daily paper
gave round-by-round scores of the 1 903/04 Hand icap Tournam ent, the details of
several Salwe-Rubinstein matches, and lots of information on the formation of
the Lodz Chess Society, it must be a gold m ine. One im agines that m ore than a
few Salwe-Rubinstein games m ight be hidden there.

Our policy in offering annotations to gam es has been to com bine the comments
of great m asters of the past with our own notes to give som e of the flavor of the
time and to show what has been discovered since then. While serious space limi
tations have required us to be selective, we have tried to point out the key games
in Rubinstein's career and give them the appropriate attention they deserve.

Most of the games that appear here can be found in either the two aforementioned
works covering the history of the Lodz Chess Society or tournam ent books of
events Rubinstein played in. As a space saving m easure we have confined our
selves to citing sources only for gam es that are not found in these volumes.

A work of this nature cannot be done alone and we were fortunate in getting lots
of help.

Dr. Al ice Loranth and Dr. Motoko Reece at the John G. White Collection of the
C leveland Public Library were extremely helpful, as were Christian Bij l and Rob
Verhoeven at the Royal Dutch Library in the Hague. Edward Winter (Trelex,
Switzerland ) generously supplied us with som e nice archival photos and was an
inval uable resource person. Eric Woro, books ed itor at ICE, deserves our thanks
for transform ing a mo untain of rough text into a beautifully edited book with
crosstables, diagrams and photos. Yvette Nagel was m ost generous in translating
indecipherable xeroxes of Dutch newspapers into English, and her proofreading
skills were very wel come. The authors would also like to thank Hans Baruch
(Berkeley), Arne Berggren (Gothenburg), Jonathan Berry (Nanaimo, Canada),
Andrzej Filipowicz (Warsaw), Michael Franett (Seattle), John Gilliam (Cincin
nati), Jan Kalendovsky (Brno), Robert Moore (Anchorage), Jack O ' Keefe (Ann
Arbor), Toni Prez iuso (Aarau, Switzerland), Sammy Rubinstein (Brussels), Yasser
Seirawan (Seattle), Ken Whyld (Caistor, England), Dr. T adeusz Wo lsza (War
saw) and Ton Sibbing of the Max Euwe Center in Am sterd am . We apologize if

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we have inadvertently left anyone out. It goes without saying that any errors or
om issions are the sole responsibility of the authors.

This book is fondly dedicated to Elena M inev.

John Donaldson
Nikolay M inev
August 1994

A Rubinstein Primer

Players looking to im prove their positional understanding and endgam e skills

will find studying the games of Rubinstein m ost helpful. The following serves as
a good introduction to the games of Akiva and a careful study can 't help but
increase one 's playing strength.

Positional Themes

Janowsky-Rubinstein, Carlsbad 1907 (#127)

Sal we-Rubinstein, Carlsbad 1907 (#131)
Mar6czy-Rubinstein, Carlsbad 1907 (#139)
Rubinstein-Salwe, Lodz 1907 (#147)
Alapin-Rubinstein, Prague 1908 (#190)
Rubinstein-Salwe, Lodz 1908 (#209)
Rubinstein-Lasker, St. Petersburg 1909 (#227)
Rubinstein-Capablanca, San Sebastian 1911 (#278)
Rubinstein-Duras, Carlsbad 1911 (#281)
Schlechter-Rubinstein, San Sebastian 1912 (#307)
Rubinstein-Marshall, Breslau 1912 (#358)
Rubinstein-Gottesdiener, Lodz 1916117 (#382)
Rubinstein-Schlechter, Berlin 1918 (#400)

Rook Endings

Rubinstein-Lasker, St. Petersburg 1909 (#227)

Spielmann-Rubinstein, St. Petersburg 1909 (#240)
Tarrasch-Rubinstein, San Sebastian 1911 (#271)
Rubinstein-Ai ekhine, Carlsbad 1911 (#302)
Schlechter-Rubinstein, San Sebastian 1912 (#307)
Lasker-Rubinstein, St. Petersburg 1914 (#373)
Rubinstein-Selezniev, Gothenburg 1920 (#442)

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 Tournament Record 1903-1920
w D L Score Place
1 903 Kiev 9 3 5 IO!h -6Y2 5th
1 905 Barmen II 2 2 1 2-3 = 1 st
Lodz ? ? ? 2!h-l!h = 1 st
1 906 St. Petersburg 8 8 0 1 2-4 = 2nd
Ostende 13 12 5 1 9- 1 1 3rd
Lodz 5 3 I 6Y2 -2Y2 I st
Lodz 7 4 9-3 I st
1 907 Ostende 14 II 3 1 9Y2 -8!h = 1 st
Carlsbad 12 6 2 1 5-5 1 st
Lodz 7 2 8-2 I st
1 907-8 Lodz 9 2 I 1 0-2 1 st
1 908 Vienna 10 6 3 1 3-6 4th
Prague 8 9 2 1 2!h -6!h 4th
Lodz 6 7 3 9Y2 -6Y2 I st
1 909 St. Petersburg 12 5 1 4!h -3!h = 1 st
Vi lna 8 5 2 IO!h -4!h 1 st
1910 Warsaw 8 I I 8!h- 1 !h 2nd
Warsaw 13 1 1 3!h- 1 Y2 = 1 st
191 1 San Sebastian 4 10 0 9-5 = 2nd
Carlsbad 12 10 3 1 7-8 = 2nd
Warsaw 12 2 0 13-1 I st
1912 San Sebastian 8 9 2 1 2!h -6!h I st
Pistyan 12 4 1 4-3 I st
Breslau 9 6 2 1 2-5 = 1 st
Vilna 9 6 3 1 2-6 I st
1 9 14 St. Petersburg 2 6 2 5-5 = 6th
1916 Warsaw 8 2 2 9-3 = 1 st
1 9 1 6-7 Lodz II 0 3 1 2Y2- 1 Y2 1 st
1917 Warsaw 8 0 2 9- 1 I st
1918 Berlin 0 2 4 1 -5 4th
Berlin 2 4 0 4-2 2nd
1919 Warsaw 7 3 4 8!h-5!h 3rd
Stockh olm 4 4 4 6-6 2nd
1 920 Rotterdam 2 0 2Y2-Y2 1 st
Gothenburg 7 4 2 9-4 2nd

Note: Wins or losses by forfeit have been excluded from this list.

Handicap Tournaments
1 903-4 Lodz 16 2 2 1 7-3 2nd
1 909 Warsaw 7 0 7Y2-Y2 I st
1919-20 Stockholm 18 2 SY2 -7 2nd

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 Match Record
1 903 - 1 920

w D L Score
1 903 Sa1we (Lodz) 5 4 5 7-7
1 904 Sa1we (Lodz) 4 3 3 5 -4
1 905 Mieses (Lodz) 3 0 0 3-0
Duras (Barmen) 0 2 0 1-1
1 907 Salwe (Lodz) 12 8 2 1 6-6
1 908 Teichmann (Vienna) 3 1 2 3 -2
1 908 Marshall (Warsaw) 3 3 2 4 -3
1 909 Mieses 5 2 3 6-4
(Berlin-Hannover-Frankfurt)
1910 Flamberg (Warsaw) 4 0 4-
1916 Lowcki (Warsaw) 2 1 0 2-
1918 Schlechter (Berlin) 2 3 1 3Y2 -2
1 920 Bogoljubow 5 3 4 6 -5
(Gothenburg-Stockholm)

Simul Record
1 909 Warsaw October 1 5 22 (+ 1 6,=2,-4)
Warsaw November 5 21 (+ 1 8,=2,- 1 )
Moscow December 27 35 (+26,=5 ,-4)
Moscow December 3 1 38 (+26,=5 ,-7)
191 1 Frankfurt January 30 15 (+ 1 3 ,= 1 ,- 1 )
P aris March 1 9 18 (+ 1 4,=2,-2)
Berlin March 27 40 (+36,=3,- 1 )
1912 Nuremberg April 30 29 (+22,-2,=5)
Munich May 1 40 (+28,=9,-3 )
Budapest May 6 5 (+3 ,=0,-2)
1919 Berlin January 1 9 25 (+24,=0,- 1 )
1 920 Lund February 8 25 (+ 1 9,=5 ,- 1 )
Scheveningen February 26 10 (+6,=3 ,- 1 )
Rotterdam March 1 3 (+ 1 ,= 1 ,- 1 )
Scheveningen March 4 10 (+5 ,=4,- 1 )
Rotterdam March 1 5 28 (+ 1 3 ,=9,-6)
Amsterdam March 1 7 25 (+ 1 6,=6,-3)
The Hague March 20 28 (+2 1 ,=5,-2)
Haarlem March 22 26 (+2 1 ,=3,-2)
1 920 Nijmegen March 27 28 (+25 ,=3 ,-0)
Gorinchem March 29 22 (+2 1 ,= 1 ,-0)
Deventer April? 25 (+24,= 1 ,-0)
Enschede April? 26 (+26,=0,-0)
Trollhattan October 46 (+36,=9,- 1 )

II
 1882-1904: The Young Rubinstein

Akiva Rubinstein's early life is clouded in mystery. The great grandmaster never
wrote about himself and the biographical section in Rubinstein s Chess Master
pieces (written by Barnie Winkelman with acknowledgement to Dr. Hannak's
introduction to Rubinstein Gewinnt)- the only book to offer any real story of his
life - is very unreliable; it weaves a rather romantic tale in which real events and
myth are so closely intertwined as to be almost impossible to separate. We quote
the first few paragraphs before the myt hologizing takes over.

"Deep out of the shadows of the Middle Ages came Akiva Rubinstein. A dark
squalid ghetto of Russia - Poland was the Bethlehem in which his spark of life
was kindled. Rubinstein was born on December [October] 1 2, 1 882, in Stawiski,
of the province of Lomza. For generations his ancestors had been rabbis and
scholars of the Hebrew classics, equally inured to physical privation and the in
tense cultivation of the mind.

"In the home of Rubinstein's parents both were to be found - keenness of intel
lect and stark poverty. A few weeks before his birth his father died, leaving be
hind a wife and 1 2 children. Akiva went to the house of his grandparents, who
forthwith undertook his upbringing. The lines of this upbringing were marked out
to a nicety. The youngster would become a teacher of the Talmud, a student of
Hebrew, even as his father and his grandfather before him.

"His education was indeed received in the Cheder, the school of the Jewish com
munity, and the Yeshiva, a higher academy of religious instru ction. The prescribed
languages were Hebrew and Yiddish; Rubinstein understood no other, and had
no desire for any other."

We now look at a few other accounts of Rubinstein's first years. Gerald Abrahams,
in Chess Treasury of the A ir (pp. 48-49), has this to say about Rubinstein's early
l i fe : "Born in a poor Jewish family somewhere in Lomza province, Akiva
Rubinstein was plunged at an early age into the only intellectual life available to
most Russian Jews. He went into a Yeshiva and studied the Talmud, living the
kind of life that poor students lived in the monastic academies of the Middle
Ages. He was excellent at those brain-testing studies, which involves powers of
memory, and a fine analytic discrimination. Those who met him in England in the
1 920's can attest that he had not lost his learning. And he spoke the fluent, cul
tured Hebrew that Russian Jewry has now bequeathed to the culture of I srael.

"It is told of him that, in his teens, he found the only available H eb rew chess
book, and learned it by heart with all it s illustrative games. The subject captured
him, and afforded him, eventual ly, an escape - if that is the proper word - from a
career that might have ended in a Rabb inate. How he came to L odz, measured his
 1 882- 1 904: The Young Rubinstein

str ength against the master Salwe, and ultimately conquered the latter is too wel l
known to need recapitulation. Suffice i t to say that, i n a very short peri od, from
Kiev 1 904 [1903] , when he was fifth in the Russian Championship, to 1 9 1 2,
when he won no fewer than five international tournaments (San Sebastian, Pistyan ,
Breslau, Warsaw, and St. Petersburg [Vllna] - an all-time record this - he filled
the treasuries of chess with masterpieces and achieved a style and a distinction in
his play that stands comparison with the performance of Capablanca."

The following extract appeared in the Western Daily Mercury, Apri l 2, 1 909.
Prefacing the piece, the columnist C.T. Blanchard thanked E. Znosko-Borovsky ,
chess editor of Novae Vremya, for specially contributing the article. The article
appears to be an expanded version of what Znosko had written about Rubinstein
for the St. P etersburg 1 906 tournament book. Emanuel Lasker, too, seems to have
gleaned material from that biographical sketch (see below).

Akiva Rubinstein was born in the little town of Stawiski in

Poland October 12 [September 30, old sryle] , 1 882. Soon after,
all his family moved to Bialystok, where he learned chess at the
age of 1 8. He made his first studies in it from a little instructor
by Sossnitz in the old Hebrew language. An accident brought
him into a little book-seller's shop where he found a great many
old and new chess books, which he studied industriously. But
as he wished to study the game practically as well as theoretically
he went to Stein's Cafe , where he met the strong first-class player
G. G. Bartoschkewitsch (sic- Bartoszkiewicz). All these games,
even at knight odds, ended in loss.

Rubinstein's failure drove him to still further study the game

with such good results that after a few weeks, he occasionally
won against Bartoschkewitsch [sic - Bartoszkiewicz] . In 1 903
he traveled to Lodz, where he could get plenty of play against
the master Salwe. In the same year, the Lodz Chess Club was
formed and from that time R. 's serious play dates.

The club arranged a match between Rubinstein and Salwe; it

was for the first seven won games, but ended in a tie. In the
autumn of that year Rubinstein went to Kiev, as a representa
tive of the club, to take part in the Third All-Russian Champi
onship. He won the fifth prize.

During the tourney he inquired of Dr. Ossip Bernstein whether

it paid for him to devote himself to chess. Bernstein replied that
it did not pay. All the same, Rubinstein refused to be guided by
this and devoted himself to learning the royal game. After he
had divided first and second prizes with Salwe in a club tour-

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

ney, the Lodz C.C. got up a second match between them, best
out of 1 0 games. This he won by 6Y2-3Yi [the score was actu
ally 5Yl-4Yl] . In the first-class tourney, Barmen 1 905, he won
the title of master by dividing fi rst and second prizes with
Oldrich Duras. After this he always came out first at Lodz. The
autumn of the same year he beat Mieses in three serious games.

The following article by the World Champion appeared in Lasker s Chess Maga
zine, October 1 907 (pp. 244-45 ) :

O u r Berlin Letter
by Emanuel Lasker

Berlin, end of September -

The all overshadowing event of the month gone by was, of

course, the great Masters tournament at Carlsbad. Inasmuch as
your readers have been kept fully informed by daily cable of its
vicissitudes and final ending, I shall confine myself to a few
biographical j ottings about the first-prize winner, which I trust
will be news to many of them.

Akiva Kiwelowicz Rubinstein was born on October 3 0 [12],

1 882, at Stawiski, a townlet in the government of Lomza, in
Russian Poland. Soon after, his relatives removed to Bialystok.
At the age of 1 8 he learned the rudiments of chess and soon
became deeply interested in the game. By chance he ran across
a chess instructor in Yiddish, and went swimmingly along in its
perusal until he reached a part therein containing games from
the first P arisian tournament of 1 876, which baffled him com
pletely. He then began searching the secondhand bookstores
for chess literature, and was rewarded by finding some books
in Russian, also some foreign periodicals, which considerably
furthered his progress. At that time he met over the board G. G.
Bartoszkiewicz, then the strongest player at Bialystok. At first
he lost at the odds of a knight, but R. went undaunted ahead,
overcoming by degrees the odds, and finally breaking even on
level terms. In 1 903 Rubinstein settled in Lodz, where he found
a number of strong players, foremost among them Salwe. R.
succeeded in holding his own with Salwe in oftband games,
and beating the rest. Preparations were then going on for the
third Russian National Tournament, and on Salwe 's suggestion
Rubinstein aided him in forming a chess club at L odz, which
the two represented as delegates at the Kiev Congress. R. 's de
but was a splendid one. He obtained fifth prize with I I Yi points

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of a possible 1 9, those preceding him being Chigorin, Bernstein,

Yurev i ch, and Salwe . Returning to Lodz, where the newly
founded club was prospering, he and Salwe contested a series
of 1 0 games, R. winning 6'h-3'h [actually 5!0-4!0] . In the handi
cap tourn ey he took second place after Salwe. In the club tour
nament on even terms he divided first and second prizes with
Salwe. Encouraged by his success at home he attended in 1 905
the German Congress at Barmen, where he divided first and
second prizes with 0. Duras, and gained the coveted title of
"Meister" and thereby the entry to all the future masters ' tour
naments . In September 1 903 [ 1 905] , the young master encoun
tered Jacques Mieses in a set match of three games, and won all
three in a decisive fashion.

Last year he was summoned to St. Petersburg for the fourth

Pan-Russian Congress, and surprised friends and foes alike by
not losing a single game. He won eight, drew eight, and divided
second and third prizes with Blumenfeld, one point behind
Salwe, the winner of the tournament.

R, 's fu rther exploits are well known: third prize at Ostende 1 906;
first and second with Mieses [Bernstein], Osten de 1 907; and
finally, his crowning triumph at Carlsbad.

Although R. has gone to the front by bounds and leaps, I would

not liken him to a meteor. On the contrary I am fully convinced
he has come to stay among the fixed stars on the chess horizon.
To my estimation he is not a world beater, not a champion, if
we restrict this title to those who are heads above their com
petitors. But R. is and always will be a main factor who will
have to be reckoned with, and it will always be a safe bet to
find him in the money.

R. 's style is thoroughly modem, aiming instinctively rather at

correctness than at brilliancy. H i s chief asset is gameness,
coupled with a keen insight into position, and resourcefulness.
He can be brilliant if occasion warrants it . . .

So what of Rubinstein's early life can we be sure of? This much seems clear. That
he was born October 1 2, 1 882, in the small town of Stawiski, not far from Bialystok .
That he was the last of 1 2 chi ldren and that he was raised by his grandparents to
follow in the family tradition of being a rabbi . That some time between Rubinstein' s
1 4th and 1 8th birt hdays he became acquainted and quickly fascinated with chess.
That it was the Bialystok first-category player Bartoszkiewicz who was his first
nemesis and not Sal we. Wh en one substitutes the name of the former for the latter

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the legend of Rubinstein meeting a strong master in the local cafe comes a lot
closer to reality.

Winkelman and Hannak wrote:

"At 1 9 Rubinstein learned that in the nearby town of Lodz there lived a real chess
master, one Georg Salwe - a champion, who, indeed, had crossed swords with
the great Chigorin. Forthwith Rubinstein betook himself to Lodz; there he found
in some way the means of subsistence, and thereafter was nowhere to be found
except in the sphere of chess. He played with those to whom Sal we gave the odds
of a Rook; but even against these yokels the young man of Stawiski did not shine.
Clearly the lad of the ghetto was not cut out to be a chess player.

"No one had any confidence in his ability except Rubinstein. He returned to his
native village and for several months disappeared from view. Suddenly he was in
Lodz once more. He entered the chess club, then direct to the table of master
Salwe, and challenged him to battle.

"Salwe smiled indulgently; those about the master mocked in derision. But
Rubinstein seated himself, and played and won. The whole club went into a huddle.
Without delay, a match between Salwe and Ru binstein was arranged. The result
was a deadlock at 5-5 [actually 7-7] . A second match was played and victory
rested with Rubinstein 5-3 [actually 5Z?-4Z?] . The old champion was dethroned,
and the dreamy youth from the Polish village reigned in his stead."

A nice story but nothing more. The odds that someone who had only been playing
a short while could best Salwe - who won the 4th All-Ru ssian Championship in
1 906 - are exactly zero. But someone in that situation might be able to beat
Bartoszkiewicz. A considerable achievement, indicating real promise, but not
nearly so grandiose.

Rubinstein was very fortunate in making his way to Lodz; in fact he could scarcely
have asked for a better place to develop. Referred to as the Polish Manchester,
Lodz, a cosmopolitan city of 3 00,000 people (40% Polish, 40% German, 20%
Jewish) was, along with St. Petersburg and Moscow, one of the three great chess
centers of the Russian Empire.

The Lodz Chess Society was founded in 1 903 and continued up until the German
invasion of Poland in 1 93 9. During this time the Society served as a model of
what a chess organization can be. Many different types of tournaments were held,
including matches, club championships, and handicap events. Foreign visitors
were frequent guests of the Society. Mikhail Chi gorin, Frank Marshall, and Jacques
Mieses played in events there while Capablanca, Alekhine, and Lasker gave simu ls.
Sponsorship was provided for the best players to travel outside and serve as the
club 's standard b earers in important international events. Salwe and Rub instein
represented the club at Kiev 1903 while Akiva (Barmen 190 5 ) and G eorg Rotlewi

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(Osten de 1 907) were sent west to gain their master titles. Players like the Russian
masters Boris Verlinsky and Fedor Dus-Chotimirsky especially made visits to
Lodz, so great was its reputation. Two books, Pierwyj Almanach Lodzinskogo
Obszczestwa Liubitielej Szachmatnoj 1gry, by Mundt and Daniuszewski, which
covers the period 1 903- 1 907, and Ksiega Jubileuszowa Lodzkiego Towarzystwa
Zwolennikow Gry Szachowej 1 903-1 938, by Daniuszewski, chronicle some of
the more important events held by the Society.

Frank Marshall, writing about the 1 908 Lodz triangular in My Fifty Years ofChess,
described the city as "a hospitable town, fanatically interested in chess. We were
treated royally, and produced a great deal of interesting chess."

The following article, which appeared in the British Chess Magazine, May 1 909
(pp. 204-5), sheds some light on the club where Rubinstein developed.

"The Lodz Club is proud of Rubinstein, and he is proud of his club, for it is one
of the strongest and the best equipped in the world. It occupies a handsome suite
of rooms on the first floor in the Piotrkowska, for which, I was told, a rent of
2,000 rubles (2 1 0 English pounds) is paid. It is a nest of strong players, of whom
Salwe is the best known, though the names of others, such as Rotlewi and
Daniuszewski, are familiar on this side of the Elbe. I am not aware that the club is
ever closed. I have personally left it, still going strong, at two o ' clock in the
morning, and I have found play in progress there in the forenoon. No doubt this
intensive cultivation of the game is more responsible for the genius strong play
ers in Russia than any subtle kink, absent from ours, in the Slav cerebellum.
Certain it is that, since Rubinstein joined the club, shortly after its foundation in
1 903 , he has had no lack of the very best practice. The club has arranged a long
series of matches between him and the redoubtable Sal we. The first of these, in
1 903 , when Rubinstein was not yet 2 1 -he was born at Stawiski, in the North o f
Poland, o n October 1 2 (n.s.), 1 882- ended in a draw. The second was won by
Rubinstein, 5Yi-4Yi, and I believe that in all subsequent matches he has come out
the victor."

Rubinstein's games are the heart of this book, but before jumping in we would be
remiss not to say something about his name. Jeremy Gaige, in his monumental
Chess Personalia, gives Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein. This is what ordinarily
appears but it's worth adding that in the place of his birth his first name was
spelled Akiwa in Polish, that the Encyclopaedia Judaica and the English author
Gerald Abrahams have his first name rendered Akiva - no doubt his very reli
g ious family named him after the great Jewish law giver of the same name. In this
edition we use the Jewish spelling.

Rubinstein's middle name also raises comment. Bernard Cafferty, writing in Ed

ward Winter 's Chess Notes #73 5 , has this to say: "Rubinstein was born in the old
Russian Empire, and so should have a patronymic recorded on his birth certifi
cate,just like Isaewitsch for N imzo. Various Russian sources concur on Kivelevich ,

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

probably written Kiwelewitsch by A.K.R. himself."

Ken Whyld and Jeremy Gaige give us Kiwelowicz, and the latter adds: "Poles
and Jews were loath to use the Russian Patronymic, and I imagine, Polish Jews
even more so."

The Italian Encyclopaedia gives Kivelovic. Estocolmo 1919 (published by Ricardo

Aguilera) has Kiwielewitsch.

Judging by the available evidence, Rubinstein probably began his chess career a
few years before the turn of the century. The following game is the earliest ex
ample that has been preserved and it shows that Rubinstein already possessed
good combinative skills. It is unclear when it was played, but Jeugdpartijen van
Beroemde Meesters by S. Postma states it was played by correspondence in 1 897.

(I) Rubinstein - Bartoszkiewicz
Correspondence 1 897 (?)
Two Knights [C55]
l .e4 e5 2 . .\ {3 4) c6 3 . Ac4 4:\f6
4 . d 4 e x d4 5 . 0 - 0 A c 5 6 . e 5 d 5
7.exf6 d x c4 8 . . e 1 + f8 9 . .Q.g5
g x f6 1 0 . .I}.h6+ g8 1 1 . 4:\x d4
A xd4 1 2 .c3 Af5 1 3 .c x d4 4:\x d4
14. 4:\c3 Ag6
games. The paper doesn 't indicate who
partnered whom, but j ust notes that
Langleben was on the winning side in
both games.
The next game was pu b l i s hed i n
Pierwyj A lmanach L o dzinskogo
Obszczestwa Liubitielej Szachmatnoj
Igry, Lodz 1 90 7 , edited by the Polish
masters Dawid Daniuszewski and A.
Mundt. That book offers a large num
ber of early Rubinstein games but gives
few details concerning the conditions
under which they were played.

No date is given for the following odds

game but it appears l ikely that it was
played in 1 902 or 1903 .1t's placed here,
rather than in the non -tournament
games section, because it might be from
a handicap tournament.

1 5 . . e 8 + 1 x e S 1 6 . x d4 e 5 (2) Rubinstein - Amateur

17. 4:\d511, 1-0
The Neue Lodz Zeitung offers some
early details of Rubinstein's career. On
March 19-20 , 1903 , it was report ed that
Langleben, S alw e , Rub instein and
Lodz 1902 or 1 903 (?)
(without Nb l )
l . e4 e 5 2 . .1}.c4 4) f6 3 . d4 e x d4
4. 4:\f3 4:\xe4 5.0-0 .1le7 6 . xd4
4) f6 7 . .Q.g5 0 - 0 8 .1ld 3 4:\c 6
.

Goldfarb played a pair of consultation 9. h4 g6 10. E!fel 4)d5

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 1 882- 1 904 : The Young Rubinstein
l l . x e7 1 4) d x e7 1 2 . Jl.f6 d S
1 3 . e 1 Jl.e6 1 4 . 4) e 5 4) x e 5
1 S . xe5 d6 16. x h7+1 Cit' x h7
17.h5+ Cit'g8 18.h8+ mate, 1-0
The following game may also be from
the same handicap event.
(3) Rubinstein - Amateur
Lodz , 1 903
(without Ra 1 , with pawn on a3)
1 .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . .1lc4 .1lc5
4.c3 4) f6 5.d4 exd4 6.c x d4 .1le7
7.d5 4) bs s.es 4) g4 9 . h 3 4) h6
10.d6 cxd6 1 1 .exd6 .1lf6 12.e2+
Cit'fS 13.4)c3 Axc3+ 14.bxc3 4)c6
15.0-0 e8 16.d2 4)e5 17.e1
.1 x f3+ 18. gxf3 d8
19. x h6! g x h6 20.,1l x h6+ Cit'gS
21 .Cit'h2 f8 22.g1 +, 1--0
[Szachista, issue 3, 1 995]
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Rubinstein 's great rival for much of his
early career was G e o rg H e n ryk
Solomonowicz Sal we ( 1 862- 1 920) .
Salwe was born on October 24, 1 86 2
(Gaige; Szachy o d A do Z gives Dec.
1 2) in Warsaw and, unlike Rubinstein ,
who grew up in poverty, came from a
wealthy family. While he was already
considered one of Warsaw 's best play
ers by 1 8 8 2 , it was n ' t unt i l Sal we
moved to Lodz in 1 894 that he found
real opportunities to test his skills .
There, i n 1 899, h e split a pair o f games
against Dawid Janowsky, during the
latter's visit to Lodz that year. When
the Lodz Chess Society was formed in
1 90 3 , he and Rub inste i n benefited
enormously.
Sal we didn 't play his first real tourna
ment until he was 40 (Kiev 1 903) but
this late start didn't prevent him from
achieving some excellent results, in
cluding a victory in the fourth All-Rus
sian tournament at Saint Petersburg in
1 90 6 . Salwe played three matches
against Rubinstein, drawing in 1 903 (7-
7), losing in 1 904 (4-6), and getting
shellacked in 1 907 (6- 1 6).
A businessman by profession, Salwe
found time to edit the short-lived Yid
dish language chess magazine Shakh
Zaytung ( 1 9 1 3 ) , w h i c h nu mbered
Rub inste i n among its contributors .
During a brief career, which for all in
tents and purposes lasted from 1 903 to
1 9 1 4, Sal we was Poland's number-two
player, reaching a five-year peak aver
age rating of2500, according to the E lo
system.
The Neue Lodzer Zeitung of 1 903 pro
vides some critical details about the first
match between Rubinstein and Salwe.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

It was held from April 26 to June 7 and
the winner was the fi rst to reach 7
points. The match was to be a qualify
ing event for the upcoming All-Russian
championship, with the winner seeded
in. The match was played on Sundays,
Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Lodz
Chess Club. Adj ourned games took
place on Fridays. The final score of the
match was 7-7, from which we can de
duce that the final game was a draw.
This explains why both Rubinstein and
Salwe were able to play in Kiev later
that year.
The following two games are all that
have been preserved from their first
match. The first game was drawn, and
then Sal we drew blood with the follow
ing sharp attack.
as a great opening theoretician but here
his lack of experience tells as he com
mits an elementary blunder.
7./il xc6 bxc6 8.e5 /ild7
( A) Today theory deals only w i th
8 ... 4Jg4. Rubinstein's forgotten con
tinuation is also insufficient to revive
6...g6 but credit should be given to
Salwe, who plays the rest of the game
very well.
9.exd6 exd6 10.0-0 Ae7 l l.Ah6!
lil b6 1 2 . A b 3 d5 1 3 . E! e l Ae6
1 4 .'li'/d 2 Af6 1 5 . E! a d l 'li'/e7
16./ila41 /ild7 17.c4 d4
(D) If 1 7 ... dxc4 1 8 . .ll x c4 4Je5 1 9 . .ll x e6
fxe6 20.'ifl'e2!.

18.c51 lil xc5

(4) Salwe - Rubinstein
Lodz (2) April 1 5 , 1 903
(D) Or 1 8 . . . 0-0 1 9 .'ifl'a5 4Jb8 20 . .1lf4 ! .
Sicilian Sozin [B57]
1 9 ./il x c 5 'li'/ x c 5 2 0 . .il, x e6 f x e 6
Notes by D a n i u s z e w s k i ( D) fro m
2 1 . E! x e6+ c:lf7 22.E!del E!hd8
Ks iega J u b i leuszowa L o dzkiego
To warzystwa Zwo len n ikow Gry
(D) In case of 22 .... he8 White wins
Szachowej 1 903- 1 938, and Authors
spectacularly b y 2 3 .l"lx f6 + 'it' x f6
(A).
24.'ifl'f4+ 'ifl'f5 25 .'ifl'xd4+ .e5 26 . . xe5
'ifl'xe5 27 . .llg 7+! .
l .e4 c5 2 ./ilf3 /i}c6 3 ./ilc3 /ilf6
4.d4 cxd4 5./il x d4 d6 6 . .il,c4
2 3 .'li'/f4 'li'/f5 2 4 .'li'/c7 + c:l g8
(A) "The Sozin Attack" claims almost 25.'li'/xc6 Ag5
all recent books. Only for the record,
the Russian master Veniamin Sozin was
born in 1 896. This game shows that the
variation 6 . .llc 4, and the ideas behind
it, were known quite a while before
Sozin 's discovery.

6 . . . g6?

(A) Later in his career Rubinstein was

to acquire a justly deserved reputation

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 1 882- 1 904: The Young Rubinstein
26:li\'c41 Axh6
There is nothing better. If 26 . . . d5
27.. e8+!, or 26 ... h8 27 . . 6e5!, but
not 27. xd4+? . x d4 28 . . e8 + f8
29.Jlxf8 . xeS! and it i s Black who
wins.
2 7 . E! e 8 + \'t' g7 2 8 . g8 + \'t'f6
29. E! xd8 Ad2 30. E! x a8, 1 -0
(5) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz (3) April 1 7, 1 903
Queen 's Pawn Zukertort [D05]
1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Ad3 {lf6 4 . .)f3
c5 5.b3 {lc6 6.Ab2 Ad6 7. .)bd2
0-0 8.0-0
This unpretentious system of develop
ment, associated with the world cham
pionship challenger Johannes
Z ukertort, served Rubinstein well
throughout his career.
8 ... cxd4 9.exd4 .flh5?1
B l ack ' s best try, 9 . . . c7 , to meet
1 0 . a 3?! with lO . . . eS!, would be an
swered by 10 . c4! when White has
sl ightly better chances.
10.g3 g6 ll . .fle5 Ad7 12.f4 .flg7
13 .a3 f5 14:li\'e2 j}_e8 15 . .)df3
21
E!cS 1 6 .\'t' h 1 h6?! 17. "e3 Ae7
18.E!g1 g5 19.g41 gxf4
l f l 9 .. .fxg4 then 20.fxg5! gxf3 2 l .gxh6,
etc.
2 0 . x f4 -'lg 5 2 1 . .) x g 5 h x g 5
2 2 . g3 f4 23.h3 {l x e 5
24.h7+ \'t'f7 25.d x e5 E!g8
26.a41 b6 27 . .1la3 E!c5 28.g6+
\'t'f8 29.f6+ x f6 30.exf6 .1}.c6
3 1 .j}_ x c5+ bxc5 32.fxg7+, 1-0
Rubinstein's first maj or tournament
was the Third All-Russian Champion
ship, held September 1 -26, 1 903, in
Kiev. Representing the Lodz Chess
Club along with Salwe, the 20-year-old
Akiva scored a creditable 1 1 Y2-6Y2 to
place fifth. Chigorin, who was to die
only four years later, won his third title
in this seminal event, which was the
baptism not only for Rubinstein but for
Salwe and Bernstein as well.
Bachmann's A lmanach for 1 903 re
ports the following conditions for the
tournament: T he playing schedule was
five days a week with Thursdays and
Sundays set aside for adj ournments.
The games were held from 6 p.m. to 1
a.m. and the time control was 30 moves
in two hours followed by 1 5 moves in
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
one hour. Chigorin won 500 rubles for
his victory, with Rubinstein collecting
1 25 for his fifth-place finish.
(6) Rubinstein - A. Rabinovich
Kiev ( 1) 1 903
Dutch [A85 ]
l .d4 f S 2.c4 e6 3 . f3 f6 4.e3
Ae7 s.c3 b6 6.Ad3 Ab7 7.0-o
o-o s.b3 d6 9.Ab2 h6 10. e2 gS
l l.e4 g4 12.el c6 l3.exfS?
White should play 1 3A:Jc2 with the
better game.
1 3 . . . x d4 14. e3 eS 1 S . x h 6
.f7 16.e2 . h 7 17.e3?1
Perhaps 1 7: g5 + is preferable.
17 . . . cS 1S.g3 \t'f71 1 9.f4 gx f3
20.gxf3 hS 2l . .f2 .gS 22 . .g2
2 2 . . . . x h 2 1 2 3 . . x h 2 . x g 3 +
24 . .g2
As 24.'it'hl would be met by 24 . . . Eih3! .
24. . . g41 2 S . A x d4 . x g 2 +
2 6. \t' x g2 h2+ 27.\t'fl x e3+
2 S . A x e3 A h 4 2 9 . Ag t h 3 +
3 0 .\t' e 2 A x e l 3 l . . x e l A x f3 +
32.\t'd2 g2+ 33.\t'c3 e 4 34.Ac2
22
g7+ 3 S . \t'd 2 g S + 3 6 . .Q. e 3
xfS 3 7. .fl d S 3S.cxdS x dS+
39.\t'cl c4 40.\t'bl \t'eS 4 1 . .e l
a S 4 2 . . g l c 3 4 3 . A c l e 3
4 4 . A b 2 d 2 4 S . . gS+ \t' d 7
4 6 . A f S + \t'c6 47 . . c S + \t' b 7
48.Ae5 Ae4 + 49.Axe4+ \t'xc8, o-t
(7) Kalinsky - Rubinstein
Kiev (2) 1 903
Center Game [C22]
l .e4 eS 2.d4 e x d4 3 . x d4 c6
4.a4 f6 s.Af4 AcS 6.d2 o-o
7.f3 dS s.o-o-o e7 9.AbS d4
1 0 . b3 x b3 + l l . x b3 d x e4
1 2 . e 2 ? c 6 1 3 . -'l.d 3 e x d3
14. x d3 dS lS.Ad2 Ae6 16.a3
. adS 1 7 . e4 f6 1 S . a4 bS
19. aS Ab6 20. c3 Ac4 2 l .f4
d S 2 2 . x d S A x d S 2 3 . . h e l
f6 24.xf6 gxf6 2S.Ac3 .deS
26.Axf6 .e6 27.Ac3 .feS 2S.b4
. xel 29 . . xel . xel + 30.-'l.xel fS
3l .Ad2 Ac4 32.g4 Ae2 33.g xfS
A x f3 3 4 . Af4 Ae4 3 S .f6 \t'f7
3 6 . A e S Ads 3 7 . Ad4 a6 3S.c3
A x f6 39.Axf6 \t' x f6, 0-1
(8) Rubinstein - Benko
Kiev (3) 1 903
Dutch [A84]
l .d4 fS 2.c4 f6 3.e3 e6 4.Ad3
b6 s.e2 Ab7 6.0-o .Q.e7 7.bc3
0-0 S.c2 c6 9.a3 hS 10.f4
Af6? l l .g4! fxg4 12.j}.xh7+ \t'hS
13.Ag6 xf4 14 . . x f4 eS lS.fS
AgS 1 6 . x fS+ x fS 17 . . x fS+
. xfS 1S.Ae4 ... 1-0 [In 3 5 moves.
The rest of the game is not avai lable.]
Moishe Leopoldowicz Lowcki ( 188 1 -
1 940), although not a star o f the first
order, was one of Poland's better play-
 1 882- 1 904 : The Young Rubinstein
ers for more than a quarter century.
Lowcki (sometimes spelled Lowtzky)
was equal fi rst in the 1 9 1 6 Warsaw
Championship with Rubinstein and
second the foll owing year. Professor
Elo has his best five year average at
2440. Lowcki was arrested by the Ge
stapo in 1 940 and perished in a con
centration camp later that year.
Lowcki played Rubinstein many times,
including a match in 1 9 1 6. While Akiva
had much the better score, occasionally
Lowcki won, as in the following game
and another at Breslau 1 9 1 2 .
(9) Lowcki - Rubinstein
Kiev (4) 1 903
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D3 1 ]
Notes from the tournament book.
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .)c3 b6 4 . .)f3
Ab7 5 . c x d 5 e x d 5 6 . A f4 Ad6
7 . .)e5 .)f6 8.e3 0-0 9.Ag3 .)bd7
10.f4 ..c8 l l.Ad3 c5 1 2 . 0-0 c4?
13.Af5 ..as 14. tl\'a4 .) bs 1 5.Ah4
a6 16. tl\'c2 g6
17 . ..f31 Ae7
l f 1 7 . . . gxf5 then 18 .xf 5 Jl e7 1 9.l"lg3+
h8 2 0 . g 5 e8 2 l . g8 +! .xg8
22.xf7 mate !
1 8 . A x f6 A x f6 t 9 . A h 3 Ag7
20 . ..afl f5 2 1 .g4 Ac8 2 2 .g x f5
A x f5 23. -'1.xf5 .. xf5 24.e4?
With 24.g2! White achieves a clear
advantage.
24 . . . d x e4 25 . .) x e4 ? tl\'x d4+
26.<ifjlh1 b5??
After 2 6 . . . Jlxe5! 27.fxe5 . xf3 28 . . xf3
c6 Black should win.
27 . .. d 1 tl\'b6 2 8 . tl\'d 2 tl\'b7
29 . .)d6, 1-0
( 1 0) Rubinstein - Dus-Chotimirsky
Kiev (5) 1 903
Dutch Stonewall [A84]
1 .d4 d5 2 . .)f3 .)f6 3.e3 e6 4 . .Q.d3
Ad6 5.0-0 .)e4 6.c4 c6 7 . .)c3 f5
8. tl\'c2 .)d7 9.b3 g5 10 . .Q.b2 tl\'f6
1 1 . .) e 2 .. g8 1 2 . .. a d 1 .. g6
13 . .)el tl\'f7 14.f4 .)df6 1 5 . .) f3
.)g4 16.-'tcl Ad7 17 . .1l, xe4 d x e4
1 8 . .)e5
As 1 8.xg5 loses to 18. . . . xg5! 19.fxg5
Jl xh2+ 20.hl h5 .
1 8 . . . .1l,x e 5 1 9 . f x e 5 h 5 20 . .) c 3
tl\'g7 2 1 .b4 h4 2 2 . tl\'e 2 .) h 6
23.Ab2 .Jf7 24. tl\'f2 E!. h 6 25.E!.d2
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 Kiev 1 903
September 1 -26

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

1 . Chigorin X 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 y, 1 1 1 1 1* 1 y, 1 1 15

2 . Bernstein 1 X 1 y, 1 0 y2 y, 1 y, 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1* 14

3 . Yurevich 1 0 X y, 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Y:z

4 . Salwe 0 y, y, X Y2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 y2 1 1 1 1 1* 13

5 . Rubinstein 0 0 1 Y2 X Y2 0 Y2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1* 1 1 Y2

6 . Znosko-Borovsky 0 1 0 0 y, X y, 1 y, 0 y, 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1* 11

7 . Lowcki 0 y, 0 0 1 y, X y, 1 1 Y2 1 0 1 y, 1 y, 1 1 11

8 . Levitsky 0 y, 0 1 Y2 0 Y2 X 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 l O Y,
B reev lost his first
9. Lebedev 0 0 0 0 0 Y2 0 1 X 1 1 1 y, 0 y, 1 1 1 1 9 Y, 1 1 games in the
1 O. Izbinsky y, y, 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 1 1 0 1 0 0 y, 1 1 9 Y:z tou rnament, then
withdrew before he
l l . S chiffers 0 0 0 1 0 y, y, 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 0 y, 1* 8 Y:z
was t o play
1 2 .A. Rabinovich 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 y, 1 1 1 1* 8 Y,
Ru binstein.
1 3 . Kulomzin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 y, 1 0 0 X 1 I 1 1 y, I* 8

1 4. Kalinsky 0 1 0 y, 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 1 I 1 7 Y2
*Games won
1 5 . Dus-Chotimirsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 y, 0 y, I 0 y, 0 0 X Y2 1 1 1 7
or lost by
1 6 .Benko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Y2 X 1 1 1 6 Y, forfeit.

1 7 .Nikolaev Y2 0 0 0 0 0 '12 0 0 y, 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1 4'12

1 8 . Stamm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 y, 0 y, 0 0 0 0 X 1 2

1 9 .Breev 0 0* 0 0* 0* 0* 0 0 0 0 0* 0* 0* 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
 1 882- 1 904 : The Young Rubinstein
g4 26. t:1/e1 4)g5 27.h1 h3 28.g3
4)f3 29. t:1/f2 4) xd2 30. t:1/xd2 t:1/e7
31 . 4) e2 a5 32.bxa5 t:1/d8 33.Ac3
b6 34.a x b6 t:1/x b6 3 5 . 1l,b4 t:1/a6
36.a3 t:1/xc4 37.c1 t:1/b3 38. Etc3
t:1{a4 39.g1 f7 40.4)f4 hh8
4 t . c 1 hb8 4 2 . f 2 Etb6
43. t:1/c3 t:1/b5 44.c2 Eta4 45.b2
1l,c8 46. t:1/b3 EtaS 47.c2 1l,d7
48 . b 2 t:1/a4 4 9 . t:1/x a4 Etx a4
5 0 . e 2 1l,c8 5 1 . d 2 b a 6
52.c2 e8 53.c1
53 ... E{ x a3 54. 1l,xa3 Etxa3 55.d2
d7 5 6 . Etc3 Eta4 5 7 . c 2 Aa6
58.c1 Ac4 59.c2 Ad5 60.c3
c7 61.4) xd5 exd5 62.E{c2 d7
63.e2 a1 64.d2 g1 65.c3
g2 66.d2 f4 67.ex f4 e3 68. Etd3
e2 6 9 . Ete 3 Etx g 3 ! 7 0 . h x g3 h 2
71 . d2 h 1 t:1f 7 2 . x e 2 t:1/g2 +
= ( R ) T h e i d e a w a s o ft e n u s e d by
73. d3 t:1/b2 74.e6+ e 7 75.f5
t:1/b1 +, 0-1
(II) Stamm - Rubinstein
Kiev (6) 1 903
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D40]
1.d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 4)f6
5. 4)c3 4)c6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Jle7
8. c x d 5 e x d 5 9 . Ad3 0-0 10.0-0
1l,g4 1 1 . 1l,e2 t:1/b6 1 2 . 4)e5 .1l.xe2
1 3 . 4) x e 2 1l,d6 1 4 . 1l,f4 ? Et fe8
1 5 . 4) d7 4) x d7 1 6 . .1}.x d6 4)x d4
25
1 7 . 4) x d 4 t:1/x d 6 1 8 . 4) b 5 t:1/b6
1 9 . t:1/x d 5 4) f6 2 0 . t:1/c4 a c 8
2 1 . t:1/b4 e 4 2 2 . a c 1 Etc6
2 3 . t:1/b3 a6 2 4 . 4) d4 t:1/x d4
25.t:1/xb7 Etxc1 26. Etxc1 g6 27.h3
e2 . . . 0-1 [In 44 moves. The rest of
the game score is not available.]
( 1 2) Rubinstein - Nikolaev
Kiev (7) 1 903
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D3 l ]
Notes by Razuvaev (R) and Authors
(A).
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.4)f3
b6 5.Ag5 Ab7
( A ) More exact i s 5 . . . Ae7, and i f
6.cxd5 .\ xd5.
6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 1l,e7 8.Ab5+ c6
9.Ad3 <t!bd7 10.Af4 <t!fS?I l l.o-o
4)g6 1 2 . 1l,g3 0-0 13.4)e5 4)d7?1
(R) Necessary was 13 . . . c5. Black ob
viously misj udged Rubinstein's next
move.
14.f4!
Pillsbury. Here this method for occu
pying the center is very effective. The
position is already critical and Black's
best is 1 4 . . . c5, after which White has
many tempting continuations and there
fore more possibilities for a mistake.
For example, 1 5 . .\ xd7 '{;;Y xd7 1 6 . f5
.\ h8 looks good for the first player, but
n e i th e r 1 7 . f6?! .ll x f6 18 . x f6 gx f6
1 9 .'{;;Y h 5 .\g6 nor 1 7 .'{;;Y h 5 f6 18 .f4
.\f7 leads to a decisive attack. White's
best seems to be 1 7 .'{;;Y f3, gradu ally in
creas i ng the pressu re . B l ack 's next
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King
move is a strategic mistake. The ex
change of the strong knight on e5 does
not improve B lack 's position. White
obtains pressure along the f-file, and
his e-pawn restricts Black's pieces.
14 . . .Jddxe5? 1 5.fxe5 AcS 16:h5
Ae6 17.lile21
(R) A wonderful idea. White prepares
the exchange of the main defender -
the bishop on e6 - after which the f7-
pawn will be very weak.
1 7 . . . d 7 1 S . h 3 A d S ? 1 9 . f4
Ae7 2 0 . a c 1 c 5 2 l . f 3 c4
2 2 . A b 1 a e S 2 3 . cfl AdS
24. xe6 xe6
(R) Perhaps the pawn sacri fi c e by
24 . . .fxe6 is better.
25.Af5 e7 26.h4 a5 27 .e4! b7
2S.g4 dxe4
(A) If 28. . . 4:Je7 then 29.Axh7+! xh7
30.l"!.xf7 and White wins.
2 9 . A x e4 e7 3 0 . A d 5 h S
3 l . A x c4 b4 3 2.b3 b5 33.Ae1
a3 34.A xb5 e7 35.Ac4 .il,b6
36.h1 xa2 37.e6 f6 3S.d5 Ac5
39.Ac3 g6 40.h5, 1-0
( 1 3) Yurevich - Rubinstein
Kiev (8) 1 903
Bird [A03]
Notes from the tournament book.
1 .f4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.b3 e6 4 . .1l,b2
c5 5 .e3 c6 6.Ab5 Ad7 7.0-0
Ae7 s . h 1 Etcs 9 . c 3 o - o
10.e2 a6 1 1 . .1l, xc6 Axc6 12.g3
b5 13 . 4) e 5 -'tb7 14. 4)h5 4)x h 5
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15. xh5 Af6 16.f3 g6 17.g3
d4! 1 S . e 1 .il, g 7 1 9 . e 2 d 5
20.c4 bxc4 21 .bxc4 d6? 22.exd4
cxd4 23.Aa3 c7 24.AxfS A x fS
25.d3? a5 26.b1 AaS 27.h4?
ds 2 S . h 3 h5 2 9 . f3 A d 6
3 0 .g3 f 6 3 1 . g 2 e 5 3 2 . f x e 5
A xe5 33.hh1 Ac7 34.hfl f5
35. be1 g4 36.f2 g5 37.e4
If 37.hxg5 then 37 . . . h4 wins.
37 ... A x e4 3S.dx e4 gx h4 39. xh4
x e4 + 4 0 . g 1 e 3 4 1 . f 5
x f2 + 4 2 . x f2 d S 4 3 . h 6 +
g7 44.f5+
Here if 44.4:lxf7 l"!. d7 45.4:Jg5 Axg3 and
Black wins.
44 ... fS 45.fl d3 46.d2 Aa5
47.d1 d2 4S.e2 eS+ 49.d3
e1 50.c2 f6 5 1 .a3 Eie5 52.d4
e 3 5 3 . b3 Ac7 54.a4 A x g3
55. xd2 h4 56.h1 e7 57.fl
e 5 5 S . d 3 f 5 5 9 . e3 f4
60 . d 5 + e6 6 l . x f4 A x f4
6 2 . x h4 Ag 5 6 3 . h 1 d 6
64. c3 c5, 0 - 1
( 1 4) Rubinstein - Lebedev
Kiev (9) 1 903
French Rubinstein [C l O]
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 dxe4
Here Sergey Lebedev (historical Elo
2440) plays the Rubinstein French
against Akiva himself. Later in the tour
nament (vs. Schiffers, game # 1 9), the
master from Lodz gets a chance to use
the system that has become synony
mous with his name.
4. x e4 Ad7 5 . 4) f3 Ac6 6 .-'td3
4) f6 7.e2 4) bd7 8.0-0 A x e4
 1 882- 1 904 : The Young Rubinstein
Lebedev 's opening treatment is very
modern and could eas ily pass for a
game played today.
9 . A x e4 c6 1 0 . Ad 3 j}.d6 l l .c3
t:/c7 1 2 . A d 2 4) d 5 1 3 . g3 4) e 7
14.c4 b 6 15.E!ad1 0 - 0 16.4)g5 h6
1 7 . 4) e4 e5 1 8 . 4) x d 6 t:/ x d 6
1 9 . E! fe 1 4) g6 20 . j}. x g6 t:/ x g6
2 l . d x e 5 E! fe8 2 2 .f4 f6 2 3 . Ac3
E!e7 24.E!d6 t:/f5 2 5 . t:/e4 t:/ x e4
2 6 . E! x e4 f x e 5 2 7 . E! x c 6 E!ae8
28 . j}. x e 5 4) x e 5 2 9 . f x e 5 E! x e 5
3 0 . E! x e 5 E! x e 5 3 1 . f 2 E! e 7
32.E!d6 f7 33.E!d3 E!c7 34.E!c3
e 6 3 5 . e3 e 5 3 6 . b4 a 5
3 7 . b x a 5 b x a 5 3 8 . E! a 3 E! x c4
39. E! x a5+ f6 40.E!d5 g5 41.E!d2
f5 42.d3 E!c1 43.E!c2 E!d1+
44.c3 h 5 45 .a4 E!a1 46. b3
g4 47 . E! a 2 E!c1 4 8 . a 5 h 3
49.b4 E!b1+ 50. c3 g 4 5 1 .a6
E!b8 52.a7 E!a8 53.b4
53 . . . h4
Or 53 . . J'\xa7 54 .l''lx a 7 '<t>xh2 5 S . . a3
'<t> h 3 5 6 . '<t>c4 h4 5 7 . g x h 4 + '<t> x h 4
58 . \t>d4 g 3 59.'<t>e3 and White wins.
5 4 . g x h4 x h4 5 5 . b 5 h 3
5 6 . b 6 .h8 5 7 . c 5 E! c 8 +
58.b6 E!f8 59.E!c2, 1-0
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( 1 5 ) Izbinsky - Rubinstein
Kiev ( 1 0) 1 903
Ruy Lopez Open [C83]
l . e4 e 5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . Jlb 5 a6
4.Aa4 4)f6 5.0-0 4) x e4
A l ready at K i ev, t h e dawn o f
Rubinstein's career, he w a s playing
some ofthe systems (Rubinstein French
and Open Ruy Lopez) that were to serve
him throughout his career.
6.d4 b5 7 . Ab3 d5 8 . d x e 5 j}.e6
9. t:/e2 Ae7 10.c3 0-0 l l .a4
A forgotten continuation probably wor
thy of reexamination.
l l ... E{b8 1 2.axb5 a x b5 13.4)a3?
A better and more consi stent try is
1 3 . . d l .
1 3 . . . b4 1 4 . c x b4 E! x b4 1 5 . A a 2
Ac5 16.4)c2 E!b8 17.4)d2? 4) xd2
1 8 . t:/ x d 2 4) x e 5 1 9 . b 4 Ab6
2 0 . h 1 t:/h4 2 1 . f4 4) g4 2 2 .g3
t:/ h 3 2 3 . t:/g 2 t:/ x g 2 + 24. x g 2
Af5 25.Ab3 E!fe8 26.E!e1 Ae4+
2 7 . h 3 4) f 2 + 2 8 . h 4 j}. x c 2
2 9 . E! x e8 + E! x e8 3 0 . A x c 2 j}.d4
3 1 . E! a6 Af6+ 3 2 . E! x f6 g x f6
3 3 . Jlf5 d4 3 4 . h 5 E! e 2 3 5 . b 5
g7 36.g4 4)e4, 0-1
( 1 6) Rubinstein - Kulomzin
Kiev ( 1 1 ) 1 903
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D32]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4)f3 4)c6 6.Af4
Rubinstein's trademark 6.g3 had not yet
been invented.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
6 . . . a6 7 . d x c 5 d4 8 . 4) e4 A x c 5
9 . 4) x c 5 a 5 + 1 0 . d 2 x c 5
l l . acl b6 1 2.e3 4)f6 13.Ad3
0-0 14.4) xd4 4) xd4 1 5.exd4 e6+
16.Ae3 xa2 17.0-0 b5? 18.Ag5
Ab7? 19.Axf6 gxf6 20. h6, 1-0
The first meeting between these two
great players sees Chigorin, who was
in fantastic form in this event ( 1 5 -3 ! ),
defeating the young Akiva with a model
King's Indian type attack.
( 1 7) Chigorin - Rubinstein
Kiev ( 1 2) 1 903
French Chigorin [COO]
1 .e4 e6 2. e2
Chigorin 's patent.
2 ... 4) c6 3.f4 4)d4 4. d3 c5 5.4)f3
4)c6 6.e2 Ae7 7.4)c3 d5 8.d3
4)f6 9.g3 a6?! 10.J}.g2 0-0 1 1 .0-0
Ad7 12.4)e51 d4? 13.4) xd7 4) xd7
14.4)d1 e5 1 5.'it'h1 c7 16.Ah31
Chigorin shows his mastery of closed
positions. He transfers the bishop to h5
prior to the kingside pawn storm .
1 6 . . . ad8?
Rubinstein continues to dither. Correct
is 16 . . b7-b5 to get queen-side play.
. lowing game, which may be the fi rst in
28
17.b3
To discourage Black 's queenside break
c5-c4 .
. . .
1 7 . . . Ad6 1 8 . f 5 f6 1 9 . Ag41 b5
2 0 . A h 5 bs 2 t .g4 Ae7 2 2 .h4
fc8 2 3 . g 5 4) d8 2 4 . c4 1 4) f8
25.g1 4)b7 26.4)f2 4) d6 27.4)g4
'it'h8 28.g xf6 g x f6 29.4)h6 4)g6
3 0 . f x g6 J}.f8 3 1 . 4) f7 + 4) x f7
32.gxf7 d7 33.f!g8, 1-0
A modern King 's Indian type attack
played in 1 903 !
( 1 8) Rubinstein - Levitsky
Kiev ( 1 3 ) 1 903
French Exchange [CO l ]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3
Rubinstein avoids the Albin (3.dxe5
d4), and the play transposes into the
Exchange French.
3 ... exd4 4.exd4 Ae6 5.4)c3 4)f6
6.cxd5 4) xd5 7.4)f3 Ae7 8.J}.e2
0-0 9.0-0 4)d7 1 0 . 4) x d5 A x d5
l l . Af4 f!e8 1 2 . c2 c6 13.ad1
4) f8 1 4 . b 3 4) e6 1 5 . A e 5 f6
16 . .Q.g3 Ab4 1 7 . Ad 3 4) f8
1 8 . 4) h4 g6 1 9 .f4 Aa5 20.f5 g5
2 1 .4)f3 Ab6 22.'it'h1 h6 23.Af2
d7 24.fe1 Aa5 25.4)d2 f7
2 6 . x e8 x eS 2 7 . 4) e4 Ac7
28.e1 'it'g7 29. d1 h5 30.h4 g4
3 1 . 4)g3 b5 32. x e8 xeS 33. e1
xe1 + 34. J}. x e 1 A x g3 35.Ax g3
'it'f7 36.'it'g1 'it'e7 37. 'it'f2 4)d7
38.Ac7 a6 . . . Draw [In 52 moves. The
rest of the game score is not avai lable.]
Past and future legends meet in the fol
 1 882- 1 904: The Young Rubinstein

which Rubinstein played . . dxe4 in the

.

French . Emanuel S c h i ffers ( 1 8 5 0-

1 904), long Russia's second-best player
after Chigorin, was near the end of his
life when he participated at Kiev.

( 1 9) Schijfers - Rubinstein
Kiev ( 1 4) 1 903
French Rubinstein [CI 0]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4:)c3 4:)f6 4 . .1lg5

d x e4 5 . 4:) x e4 4:) bd7 6 . 4:) f3 Jle7
7 . 4:) x f6+ 4:) xf6 S . .ll d 3 0-0 9.0-0
b6 1 0 . 4:) e 5 .ll b7 l l . c 3 cS
12.'lte2 c5 13.ad1 c x d4 14.c xd4 Emanuel Schiffers
d5 1 5 .J f3 fdS 1 6.b3? a5

17.4:)e5
4.4:) x d4 4:)f6 5.4:) xc6 bxc6 6 .1ld3

d5 7 . e x d 5 c x d 5 S . 0 - 0 .ll e 7
9 . .1l b 5 + .ll d 7 1 0 . .1l x d7 + x d7
1 1 . 4:)d2 0-0 1 2.b3 f5 13 . .1lb2
.lld 6 14.4:)f3 adS 15.fe1 4:)e4
1 6 . d 3 feS 1 7 . e 2 e 6
1S.ae1 deS 19.4:)d4? .ll x h2+?

The right answer is 19 . . . h5! .

20. cifl x h 2

1 7 . . . x d4 ! 1S . .Il x h7 + ? 4:) x h7 (A) White h a s to take, as 2 0 . fl??

1 9 . .1l x e7 e4 2 0 . 4:) c4 x e 2 xf2+ 2 1 .El xf2 f)g3 + 22 .xg3 E! xe l +
21.4:) xa5 b x a 5 ... 0-1 [ I n 4 4 moves. is mate !
The rest of the game score is unavail
able.] 20 h6+ 21.ciflg1 e5

Here the two young bucks, Rubinstein

If 2 1 . . .h5 22.h3 e5 23.4:)f5! and
and Bernstein, who were both born in
White wins.
1 882, meet for the first time.

(20) Rubinstein - Bernstein 2 2 . 4:) f3 h5 2 3 . ciflf l h1+

Kiev ( 1 5) 1 903 24.4:)g1 g6
Scotch [C45]
If 24 . . . E!.h2 25.f3 ElhS (threatening
Notes from the tournament book. 26 . . . 4:)d2 + 27.xd2 xgl + 28 .'it>xgl
E! xe l mate) then 2 6 . g3! and White
1 .e4 e5 2 . 4:) f3 4:) c 6 3 .d4 e x d 4 wins.

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
25.f4??
After 25 :h3 E!.ge6!? 26.E!.dl ! (but not
26:xhl ? <tld2+ 27.E!. xd2 E!. xe l mate)
26 .. .'xh3 27 .gxh3! White should win
easily.
25 . . . f!g31, 0-1
For if 26:d4 E!.f3+ ! 2 7 . gxf3 <tlg3 +
28.f2 h2+ mate !
(2 1 ) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Kiev ( 1 6) 1 903
Queen's Pawn [D02]
l . d 4 d5 2 . 4) {3 4) f6 3 . .Q.f4 e 6
4 . e 3 .Q. d 6 5 . .Q.g 5 4) bd7 6 . .Q.d3
.Q.e7 7 . .Q.f4 c5 8.c3 c4 9 . .Q.c2 b5
1 0 . 4) bd2 .Q.b7 1 1 .0-0 0-0 1 2.h3
E! c 8 1 3 . E! c 1 a5 1 4 . E! e 1 b 6
1 5 . .l f 1 E! fe8 1 6 . .J e 5 E!cd8
1 7 . .Q.h2 .Q.d6 1 8 . 4) d 2 c7 1 9.f4
4) e4 20.f!f1 f5 2 1 . 4) df3 4) df6
2 2 . e 1 E! e 7 23 . .Q. g 3 .Q. a s
2 4 . .Q. h 4 E! f8 2 5 . e 2 E! e e 8
2 6 . .Q. e 1 .Q. b 7 2 7 . <it> h 2 .Q. a 6
28.E;tg1 E!bS 2 9 . 4) d 2 E!b6 30.g4
4) x d 2 3 l . .Q. x d 2 4) e4 3 2 . .1}.x e4
f x e4 3 3 . f! b 1 .1}.x e 5 3 4 . f x e 5 b4
3 5 . f! g f l f! x f 1 3 6 . x f 1 b x c 3
3 7 . b x c 3 x b1 38. x b 1 b7
39. x b7 .1}.x b7, Draw
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(22) Rubinstein - Znosko-Borovsky
Kiev (I 7) 1 903
Queen's Gambit Declined [D5 5]
Notes from the tournament book.
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 4)f6 4 . .Q.g5
Ae7 5.e3 4)bd7 6.4){3 b6 7.cxd5
.l xd5 s . .Q. x e7 .l xe7 9.Ad3 .Q.b7
1 0 . f! c 1 a6 1 1 .0-0 4) g6 1 2 . 4) e4
E! c 8 1 3 . e 2 a 5 1 4 . E! c 3 0 - 0
15.E!fc1 4)b8 16.c2 c 6 17.b3
c7? 18.4)eg5 .ld7
19.4) x e6! fxe6 20. x e6+?
W h i t e w i n s w i th 2 0 . A x g6 h x g6
2 1 .xe6+ h8 22.<tlg5 <tlf6 23.e4, etc .
20 ... <it>h8 2 1 . 4)g5
If now 2 1 .Axg6 then 2 l . . .E!.f6!.
2 1 ... E;tf6 22.4)f7+ <it>g8 23 . .l h6+
<it>hS 24.4)f7+, D raw
According to Deutsche Schachzeitung,
in the following event the scores of
Salwe and Rubinstein came as no sur
prise as they were top-flight players, but
the high placing of the third-category
pl ayer Dylien was unexpected. H i s
odds of pawn and two moves were
probably usefu l !
 1 882- 1 904 : The Young Rubinstein
Both Dylien (as "Alpha") and "Vulcan"
played under pseudonyms.
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1 904 (p. 1 42)
gives the game below as having been
played in December 1 903 (round 4).
(23) Chojnacki - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 903
(odds of two moves and the f7-pawn)
l.e4 ... 2.d4 .lc6 3.c3
Here 3 .d5 is more energetic.
3 ... e5 4.d xe5 .1 xe5 5. h5+ .lg6
6 . e 5 d6 7 . A d 3 A e 6 8 . A x g6 +
hxg6 9. x h8 d x e 5 10.h7?
A rook up, thanks to Rubinstein ' s
speculative play, White should develop
as quickly as possible. H ence 1 0.<lf3
is in order.
10 . . . d3 l l . h4 dB 1 2 . .l d 2
.lf6 1 3 . .lgf3?
But now developing the knight results
only in more loss oftime. Here 1 3 . g5,
planning to bring the queen back for
defense by e3 or xe5-e2, has been
suggested.
1 3 . . . e4 14 . .l e 5 d 5 1 5 . .l ec4
d3! 1 6 . .le3 Ac5 17.g3 f8
1 8 . -tl d l e 3 1 1 9 . .1 x e 3 e 8
20.dl? A xe3 21 .el
Since 2 l .fxe3 Ag4+ mates.
21 . . . Ag4+ 2 2 .f3 Af5 2 3 . e 2
c2+ 24.el Ad3, 0 - 1
The second match between the tw o stal
warts of the Lodz Chess C lub saw
Rubinstein win. The score ofthis match
31
is usually given as 5 \ti-4 \ti (+4, =3, -3).
We have also sometimes seen 6-4 (+5,
-3, =2) and occasionally 6 \ti-3 \ti. If the
latter is true the final result would likely
have been +5, -2, =3 . The match was
held in March and April of 1 904 at the
Lodz Chess Club. Here are the two
games that have been preserved.
(24) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz (I ) 1 904
Queen's Gambit Declined [D55]
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e 6 3 . .l c 3 .lf6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5 . .lf3 a6 6.e3 dxc4 7.A xc4
b 5 s . A b 3 Ah7 9 . e 2 .l bd7
l O . d l .l e4 1 1 . .l x e4 A x e4
1 2.Af4 Ab4+ 13.fl o-o t4 . .le5
.l x e 5 1 5 . d x e 5 e7 1 6.f3 Ab7
1 7 . f2 c 5 1 8 . A c 2 c4 1 9 . A b l
Ac5 20. c2 h4+ 21.Ag3 h5
2 2 . d 7 Ac6 2 3 . c 7 ac8
2 4 . x c8 x eS 2 5 . h4 ? h6
26.d2 Ab6 27.h5 dB 28.el
A x e3+1 29. x e3 d2+ 30. xd2
xd2+ 3 l .gl x b2, 0-1
(25) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz (3) 1 904
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D53]
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 .lf6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5 .e3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.b3
c6 8 . A d 3 .l h 5 9 . A x e7 x e7
tO. .lf3 .lf4 u.Mt .ld7 12.0-o-o
.l e 6 1 3 .Ad3 0 - 0 1 4 . c2 .l f6
1 5 . e4 d x e4 1 6 . A x e4 Ad7
1 7 . Eth e l d6 18. d2 .l f4
1 9 . .l e 5 .l 4d 5 2 0 . A c 2 .1 x c 3
2 1 .bxc3 a3+ 22.bl Ae6 23.c4
fd8 24.e3 d6 2 5 . Etg3 .l e8
26.f4 f6 27.d3 f5 28.d5 c x d 5
29.c xd5 x d5 30.Ab3 x d3+
3 1 . g xd3 A x b3 3 2 . x d8 A x d l
33 . . x a8 Aa4 34.b8 h6 35.b2
h7 36. x b7 .lf6 37.g3, 1-0
 Lodz 1 903/04 Handicap
December 6 - February 1 4

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total
* *
I . Salwe X I I Y2 y, I I I I I I I I I 0 I I I 1 I 19
*
2 . Rubinstein 0 X I I I I I I y2 I I 1 I I Y2 0 I I I I I 18
* *
3 . Janowsky 0 0 X Y2 Y, y, I y, I y, I I I I y, I 0 I I I 15
4 . "Alpha" Y2 0 y, X I Y2 I I I 0 y, 0 0 I I I I I y, I 1 I 1 4Y:.
*
5. Goldfurb y, 0 y2 0 X I u I 0 I I I 0 I 0 Y2 0 I I I I u
* *
6. Chojnacki 0 0 y, y, 0 X 0 0 I y, I 1 0 I 1 I 1 Y2 0 I 12
*
7 . 'Vulcan" 0 0 0 0 u 1 X 1 0 I I I I 0 I 0 y, 0 I I I u
* * * *
8. Gruenspan 0 0 y, 0 0 1 0 X I I I y, 0 I Y2 0 0 I l l Y:.
* ' *
9. Manakin 0 y, 0 0 I 0 0 X 1 0 I Y2 0 I 1 0 0 I I I II
*
I O. Friedman 0 0 Y2 I 0 Y2 0 0 0 X 1 0 0 I 0 1 I y, I I I l O Y,
I I . Halpern 0 0 0 Y2 0 0 0 0 I 0 X I y, I y, I u 1 I I y, I u Source: Povarov,
* * *
1 2 .Chwat 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 X 1 I 0 I I 0 I 10 Neue Lodzer
* * Zeitung
1 3 . Mazur 0 0 0 1 1 I 0 0 y, y, 0 X 0 0 I 0 y, 0 I I 9Y,
*
1 4.Granas 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Y2 1 0 0 0 1 X 0 0 1 y, I I I 9
*
1 5 .Grave 0 y2 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 1 Y2 0 I I X 0 0 Y2 I y, I 9 *
Win by Forfeit.
*
1 6.Stillerman I I y, 0 Y2 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 1 I X 0 Y2 0 0 y, I 9 U Result
! ? . Aronson 0 0 0 0 I 0 y, 0 I 0 u I 0 0 I I X 0 0 I I I u Unknown.
1 8 . Rosenblatt 0 0 I 0 0 y, 1 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 y, Y2 I X I I I u u
*
1 9. Segal 0 0 0 y2 0 I 0 y, I y, 0 0 y2 y, 0 1 I 0 X I 0 8 Y:.
*
20. Mueller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 I 1 0 y, 1 0 0 0 X 0 5 Y,
2 l . Spreregen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 y, 0 0 0 0 y, 0 0 I 0 X I 4
22. Heller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 u 0 I 0 X u
 1905
The following game, played on New
Year ' s Day, may be from a double
round robin event held in Lodz. The
Russian chess h i storian Wladyslaw
Povarov gives the following results: 1 . = best form but did manage to beat both
Rub i n s t e i n & S a l w e 2 Y2 ; 3 . D u s
Chotimirsky 1 . The game comes from
the Almanach.
There i s another p o s s i b i l i ty. Tony
Gillam, one of the world 's great experts
on Rubinstein, believes there may have
been two tournaments, in d i fferent
years :
1 903 : Lodz Training Tournament: 1 12
R u b i n s t e i n & S a l w e 2 Y2 ; D u s
Chotimirsky 1 (this first a 3 -player,
double-round tournament)
1 905 (Jan?) : Lodz Training Tourna
ment: 1 Dus-Chotimrsky 5 Y2; 2 Salwe
5; 3 Rubinstein 4Y2
Gil lam theorizes that the l atter was
probably an eight-player round robin
j udging from the scores. He further
notes "Looking at the sparse informa
tion again, and bearing in mind that this
event would have had 3 players much
better than the others, it could be 7 play
ers with D-H beating R and S drawing
with R and the 3 of them beating the
rest. I suppose other combinations of
results involving the lower players are
possible, but less likely."
Th i s theor i z i n g i s based o n D u s
Choti m irsky 's rem i n i scences in h i s
book of games, !zabranie Partie, pub
lis hed in Mosc ow in 1 95 2 . T here on
pag es 1 5 and 1 6 he writes that in 1 905
he traveled first to Warsaw, then Lo dz,
and finally Kiev While in Lodz he be
friended Salwe and Rubinstein and
played a training match with them. Dus
Chotimirsky mentions he was not in
of them ! This seems to be yet another
episode in the early part of Rubinstein's
career that is still a mystery.
(26) Dus-Chotimirsky - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 905
French [C l l ]
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ad3
c 5 5 . d x c 5 d x e4 6 . Jl b 5 + Jld7
7.Ag5 a5 8.a4 A xc5 9.4)ge2 a6
1 0 . Jl, x f6 g x f6 l l . Jl,c4 4) c 6
1 2 . 4) g3 f 5 1 3.0-0 4) e 5 1 4 . e2
0 - 0 - 0 1 5 . 4) a 2 c7 1 6.b4 Aa7
17.Ab3 h5 18.f!fd1 4)g4 19.f!d2
Jl, x f2 + 2 0 . !it> h 1 Jl, x g 3 2 1 . h x g3
xg3 22.c4+ Jl,c6, 0-1
Barmen
Rubinstein made his international de
but at the Barmen Chess Congress in
A u g u s t of 1 9 0 5 . P l ay i n g in the
Hauptturnier, which was comprised of
aspiring masters, Akiva turned in an
excellent result, scoring 12 points from
1 5 games to tie for first with Oldrich
Duras. The ensuing playoff between the
two up-and-comers ended inconclu
sively at 1 - 1 . By virtue of his result in
Barmen, Rubinstein was recognized as
a master.
GM William Lombardy and NM David
Daniels, in their Chess Panorama, pp.
1 2 - 1 3 , have th i s to say about the
Hauptturnier system: "The elaborate
German chess organization was a ca-
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
sualty of the First World War, and there
exi sted nothing comparable unti l the
Russians began to organize their own
chess players on a grand scale in the
1 92 0 ' s . An important d i fference be
tween the two systems, however, was
that the German one was European in
scope - foreigners could, and often did,
compete successfully in Hauptturniers
- while the Russian was intended ex
clusively for home use."
The Hauptturnier was played at the rate
of one game a day from August 1 4 to
30. Time control was 30 moves in two
hours followed by 1 5 moves in one
hour.
(27) Englund - Rubinstein
Barmen ( 1 ) 1 905
French Exchange [CO 1 ]
l .e4 e 6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . e x d 5 e x d 5
4.Ad3 4Jf6 5.4Jc3 Ad6 6.Ag5 c6
7.4Jf3 o-o s.o-o Ag4 9.h3 Ah5
1 0 . 4) e 2 A x f3 l l .g x f3 4) bd7
1 2 . h l 'l:fc7 1 3 . 'l:!d2 4J h 5
1 4 . g l f51 1 5 . Ah6 f4 1 6 . !!g 5
4) df6 1 7 . agl h8 1 8 . A x g7+
4) x g7 1 9 . x g7 'l:f x g7 20 . x g7
x g7 2 1 . 4)x f4 A x f4 2 2 . 'l:f x f4
f7 2 3 . A f 5 e 8 2 4 . b 3 fe7
25.Ad3 el + 26.h2 Se7 27.a4
34
dl 28.'l:f g5+ f7 29.'l:fh6 e6
3 0 . 'l:f f4 e e l 3 1 . 'l:f c7+ e 7
32.'l:fb8 a 6 33.g2 del 34.'l:ff4
g7 35. 'l:fg5+ f7 36. 'l:!h6 e6
3 7 . f4 f7 3 8 . f3 d7 3 9 . f 2
ee7 40.c4 eS 4l .c5 ee7 42.b4
eS 4 3 . b 5 a x b 5 44 . a x b 5 e7
45.bxc6 bxc6 46.f5 aS 47.'l:fe3+
f8 48. 'l:fe6 a2+ 49.g3 d2
5 0 . A a 6 x d4 5 1 . 'l:f x c6 g7
52. 'l:!d6 d2 53.c6?
T h i s l o s e s i m m e d i ately. B etter i s
5 3 . .llc8.
53 ... 4Jh5+ 54.h4 d4+ 55.g5
4) f6, 0-1
(28) Rubinstein - Heilmann
Barmen (2) 1 905
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [040]
l .d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 4)f6
5.4)c3 4)c6 6.a3 b6? 7.cxd5 exd5
Or 7 .. A jxd5 8 . .ll b 5 il.b7 9.4Je5 c8
1 0.a4 and White wins at least a pawn,
M inev-Morcken, Moscow (01) 1 956.
8.Ab5 d6 9.e41 Ad7 10.e5 'l:fe7
1 1 . 0 - 0 4) g8 1 2 . 4) x d 5 d 8
1 3 .'l:!a4 c8 14.Ag5 4)ge7 15.dxc5
bxc5 16.adl a6 17. 'l:f x a6 4)d4
18. 4) x d4 cxd4 19. xd4 1-0
(29) Middleton - Rubinstein
Barmen (3) 1 905
French Bum [C 1 1 ]
Notes by Bardeleben (B) and Authors
(A).
l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.lilc3 4)f6 4.Ag5
d x e4 5 . 4)x e4 .ll, e 7 6 . .\l x f6 g x f6
7. 4)f3 f5 8 . .!) c3 .!il d7
 1 905

(A) This forgotten continuation is one (B) Perhaps 29 .. .1''\x d l + 30.\t'xdl \t'f4
of many Rubinstein experiments in his 3 1 .\t'el \t'e3 offers more chances for
favorite line of the French. Black.

3 0 . f l g5 3 1 .a4 a5 3 2 . Ac4 f4
9 . A e 2 c 5 1 0 . d 5 e5 l l . d6 Af6
33 .c3 d6 34. dl x d l +
12.4.)d5 0-0 13.d2 e4 14. 4.) x f6+
35.xdl f3 36.gxf3 e x f3 37.el
x f6 1 5 . g5 + g6 1 6 . x g6+
f5 38.h4 g4 39.h5 f6 40.h6 g6
h x g 6 1 7 . 4.) g5 4.) e 5 1 8 . 0 - 0 - 0 f6
4 1 . f 2 x h 6 4 2 . e 3 g 5
19.4.) h3 Ae6 20.4.)f4 f7 2 1 .h3
4 3 . -'tf l b6 44.c4 g6 4 5 . f4
a d S 2 2 . b 3 a 6 2 3 . d 2 d7
h5 46.Ad3 h4
24.ell fd8

(B) Better was 24 . . . b5, defending the

c4-square. Now White wins a piece.

25.4.) x e6 xe6 26.f41 xd6

(B) Forced. 26 . . . exf3? 27 . .llc 4+ mate ! .

27. x d6+ x d6 2 8 . f x e 5 x e5
29.dl d4

Barmen 1 905

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total

1 . Duras X 0 Yz I 1 1 0 1 Yz 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 12

2 . Rubinstein I X 1 0 Yz 0 1 I I Yz I I I I 1 I 12

3 . Uiwy Yz 0 X 0 I I I I Yz Yz I I I I I I I I Y2

4 . Vidmar 0 I I X 0 Yz 0 I 1 I I I I I I I 1 1 y2

5 . E.Cohn 0 Yz 0 I X Yz I I I Yz I Y2 1 I 1 I II

6 . Bleijkmans 0 I 0 y2 Yz X Yz 1 0 I 1 I I 0 I I 9 Y2

7. Heihnann 1 0 0 1 0 Y2 X 0 Yz 0 I 0 I I I 1 8

8. Enghmd 0 0 0 0 0 0 I X Y2 I I I 0 1 1 I 7 Yz

9 . Moewig y2 0 y2 0 0 I Yz Yz X I 1 0 Yz 0 I I 7 Yz

1 0. Middleton 0 Yz Yz 0 y2 0 I 0 0 X 0 I Yz I I I 7

I I . Kieseritzky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I X I I I I I 6

I 2 . Petzold 0 0 0 0 y2 0 I 0 I 0 0 X Yz Yz I I 5 Yz

I 3 .Gajdos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I Yz y2 0 Yz X I Yz I 5
I 4. Benima 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 I 0 0 Yz 0 X 0 I 3 Y2

1 5 . S artori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yz I X I 2 Yz

1 6 . Kunze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

47.Afl 6 . . . .j x e4 7.A x e7 .j x f2 8.,1l. x d8

(A) After 47 . ..\lxfS? f2 48.Ad3 'it'h3!
(48 . . . g 3?? 4 9 . ..\lfl ) 49 . ..\lfl + 'it'h2
50.'it'xg4 'it'gl 5 l .Ad3 fl =Q 52 . ..\lxfl
c.t> x fl 5 3 . 'it'f3 c.t>e 1 5 4 . c.t>e4 'it'd2
5 5 . 'it'd5 'it'c3 56.c.t>c6 c.t>xb3 57.'it'xb6
c.t>b4! it is Black who wins.
47. . . 'iti'h5, Draw
.j xd1 9.Axc7 .j xb2 10.Ae2 .!c6
1 1 . .l f3
(A) According to ECO, White has com
pensation for the pawn.
11 ... .Ja4 12.Ad6 Ad7 13.c4 0-0-0
14.0-0 .lc3 15.Ad3 Ae8 16.c5 f6
17.Ac4 .ld5 18.a4 Ag6?!

(30) Rubinstein Lowy - (A) Perhaps the immediate 18 . . . Ah5 is

Barmen (4) 1 905 better.
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
19.a5 a6 20. E!,fe1 E!.he8 2 l . E!.e2
1 .d4 d5 2 . .lf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Af4 Ah5 22.E!.b2 .Je3 23 . .ld2 Ag6
.!c6 5.e3 b6 6.b3 c4 7.c2
.! f6 8 . h 3 Ad7 9 . .l bd 2 E!,c8 ( V ) A good answ er. I f 23 . . . 4J x d 4
10.Ae2 a5 1 1 .0-0 b5 12.a3 Ae7 24.abl d7 then 25 .Axa6! .
13.e4 a4 14.b1! 'iti'f8 15 . .Je5
Ae8 1 6 . Af3 h 6 1 7 . e x d 5 e x d 5 24.E!.a3 .l f 5 25.E!.b6
18.E!.e1 .jd8 19 . .Jfl .! e6 20. f5
a6 2 1 .Ad2 E!,d8 2 2 . E!,e2 E!,d6
23. E!.ae1 g6 24. c2 'iti'g7 25.g3!
A d s 2 6 . Ag 2 .! g8 2 7 . f4 f6
28 . .l f3 f5 29 . .Je3 .J f6 30 . .l h4
'iti'h7 31 . .jexf5 E!.b6 32.'iti'h2 Af7
33 . .Je3 .!g7 34 . .J f3 .!d7 35 . .Je5
.J xe5 36.fxe5 b7 37.E!.f2 Ae6
3 8 . E!, e f 1 .l f5 3 9 . .J x f 5 A x f5
40 . E!, x f5 g x f5 4 l . x f5 + E!, g6
4 2 . e 6 Ac7 4 3 . A x d 5 A x g3 +
44 . 'iti' h 1 e 7 4 5 . Ae4 E!. hg8
4 6 . f7+ x f7 4 7 . e x f7 E!, f8 25 . . . .j xd6?
48.E!,f6, 1-0
(V) It is understandable that Black is
(3 1 ) Vidmar Rubinstein
-
anxious to eliminate the strong bishop.
Barmen (5) 1 905 But stronger, much stronger, is the
French Bum [C 1 1 ] simple 25 . . . 4Jfxd4 ! . In this case White
should use heroic resources, probably
Notes by Vidmar (V) and Authors (A). 26. ab3!?.

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3 . .lc3 .!f6 4.Ag5 26.,1l. x a6!!

dxe4 5 . .J xe4 Ae7 6.Ad3!?
( V ) The de c i s i v e b l o w ! If now
(V) My gambit in this variation. 26 . . . b x a6 the n 2 7 . l"l x c 6 + '<t>b7 (or

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 1 905

2 7 . . . 'it'b8 2 8 . c x d6) 2 8 . . b6+ 'it'c7 (33) Benima - Rubinstein

2 9 . c x d6 + . x d6 3 0 . . c 3 + 'it'd7 Barmen (7) 1 905
3 l .. b7+ 'it'd8 32 . . cc7 . xd4 33 . . xg7 Queen 's Gambit Declined [D5 5]
'it'c8 34 . . bc7+ 'it'b8 3 5 A::l b 3! . d l +
3 6.'it'f2 . ed8 37 . .lc5 and White wins. 1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .\c3 .1 f6 4.Ag5
.1 bd7 5.e3 Ae7 6 . .1f3 0-0 7.tftc2
26 . . . .\a7 27.c x d6 f!d7 28. f! x b7 b6 8 . 0 - 0 - 0 Ab7 9 . c x d 5 e x d 5
f! x b7 29.f!b3 .1c6 30.f! x b7 .\b8 1 0 . h4 c 5 l l . A d 3 f! c 8 1 2 . .Q.f5
31.f!c 7+ <it>d8 32.Ab5 e5 33.d5 e4 c x d4 13 . .\ x d4 g6 14. Ad3 .\c5
34 . .\ b3 Af5 3 5 . .\ d4 Acs 1 5 . 'it> b 1 .1 fe4 1 6 . -'l, x e7 tt1 x e7
36. -'l, x eS, 1 -0 1 7 . h 5 .\ x d 3 1 8 . f! x d3 f!c4
1 9 . h x g6 h x g6 20.f3 .\c5 2 1 .b3
(32) Rubinstein - E. Cohn .\ xd3 22. xd3 f!c5 23 . .\ce2 f!e8
Barmen (6) 1 905 24.f!h6 g5
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D53 ]
The immediate capture of the e-pawn
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e 6 3 . .\c3 .1f6 4.Ag5 by 24 . . . xe3 allows 2 5 . . xg6+.
.\bd7 5 . .\f3 Ae7 6.e3 c6 7.Ad3
dxc4 8.-'l, xc4 b5 9.Ad3 a6 10.0-0 25.f!h2 x e3 26.d1 Aa6 27.g4
Ab7 1 1 . e 2 c5 1 2 . f! ad 1 c4 A xe2
13.Ab1 f!c8 14 . .\e5 b4 1 5 . .\ a4
.\ x e 5 1 6 . d x e 5 .1 d 5 1 7 . -'l, x e7 This is how the game score is given in
tt1 x e7 1 8 . f4 tftc7 1 9 . e 4 .1 b6 all sources, but as Alan Savage pointed
20 . .\ x b6 ttf x b6 + 2 1 . 'it> h 1 0 - 0 out in his review of the first edition of
22.f!d6 tftc5 23.Ac2 Ac6 24. tftf2 thi s book, neither player is likely to
tft xf2 25.f!xf2 Ab5 26.f!fd2 f!c5 have m i s sed 28 . . x e 2 when White
27.'it>g1 g6 28.f!2d4 'it>g7 29.f!b6 w i n s . We theorize that the miss ing
fifeS 30.a4 bxa3 3 1 .b x a3 c3 32.a4 moves 27 . . . d3 + and 28.'it'b2 were
Ac4 33.'it>f2 f!8c7 34. 'it>e3 Afl left out. With those inserted, the game
35.g4 g5 36.fxg5 f! xe5 37.h4 j'lc4 continuation makes sense; 28 . . . xe2
3 8 . f! d 8 f6 3 9 . g x f6 + 'it> x f6
40. f!f8+ 'it>g7 4 1 . f! bb8 f! e c 5
42. f!g8+ 'it>f7 43.g5 e5 44. f!be8
f! d7 4 5 . f!ef8+ 'it> e 7 4 6 . f! g7 +
<it>xf8 47. f! x d7 Af7 48.f!a7 f!c6
49.'it>d 3 Ags 5 0 . h 5 .Q.f7 5 1 .g6
h x g6 5 2 . h 6 g 5 5 3 . f! a8 + Ae8
5 4 . h 7 f! h 6 5 5 . <it> x c3 f! x h7
5 6 . f! x a 6 g4 5 7 . f! f6 + f! f7
5 8 . f! x f7 + <it> x f7 5 9 . 'it> d 2 'it>f6
60.a5 Ac6 61 .'it>e3 <it>e7 62.a6 g3
63 . A d 3 <it>d6 6 4 . <it>f3 <it> c 5
6 5 . 'it> x g3 'it> b 6 6 6 . 'it> f3 A e 8
67 . <it> g4 Ag6 6 s . f3 Ah7
69. -'l,b5 j'lg6 70.e3 Ah7, Draw

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
29.4:lxe2 (29Jhe2 xd4+ 30.xd4
1"\ x e 2 + winning) 29 . . . xf3 3 0 . 'it' a l
e4 3 l .d4 1"\ c l + .
2 8 . x e 2 x f3 2 9 . \t' a 1 e4
30.d4 f!cl +, 0-1
Oldrich Duras ( 1 882- 1 95 7), who was
born the same year as Rubinstein, was
among the top dozen players in the
world from 1 906 to 1 9 1 2 . The Oxford
Companion notes: "After the war he
was unable to spare enough time from
his professional duties to continue his
tournament career; instead he success
fully renewed his interest in study com
posing, which he had pursued in his
youth. He also composed problems at
this time."
(34) Duras - Rubinstein
Barmen (8) 1 905
Ruy Lopez [C77]
l . e4 e 5 2 . f3 c 6 3 . A b5 a6
4.Aa4 f6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Ad7
7.0-0 Ae7 8.Ab3 a5 9.d4 exd4
1 0 . x d4 x b 3 l l . a x b3 0 - 0
1 2 . Ag 5 f! e 8 1 3 . f! a d 1 A c 6
14.E!fe1 h 6 15.Ah4 d7 16.d5
A x d5 17.e x d 5 g5 1 8 . Jlg3 h 5
19.d3 Af6 20.c3 b5 21.xb5
a x b 5 2 2 . b4 \t'f8 2 3 . \t'f l f! a 2
2 4 . f! b 1 g4 2 5 . g 1 f! x e 1 +
26.\t'xe1 Ae5 27.A xe5 dxe5 28.f3
g x f3 2 9 . x f3 f6 3 0 . g3 \t'e7
3 1 . h4 g7 32.g2 f5 33.g4
d6 34.e3 c4 35.f5+ \t'f7
36.\t'f2 \t'g6 37.\t'f3?? d2+, 0-1
(35) Rubinstein - Bleijkmans
Barmen (9) 1 905
Dutch [A84]
1.d4 fS 2.c4 e6 3.e3 f6 4.Ad3
d6 s . c3 eS 6.ge2 c6 7 .f3 g6
38
8.e4 fxe4 9. x e4 xe4 1 0. .Q. x e4
dS l l .Ac2 dxc4 12.dxeS xd1 +
1 3 . A x d 1 AcS 14.Ac2 0-0
1 S . Ad 2 d 7 1 6 . f4 b6 1 7 . b4
Ae7 18.0-0 E!d8 1 9 . f!fd 1 Ag4
2 0 . \t'f2 d S 2 l . a 3 f!f8 2 2 . g3
E!ae8 23.Ae4 .ilf6! 24.f!ac1 A xeS
2S.Af3 A x f3 26.\t'xf3 b5 27.f!c2
g S 2 8 . h 4 h6 2 9 . h x g 5 h x g S
30.f!h1 .Q.g7 31 . .Q.c1 f!e7 32.f!hS
g4 + 3 3 . \t' x g4 f6 + 3 4 . \t' h 4
x h S 3 5 . \t' x h 5 E! fe8 3 6 . c 3
.Q. d 4 3 7 . \t'g4 f! e 1 38 .fS .il x c3
3 9 . E! x c 3 13 8 e 4 + 4 0 . \t'g 5 E! d 4
41.g4 f!ee4 42.f!g3 \t'f7 43.\t'h5
f!d3 44.f!g2 f!e1 4 S .Af4 f!h1 +
46.\t'gS c3 47.f!e2 f!d8 48.Ae3
f!e8, 0-1
(36) Moewig - Rubinstein
Barmen ( 1 0) 1 905
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [040]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 f6 4.f3
c S s .e3 c6 6 . d x c S A x e S 7 . a 3
0 - 0 8.b4 .Q.e7 9.Ab2 a 6 10.c2
d x c4 1 l . A xc4 b5 1 2 . f!d 1 b6
13.Ad3 Ab7 14.0-0 E!ac8 1S. b1
E!c7 1 6 . e4 x e4 1 7 . A x e4 g6
18.h4 a5 19.hS f5 20.hx g6 h xg6
2 l . A xc6 A x c6 2 2 . a 2 AdS
2 3 . f! x d 5 e x d S 24. x d S + \t'h7
2 5 . d4 a x b4 2 6 . e6 b x a 3
2 7 . x f8 + A x f8 2 8 . ,ild4 c 6
29.d8 \t'g8 30.h4 13h7 31.g3
b4 32.f!d1 d6 33.f4 f!d7 34.f!c1
b 3 3 S . h 4 f! h 7 3 6 . e 1 b 2
37.f!c8 f!b7 38. b1 e 6 3 9 . f! a8
c4 4 0 . \t' h 2 E! b 3 , 0 - 1
(37) Rubinstein - Gajdos
Barmen ( 1 1 ) 1 905
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [032]
1.d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.c4 4)f6 4.4)c3
cS S.cxdS e xd S 6.Af4 a6 7.e3 4)c6
 1 905
s. A e2 Ae7 9.dxc5 A xc5 10.0-0
0- 0 l l . E{cl -'le7 1 2 . 4) d4 4) x d4
1 3 . x d4 Ae6 1 4 . Af3 a 5
1 5.!!cd1
More logical was the natural lS . . fd l .
1 5 . . . !!fd8 16.Ae5 E{ac8 17.-'le2
b4 1 8 . x b4 A x b4 1 9 . Af3
Jt xc3 20.A xc3 4) e4 2 1 . Ad4 f6
22.Ae2 ct;f7 23.f3 4)d6 24. E{c1
E{ xc1 25.E{xc1 !!c8 26.E{ x c8 A xeS
27.ct;f2 Ad7 28.ct;e1 4)b5
Here 28 . . . .\lbS makes more sense. Now
the young Rubinstein demonstrates his
legendary endgame prowess.
2 9 . A c 5 ct;e6 3 0 . ct; d 2 f5 3 1 .b3
4) d 6 3 2 . a 4 4) c 8 3 3 . ctlc 3 4) e7
34.Ad4 g6 35.ct;b4 Ac6
36. ct;c5 ct;d7 37.a5 4) c8 38.Ad1
.Ja7 3 9 . h4 4) b 5 4 0 . A c 2 4) c7
4 l .g3 4)e8 4 2 . A e 5 1 ct;e6 43 .f4
ctld7 44.b4 4)c7? 45.Axc7 ct; xc7
46. Ab3 h5 47.Aa2 ct;d7 4s.Axd5
A xd5 49.ct; xd5 ctlc7 50.ct;e5, 1-0
(38) Rubinstein - Sartori
Barmen ( 1 2) 1 905
Queen 's Gambit Declined [037]
1 . d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.4)c3
Ae7 5.Af4 c6 6.e3 .l bd7 7.-'ld3
39
d x c4 8 . A x c4 0 - 0 9 . h 3 b 6
10.Ab3 E{d8 1 1 .0-0 4)f8 12. e2
4)g6 1 3.Ah2 Ad6 14.4)e5 A xe5
1 5 . d x e 5 4) d 5 1 6 . 4) e4 A d 7
17.4)d6 Ae8 18.e4 4) de7 19.ct;h1
4) c8 2 0 . f4 b4 2 1 . f 5 4) x d 6
22.exd6 4)f8 23. g4, 1-0
(39) Kieseritzky - Rubinstein
Barmen ( 1 3) 1 905
Queen's Gambit Cambridge Springs [052]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5
4) bd7 5.e3 c6 6.4)f3 a5
The Cambridge Springs takes its name
from the small town in eastern Penn
sylvania, where a big international tour
nament was held in 1 904. The actual
sequence of moves was first played
back in 1 892 in Hodges-Lasker.
7.Ax f6 gx f6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Ad3
A e 7 1 0 . c 2 f5 1 1 . 0 - 0 0 - 0
1 2 . ct;h 1 4) f6 13.4)e5 Ad6 14.f4
a6 15.!!f3 4) e4 16.E{h3 f6 17.4)f3
b5 18.4) x e4 fxe4 1 9 . -'l x e4 d x e4
20. x e4 !!a7 21 .E{c1 !!c7 22.E{g1
b4 2 3 .g4 d5 2 4 . d 3 Ab7
25.!!fl !!g7 26.b3 e5 27.c4 exf4
28.!!h5 xc4 29.bxc4 fxe3 30.d5
E{ x g4 3 1 . !! e 1 f 5 3 2 . h 3 !! x c4
33.!!d1 e2, 0-1
(40) Rubinstein - Petzold
Barmen ( 1 4) 1 905
Queen 's Gambit Semi-Slav [046]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.4)c3
4) bd7 5.e3 c6 6.Ad3 Ad6 7.0-0
e5
A forgotten "novelty."
8.cxd5 cxd5 9.dxe5 .! xe5 10.Ae2
.lc6 l l .b3 0-0 1 2 . f!d1 .la5?1
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King
Probably better is 1 2 . . . J:ie6, and i f
1 3 .xb7 .\b4! 1 4 .a3 ( 1 4 .b5? Ad7
1 5 .b7 Ac6) 14 .. .l:"\ b8 1 5 .xa7 . a8
w i t h a draw, or 1 3 . .\d4 ? ! .\ x d4
1 4 . . xd4? Ae5 .
1 3 . a4 A e 6 1 4 . b3 a6 1 5 . Ab2
b6? 16. h4 ds 17.Ad3 h6
18.4)e2 Ae7 19.4)f4 4) e4 20. h5
4)f6 21.-'l_xf6 -'l_ x f6 22.ac1 4)c6
2 3 . Ac4 a5 2 4 . -'l_ x d 5 -'l_ x d 5
2 5 . 4) x d 5 x a 2 26. 4) x f6+ g x f6
27.4) h4 E!fd8 28.4)f5, 1-0
( 4 1 ) Kunze - Rubinstein
Barmen ( 1 5 ) 1 905
French Bum [C 1 1 ]
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5
d x e4 5 . A x f6 g x f6 6 . 4) x e4 f5
7.4)c3 Ag7 8.4)f3 0-0 9.4)e5? c5
10.f4 c x d4 1 1 . 4)e2 4)c6 1 2 . 4) f3
b6 1 3.b1 a5+ 14.4)d2 Ad7
1 5 . 4) c 1 c7 1 6 . 4) d 3 E!ac8
17.-'l_e2 4)e7 18.c1 4)d5 19.4)f1
4) xf4 20.4) xf4 x f4 21.4)d2 Ac6
22.g3 g5 23.0-o Ah6 24. 4Jb3
e3+ 25.f2 e5 26.fl f4 27.g4
f3 28. -'l_ x f3 -'l_ x f3 29.e1 E! xc2!
3 0 . x e3 -'l_ x e3 3 1 . e 1 A x f2 +
3 2 . x f2 x f2 3 3 . x f2 A d 5
34. 4) c 1 c8 3 5 . 4) d3 e 4 36.4)e1
e3+ 37.e2 Ae4, 0- 1
The two winners of the Hauptturnier
played a short match at the end of the
tournament to try to find a clear win
ner but the matter remained unresolved
when both games were drawn and
Rubinstein had to leave. Curiously, in
an apprec i at i O n o f Duras i n
Ceskoslovensky Sach, 1 93 1 (p. 1 63 ) ,
his match record is given a s Rubinstein
(Barmen 1 905) 2-2. The Field of 1 905
(pp. 506-507) says Rubinstein had to
40
leave after the first game was drawn.
We consider the tournament book the
most reliable source.
The first game of the match follows;
the second appears to be lost forever.
( 42) Duras - Rubinstein
Barmen (Playoff) 1 905
French Exchange [CO I ]
l . e4 e6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . e x d 5 e x d 5
4.Ad3 4Jf6 5.4Jf3 Ad6 6.0-o o-o
7 . Ag 5 Ag4 8 . 4) c 3 c6 9 . d 2
4) bd7 10.4)e2 c7 1 1 . 4)g3 ae8
1 2 . a e 1 e 6 1 3 . 4) h4 fe 8
1 4 . 4) hf5 x e 1 1 5 . x e 1 x e l +
1 6 . x e 1 -'l_ f 4 1 7 . -'l_ x f4 x f4
18. e7 g6 19. d8+ 4)f8 20. x f6
-'l_ xf5 21.4) xf5 c1+ 22.-'l_fl gxf5
2 3 . h 4 4) e 6 2 4 . x f 5 x b 2
2 5 . A d 3 c 1 + 2 6 . h 2 f4+
27. x f4 4) xf4 28.-'l_f1 4)e6 29.c3
g7 30. g3 c5 3 1 .d x c 5 4) x c 5
32.f4 4)e4 33.c4 4)d2
34.c xd5!
In a difficult position Duras finds an
e x c e l l e nt i d e a , after w h i c h i t i s
Rubinstein who must play careful ly.
34 . . . 4) x fl 3 5-e5 d 2 36. d6
f6 3 7 . c7 e 4 3 8 . d 6 4J c 5
 1 905

3 9 . d7 4) e 6 + 40 . <ifjl x b7 <ifle7 with advantage for White . Rubin

41 . <iflc8 h51 42.f3 stein 's continuation also gives an edge.

Impossible is 42.g4? hxg4 43.h5 f5! and 13 . . . A x c3 1 4 . x c3 c7 1 5 . c 5

Black wins. e8 16.ad1 exd4 17. x d4! e5
18.Ag31 f6
42 . . . f 5 4 3 . g 3 a5 4 4 . a 4 4) d 8
4 5 . <iflc7 4) f7 4 6 . <ifjlc8 4) d 6 + If 1 8 . . . 'ihc5, 1 9 . Ac4+ h8 20.Ad6
47.<iflc7 4) f7 48.<ifjlc8 4)d8 49.<iflc7 b6 2 l .M7 .dB 22.Ae7 wins.
4)e6+ 50. <ifjlc8, Draw
1 9 . fd 1 4) f8 2 0 . b 3 + <ifjlh8
The First Match With Mieses 2l .Ac4 4)e6 22.Axe6

The 1 9 0 9 match between Jacques White also wins with 22 . . d6! 4Jxc5
M i e s e s ( 1 8 6 5 - 1 9 5 4 ) and A k i v a 23 . . xf6! 4:lxb3 24.Ae5! 4Ja5 25 . .ll a 2
Rubinstein is well known, but their ear c5 2 6 . . f7 Ae6 2 7 . A x e 6 . x e 6
lier encounter, played in Lodz in the fall 2 8 . -'txg7+ 'it'g8 29 . . dd7, etc . , but
of 1 905, has escaped much attention. Rubinstein, as usual, prefers the sim
The young Rubinstein had no problems plest and clearest path.
dealing with his famous opponent's at
tacking ability, winning 3-0. Two of the 22 . . . xe6
games have b e e n preserved i n
Daniuszewski 's Ksiega Jubileyszowa
Lodzkiego Towarzystwa Zwolennikow
Gry Szachovey 1903- 1938.

(43) Rubinstein - Mieses

Lodz ( 1 ) October 24, 1 905
Queen's Gambit Cambridge Springs [D52]

1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5

c6 5.4)f3 4) bd7 6.e3 a5 7.4)d2
Ab4 8. c2 4)e4? 9.4)dxe4 dxe4
10. Jlh41 23.d8! h6 24. c3 e7 25.Ah41,
1-0
This continuation, played here for the
first time, is still considered White's (44) Mieses - Rubinstein
best answer to 8 . . . 4Je4?. As often hap Lodz (2) October 26, 1 905
pens, this stem game is omitted in re Danish Gambit [C2 1 ]
cent opening books.
1 .e4 e 5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 e7
1 0 . . . 0 - 0 1 1 . A e 2 f5 1 2 . 0 - 0 e 5
13 .a3 Three years later at Prague, against the
same opponent (game # 1 8 8),
E CO g i v e s Kav a l e k - J a n o s e v i c , Rubinstein preferred 3 . . d 5 and won in
.

Netanya 1 9 7 1 : 1 3 . c 5 exd4 1 4 . ex d4 1 6 moves!

41
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
4 .c x d4 tt x e4 + 5 . .il. e 3 .i}.b4+
6.4)c3 d51
A maj or improvement over the ex
ample shown in ECO, where 6 . . . <Jf6
7.<lf3 <ld5 8.d2 <lxe3 9.fxe3 e7
1 O.Ad3 d6 1 1 .0-0 Axc3 1 2 .bxc3 <lc6
1 3 .e4, Romashkevich-Saburov, Russia
1 8 89 ( ! ), gave White good attacking
chances.
7.4)f3 .il.f5 s.ttb3 4) c6 9.0-0-0
.i}. xc3 10.bxc3 0-0-0 l l ..i1.d3 tte6
1 2 . E!he1 .i}. x d3 1 3 . E! x d 3 4) ge7
14.tta4 l\tlb8 1 5 . E!d2 f6 16..b2
4)c8 17 . .i1.f4
If 1 7 .Ah6 d6! 1 8 . Axg7 l"l hg8 and
1 9 . . . 1"\ xg2.
17 ... ttd7 18.ttb5 4) b6 19.4)d2
If 1 9 . a 4 'i!i>c8! 2 0 . a 5 ? a6 ! , but not
1 9 ... 'i!i>a8? 20.a5 a6 2 l .axb6! .
19 . . . E!he8 20.E!d1 ttg4 2 1 . .il.g3
tte2 22. ttb3 4)a5 23. tta3 4)ac4
2 4 . 4) x c4 tt x c4 2 5 . E!b4 ttc6
26.ttb3 E!e2 27.E!b5 E!d7 28.E!b4
4) c4 2 9 . E!g 1 a 5 3 0 . E! a4 tte6
3 1 . tt d 1 E! e 7 32 . .i1. e 5 E! x f2
33.tte1 ttf5 34.ttd1 E!d2, 0-1
The following game may be from one
of the many handicap tournaments
42
played at the Lodz Chess Club, but we
have been unable to find any precise
information about it.
(45) Rubinstein - Granas
Lodz December 6, 1 905
(without Ng l )
1 .e4 e 5 2 . .i}.c4 4)f6 3.0-0 .il.c5 4.c3
d6 5.d4 .i}.b6 6.f4 4) xe4 7.tth5 g6
s . ttf3 f5 9 . f x e 5 d x e5 1 0 . !\tl h 1
4) d 6 1 1 . .il. b 3 e4 1 2 . ttg3 ttf6
13 . .il.g 5 ttg7 14 . .i}. h 6 1 tte7
15 . .il.g 5 ttg7 1 6 . .i}. h 6 tte7
1 7 . 4) d 2 .i}.e6 1 8 . .il,.g 5 tt d 7
19.tte5 4)f7 20.ttg7 .il,.xb3
2 1 . 4) x e4 1 1 f x e4 2 2 . E! a e 1 .il,. c 2
2 3 . E!f4 tt d 5 2 4 . E!efl E! f8
2 5 . E! x f7 1 tt x f7 2 6 . . x f7 E! x f7
2 7 . ttgS + !\tid 7 2 8 . tt x f7 + l\tl c 6
2 9 .c4 A x d4 3 0 . tt d 5 + l\tl b 6
3 1 .ttb5+ m ate
 St. Petersburg 1906

Rubinstein's second appearance in the

A l l - R u s s i an C h am p i o n s h i p at S t .
Petersburg showed marked improve
ment as he goes from fi fth at Kiev
( ! 903) to equal second. The time con
trol was 30 moves in two hours fol
lowed by 1 5 moves an hour.

(46) Rubinstein - Omeliansky

St. Petersburg (I) 1 906
Dutch Stonewall [A84]
After 56... Et xf5 ?
l.d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 Ad6
5 . 4J c3 f5 6 . 4) e5 'lt/f6 7.f4 4) d7 57 . . . fl 5S.g5 el+ 59.Ae5 e2
S . A d 3 d x c4 9 . A x c4 A x e 5 60.h4 el 61 .h5 e2 62.h6 gxh6
10.dxe5 4) xe5 1 1.Ab3 4)g4 12.0-0 63.g x h 6 a2 64.bS a6+
4)e7 1 3.e4 0-0 14.h3 4) h6 15.Ae3 6 5 . 'i!7 e 7 a 7 + 6 6 . 'i!7 x eS a S !
6 7 . 'i!7 e 7 + x bS 6S . A x bS 'i!7 h S
'i!7hS 1 6 . 'lt/ d 2 b6 1 7 . e 5 'lt/g6
69.'i!7f6 'i!7gS 70.Ae5 'i!7fS, Draw
l S . a c l A a 6 1 9 . f d l 4J d 5
20.4) xd5 exd5 21.a4 fdS 22. 'lt/f2
(47) He/bach - Rubinstein
Ab7 23.d2 c5 24.'lt/f3 'lt/c6 25.a5
St. Petersburg (2) 1 906
'lt/d7 2 6 . 'i!7 h 2 d4 2 7 . 'lt/ d t Ad5
French Steinitz [C l l ]
2 S . A f 2 A x b3 2 9 . 'lt/ x b3 'lt/d5
30.'lt/b5 'lt/e4 3 l .g3 abS 32.axb6
l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4Jc3 4) f6 4.e5
a x b6 3 3 . b4 deS 34. 'lt/d7 dS
4)fd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 4)c6 7.Ae3
3 5 . 'lt/ a7 c x b4 3 6 . x d4 'lt/ e 2
4) xc5 S.j},xc5?!
37.'i!7gl b 3 3S.el 'lt/c2 39.e6 gS
40.b4 b5 41.'lt/a3 geS 42.'lt/ x b3
A dubious idea, not mentioned in ECO.
'lt/xb3 43. x b3 4)gS 44. e5 4)f6
45 . x f5 x e6 46 . f x b 5 beS S ... A xc5 9. 'lt/g4 0-0 10.a3?
47. f5 e2 4S.bS 'i!7gS 49. x eS+
ltl xeS 50.'i!7g2 'i!7f7 5 1 . 'i!7f3 a2 Consistent and better is 1 0.0-0-0.
5 2 . b7 + 'i!7gS 5 3 . Ad4 a 3 +
5 4 . 'i!7 f4 a 4 5 5 . 'i!7 e 5 a 5 + 10 ... 'lt/b6 1 1 . 4)ge2 'lt/ xb2 1 2.a2
56.'i!7e6 xf5? (see diagram) 57.g4 'lt/b6 1 3 . 4) c l 'lt/a5 14.'lt/h3 Ad4
1 5 . 'i!7 d 2 f6 1 6 . 4) b3 'lt/ x c 3 +
Rubinstein takes Black at his word. 1 7 . 'lt/ x c 3 A x c3 + 1 S . 'i!7 x c 3 f x e 5
After suffering much of the game, 1 9 . f x e 5 4) x e 5 2 0 . A d 3 A d 7
Akiva slips j ust when the win was near. 2 1 . e l acS+ 2 2 . 'i!7 d 2 f 2 +
As Jack O ' Keefe points out, 57. xf5 2 3 . e 2 4) x d 3 24 . c x d3 x e 2 +
4Jd6+ 58.e6 4Jxb7 59 . .ll b 6 traps the 2 5 . 'i!7 x e 2 c 3 2 6 . 4) d4 'i!7f7
kn ight. 27.'i!7d2 c7 2S. 4)f3 'i!7f6 29.al
 St. Petersburg 1 906
January 2-23

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total

1 . Salwe X 0 y, 1 y, 1 y, 1 1 1 y, 1 1 1 1 1 1 13

2 . Blumenfeld 1 X 0 y, y, 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 12

3 . Rubinstein Y2 1 X \t2 \t2 Y2 1 1 1 Y2 \t2 1 y, y, 1 1 1 12

4 . Znosko- Borovsky 0 Y2 \t2 X 0 1 y, 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 \t2

5. Alapin 2 Y2 \t2 1 X y, 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 y, 0 1 1 1 0 \t2

6 . Evtifuev 0 0 y, 0 y, X 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 10

7 . Romanovsky y, 1 0 Y2 0 0 X 0 1 1 1 1 1 y, y, 1 1 10

8 . Dus-Chotimirsky 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 1 y, 1 1 0 0 Y2 1 1 8

9. Izbinsky 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X y, 0 y, 1 1 1 1 1 8

1 0. Rosenkrantz 0 0 Y2 0 0 0 0 \t2 Y2 X 1 1 1 1 y2 1 1 8

1 1 . Levitsky Y2 1 Y2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 0 0 1 1 0 1 7

1 2 . Talvik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 y, 0 1 X 1 1 1 1 1 6 \t2

1 3 . Maliutin 0 0 y, 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 1 Y2 1 1 6

1 4. 0meliansky 0 0 y, 0 y, 1 y, 1 0 0 0 0 0 X y, 1 1 6

1 5 . Helbach 0 0 0 0 1 0 \t2 Y2 0 y, 0 0 Y2 \t2 X 1 1 5 Y2

1 6. Chigorin 0 F F F 0 F F F 0 F 1 F F F F X F

1 7 . Tabunshctukov F F F 0 F 0 0 F F 0 F F 0 0 F F X 0
 St. Petersburg 1 906

jla4 3 0 . e 1 e5 3 l . b 1 d4 (50) Rubinstein - Evtifeev

3 2 . b2 b6 33. f3 E!c3 34.a2 St. Petersburg (5) 1 906
jlb3 35.b2 Jld5 36.a4 E!a3, 0- 1 Old Indian [A5 3 ]

(48) Rubinstein - Znosko-Borovsky 1 .d4 c 6 2.c4 f6 3.c3 d6 4.e4

St. Petersburg (3) 1 906 bd7 5.f4 t:/a5 6.e5 e4 7.t:/c2
Queen 's Pawn [DOS] d5 8.Ad3 xc3 9.bxc3 e6 10.f3
Ae7 l l .c x d 5 c x d 5 1 2 . 0 - 0 fS
1.d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.e3 e6 4.Ad3 13.b1 t:/c7 14.f5 Ad7 1 5 . f2
c5 5.b3 cxd4 6.exd4 c6 7.Ab2
Ad6 S.bd2 t:/c7 9.a3 b6 10.0-0 A c t i v e a n d p e r h a p s s t ro n g e r i s
0-0 1 1 . e 1 e7 1 2 . c4 g6 1 5 . g5 .
1 3 . c 1 t:/e7 14.b4 f4 1 5.Afl
d x c4 1 6 . x c4 Ab7 1 7 . fe 5 1 5 . . . h 6 1 6 . A d 2 a6 1 7 . h 3 b 5
fdS 1S. c3 acS 1 9 . t:/d2 g6 18.h2 AdS 19.g4 h5 20.e3
20. x g6 h x g6 2 1 . x d 6 t:/ x d6
t:/c6 2 1 .bfl a7 22.fxe6 jl x e6
22.h3 t:/c6 23. t:/f4 d5 24.c1
2 3 . f5 A x f5 2 4 . x f 5 e 6
t:/d6 2 5 . x cS+ A x eS 2 6 . t:/ x d6
2 5 . t:/ d 1 g6 2 6 . 5f2 t:/ b 6 27.a3
x d6 27.c3 Ad7 2S. c7 c6
t:/c6 2S. t:/b1 b7
29. xc6 A xc6 30.f3 b5 3 l . Cit'f2
fS 3 2 .Ac1 d5 33.Ad3 Cifle7
34.h4 Cifld6 35. Cifle2 AeS 36.Ae4
Ad7 37.Cifld3 Aes 3S.Ad2 Ad7
39.Ae1 a6 40.Ag3+ Cifle7 41.Ae5
f6 4 2 . Abs Cit'f7 4 3 . g4 Acs
44 . Ag3 Ab7 4 5 . Cifl d 2 Acs
46. Abs Ab7 4 7 . f4 f5 4 S . Af3
Ac6 49.g5 x b4 50.a x b4 A x f3
5 1 .d5! exd5 52.Cifle3 Ag4 53.Cifld4
e6 54.Ae5 Af3 55.Ax g7 Cifld6
56.AfS+ Cit'c6 57.Ae7 Ah5, Draw

( 49) Rosenkrantz - Rubinstein 29. x f7

St. Petersburg ( 4) 1 906
French Burn [C 1 1 ]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 f6 4.Ag5
dxe4 5. x e4 Ae7 6. x f6+ A x f6
7. Axf6 t:/xf6 S.c3 d7 9.f3 0-0
10.Ad3 c5 1 1 . t:/c2 cxd4 12.cxd4
g6 1 3 . 0 - 0 b6 1 4 . Ae4 d S
1 5 . t:/c 7 d 5 1 6 . A x d 5 x d 5
17. e5 b 6 1S.t:/c6 bS 19.t:/c7
aS 20.t:/c6 bS, Draw
Criti c i zed by the tournament book,
which recommends 29 . .lte2 .
2 9... x f7 30.Axg6 0-0 3 1 . A x f7+
x f7 3 2 . t:/g6 + g7 3 3 . t:/ x h 5
t:/d7 34.Ah6 E!g3 35.Ciflh2 g7!
36.Axg7 xg7 37.t:/h6 a5 38.g4
Ae7 39. t:/b6 h7 40.f5 Ads
4 t . h 5 + CiflgS 4 2 . t:/ h 6 h 7
43.t:/g6+ g7, Draw

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

(5 1 ) Romanovsky - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg (6) 1 906
Ruy Lopez [C84]

l . e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.Jl,a4 4)f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.d4 exd4
7.e5 4) e4 8.4) xd4 4)c5 9.4)f5 0-0
1 0 .'t'1fg4 g6 1 l . A x c 6 d x c 6
1 2 . 4) x e7+ fJ x e7 1 3 . fJg3 E!eS
14.f4 Af5 15.fJf2 adS 16.4)c3
4)e6 17.Ae3 c5 18.fJf3 c6 19.E!f2
4)d4 20.Jl, x d4 cxd4 21.4)e4 Jl, x e4
22.fJxe4 f6 23.e1 d5 24.E!fe2
fxe5 25.fxe5 fJe6 26.h3 c5 27.b3 Peter Romanovsky
b5 2 8 . fJ d 3 E! d 7 2 9 .c4 b x c4
30.bxc4 E!f7 31.fJb3 f5 32.fJd3 1 0 . 4) x c 6 x b3 1 1 . 4) x d8 bS
1 2.4)c6 E!beS 13.4)c3 4)d7 14.b4
Af6 1 5 . a 4 e 5 1 6 . 4) x d 5 Ae4
17. 4) x f6+ gxf6 18.4) xa7 c6 19.f3
a S 2 0 .f x e4 x a7 2 1 .b5 E! d S
22.0-0, 1-0

(53) Alapin - Rubinstein

St. Petersburg (8) 1 906
French Stein itz [C I I ]

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.e5

ef8 3 3 . a 3 g7 3 4 . e 4 E!bS
35.E!4e2 a5 36.fJc2 dS 37.fJb3
37 ... a41 38. fJ x a4 d3 39.fJa5 d4
4 0 . E! b 2 x c4 4 1 . b 7 + f7
42. E! x f7+ fJ x f7 43.e6 fJe7 44.e3
E!c1 + 45. f2 fJf6+ 46.E!f3 fJd4+
47.g3 d2 4S. fJc7+ h6 49.e7
E! e 1 5 0 . f4 d 1 fJ 5 1 . x d4
= This opening idea is not shown in ECO.
fJ x d4 52.fJd8 fJe5+, 0- 1
(52) Rubinstein - Blumenfeld
St. Petersburg (7) 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Declined [006]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4) f6 3.e3 Af5 4.c4
e6 5 .til/b3 4)c6 6.c5 E!bS 7 . .1l.b5
.1l,e7 8 . .\ e 5 0 - 0 9 . .1l, x c6 b x c 6
4) fd7 5. 4)ce2 c5 6.c3 4)c6 7.f4
Ae7
Recent theory prefers the immediate
7 . . .f6.
8.4)f3 f6 9.g3 cxd4 10.cxd4 4)f8
ll.Jl,g2 fxe5 1 2.fxe5 4)g6 13.0-0
0-0 14.4)f4 4) x f4 1 5. Jl, x f4 fJb6
16.f2 Ad7 17.E!c1 ac8 18.Ae3
fJa6 19.-'l.fl fJb6 20 . .1l,d3 4) b4
2 1 . x c8 x e S 2 2 . .1l, b 1 E! fS
23 . .1l.g5 til/d8 24.h4 .1l,e8 25. til/b3
h6 26 . .1l,d2 .1l,h5 27 . .1l, x b4 .1l, x b4
28.til/ x b4 .1l, x f3 29.til/a3

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 St. Petersburg 1 906
Not 29.xb7? a5 30.b4 (or 30.l"l xf3
e l +!) 30 . . . a3 and Black wins.
29 . . . c8 3 0 . f l c4 3 1 . d3
xd3 32 . .Q. x d3 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5
34. cl Etf7 35.c8+ g7 36.c1
.Q.h5 37.c2 .Q.g6 38 . .Q. xg6 xg6
39 . f 2 x f2 40 . x f2 f5
41.f3 g4+ 42.e3 a5 43.a4 b6,
Draw
(54) Rubinstein - Levitsky
St. Petersburg (9) 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [040]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 c5 3.e3 c6 4.c4
e6 5 . c3 f6 6.a3 e4 7. c2
x c3 8 . b x c 3 .Q.e7 9 . .Q.d3 d x c4
10 . .Q. x c4 0-0 1 1 .0-0 c7 1 2 . .Q.d3
h6 13.e4 .Q.d7
ECO gives 1 3 . . . 4Ja5 14.e5 as a little
better for White, Vaiser-Gusev, USSR
1 972. Rubinstein and Stepan Levitsky
(historical Elo 2450) have done a good
job of anticipating modern theory.
14.b1 a6 1 5 .d5 e x d 5 1 6 . e x d 5
d8 1 7 .c4 .Q.d6 1 8 . h 3 eS
1 9 . .Q. d 2 b5 2 0 . fe 1 x e 1 +
21.xe1 b4 22.c1 .Q.fS 23.e5
a 5 24 . .Q. b 1 a 6 2 5 . h 4 f6
26. x d7 xd7 27.c2 g6 28.h5
b7 29.c1 h7 30.e3 d6
3 1 . h 3 f 5 3 2 . h x g6 + f x g6
3 3 . d 1 f7 3 4 . g4 d 6
35.a x b4 a x b4 36.e4 f6 37.f3
Ete7 38.d3 g7 39 . .Q.e3 a7
40 . .Q.c 1 e 5 4 1 . f1 h 5 4 2 . g 3
Eta 1 4 3 . c 2 .Q.g7 4 4 . g 2 a 6
45 . .Q.e3 .Q.fS 46. d3 a 3 47. d2
x e 3 4 8 . x e3 x e3 4 9 . x e3
xe3 50.fxe3 .Q.d6 51 .Ac2 <i!lg7
5 2. f3 g5 53.Ad1 <iflf6 54.Ac2
g4 55. <jfjlf2 <iflg5 56. <jfjlg2, Draw
47
Rubinstein needs all his defensive skills
to hang on in the following encounter.
(55) Rubinstein - Sa/we
St. Petersburg ( I 0) 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Declined [060]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 f6 4 . .Q.g5
.Q.e7 5.e3 bd7 6.f3 0-0 7 . .Q.d3
dxc4 8 . .Q. x c4 c5 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 b6
1 1 . e 2 .Q.b7 1 2 . fd 1 c7
1 3 . .Q.d3
According to Griinfeld, White should
play 1 3 .d5 with the advantage.
13 . . . .Q.d6 14. ac1 fc8 1 5 .dxc5
b x c 5 1 6 .e4 .Q.f4 17 . .Q. x f4 x f4
18. d2 b8 19. e3 Ac6 20.d2
a 7 2 l . h 3 eS 2 2 . h 2 b4
2 3 . g4 g4 24 . h x g4 .Q. x a4
2 5 . a 1 .Q. c 6 2 6 . x a6 x a6
27 . .Q. x a6 e 5 28.Ae2 f6 29 .f3
f7 3 0 . a 2 a5 3 l . c 1 .Q.a4
32.d3 dS
33.b4 cxb4 34.b2 Ab5 35.c5
a 1 + 3 6 . c 1 x c 1 + 37 . x c 1
.Q. x e 2 38. xe2 bS 39.d4 d8
40.<jfjlfl <i!lf7 4 1 . e2 e5 42.c2
4)c 6 4 3 . <ifl d 3 b3 44 . 4)a 1 d4
45.f4 <jfjle6 46.f5+ <jfjld6 47.<iflc4 g5
48 . 4)x b3 b 6 4 9 . b 1 We7
50.b2 bS 5 1 .b1 4)b5 52.e1
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
.l a3+ 53.'it'c3 E!.c8+ 54.'it'd3 E!,b8
5 5 . 'it'c 3 4) b 5 + 5 6 . 'it' d 3 4) d 6
57.4)d2 'it'f7 58.E!.hl 'it'g7 59.E!.cl
E!.b7 60. E!. c 5 h5 6 1 . g x h 5 g4
62.E!.d5 4)f7 63.E!.c5 'it'h6 64.E!,c6
E!.d7+ 65.'it'e3 4)d6 66.g3 'it' x h 5
6 7 . 4) b3 'it' h 6 6 8 . 4) c 5 4) c 4 +
6 9 . 'it' e 2 E!. d 2 + 7 0 . 'it' e l E!. d 6
7 1 . E!, c8 'it' h 7 7 2 . E!. c 7 + 'it' h 8
7 3 . E!. c 8 + 'it' h 7 7 4 . E!. c 7 + 'it' h 8
75.E!.f7 'it'g8 76.E!.e7 E!.d4 77.4)d7
E!.d6 78. 4) c 5 E!.d4 79 . 4) d7 E!.d6
8 0 . 4) c 5 E!. d 4 8 1 . E!, d 7 E!, x d 7
8 2 . 4) x d 7 4) d 6 8 3 . .l c 5 4) e 8
8 4 . 'it' e 2 'it'g 7 8 5 . .l d 3 'it' h 6
8 6 . 4) f2 'it'g 5 8 7 . 4) d l 4) d 6
8 8 . 'it' d 3 4) e 8 8 9 . .l e3 4) g7
90.'it'e2, Draw
(56) Izbinsky - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg ( 1 1 ) 1 906
Ruy Lopez [C84]
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . .1lb5 a 6
4.Aa4 4) f6 5 . 0 - 0 A e 7 6.d3 d 6
7 .c3 0-0 8 . 4) bd2 4)e81?
A forgotten idea ofRubinstein 's, which
aims for . . . f7-f5 . ECO only deals with
8 . . . ild7, 8 . . . b5 and 8 . . . 4Jd7.
Perhaps White should play 9.d4 .
48
9 . . .g6 tO . .lfl Af6 n . Ah6 Ag7
12.t:\'d2 f5 13 . .1lg5 4)f6 14.exf5?1
g xf5 1 5 .h3 4)e7 1 6 . 4) 3h 2 4) g6
17.f4 h6 1 8 . f x e 5 h x g5 1 9 . e x f6
t:\' x f6 20.4)g3 4) f4 2 1 .4)e2 4) h5
22.4)d4 c6 23 . .1ldl
Lasker (Lasker s Chess Magazine,
October 1 907, p. 245), points out that
now 23 . . . xd4+ was very tempting but
that Rubinstein showed good judgment
in avo iding it, g i v i ng the variation
2 4 . cxd4 ilxd4+ 2 5 . l"l e3 f4 26.c2
ilxe3+ 27.'<t'fl 4Jg3 + 28.'<t'e l e8 and
now 29.4Jg4 with the lines 29 . . . ilc5+
30.'<t'd2 4Jfl + 3 1 .'<t'c3 and 29 ... ild4+
30.'<t'd2 4Jfl + 3 1 .'<t'c l ilxg4 [A uthors:
Why not 3l d5, which seems quite
. . .
s tro ng fo r Black ? ] 3 2 . c 4 + d 5
33 .xd4.
2 3 . . . 4) f4 24. 4) e 2 4) e6 25 . .l g3
Ah6 26.t:\'f2 Ad7 27.Af3 E!.ae8
2 8 . E!. f l E!, e 7 2 9 . E!. ad l ? E!. h 7
3 0. .1le4 4)f4 31 . .1lf3 Ag7 32.'it'hl?
t:\'h6 3 3 . t:\' g l ? d5 3 4 . d 4 g4
35.hxg4 fxg4 36 . .1le2 t:\'h4, 0-1
The next game has a bit of a story be
hind it. Playing through the encounter
to the end, one is more than a little sur
prised that it ended in a draw. While it
is true that Rubinstein was better for
much of the game and could even have
 St. Petersburg 1 906
won at one point, there can be no doubt
that he was quite lost at its conclusion.
So is the official score table wrong?
N o ! The tournament book for th i s
event, b y Eugene Znosko-Borovsky,
which by the way is one of the rarest
and most expensive records of a major
event of the 20th century - noted chess
book dealer Dale Brandreth puts its
price at around $650 in 1 994 - explains
that Rubinstein protested the initial fi
nal result of the game (0- 1 ) on the
grounds that he had been unduly dis
tracted by the spectators.
It seems that when the adj ournment for
this game was played off, Rubinstein's
rival fo r s e c o n d p l a c e , B e n i am i n
Blumenfeld, had finished h i s schedule
and was a point and a half ahead of
Akiva. However, Blumenfeld's position
was shaky, as Rubinstein was clearly
better in his adjourned game and was
scheduled to meet one of the tailenders,
Talvik, in the last round. It seemed
likely that Rubinstein would win both
games and fi n ish clear second, and
there was nothing Blumenfeld could do
about it.
There were no other adj ournments
played off that night, but there were
quite a few spectators who came to
watch thi s most important game for the
tournament standings. The crowd was
very noisy and Blumenfeld was among
the most disruptive. Both Rubinstein
and Maliutin appealed to the tourna
ment director but to no avail as the noise
continued unabated. At this point they
both declared that they were continu
ing the game under protest.
Rubinstein missed a clear win on move
45, which we believe was the last move
49
of a time scramble (time control: 3 0
moves in two hours followed b y one
hour for each additional 1 5 moves).
After making the time control Akiva
then proceeded to fall apart, making a
series of weak moves. When he was
forced to resign on move 56 he imme
diately followed up on his earlier pro
test to the tournament committee.
The following day the committee met
with the two players and came to the
decision that the game should be re
played from the adjourned position and
that Blumenfeld must give his word
never to be disruptive again. Maliutin,
who seems to have been a very good
sportsman, accepted the decision grace
fully even though it meant almost a cer
tain loss as B lumenfeld ( ! ) and h i s
friends had already shown the winning
p l an ( 45 . .1lh7 ! ) to Rubinste i n . Not
wanting to w i n i n such a fashion,
Rubinstein offered a draw, which was
accepted.
(57) Rubinstein - Maliutin
St. Petersburg ( 1 2) 1 906
Queen's Gambit Declined [D46]
l .d4 d5 2 . .)f3 .) f6 3 .e3 e6 4.c4
.)bd7 5 . .)c3 c6 6.Ad3 .Q.d6 7.0-0
0-0 8.e4 dxc4 9 . .Q. x c4 e5 10 . .Q.g5
'l#/e7 l l . .Q.b3 dB 1 2 . e l .) f8
1 3 .d x e 5 .Q. x e 5 1 4 . c 2 .) g6
1 5 . .) e 2 h 6 1 6 . .) x e 5 .) x e S
17 . .Q. x f6 x f6 18.f4 .)g6 19.g3
.Q.g4 20.e5 f5 2 l . x f5 .Q. x f5
2 2 . e d l .Q.g4 2 3 . f 2 .) e7
2 4 . .Q. c 2 .) d 5 2 5 . .Q.e4 .Q. x e 2
26. x e2 .)c7 27.e3 f8 28.h4
e7 29.f5 .)a6 30.g4 .)c7 31.f4
ac8 3 2 .a3 .) d 5 + 3 3 . f3 c7
3 4 . d 2 cd7 3 5 . a d t .) b6
36.}3 x d7+ x d7 37. x d7+ .) xd7
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
3 8 . f4 a5 3 9 . dlc 2 .l c 5 4 0 .g 5
h x g5 + 4 l . x g5 b5 4 2 . h 5 b4
43.f6+ gxf6 44.exf6+ f8
45.dlf5?
According to Blumenfeld, White wins
with 4 5 .1lh7 ! , fo llowed by h6 and
.
.llg 6! .
45 ... g8 46.f4 b3 47.g5? .)a4
48.h6 .)b61 49.d3 c5 50.dlb5 c4
5 1.d}.c6 c31 52.bxc3 b2 53.e4 a4
5 4 . f4 .l d 5 + 5 5 . e 5 .l x c 3
56.d}.b1 .) x b1, 0 - 1 [ . . . but scored a
draw after an appeal .]
(58) Rubinstein - Dus-Chotimirsky
St. Petersburg ( 1 3 ) 1 906
Dutch Stonewall [ A85]
1 .c4 f5 2.d4 .lf6 3 . .lc3 e6 4.e3 b6
5 . dld 3 b7 6.f3 b4 7 . .) ge 2
0 - 0 8.0-0 .lc6 9.dld2 'li\'e8 10.a3
d}.d6 11 . .)b5 'li\'h5 12 . .) xd6 cxd6
13 . .lc3?1 .)e8 14 . .)e2 Etc8 15.b4
a6 16.a4 .)e7 17.a5 bxa5 18. Etxa5
g 5 1 9 . '/i\' e 1 Etf6 2 0 . '/i\'g3 h8
2 1 .e4 .)c6 2 2 . Eta 3 f4 2 3 . 'li\'g4
'li\'h6 24.h41 'li\' x h4 25.'/i\' x h4 gxh4
26.b5 axb5 27.cxb5 .)d8 28.d}.xf4
.l f7 29 . Eta7 Etb8 3 0 . dle3 g8
3 1 . Etc1 h3 32.f2 hxg2 33.Etg1
50
f8 34. Etx g 2 e7 3 5 . Eth 2 h6
36. Etg2 .lc7 37.d}.d2 .) a8 38.e3
.lh8 39.dlb4 .)g6
4 0 . Etx g6 1 Etx g6 4 1 . e 5 Et6g8
4 2 . d}. x d6 + f7 43 . .) f4 .) b6
4 4 . d}. c 7 1 dl a 8 4 5 . dl x b6 Etx b6
4 6 . Etx d7 + e8 4 7 . Eta7 dld5
4 8 . .) x d 5 e x d 5 4 9 . f4 Etg3 +
5 0 . d 2 h 5 5 1 .f5 h 4 5 2 .f6 h 3
5 3 . Eth7 Etg2 + 5 4 . e 3 Etg3 +
55.d2 Etg2+ 56.e2 Etx b5 57.e6
d 8 5 8 . f7 e7 5 9 . Eth8 Etf2
6 0 . e 3 Etx f7 6 l . e x f7 Etb3 +
6 2 . d 3 x f7 6 3 . Etx h 3 e6
64. Eth6+, 1-0
(59) Talvik - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg ( 1 4) 1 906
Giuoco Piano [C53]
1 .e4 e5 2 . .) f3 .)c6 3.c4 dlc5
4.c3 'li\'e7 5.d4 dlb6 6.0-0 d6 7.b4
.)f6 8.a4 a6 9.a5 dla7 10.b5 a xb5
l l .d}. x b5 0-0 1 2.a6 exd4 13.cxd4
'li\' x e4 14 . .lc3 'li\'g6 1 5.dle3 .lb4
1 6 . .) e 2 b x a6 1 7 . d}. a 4 dlb7
1 8 . .) h4 'li\'h5 1 9 .g3 g5 20. 'li\'d2
gx h4 2 1 . '/i\' x b4 'li\'f3, 0-1
R u b i n s t e i n had fo rfe i t w i n s o v e r
Chigorin and Tabunshchikov.
 Lodz 1906

The first of several maj or tournaments White has the advantage.

the Lodz Chess Society organized was
held in the spring of 1 906. This event
heralded a changing of the guard, as
Rubinstein finished ahead of Chigorin
(who was to die less than two years
later) and garnered his first big victory.
The best five-year averages of the par
ticipants according to Elo's The Rat
ing ofChessplayers : Rubinstein (2640),
Chigorin (2600), Flamberg (2480), and
Salwe (2500).
1 5 ... h6 16. xd7 xd7 17 . .Q.b5
c7 18.Jl,xc6 bxc6 19.e5 ac8?!
Better is 19 . . . c5, but White still retains
a slight edge.
2 0 . Ac 3 1 .i}.d6 2 1 . .il a 5 .Q. x e 5
22.dxe5 d7 23.e2 d5
24. a6 e7 2 5 . .Q.b4?

The only source we found that provides

some information about the time when
this tournament was played was M /.
Chigorin, His Life and Work, by N. I .
Grekov (Moscow 1 939). There Grekov
mentions that the event was played im
mediately after the C higorin-Salwe
match (March-April 1 906). It is pos
sible that the finish of this triple-round
match tournament was held in the be
ginning of May. Instead, 25.Eicdl ! E! xdl 26.Ei xdl gives
White a clear advantage.
(60) Rubinstein - Flamberg
Lodz ( 1 ) 1 906 2 5 . . . c 5 2 6. x c 5 x c 5 27 . .i}. x c 5
Queen's Pawn [DOS] d2 28.e2 c3 2 9 . .i}. x e7 x e7
30.dl g6 3l .d2 c6 32.d8+
Notes by Konstantinopolsky. e8 3 3 . d 7 aS 3 4 .b4 g7
3 5 . c l d 8 3 6 . c 6 d l +
l.d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.e3 e6 4.Jld3 3 7 . g 2 d 8 38 . x d l x d l
c5 5.b3 c6 6.0-0 c x d4 7 . e x d4 39.c4 el 40.d4 e2 41 .a4
Ae7 8 . .Q. b 2 0 - 0 9 . b d 2 b 6 a6 42.h3 h5 43.h4 h7 44.h2
lO. el Jl,d7 1 1 .c4 dxc4 12. xc4 g7 45.g2 h7 46.c5 g7
c7 13.cl f4? 47.h2 a2 48.a5 e2 49.a7
c4 50.b7 fl l 5 1 . b6 e2
B lack should play 1 3 . Ei ac8, with
. .
5 2 . c 5 h7 5 3 . d4 g7
equal chances. 5 4 . g 2 h 7 5 5 . f4 g7
5 6 . f 6 + g8 5 7 . f3 b 5
14. ce5 fd8 1 5.g3 5 8 . e 4 g7 5 9 . g l h 7
6 0 . d4 g7 6 1 . b6 x e 5
After 1 5 . Ei c4! h6 1 6 .ilc l h5 1 7 . h3
. 62. b7 el + 63.\t'g2 e5 64.b5 e4
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
65.bxa6 e3 66.b2+ h7 67.fxe3
xa5 68.b7 a2+ 69.f3 c4
70.e4 d3+ 71.f4 d6+ 72.e5
d4+ 7 3 . e4 f 2 + 74. f3
d4+ 75.e4 f2+, Draw
(6 1 ) Rubinstein - Chigorin
Lodz (2) 1 906
Queen's Pawn [DOS]
Notes by Konstantinopo1sky (K) and
Authors (A).
(A) The Russian publication Chess in
the USSR , which published all the
games of this tournament in Number 6
(April-June 1 990), mistakenly gave this
game as Chigorin-Rubinstein.
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.e3 f6 4.Jl.d3
c5 5.b3 c6 6.0-0 a6?
(A) A waste of time. Better is 6 . . . d6,
followed by . . . 0-0 and .. :"ffe 7.
7.Ab2 cxd4 8.exd4 Ad6 9.bd2
0-0 10 . .e1 Ad7 l l.e5
(K) More exact is l l .a3!.
11 . . . .c8
(K) Black should play l l . . . b4 1 2 .e2
El. c8 1 3 . c 3 c6 1 4 . d 3 and n o w
1 4 . . . b5 or 1 4 . . . c7 with equality.
(A) After 1 5 .f4 or 1 5 .df3 White has
a small advantage.
1 2 .a3 e7 1 3 . df3 g6 14.g3
Jl.e8 15.g51 Jl.e7
(K) If 1 5 . . . h6? 1 6.xe6.
1 6 . h4 1 h 8 1 7 . a4 h6 1 8 . h3
d7 19.f4 Ab4
52
20.c31 Ad6
(K) If 20 . . . xc3? 2 1 .c2! and White
wins.
2 1 . c2 g6 2 2 . d2 g5 2 3 . h 3
xe5 24.dxe5 Ae7 25.hx g 5 hxg5
2 6 . e 2 g6 2 7 . g4 g7
28 . .ad1 b5 29.axb5 a x b5 30.c41
b x c4 3 1 .b x c4 Ac6 3 2.Ac1 .h8
3 3 . g 5 e 8 3 4 . A x g6 f x g6
3 5 . x e6 + g8 3 6 .c x d 5 Ab7
37.Jl. xg5 A xg5 38. xg5
(A) But not 38.xg5 xe6! 39.dxe6
El. h l + mate !
38 ... .c5 39.e4, 1-0
(62) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Lodz (3) 1 906
Giuoco Piano [C50]
1 .e4 e5 2 . f3 c6 3 . Ac4 Jl.c5
4.d3 f6 5.c3 d6 6.Ae3 Ab6
7.0-0 Jl.g4 8.d5 xd5 9.Jl. xd5
d7 1 0 . J}. x c6 b x c6 l l .h3 Jl.h 5
1 2 .c3 e6 13.h2 .b8 14.c2
f5 1 5 .e x f5 x f5 1 6 . g 1 Jl.g6
17 . .ad1 0-0 18.cl c5 19.c4 c6
20.f3 d5 2 1 . J}.f2 f4 2 2 . x f4
e x f4 2 3 . e 2 d4 2 4 . c 1 . fe8
25.g1 a5 26.a4 Jl.c7 27.b3 f7
28 . .fe1 Jl.e5 29 . .e2 .1lf5 30.J}.e1
 Lodz 1 906
gas 3 1 . Ad 2 g 5 3 2 . E{ d e 1 <it'f6
3 3. <it'fl E!e6 34.<it'g1 h5 3 5.<iflf2
tJ.c7 36.E{ xe6+ tJ. x e6 37.E{h1 Af5
38 .E{e1 Ag6 39.E!e2 E!e8 40.E{xe8
j}_ xe8 41.<ifjlf1 Ag6 42.<ifjle2 Ah7
43 .<iflf2 Af5 44.<ifjle2 g4 45.hxg4
h xg4 46.<it'f2 <ifjlg6 47.Ae1 <it'g5
48.<it'e2 <it'h5 49.4)a2, Draw
After one cycle the scores were : 1 .
Rubinstein 2 ; 2-3 . Flamberg and Salwe
I Yz; 4. Chigorin I .
( 63) Flamberg - Rubinstein
Lodz (4) 1 906
Ruy Lopez [C87]
Notes by Konstantinopolsky.
l .e4 e 5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . Ab 5 a 6
4.Aa4 4) f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.E{e1 d6
7.d4 b5 8 .d x e 5 4) x e 5 1 9 . 4) x e 5
d x e 5 1 0 . x d8+ j}. x d8 l l . Ab3
Ab7 12.4)c3 Ae7 13.4)d5 4) xd5
14.exd5 0-0?1
This pawn sacrifice is not necessary.
Instead, 1 4 . . . f6! 1 5 . f4 0-0-0 1 6.fxe5
Axd5 leads to a slight advantage for
Black.
15. Et xe5 Af6 16.Etf5
If 16 . . e l . adS 17 . .dl c6 and Black
stands better.
16 ... E{fe8 17.<it'fl E{ad8 18.c3
After 1 8 . .1lg5 -'tx g5 1 9 . . x g5 . d6
2 0 . . dl . ed8 2 1 ..el f8 the game is
eq ual .
18 ... a5 19.a3?
The right continuation is 1 9 . a4! with
e quality.
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19 ... a4 20.Aa2 -'l.a6 2 1.-'l.e3 b4+
22.<it'g1 b31 23.-'l.b1 Ac4 24.E{f4
j}_ xd5 25.-'l.d3 -'l.c6 26.-'l.c4 E!d7
2 7 . <ifi' f 1 A e 5 2 8 . E{ g4 E{ed8
29.<it'e2 <ifjlh8 30.f4 Af6 3 1.f5 Ete7
3 2 . <ifi' f 2 h5 3 3 . E!f4 A g 5 3 4 . f6
E! x e3 3 5 . f x g7+ <ifl x g7 3 6. <ifjl x e3
e8+ 37.<ifld4 A x f4 38.<it'c5 Ad7,
0-1
(64) Chigorin - Rubinstein
Lodz (5) 1 906
French Bum [C l l ]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 4)c3 4) f6 4.Ag5
d x e4 5 . 4) x e4 Ae7 6.A x f6 g x f6
7.4)f3 f5 8.4)g3 c5 9.Ab5+1 4)c6
10.c3 0-0
R u b i n s t e i n tri e s to improve upon
Salwe 's play. The other star from Lodz
was unsuccessful with 10 . . . b6 and
10 . . . cxd4 in his match with Chigorin,
just before this event.
1 1 . -'l. x c6 b x c6 1 2 . 0 - 0 c x d4?
1 3 . 4) x d4 ! c7 14. h5 <it'h8
1 5 . E! fe 1 f4 1 6 . 4) e4 f5 1 7 . 4) g5
A xg5 18. xg5 e5 19. h6 Ad7
2 0 . 4) f3 E! fe8 2 1 . 4) g 5 E!e7
22. f6+ E! g7 2 3 . 4) f7 + <ifjlg8
2 3 . 4) h 6 + <it' h 8 2 4 . x e 5 c8
26.E!e7 f8
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
Walter Kom, in his The Brilliant Touch,
as well as Gerald Abrahams in The
Chess Mind, point out that almost the
same position was reached with colors
reversed 40 years later at Groningen.
There the future world champ i o n
Vas s i l y Smyslov ( a s B lack against
Lundin, diagram below) missed the win
with . El f2! and took a draw by per
. .
petual ( . . . 4:Jf2 + and 4:Jh3+ ).
. . .
Chigorin-Rubinstein continued (from
the previous diagram):
27 . .f71, 1-0
(65) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz ( 6) 1 906
King's Gambit [C30]
1 .e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3 . f3 d6 4.c3
c6 5.Ab5 Ad7 6.d4 Ab6 7.o-o
f6 8.fxe5 d x e 5 9 . -'\. xc6 -'\. x c6
1 0 . x e 5 -'\. x e4 1 1 . -'\. g 5 d 6
1 2 . -'\. x f6 g x f6 1 3 . c4 e 6
1 4 . bd 2 f 5 1 5 . x e4 1 f x e4
1 6 . a 4 + 1 r:t/e7 1 7 . a 3 + r:t/e8
18. b 3 r:t/e7 19 . . f4 . hg8
20. b4+ r:t/e8 21. b5+ c6 22. e5
x e 5 2 3 . x e 5 Ac7 24 . . x e4
A x e 5 2 5 . . x e 5 + r:t/d7 2 6 . . a e 1
.af8 27 . .e7+ r:t/ c 8 28 . . 1e3 h 6
2 9 . r:t/f2 ..g6 30 . . f 3 f6 3 1 . .g3
E!.g5 3 2 .h4 .b5 33.b3 c5 34.d5
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.a5 35 . .gg7 . xa2+ 36.r:t/f3 .c2
37 . .c7+ r:t/d8 38 . . x b7 . x c 3 +
39.r:t/ f4 r:t/c8 40.d6, 1 -0
(66) Rubinstein - Flamberg
Lodz (7) 1 906
Queen's Gambit Exchange [063]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 f6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5.f3 bd7 6.e3 0-0 7 . .c1
b 6 8 .c x d 5 e x d 5 9 . e 5 Ab7
10.Ad3 c5 l l .f4 .e8 1 2.0-0 c4
1 3 . A b 1 a 6 1 4 . .f3 b5 15 . .h3
f8? 16.-'\. xf6 A x f6
1 7. -'\. x h7+1 x h7 18.h5 c7
1 9 . x h7 + r:t/f8 20 .e4 d x e4
2 l . x e4 -'\. x e 5 2 2 . f x e 5 c 6
2 3 . . e 1 d 5 2 4 . h 8 + r:t/ e 7
2 5 . h 4 + r:t/d7 2 6 . f2 r:t/ c 7
2 7. .f3 .e7 28.c3 e6 2 9 . .f4
Kon stantinopol sky suggests 2 9 . d 5
la.xd5 30:ik5+ with the advantage, but
after 30 . . c6 White doesn 't seem to
.
have any forced continuation that gives
him the better game.
29 . . . .d8 30 . .fl .dd7 3 l . g3 1
b6 32.e2 c6 33 . .. x f71 r:t;b6
34 . . x e7 . x e 7 3 5 . f4 e4
3 6 . g 6 + x g6 3 7 .lZ) x g6 .d7
38 . .d1 b4 39 .e6 ..d6 40.e7 Ac6
41.e5, 1-0
 Lodz 1 906

The battle for first place in the tourna
ment was decided in the penultimate
round by the following game between
the two tournament leaders.
(67) Rubinstein - Chigorin
Lodz (8) 1 906
Chigorin [D07]
Notes by Konstan t i n o p o l sky ( K ) ,
Chigorin ( C ) and Authors (A).
l.d4 d5 2.f3 j}.g4 3.e3 e6 4.c4
c6 5 . c3 Ab4 6. 'ltb 3 ge7
7.Ad2 0-0 8.cx d 5 xd5 9.Ad3
Axf3 10.gxf3 bS l l .0-0-0 A xc3
12.bxc3
.lce7 1 9:g5 and 1 7 . . . .ld8 1 8.Axb5
.l x f4 1 9 . .>lc5 e8 2 0 . 'a4 are i n
White 's favor.
18. a3 exd5 19.exd5 ce7?
( C ) H ere B l ac k m i s se d 1 9 . . . b 4 !
2 0 . x a4 .l c e 7 , a n d i f 2 1 . c4 there
would follow 2 1 . . . .lxf4 22.c2 .leg6.
Bringing the queen in on the queenside,
Black would have a strong, perhaps
decisive attack.
20.c51 xf4 21.j}. x b5 f5
(K) If 2 1 . . . .lexd5 22. iii'd4 ! .

(A) A forgotten attempt to improve on

the existing theory of the day. ECO's
example, Pillsbury-Chigorin, London
1 8 99, continues 1 2 . .>lxc3, but after
12 . . . b5 1 3 . .>ld2 b6 14.dgl a5 1 5 .f4
f5! Black stands slightly better.
12 ... b5 13.e4 de7 14.hgl a5?1
(C) Black should play 1 4 . . . b4! 1 5 .Ag5
d7! 1 6 . 'a4 b6 1 7 . A b 5 fb8
18.Axc6 xc6 with advantage.
23:d4 f6 24.Aa6 is a Fritz sugges
tion to preserve the two bishops.
23 . . . x f4 24.Axf4 xb5 25.lifilc2
Akiva looks to his better placed king
and the target on a4 as reasons for op
timism in this ending.
25 . . . a3
'

{K) Also i nteresting is 14 . . . .l a 5 ! ? (A) This is a tough choice for Chigorin.

1 5:a3 (if 1 5 .c2? b4! 1 6 .cxb4 .lac6)
1 5 . . . .lc4 1 6.Axc4 bxc4, etc.
15. j}.e3 g6 16.f4 h4 17.d5! a4
{K) The alternatives 1 7 . . . exd5 1 8.xd5
Should he allow the upcoming double
rook ending or let Akiva get a bishop
v s . kni ght endgame v i a 2 5 . . . fb8
26. b l ? The weakness of Black's a
pawn in the latter endgame was un
doubtedly a factor in Chigorin's decision.

Lodz 1 906
April

2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 Total
I . Rubinstein X X X 0 Y2 Y2 Yz 6 Yz
2 . Chigorin 0 0 X X X 0 Y2 5 Y2
3 . Flamberg Y2 0 0 I 0 Y2 X X X 0 I Y2 3 Yz
4. Salwe Yz 0 Y2 0 0 0 0 Y2 X X X 2 Y2

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

25 . . . . e8 26 . . ge l '3ff8 might have been 35.fxg5+ <it> xg5

the best choice.
35 . . . 'it'g6 36.h4.
26 .Q.cl aS 27.g41

(A) This rook l i ft prepares Rb4 . I f

White can exchange a pair o f rooks it
will be to his advantage, as the pawn
on a3 will almost certainly fall.
27 . . . f5 28.b4 E!ba5
28 . . . . xb4 29.cxb4 . e8 30.'3tb3 and a3
falls.
"A subtle move. Not finding a forced
win yet, Rubinstein makes a prophy
lactic move. If Black wants to continue
his plan, he will have to play .h2 with
out check, thus allowing the immedi
ate capture of the d6-pawn" (Marin).
36 . . . h5 37.h4+1 r:tig4

2 9 . Af4 r:tif7? 3 0 . j}_ x d 6 c x d 6 (A) If 37 . . . 'it'xh4 38 . . g7 with inevi

3l.b7+ r:tif6 32.d7 Sa6 33.c4 table mate.
b6
38.g7+ ctlf4
(C) Better defensive chances were of
fered by 33 . . .f4, for example 34 . . e l
. b6 3 5 . . e 6 + 'it' f 5 3 6 . . f7 + 'it'g4
37 . . xg7+ 'it'f3, etc.
( A ) One o f the n i c e t h i n g s about
M i kh a i l Mari n ' s c h apter on
Rubinstein's rook endgames in Learn
from the Legends - Chess Champions
at their Best is that he not only selects
well-known examples, but also some
less examined gems. He subjects the
position after Black's 33rd move to no
less than four pages of analysis! 39.g61

34.f41 g5 (A) Winning immediately. The threat is

40 . . fl + and 4 l . . e7+ mate.
(K) Or 34 . . . .b2+ 35.'3tc3 . xa2 36 . . e l
'3fg6 3 7 . . g l + 'it'h6 3 8 . . gxg7 . e 2 39 r:tlf3 40.fl + ctle2 41 . x f5 ,
..

3 9 . . g 5 . a6 4 0 . . f7 and White wins. 1-0

(A) Marin improves on this line with
38 . . . . f2 ! 39 . . xh7+ 'it'g6 40 . . hg7+
'it'h6 41 . . a7 . xa7 42 . . xa7 a2 43.'3tb3
. x f4 44 . . x a 2 . g4 4 5 . . a6 . g6
46. 'it'c3! and White should win.
A point up going into the last round,
most players would opt for safety, but
Rubinstein engages in a knock-down,
drag-out battle against his club mate.

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(68) Sa/we - Rubinstein 14 ..Q.e2 f4 1 5 ..Q.cl 0-0 16.hll

Lodz (9) 1 906
Giuoco Piano [C50]

t . e4 eS 2 . 4:) f3 .,c6 3 . .Q.c4 AcS

4 . .lc3 .l f6 s.d3 d6 6 . .Q.e3 Ab6
7.0-0 .Q.g4 8.4:)dS ., xdS 9 . .Q. xdS
d7

A year later, in their t h i rd match,

Rub instein preferred 9 . . . 0-0 when
10.h3 ( 1 0.c3 'it'h8 l l .h3 ..ll d7 1 2 .d4
exd4 1 3.4Jxd4 [ 1 3 .cxd4 f5!] 1 3 . . . 4Jxd4
14 . .ll x d4 c6 1 5 . ..1lb3 e7 16.!:lel .llc7
offered chances for both sides in Sal we
Flam berg, Lodz 1 906) 1 0 . . . .llh 5 l l .g4
..llg6 1 2 .'i!i>g2 'i!i>h8 1 3 .ife2 e7 14.a4
4Jd8 1 5.a5 ..ll x e3 16.fxe3 c6 was clearly
in Black's favor, according to Unzicker
in ECO.
10.c3
Varying from the third round, where
Salwe t r i e d 1 0 . ..1l x c 6 b x c 6 l l . h 3
against Rubinstein.
10 . . . ., e7 l l . .Q. x b7 E! b8 1 2.Aa6
4:)g6
Threatening 1 3 . . . 4Jh4. This pawn sac
rifi ce is necessary; 1 2 . . . ..1lxe3? 1 3.fxe3
!:l xb2 would be met by 14 . ..1lc4 with the
twin threats 1 5 . ..1lxf7+ and 15 . .llb 3.
13.d4 fS
As 1 3 . . . 4Jh4 can now be met by
1 4 . ..1le2.
Taking appropriate defensive measures.
On 1 6.4Jxe5 4Jxe5 1 7.dxe5 Black has
a pleasant choice between the sharp
1 7 . . . f3 ! ? and the more restra i n e d
1 7 . . . ..1lxe2 1 8 .xe2 dxe5 - in both
cases with excellent play.
16 . . . be8 17.dS e7 18.a41 a S
19.b4 Ac8 20 . .Q.d2 h8 2 1 .bxaS
Aa71 22.Jl,el E!g8 2 3 . E! b l 4:) f8
24.4:)d2 gS
Stopping White's ..llg 4. An alternative
is 24 . . . g5 2 5 . .llg4 .lla 6.
2S.f3 4:)g6 26 . .Q.bS E!e7 27.e2
4:) h4 28.g3 f x g3 2 9 . h x g3 4:) g6
30 . .Q.f2 4:)f41 31.gxf4 hS+, Draw
Konstantinopolsky gives the fantasy
variation 32 . ..1lh4? x h 4 + 3 3 .h2
xf4 34.itxf4 exf4 3 5 . 4Jc4 g5 36.a6
!:l e 5 ! 37.4Ja5 g4 38.4Jc6 g3! 39.'it'g2
..llh 3+ 40.'i!i>xh3 !:lh5+ 4 1 .'it'gl !:lh2+
mate.

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 Ostende 1 906

The Belgian seaside resort of Osten de was the scene of one of the most unusual
tournaments in the history of chess. The Oxford Companion to Chess notes that it
was the strong master and organizer Isidor Guns berg who was responsible for the
unusual format. Gunsberg was especially proud of the five-stage thirty-six-player
tournament, as it gave many younger players a chance. This was a change from
the norm of the time, which was to invite only established masters. The fine re
sults of the youngsters Rubinstein (3rd place), Bernstein (=4th), and Perlis (9th)
greatly enhanced their reputations.

The flip side of Gunsberg's marathon was that it proved to be a strain for some of
the older players. Those that made it to the final stage (nine of the players) ended
up playing 30 games!

Schlechter 's victory, one of the finest of his distinguished career, was worth 4,000
Belgian francs. Mar6czy received 2,500 and Rubinstein 1 ,500.

From Lasker s Chess Magazine, June 1 906:

The Ostende Tournament

The tournament at Ostende attracted thirty-six competitors, a huge,
unruly number. The manager, Isidor Gunsberg, had the difficult
task before him to discover a system of playing that would satisfy
the chessworld and not fag the players. The best way would have
been to restrict the number of entries. But such a procedure would
probably have been contrary to the desires of the "Kursaal." So
there was no way of solving the problem but by the antiquated
play in groups. The masters were arranged in four groups (A, B,
C, D) of nine, each group, in the opinion of the committee, being
of about the same strength. Each member of A and C met each
member of B and D. After this tussle the three who held, accord
ing to the Berger system of scoring, the least number of points in
each group were thrown out. Then the reduced groups fought
again, this time A battling with C, B with D. Hereafter the reduc
tion process was again applied, two being eliminated in each sec
tion. The four remaining players of each group continued the con
test, A meeting D, B contending against C. In the semi-final four
players of each group played with each other. The nine players
with best scores entered the final, which proceeded according to
the manner generally adopted.

Under the circumstances the tournament resolved itself into a con

test of endurance. The older players suffered most from the ordeal.
One by one they sank exhausted by the wayside. The longer they
held out the more pitiable was their breakdown. Mar6czy, after a
 Ostende 1 906

bad start, swept magnificently to victory, but suddenly collapsed,

put a rook en prise in one game, overlooked an easy win in another,
and had to be satisfied with second place. Janowsky made a bril
liant start and then broke down. The overdose of play so completely
ruined him that, after having won seven out of the first nine points
he managed to gain only six out of the following eighteen games,
finally getting a sort of second wind where he scored two out of
three [sic-Janowsky finished with 1 6 points] . Blackburne, Marco
and Chigorin were soon hopelessly floundering in the dust after the
first and second stage had been reached, and this although Chigorin,
after a miserable start, had made a showing which, if continued,
would have secured to him one of the high prizes. But had he, after
his poor beginning, won nearly every game he would, probably, still
have been eliminated.

Verily it was a chess fair, not a tournament !

It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. The young masters were
given their chance to show what they had learnt and the examina
tion was most satisfactory. In fact, they came dangerously nar an
nexing the position of examinators [sic] for themselves. And one of
their ranks, Rubinstein, proved himself what his name implies, a
veritable gem. Mr. Gunsberg may thank his stars that this twenty
three-year-old Russian happens to have the cut of a genius. This
fact redeems the tournament. If Mr. Rubinstein keeps what his cour
age, prudence and imagination promise, the tournament at Ostende
will long be remembered as his debut on the stage of international
chess.

Exit Janowsky, enter Rubinstein ! But perhaps not. Janowsky is not

made to stand large strains. His limit of elasticity is soon reached.
When he will have rested and recuperated from the effects of his
mistake in trying to carry an overload of mental labor, a year hence
he will be a dangerous rival again.

The hero of the tournament was Schlechter. It was his first undis
puted victory, and as Schlechter is v ery popular all over the
chessworld, the whole chessworld was glad with him. He scored 2 1
points out of a possible 30. For a first prize winner, this is a meagre
percentage, seventy-five percent being the rule. But, it might be ar
gued, the list of entries included such names as Mar6czy, Rubin
stein, Burn , Bernstein, Teichmann, M arshall, Janowsky, Perlis,
B1ackburne, Marco, Chi gorin and others of good sound, and to meet
many of them twice and stil l win seven out of ten is a great achieve
ment. In any case, achievements cannot be measured by mere sue-

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

cesses. They must lie in the manner in which success is won . And
from this standpoint Schlechter cannot be too highly complimented,
his freedom from mistakes, his courage in trailing the weak traces
of winning combinations and his absolute renunciation of "Swin
dling" processes giving him a style that will always command admi
ration and always be his.

Two tournament books were published not long after the event, but
neither comes close to giving all the games - quite understandable
in view of the mammoth number. However, Tony Gillam's recently
published outstanding work Ostende 1 906 brings the Rubinstein
game/fragment count for this tournament to over 60 percent.

First Stage Games ..a4 5 2 . c 5 ..c4 5 3 . ..a3 .. x c 5

(69) Oskam - Rubinstein
Ostende June 5 , 1 906
French Exchange [CO l ]
l.e4 e6 2.d4 d 5 3.exd5 exd5 4 . .)f3
.l f6 5.Ad3 Jtd6 6.0-o o-o 7.Ag5
A g4 8 . .) bd 2 .) bd 7 9 . c 3 c6
10:c2 'iNc7 l l .h3 Ah5 1 2 . ..fel
..ae8 13 . .)h4 Ag6 14 . .) x g6 hxg6
1 5 . Jt x f6 .) x f6 1 6 . .) f3 .l h 5
17 . .lg5? 'iNdS 18 . .)f3
After 1 8 . .lxt7 l"! xt7 1 9 . l"l xe8+ ifl'xe8
20.Axg6 .lf4 2 Ulxt7+ ifl<xt7 22.l"!el
ifl'f6, intending ... ifl'g5 , B lack stands
better.
t 8 . . . .) f4 t 9 . A f t 'iNf6 2 0 . tN d t
'lN f 5 2 1 . .) h 2 .. e 6 2 2 . 'lP!g4 tNc2
2 3 .g3 f5 24. 'lP!f3 ..fe8 2 5 . ..ec l
.) e 2 + 2 6. A x e 2 tN x e 2 27. tN x e2
.. x e 2 2 8 . .. a b l g 5 2 9 . .l f3 g4
30.hxg4 fxg4 31 . .)el ..f8 32 . .)d3
.E!. f3 33 . .. d l b6 34 . .. bc l c 5
35.1iftfl ..e6 36.dxc5 bxc5 3 7. .)f4
A x f4 38.gxf4 ..d6 39 . ..c2 .. x f4
40 . .. c d 2 g3 4 1 . .. x d 5 .. x f 2 +
4 2 . 1iftg l .. x d 5 4 3 . .. x d 5 .. x b 2
44.a4 ..a2 45 . .. xc5 .. x a4 4 6. ..g5?
.. a 2 47 . .. x g3 liftf7 4 8 . 1ift f l g6
4 9 . 1ift e l liftf6 5 0 . Iift d l g5 5 1 .c4
5 4 . .. x a 7 .E!. e 5 5 5 . .. a 8 lift f 5
5 6 . ..f8+ liftg4 5 7 . 1ift d 2 liftg3
58 . ..f7 g4 59 . ..f8 liftg2 60 . ..f7 g3
6 t . ..g7 lift f3 6 2 . ..f7+ liftg4
63 . ..g7+ ..g5, 0- 1
(70) Rubinstein - Balla
Ostende June 6, 1 906
Queen 's Pawn [005]
l .d4 d5 2 . .)f3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 .)f6
5 . Ad 3 .l c 6 6 . 0 - o Ad6 7.Ab2
c x d4 8.e x d4 0 - 0 9 . .) bd 2 'iNc7
10.a3 e5 l l.dxe5 .) xe5 1 2 . .) xe5
A xe5 13.Axe5 'iN x e5 14 . ..el 'iNc7
1 5.h3 Ad7 16.'lP!f3 ..fe8 17 . .)fl
.E!, x e l l S . .. x e l .. e S 1 9 . .. x e8 +
A x eS 2 0 . .) e 3 'iN e 5 2 1 .a4 g 6
22. tNdt r:3Jg7 23.Ae2 Ac6 24.Af3
.) e4 2 5 . A x e4 'lN x e4 2 6 . c 3 f5
27.'lP!d4+ 'lNxd4 28.cx d4 a5 29.f4
liftf6 3 0 . Iift f 2 lift e 6 3 1 . .) d l b 5
3 2 . a x b 5 A x b 5 3 3 . .l c 3 Ac6
34.1ifte3 liftf6 3 5 . 1iftd 2 h6 36.g3
lifte6 37.1iftc2 liftd6 38.Wb2 Wc7
3 9 . 1ift a 3 Wb7 40 . .) d l Ae8
4 1 . .l c 3 Ac6 4 2 . .) a4 A x a4
4 3 . 1ift x a4 liftb6 4 4 . b4 a x b4
45.1ift x b4 g5 46.fxg5 h xg5 47.!iflc3
liftc6 4S.Iiftd3 d7 49.e2 lifte7
50.Wf3 f6 5 1 .e3, Draw

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(7 1 ) Bernstein - Rubinstein
Ostende June 7, 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Declined [037]
Notes by Bernstein (B) and Authors (A).
t. d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 .lf6 4 . .lf3
.l}.e7 5 .Af4 0-0 6.e3 c 5 7 . d x c 5
jt x c 5 8.cxd5 .l xd5 9 . .) xd5 exd5
10 . .Ild3 .ll b4+ l Vfl
(A) This line, which is popular today,
goes back almost one century!
u ... .lle 7
(B) In B ernstein-Mar6czy, B armen
1 905, B lack played l l . . .Ad6, which is
also good. The move l l . . . Ae7 was
used in the game Janowsky-Lasker,
London 1 899.
(A) Karpov (in ECO) shows only the
game Vai ser-Speelman, Sochi 1 98 2 :
l l . . .Ad6 1 2 . .1lg3 4Jc6 1 3 . .1l c 2 .ll e 7
1 4 . h4 Af6 with equal ity. Lasker ' s
l l . . .Ae7 looks better.
12.h4 .l d7?1
(B) Better is 12 . . . 4Jc6, as played by
Lasker in the above cited game.
13. cl
(B) An amusing variation can occur
after 1 3 . g4 E! e8? (intending . . . 4Jf8)
1 4 . A x h7 + ! xh7 1 5 . '[(r c 2 + '<ftg8
16.Ac7 and White wins the queen.
1 3 . . . .) {6 1 4 . .)d4 b6 1 5 . b3
x b3 16 . .) xb3 Ad7 17.Ci;!?e2
( B ) Wh i t e cannot win a pawn by
1 7 . E'! c7 because of 1 7 . . . Ad8 1 8.E'! xb7
Ab6 .
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17 . . . fc8 18.Ae5 .le4 19.f3 .)d6
2 0 . .) c 5 Ac6 2 1 . b 3 e8 2 2 .a4
.l f5 1 2 3 . .l x b71 A x b7 24. A x f5
.lla 3 25.Ad4 A xel 26. xcl
(B) With two bishops, control of the c
file and play against Black's weak a
pawn, White has more than enough
compensation for the sacrific'ed ex
change.
26 ... g6 27 . .1ld7 e7 28.c7 Aa6+
29.Ci;!?d2 dS 30. x a7 Ac41?
(B) A trick, which does not help. In case
of30 E!exd7 3 l .E'! xa6 White 's passed
. . .
pawns will win quickly.
31.bxc4 dxc4 32.a5
(B) Instead, 32.c3 wins easily.
(A) As we shal l soon see, both the
moves 32.a5 and 32 .c3, lead to the
same winning position.
32 ... exd7 33. x d7 x d7
34.a6??
(B) A fatal, hasty action that throws
away the win. After 34.'<ftc3 Black is
lost; e . g . , 34 . . . E! c7 3 5 . a6 '<ftf8 36.a7
E! c8 37.Ae5, followed by 38.Ab8, and
White wins.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

34 ... d6 35.a7 a6 36.c3 a4 13 . . . -'1,b7 1 4 . ac l d8 1 5 . b3

37.e4 h5 38 . .1le3 f6 39.Ab6 f7
4 0 . d4 e6 4 1 .f4 d6 4 2 . f 5
g x f5 4 3 . e x f5 d 7 44. g3 c8
4 5 . Ac 5 d8 4 6 . e4 d7
47.Ad4 e7 48.Ac5+ d7, Draw
xdl+ 16. xdl -'i,d6 17.a51?
(L) A very deep conception, which
would have been much stronger the
next move (for example, after 1 7 .g3).

17 . . .b51 18.-'i,xb5+1
(72) Rubinstein - Janowsky
Ostende June 8, 1 906
(L) Forced, because i f 18.ltd3, then
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [027]
18 . . . ltxh2+ and 1 9 . . . Ae5 .

Notes by Lasker (L), condensed from 18 ... a x b5 19. xb5 -'1, x h 2 +

those in Lasker s Chess Magazine, June 20.hl b8
1 906, and Authors (A).

l .d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 e6

5.c3 dxc4 6.-'i, xc4 a6 7.a4 c6
8.0-0 b4!?

(A) The beginning of an interesting plan

(Lasker 's assessment), but a risky one
associated with delayed castling.

9. e2 b6 tO.dl c7 1 1.e4! cxd4

12. x d4 Ac5 13.Jtg5?1
(L) More relevant is 1 3.<tlb3, followed
eventually by f3 and Ae3 . The bishop
is badly situated on g5 because Axf6 is
not a threat.
(L) There are many dangerous continu
ations at White 's disposal, but not one
is killing:
a) 2 1 . g3? Axg3 2 2 . fx g3 <t!xe4 and
White is in trouble.

Ostende 1 906

I 2 3 4 5 Total
I . Schleeter 6 1 0 \12 1 3 \12 15 21 21
2 . Mar6czy 6 10 1 2 \12 1 5 Y2 20 20
3 . Rubinstein 5 \12 9 \12 l 2 Y2 14 19 19
4 . Bernstein 5 \12 9 12 1 4 \12 18 18
5 . Bwn 7 1 0 \12 12 14 18 18
6 . Teiclnnann 6 9 I I \12 13 18 18
7 . Marshall 6 10 I I \12 13 1 6 \12 I 6 Y2
8. Janowsky 7 9 \12 1 2 \12 13 16 16
9 . Perlis 6 \12 8 \12 II 1 2 Y2 14 14

(Cumulative scores only of players who survived to the fi fth stage)

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b) 2 1 .xf6 gxf6 22.g3? xg3 23.fxg3
xg3 24.4Jd6+ 'tte7 25 .4:lxb7 g8 and
White will be mated.
c) 2 1 .f4 .ilxf4 22 .Axf4 xf4 23.4Jd6+
<!Je7 24.4Jxb7 4Jg4 25.g3 xg3 26.fl
4Jd3, etc.
d) 2 1 . 4J c 5 c6! 2 2 . 4Jd4 .il e 5 and
Black's position is secure.
e) 2 1 .c4! (G. Marco) 2 1 . . .4Jc6! (but
not 2 1 . . .4Ja6? 22 .4Jc5). In this variation
White can only make the situation more
complicated, but still without any ad
vantage.
21 :d2?
(L) This continuation is weaker than
21 .i1f"c4! . Now White is lost.
21 .)a6 22.-'t,xf6 gx f6 23.d7+
. 2l . . . e7
lit>f8 24.g3 -'t, xg3 25.fxg3 -'t, x e4+
2 6 . 1jf;> h 2 lit>g7 27 . .) 3d4 e 5 1
28 .)d6?
(L) A blunder, but already there is no
defense.
28 h5+ 29.1jf;>gl xdl, 0-1
(73) Rubinstein - Duras
Ostende June 1 1 , 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D5 5 ]
l.d4 e 6 2.c4 d5 3 ..) c 3 .) f6 4.-'t,g5
.) bd7 5.e3 c6 6 . .)f3 Ae7 7 .A,e2
00 8.00 .)e4 9.Af4 f5 10 . .)e5
/d xe 5 1 1 .-'t, xe5 A,f6 12.f4
Ru binstein liked the Double Stonewall.
1 2 . . . -'t,d7
1 2 . . . b6 planning . . . b7 and . . c 5 is an-
.
other scheme of develop ment.
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1 3.Ad3 A,e7 14.g4 Af6 1 5 .gxf5
e x f5 16.E!cl A,e6 17.cxd5 {) xc3
18.bxc3 -'t, xd5
It's a question of taste here. 18 . . . cxd5
restrains White 's center but kills the
bishop. Both moves should give Black
a sati s factory game i f fol l owed up
correctly.
19.c4
19 . .ilxf5? xe5 20.fxe5 g5 + 2 l .g4
xe3 + .
19 -'t,e6 20.E!c2 -'t, x e5 2 l .dxe5
..
2 l .fxe5 is more positionally desirable
but then 2 1 . . .g5 + picks up a pawn.
2 1 . . . f7 22.d2 d7 is a viable alter
native.
22.c5
Rubinstein tries to reinforce control of
his trump card - the d6-square . He
would love to land a rook there.
22 ... f7 23. e2 Ad5 24.h3 lit>h8
More to the point was 24 . . . b5! denying
c4 to White 's bishop. If then 25.cxb6
axb6 26 . .ilc4 fd8 and Black is doing
just fine.
25.-'t,c4 E!ad8
B l ack should consider keeping h is
bishops on the board with 25 . . . g6+
26.'tih2 e4.
26.-'t, xd5 xd5 27. c4
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
Rubinstein is looking to the d6-square
for a long-term advantage.
27 . . . d7?!
27 .. :xc4 28.E hc4 should be drawn
despite White 's pressure against b7.
Black can defend with 28 ... . f7 intend
ing . . . . fd7 followed by bringing his
king to the center. Another try is the
active 27 . . . g5, which is right in spirit
but possibly not sound. Black develops
c o unterplay a fter 2 8 . 'ii'x d 5 . x d 5
2 9 . . b l g x f4 3 0 . e x f4 . g8 +
(30 . . . .d4!?) 3 l .f2 .d4 32.e3 . e4+
(32 . . . . a4!?) 33.f3 . a4 34 . . xb7 h5,
and the line 3 5 . e6 h4 36 . . d2 .g3+
37.e2 . g2 + 38.dl .gl + 39.c2
. xa2+ 40 . .b2 . xb2+ 4 l .xb2 g7
42 . . d7+ f6 43.e7 f7 44.e8=+
xeS 4S . . h7 . g2+ is fine for Black,
but we can't help feeling that White can
improve. In the game, Duras goes com
pletely passive and is methodically
ground down.
28.bl e7 29.1ifth2 Etd5 30.b4
Etd7 31.bb2!
A plan is taking shape. White will trade
both rooks and his queen will penetrate
to d6 .
3 l . . . Etfd8 32.d2 h6?
32 . . . . xd2+ 33 . . xd2 . xd2+ 34.xd2
'iftg8 had to be played, as 35 .d6 could
be met by . . . 'lii' x d6 and . f7 . Now
. .
B l ack is c o m p l e t e l y p a s s i v e and
Rubinstein quietly goes about slowly
building up his position before cash
ing in his chips.
33.Etd6
This move is the culmination ofWhite's
play for the past I 0 moves. Now Black
must choose between giving White a
huge passed pawn on the d-file or sub
mitting to White's pressure.
33 . . . g8 3 4 . d4 Et c 7 3 5 . Etg 2
lifth7 36.a4
White intends to tighten the bind with
a4-a5 before returning to the center and
the kingside.
36 . . . b6
Duras makes a desperate attempt for
counterplay.
37.cx b6 axb6 38. x b6 c5 39.Etc6
Et x c6 40. xc6 g5 4 t . b2 d8
(4 l . . . . g7 42 . . b6) 4 2 . '/W x c 5 g x f4
43.e x f4 '/Wd3 44. '/Wf2 Etg7 45.a5
'/Wa3 46. a 2 '/Wb3 47.Ete2 '/Wd3
48.Ete3 '{Wc4 49.Etel '/We6 50. e2
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Isidor Gunsberg
.g8 5 1 . .d2 a6 5 2 . b6 fl
53. e3 a6 54.e6 xa5 55 . .d7+
.g7 56 . . xg7+ <ifi> xg7 57.e7, 1-0
[New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, l 906]
(74) Gattie - Rubinstein
Ostende June 1 2, 1 906
Queen's Pawn [D04]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.e3 c5 4.b3
4)c6 s . A b 2 Af5 6 . Jld 3 Jlg6
7 . d x c 5 a 5 + 8 . 4) bd 2 e6 9 . a 3
x c 5 1 0 . 0- 0 A e 7 1 1 . e 2 0 - 0
1 2 . Jl x g6 h x g6 1 3 . b4?? C l 3 .c4=)
13 ... xc2 14.A xf6 Axf6 1 5 . .fc1
a4 16 . .ab1 x a3 17.4)b3 .ac8
1 8 . 4) c 5 4) x b4 1 9 . d 2 4) a 2
20 . .c2 4)c3, 0-1
[New Yorker Staats-Zeitung 1 906]
(75) Rubinstein - Burn
Ostende June 1 3 , 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Declined [037]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.4)c3
4)bd7 5.e3 Ae7 6.Jld3 0-0 7.0-0
d x c4 8 . A x c4 c5 9 . e 2 4) b6 ? 1
1 0 . A b 3 c x d4 1 1 . e x d4 Jl d 7
12 .. e 1 Ac6 13.4)e5 Jld5
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If 1 3 . . . x d4? then 1 4 A x f7 ! . x f7
1 5 .xe6 4Jbd5 16 . .dl and 1 7.4Jxd5 .
14.4) xd5 4)bxd5 15.Ag5 .c8?
Necessary is 1 5 . . . d6 giving protec
tion to the e6-square. Now Rubinstein
finishes things off in fine style.
16.Axf6 -'1,xf6
1 7 . 4) x f71 . x f7 1 8. x e6 -'1, x d4
1 9 . A x d 5 A x f 2 + 2 0 . <ifj> h 1 f8
2 1 . . f 1 .c2 22 . . a c 1 . x c 1
23 . . xc1, 1-0
(76) Leonhardt - Rubinstein
Ostende June 1 4, 1 906
Queen's Gambit Declined [D55]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5
4)bd7 5.e3 Ae7 6.4)f3 0-0 7 . .c1
b6 8 . c x d 5 e x d 5 9 . A d 3 A b 7
1 0 .0-0 c5
Bulgarian Grandmaster Ivan Radulov,
who has tried this setup many times,
believes this is a difficult variation for
Black.
l l .e2
ECO considers l l ..llf5 c4 1 2.4Je5 g6
13 . .1lbl . e8 14.f4 better for White.
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King
The continuation l l . . .h6 1 2 .Af4 4Jh5
1 3 .Ae5 does not yield Black equality.
1 2.Af4 .e8
Orthodox moves don 't do the trick, but
the double-edged 1 2 . . . g5 1 3 .Bg3 f5 was
not in Rubinstein's style.
13.-i:)bS a6?
13 . . . f!. c8 had to be played, when after
14.4Jxa7 (1 4.4Je5 a6 1 5.4Ja7 .. c7 looks
survivable) 14 . . . .. a8 1 5 .4Jb5 .. xa2
Black would still be in the game.
14.d xc5?
1 4 . 4Jc7! g5 15 . .ilxe4 dxe4 1 6.4Jxg5
.ll x g5 17.g4 wins on the spot.
14 ... b xc5?
1 4 . . . axb5 1 5 .c6 Axc6 16 . .. xc6 .. xa2
17 . .ilxb5 Ac5 1 8.c2 allows White a
positional advantage but is preferable
to what happens in the game.
1 5 .-i)c71
Leonhardt doesn ' t m i s s his second
chance.
66
15 ... g5 16.-i:) xgS?I
1 6.Axe4 dxe4 1 7.4Jxg5 .ilxg5 1 8.g4
was an easy win. After the game con
tinuation Rubinstein can still fight.
16 . . . Jl, x g 5 1 7 . -i:) x e S A x f4
18. ti'/g4+ Ag5?
The fi nal m i stake . A fte r 18 . . . f8
1 9 .Axe4 dxe4 20 . .. fd l the position
looks scary for B lack, but consider
2 0 . . . .1l x h 2 + 2 1 . \t' x h 2 x e 8 , when
things are not c l ear after 2 2 . f5
( 2 2 . .. d6 c7 2 3 . f4 f8 24 . .. cd l
.. d8) 22 . . . h4+ 23.gl .. d8.
19.dlxe4 dxe4 20 . .fd1 h5
Or 20 . . . 4Je5 2 l ... xd8 4::\ x g4 22 . .. xa8
(22 .4Jf6+) 22 . . . Axa8 23 . .. xc5 winning.
2 1 . ti'/ x d7 ti'/ x d7 22 . . x d7 Jl, c 6
2 3 . -i) c7 .c8 24 . . d 6 Ab7
25 . .) x a6 Ae7 2 6 . . d 7 A x a6
27 . . x e7 Ad3 28 . .e5 c4 29 . . xh5
. a S 3 0 . a 3 . b8 3 1 . . g 5 + f8
3 2 . h4 . x b 2 3 3 .a4 e7 3 4 . h 5
d6 3 5 . . b 5 . a 2 3 6 . h 6 . x a4
37. .b8, 1-0
[New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 1 906]
Second Stage Games
(77) Rubinstein - Znosko-Borovsky
Ostende June 1 8, 1 906
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
1 .d4 d5 2 . .){3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Af4
.)c6 s.e3 .)f6 6 . .)bd2 Ae7 7.h3
o - o s . Ad 3 Ad7 9 . 0 - o ti'/ b6
1 0 . ti'/ b 3 . fc8 1 1 . .l e 5 Ae8
12 . . fe 1 4) d 7 1 3 . 4) df3 4) d x e 5
1 4 . 4) x e S f6 1 5 . .1 x c 6 ti'/ x c 6
1 6 . ti'/c 2 f 5 1 7 . e 2 c4 1 8 . Jl, c 2
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b6 1 9 . g4 g6 2 0 . g x f 5 e x f5
2 t . f 3 Jtf7 2 2 . g3 Ae6
23 .abl a5 24.f31 d8 25.e2
d7 2 6 . h4 Af6 2 7 . h 5 f7
28.hxg6+ hxg6 29.e4 h8 30.g2
ag8 3 l . Ae5 Ah4 32.f4 h5
33 .b3 1 c x b3 34 . .1l, x b3 b5 3 5 .a4
c8? 3 6 . e x d 5 .1l, x d 5 3 7 . j}. x d 5
x d 5 3 8 . x b 5 c4 3 9 . b7+
.1l,e7 40 .1l,d6?
l l . e5 c 5 1 2 . f3 e8 13.cdl?!
1 3 . 1"l fd 1 looks more natural.
1 3 ...cxd4 14.exd4 f8 15.g4
This attacking move is extremely com
mittal. B lack has plenty of defenders
and no weaknesses. Add to this that g4-
g5 can often be met by . . . 4Je4. It is clear
that 1 5 . 1"l fe 1 was more prudent. But
fortune favors the brave!

1 5 ...j}.d6 16.Jtg3 e6?

A c c o r d i n g to Z n o s k o - B o ro v s ky,
40.Af6! wins on the spot.

4o . . . h l + l 4t.xhl fl+
4 2 . h 2 h8 + 4 3 . g3 e l + 1 6 . . . 1"\ cS is correct, with equal chances.
44.f2 gl+, Draw
[St. Petersburg Zeitung, copied in 17.fel?
Bohemia, November 8 , 1 908]
1 7.Axh7+! 'it'f8 ( 1 7 . . . 'it'xh7 1 8.4Jxf7)
(78) Rubinstein - Salwe 1 8 . f5 leaves White a pawn up, as
Ostende June 20, 1 906 18 . . . g6 is met by 1 9.xf6.
Queen's Gambit Declined [037]

l. d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.c4 e6 4.c3

-'\. e7 5 . Jl.f4 0-0 6.e3 b6 7.c x d 5
ex d5 8.Jl.d3 Jl.b7 9.0-0 a 6 lO.cl
bd7
After 1 0 . . . Ad6 1 1 .<le5 l"l e8 1 2 :-l;}f3
4Jbd7 1 3 . <l x d7 x d7 1 4 . 1"l fd 1 c 5
1 5 . Axd6 xd6 16 .dxc5 bxc5 17.Ac4
W h i te had a s m a l l advantage m
Uhlmann-Bonsch, Leipzig 1 9 83 .
No second chances for Akiva. Now the
initiative switches to Black.
18.g2 ge4 19.f3 xc3 20.bxc3
c7 2 1.h3 h6?
2 l . . .xc3 2 2 .g5 <le4 2 3 . f4 (23.fxe4
xd4+ 24.'it'hl AxeS 2 5 .xa6 Axa6
2 6 . 1"\ x d 4 .il x d 4 2 7 . e x d 5 1"\ x e l +

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
28.xel l"l d8 looks fine for Black and
would have been difficult to find over
the board) 2 l . . .g6 denies White the
easy target that 2 1 . . . h6 provides.
22.Etct bS 23.Af4 d7 24.gS!
24.xh6 looks enticing but only i f
B lack accepts the sacrifice: 2 4 . . . -t\xeS
(24 . . . gxh6? 25 .<t\xd7 l"l x e l + 26.l"\xe l
x c3 2 7 . x h 6 x e l + 2 8 . g 2 )
2 5 .dxe5 x e S 26.-'lf4 (26 .d2 g 6)
26 . . . g6 and Black is better.
24. . . xeS 2S.dxe5 J}. x e 5
26.g x h6??
A gross overs ight. 2 6 . l"l x e 5 l"l x e 5
27.gxh6 c5+ 28.'it'hl l"l e6 29.hxg7
x g7 3 0 . f5 l"l ae8 3 l . g3 + f8
32.l"lgl looks decisive. White threatens
.ll x e6 followed by h4.
26 ... .i1,. x f4 27.hxg7 b6+ 28.1jfff l
h6, 0-1
[New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 1 906]
(79) Swiderski - Rubinstein
Osten de June 2 1 , 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D55]
1 .c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 f6 4. ,ilg5
Ae7 s .e3 o-o 6 . f3 b6 7.Ad3
.Q.b7 8.cxd5 exd5 9 . .Q. x f6
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9.c2 <t\bd7 offers Black the opportu
nity to capture back on f6 with the
knight.
9 ... ,il x f6 10.h4 g6
It seems that thi s m ight have been
played to stop the classical sacrifice on
h7, but since White has no dark-square
bishop, was this a threat? For example
10 . . . <t\d7 1 Ulxh7+ 'it'xh7 1 2 . -t\gS +
h6 followed b y . . . g6 and . . . g7. Still,
with c2 Black would likely have been
forced to choose between . . . h6 and
. . . g6.
l l .h5 d7?!
1 1 . . . c5 looks more active meeting
1 2 .c2 with 1 2 ... cxd4 1 3 .<t\xd4 ltxd4
14.exd4 g5 1 5 .fl <t\c6 and Black
is doing fine.
12.hxg6 hxg6 13.b3 1iftg7
The passive 1 3 . . . c6 is what White, with
1 4 . 0-0-0 fol lowed by b1 and e4,
would soon overrun Black's position.
14.0-0-0
14.-t\xdS <t\c5 1 5 .dxc5 xd5 1 6.xd5
-'txd5 is what Akiva was hoping for.
14 . . . cS!
Black has to play aggressively or he will
get squashed.
15. xdS cxd4 16.exd4
On 1 6 . <t\ x f6 B l ack h a s 1 6 . . . x f6
1 7 . e x d 4 x f3 1 8 . g x f3 x f3 w i th
counterplay.
16 ... c5 17.dxc5 .Q. xd5
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This is very sharp as it walks straight
into a pin. I nstead, 17 . . . xd5 18 . .. h7+
(18.xd5 xd5 1 9.cxb6 axb6 20.a3
and Black's bishops offer reasonable
compensation for the missing pawn)
1 8 . . . g8 1 9 . x d 5 .ll x d 5 20 . .. dh l
..fc8 i s fine for Black.
1 8.J}.c4 Axc4 19. 'ii\'e 3
Swiderski accepts the challenge. With
1 9 . xc4 c7 20. g4 xc5 2 l .xc5
bxc5 22.g5 .lle7 23 . .. d7 .. fe8 24.c2
he would have a small advantage in the
ending.
19 . . . J}. x b2+
19 . . . .. h8 2 0 . .. x d8 .. x h l + 2 l . .. d l
.. xdl + 22 .'i;!;>xdl xa2 23.cxb6 axb6
24.xb6 d5 doesn't leave Black with
enough compensation for the sacrificed
queen.
20. c2
2 0 . 'i;!;> x b 2 f6 + 2 l . e 5 x e 5 +
2 2 . .\xe5 e6 2 3 . c6 .. ac8 i s equal .
20.'i;!;>bl is similar to the game continu
ation, but with a few twists of its own.
20 . . . c7 Most importantly, the queen
on c7 is ready to attack the white king.
21 . h6+ <;!;>f6 2 2 .tl'd2 ( 2 2 . l"! d6+ .lle6)
and now either 22 . . . .lle 5 2 3 .tl'g 5 + or
2 2 . . . b x c 5 2 3 . x b 2 + '3i e 7 2 4 . tl'g7
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b6+ 25 .a l (25.'i;!;>c l f6 (25 . . . ..g8
26.e 5 + ile6) 26 . .. d7+) 2 5 . . . f6+
both look quite playable. The king is
hard to get to on f6 and the bishop com
ing back to e6 is a good defender.
20 . . . 'ii\' e8
Akiva intends to attack the white king
starting with . . . a4+. Also, 20 . . . c7
and 20 . . . c8 appear quite playable.
21. 'ii\' h 6+ f6 22.Etd6+
22 .'i;!;>xb2 b5+ 23.c3 a5+ 24.<;!;>xc4
a4+ with a draw.
22 ... J}.e6 23.J) g5??
23.h4+ with a draw was the logical
conclusion of the game, but Swiderski
over-presses and loses to a counter
attack.
23 . . . 'ii\' a4+ 2 4 . x b 2 'ii\' x a 2 +
2 5 . c 1 'ii\' c 4+ 2 6 . b 1 b x c 5
2 7 . Et x e6 + f x e6 2 8 . .l h7 + e7
29. 'ii\' g 5 + d 6 30. 'ii\' g 3 + Et f4
3 1 . Etd1+ c6, 01
[New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 1 906]
Third Stage Games
(80) Marshall - Rubinstein
Ostende June 2 5 , 1 906
Queen's Gambit Declined [D6 1 ]
1 .d4 d 5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 .l f6 4.Ag5
.l bd7 5.e3 Ae7 6.'ii\' c 2 0-0 7 . .lf3
Ete8 8.Ad3 dxc4 9.Axc4 a6 10.a4
c 5 1 1 . 0 - 0 b6 1 2 . Et fd 1 Ab7
1 3 . d x c 5 'ii\' c 7 1 4 . A d 3 .! x c 5 1
1 5 . A x f6 g x f6 1 6 . J}. x h7 + ? g7
17.gd4 Eth8 18.Etg4+ f8 19.gg3
f5 20. A x f5 e x f5 2 1 . 'ii\' x f5 'ii\' d 7
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
2 2 . x d7 4) x d7 23 . . d 1 .d8
2 4 . 4) d4 .lc5 2 5 .b4 4) e6
26.4) x e6+ fxe6 27 . . x d8+ .Q. x d8
28 . .g4 .h4 2 9 . . x h4 .Q. x h4
30.b5 a5 3 1 .f3 C3;e7 32 .e4 C3;d6
33.g3 .Q.f6 34.4)a2
34 . . . .Q.b21 3 5 .h4 e5 36.h5 C3;e7
37.C3;g2 .Q.c8 38.f4 .Q.e6 39.4)b4
axb4 40.f5 .Q.g8 41.a5 bxa5 42.b6
.Q.d4 43.b7 .Q.a7, 0-1
Fourth & Fifth Stage Games
(8 1 ) Fahrni - Rubinstein
Ostende (4th stage) 1 906
42 . .f5 C3;e3 43 . .e5+ C3;f4 44 . .a5
Entering into a fatal l ine of play. The
only plan lay in .c5 instead, maintain-
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ing his menace of the black kingside
pawns, and preventing the advance of
those on the queenside.
44 . . . h6
White 's preceding move allows Black
time for this important preliminary.
45.C3;f2 c2 46 . .a1 C3;e4 47.C3;e1 c3
The winning move, forever preventing
<it'd2 by White.
48.C3;f2 .Q.c4 49 . .c1 C3;d3, 0-1
F o r now if 5 0 . <it' e l .ll a 2 , when i f
5 1 ..al .llb l , and if 5 l .K move, <it'd2
in any event winning out of hand.
[New Orleans Times Democrat,
August 1 2, 1 906]
(82) Rubinstein - Bernstein
Ostende July 3 , 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D32]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5 . .lf3 4)c6 6 . .Q.f4 4)f6 7.e3
c x d4 8.4) x d4 .Q.b4 9 . .Q.b5 .Q.d7
1 0 . 0 - 0 .Q. x c 3 1 1 . b x c3 4) x d4
12 . .Q. x d7+ x d7 1 3 . x d4! 0-0
14 . .Q.e5
At this point ECO, volume D, p. 1 63
(note 9 1 ), gives the position as slightly
better for White, quoting analysis of
Kasparov. Thi s game seems to have
been forgotten.
14 ... c6
If 14 . . . .le8 then 1 5 .c4! is strong.
1 5 . . fd 1 . fd8 1 6 . . a b 1 b6
1 7 . .Q. x f6 x f6 18 . . b 5 1 x d4
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19. . x d4 .ac8 20. .bxd5 . x d5 Preferable is 5 . . . c5.

21..xd5 1it'f8 22..d3 .c5 23.1it'fl
.a5 2 4 . . d 2 .a3 2 5 . .c 2 lit'e8 6.4)bd2 4)bd7 7.4)e5
26.1it'e2 .. . 1-0
If 7.d3 or 7 .1te2, then 7 . . . e5! with a
.

(83) Janowsky - Rubinstein good game for Black.

Ostende July 4, 1 906
Queen 's Pawn [D02] 7 . . . 4) e4

1.d4 d5 2.Af4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.c3 4)c6 The obj ect of this i s not c l e ar, as
5 . 4) f3 4) f6 6 . Ad3 b6 7.c1 the resulting pawn position is un
Ad7 8 . 4) bd 2 .c8 9 . b1 4)h5 favorab le for Black.
10.Ag3 4) xg3 1 1 .hxg3 h6 12.4)fl
8 . 4) x e4 d x e4 9 . d 2 j}, x e 5
Ad6 1 3 .g4 lit'e7! 1 4 . c 1 a 5
10.dxe5 4)b6 l l .Jlb5+1
15.d2 b5 16.dxc5 A xc5 17.4)g3
b4 1 8 . 0 - 0 b x c3 1 9 . b x c3 A d 6
Such moves are either made by great
2 0 . 4) e 2 4) e 5 2 1 . 4) x e 5 A x e 5
masters or duffers ! Here Rubinstein's
2 2 . .ac1 . c 7 2 3 .f4 A f 6 24.e4
powerful positional idea is that Black
d x e4 2 5 . A x e4 . hc8 2 6 . . fd 1
must permit the entrance of the white
Aa4 27..e1 A xc3 28.4) xc3 . xc3
pieces via the d6-square as well as re
2 9 . . b 1 Ac6 30 . .1}, x c 6 c 5 +
strict his queen bishop (i.e. if he plays
3 l . lit' h 2 x c6 3 2 . d4 . c 2 1
1 1 . c6), or exchange the bishop, whose
. .

3 3 . x a7 + lit' f 8 3 4 . a 3 + lit'g8
retention is necessary to guard the weak
3 5 . g3 . x a 2 3 6 . . ec1 x c 1
pawn on e4.
37. . x c 1 . x c 1 3 8 . d 3 . 1 c 2
3 9 . d 8 + lit' h 7 4 0 . d 3 + f 5 1
1 1 . . . Ad7 1 2 . .1}, x d7 + 4) x d7
41.gxf5 . xg2+, 0-1
1 3 . d4 f 5 1 4 . e x f6 4) x f6
1 5 . a4+1
For if 42.'it>h1 then 42 . . . hd2 wins.
Again masterly. If the queen interposes,
(84) Rubinstein - Perlis White w i l l exchange, castle to the
Ostende July 5 , 1 906 queenside and play d4. The fall of the
Queen 's Pawn [D03] e4-pawn is then certain.

Notes by Lasker from Lasker s Chess 15 . . . 1it'f7 1 6 . 0 - 0 - 0 a 6 1 7 . Ah4

Magazine 1 906. e8 18.c4 4)d5

The play of White is apparently sim Unless he plays 1 8 . .'c6, which would
.

plicity itself. But there are several rui n h i s pawn position completely,
moves among the twenty-two made that Black can no longer avoid the loss of a
betoken the instinct of a real master. pawn.

1.d4 d5 2.Af4 e6 3.e3 4)f6 4.4)f3 19.xe4 c6 20.f3+ lit'g8 21.e4

Ad6 5.Ag3 e7?1 4)b4 22.b3, 1-0

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(85) Rubinstein - Schlechter the ensuing complication . The ex

Ostende July 1 1 , 1 906
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
Notes by Lasker (L ) Schlechter (S) and
, of White, inasmuch as the extra pawn
Hoffer (H).
(L) A game that in no way distinguishes
itself in the opening, novel though the
course pursued by the two bri l l i ant
masters may be, it is void of interest
until the endgame stage is reached.
Then a position full of varied combi
nations is arrived at. A draw should,
nevertheless, have resulted. The first
player concludes by a blunder, but his
game was hopeless then.
t .d4 d5 2.Af4 e6 3.e3 Ad6 4.Ag3
f6 5 . d 2 Jl x g3 6 . h x g3 'lf!! e 7
7.f4
change of both pawns on the kingside,
though opening the rook file for Black,
would have resulted to the advantage
on the queenside should be at greater
value than the isolated pawn of Black,
all other things being equal.
( S ) Much better is 2 l . fx g 5 h x g 5
22.gxf5 with advantage.
2l ... fxg4 22.A xg4 A xg4 23. xg4
'lf1 e 6 2 4 . hg l 'lf!! x c4 2 5 . '1f!! x c4
xc4 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.4g3?
(L) More natural is 27.xg5 xe3
2 8 . E! xe4 E! he8 which would have
readily led to a draw.
(H) Perhaps White should try 27 .E! l g3!?
27 ... g4 28.f2 h2 29.dl?

(L) To prevent 7 . . . e5 which, in view of

the weakness of White on the black
squares, would have allowed Black a
dominating sphere of action.

7 . . . e4

(L) Hardly advancing his cause. 7 . . . c5

at once would have yielded a quicker
development.
(S) Here 7 . . . b6!? deserves attention.
8. xe4 dxe4 9. 'lf!!d 2 d7 10.g4
b6 l l .Jle2 .1ld7 1 2 . h3 f6
13.f2 .1lc6 14.c4 0-0-0 15.0-0-0
h6 t6."itc2 f5 17."itc3
(H) After 17.g3! White is better.
17 ... <lfj>b8 18.gxf5 exf5 19.g4 Ad7
20.dgl g5 2 l .h3
(S) Better is 29.xg4! E! xb2 30.e5
E! b4 3 l . E! g8 E! c8 3 2 . x c 4 E! x c4
33 .<it>b2 .
29 ... c5!
(L) Charming an attack out of nothing.
30.dxc5 would now, of course, be bad,
as Black would then double his rooks
on the 2nd rank, and at the very least
recoup himself.

(L) 2 l .fxg5 first would have avoided 30.3g2

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(S) and (L) This loses a pawn and the
game. But, 30 . . xg4 cxd4 3 l . . xe4 is
met by the e legant move 3 1 . . . . c8!
whereupon 3 2 . . x d4 -'tla3+ 3 3 . -'tlc3
.c2+ 34.'itldl . xb2 35.-'tle2 .cc2 will
ultimately win.
30 ... xg2 3 1 . xg2 cxd4 32.exd4
xd4 33. xg4 xd1+, 0- 1
The rest of the game is unavailable.
(86) Teichmann - Rubinstein
Ostende July 1 2, 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D60]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.-tlc3 .)f6 4 . .lf3
Ae7 5.Ag5 -tlbd7 6.e3 o-o 7.Ad3
dxc4 8.j},xc4 a6 9.0-0 b5 10.Ad3
Lodz 1 906
Double Round Robin
Gersz (Georg) Rotlewi ( 1 8 89- 1 920)
enj oyed but a very brief career. Prob
ably best known for being on the re
ceiving end of Rubinstein's immortal
game (Lodz 1 907-08, Game # 1 5 2),
Rotlewi was a strong player who suf
fered from poor health for much of his
life. One of his best results was finish
ing fourth at the marathon Carlsbad
1 9 1 1 event. There his score of 1 6-9 was
only a point behind Rubinstein.
(87) Rubinstein - Rotlewi
Lodz, August 24, 1 906
King's Gambit Falkbeer [C3 1 ]
"

Ab7 l l .a4 b4 1 2 . .)e2 c5 13 . .lg3

1 .e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3 . e x d 5 e4 4.d3
b6 14 . .)e5 fe8 1 5.c1 c x d4
xd5? 5 . .lc3 Ab4 6.Ad2 A xc3
1 6 . e x d4 a d S 1 7 . Ae 3 .) f8
7.A xc3 f6 8. e2 e3 9. x e3+ r:Jf7
18:e2 .)g6? 19.fdl?
1 0 . Ae 2 1 -tl e7 1 1 . A f 3 d 6
White misses 19.-'tlc6! xc6 20.d5 with 1 2 . .)e2 .)bc6 13.0-0 Ae6 14 . .)g3
advantage. .ld5 15.Axd5 A x d5 1 6 . .)f5 d7
1 7 . h 3 1 Ae6 1 8 . h 5 + g6
19 ... .)d5 20 . .) xg6 h xg6 21 . .)e4 1 9 . h4 d8 20 . .) h 6 + r:Jg7
.) x e3 2 2 . f x e3 A x e4 2 3 . A x e4, 21 .f5, 1-0
Draw
Here the teenage Rotlewi equalizes the
Here are the results of those Rubinstein score.
games from Ostende 1 9 0 6 whose
scores are unobtainable: (88) Rotlewi - Rubinstein
Lodz, September 1 906
Blackburne-R Draw Queen's Gambit Declined [D3 7]
R-Wolf 1 -0
Schlechter-R Draw 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lc3 f6 4.f3
Chigorin-R 0- 1 Jte7 5.Jtf4 0-0 6.e3 b6 7 . .1ld3 a6?!
R-Teichmann Draw 8.0-0 .1lb7 9 .a4 bd7 10.e2
Perlis-R Draw h 5 l l .g3 xf4 12.gxf4 d x c4
Johner-R Draw 13 .1lxc4 f6 14.h3 c5 15.adl

R-Mar6czy 0- 1 cxd4 16.exd4 h5 17.e3 Ad6

R-Marshall Draw 1 8 . e 5 h4 1 9 . e 2 ae8!
Burn-R Draw 2o.r:Jh2 f6 21 .d3 Ad5 22.b3 b5t
Mar6czy-R Draw 3 . a x b 5 a x b 5 24 . A x b 5 e 5

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25 . .Q. x e8 e x f4 2 6 . e x f4 x f4 Daniuszewski to edit the A lmanach,

27.g3 xd3?? which covered the club in its early years
1 903 - 1 907.

(89) Rubinstein - Mundt

Lodz, September 1 8, 1 906
Vienna [C29]

1 .e4 e5 2.c3 f6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5

xe4 5.{3 .Q.e7 6.d3 c5 7.d4
e6 8 . .Q.d3 0-0 9.0-0 f6 10. e2
c6 1 1 . .Q.e3 fxe5 12. xe5 xe5
13.dxe5 c6 14.h5 g6

Black should play 27 . . . iixg3+ 28.fxg3 I f 1 4 . . . l3 x fl + then 1 5 . l3 x fl 4Jf8

4Jxd3 or 27 . . . iih6!? 1 6.iif7+ \tlh8 1 7 . .ilg5 ! is strong for
White.
28. xd6 f4 29 . .Q.d7 .Q. x b3?

B etter is 2 9 . . . f5 3 0 . l3 d3 4J x d 3
3 l .iixd5+ \tlh8.

30.f!b1 .Q.f7 31.f!b8 g6 32 . .Q.e6

f! x b8 3 3 . x b8+ f8 34 . .Q. x f7+
c;1J x f7 3 5 . c7+ c;f}g8 3 6 . c4+
c;f}h8 37.f7 f4+ 38.c;f}g1 d6
39.f!e1, 1 -0

Not much is known about A. Mundt

except that he was an important mem 1 5 . .Q. x g6 h x g6 1 6 . x g6+ g7
ber of the Lodz Chess Society for many 1 7 . .Q.h6 f! x f l + 1 8 . f! x f 1 .Q. c 5 +
years and teamed up with Dawid 19.c;f}h1 e7 20.e6n, 1-0

Lodz 1 906
Aug. 24 - Sept. 23

2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
I . Rubinstein XX I Yz Yz l Yz l I Yz 10 II 9
2. Daniuszewski O Yz XX Yz Yz I Yz II Yz Yz II 8
3 . Salwe YzO Yz Yz XX 01 Yz l Yz l II 7 Yz
4. Mundt YzO O Yz 10 XX O Yz II II 6 Yz
5 . Kuczyfiski O Yz 00 YzO I Yz XX 01 II 5 Yz
6 . Rotlewi 01 YzYz YzO 00 10 XX 11 5 Yz
7 . Korelowicz 00 00 00 00 00 00 XX 0

Rubinstein won both his games against Korelowicz by forfeit.

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(90) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz, September 23, 1 906
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D53]
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.J) c3 .lf6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5 . .lf3 a6 6.e3 dxc4 7.A xc4
b5 s . Ab3 Ab7 9 . 0 - o .l bd7
10:e2 c5 l l . ..adl b6?1
75
Better 1 1 . .. 0-0. If 1 2 .dxc5 ffc7.
12.e41 cxd4 13 . .) xd4 h6 14.Ah4
.)e5 15.Ag3 .)c6 16 . .) xc6 xc6
17 . .ld51 ..c8
If 17 . . . exd5 1 8 . ex d 5 , or 1 7 . . Jjxd5
1 8 . e x d 5 e x d 5 1 9 . .il x d 5 ffb6
20 . . fe l .
1 8 . .) x e7 x e7 1 9 . -'td 6 + e8
20.f3 .ld7 2l.ell .)b6 22.g3
..g8 2 3 . A x e6 1 .l d 7 24 . -'t x d7+
xd7 25.Ab4 c7 26 . ..d6 e7
2 7 . .. fd l g 6 2 8 . .. 6 d 4 f 6
2 9 . .. d 7 A c 6 3 0 . .. e 7 + x e7
3 l . A x e 7 x e7 3 2 . d 6 + e8
3 3 . ..cl Ad7 3 4 . .. x c8 + A x eS
35.c7, 1-0
 1907

The cros stab l e of th i s s i x - p l ayer, 8 . . . g 5 1 9 . Ae 5 g4 1 0 . d 2 c 6

double-round tournament is given in
Pervy A lmanakh L o dz inskago
Obshtestva lyubitelei shakhmatnoi igri.
This source gives only the year but not
the exact months and days. We suppose
that the tournament was played in the
first half of 1 907, perhaps somewhere
between January and April. Our edu
cated guess is based on the fact that in
this period oftime the Lodz Chess Club
did not organize any other events nor
did Rubinstein or Salwe participate in
any. Also, Rubinstein and Salwe were
busy in Ostende (May 1 6--June 25) and
Carlsbad (August 22-September 1 7),
as well as playing a marathon match
against each other that ran from April
to November.
Like a similar event in 1 906, this would
appear to be the Lodz Chess Club's
annual championship.
l l .a3 xe5 1 2 . d x e 5 a5 1 3 . E!b1
a x b4 1 4 . a x b4 c 6 1 5 .e 3 x d 2
1 6 . " x d 2 b6 1 7 .c x b6 'i:/ x b6
18. 'i:/d4 'i:/c7
(D) But not 1 8 . . . c5? 1 9.4Jxd5!
1 9 . Ae2 E!a3 20.0-0 c5 2 l . b5
c x d4 2 2 . xc7 d3 23.Ad1 Ad7
24.b5 E!b8 25.Ab3 Ads
(D) If 25 . . . f! b7? 26.4Jxd5 .
26.E!fc1 d2 27.E!c3 A xc7, 0-1
(92) Rubinstein - Rotlewi
Lodz 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D26]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 dxc4 4.e3
f6 5.Axc4 c5 6.f3 c6 7.0-0
a6 8 ."' e 2 c x d4 9 . E! d 1 Ae7
10.exd4 0-0 l l .Af41?

The following five games are from the
A lmanach .
(9 1 ) Rotlewi - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D3 7)
Notes by Daniuszewski (D) and Au
thors (A).
Recent theory deals only with l l .d5
exd5 1 2.4Jxd5 4::l x d5 13 ..1lxd5 Vfc7 and
now 14.Jlg5 (Rubinstein-Duras, San
Sebastian 1 9 1 2) or 14.Vfe4 (Smyslov).
Both continuations give White the bet
ter game.
l l . . . b5?

1 .d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.c4 f6 4.c3

Ae7 5.Af4 0-0 6.c5?1

(A) This continuation is not mentioned

in ECO. We think the plan used by
Rubinstein is the best reply.

6 ... e4! 7:i:/c2 f5 8.b4

(A) Perhaps White should play 8.h4.

 1 907

Falling into the trap. Black should play (94) Daniuszewski - Rubinstein
1 1 . . .4:)b4. Lodz 1 907
Queen 's Gambit [D55]
1 2 . d 5 1 e x d 5 1 3 . Jl x d 5 1 .! x d 5
14 . .j xd5 Jld7 15.Ac7, 1-0 Notes by Daniuszewski (D) and Au
thors (A).
For if 1 S . . . e8 then 1 6.4:)b6.
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .Jc3 .Jf6 4.Ag5
(93) Rubinstein - Mundt .lbd7 5.e3 Ae7 6 . .Jf3 0-0 7.c2
Lodz 1 907 b6 8 .c x d 5 e x d 5 9 . Ad 3 Ab7
King's Gambit [C3 3] 10.0-0-0 .Je4 11 .h4 f 5 12.g41

l . e4 e 5 2 . f4 e x f4 3 . Ac4 .J f6
4. .Jc3 Ab4 5 . .Jf3 d6 6.0-0 0-0
7 . .Jd5 c6 8 . .j x b4 b 6 + 9 . d 4
x b4 1 0 . Ad3 E! e 8 l l .c3 b6
1 2 . A x f4 d5 1 3 .e5 .l e4 14 . .Jg5
.l xg5 15.Jlxg5 E! xe5

(A) A forgotten novelty ! According to

Lasker, after 1 2 . b l El c8 1 3 . b3
4:)xc3, followed by 1 4 ... c5, White has
only slightly better chances.

1 2 . . . c5

16.A x h7+ f8 17. E! x f7+1 x f7 (D) The alternative 12 ... 4:)xf2 1 3 .xf2
18.h5+, 1-0 fxg4 does not yield a satisfactory result

Lodz 1 907

2 3 4 5 6 Total
I . Rubinstein XX 10 II Y:z l I Y:z 11 8
2. Daniuszewski 01 XX Yz Yz I Y:z I Yz 11 7
3 . Rotlewi 00 Yz Yz XX 01 II 01 5
4. Salwe Y:zO O Y:z 10 XX Y:zO II 4 Y:z
5 . Mundt O Y:z O Y:z 00 Yz l XX 01 3 Yz
6. Kuczyfiski 00 00 10 00 10 XX 2

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because of 1 4 .c2 gxf3 1 5 . .ll x h7+
'ifth8 1 6.l"!.dfl ! . White will play a sub
sequent .llf5, regaining the pawn with
a considerable positional advantage.
Relatively better is 1 2 .. .fxg4 1 3 . .\xe4!
dxe4 (losing is 13 . . . gxf3? 14 . .\g3 g6
1 5 . .llxg6 hxg6 1 6.xg6+ 'ifth8 17 . .\hS,
or 14 . . . h6 1 5 .Axe7 xe7 16 . .\fS f6
17.l"!.dg1 l"!.f7 18.l"!.g6!) 1 4 . .ll x e4 .ll x e4
1 5 .xe4 gxf3 16.xe7 xe7 1 7 . .1lxe7
l"!.f7 18 . .llg 5 with a better endgame for
White.
13.gxf5 .ld6 14.f6! .\ xf6
( D ) I f 1 4 . . . .ll x f6 1 5 . .ll x h 7 + 'ifth8
1 6 . .\eS! and wins.
1 5 . A x f6 A x f6 1 6 . A x h7+ h8
17 . .\g5 cxd4 18.exd4!
(D) Bad is 18.4:Je6? e8 19 . .\xf8 dxc3
20 . .\g6+ 'iftxh7.
18 ... d7 19.Ag6 E!fc8 20. e2
(D) Stronger than 20 . .lle8 f5 2 1 . xf5
.\xf5 22 . .lld7.
20 . . . .\f5 21.g4 E! xc3+ 22.bxc3
c7 2 3 . x f5 x c 3 + 2 4 . c 2
al+ 25.b1 c3+ 26.Ac2 E!c8
(D) Or 26 . . . .1le7 27.l"!.d3 .lla 3+ 28.'iftd1
a5 29.l"!. xa3! xa3 30 . .llb 3 and White
wms.
2 7 . b 2 a 5 2 8 . .\ f7 + g8
29 . .\d6 E! xc2+ 30.xc2!, 1-0
(95) Kuczynski - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 907
Four Knights [C48]
1 .e4 e5 2 . .\c3 .\ f6 3 . .\ {3 .\c6
4.Ab5 a6 5.A xc6 d x c6 6 . .\ xe5
78
.\ x e4 7 . .\ xe4 d4 8.0-0 xe5
9.d4 f5 10.E!e1 Ae6 l l .Ag5 f6
12.e2 d7 13 . .\g3 d5 14.Af4
E!e8 1 5 .b3 Ad6! 16.A x d6 c x d6
17.d2 c5 18.E!ad1 Af7 19.E!e3
E! xe3 20.fxe3 cxd4 21.b4 Ag6
22. E! x d4 c6 23.e4 E!e8 24.h4 h5
25.a4 E!e5 26. E!c4 E!c5 27.E! xc5
xc5+ 28. xc5 dxc5 29.a5? c4!
3 0 . f2 c x b3 3 l .c x b3 c6
3 2 . e 3 b 5 3 3 . d4 x a 5
34.c5 b6+ 35.c4 Af7+ 36.c3
g6 37 . .\ e 2 b 5 38 . .\ f4 c 5
39.b4+ d6 40.d4 a5 41 . .\d3
a4 42.e5+ fxe5 43 . .\ xe5
43 . . . a3! 44 . .\ x f7+ e7 4 5 . c3
ct/xf7 46.b3 f6 47. x a3 b5
The A lmanach gives the end of the
game as 47 . . . 'iftf5 48.'iftb3 'iftg4 , 0- 1 .
We are sure that the actual continua
tion was 47 . . . b5 because 48.'ifib3 made
no sense when it was possible to play
48.'ifta4.
48.b3 f5 49.c3 g4, 0-1
Alan Savage points out that while the
given move 49 . . . \t>g4 might win here
(it leads to a difficult queen-and-pawn
ending), it's much more likely that
49 . . . 'ifte4 was played, with a trivial win.
 1 907
Osten de
May 1 6 - June 2 5 , 1 907
C.T. Blanchard, in his column in the
Western Daily Mercury of June 29,
1 907, writes: "R had the best chances
of being first. In spite of his youth he
has acquired the set and sound style
(suitable of his temperament) of Dr.
Tarrasch. As a matter of fact he ac
knowledges his indebtedness to the lat
ter, whose book of 300 games he has
thoroughly studied."
(96) Blackburne - Rubinstein
Osten de ( 1 ) May 1 6, 1 907
Ruy Lopez [C77]
1 .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . 4) c3 4) f6
4.Ab5 a6 5 . Aa4 Ae7 6 . d 3 d6
7 . 4) d 5 b5 S.Ab3 4)a5 9 . 4) x e7
tf/xe7 10.Ag5 h6 l l .Axf6 tf/xf6
12.4)d2 0-0 13.tf/h5 <i!7h7 14.h4
4) x b3 1 5 . a x b3 tf/e7 1 6 . tf/e2 f5
1 7 . e x f 5 A x f5 1 S . 4) f l tf/f6
19.4)g3 Ag6 20.4)e4 tf/e7 21. tf/e3
E!f7 21.h5 Af5 22.4)g3 d5 24.f3
tf/b4+ 25. tf/d2 tf/d4 26.0-0-0 a5
27.4)e2 tf/b6 2S.d4 a4 29.b4 e4
30.fxe4 Axe4 31.4)g3 c6 32.4) xe4
dxe4 33. tf/e3 E!eS 34. E!h4 E!fe7
35.E!fl tf/dS 36.E!f5 E!d7 37.. x e4
E!xe4 37. tf/ x e4 E! x d4 3S. tf/e1 tf/d6
39.c3 E!f4 40.. x f4 tf/xf4+ 41. tf/d2
tf/g5 42. tf/ x g5 h x g5 44.<i!1d2 g6
45.h6 g4 46.<i!7e3 <i!7 x h6 47.<i!1f4
g3 4S. <i!1e4 <i!7g 5 4 9 . <i!7 e 5 <i!7g4
50.<i!1e4 <i!7g5 51 .<i!7e5 <i!1g4, Draw
(97) Lee - Rubinstein
Osten de (2) May 1 7, 1 907
Queen 's Pawn [002]
1.d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.Af4 e6 4.e3
c5 5.c3 4)c6 6.4)bd2 tf/b6 7.tf/b3
79
Ad7 S . tf/ x b6 a x b6 9 . Ac7 c4
10.a3?
Better is 1 0.xb6 . a6 1 Ulc5 . Now
Black obtains a positional advantage.
10 ... b5 l l..c1 E!cS 12.Ag3 4)h5
1 3 . Ae 2 4) x g3 1 4 . h x g3 Ae7
1 5.Ad1 0-0 1 6 . Ac2 g6 17..h2
<i!7g7 1 S . <i!7e 2 f6 1 9 . E!c h 1 E!hS
20.e4 Ad6 21 .<i!7d1 E!ceS 22.exd5
exd5 23.4)fl 4)dS 24.<i!1d2 4)f7
2 5 . 4) e3 Ae6 26..e1 f5 27.4)g1
4)g5 2S.4)e2 4)e4+ 29.A xe4 dxe4!
3 0 . 4) f4 Af7 3 1 . E! e h 1 E!dS
3 2 . <i!7e 2 h 5 3 3 . <i!7d 2 Ae7 34.f3
exf3 35.gxf3 Ad6 36.4)e2 .deS
37.f4 E!e7 3S.4)g1 AeS 3 9 . 4) f3
Ac6 40..fl A x f3 4 1 . . x f3 E!e4
4 2 . 4) d 5 h4! 4 3 . . x h4 E! x h4
44.gxh4 <i!7f7 45.a4 bxa4 46.4)b6
Axf4+ 47.<i!7d1 Ac7 4s.4)d5 Ads
49.h5 b5 50.hxg6+ <i!7 xg6 51..g3+
E!g4 5 2 . 4) f4+ <i!7f7 53. E!f3 Ag5
5 4 . 4) e 2 <i!7f6 5 5 . 4) g3 Af4
5 6 . 4) h 5 + <i!7 g 5 5 7 . 4) x f4 E! x f4
5S.E!e3 E!e4 59.E!g3+ E!g4 60.E!e3
E!g1 + 6 1 .<i!7d2 E!g2 + 6 2 . <i!7 c l f4
63.E!e5+ <i!7g4 64.. xb5 f3, 0-1
(98) Rubinstein - Duras
Ostende (3) May 1 8, 1 907
Slav [0 1 0]
1 .ll4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 4)f6 4.4)c3
Af5 5 . c x d 5 c x d 5 6 . tf/ b 3 AcS
7.4)f3 e6 S.i,td2 Ae7 9.E!c1 0-0
10.Ad3 4)c6 1 1 .0-0 E!eS 12..fd1
AfS 1 3 . A e 1 tf/e7 1 4 . e4 E!dS
1 5 . A b 1 d x e4 1 6 . 4) x e4 4) d 5
17.4)e5 4) bS 1S.4)c3 4)f6 1 9.f4
4) h 5 2 0 .g3 4) d 7 2 1 . 4) e4 f6
2 2 . 4) f3 f5 2 3 . 4) eg 5 4) df6
24 . A x f5 <i!7hS 2 5 . A x e 6 A x e6
2 6 . tf/ x e6 tf/ x e6 27 . 4) x e 6 .deS
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
2 8 . 4) e 5 4J d 5 2 9 . f2 4J hf6
3 0 . f3 gs 3 t .g4 Ad6 3 2 .g5
4) e8 3 3 . e4 4) dc7 3 4 . 4) x c7
A x c7 3 5 . Ab4 g6 36.d5 Ad6
3 7 . Jl, x d6 4) x d 6 + 3 8 . f3 g7
39.b3 f8 40.4)c4 4Jf5 41.d6 c6
42.d7 d8 43.4Je5 xc1 44.xc1
4)d6 45.d1 4Jf5 46. e4 e7
47.c1 4)d6+ 48.d5 f8 49.e1
f5 50.d8 = + x d8 5 1 . x d6,
1-0
(99) von Scheve - Rubinstein
Osten de ( 4) May 20, 1 907
Ruy Lopez [C84]
l . e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . A b 5 a6
4 . A a 4 4) f6 5 . d 3 d6 6 . 0 - 0 b 5
7.Ab3 4Ja5 8.Ae3 Ae7 9.4)bd2
4) xb3 10.axb3 Jl,b7 l l .e2 0-0
1 2 . h 3 c 5 1 3 . c4 4) e 8 1 4 .g4 g6
1 5 . h 2 4J g7 1 6 . g 1 b8
17.Ah6 b6 18.4)fl Ac6 19.a2
fe8 20.Jl, x g7 xg7 2 1 .4)e3 a5
22.h4 b7 23. d2 bxc4 24.bxc4
b 3 1 2 5 . 4J f 5 + h8 2 6 . 4) x e7
x a 2 1 27 . 4) x c6 a4 28. 4) x a 5
a 7 2 9 . h 5 x a 5 30.h6 c7
3Viflg3 e7 32.h1 f6 33.4)h4
b7?
After 33 . . . g7 Black should win.
80
35. xh7+1 x h7 36.hx g6+ xg6
37.h6+ g5, D raw
( 1 00) Rubinstein - Mieses
Ostende ( 5) May 2 1 , 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D32]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4Jc3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4Jf3 4)c6 6.Jl,f4 4)f6 7.e3
c4 8.Jl,e2 b6 9. c1
9.c2 is met by 9 . . . Af5 .
9 . . . Jl,e7
ECO gives 9 . . . Ae7 as deserving atten
tion, crediting Tarrasch with the sug
gestion. This forgotten game suggests
that it's worth more investigation.
10.0-0 0-0 1 1 .4)e5 Jl,e6 12.Af3
adS 1 3 .h3 4J d7 14.b3 4) c x e5
1 5 . d x e 5 c x b3 1 6 . a x b3 c8
1 7 . b 2 Jl,b4 1 8 . fc 1 Jl, x c3
1 9 . x c 3 x c3 2 0 . x c3 4J c 5
2 1 .b4 4)a6 22.Jl,g5 c8 23.d4
x b4 24. x b4 4) x b4 2 5 . x a7
b8 26.Jl,e7 4)c6 27.Jl,d6 4) xa7
28 . Jl, x b8 4) c 8 2 9 . fl f8
3 0 . e 2 e8 3 1 . d 3 4J e7
3 2 . Jl,d 6 4) c 6 3 3 . A d 1 d7
34 . c3 g5 3 5 . Ac2 h 5 3 6 . Ac 5
4) x e5 37.f4 g x f4 38.e x f4 c6
39.Ad4 4)c4 40.Jl,d1 h4 41.Jl,f2
 1 907
4)d6 42. j}, x h4 d4+ 43.d3 .ilf5
44.j},f2 c5 45.h4 j},c4+ 46. d2
4)d6 47 . j}, c 2 f5 4 S . h 5 l) e4 +
4 9 . .1l x e4 f x e4 50.f5 AgS 5 1 .h6
e3+ 52.-'l,xe3 dxe3+ 53.xe3 d6
54.d4 Ah7 55.g4 b5 56.f6 e6
57.g5 f7 5S.d5 Ad3 59.c5
A,g6, Draw
( 1 0 1 ) Bernstein - Rubinstein
Ostende (6) May 23, 1 907
Ruy Lopez [C98]
l . e4 e 5 2 . .1) f3 l)c6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.Aa4 l)f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.E!el b5
7.Ab3 d6 S . c 3 0 - 0 9 . h 3 .i) a 5
10.-'l,c2 c 5 1 1 .d4 t:Jc7 1 2 . .1) bd2
4)c6 1 3 . d 5 l) dS 1 4 . .1)fl .i) eS
15.a4 E!bS 16.axb5 a xb5 17.g4 g6
1S.4)g3 .i)g7 19.hl f6 20.E!gl
.l f7 2 1 . Ae3 Ad7 2 2 . tfJe2 EtaS
23 . .1ld2 hs 24.b3 t:Jb7 25.Ad3
E!a6 26.E{gbl E!faS, Draw
( 1 02) Rubinstein - Marco
Ostende (7) May 24, 1 907
Queen's Gambit Declined [D6 1 ]
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .1lc3 .1lf6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5.e3 .1lbd7 6 . .1)f3 0-0 7.t:Jc2
c6 S.E!dl "lta5 9 . .1ld3 h6 10 ..1lh4
d x c4 1 1 . Jl x c4 b5 1 2 . -'td3 b4
13.tlh4 AdS 1 4. -lt x a 5 .1l x a 5
1 5 . .1) e4 .i) x e4 1 6 . -'l, x e4 b3+
1 7 . e 2 b x a 2 l S . E{ a l A a 6 +
19.Ad3 Jl x d3 + 20. x d 3 Ab4
2 1 . E! x a2 a 5 2 2 . E{c l c 5 2 3 . Ag3
E{fcS 24.E{aal cxd4 25.exd4, Draw
( 1 03 ) Rubinstein - Spielmann
Ostende (8) May 25, 1 907
Dutch [A85 ]
l.d4 f 5 2.c4 e 6 3 . .1lc3 .1)f6 4.e3 b6
5.Ad3 Ab7 6.f3 c5
81
This continuation is missing in ECO.
7 . .1)ge2 Ae7 S.0-0 0-0 9.d5 exd5
10.cxd5 .i)eS l l . .i)g3 g6 1 2.e4 f4
13 . .1)ge2 Ad6 14.g3 g5 1 5 .g x f4
g x f4 1 6 . h l Ae5 1 7 . -'l,d 2 d 6
l S . E{ g l + h S 1 9 . E! g4 -'t c S
20. E{ x f4 1 ? -'l, x f4 2 l . .i) x f4 .i) g7
2 2 . Ac4 .i) d 7 2 3 . .1) e 6 .1) x e 6
2 4 . d x e 6 ll e 5 2 5 . .1l d 5 A x e6
2 6 . -'l, x e6 E! x f3 2 7 . -'l,g4 E! d 3
2S.-'te2 E!h3 2 9 . .1lf4 t:Jh4 30.-'l,fl
.i) g4 3 l . tfJ x d6 E! x h2 + 3 2 . -'l, x h2
E!gS
33.t:Jg3
I f 33 . .ilg2 4Jf2 + 3 4 . g l 4J h 3 + or
33.4:\dl 4Jxh2 34:ffi' x h2 'ffi' x e4+ 35 ...!lg2
'ffi'e l + 36.-ffi'g l 'ffi'h 4+ with a perpetual
check.
33 4) f 2 +
. . 3 4 . g ;at l) x e4
3 5 . tfJ x gS+ x gS 3 6 . -'l,c4+ g7
3 7 . E! f l t:J g4 + 3 S . h l t:Jh4
3 9 . g 2 t:J g4 + 4 0 . h l t:J h 4
41.g2 t:Jg4+, Draw
Leo Flei schmann ( 1 8 8 1 - 1 930) had an
unusual twist to his career. The na
tive of B udapest sometimes played
under h i s H ungarian surname,
Forgacs.
 Ostende 1 907 May 1 6-June 25

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
I . Bernstein X Yi 0 I Yi I I I I Yi I 0 I Yi Yi I I Yi 0 I I Yi I 0 I I I 0 I 1 9 Yi
2. Rubinstein Yi X Yi I Yi 0 I I Yi Yi Yi I 0 Yi Yi Yi 0 I I I I Y2 I Yi I I I I I 1 9 Yi
3 . Mieses I Yi X I 0 Yi I 0 Yi I I 0 I I I I I Yi I 0 I I I I I 0 0 0 I 19
4 . Nimzovitch 0 0 0 X I Yi 0 Yi Yi Yi Yi I I I Yi Yi I Yi I Yi I I Yi I I I I I I 19
5 . Fleisclunam Yi Y2 I 0 X Yi I 0 Yi Yi I Yi Yi I Yi I Yi Yi I I 0 Yi Yi I Yi I I I I 1 8 Yi
6. Teiclunam 0 I Yi Yi Yi X Yi Yi Yi 0 Yi I 0 0 I 0 Yi I I 0 I I I I I I I I I 18
7 . Duras 0 0 0 I 0 Yi X Yi 0 Yi I I 0 0 I Yi I I I I Y2 I I I I 0 I I I 1 7 Yi
8. Salwe 0 0 I Yi I Yi Yi X 0 I I I Yi I Yi I I Yi I Yi Yi Yi I I 0 Yi 0 0 I 17
9 . Marco 0 yl Yi Y2 Yi Yi I I X 0 Yi Yi Yi I Yi I Yi Yi Yi Yi 0 I I 0 I I Yi Yi I 1 6 Yi
I O. John Yi yl 0 Yi Yi I Yi 0 I X Yi I Yi I Yi Yi Yi Yi 0 Yi Yi Yi Yi I 0 I I Yi I 16
I I . Tartakover 0 Y2 0 Yi 0 Yi 0 0 Yi Yi X Yi Yi I I I I Yi Yi I I 0 Yi I I I I I 0 16
1 2 . E. Cohn I 0 I 0 Yi 0 0 0 Yi 0 Yi X Yi I 0 Yi I I 0 I I I Yi I Yi Yi I 0 I 15
1 3 . Znosko- Borovsky 0 I 0 0 Yi I I Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi X 0 I 0 Yi Yi I I I Yi Yi Yi 0 Yi I I 0 15
1 4. Spiehnam yl yl 0 0 0 I I 0 0 0 0 0 I X Yi 0 I Yi Yi I I I Yi 0 I I I I I 15
1 5 . Blackbwne Yi Y2 0 Yi Yi 0 0 Yi Yi Yi 0 I 0 Yi X I 0 0 I 0 I I I I I I Yi I 0 1 4 Yi
1 6 . Perlis 0 Yi 0 Yi 0 I Yi 0 0 Yi 0 Y2 I I 0 X 0 Yi 0 I 0 0 I I I I Yi I I 1 3 Yi
1 7. Swiderski 0 I 0 0 Yi Yi 0 0 Yi Yi 0 0 Yi 0 I I X Yi I 0 0 Yi Yi I I 0 I I I 13
1 8 . Siichting Yi 0 Yi Yi Yi 0 0 Yi Yi Yi Yi 0 Yi Yi I Yi Yi X 0 0 Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi 0 I I I 1 2 Yi
1 9. Shories I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yi I Yi I 0 Yi 0 I 0 I X I I I I 0 0 I I 0 0 1 2 Yi
20. Billecard 0 0 I Yi 0 I 0 Yi Yi Yi 0 0 0 0 I 0 I I 0 X I Yi I Yi 0 I 0 Yi Yi 12
2 1 . W. Colm 0 0 0 0 I 0 Yi Yi I Yi 0 0 0 0 0 I I Yi 0 0 X I Yi I I Yi 0 I I 12
22. Leonhardt Yi Yi 0 0 Yi 0 0 Yi 0 Yi I 0 Yi 0 0 I Yi Y2 0 Yi 0 X Yi 0 I I Yi I I I I Yi
2 3 . Metger 0 0 0 Yi Yi 0 0 0 0 Yi Yi Y2 Yi Yi 0 0 Yi Y2 0 0 Yi Yi X Yi I I I I I II
24. von Scheve I Yi 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 Yi I 0 0 0 Y2 I yl 0 I Yi X I 0 Yi I I II
2 5 . F.J. Lee 0 0 0 0 Yi 0 0 I 0 I 0 Yi I 0 0 0 0 Y2 I I 0 0 0 0 X Y2 I Yi I 9 Yi
26. Shoosmith 0 0 I 0 0 0 I Yi 0 0 0 Yi Yi 0 0 0 I I 0 0 Yi 0 0 I Yi X 0 I I 9 Y2
27. Jacob 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 I Yi 0 0 0 0 0 Yi Yi 0 0 0 I I Y2 0 Yi 0 I X 0 I 8 Y2
2 8 . van Vliet I 0 I 0 0 0 0 I Yi Yi 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 I Yi 0 0 0 0 Yi 0 I X Yi 8 Yi
2 9 . MortiJrer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 I 0 I 0 0 0 I Yi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yi X 5
 1 907
(I 04) Fleischmann - Rubinstein
Ostende (9) May 27, 1 907
Ruy Lopez [C98]
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . A b 5 a6
4 . .Q.a4 4)f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.E!el b5
7 . .Q.b3 d6 8 . c 3 0 - 0 9 . h 3 4) a 5
10 . .Q.c2 c 5 1 1 .d4 f:!c7 1 2 . 4) bd2
4)c6 13.4)fl cxd4 14.cx d4 4) xd4
1 5 . 4) x d4 e x d4 1 6 . .Q.g 5 Ae6
17.E!cl f:Jb6 1 8 . 4) g3 E! ac8
19.4)e2 h6 20 . .Q.f4 d5 2l .e5 4)e4
2 2 . 4) x d4 E!c4 2 3 . Ae 3 .Q.g 5
24 . .Q. x e4 d x e4 2 5 . .Q. x g 5 E! x d4
26 . .Q.e3 E! xdl 27 . .Q. x b6, Draw
( I 05) Rubinstein - Tartakover
Ostende ( I 0) May 28, 1 907
King's Indian [E60]
l.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 g6 4.e4 .Q.g7
5 . .Q.d3 4) f6 6.f4 0-0 7 . 4) f3 e6
8.0-0 exd5 9.exd5 4)bd7 10.4)c3
E!e8 11 . .Q,d2 4) f8 1 2 . f:!c2 .Q.d7
13.E!ael flc7 14.b3 E! xe1 15.E! xel
e8 16.h3 E! x el+ 17 . .Q. xel flc8
18.h2 4)h5 19.Ad2 fle8 20.a4
a6 21 .a5 fld8 22.4)e4 fle7 23.b4
f5 24.4) g3 4) x g3 2 5 . xg3 .Q.c8
26.b x c 5 d x c 5 27 . .Q.c3 4) d 7
28 . .Q. x g7 x g7 2 9 . f:J b 2 + f:!f6
30.fle2 b6 31.axb6 4) xb6 32.fle3
4) d 7 3 3 . 4) e 5 fle7 3 4 . f3 g 5
3 5 . 4) x d7 g4 + 3 6 . e 2 fl x e 3 +
37. x e 3 g x h3 38.g x h 3 jt x d7
3 9 . d 2 g6 40 . .Q.e2 f6
41 . .Q.dl e7 42.c3 h6 43.b3
d6 44.a3 .Q.e8 45 . .Q.c2 Ad7,
Draw
( I 06) Nimzovitch - Rubinstein
Ostende ( I I ) May 30, 1 907
Center Counter [BO I ]
l.e4 d5 2.exd5 fl xd5 3.4)c3 fla5
4..Q.c4 4)f6 5.d3 .Q.g4 6.4)ge2 e6
83
7 . .Q.f4 .Q.d6 8.fld2 .Q. xe2 9.4) xe2
fl x d 2 + 10 . .Q. x d 2 4) bd7 l l . h 3
0 - 0-0 12.0-0--0 4)d5 13.d4 4)7f6
14 . .Q.d3 4)b4 1 5.Ac4 4)e4 16 . .Q.el
4) d 5 1 7 .f3 4) ef6 18 . .Q.f2 E! d 7
1 9 .c3 c6 2 0 . E! h e l 4) h 5 2 1 . c2
c7 22.a4 a5 23.Ad3 h6 24.E!al
E!7d8 25.E!abl g5 26 . .Q.c4 E!de8
27.E!bdl f5 28.4)cl 4)hf4 29.Afl
h5 30.g3 4) g6 3l . .Q.d3 h4 32.g4
4)gf4 33 . .Q.fl E!hf8 34.Ae3 4) xe3
3 5 . E! x e 3 4) d 5 3 6 . E! e 2 f x g4
3 7 . f x g4 E!f3 3 8 . 4) b3 ? 4) e 3 +
3 9 . E! x e3 E! x e3 40 . 4) x a 5 E!f8
4 1 . 4) c4 E! f 2 + 4 2 . b3 E! ef3
43.4)d2 E! xd2, 0-1
( I 07) Rubinstein - Shories
Osten de ( 1 2) May 3 1 , 1 907
King's Gambit (C30]
l .e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3.4)f3 d6 4.c3
4)c6 5 . .Q.b5 a6 6 . .Q.a4 b5 7.Ac2
Ab6 8.d3 4)f6 9.a4 .Q.d7 10.axb5
axb5 l l . E! xa8 fl x a8 12.4)a3 exf4
1 3 . 4) x b 5 4) e 5 1 4 . 4) bd4 c 5
1 5 . 4) e2 c 4 16.d4 4)g6 17.4) x f4
0-0 18.4) xg6 hxg6 19.4)g5 4)h5
20.0-0 f6 2 1 . 4) f3 E!e8 2 2 . 4) h4
f7 2 3 . e 5 f5 24 . 4) x f 5 A x f5
2 5 . .Q. x f5 g x f5 2 6 . fl x h 5 + g8
2 7 . e x d 6 E!f8 2 8 . E{ x f5 E! x f5
2 9 . fl x f5 flat 3 0 . flg 5 f7
3 l . f2 e 6 3 2 . fle 5 + d7
3 3 . l't b 5 + e6 3 4 . fl x c4 + f6
35.flfl e6 36.flel+ d5 37.d7
f:Jbl 38.f:!e5+ c4 39.f:Je6+, 1-0
( I 08) Rubinstein - Jacob
Osten de ( 1 3 ) June I , 1 907
Queen's Indian [E I 4]
l.d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Ad3
4)f6 5.0-o Ad6 6.b3 o-o 7 . .Q.b2
4)c6 8.4)bd2 b6 9.c4 Ab7 lO.E!cl
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
c8 l l . e 1 e8 1 2 . d x c 5 b x c 5
1 3 . Ab 1 -'\. b 8 1 4 . c x d 5 x d 5
1 5 . -'\. x f6 g x f6 1 6 . 4) e 4 g7
1 7 . x d 5 e x d 5 1 8 . 4) x c 5 Aa8
1 9 . -'\. f 5 cd8 2 0 . Ad7 e7
2 1 . A x c 6 A x c6 2 2 . 4) a6 Aa8
2 3 . 4) x b8 x b8 2 4 . 4) d4 g6
25.c5 b6 26.ec1 -'\.b7 27 .c7
x c7 2 8 . x c7 a 5 2 9 . a 4 Aa6
30.c6 x c 6 3 1 . 4) x c 6 A d 3
3 2 . 4) x a 5 -'\. c 2 3 3 . f l g7
34.e2 f8 35.d2 Af5 36.b4
e8 3 7 . c3 d7 3 8 . b 5 c7
39.4)b3 b6 40.a5+, 1-0
( 1 09) Siichting - Rubinstein
Ostende ( 1 4) June 3 , 1 907
French [COO]
l .e4 e6 2 .d4 d5 3 . -'\.d3 c5 4.c3
d x e4 5 . -'\. x e4 4) f6 6 . .11, { 3 4)c6
7 . d x c 5 x d 1 + s . .Q. x d 1 A x c 5
9.4)f3 0-0 10.-'\.c2 e 5 11.Ag5 4)g4
1 2.0-0 h6 13.Ac1 f5 14.b4 Ab6
15.-'\.a3 f6 16.4)fd2 e4 17.4)c4
Ac7 18.h3 4)ge5 19.4)bd2 .Q.e6
20.-'\.b3 d8 21.ad1 b5 22.4) xe5
4) xe5 23.Ab2 4)d3 24 . .Q.a1 -'\.e5
25 . .Q. x e6 + x e6 2 6 . 4) b3 c8
27.4)d4 A x d4 28.cxd4 c2 29.a3
a6 3 0 . d 5 x a3 3 1 . Ad4 f7
32.d6 e6 3 3 . A xg7 h5 34.Af8
aa2 35.a1 xa1 36.xa1 c1 +
3 7 . x c 1 4) x c 1 3 8 . f l d7
84
3 9 . -'\.h 6 4)d3 40 . .11, d 2 x d6
41 .e2 d5 42.f3 4)e5 43.fxe4+
x e4 44.Ac3 4) g6 4 5 . Ad 2 a6
4 6 . Ac 3 4) f4 + 4 7 . f 2 4) d 5
48.Ae1 4)e3 49.Ad2 4)d5 50.Ae1
4)e7 5 1 . g3 4) g6 5 2 . f2 f4
5 3 . Ac3 e4 5 4 . e 2 4) f4 +
5 5 . f2 d 3 5 6 . A e 5 4) d 5
5 7 . .Q.d6 c 4 5 8 . g3 4) x b4
59.h4 4)c2 60.xh5 b4 61 . .11,f4
a 5 6 2 . g4 f x g4 6 3 . h x g4 4) d4
64. g6 a4 6 5 . f6 a3 6 6 . A c 1
4)e2, 0 - 1
( 1 1 0 ) Rubinstein - Metger
Ostende ( 1 5) June 4, 1 907
Queen 's Pawn [005]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Ad3
4)f6 5.b3 4)c6 6 . .Q.b2 cxd4 7.exd4
Ad6 8.0-0 0-0 9 . e 1 b6 10.a3
Ab7 1 1 .4)bd2 4)e7 1 2.4)e5 4)g6
13.g3 A x e5 14.d xe5 4)d7 1 5 .b4
a 5 1 6 . b 5 4) c 5 1 7 . Ad4 4) e7
1 8 . 4) f3 4) x d 3 1 9 . c x d 3 4) f5
2 0 . a 4 c8 2 1 . ec1 d7
2 2 . .Q. x b6 d4 2 3 . 4) x d4 d5
24.4)c6 f6 25.c4 A xc6 26.bxc6
f x e 5 27 . x d 5 e x d 5 28.c7 f6
2 9 . A x a 5 4) d4 3 0 . c b 1 4) c 6
3 1 . .11, b6, 1-0
( 1 1 1 ) John - Rubinstein
Ostende ( 1 6) June 6, 1 907
Queen's Pawn [005]
l .d4 d5 2 . 4) f3 c5 3 .e3 e6 4.b3
4) f6 5 . A d 3 4)c6 6 . A b 2 Ad6
7 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 8.a3 b6 9.4)e5 Ab7
1 0 . 4) d 2 a6 l l .c4 c x d4 1 2 . e x d4
d x c4 1 3 . 4) d x c4 b5 1 4 . 4) x d 6
x d 6 1 5 . 4) x c 6 A x c6 1 6 . c 1
ac8 17.b4 Ae4 18.A x e4 4) xe4
1 9 . e 2 4) f6 2 0 . e 5 x e 5
2 1 . d x e 5 4) d 5 2 2 . f d 1 c 4
 1 907

23 . . x c4 b x c4 24 . . c 1 .cS ( 1 1 4) Rubinstein - Mortimer

2 5 . Ad4 c3 26.Ac5 a 5 27.f1 Ostende ( 1 9) June 1 0, 1 907
axb4 28.a x b4 .bS 29.Ad6 .b7 Queen 's Pawn [D05]
30.e2 g5 3 1 . f3 g7 32.e4
h5 33.d4 4) x b4 34 . . x c3 Draw 1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.e3 e6 4.Ad3
[In 5 1 moves. The rest of the game is c5 5.b3 4)c6 6.j}.b2 cxd4 7.exd4
not available.] j}.d6 8.0-0 0-0 9 . .e1 Ad7 10.a3
.cS 1 1 . 4) bd 2 4) e8 1 2 . 4) e 5 f5
( 1 1 2) Rubinstein - Swiderski 1 3 . e2 j}_ x e5 14.d xe5 g5 1 5 .c4
Ostende ( 1 7) June 7, 1 907 4)c7 16 . .ad1 4)e7 17.4)f3 4)g6
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D6 1 ] 1 8 . A c 1 g4 1 9 . 4) d4 h4 20 .f4
.ce8 21. f2 h6 22.g3 a6 23.a4
l.d4 d 5 2.c4 e6 3.4':lc3 4)f6 4.Ag5 .f7 24.cxd5 4) xd5
Ae7 5.e3 4)bd7 6.4)f3 0-0 7.'c2
d x c4 S . j}. x c4 c5 9 . . d 1 c x d4
10.e x d4 a6 1 1 . 0 - 0 b 5 1 2 . Ab3
Ab7 13.4)e5 4)b6 14 . .fe1 4)fd5
15.4) x d 5 4) x d 5 1 6 . j}. x e7 4) x e7
17 . .e3 .c8 18:l.?td3 d6 19 . .h3
4)g6 20. 4) xg6 hxg6 21 . .h4 Ad5
2 2 . h3 f6 23 . . h 8 + f7
24 . . x f8 + . x fS 2 5 . . c 1 .il x b3
26.xb3 .dS 27.a4 b4 28 . .c4 a5
29.g3 g5 30 . .c5? x d4 31 . . xa5
t?fe4 32 . .a7+ g6 33 . .c7 e1 +
34.g2 .d2 35.f3 .d1, 0-1 2 5 . 4) x f 5 1 e x f5 2 6 . j}.c4 4) ge7
27 . j}. x d 5 4) x d 5 2 8 . . x d 5 .11, c 6
( 1 1 3) Shoosmith - Rubinstein 2 9 . . d 6 . e 6 3 0 . A a 3 . x d 6
Ostende ( 1 8) June 8, 1 907 3 l . e x d6 Ae4 3 2 . d4 . d 7
Queen's Pawn [D05] 33.c4+ g7 34.Ab2+, 1-0

( 1 1 5) van Vliet - Rubinstein

l . d4 d5 2 . 4) f 3 e6 3 . e 3 4) f6
Osten de (20) June I I , 1 907
4 . 4) bd 2 c 5 5 . A e 2 4) c 6 6 . 0 - 0
Center Counter [BO I ]
t?lb6 7.c3 Ae7 8 . .1ld3 0-0 9.e2
Ad7 1 0 . 4) e 5 . adS l l .f4 4) e8
1 .e4 d5 2.exd5 xd5 3.4':lc3 a5
12 . .f3 f5 13 . .h3 4)f6 14.4)df3
4.d4 .lf6 5.Ad2 c6 6 . .lf3 Af5
4)e4 15 . .b1 j}.eS 16.j}.d2 4) xe5
7.Ac4 c7 8.4)e5 e6 9.0-0 Ad6
1 7 . 4) x e 5 Af6 1 8 . j}. e 1 j}_ x e 5
10.4)e2 4)bd71
1 9 . f x e 5 4) g 5 2 0 . . g 3 4) e4
21 . .h3 .cS 22. fl .c7 23 . .f3 After 10 . . . .ilxe5 l l .dxe5 txe5 1 2 . .ilc3
Ah5 24. j}. x e4 d x e4 25 . .f2 g51 tc5 13 . .ilb3 bd7 14.d4 White has
26.g3 cxd4 27.cxd4 Af3 28. .d2 good compensation for the sacrificed
f4 2 9 . f 2 a 6 3 0 . a 3 a 4 pawn.
3 1 .h3 b3 3 2 .e x f4 g x f4 3 3 .g4
t?f d 5 , 0- 1 l l . f4 0-0 1 2 . 4) x d7? 4) x d7

85
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
13 . .l g3 Ag6 1 4 . Ci!7 h 1 adS
15.Ab3 c5 16.dxc5 4) xc5 17.f3
a5 1 S . A.e3 b5 1 9 . Jl x c5 Jl x c5
20.a4 b4 21.f5 exf5 22.4) xf5 d2
23.ae1 h6 24.e4 Ci!7h7 25.g4
e5 26.f4 xb2 27.4)h4 2dS
2S . .1}. x f7 .Q. x f7 2 9 . x f7 x f7
30. xf7 xc2 31.4)f5 .Q.d4 32.h4
e4! 33.f3 .Q.e5 34.fl d2, 0-1
( 1 1 6) Rubinstein - Per/is
Ostende (2 1 ) June 1 3 , 1 907
Queen 's Pawn [D05]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Ad3
4)c6 5.b3 4)f6 6.0-0 .Q.d6 7.Ab2
c7 S.4)a3 a6 9.c4 cxd4 10.exd4
d x c4 1 1 . 4) x c4 0-0 1 2 . 4) fe5 b5
l3.4) xd6 xd6 14.a4 b4 15.4)c4
c7 1 6 . c 1 Ab7 1 7 . c2 f4
1S.g3 f3 19.4)d2 4) xd4 20. 4) x f3
4) x f3 + 2 1 . Ci!7 h 1 4) d 4 + 2 2 . Ci!7g 1
4) xc2 23. x c2 fdS 2 4. .Q.c4 .Q.e4
25.cc1 Ci!7fS 26.a5 d2 27.Axf6
g x f6 2 S . fd1 a d S 2 9 . x d 2
xd2 3 0. .Q. x a6 a2 31 .-'tfl xa5
32.f4 .Q.d5 33.cS+ Ci!7g7 34.bS
.Q.xb3 35. x b4 .Q.d5 36.b2 a2
3 7 . x a 2 .Q. x a 2 3 S . Ci!7f2 .Q. d 5
39.Ci!7e3 e5 4o.Ad3 Ag2 41.Af5
Ci!7h6 42.Ad3 Ah3 43 . .Q.b1 .Q.e6,
Draw
( 1 1 7) Bil/ecard - Rubinstein
Ostende (22) June 1 4, 1 907
Philidor [C4 1 ]
1 .e4 e 5 2.4)f3 d6 3.d4 4)d7 4.Ac4
c6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.c3 4) gf6 7.e1
0 - 0 S . 4) bd2 e x d4 9 . 4) x d4 .lc5
10.a4 eS l l .f3 d5 12.exd5 4) xd5
1 3 . 4) e4 4) b 6 14 . .Q. a 2 4) x e4
15.fxe4 c5 16.h5 fS 17.4)f3
Ae6 1S . .Q. xe6 fxe6 19.Ag5 eS
20. x eS a x eS 2 1 . .1}. x e7 x e7
86
22.4)e5 4)d7 23 . .lc4 4)b6 24.4)e5
a5 25.ed1 g6 26.g3 Ci!7g7 27.h4
h5 2S.ciflg2 feS 29.b3 c4!
30.bxc4 cS 31.d4 c5 32.4)d3
x c4 33. xc4 4) xc4 34.Ci!7f2 c7
35.4)f4 Ci!7f6 36.Ci!7e2 d7 37.4)d3
e5 3 S . f 1 + Ci!7e7 3 9 . b 1 b6
40.fl dS 41.b1 Ci!7e6 42.d1
4)d6 43 . .Jf2 cS 44.Ci!7d3 4) b7
45.Ci!7c2 .Jc5 46.a1 dS 47.b1
4) xa4 4S.4)d3 cS 49.b5 xc3+
5 0 . Ci!7 d 2 c4 5 l . x e 5 + Ci!7f6
52.eS .lc5 53.e5+ Ci!7f7 54.dS
Ci!7e7 55.d5 4) x d3 56. x d3 a4!
57.d6 a3 5S. x b6 a4 59.b1
a2, 0-1
( 1 1 8) Rubinstein - Leonhardt
Ostende (23) June 1 5 , 1 907
Queen's Pawn [D04]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.4) bd2 .Q.f5
4 . e 3 e6 5 . .Q.e2 c5 6 . 4) h4 .Q.g6
7. 4) x g6 h x g6 S.c4 4)c6 9 . c x d 5
.! x d 5 10.dxc5 .Q. xc5 1 1 .4)c4 c7
1 2 .h3 dS 1 3 . b3 0-0 1 4 . 0 - 0
d7 1 5 . .Q.d2 fdS 16.fd1 4)e5
1 7 . A e 1 4) x c4 1S . .1}. x c4 e 5
1 9 . d 3 4) f 6 2 0 . ad 1 x d 3
2 1 . x d 3 x d3 2 2 . .1}. x d 3 4) d 5
23.Ac4 .! b 6 24.Af1 Ad6 25.g3
d5 26.xd5 4) xd5 27.Ag2 Ci!7fS
2S.Ci!7fl Ci!7e7 29.e4 4)c7 30.Ac3
e5, Draw
( 1 1 9) E. Cohn - Rubinstein
Ostende (24) June 1 7, 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D40]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 c5 4.e3 4)f6
5.4)f3 4)c6 6.Ad3 dxc4 7.,1l x c4
a6 S.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 Ae7 10 . .1}.f4
0 - 0 l l . c 1 b5 1 2 . .Q.d3 4) b4
13.Ab1 Ab7 14.Ae5 cS 15.e2
d7 1 6 . fd 1 4) bd 5 1 7 . 4) e4
 1 907
4)xe4 18.'{t xe4 f6 19:h4 xc1
20. xc1 c8 21 .d1 h6 22.'li1/g3
d5 2 3 . d 2 c6 2 4 . f3 e 8
25. f2 d6 26.e1 Af8 27.a3 a 5
28.e4 b4 2 9 . x d 6 Jl, x d6
30.g3 Jl, x e 5 3 1 . d x e 5 b x a 3
3 2 . b x a 3 c 5 + 3 3 . f2 x a 3
34. Jl,e4 Jl, x e4 3 5 . f x e4 c 5
36 . x c 5 x c 5 3 7 . f2 x e 5
38.a1 x e4 39.xa5 g5 40.f3
f4+ 4 1 . e3 g7 4 2 . a 7 h 5
43.g3 b4 44.a2 g6 45.f3
\tlf5 46.a7 b3+ 47.f2 b2+
48.\tlgl f6, 0-1
( 1 20) Teichmann - Rubinstein
Ostende (25) June 1 8, 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D6 1 ]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 f6 4.Ag5
4)bd7 5.e3 Ae7 6.f3 0-0 7.c2
c5 8.d1 a5 9.Ad3 e8 10.0-0
cxd4 l l .exd4 dxc4 12.Jl,xc4 f8
1 3 . e 5 Jl,d7 1 4 . d 2 ac8
1 5 .Ab3 a 6 1 6 . fe1 Jl,c6
17. x c6 b x c6 1 8 . e 2 x e 2
19 . x e 2 d 5 2 0 . e4 .il x g 5
2 1 . x g 5 f6 2 2 . c 2 ed8
2 3 . f3 6d7 2 4 . d c 1 b8
25.Aa4 d6 26.b4 a6 27.fl c7
28.a3 fd7 29.e2 f8 30.e5
x d4
Here 30 . . . 4Jxe5 is met by 3 1 .dxe5 Eld5
32.f4 a5 33 . .,Q,xc6 4Jxc6 34.El xc6 El xc6
87
35.El xc6 axb4 36.axb4 El d4 37.b5 E\ xf4
38.b6 El b4 39 . El c8+ '!te7 4 0 . El c7 +
'!IdS 4 1 . El xf7 El xb6 42.Elxg7, winning.
3 l . x c 6 x c6 3 2 . x c 6 x c6
33. xc6 a 5 34.e3 e5 3 5 . c8+
e7 3 6 . c7 a x b4 3 7 . a x b4 f5
3 8 . h4 e4+ 3 9 . d 3 x b4
40 . x d7+ e6 4 t . a 7 x h4
42.a6+ e7 43.Ab3 d4+ 44.e3
e4+ 45.f3 f4+ 46.g3 g4+
47.h3 b4 48.Jl,a2 b2 49.f3
E! d 2 5 0 . A b 1 g6 5 t . g3 f!d7
52 ..Q.a2 f8 53.e6 e7 54.c6
e4 5 5 . f4 e x f3 5 6 .g x f3 g7
57.Jl,e6 a7 58.Ad5 e7 59.g5
d7 60. Jl,c4 e7 6 t . d 6 c7
62.Jl,d5 e7 63.d8 h6 64.f4
e1 65. d7+ h8 66.Ac4 c1
67.c7 e1 68.Af7 g7 69.-'l.eS+
f6 70.c6+, 1-0
( 1 2 1 ) Rubinstein - W. Cohn
Ostende (26) June 20, 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D32]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 c5 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . f3 c6 6 . Af4 c x d4
7. x d4 .ilb4 8.e3 A xc3+ 9.bxc3
x d4 1 0 . x d4! f6 l l . Jl, b 5 +
Ad7 1 2.e5+ f8 13.Ad3 .11,c6
1 4 . 0 - 0 e7 1 5 . d4 h 5
16.fe11 f6 17.h3 f7 18 . .ilh2 g6
19.e4 he8
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
20.E!e2! dxe4 21.dlc4+ ctig7 22.g4
!!adS 23. e3!
If 23 . xa7?! , then 23 . . . f5 ! 24. gxh5
g5 + 25 .t'fl e3, and Black has pow
erful counterplay.
23 ... b5 24.Jtb3 b7 25.gxh5 E!d3
26.h6+ ct;hS 27.f4 E!f3 28.d6
c8 29.E!e3 f5 30. xc6 g5+
31 .dlg3, 1-0
( 1 22) Znosko-Borovsky - Rubinstein
Ostende (27) June 1 907
Four Knights [C48]
1 .e4 e5 2 . .) f3 .)c6 3 . .lc3 .) f6
4.dlb5 a6 5.Jt xc6 d x c6 6 . .) x e5
.) x e4 7 . .) x e4 d4 8.0-0 x e5
9 . E! e 1 Jte6 1 0.d4 f5 l l . ltg5
jtd6?!
Better is 1 1 . . .h6 first.
12.g4! g6?
L o s e s . I n stead, Keres suggests
1 2 . . .d5!?, and if 1 3 .lH6 then 1 3 . . . 0-0.
13 .f4! f5 14 . .) x d6+ c x d6 1 5 .d5!
0-0 1 6. E! x e6 f7 17.e2 fx g4
1 8 . x g4 c x d 5 1 9 . E! a e 1 E!ac8
20.g2 f5 21.dlh6 E!c7 22.E!e7
E!f7 23. E!e8+ E!fS 24. E! 1e7 f6
88
2 5 . x d5+ ctih8 26. E! x f8+ x f8
27.E!xc7, 1-0
( 1 23) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Ostende (28) June 1 907
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
1 .d4 d5 2.dlf4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 .lc6
5 . .lf3 j}.d6 6.Jtg3 .)f6 7 . .)bd2
e7 8 . .)e5 dl x e5 9 . d x e 5 .ld7
10 . .)f3 f6 l l .exf6 .l xf6 1 2 . .l e5
0-0 13.Jtd3 Jtd7 14 . .) xd7 x d7
1 5.0-0 e5 16.e4 d4 17.cxd4 cxd4
1 8 . E! c 1 d 6 ? 1 9 . b 3 + ct;hs
2 0 . x b7 .) b4 2 1 . dl x e 5 x e 5
22.xb4 .)g4 23.f4! E! x f4 24.g3
E!f6 2 5 . b5 E!b6 26. d7 e6
2 7 . x e6 E! x e6 2 8 . dlc4 E!e7
2 9 . E! fd 1 .) f6 3 0 . E! x d4 .) x e4?
31.dld5, 1-0
Carlsbad
Following on the heels of his success
at O s t e n d e , R u b i n s te i n ' s w i n at
Carlsbad added to his growing reputa
tion. Carlsbad, the present-day Karlovy
Vary, was a frequent host to high level
tournaments. Rubinstein played there
four times, placing equal 2nd in 1 9 1 1 ,
a disappointing equal 1 2th in 1 923, and
4th in 1 929.
Rubinstein had the bye in round one.
( 1 24) Rubinstein - Nimzovitch
Carlsbad (2) 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D32]
Notes by Hoffer (H), Nimzovitch (N)
and Authors (A).
1 .d4 d5 2 . .)f3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . .l c 3 .)c6 6 . dlf4 c x d4
7 . .) xd4 Ab4 8.e3
 Carlsbad 1 907
August 20 - September 17

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Total

1 . Rubinstein X Y2 Y, 0 Y2 Y2 1 1 1 y, 1 1 0 1 I I y, I I I I 15

2 . Mar6czy y, X 0 Y2 Y2 Y2 I y, I Y2 Y, I 1 1 I y, y, I I I I 1 4 V>

3 . Leonhardt y, I X y2 0 I I y, y, y, I Y2 Y> 1 I y, 1 y, I 0 I 1 3 Y2

4. Nimz.ovitch I Y2 Y2 X I Y, Y> Y> Y, Y2 0 0 y, 0 1 y, 1 I I I I 1 2 Y2

5 . Schlechter y, y, I 0 X y, y, 0 0 Y2 Y2 Y2 Y, 1 I I 1 y, I I I 1 2 Y2

6. Vidmar y, y, 0 Y2 Y, X I 1 y, 1 I 0 I I 0 y, I I I 0 0 12

7 . Duras 0 0 0 Y2 Y2 0 X I 0 0 I Y2 1 1 1 1 I I I 1 0 I I Y2

8 . Teichmarm 0 Y, Y2 Y2 I 0 0 X 1 1 Y2 Y2 1 1 y, y, y, 0 Y2 I I I I Y2

9 . Salwe 0 0 Y2 Y2 I y, I 0 X y, 0 y2 0 Y2 1 1 I Y2 1 r-- II

I O. H. Wolf Y> Y> Y2 Y, Y, 0 I 0 y, X Y2 Y2 1 1 I Y2 0 1 0 y, y, I O Y2

I I . Dus- Chotimirsky 0 y, 0 I y, 0 0 y, I Y2 X 0 1 0 I 1 1 0 0 I I 10
' I X y, 0 0 y, 0 0 I I I 10
1 2 . Marshall 0 0 y, I y, I Y2 Y> Y> Y2

1 3 . Spiehnarm I 0 y, y, y, 0 0 0 1 0 0 Y2 X 0 I y, I 0 I 1 I 9 Y,

1 4. Tartakover 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 y, 0 I 1 I X 0 y, 0 1 I I I 9

1 5 . Janowsky 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 y, 0 0 0 1 0 I X 1 I I 0 I 1 8 V>

1 6. 1. Berger 0 Y, Y2 Y, 0 y, 0 Y2 0 Y2 0 Y2 Y, Y, 0 X I I 0 y, y, 7 Y,

1 7 . Mieses y, y, 0 0 0 0 0 Y2 0 I 0 1 0 1 0 0 X I 1 1 0 7 Y,

1 8 . Chigorin 0 0 Y2 0 y, 0 0 1 y, 0 I 1 I 0 0 0 0 X I 0 I 7 Y,

1 9 . 0 11and 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 y2 0 I I 0 0 0 I 1 0 0 X 1 I 6 Y,

20. E. Colm 0 0 I 0 0 1 0 0 0 y2 0 0 0 0 0 y, 0 I 0 X I 5

2 1 . P. Jolmer 0 0 0 0 0 I I 0 y, y, 0 0 0 0 0 y, I 0 0 0 X 4 Y,
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

(H) The following variation might be 16 ... c4 17.Ae2 a5! 18.fdl b4

useful to the student: 8 A jdb5? d4 1 9 . Etd4 fd8 2 0 . cd l d7
9.<lc7+ 'l;1xc7! 10 . .!lxc7 dxc3 and Black 2l.Af3 adS
W ill S .

8 ... .)f6 9 . .) xc6

(H) Obviously, 9 . .!lb5 would have been

better.
(A) Recent theory considers that 9 . .!lb5
leads to an equal game.

9 ... bxc6 10.Jld3

(A) ECO gives this move as deserving

attention, crediting Keres who pro
(N) This well-knit position with its ex
posed it in Informant #1 9. Here it gets
traordinary economy and ideally posted
a practical test almost 70 years before !
forces is akin to a Greek work of art.
Nothing should have been changed in
to ... o-o n.o-o Ad6 t2.Ag3
thi s position steeped in perfecti on.
22.'it'fl 'it'f8 23 .'it'gl 'it'g8, etc., with a
(H) 1 2 . .!lg5 would be answered with
draw, would have been a fit conclusion
1 2 . . . . b8 1 3 .b3 .!le5 14..cl 'l;1d6 with
to the game.
a good game.

1 2 . . . Jl x g3 1 3 . h x g3 c5 1 4 . c l
Ae6 15.a4?!
(H) Black's center pawns being too
strong, 1 5 .e4 might be suggested. If
15 . . . d4, then 1 6.<la4 would be a valid
reply. In any case the center pawns
would be removed, which seems the
first consideration at this stage.
(A) It seems that after 1 5 .e4! White
stands better.
1 5 ... b6 16.a3?!
(H) Rubinstein had the alternative
scheme of compelling the advance of
Black's c-pawn, another way of weak
ening the center, especially if he could
play eventually <tld4 . This plan, how
ever, seems inferior to the one sug
gested.
22 . .)bl?
(N) This upsets the balance and leads
to the disruption of White 's game.
22 ... b8 23. 1d2 x a3 24 . .) xa3
<;tlf8 25.e4
(H) The destruction of the center in the
e l ab orate way i n the text was
Rubinstein's main object, and this he
carri e s out c o n s i stently. Good
generalship. But to have allowed such
establishment in the first instance is bad
generalship.
25 . . . d x e4 2 6 . x d7 .) x d7 !
2 7 . A x e4 .) c 5 2 8 . d4 .) x e4
2 9 . x e4 Et x b 2 30 . .) x c4 b4 !
3 1 . .) d 6 x e4 3 2 . .) x e4 A x a 2
33 . .)c3 Ac4 34.f4 <;tle7 3 5.<;tlf2

90
 1 907
'it'd6 3 6 . e 3 e5 37 .g4 b4
38.d4 Ab3 39.g5 a4 40. 4) b 1
Ae6 4 t .g3 b 3 4 2 . 4) e3 a 3
43.d3 g6 44.d4 e2, 0- 1
( 1 25) Vidmar - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (3) 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D40]
1.d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.4)e3 e5 4.4)f3
4:)e6 5.e3 4) f6 6.a3 4) e4 7.e2
4:) xe3 8. xe3 exd4 9.exd4 dxe4!
10.A xe4 Ae7
ECO gives this sequence of moves as
Black's only path to equality in this
variati on without giving credit to
Rubinstein for his exact play.
u . o-o o-o 1 2 . Ae3 Ad7 1 3 .b4
.eS 14.d3 .1l,f6 1 5 ..ae1 4) e7
1 6 . 4) g 5 4) f 5 1 7 . 4) e4 Jl,e6
1S..fd 1 4) d6 1 9 . 4) x d6 x d6
20.b5 Ad5 21.Axd5 exd5 22. b3
Ae7 2 3 . a 4 e6 2 4 . d 3 . x e 1
2 5 . . x e 1 . e S 2 6 . . x eS+ x eS,
Draw
( 1 26) Rubinstein - Dus-Chotimirsky
Carlsbad ( 4) 1 907
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
1.d4 d5 2.Af4 e6 3.e3 Jl,d6 4 . .ilg3
4)f6 5.4)d2 e5 6.e3 4)e6 7.4)gf3
91
e7 S . 4) e 5 A x e5 9 . d x e 5 4) d 7
1 0 . .l f3 d s 1 t . A d 3 b6
1 2.e2 e4 13.Ae2 4)e5 14.4)d2
Ad7 1 5 . 0 - 0 e7 1 6 .e4 b6
1 7 . Af3 4)e7 1 8 . . fd 1 .eS
19.exd5 exd5
20. A x d 5 ! 4) x d 5 2 1 . 4) x e4 e6
2 2 . 4) d6 + fS 2 3 . 4) x eS A x eS
24.e4 4)b4 25.e3 4)e6 26.a3
b6 2 7 . . d 6 eS 2 S . . a d 1 a 5
2 9 . . x e6 x e6 3 0 . . d S + e7
3 1 . . x hS e4 32.h3 Ab7 33.f3
xe4 34. . x h7 g6 35.Ah4+ d7
3 6 . e 3 A d 5 3 7 . x e4 A x e4
3S.b3 Ad5 39.Af2 e6 40.Axe5
x e5 4 t . .h4 b5 4 2 . f2 b4
43.e3 a4 44.bxa4 Jl,xa2 45.d2
Ae4 46.a5 Aft 47.f4, 1-0
( 1 27) Janowsky - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (5) 1 907
Four Knights [C49]
Notes by Kmoch.
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)e6 3 . .l e3 4) f6
4.Ab5 Ab4
Rubinstein had not as yet discovered
4 . . . 4Jd4!, a well-known variation named
after him.
5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 A xe3 7.bxe3 d6
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

8.Ag5 'it!e7 9.'if1d2 d8 10.-'tc4
Ae6 1 1.-'tb3 Axb3 12.axb3 e6
13.Ah4 h6
If 13 . . . <\f4 White might sacrifice a
pawn for a strong attack thus: 14.<\d4
exd4 1 5 .'lii' xf4 dxc3 16.flae l , threaten
ing 17.'lii'e 3, to be followed by 18.f4!
Black could maintain the pawn at a
grave disadvantage in position.
14.E!fel a6 15.Ag3?
White should play 1 5 .d4.
15 . . . h 5 1 6 .d4 ef4 1 7. Jl x f4
xf4 18.g3 g6
Black has indeed been compelled to
vacate the excellent square of the
knight, but the Moor has performed his
duty. The position of the white king has
been weakened and an attack by .. .f5 is
threatened.
1 9 . 'it!d3 'it!e6 2 0 . d 2 f5 2 1 .d 5
'it!d7 22.exf5 E! xf5 23.e4
The position of the knight offers some
compensation for the opponent's pos
session of the f-file. In spite of this,
Black obtains the initiative for the
weakening g3 cramps White 's style
appreciably. [Authors: In our opinion
the position is equal .]
30.fl xf3 fl xf3 3 1 .<\xf3 e4, etc. should
wm.
25 ... h8 26.c4 g81
If 26 . . . flh5 White can prevent the en
trance of the knight into d4, thu s :
27.'lii'fl ! <\f5 28.flf3 followed b y 29.c3.
27.f3 f6 28.E!fl xe4 29.'if1xe4
Apparently White has overcome the
perils of the mid-game. What can now
happen to him in a position as simple
as this? To this question the next two
moves of Rubinstein offer a menacing
answer.
29 . . . 'it!d8!
A v e ry strong and subtle m o v e .
Rubinstein recognizes that the queen
can force entry only from the other
wing.
30. 'it!g4 'it!b8!
Quite overwhelming! The queen now
takes up a strong posi ti on on the
queen 's wing.
3 1 . g2 'itJ a7 3 2 . E!fel 'itJ c 5
3 3 . 'it!e4 'it! b 4 3 4 . E! l e 2 E! 5f6
35.'it!d3 g8 36.'it!c3 a5 37. 'it! x b4
axb4 38.c3 bxc3 39.E! xc3 E!a8

23 ... E!af8 24.E!e3 e71 25.E!dl

The pawn at d5 must be protected in

order to increase the mobility of the
white queen. But 2 5 . c4 would have
been a decisive m i stake : 25 . . . fl h 5
26.'lii'fl (or 26.f3 <\f5 27.fleel <\d4
followed by . . . 'lii'h 3) 26 . . .<\f5 27.flc3
<\d4 2 8 . f3 fl hf5 2 9 . <\d 2 <\ x f3 +

92
Carlsbad 1 907: seated L-R, Rubinstein, Marco, Fahndrich, Chigorin, Schlechter, Hoffer, Tietz (the sponsor), Maroczy, Janowsky,
Neustadt!, Drobny and Marshall; Standing L-R Nimzovitch, Wolf, Mieses, E. Cohn, P. Johner, Leonhardt, Salwe, Vidmar, Berger,
Spielmann, Dus-Chotimirski, Tarrasch and Olland.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
40.<it>h3?
The sole counterplay lay in 40.c5 ; e.g.,
40 ... 1"\aS 4 1 .b4 l"l a4 (41 . . .1"\bS 42.l"lc4)
4 2 . b 5 ! with the threat 4 3 . b6 cxb6
44.c6! , or 40 ... l"la3 4 1 .cxd6 cxd6 42.f4
e x f4 4 3 . g x f4 l"\ x f4 4 4 . l"l e 7 l"l a 2 +
45 .g3 l"lff2 46.l"lcc7, etc.
40 . . . b61
Now c5 would require longer prepara
tion and Black gains time to strengthen
his position decisively.
41.<it>g4 a1 42.b2 <it>h7 43.b4
<it>g6 44.bb3
If 44.c5 l"ldl 45 .cxb6 cxb6 46.l"lc6 bS
and 47 . . . 1"\ xdS .
44 ... f51 45.c2 h1 46.f4
There was no adequate defense : the
king gets into a mating net, and at least
a pawn must be lost.
46 . . . e x f4 47.g x f4 h 5 + 4 8 . <it>g3
gl+ 49.<it>f2 g4 50.f3 gxf4
5 1 . x f4 x f4 + 5 2 . <it>e 3 <it>f5
5 3 . <it>d 3 f 3 + 54.<it>d4 b 3
55.f2+ <it>g6 56.g2+ <it>h6 57.b5
f3 5 8 . <it>e4 f6 5 9 . a 2 g 5
60.a7 f4+1 61.<it>d3 f7 62.c5
dxc5 63.d6 d7
Now it becomes apparent how impor
tant it was to force the white king onto
the queen file by 60 . . . l"lf4+.
64 . x c 7 x d6+ 6 5 . <it>e4 d4+
66.<it>f5 h4 67.c8 f4+ 68.<it>e5
c4 6 9 . h8 + <it>g7 70 . c8 <it>g6
71.g8+ <it>h5 72.h3 c3 73.h8+
<it>g6 74.g8+ <it>h6 75.h8+ <it>g7
94
7 6 . c8 Etf3 7 7 . c 6 x h3
78. x b6 f3, 0-1
( 1 28) Rubinstein - Tartakover
Carlsbad ( 6) 1 907
Slav [0 1 1 ]
1 .d4 d5 2 . .1{3 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3
b5?1 5.a4 Ab7 6.b31 cxb3 7.axb5
e6 8 . x b3 Ad6 9 . .J bd 2 .! e7
1 0 . .J e4 0 - 0 1 1 . .! x d6 x d 6
12.Aa3 c7 13.c1 e8 14.Ad3
.l d 5 1 5 . 0 - 0 a 5 16 . .J e 5 c8
1 7 . c 5 d8 1 8 . fc 1 c x b5
1 9 . x c 8 A x eS 2 0 . c 2 b4
2 1 . A x h7 + <it>f8 2 2 . x c8 .! c 6
23. xc6 bxa3 24.Ae4 a2 25.<it>f1
<it>g8 26.A xd5 exd5 27.a6 b6
28. x a2 b5+ 29.<it>g1 a5 30.c5
b4 3 l . h 3 a4 3 2 . x d 5 f8
3 3 . .l x f7 e 1 + 3 4 . <it> h 2 x f2
35 . .lg5+ <it>h8 36. e4, 1-0
( 1 29) Duras - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (7) 1 907
Four Knights [C49]
Notes by Kmoch.
l .e4 e5 2 . .l f3 .lc6 3 . .lc3 .l f6
4.Ab5 AM 5.0-o o-o 6.d3 Axc3
7.bxc3 d6 8.Ag5 e7 9.e1 .ld8
10.d4 .le6 l l.Ac1
The bishop 's move leads to an attack
ing continuation that originated with
Teichmann. From the viewpoint of de
velopment not much is lost as Black,
too, must regroup his pieces.
ll ... c6 12.Afl c7 13 . .lh4 e8
14.d3
This square should be left open for the
bishop. The proper continuation was g3
 1 907
followed by f4 and ii;i'f3.
t4 . . . Ad7 t 5 .g3 Et ads t 6 . Ag 2
.il,c8 17.f4
Now that Black is fully developed, this
attack is less effective.
17 ...exf4 18.gxf4 4)f8 19.f5
A more aggressive continuation would
be 19 c4 , for in that event, if 19 . . . 4Jg6
.
20.4Jxg6 hxg6 2 1 .d5! followed after
adequate preparation by posting the
queen 's bishop on the long diagonal.
t9 . . . h6 2 0 . A d 2 4) 8h7 2 t . 4) f3
e7 22.h4 c5
Threatening c4, which would be deci
sive as the pawn at e4 would fall.
23.4)h2 E{de8 24.Ete3 b6 25.Af3
Ab7
Again threatening c4.
26.ae1?
An error which leads to a speedy col
lapse. White's position was not indeed
anything to brag about, but after 26.d5
he could still put up a fight.
26 ... c4 27:{fJe2 A x e4 28.'g2 d5
29.Ac 1 A x f3 3 0 . 4) x f3 f! x e 3
3 l . A x e 3 e4 3 2 . 'lf1 h 3 Et g4 +
3 3 . h 1 g3 3 4 . '{fJ h 2 4) g4
3 5 . Jlgl 4) x h 2 3 6 . Jl x h 2 '{fJf4
37.4)g1 'lPJ x h4, 0-1
( 1 30) Rubinstein - Mieses
Carlsbad (8) 1 907
Queen's Pawn [005]
l.d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.e3 4)f6 4.Ad3
c5 5.b3 'lf1c7 6.Ab2 a6 7.4)bd2
95
4)c6 8.a3 cxd4 9.exd4 Ad6 10.0-0
0-0 l l . e 1 e8 1 2 . 4) e 5 A x e5
13.dxe5 4)d7 14. 'lf1h5 h6 15.c4 d4
1 6 . 4) f3 E{d8 17. e4 f5 18.e x f6
4) xf6 19. 'lf1g6 4)e7 20. 'lfJg3 '{fJ xg3
2 1 . h x g3 4) x e4 2 2 . A x e4 4) c 6
2 3 . A x c 6 b x c6 2 4 . A x d4 a 5
25.Etel b8 26.Ete3 Aa6 27.a4
Etb7 28. x e6 E{ xb3 29.Et xc6 Ab7
3 0 . b6 Et x b6 3 l . A x b6 d 1 +
3 2 . h 2 a t 3 3 . A x a 5 E{ x a4
3 4 . A b 6 Et x c4 3 5 . 4) d 2 E{ a 4
36.Ae3 Ad5 37.4)b1 E{c4 38.4)d2
b4 3 9 . A c 5 E{a4 40 . 4) f3 f7
41.Ae3 e6 42.h3 d6 43.g4
Ae6 44.4)d4 h5 45.4) xe6 h xg4+
46.h2 xe6 47.g3 f!a3 48.Ab6
Et b 3 4 9 . Aa7 d 5 5 0 . g 2 g6
51.fl e4 52.g2 f!b5 53.Ae3
g 5 5 4 . A a 7 d 5 5 5 . Ae 3 c 4
56.Aa7 f!e5 5 7. .1l,b6 d3, Draw
( 1 3 1 ) Salwe - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (9) 1 907
Giuoco Piano [C50]
Notes by Kmoch.
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 .Ac4 Ac5
4.4)c3 4)f6 5.d3 d6 6.Ae3 Ab6
7.'lf1d2 Ag4
M o re en terp r i s i n g than the usual
7 . . . Ae6.
s.4)g5 Ah5
Castling is dangerous because of 9.f3
Ah5 1 0.g4 Ag6 l l .h4, etc.
9 . f3 h6! 1 0 . 4) h3 'lf1d7 1 1 . 4) f2
4)d4 12.Axd4
If 1 2 . 0-0-0 then 1 2 . . . a5 is quite dis
concerting.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
1 2 ... .1}.xd4 13 . .!cdl
An awkward move ! White should
forthwith have prevented the advance
which fo l l o w s . With 1 3 A )fd l and
1 4 . 4Je2, or in the case 13 . . . .1lb 6 is
played, 14.4Je3 would have maintained
the position.
13 ... d5 14 . .1lb3 0-0-0
With his two bishops and the attack in
the center, Black has the superior game.
Rubinstein now translates his advan
tage into victory in exemplary style.
1 5.0-0 g5 16.hl c6 17 . .lc3 Ag6
18.a4 b8 19.a5 a6 20 . .la4 fJc7
2 l.fJb4 fJd6 22.t\'xd6+ E!, xd6
The e x c h an g e of q u e e n s has not
changed the essence of the position.
Black retains the advantage.
23.c3 .1la7 24.,1lc2 .Jd7 25.E!.ael
h5 26 . .ldl f6 27 . .le3 E!,d8 28.b4?
After 28.4Jf5 .ll xf5 29.exf5 c5 B lack
has a superior game, but far less so than
after the move actually made.
28 . . . ,1l x e31 29. E!, x e3 d4 30. E!,eel
dxc3 31 . .! xc3 h4
To prevent a counterattack by 32.h4 if
Black replies 32 . . . gxh4 33.f4 .
32.gl .lf8 33.f2 .J e 6 3 4. .le2
.1le81
Threatening 35 . . . c5 with the win of a
pawn.
35 . .1lb3 .Jc7 36 . .1}.c4 .1ld7 37.E!,cl
Ae6 38.E!,c2 Axc4 39.dxc4 .Je6
Black now controls the only open file,
his knight gains the formidable out
post of f4 or d4, the end of the battle
impends.
4 0 . E!, b l E!,d2 4 l . E!,bb2 E!, x c 2
42.E!,xc2 E!.d3 43.E!.b2
If 43 . . c3? .d2 44.'it>e3 . b2 45 . .d3
4Jf4 and Black wins.
43 ... c7 44.c5
[Authors: White was in zugzwang. If
4 4 . 'it> e l h3 ! ; while 44 . .c2 . b3 or
44 . . b l . d2 or 44 . . . h 3 w ould be
ghastly.]
44 . . . d7 45.g3 h x g3+ 46. h x g3
g4 1 47 . .l g l .l g5 4 8 . e 2 E!. a 3
49.f4 .l xe4 50.fxe5 fxe5 51 .fl
.! x g3 + 5 2 . g 2 .l h 5 5 3 . E!.f2
.!f4+ 54.hl E!.al 55.E!.d2+ e7,
0-1
Played by Rubinstein in outstanding
fashion .
( 1 32) Rubinstein - J. Berger
Carlsbad ( 1 0) 1 907
Queen 's Pawn [DOS]
l.d4 d5 2 . .lf3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.b3 .!f6
5 . .1ld3 .!bd7 6.o-o .1ld6 7.Ab2
96

0-0 8.bd2 f1c7 9.c4 eS? 10.cxdS
exd4 l l .exd4 xdS 1 2 . .c1 f4
1 3 . e4 x d3 1 4 . f1 x d3 Af4
1S . .c2 b6 16.dxcS xeS 17. xcS
bxcS 18.fJc3 f6 1 9 . fJ xc5 fJ xc5
20 . . x c 5 .1l a 6 2 1 . .e 1 . fc8
22 . .1ld4! .d8 2 3 . .aS .1lb7
24 . . x a7 ,1l x f3 2 S .g x f3 .ac8
26 . .1le3 ,1l x e3 2 7 . . x e 3 . d 1 +
28.Cit>g 2 . d 2 2 9 . . ee7
3 0 . . x g7 + Cit> h 8 3 1 . . h 7 + Cit>g8
32 . .ag7+ Cit>f8 33 . .d7, 1 -0
( 1 3 3) P. Johner - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 1 1 ) 1 907
Ruy Lopez [C 9 1 ]
Notes by Kmoch (K) and Authors (A).
l .e4 eS 2 . f3 c 6 3 . .1lbS a6
4.Aa4 f6 s.o-o .1le7 6 . .e1 bS
7..1lb3 d6 8.c3 Ag4 9.d4 0-0 10.a4
e8
(A) Rubinstein's line of play is not
given in ECO.
n . A d S f1d7 1 2 . d x e S x d S
13.exdS x eS 14. x e S d x e S
15.f1b3
(K) It would be a serious mistake to play
15.f3 f5 1 6.El xe5?? c5+ , etc. It is
therefore apparent that the plan of de
velopment initiated by l l .d5 was at
fault. Black is now better developed,
has his two bishops and a mobile ma
jority of pawns on the kings ide.
15 ... .1ld6 16.axbS axbS
(K) Played without due consideration.
The b-pawn now becomes weak, and
Black thereby nearly loses all his ad
vantage. Proper was 1 6 . . . xb5 ! , for
1 907
after 1 7 .xb5 axb5 1 8 . El xa8 El xa8
1 9.<la3 Black can continue effectively
with 1 9 . . . d7.
17 . . x a8 . xa8 18.a3 .aS
(K) After 18 . . . El b8 there would follow
1 9.c4 b4 20.<lb5, a move impossible
with the bishop on d7.
hS
19.c4
(K) This loses a pawn, but the result
ant position is so favorable that we can
hardly refer to the move as a mistake.
19 ... bxc4 20. xc4 . xd5 21. xd6
(K) Not 2 1 .<lb6 because Black would
attain a c l ear advantage for the
endgame by 2 1 . . .Elb5 22.<bxd7 El xb3
23 .<bxe5 e6 etc.
2 1 . . . f1 x d6 2 2 . f1 b 8 + f1d8
23.fJ xd8+ . xd8
(K) Black has indeed a pawn advan
tage, but because of the separation of
the pawns, as well as the bishops of
opposite colors, White should have no
difficulty in assuring the draw. But
Jo h n e r now p l ay s weakly, and
Rubinstein on the contrary, with amaz
ing strength.
24.f3?
(K) Instead, 24.f4 would have brought
e i th er w e l c o m e s i m p l i fi c a t i o n by
24 ... exf4, or the exchange of rooks : if
24 . . . f6 2 5 . fx e 5 fx e 5 26 . g5 . Now
Black is forced to play 26 . . . Eldl , be
cause 26 . . . El e8 27.f4 or 26 . . . El d5
27.Elc1 loses the extra pawn.
24 ... Ae6 2S.Cit>f2 .dS 26.b4
97
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(K) Taking from the bishop the excel
lent post at c3. To be preferred was
26.Ele2.
(A) With 26.Ele2 White would prepare
the way for .llc l -d2-c3 and would be
able to meet 26 . . . Eldl with 27.Eld2.
26 . . . h6
(A) Preparing to mobilize his pawns
and grab as much space as possible.
27.g3 .lld7 28 . .1le3 f5 29.cl c6
30.c2 f7 31.e2?1
(K) Playable was 3 l . f4 . The rep ly
3 l . . .e4 was less to be dreaded than the
following move.
(A) H ere 3 l . f4 ! would have made
White 's life much easier, but Johner
continues to drift.
31 ... g5 32 . .1lc5 f4
(K) Now Black has attained the ideal
pawn formation.
3 3 . a 2 .ilf5 3 4 .g x f4 .il d 3 +
3 5 . e 1 g x f4 3 6 . a 7 + g 6
3 7 . e 7 .Q.b5 38.e6+ g7
39 .Q.d6?
(K) Giving the opportunity for a prob
lem-like final thrust. 39. El d6 was in
98
order, not because of the exchange, but
because - as Wagner, the Hamburg
master expressed it - Black could do
nothing at all thereafter. This threat was
actually so strong that in all human
probability the well-nigh helpless game
o f White w o u l d have been s aved
thereby.
(K) Now the white rook is thrust to the
wing, and the black rook enters deci
sively into the thick of the fight.
40. x h 6 d 3 1 4 1 . f2 e3
4 2 . .1l c 5 e2+ 43 . g 1 .ll c 4
44. xc6 .lld 5 45.d6 .ll x f3 46.h4
e4 47 . .1ld4 d2!
(A) Accurate to the end, Rubinstein
answers the threat of 48.Elf6+ followed
by 49.Elxf6.
48 . .1le5 e31 49 . .1lxf4 g2+, 0-1
( 1 34) Rubinstein - Teichmann
Carlsbad ( 1 2) 1 907
Queen's Gambit Declined [D5 5]
Notes by Em. Lasker from Lasker s
Chess Magazine (L) Schlechter from
,
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1 90 8 (S),
Kmoch (K), and Razuvaev (R).
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.c4 4)f6 4 . .1lg5
Ae7 5.4)c3 4)bd7 6.e3 0-0 7:lflc2
b6
(S) The best continuation is 7 . . c5.
.
8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ad3 .llb7 10.0-0-0
( S ) Deserving serious attention i s
l O.Eldl .
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10 ... c5 l l .h4 .c8
(S) We ak . The ri ght p l an was
counterplay with ... c4, ... a6, ... b5 and
.. . b4, and it is unclear who will come
first.
(K) In reference of these open ing
moves we can compare Rubinstein's
games against Dani uszewski, Lodz
1 9 07 (game #94 ) , and against
Teichmann in their match at Vienna in
1 908 (game # 1 78).
(R) Here 12 . . . cxd4 deserves serious
attention, but White's next move is not
easy to anticipate. Besides, it is also
worth noting, after 12 . . . cxd4 1 3 . 4:'lxd4
White has better prospects.
13.dxc51?
13 .. . xc5
(S) If 1 3 . . . bxc5 then 1 4 .Axf6 4:'lxf6
1 5.Ac4 is very unpleasant.
(K) I f l 3 . . . bxc5 1 4.Axf6 4:'lxf6 1 5 .Af5,
threatening 1 6.4:'lxd5 and 1 7.e4.
(R) Why not 1 3 . . .bxc5? Against 14.M5,
recommended by many annotators,
Black has 14 . . . g6 1 5 .Ah3 Elb8, while
14 .Ab5 is answered by 14 . . . El f8 . In
both cases it is not easy for White to
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prove his advantage. After 13 . . . bxc5
White has an interesting way to develop
the initiative: 14.ilxf6! 4:'lxf6 1 5 . 4:'lg5 h6
(if 1 5 . . . g6 1 6.h5, or 1 6.Ab5 El f8 1 7.h5
with an attack) 1 6.Ab5 (also not bad is
1 6.Axh7+) 1 6 . . . El f8, and now 1 7 . .llc4
or 17 .e4 gives White an advantage.
14.4)d4 4)e4?
(L) Black should have played here
1 4 . . . a6 threatening an advance of the
queenside pawns, which should have
developed a powerful attack. The text
move is obviously bad.
(K) This opens the queen file, where
upon White repulses the attack in the
center, and quickly secures a decisive
advantage. 14 . . . a6 followed by . . . b5
merited a trial .
(R) A decisive mistake. Now the posi
tion opens up, which favors the better
developed player - White. Preferable
was 1 4 . . . a6.
(S) Preferable was 14 . . . 4:'lf8.
1 5 .Q. x e4 dxe4 16.4)db51 .Q.a6
(L) Necessary, as 17 .4:'ld6, winning the
exchange, was threatened.
17."a41 -'l_xb5 18.4) xb5
(L) 8- a few simple strokes White has
not only circumvented the formation of
any hostile attack, but his pieces now
virtually control the field.
18 . .Q. xg5 19.hxg5
(K) According to Marco, 19.4:'ld6 with
the continuation 19 . . . El ee5 20.4:'lb7 b5
2 1 .d4 was even stronger. The situa
tion, however, is not clear if Black re
plies 1 9 . . . b5. If 20.d4? .llf6 might
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follow, and 20.b4 would be followed (135) Spielmann - Rubinstein

by 20. . .Ae7 21.4Jxe8 !!cl+.
[Authors: This note is repeated in full
by Razuvaev. But, instead of 20.d4
or 20.b4, White has also 20.b3!?
with interesting and favorable-looking
complications.]
19 ... Ele7 20.E!d4 a8 21.b41 Elc8
(K) If 2 1 . . .!!xg5, the game would be
decided by 2 2 . 4Jc7 c8 2 3 .!!hdl
xc7 24 .!!xd7 !!xd7 2 5 .!!xd7 c8
26.d l .
22.4)d6 b5?
(S) If 22 . . . !!c7 or 22 . . . !!d8, then White
wins simply by 23.4Jf5 .
(R) A blunder in a difficult position.
Correct is 22 . . .!!d8 with a long battle
still ahead. For example, 23.4Jf5 !!e5
24.!!xd7 !!xf5 . [Authors: This variation
is shown by Kmoch.] White can win a
pawn by 23.!!hdl 4Je5 24.4Jxe4, but
the position after 24 . . . !!xd4 25 .!!xd4
4Jc6 is not so clear. Interesting is 23.g6!?
hxg6 24.dl 4Je5 25 .!!h3 with an at
tack. These lines finally lead us to the
following variation: 23.4Jf5 !!e5 24.g4
4Jf8 25.1:!c l ! and Black is dominated.
For example, 25 . . . 4Je6?! 26.!!xd8 xd8
27.!!c8!, or 25 . . . El xd4 26.exd4 El e8
2 7 . El c7 ( a l s o good are 2 7 . d 5 and
27.c6) and White should win.
Carlsbad (13) 1907
Hungarian [C55]
Notes by Schlechter (S), and Janowsky
(J).
l .e4 e5 2.4)f3 4)c6 3 . .1lc4 .ile7
4 . 4) c 3 4) f6 5 . d 3 d6 6.h3 4) a 5
7.Jl.b3 4)xb3 8.axb3 0-0 9.0-0 c6
(J) Deserving of attention is 9 . . . 4Je8!?
with the idea of . . .f5 .
10.4)e2 c7
(S) Bad is the immediate 10 . . . d5? be
cause of l l .exd5 xd5 1 2 .4Jc3 and
1 3 . El e l with the advantage.
l l .g4 d5 1 2 . 4) g3 Ele8 1 3 . e2
dxe4 14.dxe4 g6
( S ) Perhaps 1 4 . . . 4Jd7!? 1 5 .4Jf5 4Jf8,
followed by . . . 4Jg6, is a preferable plan.
15 . .1lg5 .1le6 16.e3 a6 17.4)el
4)d7 18.Jl.xe7 E!xe7 19.h6 Eld8?
(S) B lack should organize his defense
by 19 .. .f6!? followed by . . . Elf8.
20.<ifjlh2 f6 2 1 .4)d3 Elg7 22.Elgl
4)f8

23.4) xeS!, 1-0

(L) In view of Black's weak position

he was quite j ustified in resigning af
ter losing the exchange. He could not,
of course, capture the queen since
White would be left with three pieces
against the queen: 23 . . . bxa4 24.4Jxe7+
f8 25.El xd7 and wins.

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 1907
(J) If 23 . . . gxf5 24.gxf5 dd7 25.xf6!
and White wins.
24.gxf5 d4?
(S) A decisive waste of time. Better
defensive chances are offered by the
immediate 24 . . . l3dd7!?.
25.g4 dd7 26.c5?1
(S) Stronger is 26.l3agl !.
26... de7 27.ag1 d6 28.d3
a5 29.h4 c7 3 0 . 4g3 ef7
3l.f41 e7
(S) There is no defense. If 3 l . . .exf4
32 .<lxf4 g5 33 .<lh5 gxh4 34.<lxf6+
'it'h8 35 .xh4 and White has a winning
position.
3 2 . f x e 5 f x e 5 3 3 . g 5 1 d7
34 .fxg 6 h x g6 3 5 . x g6 f6
36.1g5 xe4 37.h5, 1-0
( 136) Rubinstein - Leonhardt
Carlsbad ( 14) 1907
Queen's Pawn [DOS]
l.d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.e3 f6 4.Ad3
c5 5.b3 c6 6.Ab2 b6 7.bd2
Ab7 8.0-0 Ae7 9.c4 0-0 10.c1
c8 l l .e2 d7 1 2 . fd1 Jlf6
13.fl g6 14.Jlb1 e7 15.g3
fd8 16.e4 xd4 17. xd4 cxd4
18.e x d 5 e x d 5 1 9 . x e7 Jl x e7
20.cxd5 Axd5 21.j},xd4, Draw
(137) Marshall - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 15) 1907
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [032]
Notes by Hoffer (H), and Authors (A).
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 c5 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . f3 c6 6 . Ag 5 Ae7
7.Axe7 gxe7 8.e3 cxd4 9. xd4
0-0 10.j},e2 b6 l l .b3?
(H) A weak move. l l .b3 is the right
continuation.
ll ... d4!
(H) A valuable innovation. B lack gets
the better development now.
12.exd4 d8
(A) On the basis of this game, ECO
assesses this position as equal. In our
opinion, Black already stands better.
1 3 . d 5 b4 1 4 . Jlf3 b x d 5
1 5 .,11. x d 5 Jl e 6 1 6 . 0 - 0 x d 5
17.a4
(H) Th is is no remedy, but White has
none. He fought on a considerable
time, but the remainder is of no further
interest.
17 b4 1 8 . d4 b6! 1 9 . h 3 ? 1
..
x d4 20 . x d4 A d 7 2 1 . c3
xc3 22.bxc3 deS 23.ac1 c4
24. fd 1 ac8 2 5 . f3 Jle8
2 6 . d4 x c3 27 . x c 3 x c3
28.d8 1it'f8 29.d4 1it'e7 30.a8
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
E!a3 3 1 . .l f 5 + f6 3 2 . g4 Jld7
33. .lg3 E!xa2 34.E!h8 b5
35. .lh5+ e7 36.E!xh7 b4
37.E!h8 b3 38.E!b8 b2 39.h2
.1l,a4 40.4)f4 Ac2 41.4)d5+ e6
4 2 . 4) c 3 E! a 3 4 3 . E! x b2 E! x c 3
44.E!a2 E!c7 45.h4 e5 46.g3
E!c3+ 47.f3 Ae4 48. E!a5+ Jld5
49.g 5 E! x f3+ 50. g4 g6 5 1 . h 5
E!f4+ 52.g3 gxh5, 0 - 1
( 1 38) Rubinstein - Schlechter
Carlsbad ( 1 6) 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D40]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 4)f6
5 . .lc3 a6 6.a3 4)c6 7.dxc5 Jlxc5
8.b4 .1l,d6 9.Ab2 0-0 10.E!c1 dxc4
1 1 . .1l,xc4 b5 1 2 . .1l,d3 .le5!
Forgotten and obviously stronger than
ECO 's example: 1 2 . . . .1lb7 1 3.4:Je4 with
s l ightly better chances for White,
Galakhov-Kozlov, USSR 1 97 1 .
1 3 . 4) x e 5 .1l, x e 5 1 4 . 0 - 0 Ab7
1 5 . e 2 E!c8 1 6 . E! fd 1 e7
1 7 . 4) b 1 .1l,b8 1 8 . 4) d 2 E! x c 1
19.E!xc1 E!d8 20.4)f1 4)e4 21 .E!d1
f5 22 . .l g3 4) x g3 2 3 . h x g3 E!d7
24.Jlc2 d8 25.E!xd7 '/!txd7,
Draw
(139) Maroczy- Rubinstein
Carlsbad (17) 1907
French Rubinstein [C10]
N otes by Lasker in Lasker s Chess
Magazine 1 907.
The most important game in the tour
nament, and in many respects the most
exciting, was the encounter between the
two leaders toward the close. Mar6czy,
the hero of many hard fights, was half
1 02
a point better off than the y oung
Rubinstein, but the latter had to meet
weaker opponents subsequently.
With the instinct and j udgment of a
veteran, with confidence in his ability
to succeed in his remaining games,
Rubinstein set out with a determination
to draw with Mar6czy. The state of the
score would have impelled most play
ers to take exceptional risks in order to
depose his antagonist and take his
place. Rubinstein is evidently au fait
in all the arts of winning tournaments
besides games. An eyewitness thus de
scribes the attitude of the players at the
c o n c l u s i o n of the g a m e : "That
Rubinstein was perfectly satisfied with
his partial success was apparent from
his beaming countenance; Mar6czy
looked depressed in proportion."
l . e4 e6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . .lc3 d x e4
4 . 4) x e4 4) d 7 5 . .l f3 4) gf6
6.4) xf6+
Under the circumstances White 's tac
tics cannot be commended. By ex
changing he not only does not simplify,
but actually develops Black's game. It
should be Black's business for that rea
son to find out how to deve lop the
knight on d7 . Far p referable would
have been 6.4:Jg3 leaving Black's game
cramped .
6...4)xf6 7.Jld3 c5 8.dxc5 Jlxc5
9.0-0 0-0 10 . .1l,g5
White wastes time with this move,
which could only be j ustified if fol
lowed up with Axf6. Instead, 10 .Af4
is much better, for Black cannot reply
with 1 0 . . . .1ld6, because of l l .Axd6
xd6 1 2 .Axh7+ winning the queen.
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10... .Q.e7 l l.'e2 'i#/c7 12.E{adl
In order to be able to advance the
queenside pawns it would have been
better to have played 12 . . fe l .
1 2... E{d8 13.c4 Jl,d7 14.Jl,d2 E{ac8
15.Ac3 j},eS 16.'i#/c2 h6 17.4:\e5
.)d7
Black has cleverly anticipated all pos
sible attacks on the kingside. The posi
tion is remarkable. The black king is
only protected by pawns, and White has
considerable force bearing on it, yet
nothing tangible can be done.
18.4) xd7 Jl,xd7
If 18 . . . . xd7, with the obj ect of dou
bling , White would reply 1 9 : e 2 ,
threatening e4 with a very promising
attack.
19.'i#/e2 j},c6 20.'i#/g4 j},fS 21 .f4
White should play 2 1 ..fe l , threaten
ing Af6 with much the better game. It
is impossible to give all the combina
tions that might arise, but as an instance
the following will show a possible con
tinuation showing why 2 1 .Af6 cannot
be played at once : 2 l . . . . d7 22 . . fe l
h8 23.Ae5 d8 2 4 . .e3 f5 25.g6
1 03
g5 26 . . g3 x g6 27 . . xg6 . cd8
28 .xh6+ 'iftg8 29 .h3 Ae4 winning
. .
a piece.
21 . . . E{ xd3!
As a means of winning, this sacrifice
cannot be recommended. But taking
into account that Black realized that his
position was getting very difficult, this
move is highly ingenious and shows
great power of resistance. For the ex
change versus a pawn B lack has got rid
of one of the most dangerous pieces.
22.E{ xd3 j},e4 23.Etd2
If23 . .g3 then 23 . . . xc4 24 . .1l.xg7 .ll.f5
25.h4 .ll. x g7 26.f6 .ll.g6 and Black
should win.
23 ... 'i#/xc4 24.E{fdl Jld5 25.h3
This is an unnecessary defense, as
Black does not threaten anything. The
proper thing to do would be to play
2 5 . a3 first, and so save thi s pawn .
Mar6czy undoubtedly labored under
some delusion when he made the sub
sequent combination. Otherwise he
would certainly have acted on the reor
ganized principle that a player with a
superior force should first of all render
everything secure.
25 ... f5 26. 'i#/g6
Had White played 25.a3 as suggested,
he could have complacently played now
26.g3. To defend this pawn now and
leave the other would not permit many
winning chances.
26 ... 'i#/xf4 27.E{ xd5
This countersacrifice nearly wins. At
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
the same time, White guards against the
sacrifice of a s econd exchang e, to be
followed by ...Ad6.
27 .. :{te3+ 28.hl exd5 29.'xf5
d8 3 0 . xd 5 c l + 3 1 . h 2
Ad6+ 32.Ae5 Ac7
This innocent-looking move is the only
one which draws easily. If 32 . . . .ll x e5+
33.'{f)'xe5 . xd5 (otherwise White plays
. d7) 34.'{f)'xd5+ h7 35.'{f)'xb7 '{f)'f4+
36.g3 with a pawn to the good, though
winning would be remote.
3 3 . xd8+ Jl. xd8 34. d7 g 5
3 5 . Ag3 e7 3 6 . xe7 Axe7
37.Ae5 f7 38.g3 g6 39.f4
e6 40.e4 h5 4l.b3, Draw
( 1 40) Rubinstein - E. Cohn
Carlsbad ( 1 8) 1 907
Queen's Pawn [D02]
l.d4 d5 2 ..1}.f4 e6 3.e3 .)f6 4 . .)d2
Ad6 5.?:Jgf3 b6 6.Ad3 Ab7 7.0-o
0-0 8.c3 c5 9.?:le5 .) e4 lO.el
.1}. xe 5 1 1 . .1}. xe 5 .) d7 12 . .1}.f4
.)xd2 13.xd2 e8 14.Ag3 a6
15.f3 b5 16.dxc5 .)xc5 17.Jlc2
c8 18.adl g5 19..Q.d6 ed8
2 0.Jl,xc5 xc5 2 1.e4 'ltxd2
22.xd2 deS 23. a3 dxe4
24. .Q.xe4 Jl,xe4 25.xe4 f8
26.ed4 c4 27.d7 4c7
2 8 . f 2 e8 2 9 . 7d6 c6
30.e3 8c7 3l.f4 e7 32.xc6
xc6 33.d4 c5 34.a4 f6 35.a5l
e5 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.d3
White stands clearly better because of
his queenside pawn maj ority, possibili
ties for a passed pawn, and chances to
capture Black's weak a6 pawn .
-
The attempt for an active defense with
37 . ..b4 loses quickly after 38.cxb4 .c2
(38 ... .b5 39.'it>d2! .xb4 40.'it>c3)
39..b3 . xg2 40.b5 axb5 4 l . . xb5
. xh2 42.a6 . h6 43..a5.
38.b3 c6?!
Better defensive chances were offered
by 38. . . . c5!?. According to Fine, this
continuation leads to a draw after
39.e4 b4! 40 .cxb4 (if 40.c4 . xa5
4l ..d5? . xd5 42.xd5 aS 43.xe5 a4
and B lack wins) 40 . . . . b 5 ! 4 l . . c3
. xb4+ 42 .xe5 .b5+ 43.e4 . xa5
44. . c7+ 'it>f6 4 5 . . a7 . a 3 , etc . But
39.'it>d2! (instead of 39.e4) keeps
White's advantage.
40.h3l h6 41.g3 f6
After4l . . . g5 42.h4! White gains at least
a pawn ; e .g . , 42 . . . . c8 ( 42 . . . gxh4?
43..g6+ and 44.. xc6 wins) 43.hxg5
hxg5 44 .. xg5 . xc3 4 5 . . xe5+ d6
46..d5+ and 47..d3.
42.d5 e6 43.f3+ e7 44.g3l
This threatens 45..f5 e4 46.. f2 and
47..e2 winning a pawn, which is not
g o o d i m m e d i ately be ca use of
44 ... .d6+ 45.xe5 .d2.
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44 ... g6 4S .!:!e3 <ifjlf6 46.c4 b x c4
47.bxc4 !:!eS 48.!:!f3+1 <it>gS 49.cS
e4
Or 49 . . . g4 50.e3 f5 5 l .c6 d8+
52 .c5 e6 53.c7 followed by c6-
b7 .
SO.h4+ <it>g4 S l .!:!f4 + <ifjl x g3
S2.!:!xe4 !!aS S3.c6 gS S4. h x gS
hxgS SS.c7 <it>f3 S6.!:!e1, 1-0
The last battle between the top two
p l ay e r s of t h e R u s s i an e m p i r e .
Chigorin died January 25th the fol
lowing year.
( 1 4 1 ) Chigorin - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 1 9) 1 907
French Exchange [CO l ]
l.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.exdS exdS 4.4)f3
4)f6 s.Ad3 Ad6 6.o-o o-o 7.-'lgS
Ag4 8 . 4) bd 2 4) bd7 9 . c 3 c6
10.c2 t}/c7 1 1 .h3 Axf3 12.4) xf3
fe8 1 3.!:!fe1 Af4 14.g3 A x gS
lS.4) xgS h6 16.4)f3 d6 17.4)h4
x e 1 + 18.!:!x e 1 !:!eS 1 9 . !:! x e8+
4) xe8 20.t}/e2 <ifjlfS 2 1 .4)fS e6
22.g4 t}/e 1 + 2 3 . <it>g 2 d 2
24.e 2 x e 2 2 5 . A x e 2 4) b6
26.b3 4)c8 27.Ad3 4)cd6 28.4)e3
4)c7 29.<i!i>f3 <it>e7 30.<it>e2 <ifjle6
31.g4 <it>f6 32.f4 4)e6 33.4)g2 g6
34.h4 h5
"Having made his move in this barren
position Rubinstein offered Chigorin a
draw"-Kmoch and Reinfeld in Chess
Review, 1 950 (p. 9).
3S.fS?
This move, as opposed to 35 .g5+ which
would have drawn easily, can only be
explained by the Russian master's well
known avers i o n to draw s . Now
Rubinstein carefully converts his extra
pawn into a win.
35 ... gxf5 36.g5+ <it>g6 37.<it>e3 f6
38.gxf6 <it>xf6 39.Ae2 f4+ 40.<it>d3
<ifjlg6 4 1 .c4 4) e 4 4 2 . c x d S c x d S
43.Af3 4)f6 44.a4 a S 45.4)e1 4)g7
46 . .Q.g 2 4) f S 4 7 . 4) f3 4) g4
48.4)e5+ 4) x e5+ 49.d xeS 4) x h4
50.-'lxdS b6 51 .<ifjle4 <it>g5 S2 . .Q.e6
4)g6 53.Jl.h3 4)e7 54 . .Q.d7 4)g6
s 5 . Ab s 4':lf8 5 6 . Af 1 <it>g4
57 . .Q. e 2 + <it>g 5 5 8 . A f 1 <ifjlg4
S 9 . A e 2 + <it>g5 6o . .Q. f 1 4) g6
6 1 . A h 3 4) e7 6 2 . .Q.d7 4) g6
63.-'tes h4 64.Ad7 f3 65 .Ah3
4) f4 66.e6 4) x h 3 67.e7 f2
68.e8 t}J f1 t}J, 0-1
= =
( 1 42) Rubinstein - Olland
Carlsbad (20) 1 907
Queen's Pawn [002]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.e3 4)c6 4.a3
f5?1 5.dxc5 e6 6.b4 4)f6 7 . .Q.b2
Ae7 8.4)bd2 0-0 9.Ab5 aS 10.0-0
a x b4 1 1 . A x c 6 b x c 6 1 2 . a x b4
Aa6 1 3 .!:!e 1 4) e4 14 . .11.e S Af6
1 5 . 4) b3 A x e S 1 6 . 4) x e 5 t}/h4
1 7 .g3 t}/h3 1 8 .f3 g5 1 9 .g2
h S 2 0 .f4 g x f4 2 l . e x f4 Jl b 5
2 2 .4}d4 4) c 3 2 3 . 4) e x c6 4) e 2 +
24 . 4) x e 2 !:! x a 1 2 S .!:! x a 1 A x e 2
2 6 . 4) d 4 Ag4 2 7 . h 3 1 A x h 3
2 8 .e 2 Ag4 2 9 . t}/ x e6 + <ifjlh8
30.!:!a7 t}/e8 3 1 .c6 Ah5 32.!:!e7
t}/g6 33. t}/xg6, 1-0
An instructive encounter.
While many tales of Rubinstein are
nothing more than myth, the following
seems to have some basis in reality.
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
The tale is told by Hans Kmoch and
Fred Reinfeld in the October 1 950 is
sue of Chess Review, pp. 299-30 1 : "Af
ter the twentieth (last but one) round,
Mar6czy, with a score of 1 3 Y2-5Y2, was
ahead of 1 9 of the 2 1 participants. Most
of the chess fans present hoped that he
might win the first prize by coming out
victorious in his last-round game. This
desire was rooted not only in Mar6czy 's
well-established fame and the dignified
manner for which he was noted, but
also in their intensely patriotic attitude;
for Mar6czy, like Carlsbad, represented
the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
"Unfortunately, level-headed critics
had to admit that Mar6czy 's winning
chances were rather dim, for the young
Polish player, Rubinstein, who had be
come a master only two years earlier,
was a clear point ahead of the Hungar
ian grandmaster. To win the first prize,
Rubinstein needed only to draw. And,
even if Rubinstein lost, the worst that
could happen to him would be a tie for
first prize. But Mar6czy 's fanatical par
tisans would have been happy to see
hi m tie for first pri ze.
"To bring about a tie, two things were
necessary. First, Mar6czy had to beat
Janowsky. This was not too difficult: it
had happened several times previously,
and Mar6czy was confident that it
would happen again. (It did happen, in
a bri l l i ant game in which Mar6czy
played the flashy Meller Attack in the
Giuoco Piano and rocked Janowsky
back on his heels.) Much more diffi
cult, however, was the second require
ment: Wol f had to beat Rubinstein .
True, Heinrich Wolf was a player of
better than average strength. His score
after the twentieth round was a respect-
1 06
able I 0-9. It was not too implausible to
hope that he might beat Rubinstein. Yet
this hope was silly in view of Wolf's
style and temperament: excelling in
steadiness, Wolf, despite his ferocious
name, almost loathed imagination and
courage.
"As he was a representative of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, however,
and a close friend of Mar6czy as well,
Wolf was well aware of the honorable
task which confronted him, and a mi
raculous courage suddenly inspired him
with the conviction that he was going
to beat 'that Polish upstart. '
"Mar6czy was of course delighted with
this attitude. The night before the last
round the two friends and compatriots
had a long talk, in the course of which
they happened to use a chessboard.
When they parted, Wolf had so far out
grown his normal proportions that he
solemnly promised to beat Rubinstein.
"A good night's sleep is a blessing . Ask
any man who frequently drinks more
than he should, and he will tell you. The
feeling of being reborn is wonderful.
"Presumably, Heinrich Wolf took no
alcohol that night before the last round,
but he had a very refreshing night's
sleep, and the next morning he felt re
born - alas, as the Heinrich Wolfhe had
always been. After ten moves or so, he
intimated that he would not be averse
to a draw.
"Rubinstein should have accepted and
thus made sure of the first prize with
out any further r i s k . Every other
chessmaster would have done it - prob
ably with the exception of Janowsky,
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who could never resist a gamble, and
cert a i n ly w i th the e x c ep t i o n o f
Capablanca, who had a habit o f antici
pating such offers with a still earlier bid
of his own.
"But Rubinstein refused the draw ! ! The
tournament room buzzed with excite
ment.
"It soon became evident that Rubinstein
was not crazy. He steadily strengthened
his position unti l , at move 2 4, he
reached a position in which he had a
forced win. While he studied his next
move a little longer than was his cus
tom, the news spread through the play
ing room that Rubinstein was about to
win. There was a little combination
available which was cute as it was ob
vious. The kibitzers rushed over to
watch Wolf being slaughtered.
"But this time they were again disap
pointed. Instead of play ing the antici
pated 24. . h5, Rubinstein astounded
.
everyone by playing 24 ... .ila6. 'But
why? Let's see: his move must be even
stronger.' Rubinstein gave the kibitzers
no time to check. Two pairs of pieces
were quickly exchanged, bang, bang,
and a little later there was a draw by
repetition of moves. At move 3 1 , the
game was over: draw ! 'Incomprehen
sible ! ,' the kibitzers muttered and
grumbled. 'I told you he's crazy !'
"As he left the table, Rubinstein was
stormed with questions from all sides.
'Didn't you see the win? It was so easy !'
"Rubinstein smiled. 'Yes, of course I
saw the win. But I needed only a draw !'
"'Only a draw?! Nonsense ! But why
1 07
then did you refuse his offer of a draw
in the first place?'
"Rubinstein laughed. 'Because . . . with
Wolf I make a draw when I want to -
not when he wants to !'
"And that is how unreason triumphed
over Rubinstein's fabulous self-disci
pline."
Here is the game:
( 1 43) Wolf- Rubinstein
Carlsbad (21) 1 907
French Rubinstein [C 1 0]
l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 dxe4
This move, which has recently become
popular again, was a great favorite of
Rubinstein's. It has the merits of solid
ity and versatility (it can be played
against both 3.4Jc3 and 3 .4Jd2).
4. xe4 d7 5.f3 gf6 6 . .1l.d3
,ile7 7 . 0 - 0 x e4 8 . .1l, x e4 f6
9.Ad3 0-0 10.c3 b6 l l :e2 .1l.b7
12.e5?1
If Wo l f was determ i n e d to draw,
12 .ila6 was a better way to go about
.
things.
12 ... -(td5 13.f3
Here 1 3 .f4 was a more aggressive way
to answer the mate threat.
1 3 . . . c 5 1 4 . .1l.e3 c x d4 1 5 . .1l, x d4
.1l.c5 1 6 . ,il x c 5 x c 5 + 1 7 . 'it> h l
ad8 18.fel d6 19.c2 fd8
20.adl g6 21.c4 6d7 22.e5
d5 23.b4? c7 24.c4
Reinfeld and Kmoch point out that af-
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
ter 24.f4 b5 25.c4 bxc4 26 . .1lxc4 xd l
2 7 . x d l x d l + 2 8 . x d l 4Jd5
Rubinstein could be counted on to win
the ending.
24 ... .1}.a6?
It's hard to criticize a move that wins
the tournament (i.e., forces a draw) but
Black could have won with 24 . . . h5
2 5 . h 3 ( 2 5 . g 3 xg3 2 6 . .1le4 x d l
2 7 . x d l 4:\ x e 4 2 8 . fx e 4 .ll x e 4 + )
25 . . . 4Jg4!! (another strong continuation
is 25 . . . .1lxf3 26.gxf3 xh3+ 27.gl
g3+ 28.hl f4 but of course the
text is simpler) 26.fxg4 xh3+ 27.gl
h2+ 28.fl hl + and mate the next
move.
2 5 . 4) b 2 .1}. x d3 2 6 . . x d 3 . x d3
27 . 4) x d3 c4 2 8 . 4) e 5 c7
29.4)d3 c4 30.4)e5 c7 31.4)d3
c4, Draw
Rubinstein-Salwe
Lodz 1 907
+ 1 2,-2,=8
The third match between the two great
rivals from Lodz is clouded in mystery.
Many sources list only the 1 903 and
1 904 matches between them, and those
that do list a third are usually counting
the triangular event between
Rubinstein, Salwe, and Marshall from
Lodz 1 908, when Akiva beat his coun
tryman +3,- 1 ,=4. That there was a third
match between these two players in
1 907 is certain but after that nothing is
absolutely sure.
The u s u a l ly re l i ab l e Ks iega
Jubileuszowa Lodzkiego Towarzystwa
Zwolennikow Gry Szachowej 1903-
1938 gives two different scores for this
match: + 1 2,-2,=5 and + 1 2,-2,=8, both
in Rubinstein 's favor.
This match seems very strange for sev
eral reasons. The two previous matches
were both quite close with Rubinstein
emerg ing only one up in 24 games
played. But here he is winning by a
marg i n o f p l u s 1 0 . A d m i ttedly,
Rubinstein had grown tremendously as
a player since 1 904 but his tournament
record with Salwe after this match,
while favorable, was nothing so one
sided. Of course, matches sometimes
produce surprising results, results that
previous tournament meetings would
not have predicted.
Another question is how they managed
to find time to play some 20-odd games.
Ostende and C arlsbad, where both
Rubinstein and Salwe played, were
held from May 1 6-June 25 and August
20-September 1 7 respectively, and the
5th All-Russian Championship in Lodz,
where both players again participated,
began on December 1 6. Some sources
give the match as being held from April
to November, which would allowed for
it to have been played at an irregular
schedule through-out most of the year.
A final question is the human one. Con
sidering its one-sidedness, why did it
go on so long, both in terms of the num
ber of games played or the amount of
time it took? There are as many ques
tions as answers here.
Just before the publication of the first
edition of this book we received some
answers. The Russian chess historian
Wladyslaw Povarov found some details
ofthe match in the Neue Lodzer Zeitung
of 1 90 8 . There it is written that the
match for the club championship be-
1 08
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tween Rubinstein and Salwe was to be
played at the rate of one game a week
(Thursdays). It also adds that after four
games the score was Rubinstein 3 and
Salwe I (+2,=2).
This information leads to some hypoth
eses: I) The match really did run from
April through November (though the
oft-repeated reference to game 1 3 on
October 29 means they really had to
accelerate the rate of play in Novem
ber); 2) The score of + 1 2-2, =8 sug
gests that it might have been a thirty
game match in which case Rubinstein,
by winning game 22, established an
absolute margin of victory (i.e. 1 5 Y2
points or more).
The following game is given as num
ber 1 3 from the match in the Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1 908 (pp. 1 8- 1 9).
( 1 44) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Lodz (m) October 29, 1 907
Giuoco Piano [C50]
Notes by Kmoch (K), Schlechter (S)
from Deutsche Schachzeitung, and
Authors (A).
l.e4 e5 2 .4::\ { 3 4::\ c 6 3 . .Q.c4 -'l.c5
4.d3 4::\f6 5.4::\c3 d6 6 . .Q.e3 Jl_b6
7.0-0?1 Jl.g41? 8.4::\d 5
(S) A weak continuation.
8 ... 4::\ x d5 9.Axd5 0-0 10.h3 Ah5
ll.g4 -'l.g6 1 2.<;flg2
( S) Deserv i n g of c o n s i derat i o n i s
1 2 .1.l.g5!? with the idea of 1 3 .4Jh4.
(K) More exact was 1 2 .h l .
1 09
(A) Kmoch has the move order as :
1 2 . . . iije7 1 3.iije2 'it'h8. We use the se
quence g iven in Deutsche
Schachzeitung at the time.
13:e2 '11/e7 14.a4
(K) White has a difficult game. The
position demands f4 and the posting of
a knight on f5 . But none of these ob
j ects is to be attained without greater
disadvantages. Hence the nervous ad
vance on the queenside. Preferable was,
however, 1 4 .c3.
(A) We think that White stil l has an
equal game by playing, for example,
1 4.1.tg5 f6 1 5 .1.l.e3, followed by 4Jh4
and 4Jf5 . Deserving of attention i s
14.1.txc6!? bxc6 1 5 .a4.
14 4::\dS 15.a5 Jl.xe3
..
(K) If White believed that it was favor
able for him to force this exchange, he
was grievously mistaken. There are in
deed many cases in which the capture
of the bishop on e3 (or e6) is disad
vantageous (to the player making the
capture), because the open f-file proves
useful to his opponent. In the game
before us the situation is quite differ
ent. Clearly White can put the open file
to no practical use. Above all, he is con
fined to defense measures, and because
of the-restricted position of his king,
he can hope for no advantage from the
opening of the game in the center.
(A) In our opinion, Kmoch's assess
ment is exaggerated. The position is still
equal - see the notes after White's 1 8th
move.
16.fxe3 c6 17.1l.b3 4::\e6 18.c3?
(K) 18.i.l.xe6 would have afforded bet
ter resistance.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

(A) The decisive m i stake . B l ack ' s g3+ 35.'it'fl . xh2! 36 . . xh2 .lld 3+!!
knight should be e l iminated ! After 37.xd3 xh2 wins.
1 8 . .ll x e6! xe6 19.4Jh4, or 1 8 .. .fxe6
19.4Jd2 the chances are equal . 33 ... g3! 34. e7

18 .. 4)c5! 19.Ac2 d5! 20.exd5 (S) If 34 . . dxd2 then 34 . . . . h6 35.e7

xh2+ (also 35 . . . . xh2+) 36 . . xh2 f2+
(K) Forced, as 20 . . . dxe4 as well as 37.xe4 fl =Q+ mate ! .
20 . . . 4Jxd3 was threatened.
(S) Better was 20.4Jd2. 34 ... E!c8 35.E!fxd2

20 ...cxd5 21.4)h2 (K) Now the pawn had to be captured,

because after 35 . . dfl clearly 35 . . . xf2
(K) Neither 2 1 .e4 nor 2 1 .d4 was a sat or 35 . . . g2+ would follow. And if
isfactory continuation, but either was 35 . . dxd2 .cl + leads to a speedy mate;
far better than the text move. e.g . . 36 . .f1 f2+ 37.xe4 gl + .

2l ... e4! 22.d4 4)d3 23.Ab3

(K) Sti ll worse would be 23 . .ilxd3?

exd3 24.d2 . ae8 2 5 . . a e l 1.te4+
26.4Jf3 f5 and resignation is in order.

23 ... E!ad8 24. d2

(S) If 24.c4? b4!.

24...f5! 25.c4 f4! 26.cxd5

3 5. . . el+! 36.E! xel
(S) If 26.exf4 e3!.
(K) Or 36.4Jfl .h6+ 37 . .h2 (37.gl
26 . . . f3+ 2 7 . <.ti'h l h4 2 8 . ,1lc4 f2+) f2!! and wins. It is remarkable
xh3 29.,1lxd3 exd3 30.E!f2 ,1le4 how it all clicks.
31.E!acl E!f6
36 . . . f2+ 3 7 . x e4 fxel = +
(S) Threatening 32 . . . . h6, followed by 38.<.ti'g2 xd2+, 0-1
. . . xh2+ and . . .f2 mate.
( 1 45 ) Rubinstein - Sa/we
32.b4 Lodz (m) 1 907
King 's Gambit [C30]
(K) If now 32 . . . .h6? 33.e7! .
Notes by Kmoch.
32 ... d2!! 33.E!cdl
l .e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3.4)f3 d6 4.c3
(S) If 33.xd2 then 33 . . . . h6 34.\t>gl 4)c6 5 . .1lb5 A_d7 6.d4 A_b6 7.d5

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4) b8 8 . A d 3 e x f4 9 . A x f4 !z) f6 logic of the position, and would sur

10.!z)bd 2 .Q.g4 1 l .!z)c4 !z)bd7
1 2.4) x b6 axb6 13.0-0 0-0 14.b4
e7 15. c2 Axf3
Here 1 5 . . . h6 followed by . . . 4Je5 was
to be considered.
16.gxf3 /Z)e5 17.Ae2 4)g6 18 . .Q.g3
!!fe8
In this and following moves Black lacks
decision. 18 . . . h5 should be tried, with
the idea of . . . h4 and . . . 4Jh5 .
1 9 . !! a e 1 !! a 3 2 0 . Ac4 !!aa8
21.!!e2 4)h5? 22.f4
After Black has four times passed up
the opportunity of . . . h5-h4, etc., White
advances against the ensuing weak
nesses of the black squares ( e5, f4) and
soon attains the initiative.
render the laboriously won control of
the point e5.
28 . . . h6 2 9 . E! h 1 dxe5 30.fxe5
g5 31.f4?
A thoughtless move, by which White
suddenly falls into danger of loss. The
proper line was 3 l . Ei e l to be followed
by 'lrrf4.
31 ... xf4 32.gxf4 g6?
It is amazing that a keen tactician like
Salwe should overlook the favorable
opportunity of 3 2 . . . g5 ! , after which
White would have had a hard battle, a
draw at best.
33.<it>f3 <it>g7 34.a4 f6 35.e6 E!d8
36.E!d1! h5
If 36 . . . 4Jxe6? 37 . . de l ! and wins.

22 ... /Z) xg3 23.hxg3 !z)f8 24.E!fe1 37.Ab3 g5 38.f5 E!d6 39.c4 c5
f6 25.<;flg2 E!e7

Evidently the black game becomes en

tirely hopeless if White proceeds with
e5 without opposition. As this advance
cannot be prevented directly, Black's
sole and slim hope lies in bring ing
about complications by 25 . . . g5. After
26.e5 'lrrh 6! 27 . . h l 'lrrg7 , or 26:i:td2
4Jg6! (27.fxg5? 'lrrg7!), the white king
would have no reason to believe him
self secure.
40.a51 g4+ 41.<;t>f4 !z)d7 42. E!e3
26.d2 E!ae8 c x b4

Even now 26 . . . g5 was to be considered. A sacrifi c e di ctated by despair. I f

4 2 . . . 4Je5 then 4 3 . . xe5 fxe5+ 44.'it>xe5
27.d4! <;t>h8 28.e5 and Black loses one of his rooks.

Naturally 28.'lrr xf6 would be against the 4 3 . e x d 7 E! x e3 44 . <;t> x e3 b x a 5

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4S . .1la4 b6 46.d4 h6 47.cS
bxcS+ 48.xcS E! x d7 49. .1lxd7 h4
SO.d6 g3 S1 . .1lc6, 1-0
( 1 46) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Lodz (m) 1 907
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D26]
Notes by Kmoch.
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.c3 dxc4
Rubinstein is an outstanding expert at
this method of play, which was also
greatly favored by Steinitz.
4.f3 f6 S.e3 cS 6 . .1l x c4 c6
7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4
Play ing White, Rubinstein in such po
sitions usually captured with the knight.
If Black then captures the knight, he
gives up one of the pieces needed to
block the white center pawn. White will
thereupon soon be able to play d5, and
attain good play for his pieces. (Com
pare the game R u b i n s t e i n v s .
Tartakover, Marienbad 1 925 ! )
[Authors : That game started out l .c4
e6 2.4Jf3d5 3.d4 4Jf6 4.4Jc3 dxc4 5.e3
a6 6 . a4 c5 7 . xc4 4Jc6 8 . 0-0 cxd4
9.4Jxd4!? 4Jxd4 1 0 .exd4 e7 l l .d5!
exd5 1 2 . 4J x d 5 4Jxd5 1 3 .xd5 0-0
14.'1H3! and White was already better.]
8 ... .1le7 9.Af4
The bishop is better placed at e3 or g5 .
9 ... 0-0 10. d2 b6 l l . E!fd1
With l l .d5 White can attain complete
equality.
[Authors : After 1 1 . . . 4Ja5 this is not so
clear.]
Now 1 2 .d5 is unfavorable, as Black
would secure the two bishops.
1 2 ... .1lb7 13.eS bdS 14 . .1lg3
Somewhat better would be 1 4.g5 or
1 4.e3 .
14 ... E{c8 1S.E!ac1 xc3
Now begins a splendid counter-play,
based on the un favorab l e post of
White's queen bishop.
16.bxc3
White does not grasp his opponent's
p l a n , e l s e h e w o u l d have p l ay e d
1 6 . . xc3. It i s true that black could then
have secured the two b i shops by
16 . . . 4Je4 and 17 . . . 4Jxg3 . But relatively
speaking, White could have suffered
the loss of the wayward son at g3 with
few qualms.
16 ... dSI 17.f4?
White was in difficulties. If he plays
17.f3, after 17 . . . g5 or 17 . . . b5 he is
committed to the exchange on d5, al
though under somewhat more favorable
circumstances, as the bishop at g3 is
not obstructed, and the pawn at f3 is
more effective and safer. Relatively best
was, however, 1 7 . d3 g5 18 . .c2
4Jf4 19.xf4 xf4 20 . .el, etc.
17 . . . bSI 18 . .1l x dS xdS 19 . .1le1
Elc7 20.a4 f6! 21.f3 bxa4 22.c4
e4 23. xe4
There was no chance of avoiding the
exchange of queens because after
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 1 907
23.'lid2 a6 would be decisive, since
24.c5 is refuted by 24 . . . e2.
23 . . . J}. x e4 2 4 . c 5 b7 2 5 . 4) d 2
Ad 5 2 6 . 4) c4 g6 27 . c3 fbS
28.dc1 Ads 29.f2 Ac7 30.g3
b3 3 1 . e3 f7 32. xb3 axb3
33.b2 a5 34.a1 e7 35.e3
'it'd7 36.Ac3 c6 37.d3 b5
38.4)a4 g5
Rubinstein's well considered winning
procedure is instructive. Precisely at the
moment when the white rook is taken
up with the protection of the knight,
Black opens the file on the king's wing
and penetrates with his own rook.
39.fx g 5 f x g 5 40.,1lb2 fS
4 1 . 4) c 3 + c6 4 2 . e 1 f3+
4 3 . e 3 f 1 44 . 4) x d 5 x d 5
45.e2 h 1 4 6 . x b3 x h 2 +
47.f3 h5 48.Ac3 g4+ 49.e3
g2 50.Jl,e1 Axg3 51.Axa5 Af2+
52.f4 Jl,xd4 53.g5 g3 54.J}.b6
e5 5 5 .c6 x c6 56 . J}. x d4 e x d4
57 . x h 5 d 5 5 8 . g4 e4
59.bS f2 60.xg3 f7, 0-1
The following game against Salwe is a
positional tour deforce and shows how
much Rubinstein's play has matured
since Kiev 1 903 . There is some possi
bility that this game may not be from
the match but from the Lodz club cham
pionship played in the first half of the
year.
{ 1 4 7) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz 1 907
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [032]
Notes by Kmoch (K), Razuvaev (R),
and Authors (A).
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4)f3 4)c6 6.Ag5
(K) At a later period Rubinstein played
6.g3 exclusively in this position.
6 ...,1le7 7 . .1lxe7 4)gxe7 8.e3 0-0
(R) A few months later, Rubinstein,
playing Black against Marshall, contin
ued 8 . . . cxd4 9.4Jxd4 0-0, etc. with a
good game. Today, 8 . . . cxd4 is still con
sidered Black's best move.
(A) See Marshall-Rubinstein, Carlsbad
1 907, game # 1 3 7 .
9.dxc5 a5 10.Jl,e2 x c 5 1 1 .0-0
Af5 12.c1 adS
(R) Relatively better is 12 .. J'!fd8, but
here also after 1 3 .'lib3 'lia5 14.fdl
ac8 1 5 .h3 h6 1 6.4Jd4 White has the
advantage, Petrosi an-Keres, U S S R
1 95 2 .
1 3 . 4) b 5 b6 1 4 . d 2 j}_e4
15.4)bd4 d6 16.c3 g6 17.g3
A x f3
(K) More natural was 17 . . . d8.
18.J}. xf31
(A) Here 1 8.4Jxf3 might seem more
natural but Rubinstein realizes that af
ter 18AJ xf3 d8, threatening 1 9 . . . d4,
he has nothing better than 19.4Jd4 los
ing time compared to the text.
1S ... 4) xd4
(K) Apparently securing an advantage,
for White also is now left with an iso
lated queen pawn. Actually one of those
positions has arisen in which the bishop
is presently stronger than the knight.
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
Such subtle, but surprising, reversals
frequently occur in Rubinstein's games,
and indicate his great mastery.
19.exd4 .c6 20 . .el b4
(A) Trying to stay active. The quieter
20 . . . ii'd8 would be met by 2 U'l.ce3
4:Jg6 22.g2 with f2-f4-f5 in the off
ing.
2 l . .e51 .e6
(K) Black now loses a pawn, but his
game w a s a l r e a dy i n fe r i o r. I f
2 1 . . .E!.d8 22.ii'e2 i s very strong . Af
ter 2 1 . . . ii'd6, a pawn is lost thu s :
22.E!.ce3 E!.c7 23.ii'e2 etc .
(A) Note that simplify ing also doesn't
solve Black's problems 21 . . .E!.xc3
-
22 .xc3 ii'xc3 23 .bxc3 and White is
winning material .
2 2 . Jt x d 5 . x e 5 2 3 . d x e 5 4) x d 5
24.xd5 x b2
(A) Salwe has succeeded in trading
down but Rubinstein's advantage en
dures. His more active rook and cen
tral ized queen give him a big advan
tage.
25 . .c7 b5 26 . . x a7 h6 27.h4 b4
28.Cifi'g2 ciflh8 29 . .b7 c3 30.h5
e1 3 1 . .e7 e2 32.f3 x a2?
(R) More resistance was offered by
3 2 . . . ii'xf3 + 3 3 . xf3 g8 . White' s
best was 34.E!.b7 E!.a8 3 5 .E!.xb4 E!.xa2
36.E!.b8+ h7 37.E!.f8 with good win
ning chances. After the text, B lack
loses quickly.
33.e6! b3
(K) If 33 .. .f6 the continuation might be
3 4 . ii'e4 b3 3 5 . E!.f7 E!.g8 3 6 . e 7 b2
37.E!.xg7! and wins.
(R) After 33 .. .f6 34.ii'e4 ii'a8 White
also wins by 35 .ii'xa8 E!.xa8 36.E!.b7
E!.e8 37.E!.b6 b3 38.f4 f5 39.g4 fxg4
40.g3 b2 41 .f5 .
3 4 . x f7 1 aS+ 3 5 . cifl h 2 .g8
36 . .b7 e8 37.f5
(A) There was also nothing wrong with
the prosaic 37.E!.xb3.
37 ... a4 38.f3 .e8 39.e7 ciflh7
40. f8 c6 4 1 . .b8 . x b8
4 2 . x b8 b2 4 3 . x b 2 e4
44. a3 e2 45. c5 g6 46. e3
x h 5 + 47.Cifi'g2 d 5 + 48. f3
g8 49.c6, 1-0
The following two games were pub
l i sh e d in Pierwyj almanach
Lodzinskogo obszczestwa liubitielej
shakhmatnoj igry. The only information
offered besides the scores is that they
were played in Lodz in 1 90 7 . One
guesses that they may have been part
o f a s m a l l match h e l d during
Przepi6rka's visit to Lodz, but this is
only speculation. As to which month
in 1 907 they were contested we can
only guess, but would hazard the first
half of the year as the book was pub
lished in 1 907.
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 1907
Dawid Przepi6rka (1880-1940) was a
man of many talents. A good player
(historical Elo 2470), who played third
board for the gold medal winning Pol
ish team at Hamburg 1930, Przepi6rka
was also a professional j ournalist who
edited Swiat Szachowy in his free time
from 1926-193 3. Prz e p i 6rka was
among those who helped to form the
first Polish Chess Federation in 1926,
serving as its vice-president. When the
Olympiad was held in Warsaw, he was
one of the patrons who made it possible.
Chess Notes number 687 quotes exten
sively from a letter from Alexander
Goldstein that offers an interesting por
trait of Przepi6rka. "P. was a round,
chubby man with a severe impairment
of hearing . . . All his life he was a per
son of ample independent means . . . In
problems he used his qualities to pro
mote the chess composition, in chess
he rather promoted himself . . . P's name
means partridge in Polish . . . He had a
great liking for old and stale j okes and
once he caught you, you had to listen.
Marian Wrobel was the closest of his
collaborators and as Wrobel 's name
also means a bird in Polish (sparrow)
one can imagine that this was another
source of childish enj oyment for the
master who claimed that a partridge is
so much more important than a spar
row. And when someone observed that
no one is hunting sparrows, he laughed
and considered it the most witty repar
tee. On the serious side he was an ar
dent fighter against the admission of
Nazi Germany to FIDE . . .
Mr. Goldstein left Poland in Septem
ber 1939 and, upon his return in May
1946, "everything was in ruins. In the
domain of chess composition I was
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probably the only survivor of Jewish
orig i n . Przepi 6rka, J. F u x , S .
Kre l enbaum and K o z l o w s k i (the
endgame wizard) were all gone." He
recalls that Wrobel published an article
in 1955 (75 years after P's birth) in
which he recalled that a makeshift chess
club had been organized in a private
dwelling and that the Germans made a
raid some time in January 1940, arrest
ing about 10 players. After a week or
so, the non-Jewish persons were re
leased, and P. , according to Wrobel 's
statement, was executed in April 1940.
Mr. Goldstei n ' s reminiscences con
clude: "Now, when I come to think of
it, I see how impractical he was. He was
so much exposed to the danger and
most likely he had the means to escape.
What a folly he committed by staying
there, and how to explain it? Was he
lured into false security by the image
of the Germans he knew from his stu
dent days? But he knew and fought the
Nazis. Or, probably he considered him
self incapable of wandering around in
crude conditions in foreign lands. The
fact is that he perished and we can con
sole ourselves that after a period of 60
happy y ears he suffered only for 6
month s . To c o n c l u d e : D a w i d
Przepi6rka a s I knew him w a s a s a
probl mist only, and I have not enough
praise for him as a creator of excellent
problems, a man of culture and knowl
edge and a patron of young problemists
of all sorts."
(148) Rubinstein - Przepiorka
Lodz 1907
Queen's Gambit Accepted [028]
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 dxc4 4.e3
a6 5.,1l.xc4 c5 6.f3 f6 7.0-0
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

Ae7 8.e2 0-0?1 9 . d x c 5 1 a5 2 2 . .Q. x b3 x e4 23 . .Q. x e6+ h8

10.e4 xc5 ll .Q.g5 b5 1 2 . .Q.d3
24.d5
fd7 1 3 .e 5 1 c 6 1 4 . e4 g6
1 5 . .Q.e3 f5 1 6 . e x f6 x f6
17 . .1lxc5, 1 -0

( 1 49) PrzepiOrka - Rubinstein

Lodz 1 907
Ruy Lopez [C90]

l . e4 e5 2 . f3 c 6 3 . .Q.b5 a6
4 . .Q.a4 f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.E!e1 b5
7 . Ab3 d6 8 . c 3 0 - 0 9 . h 3 a 5
1 0 . .Q.c2 c 5 ll.d3 c6 1 2 . bd2
c7 l 3 . fl d 5 14.a4 d x e4 24 ... E! xd5 25 . .Q.xd5 xc3 26.d2
1 5 . d x e4 Ae6 1 6 . e3 adS d4 27.Aa2 .Q.b4 28.d3 xa2
17.e2 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.g5 2 9 . A a 3 c 2 30 . .Q. x b4 a x b4
h6 2 0 . x e6 f x e 6 2 l .b3 c x b3 31.e4 c5, 0-1

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 1907-08

Fifth All-Russian Chess Tournament, Lodz

Third time lucky ! Rubinstein, in his third All-Russian Championship (his first
two were Kiev 1 903 and St. Petersburg 1 906) takes the title in his home town.
This was a very wild affair, as the following excerpt from The Field, which ap
peared in the American Chess Bulletin of 1 908 (pp. 52-53), attests.

" Our correspondent left Lodz immediately after wiring the final scores without
giving the remaining rounds, or his report may have gone astray somehow. We
are informed that Lodz, the stronghold of the socialistic movement, is in a state of
siege; the streets are being patrolled by the soldiery armed with loaded rifles and
fixed bayonets. Every stranger is suspected and under police surveillance. The
writer of our reports shared the fate of the suspect, and had to be bailed out by the
club committee, after explaining the secret ciphers so abundant in his correspon
dence, meaning the German notation of the game he forwarded. How could they
have guessed the contents of letters sent in the ordinary way through the post is
no secret to those acquainted with Russian methods during a state of siege. But
having eventually been assured that the letters would be forwarded, they may still
be expected after having made the round of the circumlocution labyrinth.

" The end of the tournament did not pass without regrettable incidents. It is a well
known fact that the adj ourned games cause more or less (rather more) trouble in
every tournament, especially towards the end, when the position of the favorites
becomes accentuated. Every possible means have been devised by organizers of
tournaments to ensure the secrecy of the sealed move in the first instance, and to
prevent the positions being analyzed. But as the law prohibited the adjournment
ending being analyzed, and only handicapped the honest competitor, analyzing is
not prohibited now-adays, but there is a stringent rule against consultation, with
adequate penalties for the infringement of the rule. This rule was infringed on
two occasions at least in Lodz, with serious consequences in the second instance.
Alapin had an adj ourned game with Daniuszewski in the tenth round. After the
eleventh round it became known that Rubinsteihad coached Daniuszewski, and
the latter won the game. When A lapin was made aware of the fact he brought the
matter before the committee, and they decided under the rules to give the game in
favor of Alapin. Several competitors protested against this decision, and did not
tum up to play the twelfth round. But, worst of all, one of the players who had an
adjourned game with Rubinstein - an easy draw - forfeited the game by coming
one hour and a half too late, and Rubinstein won the first prize by a half point
only ! Not having any further communication, it may be assumed that the matter
has been satisfactorily settled . . .

"The matter of the adj ourned games has prompted the management of the last
Ostende tournament to fix the hours of play from 1 0:30 a.m. to 5 :30 p.m., with
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King

only half an hour's interval at two o'clock, to avoid adjourned games, and the
system worked very well, as the number of adjourned games was reduced almost
to zero."

Pretty damning stuff on Rubinstein, this article from The Field, whose correspon
dent, Leopold Hoffer, was at the event. But other magazines from the time have a
different view of what went on at this wild and wooly event.

The Deutsches Wochenschach und Berliner Schachzeitung of 1 908 (p. 34) states
that it was Dus-Chotimirsky (not Rubinstein) who helped Daniuszewski and gives
the position of the adjourned game between Rubinstein and Znosko-Borovsky
(see below). It's noted that the game was adjourned for a week and was resumed
just before the last round. And that Znosko-Borovsky, intending to avenge the
slight to his friend Dus-Chotimirsky, intentionally failed to show up for the ad
j ourned game.

To add further confusion, the crosstables given in magazines of the time (A . C.B
1908 and Casopis Ceskoslovenskych Sachistu 1 908) have A lapin listed as having
lost to Daniuszewski. Did the tournament committee overturn its earlier decision
to forfeit Daniuszewski? Could this have happened in response to the double
forfeits Rubinstein-Rosenblatt and Dus-Chotimirsky-Freiman? The round after
the tournament committee had made the decision to give the game to Alapin (over
Daniuszewski), the four players protested the decision by refusing to show up for
their game and were forfeited.

Many years after the event, Romanovsky gave a different account of what hap
pened in Shaakhmaty v SSSR, 1 956, No. 2. The crosstable has Rubinstein win
ning with 9 points followed by Alapin at 8Y2. Two games are given as double
forfeits (Rubinstein-Rosenblatt and Dus-Chotimirsky-Frieman), while a lesser
number have one player winning by forfeit: Salwe over Notkin, Kuczynski over
Yankovich and Daniuszewski over Rosenblatt. Romanovsky explains the two
double forfeits with the following story :

"Alapin was leading after ten rounds, but lost a miniature the following day to
Daniuszewski. Allegations were made by Alapin that other players - particularly
Rubinstein and Dus-Chotimirsky - were helping Daniuszewski. Alapin then asked
the tournament committee for a forfeit win, but they refused. Then some of the
other players, incensed by Alapin's charges, asked that he be thrown out. The
tournament committee again refused and some of the players went out on strike
(as well as Znosko-Borovsky not showing up for his adjourned game with Akiva).
Rubinstein returned to play the final round."

Finally we note that the crosstable given in Ksiega Jubileuszowa Lodzkiego

Towarzystwa Zwolennikow Gry Szachowej 1903-1938, the one we have chosen
to use (almost all others in this book are from Jeremy Gaige's books) , lists only

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Dus-Chotimirsky-Freiman as a double-forfeit. It has Rubinstein winning from

Rosenblatt. A very confusing situation !

We conclude by noting that Rubinstein always had an excellent reputation for

good sportsmanship (see, for example, the incident described on page #49, with
Maliutin at St. Petersburg, 1 906).

Russian chess historian Wladyslaw Povarov notes, "Games of this event are hard
to find because of the fact that A lapin appropriated the bulk of them at the time
and kept them for himself (as he did with Chigorin's archives)."

Rubinstein's first prize was worth 600 rubles.

( 1 50) Rubinstein - Daniuszewski (H) If 1 3 . . . xf4 1 4 .gxf4 and the bishop

Lodz (V All-Russian) ( l ) Dec. 1 7, 1 907
French Exchange [CO l ]
Notes by Schlechter (S), and Hoffer (H)
fromACB.
would be lost. But he might have played
1 3 . . . .c8.
(S) Perhaps 1 3 . . . a5!? was better.
14.4)a41 '#Wa5 15.Axf6 4) xf6

(H) The position would become fairly

l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3./i)c3 4)f6 4.exd5
complicated after 1 5 . . . xa4, White
e xd5 5 . Ag 5 c6 6 . Ad3 Ad6
having such a choice of continuations.
7./i)ge2 0-0 8:d2 Ag4
For instance, 1 6 . .lle 7 .fe8 1 7.b3 a5
1 8 . f5 <t)f8 with a p o s s i b i l i ty of a
(H) There is no utility in this move, as
d efe n s e .
it does not pin the knight, and after
White 's <t)g3 this bishop has to with 16.4)c5 b6?
draw with loss of time. Better is 8 . . . h6.
(S) Black should play 16 . . . .1l.g6, and if
9.0-0 4)bd7 17.<)xb7 b6.

(H) There is nothing better now than

9 . . .ilh5, followed by . . . .ll.g 6.
.

10./i)g3 '#Wc7 l l.h31 .ilxg3

(H) If l l . . . .ll.e 6 1 2 .f4 with a strong

attack.

12.fxg3 Ah5

(S) If 1 2 . . . .lle 6 1 3 . . f4, followed by

.afl , with advantage for White.

18 . ..xf6 gxf6?

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H) 18 . . . bxc5 is the only move here. If 26.4)h6+, 1-0

9 .Axg6 fxg6 20 . . xc6 d2, and he
rould eventually be only a pawn be
i n d . I f 1 9 . . x c 6 at on c e , then
9 . . . Axd3 20 . . x c 5 Ab5 2 1 . a4 a6
2.b3 . ac8 23.b4 xb4 24 . . xc8 . xc8
5 .axb5 axb5 with a defensible game.
9 . 4) d7 . fd8 2 0 . 4) x f6 + ljfjlg7
:l.Axg6 h xg6 22. h7+! ljfjlfS
S) If 22 . . . xf6, then mate in three.
S) Also 23.c3, threatening . e l , wins
uickly.
:3 ... d2 24. h8+ ljfjle7 25.4)g8+
e8
S ) I f 2 5 . . . . x g8 2 6 . f6 + , an d
7. xf7 + mating.
(S) For i f 26 . . . d7 27 . . xf7 + c8
28. e5 and wins.
Rubinstein 's sole loss in the tourna
ment was to Sergey Freiman ( 1 8 82-
1 946), to whom Elo gives a histori
cal rating of 2420. Freiman is perhaps
best known for his move 1 1 .4Je4 in
the Meran ( l . d4 d5 2 . c4 c6 3 . 4Jc3
4Jf6 4 .4Jf3 e6 5 .e3 4Jbd7 6.Ad3 dxc4
7.Axc4 b5 8.Ad3 a6 9 . e4 c5 10.e5
cxd4).
( 1 5 1 ) Freiman - Rubinstein
Lodz (V All-Russian) (4) Dec. 2 1 , 1 907
Queen 's Pawn [DOS]
Notes by Schlechter (S) from Deutsche
Schachzeitung, Hoffer (H) from A CB,
and Authors (A).

Lodz 1907-08
December 16 - January IS

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 Total

I . Rubinstein X y, Y2 0 10

2. Alapin y, X I y, 0 0 y, 8\1,

3. Salwe Y2 0 X 0 0 Y2 Y2 I 7Y,
4. Znosko- Borovsky 0 0 I X y, y, I y, I 0 7Y,
5. Freiman 0 0 y, X 0 Y2 0 7
6. Rotlewi 0 0 0 0 X 0 y, 6 Y2

7. Goldfurb 0 y, y2 y, 0 0 X 0 y, Y2 5\1,

8 . Dus-Chotimirsky 0 0 0 0 X y, y, 0 0 5

9. Kuczyftski 0 0 Y2 y, y, 0 0 Y2 X Y2 Y2 5

I 0. Daniuszewski 0 I 0 0 0 Y2 y, Y2 y, X y2 0 4Y,
I I . Rosenblatt 0 0 0 0 I 0 y, 0 0 X 4Y,
12.Notkin 0 Y2 0 I 0 0 0 I y, Y2 0 X y, 4
1 3 . Yankovich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 y, X I Y2

*Note: The game between Dus-Chotimirsky and Freiman is scored as a double forfeit.
There was an odd number of players because Kieseritzky (not the Kieseritzky) withdrew
after four rounds (with a score of 1 -3). Rubinstein beat him in round 3.

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l.d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 f6
5 . .1ld3 c6 6 . 0 - 0 .1ld6 7 .Ab2
c7?1
(S) In this variation the queen should
be placed on e7.
8.c4 dxc4 9 . .1lxc4
(S) Better attacking chances were of
fered by 9.bxc4.
9 ... cxd4
(A) Deserving of attention was 9 . . . a6,
and if 1 0 . a4 0-0 1 1 .4Jc3 e5, transpos
ing i nto s i m i lar variat i o n s in the
Queen' s G a m b i t Accepted ( s e e
Rubinstein's match against Marshall,
Warsaw 1 908), or immediately 9 . . . e5.
10.exd4 0-0 l l .c3 b4
(H) 1 1 . . .a6 seems an obviously neces
sary precaution.
(S) In case of 1 l . . .a6 White can play
1 2 .d5 .
12.b5 'ifle7 13.e5 a6 14. xd6
xd6 15.'iflf3 b8
(S) Better was 1 5 . . . 4Jbd5.
(H) There is nothing better. He cannot
play the intended 15 . . . 4Jbd5, because
of 16.a4, followed by Jla3.
16 . .1la31 a5 17.ad1 b5 18 . .1ld3
.1lb7 19. tflh3 fd8 20.fe1 'ifld5
21 . .1lb1 bcS?
(S) The decisive mistake. Black's best
was 2 l . . .g6.
(H) 2 1 . . .h6 is compulsory now. Black
must have underrated the attack.
22.g41 xg4
(S) If 22 . . . 4Jc2 23 . .1lxc2 and 24.4Je3 .
2 3 . .1l x h7 + f8 2 4 . Ae4 tfld7
25 . .1lxb7 tflxb7 26.tflxg4 c2?
(S) This loses quickly, but also after
26 . . . 'it>g8 27 . .e3! White has an attack
and should win.
27.tflh4 'iflaS 28.d5! cc8 29.dxe6
fxe6 30 . .11,b 2 f7 31.tflg4, 1-0
( 1 52) Rotlewi - Rubinstein
Lodz (V All-Russian) (6) Dec. 26, 1 907
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D40]
Notes by Schlechter (S), Tartakover
(T), Kmoch (K) and Razuvaev (R).
[Authors' note : This is Rubinstein's
"Immortal Game."]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 c6
5.c3 f6 6.dxc5
(T) Less consistent than 6.a3 or 6.Jld3,
maintaining as long as possible the ten
sion in the center.
6 ... .11, x c5 7.a3 a6 8.b4 Ad6 9 . .1lb2
0-0 10.'ifld2?
(S) A very bad place for the queen. The
best continuation is 1 0 . c x d 5 exd5
1 l .Jle2, followed by 0-0.
(T) ss of time. The queen will soon
have to seek a better square ( 1 4.e2).
The most useful move is 1 0.c2 .
10 ... 'ifle71
( S ) A fi ne sacri fice of a paw n . I f
1 l . c x d 5 e x d 5 1 2 . 4J x d 5 ? 4::l x d 5
1 3 .xd5 . d8! and Black has a strong
attack.
(K) The pawn is inviolate : 1 l .cxd5
exd5 1 2 .4Jxd5 4Jxd5 1 3 .xd5 .lle 6
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
1 4.'dl (14.g5 -'txb4+!) 14 . . . <\xb4!,
etc.
l l . .Q.d3
(S) Better was l l .cxd5 exd5 1 2.-'te2.
l l . . . d x c4 12 . .Q. x c4 b 5 13 . .Q.d3
E!d8 14:e2 .Q.b7 1 5.0-0 e51
( S ) Intro d u c e d by M a r s h a l l an d
Schlechter in a similar position with
opposite colors, but here with the extra
move Eld8.
16. xe5 .Q.xe5
(T ) Threaten ing to win a pawn by
1 7 . . . .ll x h2+ 1 8.'xh2 d6+. White 's
next move provides against this, but
loosens the kingside defenses.
17.f4
(R) An attempt to complicate. Kmoch's
recommendation of 17.Elfdl c7 18.f4
-'txc3 19.Elac l is wrong because of the
simple 1 9 . . . <\d5 . Also 1 7.h3 does not
s o l v e the prob l e m s , for e x amp l e
1 7 . . . El ac8 18.Elac l -'tb8 19.Elfdl c7
and White is forced to play 20.f4.
17 ... .Q.c7 18.e4
(K) Entirely wrong. The rooks should
be brought to bear upon the open lines.
It is, however, quite doubtful if equal
ity could still be achieved.
1 8 . . . E! ac8 1 9 .e 5 .Q.b6+ 2 0 . Cjfjl h 1
g41 21 . .Q.e4
(S) There is no defense; e.g . , 2 1 .-'txh7+
xh7 22.xg4 Eld2 etc . ; or 2 1 .h3 h4
22.xg4 xg4 23.hxg4 El xd3, threat-
ening . . . El h3 mate and . . . El xc 3 ; or
2 l .xg4 El xd3 2 2 . <\e2 Elc2 23.-llc l
g6! threatening . . . h5 ; o r 2 1 .<\e4 h4
22.h3 (if 22.g3 xh2+ 23 .xh2 <\xh2
and wins.) 22 . . . El xd3 23 .xd3 .ll x e4
24.xe4 g3 25.hxg4 h4+ mate.
2 1 ... h4 22.g3
( S ) Or 2 2 .h3 El xc3! 23 . .ll x c3 .ll x e4
24.xg4 xg4 25.hxg4 El d3 wins.
(T) The alternative 22 .h3, parrying the
mate, would lead to the following bril
liant lines of play : 22 . . . E\xc3! (an elimi
nating sacrifice, g etting rid of the
knight, which overprotects the bishop
on e4) 23.-'txc3 (or 23.xg4 El xh3+
2 4 . x h 3 x h 3 + 2 5 . g x h 3 .ll x e 4 +
26.h2 El d2+ 27.g3 Elg2+ 28.h4
.lld 8+ 29.h5 .llg 6+ mate) 23 . . . .ll x e4
24.xg4 (if 24. xe4 g3 2 5 . hxg4
h4+ mate) 24 . . . xg4 25.hxg4 El d3
with the double threat of 26 . . . Elh3+
mate and 26 ... El xc3, and Black wins.
Beautiful as are these variations, the
continuation in the text is still more
splendid.
22 ... E! xc311 23.gx h4
(K) Any other reply leads to speedy
l o s s : a) 2 3 . -'tx c 3 .ll x e 4 + 2 4 . x e4
xh2+ mate. b) 23 . .ll xb7 El xg3 24.Elf3
(if 24.-'tf3 <\xh2) E\xf3 25 . .ll xf3 <\f2+
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26.gl (26.g2 h3+ 27.gl e4+
28.hl g3+ mate) 26 . . . e4+ 27.fl
d2+ 28.<;f;'g2 xf3 29.xf3 . d 2 + ,
etc.
23 ... d21!
(K) The enchanting beautiful point of
the sacrifice of the queen !
24.'xd2
(K) Again there was no possibility of
longer resistance : 24.xg4 xe4+, or
24 . .llx c3 .ll x e4+ 25.xe4 . xh2 mate
or 24 . .ll x b7 . xe2 25 . .llg 2 .h3!.
24 ... j}_xe4+ 25.g2 h31, 0-1
( 1 53) Dus-Chotimirsky - Rubinstein
Lodz (V All-Russian) (8) Dec. 28, 1 907
Queen's Pawn [D04)
Notes by Schlechter (S) from Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1 908, Hoffer (H) from
ACB 1 908, and Krnoch (K).
l . d4 d5 2 . 4) f3 c5 3 .e3 4) c6
4.-'ld3? Jlg4 5.-'l.e2
(K) Recog n i z i ng that the opening
moves have not been well chosen. If
S.c3 there might follow: S . . . eS 6.dxe5
.llxf3 7:xf3 c4 8..ll c2 xeS 9. .lla4+
e7!, as in Araiza-Alekhine, Mexico
City 1 932.
5 ...e6 6.0-0 4)f6 7.4)bd2 c7
(H) Rubinstein now has the identical
position with Black to the one he had
against Teichmann at Carlsbad 1 907 as
the first player [see game # 1 34) .
8.b3 c x d4 9.exd4 -'ld6 10.Jlb2
0-0-0 l l .c4 h5 1 2.cl?l
(S) The same mistake as in the above
c i te d g am e . The right p l an i s
counterplay with 1 2 .c5, followed by a3,
b4 and bS.
(K) A fter 1 2 . c 5 f4 1 3 . a 3 .ll x f3
1 4 .xf3 gS Black's attack has more
prospects than White's - which is just
getting started.
12 . . . b8 1 3.a3 g51 14.b4 -'l x f3
15.4) xf3 g4 16.4)e5
( S ) If 1 6 . c 5 g x f3 1 7 . c x d6 x d 6
18 . .ll xf3 g4! with a strong attack.
(K) If 1 6.c5 then 16 . . .f4 is decisive.
16 ... 4) xe5 17.dxe5 Jlxe5 18.cxd5
d6 1 9 . -'l. x e 5 x e 5 2 0 . e 1
4) xd5! 21.b3
(S) If 2 1 ..ll xg4? e3! .
2 1 ... g5 22.-'l.fl c8 23.c5 h4
24.g31
(H) A capital notion. The open file af
ter Black's 24 . . . hxg3 is not dangerous
because .llg 2 is sufficient protection.
24 . . . h x g3 2 5 . h x g3 f6 26. c4
xc5 27:/txcS itc3 28.l)d6+ 'tt c7
29.5 l)xeS 3 0.xe5 c8
(K) Having no prospects of winning by
an attack, B lack has forced the ex
change of queens. But the ending is not
easily won, for the bishop is strong .
3 l . e4 c 3 3 2 . x g4 x a3
33.g8+ c7 34.g7 f3
(S) If 34 . . . xb4 3S . . xf7+ b6 36.g2
and White 's g-pawn is dangerous.
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35.Jlg2 ..f6 36 . ..g4 b5 37 . ..d4
..f5
(S) If 37 . . . d6 38 . 1':'\ d l threatening
1':'\ a l .
38.f4 ..h51 39.g4 ..h8
40.f5?
(K) This leads quickly and penitently
to destruction. Correct was 40 . .ll x d5
l':'ld8 41 .g5 exd5 42.f2 b6 43.1':'\dl
and White can obviously hold his own
in the rook ending . If B l ack play s
4 1 . . . 1':'\ xdS (instead o f 4 1 . . .exd5) then
would foll ow 42. 1':'\ xdS! exd5 43.f5
d6 44.f2 e5 45.g6 fxg6 46.fxg6
f6 47.e3 xg6 48.d4 with a draw.
[Authors ' note: The last variation, be
ginning with 42.1':'\ xdS!, etc., was first
shown by Schlechter.]
40 ... ..g8 4Vill f2
(K) Now 41 ..llx d5 is too late, for evi
dently 41 . . .exd5 would follow. After
42.f2 d6 43.f3 e5 44.1':'\dl l':'l c8
Black has a won game.
41 ... 4)f6 42.f3 e5 43 . ..d2 .. xg4
44 . .. c 2 + ..c4 4 5 . .. x c4 + b x c4
46 . .1}.fl c3 47.e3 e4 48 . .1}.c4
d6
(S) Also good is 48 . . . 4Jg4+ 49.e2 f6.
49 . Jl x f7 e5 50 . .1}.b3 ./il g4+
5 1 . e 2 x f5 5 2 . d l e5
53-cl d4 54..1}.dl 4)f2 55.b5
./il xdl, 0-1
( 1 54) Rubinstein - Znosko-Borovsky
Lodz (V All-Russian) (9) 1 907/8
White to move
This game was played in round 9, ad
journed in this position, and resumed
before the last round. The sealed move
was 53 . .1lxd6+ and a draw was pre
dicted because of the possibl e continu
at ion 5 3 . . . x d 6 5 4 . b x a 4 b x a 4
55.1':'ld8+ c7 56.1':'lh8 d6 57.f4 c7
5 8 . f3 .ll d 7 5 9 . g3 b7 60 . 1':'\ h4
c7, etc. However, Znosko-Borovsky
failed to show up and Rubinstein won
on time.
The following two games feature the
same opponent, which is a bit strange
considering that the event was not a
double round robin. The first game ap
peared in several magazines of the day,
w h i l e the s e c o n d i s g i v e n in
Romanovsky 's Mitlshpil as a fragment.
We guess that one of these games was
played against another player in the
tournament.
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( 1 55) Rubinstein - Goldfarb
Lodz (V All-Russian) ( 1 3) Jan. 6, 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D06]
l.d4 d5 2 . .lf3 .lf6 3.e3 Jlf5 4.c4
e6 5. b3 .lc6?
A bad continuation here, as White has
not yet played .flc3, and can use the
extra tempo to pin the knight on c6 with
big effect. Black should play 5 . . . c8 .
6.c51 bS 7.Jlb51 Jle7?
If 7 . . . a6 8 . .!lxc6+ bxc6 9 . a4, etc .
B l ack ' s last defensive chance was
7 . . . .fld7 .
8 . .Je5 0-0 9.Jl xc6 bxc6 10 . .l xc6!
xb3 1 1 . .j xdS bS 12 . .jc6 beS
13 . .lc3 .ld7 14.b4 Jlf6 15.a4 e5
16 . .j x d 5 Jle4 1 7 . .l x f6 + g x f6
18 . .j x a7
White later won (the rest of the game
score is not available), 1-0
The conclusion of the following game
(moves 34 to 4 1 ) is exactly as it appears
in Romanovsky's book.
( 1 56) Rubinstein - Goldfarb
Lodz (V All-Russian) ( 1 3) Jan. 6, 1 908
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D40]
1.d4 d5 2 . .lf3 c5 3.e3 .lc6 4.c4
e6 5.a3 .lf6 6 . .Jc3 a6 7.b3 Jle7
8.Jlb2 c x d4 9.exd4 0-0 10.Jld3
g6 ll.c5 .lh5 12 . .ja4 Jlf6 13.0-0
.lg7 14.e1 Jld7 15 . .J b6 bS
1 6 .b4 hS 1 7 . d 2 gS 1 S . a4
.l a7 1 9 . Jlc3 .lf5 20.a3 Jlc6
21 .e2 eS 22 . .le5 g7 23 . .lg4
dS 24 . .Je5 eS 2 5 . b2 dS
26 . .j xc6 .l xc6 27.b5 .!bS 2S.e2
e7 2 9 .g3 ggS 3 0 . h 1 c7
3 l . a 1 g7 3 2 . J}. x f5 g x f5
3 3 . c 1 deS 3 4 . Jld 2 dS
35.Jlf4 Jlg5 36.Jl xg5 xg5 37.c6
bxc6 3S.bxc6 f4 39.c7 f3 40.e3
g4 41.c3, 1-0
( 1 57) Alapin - Rubinstein
Lodz (V All-Russian) 1 907/8
Ruy Lopez [C98]
l . e4 e 5 2 . .l f3 .lc6 3 . Jlb 5 a6
4.Jla4 .jf6 5.0-0 Jle7 6.e1 b5
7.Jlb3 d 6 S . c 3 0 - 0 9.h3 .l a 5
10.J}.c2 c 5 l l .d4 c7 1 2 . .j bd2
.lc6 1 3 .d 5 .IdS 14 . .lf1 .j eS
15.g4 g6 16.Jlh6 .lg7 17 . .lg3 f6
1S.a4 bS 19.axb5 axb5 20 . .)h2
.l f7 2 1 . Jle3 Jld7 2 2 . g2 aS
23.e2 b7 24.{3 x a1 25.xa1
aS 26.d1 a6 27 . .) hfl aS
2 S . x a 6 x a6 2 9 . b 1 .) d S
30.b3 .)b7 31.b2 JldS 32 . .)d2
.) eS 33.Jlf2 .)c7 34 . .)b1 a5
3 5 .b4 a6 3 6 . Jld3 c4 37.Jle2
.) a S 3 S . a 3 x a 3 3 9 . .) x a 3
f7 4 0 . Jl e 3 Jlb6 4 1 . .) f 1 g 5
4 2 . <if1_g 3 Jl x e3 43 . .) x e3 e7
44.h4 .)dS 4 5 . h 5 .) f7 46.f2
.)b6 47.e1 dS 4S.Jld1 .)cS
49.Jle2, Draw
[Score from Hoffer 's memory, The
Field 1 908, p. 54.]
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 Vienna 1908

A small disappointment for Rubinstein

after his excellent results at Ostende
and Carlsbad the previous year. Akiva
started like a rocket, winning his first
four games, but then cooled off, losses
to Marshall and Mieses in the last three
rounds eliminating his chances for first.
One consolation was a first-round vic
tory over Duras that won a prize for the
most brilliant game of the tournament.

( 1 58) Rubinstein - Duras

12.?:) xe5!!
Vienna ( I) 1 908
Queen's Pawn [D04]
(K) Very pretty, though quite obvious.
Notes by Schlechter from Deutsche By the sacrifice of the queen, White
Schachzeitung 1 908 (S) and Kmoch captures a pawn, and, in fact, quite
(K). properly the unfortunate pawn at b5 .

l .d4 d5 2.?:)f3 c5 3.e3 ?:)f6 4.dxc5 12 ... -'1,xdl 13.Axb5+ ?:)d7

a5+?
(S) Bad, because this helps the oppo
nent to develop. The right move i s
4 . . . e 6 , and i f 5 . b4? then 5 . . . a5 6 . c 3
axb4 7.cxb4 b 6 regaining the pawn.
5.?:)bd2 xc5 6.a3 c7 7.c4 dxc4
(S) This also helps White's develop
ment. Better was 7 . . . e6.
8.?:) x c4 ?:)c6 9.b4 Ag4 10.-'1,b2
b5?
(S) This will be refuted by a nice com
bination by White, but Black already
stands worse. If, for example, 10 . . . e6,
then l Ukl ! , threatening b5 .
(K) It was high time to develop the
king's wing by 10 . . . e6, or 10 . . . . d8 fol
lowed by . . . e6.
l l .?:)ce5! ?:) xe5
(S) Best. If 1 3 . . . \t>d8 14 . . xdl + 'it>c8
1 5 .a6+ 'it>b8 1 6.f)c6+ 'lflxc6 17.e5+
'lfld6 ( 1 7 . . . 'lfJc7 1 8 . . d8 + mate)
1 8 . .cl!! and mate next move.
14.-'1, xd7+
( S ) The simplest. White forces an
endgame with a pawn plus. Stronger
was 14 . . xdl . d8 1 5 .f)xd7 . xd7 (or
15 . . . e6 1 6.f)e5+ \t>e7 1 7.f)c6+, etc.)
1 6 . .1l x d 7 + 'it>d8 1 7 . b 5 + 'it>c8
1 8.a6+ \t>b8 1 9 . . c l ! , followed by
-'l.e5, and wins.
(K) 1 4 . . xdl would have had the same
result. Black must not play 16 . . . \t>dS?,
but 16 . . . 'lflxd7, though this too gives
White a pawn.
(K) Not 1 4 . . . \t>d8 1 5 . . xdl and White
wins immediately.
 Vienna 1 908
15. xd7 .1lh5 16.e5 E!c8 17.g4
Ag6 18. x g6 h xg6 19.,1ld4 a6
20.d2 f6 21.E!ac1 E! xc1 22.E!xc1
e5
(S) Or 22 . . J'!.xh2 23 . . c8+ 'it>f7 24.'it>e2!
eS 2S .cS xeS 26 . . xcS followed by
aS winning the a-pawn.
2 3 . A c 5 E! x h 2 24 . A x f8 x f8
25. e21 e4 26.E!c6 E!g2
(S) If 26 . . . aS 27.bS followed by . a6.
27.E! xa6 E! xg4 28.E!a7 E!g1 29.b5
b1 30.a4 g5 31.E!b7 E!a1 32.b6
x a4 3 3 . E! a 7 E!b4 3 4 . b7 g4
3 5 . E!a8+ f7 3 6 . b8 = E! x b8
37. E! x b8 e6 3 8 . e8+ f5
39.fl, 1-0
( 1 59) Alapin - Rubinstein
Vienna (2) 1 908
Alapin [C20]
Notes by Marco (M) and Authors (A).
1.e4 e5 2.e2 f6 3.f4 xe4 4.d3
.lc5 5.fxe5 d5 6.d4 e6 7.f4
c5 8 . c3 c x d4 9 . c x d 5 c 6
10.,1ld2?
(A) This game is still an important part
of recent theory. According to Fine and
ECO, White should play lO.bS with
an equal game.
1 0 . . . x f4 1 l . x f4 x e5
12.Ab5+ Ad7 13.e2 Ad6 14.c3
0-0 15.Axd7 xd7 16.cxd4 c6
1 7 . 0 - 0 x d4 1 8 . d3 A x f4
19 . .1l x f4 E! ad8 2 0 . E! a d 1 g4
2 l . E!de1 e6 2 2.e3 b6 23.h3
h5 2 4 . ,1l e 5 E!fe8 2 5 . a 3 f6
26 . .11, d 6 d5 2 7 . Ag3 c 5 +
28 . x c 5 x c 5 2 9 . Ac7 E! x e 1
30 . E! x e 1 E! d 2 3 1 . E! e8+ f7
32.a8 E! xb2 33.E!xa7 g6 34.a4
h 5 3 5 . a 5 b x a 5 3 6 . E! x a 5 E! c 2
3 7 . Ag3 h 6 3 8 . Af2 e4
39 . .1l e 3 + g6 4 0 . E! a 4 g3
41.Af4 e2+ 42.h2 h4 43.Ad6
h5 44.E!a5+ h6 45.E!f5 g6
46.E!f2 E!d2 47.Af4 E!c2 48.Ad6
f7 4 9 . A a 3 e6 5 0 . Af8 g6
5 1 . ,1lg7 f5 5 2.Ah6 f6 53.-'lfs
g5 54.Ad6 e6
55.Ab8?
(M) According to the opinion of all
authorities, White can save the game
by playing SS . .Ilc7!.
5 5 . . . E!d211
(M) The point of this excellent move is
so paradoxical - here Black's rook is
protected, a necessity for the success
ful advance of . . . gS-g4.
(A) What Marco is saying is that the
rook on d2 is protected against White's
attempts to simplifY with g3 . See the
note after White 's 5 7th move.
56.,1lc7 g4 57.hxg4
(M) If S7.g3 Black wins by S7 . . . hxg3+
S8.xg3 4Jxg3!! S9 . . xd2 4Jfl + 60.'it>g2
4Jxd2, etc.
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March 23 - April 17

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total

I . Duras X 0 Y2 0 y, y, I y2 I 1 Y2 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 y2 14

2. Mar6czy I X Y2 Y, Y, Y, Y, I y, y, I I I 1 0 I I I y, I 14

3. Schlechter Y2 Y2 X Y, Y, Y, Y2 1 1 I y, 1 y, 1 1 1 y, 1 y, 1 14

4. Rubinstein I Y2 Y, X y, 1 Y2 1 0 0 0 1 I 1 Y2 I I Y2 1 I 13

5. Teichmarm y, y, y2 y2 X Y2 Y, Y, Y, 1 0 y, y, 1 y, y, 1 1 I I 12 &
I

6. Spiehnarm y, y, y, 0 Y2 X I y, y, I y, I 0 0 y, 1 y, 1 1 1 1 1 !1,
7. Perlis 0 Y, Y, Y2 Y, 0 X 0 y, 1 1 0 1 Y2 Y, Y, 1 I 1 I 11

8. Tartakover y, 0 0 0 Y2 Y2 I X y, I y, I 0 I I Y2 Y, Y, I 1 11

9. Leonhardt 0 Y2 0 1 y, y, y, y2 X y, 1 0 y2 1 y2 I 1 Y2 0 y2 10

1 0. Marshall 0 Y2 0 I 0 0 0 0 y, X I Y2 1 0 Y2 I I 1 I I 10

I I . Mieses y, 0 y, 1 I y, 0 y, 0 0 X 0 I 1 1 1 y, y, 0 1 10
""'
::l
1 2 . Swiderski 0 0 0 0 y, 0 I 0 I y, I X I 0 1 I y, 0 I I 9 Y2 (1)
0.
1 3 . Salwe 0 0 y, 0 y, I 0 I y, 0 0 0 X Y2 Y, 1 Y, Y2 1 1 8 Y2 ;;>:::
X
s
1 4. P. Jolmer 0 0 0 0 0 1 y, 0 0 1 0 1 y, 1 0 0 y, I I 7 !1, {JQ

1 5 . J. Berger 0 I 0 Y2 Y2 Y2 Y, 0 y, y2 0 0 y, 0 X 0 y, 0 I I 7
1 6. Alapin 0 0 0 0 y2 0 y, y, 0 0 0 0 0 I I X I I 0 I 6 Y,

1 7. Bardeleben 0 0 y, 0 0 y2 0 y, 0 0 y, y, y, I y, 0 X Y2 Y, I 6 Y,

1 8 . Siichting 0 0 0 y, 0 0 0 Y2 Y, 0 y, I y2 y, 1 0 y, X Y2 Y, 6 Y2

1 9 . E. Colm 0 Y2 Y, 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 I 0 0 0 0 I y, y, X I 6

20. Reti y, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 y, 0 X 1 Yl
 Vienna 1 908

57 ... fxg4 58.g3 h3 59.,1lb8 Cjfjld5 Schlechter is right and that 3 . . . .Jc6
60.Jtf4 Elc2 61.Ae3 Cjfjle4 62.Jtg5 should be not recommended.
Cjfjld3 63.Ah6 .fld4 64.E! xc2 .fl xc2
65.Af4 Cjfjle2 66 ..1}.b8 .fle3 67.Cjfjlg1 7 . . . Jte7 8 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 9 . A d 2 b6
Cjfjlf3 68.,1lc7 .flflt 69.Jtb8 .fl xg3 10 . .fle5 Ab7 l l . Elf3 Jtd6
70 .,1lc7 .f} e 2 + 7 1 . Cjfjl h 2 .fl f4
72.,1lb6 g3+ 73.Cjfjlh1 .fld3 74.Cjfjlg1 (S) The idea behind this move ( . . . .llx e5)
h2+ 75.Cjfjlh1 .flf2+ 76 . .1}.xf2 gxf2 is the decisive mi stake. B etter was
l l . . . .Jd7 .
77. Cjfjl x h 2 f 1 = El 78.Cjfjlh3 E! h l +
mate, 0-1
12.Elh3 Ele8 13.Ae1 ,1l xe5
( 1 60) Rubinstein - Reti
(S) Now it's too late for 13 . . . .ld7 be
Vienna (3) 1 908
cause of 1 4.h5 . Deserving of atten
Queen's Pawn [DOO]
tion is 14 . . . g6.
Notes by Schlechter from Deutsche
1 4 . f x e 5 .fld7 1 5 .Ah4 ttc8
Schachzeitung 1 908 (S), and Authors
16.ttg4, 1-0
(A).

1.d4 d5 2.e3 .f}f6 3.Ad3 .f}c6

(S) Many authorities consider this con

tinuation as best. Black ignores his de
velopment, wastes time, only to ex
change White's king's bishop. This can
not be good ! Correct is 3 . . . c5 4.c3 .Jc6
5.f4 .llg4! , etc.

4.f4 .flb4 5 . .flf3 .fl xd3 6.cxd3 e6

7. .flc3
(A) ECO considers the whole variation
as in Black's favor, on the basis of the
game Tarrasch-Chigorin, Hastings
1 895 : 7 . 0-0 .lle 7 8 . .Jbd2 0-0 9.'ik2
.lld7 1 0 . .lb3 .lla4 l l .c3 b6 1 2 .e l
(S) Black has no defense. In case of
16 . . . 'it>h8 White wins by 1 7 . .llf6! gxf6
18.h4 .Jf8 19.exf6 e5 20.'h6 g4
2 1 .l"lg3, etc.
( 1 6 1 ) Rubinstein E. Cohn
-

c5 with the slightly better game. This Vienna (4) 1 908

is misleading. Pillsbury, in his notes in
the tournament book, clearly shows that
the plan used by Tarrasch (8 . .Jbd2) is
not the best and leads only to an equal
game . He recommends the develop
ment of White 's queen 's knight at c3.
Rubinstein uses this idea here in a game
overlooked by ECO. We think that the
opinion of Pillsbury, Rubinstein, and
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
1 .d4 d5 2.Af4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.c3 .f}f6
5 . .fld2 .1}.d6 6 . .flgf3 .f}c6 7.Jtd3
0 - 0 8 . 0 - 0 E!e8 9 . .fl e 5 Jt x e 5
10.dxe5 .fld7 1 l . .flf3 .f}f8 12. ttc2
Ad7 1 3 . Elad1 c4 14 . .1}.e2 tt a 5
15.e4 .fl e 7 16 . .f}d4 E!ac8 17.Ela1
.flfg6 18.Jtg3 dxe4 19.tt xe4 .flf5

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
20.f4 b6 21.Af2 xb2 22.ab1
x e3 23. x b7 x d4 24. A x d4
Ae6 25.Axe3 Axe4 26. x a7 aS
27. xaS x aS 2S.d1 Ad5 29.g3
h6?
After 29 . . . . x a 2 3 0 . Axc4 . c2 (not
30 . . . Axc4? 3 l . . d8 + .:lf8 3 2 . Ab4)
3 l .Axd5 . xc3 32 . .lle4 .:lf8 33 . . d8 g6,
and the position is equal .
30.d4 !!a4 31.d2 !!a3 32.Ab4
a S 3 3 . a 3 fS 3 4 . e 2 eS
3 5 . f2 d7 3 6 . e 3 bS
37.d4 e6+ 3S.e3 a7 39.a4
e6 40.b2 aS 41 .Ad1 a 5
4 2 . A x a 5 x a 5 4 3 . bS+ h 7
44.!!b5 a7 45.a5 g6 46.g4 f6
47.h4 fxe5 4S.fxe5 f7 49.Ae2
!!e7 5 0 . a 6 g 5 5 1 . h x g 5 h x g 5
5 2 . a 5 !! a 7 5 3 . A x e4 Af3
5 4 . A d 3 A x g4 5 5 . Ae4 Jl, e 2
56.Ab7 e7 57.a2 Aft 5S.b4
g4 5 9 . e 5 A x a6 60 . A x a6 g3
61.b6 aS 62.g2 gS 63.Ab7
g5 64.e2, 1-0
( 1 62) Berger - Rubinstein
J.
Vienna (5) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [026]
1 .d4 d5 2.e3 f6 3.e4 e6 4.f3
e5 5.a3 d x e4 6.A xe4 a6 7.dxe5
xd 1 + S.xd 1 Jl,xe5 9.b4 Jl,d6
10.Ab2 b5 1 1.Ad3 Ab7 12.bd2
bd7 13.e2 eS 14. acl e7
1 5 . x eS x eS 1 6 . e 1 x e 1
1 7 . A x e 1 e 5 1 S . A b 2 x d3
19. xd3 g4 20.e2 f6 2 1 .h3
h6 2 2 .g3 f7 23.e4 e5 24.h4
AeS 2 5 . e 1 dS 26.e2 Ae6
2 7 . Ae3 d7 2 S . e 3 e6
29.d3 Ae7 30.e3 AbS, Draw
( 1 63) Rubinstein - Teichmann
Vienna (6) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Declined [040]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.e4 e5 4.e3 f6
5 . e3 a6 6.a3 d x e4 7 . A x e4 b5
S.Ad3 Ab7 9.dxe5 Axe5 10.b4
Ad6 l l . A b 2 e7 1 2 . 0 - 0 0 - 0
1 3 . e 1 bd7 1 4 . e 2 fdS
1 5 . !! fd 1 aeS 1 6 . b 1 x e 1
1 7 . x e 1 eS 1 S . x e S + A x eS
19.bd2, Draw
( 1 64) Schlechter - Rubinstein
Vienna (7) 1 908
Ruy Lopez [C90]
l . e4 e5 2 . f3 e 6 3 . A b5 a6
4.Aa4 f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.e1 b5
7.Ab3 d6 S.a4 Ag4 9.e3 b4 10.d3
b x e3 l l . b x e 3 0 - 0 1 2 . h3 A h 5
1 3 . Ag 5 h6 1 4 . A x f6 A x f6
1 5 . A d 5 A x f3 1 6 . x f3 eS
1 7 . d 2 bS 1 S . Ae4 a 5
1 9 . A x a 6 e 6 2 0 . Ae4 Ag 5
2 1 . ed 1 b 2 2 2 . A d 5 x e3
2 3 . e4 x e4 24 . x e4 d4
25.e1 Ad2 26.eb1 Aa5, Draw
( 1 65) Rubinstein - Siichting
Vienna (8) 1 908
Queen 's Pawn [004]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 e5 3.e3 f6 4.dxe5
e6 5.a3 A x e 5 6.b4 Ab6 7.Ab2
e6 S. bd 2 0-0 9.e4 dxe4
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 Vienna 1 908
10. 4) x c4 x d 1 + 1 1 . f! x d 1 Jl,c7
1 2.Jl,e2 f!d8 1 3 .0-0 4Jd5 14.b5
4) ce7 1 5 . 4) fe 5 f6 1 6 . 4J d 3 a6
17.b xa6 f! x a6 18.e4 b5 19.4)d2
4)f4 20.4) xf4 Axf4 21 .4)b3 f! xd1
2 2 . f! x d 1 f!b6 2 3 . Ad4 f!b8
24.Aa7 f!b7 2 5 . f!d8+ rtlf7
26.Ac5 Ad7 27.g3 Jl.e5 28.Ab4
.lle8 29.4Jc5 f!b8 30. f! x b8 Axb8
31.4)b7, Draw
( 1 66) Tartakover - Rubinstein
Vienna (9) 1 908
Sicilian [B44]
1.c4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.4Jf3 4)c6 4.d4
cxd4 5 . 4) x d4 4J f6 6 . 4J c 3 Ab4
7.4) xc6 bxc6 8.Ad3 d5
This continuation of Rubinstein 's is not
mentioned in ECO.
9.exd5 exd5 10.cxd5
Perhaps 1 0.0-0 0-0 l l .i.tg5 is a better
idea.
10 . . . 4) x d 5 1 1 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 2 . f3
.lld6 13.Jl,e4 Jl,e6 14.f!d1 4) xc3
15.bxc3 c7
16.Jl, xh7+ rtf x h7 17.f!d4
White has obviously overlooked that
17:d3+ <;f;>g8 18.'liYxd6 loses immedi
ately after 18 .. J:'!. ad8! .
131
1 7 . . . A e 7 1 8 . Af4 a 5 1 9 . f! e 1
f!fd8 20.f!e5 x a2 21.e4+ rtfg8
22.h3 f! x d4 23.cxd4 f!d8 24.f!h5
f5 2 5 . x c6 Af7 2 6 . E!g5 A x g5
27.Axg5 f!e8, 0-1
( 1 67) Rubinstein - Leonhardt
Vienna ( I 0) 1 908
Colle System [D05]
1.d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.e3 4Jf6 4.Jl.d3
c5 5 .c3 Ae7 6.4) bd2 0-0 7.0-0
4) c 6 8.e2 f!e8 9 . f! d l ? l b6
10.dxc5 A xc5 l l .b4 Ad6 1 2 .e4
c7 1 3 . Ab 5 .ilf4 1 4 . e 5 4) d 7
1 5 . f! e 1 4) c x e 5 1 6 . 4) x e 5 .il x e5
17.,il xd7 ,il x h2+ 18.rtfh1 A x d7
19.g3 Axg3 20.fxg3 xg3 21.4Jf3
e5 2 2 . g2 x g2 + 2 3 . rtf x g2 f6
24.Ae3 fleeS 25.f!ec1 E!c7 26.a4
f!ac8 2 7 . Jl, d 2 a6 2 8 . rtf f 2 E!c4
29.4Je1 Af5 30.4)g2 Ad3 31.4)e3
E!f4+ 3 2 . rtfg 1 Ae4 3 3 .c4 d4
3 4 . 4) d 5 E! g4+ 3 5 . rtf f 1 f! x c4
3 6 . f! x c4 Jl. d 3 + 3 7 . rtf f 2 A x c4
38.4)b6 Ad3 39.f!c1 e4 40.f!c8+
rtlf7 4 1 . f!c7+ rtfg6 42. f! x b7 e3+
43 . .il x e3 d x e 3 + 44. rtf x e3 Af1
45.4Jd7 h5 46.E!b6 rtlf5 47.4Jc5
h4 48.b5 axb5 49.a5 h3 50.a6 h2
51 .a7 h1 = , 0-1
( 1 68) Swiderski - Rubinstein
Vienna ( I I ) 1 908
Queen's Pawn [D04]
1 . d4 d5 2 . e3 4J f6 3. 4)d2 .ilf5
4 . 4) gf3 e6 5 . Ae2 Jl,d6 6 .c4 c6
7.b3 c7 8.Ad3 4Jbd7 9.A xf5
e x f5 10.c2 g6 1 l .c x d 5 4) x d5
1 2 .0-0 0-0 1 3 . 4Jc4 E!fe8 14.a3
E!e7 1 5.Ad2 f!ae8 16.f!fe1 4J7f6
17.g3 4)e4 18.b3 rtlg7 19.Aa5
b8 2 0 . E! a c 1 f6 2 1 . rtl g 2 Ac7
2 2 . d 3 ? b5 2 3 . ,il x c 7 b x c4
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
24 . j}. x b8 c x d3 2 5 . A x a7 x a7
2 6 . x c 6 b8 2 7 . b 1 x a3
28.4)e1 ab3 29.f3 xb2+, 0-1
( 1 69) Rubinstein - Maroczy
Vienna ( 1 2) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Declined [040]
1.d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 4)f6
5.4)c3 a6 6.dxc5 j}.xc5 7.a3 dxc4
8 . x d8+ 'it' x d8 9 . Jl x c4 b5
10.Jld3 .Q.b7 u.b4 Ad6 12.Jlb2
'it'e7 13.'it'e2 4)bd7 14.ac1 ac8
1 5 . h d 1 hd8 1 6 . g3 Jl x f3 +
1 7 . 'it' x f3 4) e 5 + 1 8 . 'it' e 2 4) x d 3
1 9 . x d 3 Jlb8 20 . x d8 'itl x d8
2 1 . 4) a 2 Ad6 2 2 . Jld4 x c 1
23. 4) xc1 e5 24.j}.b2 4) d7 25.e4
4) b6 2 6 . 4) b3 4) c4 2 7 . Jl c 1 f6
28.4)d2 4) xd2 29.Jl xd2, Draw
( 1 70) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Vienna ( 1 3 ) 1 908
Giuoco Piano Meller [C54]
l .e4 e5 2.4)f3 4)c6 3. Ac4 Jlc5
4.c3 4)f6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Ab4+
7 . 4) c3 4) x e4 8 . 0 - 0 Jl x c3 9 . d 5
Jlf6 1 0 . e 1 4) e7 l l . x e4 0 - 0
12.d6 cxd6 13.Jlf4
In case of 1 3 .'xd6 .tlf5 14 :d5 Black
can force a draw by 14 . . . -tle7! 1 5 :d6
.tlf5, etc. while 14 . . . d6?! is in White's
favor after 15 . .llg 5!. The best try for an
advantage is 1 3 . .llg5 .tlg6 1 4.'d5! with
a small advantage to White, according
to Unzicker in the second edition of the
C volume of ECO.
13 ... d5 14.j}. xd5 4) xd5 15. xd5
d6 16.ae1 Ae6 17. xb7 A x a2
1 8 . a 4 j}.e6 1 9 . x a 7 x a 7
2 0 . x a7 j}. x b 2 2 9 . 4) g 5 f6 ! ,
0- 1
( 1 7 1 ) Rubinstein - Bardeleben
Vienna ( 1 4) 1 908
Queen's Pawn [005]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.b3 4)f6
5 . Ad3 b6 6.Ab2 Ae7 7 . 4) bd2
Ab7 8.0-0 0 - 0 9 . e 2 4) e4
10.fd1 4)d7 ll.ac1 Jlf6 12.c4
e7 13.4)e5 Jlxe5 14.dxe5 4) xd2
1 5 . xd2 f6 16.h5 f5 17. cd1
g6 1 8 . h 6 fd8 1 9 .h4 4) f8
2 0 . j}. e 2 d x c4 2 1 . A x c4 x d 2
2 2 . x d 2 d8 2 3 . d 6 ! d 7
24.Ab5 c7 25.f4 j}.c8 26.'it'fl
Ad7 27.Ae2 Ae8 28.'it'e1 Ad7
29.Ac3 j}.e8 30.g3 Ac6 3 1 . Ac4
b5 3 2 . Ae2 g 5 3 3 . x g 5 x g5
34.hxg5 'it'f7 35.Aa5 c8 36.g4
fx g4 37. Jl x g4 c4 38.bxc4 b x c4
39.'it'd2 Ab5 40.'it'c3 b8 41 .f4
c8 4 2 . f 5 e x f5 43 . .Q. x f5 e8
44.f6+ 'it'g7 45.e6 h5 46.Ac7 h4
47.Ae5, 1-0
( 1 72) Per/is - Rubinstein
Vienna ( 1 5) 1 908
Sicilian A1apin [822]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 't'l:\'xd5 4.d4
c x d4 5 . c x d4 4) c 6 6 . 4) f3 Ag4
7.Ae2 e6 8.4)c3 d7 9.Ae3 Ad6
10.0-0 4)f6 1 1 . d2 0-0 12.ad1
fd8 13.h3 Ah5 14.Ag5 A x f3
1 5 . A x f3 Ae7 1 6 . Ae3 4) b4
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 Vienna 1 908
17 . .1lf4 . aeS 1S . .1le5 4) fd 5
1 9 . . e 1 h 6 2 0 . 4) x d 5 4) x d 5
2 1 . . x eS . x eS 2 2 . .e 1 -'l.g 5
23. . x eS + x eS 2 4 . d 1 e4
25.fll b4 26. b1 f6
27.g6 ! e l + 2 S . h 2 f x e 5
2 9 . x e6+ h 7 3 0 . f 5 + hS
31 .fS+, Draw
(1 73) Rubinstein - P. Johner
Vienna ( 1 6) 1908
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D30]
l.d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.e4 e5 4.e3 4)f6
5.dxe5 .1l xe5 6.a3 0-0 7.b4 .1ld6
8. .1lb2 e7 9.4)bd2 .dS 10..e1
4)bd7 l l .exd5 exd5 12.4)b3 4)fS
13 . .1le2 .1ld7 14.0-0 4)g6 1 5.4)e5
.ileS 1 6 . d4 b6 1 7 . 4) d3 .eS
1 S . 4) h4 4) e 5 1 9 . 4) x e 5 .1l x e 5
20 . x e 5 x e 5 2 1 . .1l x e 5 . x e 5
22.4)f3 .e7 23.4)d4 .1le6 2 4. .1la6
4)e4 25..e6 4)d2 26..fd 1 4)e4
27 . .1l x e4 d x e4 2 S . 4) x e6 f x e 6
29..xe4 f7 30.fl .bS 31.e2
h6 3 2 . f3 f6 3 3 . e4 h 5
34..e6 g 6 35.f4 .bb7 36.g3 .bc7
37..de1 .ed7 3S.h3 .d2 39.g4
h2 40.g5+ f7 4 1 . .e7 . x h3
42 . . x e7+ x e7 43. .e7+ d6
44. . x a7 e5 4 5 . . g7 e x f4
46 . . x g6 + e7 4 7 . e x f4 . x a 3
4S..h6, 1-0
(174) Marshall - Rubinstein
Vienna (1 7) 1908
Queen's Pawn [DOO]
Notes by Marshall from My Fifty Years
of Chess (M), and Schlechter from
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1 908 (S).
1.d4 d5 2.e3 4)f6 3 . .1ld3 e5 4.e3
e6
( S ) C o m i n g into c o n s i derat i o n i s
4 . . . 4Jc6, and if 5 . f4 o r 5 . 4Jf3 , then
5 . . . .1lg4.
5.4)d2 4)e6 6.f4 .1ld6
(M) Now 6 . . . .1le7 was much better, as
thi s move later exposes B lack to a
strong attack by e4-e5 . The text threat
ens 7 . . . cxd4, compelling White to re
capture with the c-pawn. But White's
next move takes care of the threat.
(S) If 8 . . . 0-0, then White can begin a
sharp attack by 9.4Jg5 (9 . . . h6 1 0.h4!)
as in Lipke-Schiffers, Leipzig 1 894.
(M) Rightly feari ng the attack that
would come after 9 . . . 0-0. But the text
is no improvement in this respect.
9.4)f2 0-0-0 10.0-0 bS
(S) Now, advancing with the e-pawn
White achieves an advantage . More
cautious was 1 0 . . . cxd4.
l l .e4! d x e4 1 2 . 4) d x e4 4) x e4
1 3 . 4) x e4 .1le7 1 4 . d x e 5 .1l x e 5 +
1 5 . 4) x e 5 x e 5 + 1 6 . .1le3 a 5
17.a41
(S) Premature would be 1 7.b4, because
of 1 7 . . . 'ih3.
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(M) As a result of the thrust with the e
pawn White has developed with gain
of time, obtained the two bishops, and
has a lasting attack. The text prepares
for b2-b4, which, if played at once,
could be answered by 1 7 .. :a4.
17 . . . 4)e7 1S.b4 'l!/c7 19 . .1ld4 f6
20. 'l!/f2 4)cS 21.fe1
(M) To prevent . . . e5. Black is now sub
jected to so much pressure that it is only
a matter of moves until some material
is gained.
2 1 . . . heS 2 2 . '1!/g3 .1lc6 2 3 . b 5
Ad5 24.a5 Ac4
(S) Perhaps 24 . . . E! d7 was a better de
fense. After the text, it seems that
Black's position cannot be saved.
25.b6 'l!/c6
(M) 25 . . . axb6 26.xc4 'ifl'xc4 27.axb6
would only hasten the end because of
the opening of the a-file.
2 6 . Jl x c4 'l!/ x c4 2 7 . '1!/ x g7 4) e 7
2S.'I!/xf6 .lf5 29.a6!
( S ) Threate n i n g 3 0 . b x a 7 + 'i!ta8
3 l . a x b 7 + 'it' x b 7 3 2 . a8=Q+ E! x a 8
33.E!ebl + , etc.
1 34
(M) The valuable bishop is to be pre
served.
29 . . . axb6
( M ) I f 29 . . . 4J x d4 3 0 . 'ifl'e 5 + ! w i n s
quickly.
30.'1!/e5+ aS 3 1 . a x b7+ x b7
32.-'tf2
(S) Not 32 .xb6 because of 32 . . . E!d5.
3 2 ... d5 33. 'l!/f6 'l!/c6 34.eb1
b5 35. xb5 'l!/ xb5 36.'1!/f7+ e7
37.'1!/fS '1!/eS
(S) Or 37 . . . E! e8 38.'ifl'a3 'ifl'a5 39.'ifl'b2
and White wins.
3 S . 'I!/ x eS x eS 3 9 . b 1 c6
40. x b6+ d5 4 l .g3 cS
4 2 . b 5 + e4 4 3 . g 2 c6
44. e5+ d3 45.g4 4) e7 46.f5
.ld5
(M) If 46 . . . 'it'xc3 then 47.fxe6 followed
by h4.
47. -'td4 c4 4 S . g3 e x f5
49. xf5 g6 50.f7 h5 5 1 . g7
x g7 5 2 . Jl x g7 h x g4 5 3 . x g4
4) xc3 54.Axc3, 1-0
( 1 75 ) Rubinstein - Spielmann
Vienna ( 1 8) 1 908
French [COO]
l . c4 e6 2 . e4 d5 3 . c x d 5 e x d 5
4.exd5 4)f6 5 . .lc3 4) xd5 6 . .1lc4
4)b6 7 . Ab3 4)c6 S . 4) ge 2 .1lc5
9.4)e4 -'td4 10.0-0 0-0 l l .d3 Ag4
1 2 . Ag 5 'l!/d7 1 3 . 'l!/ d 2 A x e 2
1 4 . 'l!/ x e 2 hS 1 5 . Ae3 aeS
16.'1!/h5 f6 17.ad1 e5 1S.'I!/h4
 Vienna 1 908
A x b2 19 . .Jc5 e8 20.d4 . h 5
2 1 . g3 .l d 5 2 2 . . fe l c 8
2 3 . f3 . f 5 2 4 . h 3 Ac3 25.g4
A x e l 2 6 .g x f5 .j x e3 27 . . x e l
.! xf5 28.j';te6 e8 29. xf5 .! xd4
3 0 . d 5 .l x e6 3 1 . .l x e6 "titg6+
3 2 . h l .e8 3 3 . x b7 h5
34. xc7 h4 35.h3 f5 36..gl titf6
37. x g7+ "tit x g7 38 . .j x g7 .e5
39..g5, 1-0
( 1 76) Mieses - Rubinstein
Vienna ( 1 9) 1 908
Vienna [C28]
Notes by Schlechter, from Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1 908 (S), and Tarrasch,
from Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger 1 908 (T).
l .e4 e5 2 . .lc3 .! f6 3.Ac4 .!c6
4.d3 Ab4
(T) There is no reason for the bishop to
be developed at b4. Its natural square
is c5.
5.Ag5 h6 6 . .il,xf6 Axc3+ 7.bxc3
xf6 8 . .je2 d6 9.0-0 .Ja5
(S) If 9 . . . 0-0, then 1 0.f4 exf4 1 U !. xf4
g5 1 2 .fl with the better game for
White.
10.Ab3 .l x b3 l l .axb3 g5?
(S) Better is 1 1 . . . 0-0. After the ex
change ofWhite's king's bishop, Black
should not fear the opening of the f
file by 1 2.f4.
12.c4 0-0 13 . .Jc3 c6?!
(S) Weakens the d-pawn. Better was
1 3 . . . Ae6.
(S) If 14 . . . "itl'g6 1 5 .d4!, and if 1 5 .. .f5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.4Ja4! with the better
game for White.
15..fdl "tit xd2 16..xd2 f6 17.d4!
f7 1 8 . d 5 1 c5 19 . .J b 5 e7
20 . .j xa7 Ad7 2l.c3 f5 22.exf5
(S) Stronger was 22.da2! (threaten
ing 4Jc6+) 22 . . . ae8 2 3 . e xf5 .ilxf5
24.4Jb5, etc.
22 ... Axf5 23.b4?!
(S) This weakens White 's pawn struc
ture, giving B lack drawing chances.
With 23.1:'.ida2 followed by 4Jb5 White
could win the endgame slowly but
surely.
23 . . . d7 24.b x c 5 d x c 5 2 5 . .b2
.fb8 26..ba2 .f8 27..b2 .fb8
28.h3
(T) The threat was 28 . . . .ild3 29.1:'.ia4
.ilxc4 30. xc4 xa7 and White cannot
play 3 l . l:'.i xc5 because of 3 l . . . l:'.i a 1 +
mate. Therefore, White opens a win
dow, but the wrong one ! Much better
was 28.f3!, opening a route for the king.
28 ... Ad3 29..a4 b6
( S ) lf 29 . . . .il x c 4 3 0 . x c 4 x a 7
3 1 .1:'.i xc5 and wins.
30..ba2 .f8
( S ) H ere 3 0 . . . 1:'.i b7 ! ? 3 1 . 4Jc6 l:'.i x a4
32.1:'.i xa4 'i!td6 was worthy of consider
ation.
3 1 .g3 e4 32 . .Jb5 . x a4 33. . x a4
.f6 34.d6 .f71 3 5 . . a7 + e6
36..a4 Ae2 37..a6 .f3
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(S) Now Black mistakenly begins to
play for a win. After 37 . . . 1"lb7 White
has nothing better than to repeat the
position with 38.1"la4.
38.Eta71 Axc4?
(S) After 38 . . . 1"lf7 the game is still a
draw.
the match that the player of the white
pieces did not win.
Rubinstein was finally able to take the
lead in game four.
( 1 77) Rubinstein - Teichmann
Game fragment (2)
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D32]

l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4Jc3 c5 4.4)f3

39.Ete7+ <it'f6
c x d4 5 . 4) x d4 e 5 6 . 4) db 5 d4
7.4Jd5 4Ja6 8.a4 Ad7 9.g3
(S) Or 39 . . .<d5 40.d7 1"l f8 4 1 . 1"l e8 and
[No more moves available.
White wins.
From : Larobok, p. 378.]
4 0 . 4) c 7 Etd3 4 1 . 4) e8 + <it'f5?
( 1 78) Rubinstein - Teichmann
4 2 .g4 + <it'f4 43 . 4) f6 1 Etdl +
Vienna (game 4) May 7, 1 908
4 4 . <it' g 2 A f t + 4 5 . <it' h 2 Et x d 6
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D55]
46. 4) x e4 Et d l 47.4Jg3 b 5 48.Ete3
Axh3 49.<it'xh3, 1-0
Kmoch (K), Razuvaev (R), and Authors
(A).
Rubinstein-Teichmann
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4Jc3 4)f6 4.Jl,g5
One of the least publicized duels be
4Jbd7 5.e3 Ae7 6.4)f3 0-0 7.c2
tween world class players of the pre b6
World War I era was the match between
A k i v a R u b i n s te i n and R i c h ard (R) The best defense is 7 . . . c5.
Teichmann . Held between the great (K) As is well known, 7 . . . c5! is correct
Vienna and Prague tournaments in the here. After the text move which, among
spring of 1 908, it received little atten
tion in the magazines of the day. A pity,
as what has been preserved suggests
that it was a great match. The two com
plete games that we were able to find
were both great fights, and game four
is a justly deserved classic.

The match started out with Teichmann,

as White, winning the first game in 5 1
moves but Rubinstein came right back
to equalize the score by winning a 22-
move miniature. The score stayed tied
when the third game was drawn in 62
moves; this proved to be of enormous
significance, as it was the only game in Richard Teichmann

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other things, blocks the path of the
queen to a5, White can castle on the
queenside with impunity and create a
strong attack.
8.cxd5 exd5 9 . .Q.d3 .Q.b7 10.0-0-0
c5 l l.h4 c4
(A) In case of 1 7 . . . g6 1 8.hxg6 hxg6
1 9 . Axg6 fxg6 20 . .. h6 'it'g7 2 1 . 4Jh4
White has a strong attack. Also, after
1 9 .Axe4 dxe4 20.4Jd2 .. c8 2 1 . .. h4
Black's defense is very difficult.

(R) In the prev i o u s game against

Rubinstein, at Carlsbad 1 907 (game
# 1 34), Teichmann played 1 l . . . .. c8,
falling immediately into difficulties.
(K) 1 l . . .cxd4, followed by . . . .. c8, . . . a6
and . . . b5 appears to hold out better
prospects.

12 . .Q.f5 eS
1 8 . .Q. x h7+1
(K) Here also the plan 12 . . . a6 and . . . b5
is better.
(K) Now the black position is ripped
(A) A c c o r d i n g to A l e kh i n e , after
open with a Morphy-like assault.
12 ... a6 White achieves an advantage by
1 3 .e4!
18 ... <it;' x h7 19.g6+ <it;'gS
13 . .Q.xf6 4) xf6 14.g4!
(K) If 1 9 . . .fxg6 20.4Jxe4 dxe4 2 1 .4Jg5+
(A) Well played! If now 1 4 . . . g6 1 5 .g5! 'it'h6 ( 2 1 . . . 'it'g8 2 2 . x c 4 + w i n s )
with advantage. 2 2 . h x g 6 + 'it' x g 6 2 3 . 4J x e 4 + 'it'f7
24.xc4+ and wins.
14 .Q.d6 15.g5 4)e4 16.h5 f!/e7
..

20.4) xe4 dxe4

(A) Maybe better was 1 6 . . . 4::\ x g S
1 7 . 4J x g 5 x g 5 1 8 . A x h 7 + 'it' h 8
19 . .. dg1 h6, etc. If Black captures
the pawn by 16 . . . 4::\ x gS 17.4Jxg5 xg5,
White's attack is even faster. For ex
ample, 1 8 .Axh7+ 'it'f8 1 9 .h6 gxh6
20 . .. dg1 , etc.
17.dgl a6
( K ) I f 2 0 . . . x e 4 2 l . g x f7 + 'it' x f7
22 .4Jg5+ and White wins.
2l.h6! f6
(K) The knight could not be captured:
2 l . . .exf3 22 .gxf7+ xf7 23.hxg7 with
the double threat of mate on h7 and h8.

Vienna, May 2-9, 1 908

2 3 4 5 6 Total
1 . Rubinstein 0 I Yz 0 3 Yz
2. Teichmann 0 y, 0 0 2Y,

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But Black has indeed a better defense,
to wit, 2 1 . . .fxg6. Then 22.El xg6 was not
suffi c i ent on account of 22 . . . e x f3 !
2 3 . El x g 7 + '{f;f x g7 2 4 . h x g7 A e 4 !
25.'{f;fxc4+ xg7 26.Elgl + f6, etc. Nor
was 23.'{f;fxc4+ (instead of 23.El xg7+)
23 . . . h7! 24 . El xg7+ h8! 2 5 . El xe7
E! xe7! any better. Black in this varia
tion, with rook and two bishops against
the queen, has in fact winning pros
pects, as the cooperation of the white
pieces has been disturbed. Hence White
would have had to play 22.4Jh4! . After
2 2 . . . g5 2 3 . 4Jg6 '{f;ff6 2 4 . h7 + f7
25.h8=Q El xh8 26.4Jxh8+ White wins,
but by no means as easily as in the ac
tual game.
22.hxg71 exf3
(A) Or 22 . . . '{f;fxg7 23.Elh7, etc.
23..h8+ \t' xg7 24..h7+ \t'g8
25.tl'f51
(K) Threatening 2 6 . g7 , as w e l l as
26.'ltl'h5, to say nothing of 26.E! xe7.
25 ... c3 26.. xe7, 1-0
(K) If now 26 . . .Axe7 27.'ltl'e6+, or if
26 . . . El xe7 27.'{f;fxf6 El d8 28. El h l and
mate in a few moves.
Teichmann, showing good fighting
spirit, came back to win the fifth game
in 33 moves. According to the Deutsche
Schachzeitung of 1 908, it was a Four
Knights game and Teichmann quickly
won a pawn and the exchange . The
D.S.Z. added that the conditions of the
match were that the victor would be the
first to win three games.
With the score at 2 Y:z-2Y:z, Rubinstein
kept his perfect match record intact by
winning the final game.
( 1 79) Rubinstein - Teichmann
Vienna (m-6) 1 908
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D28]
Notes by Znosko-B orovsky, from
Novae Vremya June 29, 1 908 (B), and
Authors (A).
l .d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.4)f3 4)f6 4.e3
a6 5.Jlxc4 e6 6.0-0 c5 7.tl'e2 4)c6
8 . . d l tl'c7 9 . 4) c3 b5 1 0 . Ab3
Ab7 1 1 .d51
(B) A new and very strong continuation.
l l ... exd5 1 2.j}. xd5?1
(A) Today theory considers 1 2.e4 stron
ger and leading to an advantage.
12 ... b4 13.4)g5 4)d8?
(B) lf l 3 . . . bxc3 1 4.Axf7+ e7 1 5 .'{f;fc4
'{f;fe5 16.f4, etc.
(A) ECO gives 1 3 . . . 0-0-0 ! 1 4 . 4Jxf7
E! xd5 1 5 .4Jxd5 'ltl'xf7 with a clear ad
vantage for Black.
1 4 . Jl x b7 tl' x b7 1 5 . 4) b l h 6
t6.4)f3 Ae7 17.4)bd2 0-0 18.b3
4) e6 1 9 . -'lb2 .fd8 2 1 . 4) h4 g6
2l .f4 4)e4?
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 Vienna 1 908

(A) Better defensive chances are of- 22.f51 Axh4

fered by 2 1 . . .4:Jg7.
(A) If 2 2 . . . 4:Jf8 then 2 3 . fxg6 xh4
24.gxt7+, etc.

2 3 . f x e6 .! x d 2 24 . , x d 2 , x d 2
2 5 . x d 2 . d 8 2 6 . c 2 d5
2 7 . e x f7 + x f7 2 8 . . f l e6
29 . x c 5 A e 7 3 0 . a7 . d 7
3 1 . b8+ la d S 3 2 . g3 Ac5
3 3 . c71 e7 3 4 . c6 d6
35. e4 Ab6 36.jtf6, 1-0

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 Prague 1908

Prague 1 908 was not an outstanding

competitive result for Rubinstein. A
loss to his bete noir Mar6czy in round
1 7 ended his chances for first, but it
was a great creative success. His fa
mous endgame of rook and rook pawn
versus b i shop and rook pawn was
played against Salwe in the first round
at Prague, and wins over Alapin and
Vidmar are j ustified classics.

The Encyclopedia of Chess Endings

mistakenly claims that this game was
played in 1 909. Black can win more quickly by 57 . . . g5!
58 . ..1lxg5 ( 5 8 . hxg5 h4 + ) 58 . . . xf3 +
( 1 80) Sa/we - Rubinstein 59.<it'g2 hxg4 .
Prague ( 1 ) 1 908
Four Knights [C49] 5 8 .g x h 5 g x h 5 5 9 . f x e4 + !it> x e4
60 . .1lg5
l .e4 e5 2 . .)f3 .)c6 3 . .lc3 .)f6
4 . .1lb5 .1lb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6
7 . .1lg5 .)e7 8 . .)e2 .)g6 9 . .lg3 h6
10 . .1le3 c6 1 1 . .1la4 d5 12.c3 .1ld6
13 . .1lc2 E!e8 14.E!el .1le6 1 5 .d4
d x e4 1 6 . .1l x e4 e x d4 1 7 . .1l x d4
.) x e4 1 8 . .) x e4 .1lf8 1 9 .b4 b6
20.a3 'i:/c7 21 . .)fd2 f5 22 . .)g3 c5
2 3 . 'i:/f3 'i:/f7 2 4 . E! x e6 'i:/ x e6
25 . .1le3 .)h4 26.'i:/h5 'i:/f6 27.E!cl
E!ad8 28 . .)f3 .) xf3+ 29.'i:/xf3 g6
30 . .) e 2 'i:/f7 3 l .h4 !it>h7 3 2 .g3
60 ... E!f7
.1ld6 33.!it>g2 'i:/e6 34.E!dl 'i:/e4
35.'i:/ xe4 fxe4 36.E!bl E!e7 37.a4 One of the key positions for this kind
c x b4 38.c x b4 E!c8 3 9 . a 5 b x a 5 of endgame. According to analysis by
40.bxa5 .1lc5 4t.Af4 E!d8 42.E!b5 Maizelis, the exact winning continua
.1ld4 43 . .) xd4 E! x d4 44 ..1le3 E!a4 tion is 60 . . .'it>d3 61 ...1lf4 <it'e2 62.Ag5
45.E!d5 !it>g7 46.g4 E!c4 47 . .1ld4+ f3 + 63 . <it'g2 a 3 64 . Ae 7 a4
!it>f7 48 . .1le3 !it>e6 49.E!b5 E!h7 65.Ad8 g4 + 66 .<it'h3 <it'f3 67 .Ac7
50.a6 E!a4 51 .E!b7 E! x b7 52.axb7 gl 68.Ah2 (if 68.<it'h2 fl ! 69.Ad8
E!b4 53 . .1l x a7 E! x b7 54 . .1le3 h5 <it'g4 70.<it'g2 f5 7 1 .Ag5 f8! 73.Ae7
55.!it>g3 E!f7 56 . .1lf4 E!f8 57.f3 e8, and wins as in the main variation
 Prague 1 908
May 18 - June 1 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total

1 . Duras X Y2 0 Y2 0 Y2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y2 1 Y2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 Y2

2 . Schlechter Y2 X Y2 Y2 Y2 Y2 Y2 0 1 Y2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y2 1 Y2 B Y2

3 . VIdmar 1 Y2 X 0 Y2 0 0 Y2 Y2 1 1 Y2 1 Y2 1 1 1 1 1 1 13

4 . Rubinstein Y2 Y2 l X y2 0 1 y, 1 0 y, 1 1 y, 1 y, y, y, l l I Z Y2

5. Teichmann l Y2 Y2 Y2 X Y2 Y, Y, Y, Y, 0 Y2 1 y, 1 1 y, y, 1 1 12

6 . Mar6czy Y2 Y2 1 1 Y2 X 0 y, y, 0 y, y, y, y, l 1 y, 1 Y2 l l l Y2

7. Leonhardt 0 Y2 l 0 Y2 1 X y, y, 0 1 Y, Y2 Y, 0 1 y, 1 l 1 11

8. Marshall 0 I Y2 Y2 Y2 Y2 Y, X y, 0 y, 0 y, y, 1 1 1 l 1 y, 11

9. Salwe 0 0 Y2 0 y, y, y, y, X 1 l y, 1 0 l y, 1 1 Y2 1 11

I O. Janowsky 0 y, 0 1 y2 1 1 l 0 X 0 1 0 1 0 1 y, l l 0 l OY>

1 1 . Dus-Choky 0 0 0 y, 1 Y2 0 y, 0 1 X l 0 1 0 0 l 1 l 1 9 Y2
.
1 2 . Alapin 0 0 Y2 0 y, y, y, 1 Y2 0 0 X 1 Y2 1 0 l 1 Y2 Y, 9

1 3 . Mieses y, 0 0 0 0 Y, Y2 Y, 0 1 1 0 X Y2 1 1 Y2 0 1 Y2 8 Y,

1 4 . Siichting 0 0 Y2 Y, Y2 Y2 Y, Y, 1 0 0 Y, Y2 X Y2 Y, Y2 Y2 Y, 1 8 Y2

1 5 . Spiehnann y, 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Y2 X 1 l 0 y, 1 7 \1,
1 6 . Prokes 0 0 0 y, 0 0 0 0 Y2 0 1 1 0 y, 0 X l Y2 1 y, 6 Y,

1 7. Bardeleben l 0 0 y, y, y, y, 0 0 y, 0 0 y, y, 0 0 X y, y, y, 6

1 8 . Kvieala 0 y, 0 y, y, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l y, 1 Y2 Y2 X 0 y, 5 Y,

1 9 . A . Rabinovich 0 0 0 0 0 y, 0 0 y2 0 0 Y2 0 y, y, 0 Y2 1 X 1 5

20. F. Treybal 0 y, 0 0 0 0 0 y, 0 l 0 y, y2 0 0 y, y, y, 0 X 4 Y,
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
6 8 . h 2 ) 68 . JH1 69 . g3 h l +
70 .h2 e4! 7 1 .g2 d l ! 7 2 . c7
(The alternatives are 7 2 . g3 f5
73.f3 d3 + 74.g2 g4 75 .e l
b3 76. f2 b2 7 7 . fl f3 , and
Black wins, and 72.gl f4 73.c5
g4 74.e7 e l 75 .g5 e2+, and
Black wins as in the main variation with
72.c7) 72 . . . d7! 73 .a5 (if 73.b8
f5 74.f3 d3 + 75.g2 g4 and
wins) 73 . . . f4 74.c3 (after 74.e l
a7 7 5 . .1ld2 g4 76 . .1lg5 f7 77 . .1ld8
f5 78.g5 f8 79 . .1le7 e8, Black
wins in the same way as after 74.c3)
74 . . . g4 7 5 . f6 f7 76 . .1ld8 f5
7 7 . g 5 f8 78 . .1le7 e8 7 9 . g 5
e2+ 80.fl f3 81 .gl (or 81 ..1lf6
e8 82 .g5 g3 and wins) 8 l . . .g3
82.fl e8!, and Black wins.
6t .Ah6 E!f3+ 62.<i!lg2 E!d3?
With 62 . . . f7! 63.g5 d3 Black can
return to the winning continuation,
shown in the analysis above.
63.Ag5 <i!lf5?
Here again, 63 . . . f3 ! followed by
64 . f7! leads to the analysis given
. .
above.
64.<i!lf2 <i!lg4 65.<i!le2 E!f3 66.Ah6
<i!lg3 67.Ag5 E!f8 68.<i!le3 E!e8+
69.<i!ld3 <i!lf3 70.<i!ld4 E!e6
Black cannot win by 70 . . . e4+ 71 .d3
g4 7 2 . d 2 g3 7 3 . e l x h4
74.xh4 xh4 75.fl with a draw.
71 .<i!ld5?
The decisive mistake . According to
Baranov, after 7 1 .d3! d6+ 72.c3
e2 7 3 . c4 d 3 74 . .1lh6, White
holds. Now Black wins in very instruc
tive fashion.
7t . . . E!e4 7 2 . Af6 <i!lf4 7 3 . Ads
<i!lf5 74.Ag5 E!g4
Threatening 75 . . . xg5.
7 5 . Ae7 E! g7 7 6 . Afs E!d7+
77.<i!lc6
lf 77.c4 g4 winning the pawn.
77 . . . E!d4 78.Ae7 <i!le6! 79.<i!lc5
E!d5+ 80.<i!lc4 E!f5 81.Ad8 <i!ld7!
82.Ab6
If 82 . .1lg5 xg5! 83 .hxg5 h4 84 . g6
e7 and Black wins.
82 ... E!f4+ 83.<i!ld3 E! x h4
The Encyclopedia of Chess Endings
mistakenly claims that the game fin
ished here.
84.<i!le2 <i!le6 85.<i!lf3 E!g4 86.Af2
<i!lf5 87. Ag3 h4 8 8 . A h 2 E!b4
89.<i!lg2 <i!lg4 90 .Q.e5 E!a4 91.-'l,.d6
E!a2+ 92.<i!lhl <i!lh3 93.Jlc5 E!al+
9 4 . Ag l <i!lg4 9 5 . <i!l h 2 E! a 2 +
9 6 . <i!l h l <i!lg3 9 7 . A c 5 E! h 2 +
98.<i!lgl E!d2 99.<i!lhl h3, 0-1
Black in the following game is not the
well-known master Karel Treybal but
his older brother Frantisek.
( 1 8 1 ) Rubinstein F. Treybal
-
Prague (2) 1 908
Ruy Lopez [C90]
l .e4 e5 2 .fl f3 .fl c6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.Aa4 .flf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.E!el b5
7.Ab3 d6 8.a4 E!b8 9.axb5 axb5
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10.c3 Ag4 ll.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 0-0
13.c3 h6 14.h3 Ah5 1 5.d5 e5
1 6 . g4 x f3 + 1 7 . x f3 J}.g6
ts.g2 d7 t9.f4 Af6 20.Ae3
eS 21.J}.f2 Ah4 22.J}.c2 Axf2+
23. xf2 b4 24.a4 f6 25.h4 b3
26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 e7 2S.J}.d3
b4 29. d2 E!ebS 30.E!e3 Ah5
3l.c3 c5 32.h2 g6 33.Ae2
J}.xe2 34. xe2 f6 35.gxf6 x f6
36.g2 'it'g7 37.f5 d7 3S.E!fl
fS 39.E!g3 e5 40.e2, 1-0
( 1 82) Bardeleben - Rubinstein
Prague (3) 1 908
Sicilian [B40]
l .e4 c5 2 . f3 e6 3 . d4 c x d4
4. xd4 f6 5.c3 Ab4 6.Ad3
d5
This continuation was later adopted by
Alekhine.
7.exd5 xd5 S . .Q.d2 c6 9. xc6
b x c 6 1 0 . e 2 E!bS l l .c3 A c 5
1 2.E!bl e5 13.c2 h 6 14.0-0 0-0
1 5 .b4 J}.d6 16.f4 e x f4 17. x f4
c7 t S . g3 f6 t 9 . Af5 Ab7
20.g2 c5 2l .Af4 E!fdS 22.f2
c6 23.J}. xd6 E! xd6 24.bxc5 E!d5
25.E!b2 E!eS 26.E!fbl J}.aS 27.c4
de5 2S.E!fl E! xc5 29.Ad3 E!ce5
30.h3 E!e3 3 1 .E!d2 h5 3 2 . 'it'h2
3e5 33.h4 c7 34.f5 E!Se6
3 5 . f4 e4 3 6 . J}. x e4 A x e4
3 7 . g 5 A x f5 3S. E{ x f5 E! x f5
3 9 . E! d S + 'it'h7 40. x f5 + g6
41 .d3 h4 42.E!d4 hxg3+ 43.'it'g2
b7+ 44. f3 E!e2+ 45.'it'xg3 e7
46.f4 E! x a2 47.h4+ x h4+
4S. 'it' x h4 'it'h6 4 9 . 'it'g3 E! a 3 +
5 0 . 'it'g 2 f5 5 1 .c 5 E!c3 5 2 . E!a4
E!xc5 53.E!xa7 E!c2+ 54.'it'g3 E!c3+
55.'it'g2 'it'g5 56.E!a4 E!e3 57.E!b4
E!e4 5 S . E! b6 E!a4 5 9 . 'it'f3 E!c4
60.E!a6 E!b4 61.E!c6, Draw
( 1 83) Rubinstein - Duras
Prague (4) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [040]
l .d4 d5 2.f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.c3
f6 5.Af4?1 dxc4 6.dxc5 xdl +
7.E! xdl Axc5 S.e3 a6 9.Axc4 b5
1 0 . J}.e 2 bd7 1 1 . 0 - 0 Ab7
1 2 . d 2 E!cS 1 3 . Af3 A x f3
1 4 . g x f3 h 5 1 5 . Jl.g3 x g3
16.hxg3 e5 17.ce4 Ae7 1S.f4
d 3 1 9 . b3 E! d S 2 0 . E! d 2 f5
2 1 . g 5 J}. x g 5 2 2 . f x g 5 e 5
2 3 . E! x dS + 'i!l x dS 24 . d4 E! e S
25.E!cl 'itld7 26.'it'g2 c4 27.a4
E!cS 2 S . E! b l b4 2 9 . b 3 d6
30.E!hl 'it'e7 3l.E!xh7, Draw
( 1 84) Marshall - Rubinstein
Prague (5) 1 908
Queen 's Pawn [000]
l.d4 d5 2.e3 f6 3.Ad3 c6 4.f4
b4 5 . f3 x d 3 + 6 .c x d3 e6
7.J}.d2 Ae7 S.0-0 0-0 9.e5 d7
10.c3 f6 l l .f3 c5 12.E!cl cxd4
1 3 . e x d4 bS 1 4 . e2 c6
15.a4 E!eS 16.a3 Ad7 17.c5
J}.fS 1S.b4 b6 19.a6 E!cS 20.b5
bS 21.E! xcS xeS 22.E!cl dS
23. >:<.bS xbS 24.a4 J}.d6 25.g3
E!cS 26.dl E! xcl 27.xcl aS
2S.al a6 29.bxa6 x a6 30.a5
'it'f7 3 l .el Ab5 32 .Ac3 bxa5
33. x a 5 jl x d3 34. x a6 J}. x a6
35.'it'f2 h6 36.h4 h5 37.'it'e3 'it'g6
3S.c2 'it'f5 39.Ab4 Ac7 40.J}.fS
g5 4 1 . h x g5 fx g5 42.fx g5 J}. x g3
4 3 . 'it'f3 Ah4 44 . e3 + 'it'g6
4 5 . g 2 J}. x g 5 4 6 . f4+ 'it'f7
47.Ac5 h4 4s.Ad6 Ab5 49.Ae5
Ae7 50.'it'g4 Aft 5 t .Ac7 Af6
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5 2 . J}.b6 Jlb5 5 3 . Jle 5 -'\.d7 liancy prize in this tournament (Duras

54. Cjfjlf3 J}.eS 5 5 . Aa7 Cjfjlg7
56.4)h5+, Draw
( 1 85) Rubinstein - Teichmann
Prague (6) 1 908
Ruy Lopez [C90]
l . e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) e 6 3 . Ab 5 a6
4.J}.a4 4)f6 5.0-0 J}.e7 6.e1 b5
7.Ab3 d6 S.a4 Ad7 9.e3 0-0 10.d4
Jlg4 l l . d 5 .l a 5 1 2 . J}.e 2 e 5
13.4)bd2 4)eS 14.4)fl g6 1 5.Ah6
4)g7 16.h3 J}.d7 17.g4 4)e4 1S.b3
4) b6 1 9 . a 5 4) eS 2 0 . 4) e3 f6
21.Cjfjlg2 Etf7 22.g1 Afs 23.Cjfjlh2
4)e7 24. g3 CjfjlhS 2 5 . h 4 4) g S
2 6 . J}. x g7 + J}. x g7 2 7 . Cjfjl g 2 4) e7
2S. e2 e7 29.Ad3 eS 30.e4
b4 31.J}.e2, Draw
( 1 86) Dus-Chotimirsky - Rubinstein
Prague (7) 1 908
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D40]
1 .d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3 . .le3 e5 4.e3 4)f6
5 . .if3 a6 6.dxe5 AxeS 7.a3 4)e6
S.b4 -'td6 9.Ab2 0-0 10.cl dxe4
1 1 . -'\. x e4 b 5 1 2 . Ad 3 4) e 5
1 3 . 4) x e 5 J}. x e 5 1 4 . 0 - 0 Ab7
1 5 . e 2 eS 1 6 . fd 1 e7
1 7 . 4) b 1 x e 1 1 S . x e 1 J}.bS
19.4)bd2 dS 20.4)fl 4)e4 21.f3
4)f6 22.Ad4 e5 23.Ab6 eS 24.e4
.l h 5 2 5 . g3 g 5 2 6 . e3 4) f4
2 7 . Cjfjl h 1 4) e 6 2S . x g 5 4) x g 5
29.Cjfjlg2 f6 30.4)d2 e7 3 1 .Cjfjlf2,
Draw
Stichting was first).
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 e5 3.e3 e6 4.Ad3
4)e6 5.0-0 4)f6 6.b3 J}.d6 7.Ab2
0-0 S.4)bd2 b6 9 . .le5 Ab7 10.f4
.! b4 1 1 . A e 2 4) e4 1 2 . a3 4) e 6
1 3 . 4) x e4 d x e4 1 4 . e 1 e7
15.4) xe6 xe6 16.e4 f5?! 17.d1
e7 1S. g3 fdS 19.h4! a5 20.a4
f7 2 1 . h 5 Ae7 2 2 . d 2 d7
23.fd1 adS 24. h3 fS 25.g4
exd4 26.xd4 x d4 27.exd4 fx g4
2S . x g4 AeS 2 9 . g3 Af6
3 0 . e3 Ah7 3 t . A g4 d6
32.Ah3 e5! 33.fxe5 J}. xe5 34.fl!
J}.f6
Not 34 . . . Axd4? 3 5 . Axd4 xd4 be
cause of 36.Ae6+ h8 37.xd4 xd4
38.f8+ mate.
3 5 . Ae3 AeS 3 6 . J}. x eS x eS
37.Cjfjlg2 eS?! 3S.h6! e7
Weakens the last rank. Perhaps Black
should play 38 . . . e7.
39.h3 gxh6?
The decisive mistake. Obligatory was
39 . . . e8 or 39 . . . f7, defending the last
rank.

( 1 87) Janowsky - Rubinstein

Prague (8) 1 908
Queen 's Pawn [D05]

T h i s game is c o n s i dered one o f

Janowsky's best. I t won the second bril-

1 44
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42.d511 f7
If 42 . . . E!g7 (42 . . . .ll x c3 43.l:'!f8+ mate)
43 . .1lxf6 xf6 44.l:'! xf6 l:'! xg4+ 45.'it'f2,
with an easily winning endgame for
White.
43 . x f6 ! x f6 44. ti1/e6! ti1/ x e 6
45.dxe6 c:Jg7 46.e7 c:Jf7 47.Axf6,
1-0
( 1 88) Mieses - Rubinstein
Prague (9) 1 908
Danish Gambit [C2 1 ]
A game of theoretical importance at the
time. The continuation 4 . e 5 di sap
peared from practice after White's hor
rible defeat in this game.
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d5
Three years earlier, in their match in
Lodz, Rubinstein preferred 3 . . . e7
(game #44).
4.e5?
Here 4.exd5 is necessary.
4... dxc3 5 . .lf3 cxb2 6 . .il, xb2 .)h6
7 . .lc3 .il,e6 8. Ad3 Ae7 9 . ti1/c2
.)c6 10.a3
White is forced on the defensive, and
1 45
has therefore no compensation at all for
his two pawns (Tartakover).
10... ti1/d7 ll.Ac1 !Llf5 12. ti1/a4 0-0
13.ti1/f4 f6! 14.g4 fxe5 1 5 . .) x e5
.) xe5 16.ti1/xe5 Af6, 0-1
( 1 89) Rubinstein - Kviea/a
Prague ( 1 0) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D33]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5 . .lf3 .)c6 6.g3
Introduced by Schlechter against Dus
Chotimirsky in round two, and still con
sidered White 's best treatment against
the Tarrasch. As we shall see, it will be
used by Rubinstein regularly until the
end of his career. His contribution to
the development of this system is so
fundamental, that the continuation 6.g3
is named after both Schlechter and
Rubinstein in the theoretical works.
6 . . . c x d4
Dus-Chotimirsky tried 6 . . . .lle6 and af
ter 7 . .ll g 2 <\f6 8 . 0-0 .ll e 7 9 . a 3 0-0
10.dxc5 d4 1 1 .<\b5 .ll x c5 1 2 .b4 b6
1 3.bxc5 xb5 14.<\xd4 xc5 1 5 .<\xc6
b x c 6 1 6 . .11 b 2 <\d5 1 7 . E! ac l b5
18.d4, Schlechter had a sizeable ad
vanta&: .
7 . .) x d4 .il,b4 8 . .il,g2 .) f6 9.0-0
.il, xc3!?
A forgotten continuation. ECO offers
only the fo l l owing analy s i s by R .
S c hwarz : 9 . . . 0-0 1 0 . <\ x c 6 b x c 6
1 1 .<\a4, with advantage for White.
10.bxc3 0-0 ll.Ag5 e8 12.b1
.) xd4 13.cxd4 e6 14.ti1/b3
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King
1 4 ./''i e l also deserves attention.
14 ... . x e2 1 5 . lU3 .e6 t6.Axf6
x f6 17.Axd5 .b6 18.e3 .Q.h3
1 9 . . x b6 a x b6 2 0 . A x b7 . d S
2l . . e l g 6 22.d5 .Q.d7 23 .. b l b 5
24. c5 Ah3 2 5 . e3 .d7 26 . .Q.c6
.e7 27. c5 e5 28. e3 f6
2 9 . c 5 e5 3 0 . e3 f6
3 1 .d3?
This loses the exchange, after which
White is still better, but the win is im
possible.
3 1 . . . Af5 3 2 . f3 e5 3 3 . . d l
el + ! 34 . . x el . x e l + 3 5 . <it'g2
Ae4 36.xe4 . x e4 37. .Q.xb5 .d4
3 8 . A c 6 <it'f8 3 9 .a4 <it'e7 4 0 . a 5
. d 2 4 t . a 6 . a 2 4 2 . .Q.b7 <it7d6
4 3 . <it'f3 f6 44.<it'e3 <it'c5 4 5 . h4
<it'd6 46.h5 .a4 47 .h6 <it'e5 48.f4+
<itld6 49.<it'f3 <it'e7 50.<it'e3 <it'd6
5 1 . <it'd 3 <it'c5 5 2 . <it'c3 . a 3 +
53.<it'b2 .a5 54.<it'b3 . a t 55.<it'c3
.a3+ 56.<it'd2 <it'd6 57.<it'e2 <it'e7
58.<it'f2 <it'd6 59.<it'g2 .at 60.<it'h3
.a3, Draw
( I 90) Alapin - Rubinstein
Prague ( I I ) 1 908
King's Gambit [C30]
Notes by Kmoch (K) and Razuvaev (R).
l .e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3 . .lf3 d6 4 . .lc3
.Jc6 5 . .Q.b5 .Q.g4
(K) In conj unction with the next move,
a noteworthy setup, distinctly superior
to 5 . . . 4:Jf6, etc.
6.d3 .!ge7 7.h3 Axf3 8.xf3 0-0
9.f5
(K) Inferior. But 9.e3 was not quite
satisfactory, either.
1 46
(R) In hindsight, perhaps White should
have played 6.xc6+.
9 ... .jd4 10.g3 .l xb5 1 1 . .j xb5
( K ) Or l l . f6 4:Jg6 1 2 . fx g7 'i!i> x g7
1 3.4:lxb5 c6 14 .4:Jc3 f5 , with better de
velopment for Black, and in fact an in
cipient attack.
(R) If l l .Jlh6 4:Jg6! 1 2 .fxg6 fxg6, with
a big advantage for Black.
l l ... f6 12 . .Q.e3 .Q.xe3 13. xe3 d5!
14.0-0?!
(R) An inaccuracy. White's knight must
return "home"-it stands much better
on c3. This was possible by 14.'iH2, and
if 1 4 . . . c6 1 5 .4:Jc3 .
14 ... c6 1 5 . .la3 b6!
(K) Simple and yet powerful ! The two
fold threat ( e3 and b2) forces the ex
change. Black obtains thereby a supe
rior ending.
16. x b6 axb6 17.c3?!
(K) Weakens d3, so that Black gradu
ally secures a decisive advantage upon
the queen 's file. The attempt to develop
by 1 7 . 4:J b l and 1 8 .4:Jc3 or 1 8 . 4:Jd2
would be met by 1 7 ... d4, preparing for
. . . c5 and the breakthrough by . . . c4 .
(R) Relatively better was 17.4:Jb l , but
here also after 1 7 . . . b5 White 's defense
is very difficult. For example, 18.4:Jd2
. a4 19.a3 .fa8, or 18 . . . b4, with pres
sure against the a2-pawn.
1 7 . . . .fd8 1 8 . f2 d7 1 9 . .J c 2
adS 20.el dxe4 21. dxe4 .jc8!
22.fe2 b5 23.al b6 24 . .J b3
a41 25.f2 c5 26.c 2 g6!
 Prague 1 908
(R ) Typ i c a l Rubinste i n . He never
misses an opportunity to improve his
position. If now 27.g4 then 27 . . . c4
28.cl d l 29. ee2 h l , with pres
sure against the weakened pawns on h3
and g4.
27.fxg6 h xg6 28.4)cl c4
(K) While Black strengthens his posi
tion at every step, White is condemned
to inactivity. The control of the queen's
file is decisive; its effects are notice
able over the entire board.
29.<it'e3 <it'f7 30..fl .d1 31.. xdl
xdl 32.<it'e2 .d7 33.<it'e3 -tlc5
34.b3 <it'e6 35.bxc4
(R) Worse is 35.b4 a4, or 35.g4 d l !
with a decisive advantage for Black.
35 ... bxc4 36..b2 .dl 37..b6+
(K) Also hopeless was 37. c2 El e l +
38. e2 d3 followed by . .f5 ..
37... <it'd7 38.4)e2 <it'c71
( K) F o r 3 9 . El x f6 is refuted b y
39 . . . d3+ 40.1t'f2 xe4 + .
3 9 . . b4 d 3 + 4 0 . f2 .tl x e4 +
4 t.el 4)d6 42.a4 c6 43 . . a8
<it' d 5 44 . h4 .l f5 4 5 . . f8 .l e 3 1
46..g8
(K) If 46. xf6?? dl + 47.\t>f2 g4+.
46 . . . 4) x g 2 + 4 7 . <it' f 2 4) x h4
4 8 . . d 8 + <it'e4 4 9 . .l g 3 + <it' f4
50.4)e2+ <it'g4 51..c8 E!f3+, 0-1
( 1 9 1 ) Rubinstein - Leonhardt
Prague ( 1 2) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D6 1 ]
l .d4 d 5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 4)f6 4.Jtg5
Ae7 5.e3 0-0 6.4)f3 -tlbd7 7:/bc2
h6 8 . -'l,h4 c5 9 . . d l '* a 5
10.4)d2!?
Not mentioned in ECO.
1 0 . . . c x d4 l l . e x d4 e 5 1 2 . d x e 5
4) x e 5 1 3 . .l b 3 '* b 4 1 4 . -'l, x f6
Jt x f6 1 5 . c x d 5 4) c4 1 6 . -'l, x c4
'* x c4 1 7 . '*e 2 -'l, x c3 + 1 8 . b x c3
'* xc3+ 19..d2 Ad7 20.0-0 .fe8
2 l . '* d l A b 5 2 2 . . e l . x e l +
23.'*xel .eS 24.'*dl Aa4 25.h3
-'l, x b3 26.a x b3 .dS 27.d6 '*c6
28.d7 <it'fS 29.'*g4 '*e6 30.'*b4+
'*e7 3 l .'*c3 '*e6 32.'*c5+ '*e7
33-'*c7 b6 34.<it'h2 a6 35.g3 b5
36.b4 f6 37.h4 <it'f7 38.h5 <it'f8
3 9 . <it' g 2 '*e4+ 4 0 . <it' h 2 '*e7
4 1 . <it'g l '* e l + 4 2 . <it'g 2 '*e4+
43.<it'h2 '*e7 44..d4 <it'f7 45..d2
<it'fS 46.<it'g2 '*e4+ 47.<it'h2 '*e7
48..d6 <it'f7 49.'*c6 '*e5 50.<it'g2
<it'e7 5 1 . .d3 <it'f7 5 2 . .d2 <it'e7
5 3 . . d 3 <it'f7 5 4 . <it' g l '* e l +
55.<it'g2 '*e5 56..d2 <it'e7 57..d3
<it'f7 58.<it'gl '*el+ 59.<it'g2 '*e5
60.<it'g l '*el + 61.<it'g2 '*e5 62..d2
e7 6 3 .f4 '*e6 64. '* c 5 + <it'f7
65.f5 '*e4+ 66.f2 '*e5 67.'*xe5
fxe5 68.f3 e7 69.e4 . x d7
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
70 . . x d7+ lit' x d7 7 l . lit' xe5 lit'e7
72.g4 lit'f7 73.1it'f4 lit'f6
74.g 5 + 1 h x g 5 7 5 . 1it'g4 lit'f7
76.1it'xg5 a5 77.bxa5 b4 7S.a6 b3
79.a7 b2 SO.aS = b1 =
S1.a7+ lit'fS S2.1it'g6, 1-0
( 1 92) Prokes - Rubinstein
Prague ( 1 3) 1 908
Ruy Lopez [C90]
l .e4 e5 2 . f3 c6 3 . dl b 5 a6
4.dla4 f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6 . .e1 b5
7.Ab3 d6 S.a4 b4 9.c3 .bS 10.d4
Ag4 l l . A d 5 d7 1 2 .h3 dl h 5
13.dlg5 b x c 3 14.bxc3 0 - 0 1 5 .g4
xd5 16.exd5 dl xg4 17.dxc6 f5
1 S . h x g4 x g4 + 1 9 . 1it'f1 h 3 +
2 0 . Iit'g 1 g4 + 2 l . lit'f l h 3 +
22.1it'g1, Draw
( 1 93) Rubinstein A. Rabinovich
-
Prague ( 1 4) 1 908
Four Knights [C55]
1 .e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3 . c3 Ab4
4.Ac4 f6 5.d5 Aa5 6.0-0 0-0
7 . d 3 h6 S.h3 d 6 9 . h 2 x d 5
10.exd5 e7 l l.f4 Ab6+
ECO assesses this position as unclear.
1 2.'it'hl f5 1 3 . .f3 h4 14 . .fl
1 48
f5 15 . .f3 h4
1 6 . f x e 5 1 ? x f3 1 7 . x f3 d x e 5
1S. xe5 f6 19.f3 Af5 20.d4
.feS 2 l .c3 Ae4 22 . .i1,d2 .adS
2 3 . fl .i1, x d 5 ? 24 . .i1, x d5 . x d 5
2 5 .c4 . f 5 26.c5 A x c5 27.d x c 5
xb2 2S.c1 f6 29.Ac3 e7
30. b2 fS 3 1 .a4 .f4 32.e5
.e4 33.d3 .e2 34. x b7 e7
35 . . f 1 g 5 3 6 . f4 . 2e4
37.xc7, 1-0
( 1 94) Rubinstein - Schlechter
Prague ( 1 5) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.f3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.c3 f6 6.g3
Rubinstein tries Schlechter's invention
against its creator.
6 . . . .i1,e7 7 . .i1,g 2 0 - 0 S . 0 - 0 .i1,e6
9 . d x c 5 A x c 5 1 0 . Ag 5 c6
1 l . dl x f6 x f6 1 2 . x d 5 x b2
1 3 . c7 .adS 1 4 . c 1 x c 1
1 5 . .axc1 Ab6
Today 15 . . . e7 is considered slightly
more exact. The two players have done
an excellent job of anticipating mod
em-day theory!
16. xe6 fxe6 17 . .fdl
 Prague 1 908
The alternative plan is 17.l''k 4 intend
ing 1 8 . . e4.
1 7 . . . E! x d l + 1 8 . E! x d l E!d8
19.E!xd8+ 4) xd8, Draw
Interestingly, ECO, Volume D (2nd
edition), gives the entire game, evalu
ating the position as slightly better for
White, but reverses the names of the
players !
( 1 95 ) Vidmar - Rubinstein
Prague ( 1 6) 1 908
Queens Gambit Tarrasch [D40]
Notes by Kmoch (K) and Authors (A).
l .d4 d5 2.e3 4)f6 3.4)f3 c5 4.c4
e6 5.4)c3 a6 6.d x c 5 A x c5 7.a3
dxc41? 8. xd8+ 'ifl x d8 9.A xc4 b5
10.j}.e2 Ab7 l l .b4 j}.d6! 12.0-0
4) bd71
(K) The game appears very drawish, but
contains certain fine points. Carefully
considered, it becomes apparent that
Black's minor pieces are better posted,
for the queen 's knight does not obstruct
the fianchettoed bishop, and the king's
bishop is more effectively placed than
his White colleague. The king in the
middle of the board is advantageously
mobilized, while the white king must
be brought to the scene of action at the
expense of several tempi. Nevertheless
the game should have ended in a draw,
but Vidmar does not seem to have had
the remotest idea of the danger lurk
ing, and plays too carelessly.
(A) This game is an excellent illustra
tion of Rubinstein's contributions to
modem chess strategy. Today it is com
mon knowledge among GM s that with
this type of queenside pawn structure,
1 49
possession of the c-file is more impor
tant than that of the d-file. In part, this
is because of the potential outposts on
c4 or c5. Here the possibility of . 4Jd7-
..
b6-c4 gives Black the chances.
13.Ab2 'ifle7 14.E!fdl E!hd8
1 5 . E!d2?1
(K) Had the black maneuver . 4Jb6- . .
4Jc4 occurred to Vidmar, he would no
doubt have p l ay e d 1 5 . . ac l , with
safety. He would have reserved to him
self the opportunity of counterplay by
4Jd2, 4Jb3 and 4Jc5 or 4Ja5 .
(A) The fact that White already has to
play carefully should be noted. Black
is already a little better, and White 's
road to equality (if it exists) is not an
easy one.
15 . . . 4) b6! 16.E!adl E!d7 17.'it'fl
E!ad8
( A ) It s e e m s that t h e i m m e d i ate
1 7 ... . c8 is more consistent. If 18.4Jd4
then 18 . . . 4Jc4 19 . .1lxc4 . xc4 with bet
ter chances.
18.h3 h6 19.E!d4?
(K) 19.4Jd4 should be played. With the
text move, White has an inferior game.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
t9 ... .c81 20 . .4d2
(A) In case of Kmoch 's recommenda
tion 20.<i:ld2, Black maintains the ad
vantage by 20 . . . <tlfd5 (Razuvaev), also
20 . . . .ile5 2 l .f! xd7+ <tlxd7 looks prom
ising.
20 ... A x f31 2t.gxf3 Ae51 22 . .)a4?
(K) Preferable was 2 2 . f! xd7+ <tlfxd7
23.f!cl u4 24 . .llxc4 f! xc4 25.4Jd l , etc.
22 ... . xd2 23 . . xd2
(K) I f 2 3 .<tlxb6, there would follow
23 . . . f! xdl + 24 . .ll x dl .ll x b2 25.<tlxc8+
\t>d7, and Black wins.
23 ... -'l, x b2 24 . .) xb2 .ct+ 25 . .dt
( K ) Or 2 5 . 'it>g 2 f! a l 2 6 . f! d 3 f! a 2
27.f!b3 <tla4! and wins. White is lost.
2 5 . . . . c 2 26 . .) d 3 . a 2 27 . .) e 5
.)fd5 2 8. .d3 .at+ 29.\t'g2 .)c41
(K) A little combination : if 30.<tlxc4
bxc4 3 1 .f!dl f!a2!! Black wins quickly,
as 32 . .ilxc4 is refuted by 32 . . . <tlxe3+.
Hence White must protect the bishop,
whereupon 32 . . . c3 wins.
3 0 . .) c 6 + \t'f6 3 1 . 'il b8 .J x a 3
1 50
32 . .) x a 6 .!ilc2 3 3 . . d 2 .l e t +
3 4 . \t' f t .l c 3 1 3 5 . -'td t .l x f3
36 . .d3 .) xdt, 0-t
( 1 96) Maroczy Rubinstein
-
Prague ( 1 7) 1 908
French Exchange [CO l ]
Notes by Lasker (L) and Schlechter (S).
t.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4 . .lf3
.lf6 5.Ad3 Ad6 6.o-o o-o 7.Ag5
Ag4 8 . .lc3 c6 9.h3 Ah5
(S) Black allows 10.g4 with the hope
that this will give him winning chances.
The simple 9 . . . .ilxf3 1 0 .xf3 <tlbd7
l l .<i:le2 b6 leads to equality.
tO.g4 Ag6 1 1 . .)e5 Ae7
(S) Here l l . . .<i:lbd7!? comes into con
sideration; for example, 1 2.f4 b6, or
1 2 . <lxd7 xd7 1 3 . .ll x f6 gxf6 1 4 . f4
.ll x d3 1 5 .xd3 'it>h8 .
t 2.f4 Jlxd3 13. xd3 .Jbd7?1
(L) Black should play 13 . . . <tle4. After
the text move, White achieves an ad
vantage.
t 4 . . a e t .e8 t5 . .e2 .) x e 5
t 6 . f x e 5 .) d 7 t 7 . A c t ! .) f8
t8 . .)dt c5 t9.c3 .c8?
(S) Better was 19 . . . cxd4. White must
capture with the pawn, and Black can
take control of the open c-file.
2 0 . Ae3 c x d4 2 t . A x d4 Jlc 5
2 2 . .J e 3 .) g6 2 3 . f5 . c 7
24 . .fetl
( S ) B ut not 24 . .ilxc5? . xe S 2 5 . f2

. xeS 26.xt7+ h8 and Black stands
well (27.4.Jf5? . c7).
24 . . . b6 25. x b6 a x b6 26 . .)c2
E{ce7 27 . .)d4 itb8 28 . .)f3 f6?!
29.exf6! itg3+?
(S) Here 29 . . . . xe2!? comes into con
sideration : 30.t7+ h8 3 l .fxe8=Q+
. xe8 32 . . xe8+ xe8 33.f2 c6, or
33.'li'xd5 e3+ 34.fl cl +, etc.
(L) Instead, 30.h l ! 'li'xh3+ 3 1 .4.Jh2
gives White the advantage.
[Authors : After 3 l . . .gxf6 3 2 .xd5+
f8 3 3 . . x e7 . xe7 34 . . x e7 4.Jxe7
35.'li'xb7 'li'e3 White has an extra pawn
but the win is technically difficult.]
30 . . . it x h3 + 3 1 . 'it/f 2
3 2 . E{ x e 2 Et x e 2 + 3 3 . 'it/ x e 2 g x f6
34. it xd5+ 'it/g7
( S ) O r 34 . . . f8 3 5 . 'li' d 8 + g7
36 :iil'c 7+ f8 37.b8+ and 38.xb7+,
with play similar to the game.
35.itx b7+ 'it/h6?
( S) Losing immediately. Rubinstein
overlooked the following combi nation.
The black king had to return to f8.
Prague 1 908
36.g5+1 fxg5 37.it x h7+ 1-0
After 3 7 . . . xh7 3 8 . 4J x g 5 + and
39.4Jxh3, the endgame is hopeless for
Black.
( 1 97) Rubinstein - Spielmann
Prague ( 1 8) 1 908
Dutch [A85]
Notes by Razuvaev (R) and Kmoch (K).
l .d4 e6 2 . .)f3 f5 3.c4 .)f6 4 . .lc3
b6 5.g3 Ab7 6.Ag2 Ae7?1
(K) (R) Correct is 6 . . . 1.tb4.
7.0-0 0-0 8.f4
(R) Here 8.d5!? deserves attention.
8 . . . h6
(R) Twenty years later, 8 .. .'::le 4 was the
usual continuation in such positions.
9.itc2 d6 10.E{adl .) bd7 1 1 . .)ell
Et x e 2 +
(R) An important strategic method, in
troduced in practice by Rubinstein. The
exchange of the bishops is in White 's
favor, because it gives him an opportu
nity to attack in the center with the
moves e2-e4 and d4-d5 .
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
n ... j}, xg2 12. xg2 c8
(R) Wrong idea! Black's queen should
be on the kingside, hence 12 . . . e8!.
13.-'l.c l l
(K) Now d 5 is threatened, shattering
the black formation in the center.
13 . . . .f7
(K) The only resistance. Now if 1 4.d5
e 5 , and if 1 5 .xf5 4::\ x d S . Instead,
13 ... h8 was not feasible because of
14.4:Jf4.
[ A uthors : T h e variat i o n g i ven by
Kmoch is wrong. See the next note by
Razuvaev. ]
14.f4
(R) Also strong was 14.d5, because in
case of 1 4 . . . e5 White had 1 5 .xf5 !
4::\ x d5?? 16.4::\ x dS! [Authors ' note : This
move is omitted by many annotators.]
1 6 .. ./':hfS 17.4::\ x e7+ and White wins.
14 . . . b7?
(R) Mandatory was 1 4 . . . c6, stopping
1 5 .d5.
1 5 .d5!
(R) Today, this is a typical method of
handling such positions, but in 1 908 it
was considered almost as a revelation.
The pawn d5 divides Black's two wings
and creates a space advantage, also the
pawn f5 is weakened. In this particular
case an additional benefit is that Black's
queen is bottled up on b7.
1 5 ... exd5 16.cxd5 g6
1 52
1 7 .e41 f x e4 1 8 . x e4 xd5
19.c31
(K) This is the point of the pawn sacri
fice.
19 . . . x c3 20 . x g6 + .g7
2 l . e 6 + <it' h 7 2 2 . b x c3 c 5
23. f5+ <it'g8 24. h5 e4 25.f5
f6
(R) Weaker is 25 . . . Ag5 26.Axg5 hxg5
27.f6!, etc.
2 6 . x h 6 . h 7 2 7 . e 3 d 5
2 8 . e6+ <it' h 8 2 9 . Ag 5 .fS
3 0 . h4 A c 5 + 3 1 . . d4! . hf7
3 2 . g 6 + <it'g7 3 3 . x f8 . x f8
34 . .1f4 c6 35.Axf6+, 1 -0
( 1 98) Rubinstein - Siichting
Prague ( 1 9) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D25]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3
g6 5.Axc4 Ag7 6.c3 0-0 7.0-0
bd 7 8 .e4 b6 9 . Ae 2 Ad 7
10.-'l,f4 .c8 l l .d2 c5 1 2.d xc5
. xc5 13 . .ad1 .c8 14.-'1,h6 -'1,c6
1 5 . e 3 c7 1 6 . .1l, x g 7 <it' x g 7
17.d4 e5 18. xc6 x c6 19 . .d2
.fd8 20 . .1l,b5 c7 2 l .E!.fd1 . xd2
22 . . x d 2 E!. d 8 2 3 . E!. x d8 x d8 ,
Draw
 Lodz 1908
The autumn of 1 908 brought the Ameri
can champion Frank Marshall to Po
land. During his stay he played in a tri
angular match with the top two Polish
players - Rubinstein and Salwe - in
Lodz and then played a match with
Akiva in Warsaw. Evidence is sketchy
but it would appear that these events
were organized at a relatively late date
and that Marshall originally came to Po
land to play in a five-player tournament
organ ized by the Lodz Chess Club.
Casopis Ceskolovenskych Sachistu
from 190 8 (p. 196) reports that
Rubinstein, Salwe, Schlechter, Marco,
and Marshall would play each other
four times and compete for 1175 rubles
(400, 300, 225, 150, 100) in prizes, in
an event to be held in Warsaw that fall.
Confirmation of this theory comes from
The Yearbook of Chess 1908 (p. 21 3 )
which reports on the triangular tourna
ment at Lodz. "The tournament of a
partly international and partly national
character, which it had been intended
to hold at Warsaw, was abandoned in
favor of a similar event to be styled the
Chigorin Memorial Tournament, sub
sequently held at St. Petersburg in Feb
ruary and March of 1909. In place of
the Warsaw tournament, a triangular
tournament or match was substituted at
Lodz, Marshall being invited to oppose
Rubinstein and Salwe.
Lodz 1908 was a tournament of historic
Lodz 1 908
Rubinstein
I . Rubinstein x x x x x xxx
2 . Marshall Yz O Yz 'li O I I O
3. Salwe I O O Yz O Yz Yz 'li
significance. As Andy Soltis points out
in his book on Frank Marshall, Lodz
1908 by modem standards would be a
Category 1 3 event (average +2550). Of
all the tournaments held up to that time,
only St. Petersburg 1895-96 was certi
fiably stronger.
Rubinstein received 400 rubles for his
victory, Marshall 250, and Salwe 150.
T h e fo l l ow i n g games between
Rubinstein and Marshall appear in the
order in which they faced each other,
but were not played consecutively (i.e.,
the three players took turns playing
each other).
(199) Marshall - Rubinstein
Lodz ( I ) 1908
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
Notes by S c h l echter, in Deutsche
Schachzeitung 1908 (S), and Zinkl, in
Neue Freie Presse Vienna 1908 (Z).
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4)f3 Ae6 6.g3
( S ) S c h lechter 's innovation in the
Prague tournament of 1908, the game
Schlechter-Dus-Chotimirsky. The move
can be made when Black has played
. . .le6, . . . 4:Jc6, or . . 4:Jf6.
. .
6 . . . 4) c6 7.Ag2 4) f6 8.0-0 .11 e 7
9.Ag5
Marshall Salwe Total
Yz l Yz 'li l O O l O l l 'li l 'li 'li 'li 9 Y,
x x x x x x x x 'li Yz O I Yz 'li Yz l 8
'li 'li 1 O 'li 'li 'liO xxxxxxxx 6 'li
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King

(S) Schlechter played 9 .a3 against Dus 2 0 . . . A x e 5 , then 2 l . A x f7 + x f7

Chotimirsky. 22.f5+ .

9 ... 0-0 lO.cl 20 ... h6! 21. f3 b21

(S) If 1 0 . Axf6 Axf6 l l .dxc5 Axc3 (S) He still dare not play 2 l . . .Axe5 on
1 2 .bxc3 a5, etc. account of 22 .Axf7+.

10...cxd4 11.4) xd4 4) xd4 12. x d4 22.Jlxf7+

a5 13.b41 a3
(S) If 22.exf6, then 22 . . . El xd5.
( S ) If 1 3 . . . xb4, then 1 4 . Axf6 gxf6
1 5 . x b 4 Axb4 1 6 . 4J x d 5 A x d 5 22 ... x f7 23.exf6 xdl + 24. xdl
1 7.Axd5 El ab8 18.Elc7, with the bet x f6, Draw
ter game.
(Z) If 1 3 . . . A x b 4 ? 1 4 . A x f6 g x f6 (200) Rubinstein - Marshall
1 5 .4Jxd5 with advantage. Lodz (2) 1 908
Four Knights [C49]

Notes by Schlechter from Deutsche

( S ) Threaten ing to win a piece by Schachzeitung 1 908 (S), and Kmoch (K).
1 5 .4Jxd5 .
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c6 3 . .lc3 4) f6
1 4 . . . x b4 1 5 . Jl x f6 Jl x f6 4.Ab5
1 6 . 4) x d 5 -'l, x d 5 1 7 . -'l, x d5 fd8
18.fdl (K) Rarely played by Rubinstein later
in his career. On the infrequent occa
(S) Stronger was 18.Elc7 . sions he did essay l .e4, he usually con
(Z) If 18. El c7? a5! . tinued after l . . .e5 2.f4.

18 ... d7 19.e4 adS 4 ... j},b4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.4)e2

-'l,g4

(S) The usual continuation, 7 . . . 4Je7,

leads to complicated and not easy to be
handled middlegame positions for both
players.
(K) Recognized continuations are
7 . . . Aa5 or 7 . . . 4Je7. Marshall, however,
prefers energetic variations, though
they be double-edged.

8.Ae3 4)h5?
20.e51
(S) Weak, because here the knight is
( S ) A n e x c e l l ent m o v e . If n o w not useful, and . . . f7-f5, which probably

1 54
 Lodz 1 908
was intended, is not feasible. Best is
8 . . . 4Je7.
(K) Weak ! Black could obtain a good
game by 8 . . . .ilxf3 9.gxf3 dS!. The ad
vance in the center disrupts White 's
plans on the kingside.
9.Axc6 bxc6 10.4)ell
(S) White could win a pawn by 10.c3
a S 1 1 . a4 , but a ft er 1 1 . . . .ilb6
12 ..ilxb6 ( 1 2.xc6?! . b8 1 3.b3 .ild7
14.c4 .ilxe3 1 S .fxe3 .ilbS) 1 2 . . . axb6
1 3 .xc6 .ild7 (also good is 13 . . . .ilxf3
and 1 4 . . . f6) 14.c4 .ile6, White must
p l ay again 1 S . c 6 ( 1 S . b4? c S
1 6 . b S . a S 1 7 .c6 b8 etc . , o r
l S . bS? . a S 1 6 . c6 .ild7 1 7 . c4
.ilbS etc.), with a draw by repetition.
10 . . . d5
(K) White is now well prepared for this.
His attack on the flank gets into full
play.
(S) Black should capture both knights
and then bring the knight back into play
with . . . 4Jf6. In this case he would have
good chances.
l l .f3 .ll. e6 12.g4 4)f6 13.4)g3
(S) Premature is 1 3 . 4Jg2? because of
13 . . . dxe4 1 4.dxe4 .ilc4!.
13 . . . d4?
(S) Better is 13 . . . .1ld6.
(K) A grave error! After the needless
removal of the pressure in the center,
White can comfortably give attention
to the attack on the kingside. It is true
that 1 3 . . dxe4 1 4.dxe4 .llc4 would be
.
weak, for evidently there would follow
1 S .4Jd3 . But 13 . . . .Jd7, in order to play
1 55
. . . .ilcS , would have been good. In ad
dition, 1 3 . . . .ild6 was also far superior
to the move actually made.
t4 . .1l,d2 Jl.e7 15.4)g2 ftab8 t6.b3
c 5 1 7 . 4) f5 Jl. x f5 1 8 .g x f5 Et b 6
19.ftf2 'ltd7 20.'lte2 ftfb8 2 1.f4
exf4 22 . .1l,xf4 c4
(S) An attempt for counterplay in a
position that is already strategically
lost.
23.bxc4
( S ) I f 2 3 . d x c 4 .il c S 2 4 . d 3 4Jg4
25 . .e2 f6, followed by ... 4::\e S.
23 ... ftbl+ 24.ft xbl ft xbl+ 25.ftfl
ft b 2 2 6 . e 5 4) e8 27 . .1l.g3 'lta4
28.f6! .ll.f8
( S ) I f 28 . . . . xc2 29.g4 .ilf8 30.e6
and White wins. The best defense is
28 ... gxf6 29.exf6 .ilf8.
(K) A fter 28 . . . gxf6 29 . .ilh4 is very
strong.
29.'ltg4 g6
(S) I f 29 . . . xc2 30 . .ilf2 .
(K) lf 29 . . . xc2 30.4Jf4 (with the prin-
cipal threat 3 l .d7 and e6!) 30 . . . a4
3 l .e6 4::\ xf6 32 .exf7+ 'i!i'h8 33.h4! is
decisive.
30.e6 Et xc2
(K) If 30 .. .fxe6 3 l .xe6+, and 32 .f7
w i n s . A n d i f 30 . . . x c 2 e v i dently
3 l .exf7+ 'it'h8 32.4Jf4 4::\ xf6 33.4::\ x g6+,
etc., is overwhelming.
3 1 . 4) e l l . x a 2 3 2 . e x f7+ x f7
33.4)f3
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King
(K) It is now evident that 3 1 .4::\e l won
an important tempo.
33 ... 4) xf6 34.4)g5+ g7
35 . . xf6! xf6 36.f4+ e7
(K) I f 36 . . . g7 37.4Je6+ mating on the
following move.
37.f7+ d8 38.4)e6+, 1-0
(20 1 ) Marshall - Rubinstein
Lodz (3) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [032]
Notes from the American Chess Bulle
tin 1 9 1 0.
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 c5 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . 4) f3 4) f6 6 . .Q. g 5 .Q.e7
7.dxc5 .Q.e6 8.e4
[Authors ' note: Recent theory consid
ers 8 . l:"l c l , w h i c h w a s p l ayed b y
Mars h a l l i n a later r o u n d agai n s t
Rubinstein, a s stronger.]
8 . . . 0 - 0 9 . .Q.d3 d x e4 1 0 . .Q. x e4
4) x e4 l l . x d8 .Q. x d8 1 2 . 4) x e4
.Q.d5! 13 . .Q. x d8 .Q. x e4
Better is 1 3 . . . l:"l xd8.
14.Ag 5 4)a6 15.Ae3 .fc8 16 . .cl
1 56
4) b4 17 .0-0 4) x a2 18 . .c4 .Q.xf3
Rubinstein, of course, does not fall into
the trap with 18 . . . Jld3, which would
l o s e a p i e c e after 1 9 . l:"l a4 .,Q. x f l
20.xfl .
19.gxf3 a5 20 . .d4 4) b4 2l . .fdl
4) a6 22 . .d7 h 6 2 3 . b3 . c 7
24 . . 1 d4 g 5 2 5 . . x c7 4) x c7
26 ..d7 .c8 27.h4 4)a6 28. . x b7
The alternative i s 2 8 . h x g 5 , and i f
2 8 . . . 4::\ x c5, then 29.l:"ld5 4::\ x b3 30.gxh6,
with some chances for more than a
draw.
28 . . . 4) xc5 29 . .b5 4)d3 30 . . xa5
gx h4 3l.g2 .bS 32 . .a3 4)el +
33.h3 4)c2, Draw
(202) Rubinstein - Marshall
Lodz (4) 1 908
Vienna [C28]
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) c3 4) f6 3 . .Q.c4 4)c6
4 . d 3 .Q.b4 5 . .Q.g 5 h 6 6 . .Q. x f6
.Q. x c3 + 7 . b x c 3 x f6 8 . 4) e 2 d6
9.0-0 g5 10.d2 .Q.d7 ll . .abl
0-0-0 1 2 . .Q.d5 h5 13.c41 h4 14.f3
b6 1 5 . .Q. x c 6 .Q. x c 6 1 6 .a4 a 5
1 7 . 4) c3 . dg8 1 8 . 4) d 5 .Q. x d 5
1 9 . c x d 5 f4 20 . .f2 x d 2
2 1 . . x d2 d7 22.h3 f5 23.exf5
.fS 24 . .e2 . x f5 2 5 . .e4 .f4
26.f2 .bS 27.c4 . x e4 28.dxe4
c6 29.dxc6+ x c6, Draw
(203 ) Marshall - Rubinstein
Lodz (5) 1 908
Queen 's Pawn [002]
Notes by Deutsches Wochen-schach
und Berliner Schachzeitung 1 908 (D),
Kmoch (K) and Razuvaev ( R) .
 Lodz 1 908
l .d4 d5 2.-'\.f4 4)f6 3 . ./df3 e6 4.e3
c5 5.c3 4)c6 6.-'td3 b6 7.cl
(D) The alternatives are 7:?tfc2 and
7.ii"b3, but in both cases, after 7 . . . c4
B lack has a good game.
7 . . . Ad7 8.0-0 .c8 9.4)bd2 Ae7
lO . .bl
(K) Instead, 1 0.h3, to be followed by
b1 , aiming at dxc5 and e4, seems to
be better.
10 ... 0-0 1 1 . dl .fd8
(D) If 1 1 . . . 4:\hS, then 1 2 .4:\eS 4:\xf4
( 1 2 . . . 4:\xeS 1 3.Axh7+!) 1 3.Jlxh7+ h8
( 1 3 . . . xh7 1 4 . 4:\xd7) 1 4 . 4Jxd7 ii"c7
1 5 .exf4 ii"xd7 16.'h5 and White wins.
1 2 . 4) e 5 4) x e 5 1 3 . d x e5 ./d e S
14.h5 f5
(K) Not 1 4 . . . g6 because of 1 5 .ii"h6
Jlb5 1 6 . .ll x b5 ii"xb5 17.4Jf3, and White
has a strong attack.
1 5 . .fel?
(K) This method of avoiding the threat
ened exchange of bishops (by . . . Ab5)
is entirely erroneous. The correct pro
ce dure is 1 5 .exf6 4Jxf6 1 6. e2, fol
lowed by e4, with about an even gam e.
1 57
1 5 . . . Ab5 t 6 . Ac 2 a 6 1 7 . . a l
-'td3 t8.Adl?
(K) By the effort to retain his king's
bishop, White falls into a woeful posi
tion. 18.Axd3 ii"xd3 1 9 .4Jf3 is essen
tial, with only the slightest positional
inferiority.
(K) If 1 9.b3? ii"a5! .
1 9 . . . a51
(D) Also good is 1 9 . . . c4 20.4Jd4 ii"xb2,
etc.
(K) Stronger than 1 9 . . . c4 20.4Jd4 ii"xb2
2 l .Jlf3, and White has some play for
the pawn.
20.Af3 -'te4 21 . .e2
(K) All his efforts to avoid the exchange
were fruitless - the bishop cannot es
cape its fate. But Rubinstein waits for
the right moment.
2 1 . . . 4)c7 22 . .d2 a4 23 . ./d c l g6
24.h3
(D) The immediate 24.'h6 is better.
24 . . . Cifi'h81
(D) Preparing . . . g5 . If immediately
24 ... g5, then 25.Jlxg5 Jlxg5 26.ii"g3 h6
27.h4 .
(K) Threatening destruction b y 25 . . . g5!
White is now gravely beset in the cen
ter, as well as on both wings; collapse
is inevitable.
25.h6 Axf3 26. g x f3 g51 27.Ag3
d4 2 8 . e x d4 f4 2 9 . 4) e 2 f x g3
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3 0 . h x g 3 c6 3 1 . h 5 E!f8
32.\t'g2 e8 33.g4 g6 34.E!h1
c4!
(K) Making d5 secure for his knight.
35.e4 \t'g7!
(K) Marshall 's move was very good,
Rubinstein's answer still better. After
35 . . . xe4 36.fxe4, with f4, etc., as soon
as possible, the white pawns could still
have proven very formidable.
(K) Now White has three pawns for the
piece, but his queen is cut off, and
B lack has the attack. In such cases the
extra piece is always decisive.
37.g4
37 ... E! xf3!! 38.xc8
( R ) More re s i stan c e i s o ffered b y
38.xf3, but in this case B lack also
wins : 38 . . . l"l f8+ 3 9 . g2 (weaker is
3 9 . <it>g3 e4 40. l"l fl l"l f3 + 4 1 . h2
xg4 42.{\g3 f7! , and there is no de
fense against . . . {Jf4) 39 . . . e4+ 40.gl
l"l f3!. Now White has a difficult choice:
4 1 .l"l h2? l"l d3! 42.l"l xd3 cxd3 , and the
d-pawn will be promoted into a queen;
1 58
4 1 .{\g3! l"! xg3+ 42.fxg3 e l + 43.<it'h2
x d 2 + 4 4 . h 3 f2 4 5 . d7 h 5
46.xe6 h4, and White has n o defense
against the mate.
38 . . . e4 39.\t'g1 4:) e3 ! 40. 4:) g3
E! xg3+! 41.fxg3 b1+ 42.\t'f2
( D ) Or 4 2 . h 2 {\ x g 4 + 4 3 . h 3
(43.<it'g2 e4+) 43 . . . xh l + 44.xg4
h5+ mate.
42 . . . 4:) xg4+ 43.\t'e2 e4+ mate,
0-1
(204) Rubinstein - Marshall
Lodz ( 6) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D3 1 ]
1 .d4 d 5 2.4:)f3 4:) d7 3.c4 e6 4.4:)c3
c6 5.e4 dxe4 6.4:) x e4 4:)gf6 7.Ad3
4:) xe4 8.A x e4 4:)f6 9.Ac2 Ab4+
10.Ad2 a5 1 1 .0-0 A x d2
1 2 . 4:) x d 2 0-0 1 3 . c 5 b6 14. 4:) b3
b4 15. f3 Aa6 16.E!fd1 bxc5
1 7 . d x c 5 E! fd8 1 8 . x c6 Ab7
1 9 . c 7 4:)d5 2 0 . e 5 4:) f4
2 1 . E{ x d8+ E! x d8 2 2 . E! d 1 E{ x d 1 +
23. A x d 1 f 6 24.a3 f x e 5 25.a x b4
A xg2 26.f3 e4 27.c6 exf3 28.c7??
4:)h3+ mate, 0-1
(205) Marshall - Rubinstein
Lodz (7) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D32]
N o t e s b y Mars h a l l ( M ) , and by
Bachmann in The Yearbook of Chess
1908 (B).
(M) Time was of essence in this game.
It was truly a case of first come, first
served.
(B) A game which displays Marshall's
erratic genius in its most fav orable
light.
 Lodz 1 908
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 c5 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . 4) {3 4) f6 6 . Jl g 5 Ae7
7.dxc5 Ae6 S . .cl 0-0 9.Jlxf6
(M) There are various ways of playing
to hold the pawn, but that sort of policy
is inconsistent with my style.
9 . . . A x f6 10.e3 a5 l l .a3 4)c6
1 2.Ad3 xc5 13.h4!?
(M) Indicating my aggressive intention s .
( B ) A style o f attack frequently favored
by Marshall, and lately by Rubinstein
also.
(M) The echo of my Paris 1 900 game
w ith B urn with 1 4 . Jl x h 7 + would be
u n s o u n d ( 1 4 . . . x h 7 1 5 . 4:\ g S +
g6 ) .
1 4. . .h 6 15.4) xe6 fxe6
(M) The foregoing exchange may tum
out to be beneficial or harmfu l for
either player. On the one hand, Black
has the open f-file for attacking pur
poses, on the other, the long diagonal
leading to his h7 has been opened for
various th reats by White.
16.j'tbl Jt xh4!
1 59
(M) This is not mere pawn-grabbing, it
is played with the following sacrifice
in view.
(B) 16 . . . .ilxc3 was better, as will be
seen on the next move.
17.g3 A xg3!
(M) Leads to a very dangerous attack
if B lack's king doesn 't perish first!
(B) Rubinstein has committed himself
to an attempt at obtaining an equiva
lent in pawns for this piece. He cannot
retreat the bishop, or Marshall will play
d3! forcing the win by h7+ , fol
lowed by l"l xh6!
18.fxg3 g5 19.d3
(M) This loses, despite its tempting
appearance. Correct was 19 . . . 4:\eS!, and
B l ack ' s attack s h o u l d s u c c e e d
(20.h7+ f7 2 1 .1"\fl + '!Je7 and White
has no good move).
20.cit;>d2 .f2+ 21.4)e2 4)e5
(M) Too late . White has a beautiful
forced win.
2 2 . x h7 + cit;>f7 2 3 . .c7+ f6
24 . . x h6+!
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
[Authors ' note: In his book Marshall 's
Best Games of Chess, Marshall ends the
game here. All other sources give one
more move.]
24 ...gxh6 25."e7+ mate, 1-0
(206) Rubinstein - Marshall
Lodz (8) 1 908
Dutch [A84]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 .1ld6
5 . 4) c3 f5 6 . 4) e 5 A x e 5 7 . d x e 5
'ild7 S.f4 tfJe7 9.Ae2 dxc4 10.a41
b6 1 1 . 0 - 0 Ab7 1 2 . .1l x c4 la d S
13.tfJe2 4)h6 14.b3 'ilf7 1 5.e4 g6
16.Ae3 c5 17.laad1 lagS 1S.laf2
4) bS 1 9 . la x dS+ 4) x dS 2 0 . e x f 5 1
gxf5 21.tfJh5+ 'ilf7 22.4)b5 fS
2 3 . tfJ x h7 la h S 2 4 . tfJ g 6 la h 6
25.tfJg3 a6
2 6 . 4) d6! 4) x d6 27 . e x d6 tfJ x d6
2 S . tfJg 5 la h 7 2 9 . la d 2 A d 5
3 0 . tfJf6+ la f 7 3 1 . la x d 5 tfJ x d 5
32.tfJhS+ mate, 1-0
While the games between Marshall and
Rubinstein are not difficult to find,
games between Rubinstein and Salwe
are not at all easy to track down. Only
Leopold Hoffer 's column in the The
Field gave all eight games. Unfortu
nately, Hoffer didn 't mention the order
1 60
in which they were played. We know
the results, but not which game is which
- except the first.
(207) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz ( 1 ) 1 908
Giuoco Piano [C50]
1 .e4 e5 2.4)c3 4) f6 3 . .1lc4 .1lc5
4.d3 d6 5.4)f3 4)c6 6.Ae3 Ab6
7 . tfJ d 2 Ae6 s . Ab3 d 5 9 . A x b6
a x b6 10.4)g5 tfJd7 1 1 .0-0 d x e4
1 2 . A x e6 f x e6 1 3 . 4) g x e4 4) x e4
14. 4) x e4 0-0 15.lafe1 tfJd5 16.a3
laadS 17. lae3 h6 1S.laae1 h7
19. tfJc3 laf7 20.4)d2 ladfS 21 .f3
b5 2 2 . 4) e4 gS 2 3 . 4) f2 h 5
2 4 . lae4 la f 4 2 5 . la 1 e 3 la x e4
26.dxe4 tfJc4 27. tfJd2 ladS 2S.lad3
la x d3 2 9 . 4) x d 3 g6 3 0 . h4 g7
31.h2 tfJd4 32.tfJg5 tfJd6 33.f4
exf4 34.4) xf4 e5 35.4) xh5+ f7
36.4)g3 4)d4 37.h5 gxh5 38.tfJxh5+
fS 39.c3 4) c 6 40. tfJhS+ f7
41.4)f5 tfJg6 42.g4 tfJg5 43. tfJh7+
f6 44.h3 tfJc1 45.tfJg7+ e6
4 6 . h 4 tfJ h 1 + 4 7 . g 5 tfJ x e4
4 S . tfJgS + d7 4 9 . f6 tfJf4
50.tfJe6+ dS 51.g5, 0-1
White has an easily winning position
but . . . his flag fell!
[New Yorker Staats-Zeitung,
November 22, 1 908.]
 Lodz 1 908
( 2 08) Salwe - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 908
Four Knights [ C49 ]
A ft e r obta i n i n g the two b i s h o ps
( 1 5 . . . 4:Jh4 ! ) , Rub instein produces a
strategic masterpiece, a model which
will be seen many more times (see, for
examp l e , game # 3 1 9 , Tarrasch
Rubinstein, San Sebastian 1 9 1 2) .
l .e4 e5 2 . .) f3 .)c6 3 . .)c3 .) f6
4 . A b 5 Ab4 5 . 0 - o o-o 6.d3 d6
7 . .)e2 .)e7 8.c3 Aa5 9 . .)g3 .)g6
10.d4 c6 l l .dxe5 d x e5 l2.'xd8
E! x d8 1 3 .Ac4 h 6 1 4 . h 3 A b 6
1 5 . Jl. d 2 ? .) h4! 1 6 . .) x h4 . x d2
1 7 . E! a b l Ac7 1 8 . .fd l E! x d l +
19. E! xdl lit>fS 20 . .)f3 b 5 2t .Ab3
g 6 22 . .) e l lit>e7 2 3 . 1it>f l .) d7
24 . .) d 3 a5 2 5 . a 3 .) b6 26.1it>e2
Ad6 27. .)fl c5 28. .)cl c4 29.Ac2
Aa6 30.Iit>f3 Ab7 3 l . lit>e2 Ac5
32 . .)e3 h5 33.h4 lit>e6 34.g3 E!fS
35.b4 a x b4 36.a x b4 Ad6 37.1it>el
.aS 38 . .)e2 E!a3 39.1it>d2 .) a4
40 . .bl E!a2 41 . .)cl E!a3 42 . .)e2
Ac7 4 3 . f3 Ab6 44 . .) d l f6
45 . .) b 2 .) x b 2 46 . . x b 2 . a l
4 7. .bl . xb1 48.j}.xbl Af2 49.g4
j}. x h4 50.gxh5 gxh5 5 1 . .) g l J}.f2
52 . .)h3 .ilg3 53. 1it>e2 f7 54. fl
.1lc8 55 . .l g l h4 56 . .l e2 .1l h3 +
161
57.1it>gl J}.e1 58.J}.c2 1it>g6 59.-'i.bl
lit>g5 6o.Ac 2 Ad7 6 t . lit>g2 Ad2
6 2 . J}. b l h3+ 6 3 . 1it>g3 A e l +
6 4 . 1it> h 2 lit> h 4 6 5 . Ac 2 Ae8
66 . .)gt .ilg3+ 67.1it>ht Ah5, o-t
[New Yorker Staats-Zeitung,
November 22, 1 908.]
( 2 09) Rubinstein - Salwe
Lodz 1 908
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [03 3]
Notes by Hoffer in The Field 1 908 (H),
Kmoch (K), and Razuvaev (R).
(H) A perfect model game. After all
Salwe made only one weak move, and
this was sufficient for Rubinstein to
evolve a plan which he consistently
pursued right up to the end.
(K) An instructive blockading game.
Rubinstein even at that date was an
excellent master of the principles of the
"blockade," to be later popularized by
Nimzovitch.
(R) This game is a classical model for
the fight against the isolated pawn and
hanging pawns. The maneuvers 1 4.f3,
1 6 . . f2 , 19.Afl , 20.e3 are within the
reach of only a great strategist.
l .d4 d5 2 . .)f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5 . .)c3 .)f6 6.g3 .)c6 7.Ag2
c x d4
(R) Today this move is almost aban
doned. Recent theory recommends
7 . . . .Jl.e7 or 7 . . . 1te6 .
8 . .) xd4 b6
(H) This compels White to 9.4:Jxc6,
which strengthens B lack's d5-pawn,
but leaves a fresh weakness in the c
pawn.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(K) It was difficult to control the square
d4 . Hence Rubinstein gracefully re
vamps his plan of action. His principal
aim is now, not to direct an attack
against d5, but to blockade the square
d4 and principally c5.
9 ... bxc6 10.0-0 1te7
(K) Thereafter it is no longer possible
to avert the entry into c5. The d5 - pawn
should have been "over-protected" by
. . . Ae6 at once, in order to threaten . . . c5.
(R) K m o c h ' s recommendation of
1 0 . . .Ae6 is weaker than the text, be
cause after l l .e4! B lack's center col
lapses, and the king is stuck in the cen
ter. Also after the move actually played
l l . e4 i s g o o d , as w a s proven i n
Boleslavsky-Stoltz, Bucharest 1 95 3 .
l l.la4 b5 1 2.Ae3 0-0 13.Elcl
Ag4
( H ) I nstead B lack should have de
fen d e d his own weak pawn w i t h
1 3 . . . .ild7 .
(R) It is d i fficult for B lack to find
counterplay against White 's clear strat
egy. Here 1 3 . . . .lla6 was deserving at
tention. After the text Black's difficul
ties are on the increase.
1 62
14.f31
(K) The "weakening" proves of value
later.
14 ... Ae6 15.Ac5 E!fe8
t6.E!f21
(H) White is now enabled to make this
important move - which will come in
handy for the defense of both the e
pawn and indirectly the b-pawn - with
out loss of time owing to Black's use
less 1 3 . . . .llg4 .
(R) The point of this fine move will be
clear only at move 20.
16 .. .Jd7 17.A xe7 E! xe7 18.d4
E!ee8
(K) If 18 . . . . c8, not 1 9.xa7 because
B l ac k c o u l d obtain s o m e p l ay by
19 . . . c5, but more brutally 1 9.c5 .
[Authors ' note: ECO, without making
reference to this game, presents all that
has occurred up to this point as analy
sis by Kasparov. After 18 . . . . c8 1 9.c5
ECO continues 1 9 . . . x c 5 20 . . xc5
b6 2 1 . e 3 .ll d 7 w i th the idea o f
. . . . ce8. We are not convinced that this
can change the assessment from "White
is better" to CO's "White is slightly
better." In both cases, White has a clear
positional advantage ! ]
 Lodz 1 908
19 .Afll .ec8 20.e31
(R) Now the profundity ofWhite 's 1 4th
m o v e i s c l e ar. B l ac k i s w i thout
counterplay, and all of White's pieces
are active and playing with wonderful
coordination.
20 . . . b7 21 . .lc5 .l xc5 22 . . xc5
.c7 23 . .fc2
(H) It is quite interesting how consis
tently Rubinstein played for this posi
tion, carrying out the original plan of
concentrating his forces on the open c
file.
23 ... b6
(K) Another type of move was 23 . . . a5.
Now Black becomes completely tied
up.
24.b4! a6 25 . .a5
(R) Here 25 . . xd5 was possible, but
clearly Rubinstein prefers to extermi
nate Black's queenside.
25 . . . .b8
( H ) If 25 . . . i;J x d4 2 6 . e x d4 .A.c8
27 . . xd5, etc.
2 6 . a 3 . a 7 27 . . x c 6 ! x c 6
28 . x a7 .aS 2 9 . c 5 b7
3 0.'iflf2
(K) First to secure the kingside, then to
the final attack.
3 0 . . . h5 3 1 ..\le2 g 6 32.d6 c8
3 3 . . c 5 b7 3 4 . h4 a 5 35 . .c7
b8 36.b 5 a4 37.b6 .a5 38.b7,
1-0
1 63
(2 1 0) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 908
Four Knights [C49]
l .e4 e5 2 . .lf3 .lc6 3 . .lc3 .lf6
4 . Jt b 5 Ab4 5 . 0 - o o-o 6.d3 d6
7 . .je2 .l e7 8.c3 Aa5 9 . .l g 3 c6
10.Aa4 .l g6 l l .d4 .e8 1 2.dxe5
d xe5 13.xd8 . x d8 14.j},b3 Ae6
1 5 . Ae 3 Ab6 1 6 . j}, x e6 f x e6
17 . .fdl A xe3 18.fxe3 'it>f7 19.h3
h6 20.'iflf2 h5 21.'ifle2 'it>e7 22.h4
. x d l 23 . . x d l . d 8 24 . . x d8
'iflxd8, Draw
(2 1 1 ) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 908
Four Knights [C49]
l . e4 e5 2 . .lf3 .lc6 3 . .lc3 .lf6
4 . Jt b 5 Ab4 5 . 0 - o o-o 6.d3 d6
7 . .je2 .l e7 8.c3 Aa5 9 . .l g 3 c6
10 . .Ila4 .l g 6 l l .d4 .e8 1 2.Ac2
h6 1 3 . h 3 Ae6 1 4 . Ae3 d7
1 5.'it>h2 Ac7 16.d2 d5 17.exd5
.ll x d 5 1 8 . J,t x g 6 f x g6 19 . .l x e5
A xe5 20.dxe5 . xe5 2 1.Ad4 .je4
2 2 . .j x e4 . x e4 23 . .fel .ae8
24 . . x e4 . x e4 2 5 . Ae3 g 5 26.f3
.e8 27.b3 b5 28 . .el f7 29.Ad4
. xel 30. xel a5 3 1 .e3 f4+
3 2 . x f4 g xf4 33.Ae5 g 5 34.h4
'it>f7 3 5 . h x g 5 h x g5 3 6 . g 3 'it>e6
37.Ac7 a4 38.b x a4 b x a4 39.a3
.ll xf3 40. g xf4 gxf4 4l . .ll xf4 'ifld5
42. 'it>g3 Jth5 43. 'it>f2 'it>c4 44. 'ifle3
'ifl xc3 45.Ad6, Draw
(2 1 2) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 908
Four Knights [C49]
l . e4 e5 2 . .l f3 .lc6 3 . .lc3 .lf6
4 . A b 5 Ab4 5 . 0 - o o-o 6.d3 d6
7 . .je2 .l e7 8.c3 .ll a 5 9 . .l g 3 c6
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
10 . .Q.a4 4)g6 l l .d4 E!e8 12 . .Q.c2
h6 1 3 . h3 .Q.e6 14 . .Q.e3 d7
l S . d x e S d x e S 1 6 . x d7 4) x d 7
1 7 . E! fd l .Q.b6 1 8 . .Q.b3 E! e d 8
1 9 . f l .Q.c7 2 0 . .Q. x e6 f x e 6
2 1 . El d 2 4) b6 2 2 . .Q. x b6 a x b6
2 3 . E! a d l E! x d 2 2 4 . E{ x d 2 4) f8
2S.a3 f7 26.e2 e7 27.4)el
4) d7 2 8 . 4) d 3 b S 2 9 . 4) f l .Q.d6
30. 4) e3 4) b6 3 1 .g3 Elf8 3 2 . E!c 2
4) c4 3 3 .f3 g S 3 4 . 4) x c4 b x c4
3S.4)f2 .Q.cS 36.4)dl hS 37.Eld2
h4 38.g4, Draw
(2 1 3) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz 1 908
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [040]
l .d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 cS 4.e3 4)f6
S.4)f3 4)c6 6.a3 a6 7.dxcS AxeS
8.b4 .Q.e7
ECO gives only 8 . . . a7 and 8 . . . d6.
9 . .Q.b2 dxc4 10.-'\.xc4 bS 1 1.-'\.d3
.Q.b7 1 2 .0-0 0-0 1 3 . 4) e4 4) x e4
1 4 . .Q. x e4 E!c8 l S . E! c l x d l
1 6 . E{ f x d l E!fd8 1 7 . f l f S
1 8 . .Q. b l .Q.f6 1 9 . .Q. x f6 g x f6
20.-'\.a2 f7 2 l .e2 e7 22.g3
E! xdl 23. xdl
2 3 . . . 4) x b4 24 . E{ x c8 A x f3 +
2 S . c l 4) x a 2 + 2 6 . b 2 A d S
1 64
27.E!h8 b4 28. E{ x h7+ f8 29.E!a7
b x a3 + 30 . x a 3 4) c 3 3 l . E! x a6
4) d l 3 2 .f4 4) x e 3 3 3 . h 3 f7
34.b4 .Q.g2 3S.h4 AdS 36.cS
4)fl 37.E!a3 g6 38. d6 4)d2
3 9 . E! d 3 4) e4 + 4 0 . e7 hS
41.E!e3 g4 42.Eld3 .Q.c4 43.E!e3
.Q.dS 44.E!d3 Aa2 4S. E!a3 Ac4
4 6 . f7 e S + 4 7 . g6 4) x g3
48. E{ x g3 + x g 3 4 9 . f x e S f x e S
SO.xfS, Draw
(2 1 4) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Lodz 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [034]
l .d4 dS 2 .c4 e6 3.4)c3 cS 4.c xdS
exdS S.4)f3 4)c6 6.g3 4)f6 7.Ag2
Ae6 8.0-0 Ae7 9 . AgS 0-0
lO.E!cl
Rubinstein avo i d s the s i m p l i fying
10.dxc5 xc5 l l .Jlxf6" xf6 1 2 .<Jxd5
xb2 1 3 .4:J c 7 l:'l ad8 1 4 . c l x c l
1 5 . l:'l axc l , when 1 5 . . . Jlb6 was played
in Rubinstein-Schlechter, Prague 1 908
(game # 1 94).
10 . . . cxd4
Today 10 . . . c4 and 1 0 . . . <Je4 are consid
ered better in th i s s i d e l i n e of the
Tarrasch.
1 1 . 4) xd4 4) xd4 12. xd4 d7
ECO gives only 12 . . . a5 1 3 .a3 with a
c l ear edge for White in Oyckhoff
Wat z l , corr. 1 94 0 . The text walks
straight into a lost ending.
1 3 . e41 d x e4 1 4 . x d7 A x d7
1 S . 4) x e4 Ac6 t 6 . x f6 + g x f6
1 7 . -'\. h6 E! fc8 1 8 . A x c6 E! x c6
19.E! xc6 bxc6
Lodz 1 908

B lack's terrible pawn structure spells

certain defeat.

20.E!cl E!c8 2l.E!c4 Af8 22.E!g4+

'lt'h8 23.A xf8 E! x f8 24.E!a4 E!b8
2 5 . E! x a7 E! x b 2 2 6 . E! x f7 E! x a 2
27. E! x f6 E!c2 28.E!f7 'lt'g8 29.E!c7
c5 30.h4 h6 31.'lt'g2 c4 32.'lt'f3 c3
3 3 . h 5 'lt'h8 34.'lt'e3 'lt'g8 3 5 .g4
'lt'h8 3 6 .f3 !:':t e l 3 7 . 'lt'e4 c 2
38.39.'lt'f5 E! f l 40. E! x c2 E! xf3+
4t.'tt'g 6, 1-0

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 Rubinstein-Marshall Match 1908
This match was held in Warsaw from
October 25 to m id-November 1 90 8 .
Curiously, the final score of 4 -3
(three wins to two ! ) for Rubinstein was
exactly the same as what happened in
Lodz less than a month earlier.
What follows has been condensed from
an in-depth article on this match that
IM Minev wrote for Inside Chess, 1 988
(issue 9). All games of this match were
published in Wiener Schachzeitung
(supplement) of 1 9 1 0, pp. 278-29 1 .
(2 1 5) Rubinstein - Marshall
Warsaw ( I ) 1 908
Four Knights [C49)
l . e4 e 5 2 . f3 c6 3 . c3 f6
4 . .Q.b5 .Q.b4 5 . 0 - 0 0-0 6.d3 d6
7 .e2 Ag4 8.c3 .Q.c5
Today's theory is also well advanced
in years : 8 . . . Axf3 9.gxf3 Ac5 1 0.d4
Ab6 l l .Ag5 h6 1 2 .Ae3 4Jh5 1 3 . 4Jg3
4J x g 3 1 4 . h xg3 f6 1 5 . A x c 6 b x c6
1 6 . 'it>g2 e6 with equal ity, Honfi
Byvshev, Budapest 1 959. Also deserv
ing investigation, and probably prom
ising more for White, is 10.4Jg3!? fol
lowed by f3-f4 . Or White might try
l l .Axc6 bxc6 1 2 .dxe5 dxe5 1 3 .Ag5
or 1 3 . 4Jg3.
9.g3 h5 10.f5
Pillsbury's idea, recently also consid
ered as White's best.
to ... Ab6
So far as we know, this is Marshall 's
innovation, and a tricky one at that. If
now l l .h3 then l l . . .itxf5 1 2 .exf5 4Jg3,
winning a pawn. Interesting for us is
the game N i m z o v i t c h - W. C o h n ,
Ostende 1 907 ( a tournament i n which
Rubinstein and Marshall participated):
10 . . . f6 l l . h3 A x f5 1 2 .Ag5 e6
1 3 . e x f5 x f5 1 4 . g4 e6 1 5 . g x h 5
x h 3 . A s w e s h a l l s e e , M ar s h a l l
adopted this sacrifice, improving i t with
10 . . . Ab6, which gains a tempo.
ll . .Q.e3 f6 12.h3 A x f5 13.Ag5
e6 1 4 . e x f 5 x f5 1 5 .g4 e6
1 6 .g x h 5 x h 3 1 7 . Ae3 A x e3
18.fxe3 xh5 19.f2
For recent theory, we are in new terri
tory. White has won a piece for three
pawns, but has to submit to a danger
ous attack - an appropriate position for
Marshall ' s style, but Rubinstein's ac
curate defense proves triumphant.
19 . . . e4?!
Tempting, but probably premature.
20 . .Q. x c6 bxc6 2 1 .dxe4 13ab8
Necessary. If 2 l . . . f5 then 2 2 .b3+
'it>h8 23.1"\hl .
2 2 .b3 f5 2 3 . h l g6 24. e5 f4
 Rubinstein-Marshall Match 1 908
25.e4 g3+ 26.fl dxe5 27.e2
bd8 28.dl h6
Maybe 28 . . . . d6 is better.
29.h51 g5 30. xh6 g4 31.xd8
x d8 32.c4+
32 . . . d5
There is nothing else. The try 32 . . . g7
fails to 33 .h7+! xh7 34.f7+ h8
. game Marshal l-Rubinstein from the
35.f6+ .
3 3 . 4) e l g7 34 . x c6 d 6
35.xc7+ xh6 36.xd6+ h7
3 7 . e7+ g6 3 8 . e 6 + h7
3 9 . x e 5 h3+ 40.e2 f3+
4 1 . f2 h4+ 4 2 . g3 d8
Frank Marshall
43 . x g4 d2+ 44. x f3 dl+
4 5 . f4 d 2 + 4 6 . f 5 x e l
47.g6+ h8 48.e6 a 5 49.f7,
1-0
(2 1 6) Marshall - Rubinstein
Warsaw (2) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D32]
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4)f3 4)f6
Even at that time, it was clear that
5 . . . 4Jc6 was the most accurate reply.
Only Rubinstein tenaciously ventured
to defend the doubtful standing of
5 . . . 4Jf6.
6.-'l.g5 -'l.e7 7.dxc5 -'l.e6 8.e3
For the contradictory 8 . .cl 0-0 9 . .ll xf6,
the main line of recent theory, see the
triangular tournament in Lodz held just
prior to this event (game #205). The
plan used by Marshall here looks bet
ter. Instead of the questionable ex
change 9.xf6, he keeps the bishop
and increases the pressure against the
isolated d-pawn.
8 ... 0-0 9.-'l.d3 Axc5 lO.cl 4)c6
1 1 .0-0 Ae7 1 2 .Abl c8 1 3 .a3
a5 14.d3 g6 1 5.Aa2
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
It seems that White has a slight edge.
Rubinstein's following miscalculation
loses a pawn without compensation.
The correct continuation is 15 . . . f1 fd8.
1 6 . -'l. x e7 4) x e7 1 7 . 4) x e4 d x e4
1 8 . " x e4 A x a 2 1 9 ."' x e7 -'l d 5
20.E! x c8 !! xeS 21.'e51
The remainder is played by Marshall
with instructive accuracy.
2 1 . . . 'li\' c 5 2 2 . e 4 J}.e6 2 3 . 'li\' x c 5
E! xc5 24.4)d4 a5 25.f4 b5 26.E!d1
'it>f8 27. 'it>f2 'it>e7 2 8 . E! d 2 h 5
29.'it>e3 a 4 30.E!c21 Ac4 3 1 . 4) f3
E!c8 32.4)e5 J}.e6 33. E! x c8 Jlxc8
34.'it>d4 Ab7 35.h3 f5 36. 4) xg6+
'it>f6 37.4)e5 fxe4
Or 37 . . . .ll x e4 38.g4.
38.g4 h4 39 . .l d7+ 'it>e7 40. 4)e5
<it>f6 4 1 . 'it>e3 <it>e6 4 2 . 4) g6 'it>d5
43.f5 <it>c4 44.4)e71, 1-0
(2 1 7) Rubinstein - Marshall
Warsaw (3) 1 908
Dutch Stonewall [A84]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 .11,d 6
5 . .lc3 f5 6.4)e51? .11, xe5
I f 6 . . . 4:\f6 then White can play 7 . f4
AxeS 8.dxe5 4:\g4 9 . .lle 2! or, maybe
better, 7 . .lle 2!? followed by f2-f4.
7.dxe5 4)h6 8.f4 0-0 9 . .1l,e21 b6
Warsaw, October-November 1 908
2 3
I . Rubinstein I 0
2 . Marshall 0 0
1 68
After 9 . . . h4+ 1 0.g3 h3 1 U lil g4
1 2 .xg4 White has an advantage be
cause of Black 's dark-square weak
nesses.
10.0-0 -'l.b7 l l .b31 4)a6 1 2.-'l.a3
E!f7 13.-'l.d6 E!d7 14.b4!
Now B lack 's position col lapses. His
last hope was 14 ... f1 xd6 1 5 .exd6 4:\xb4
but it is hard to believe that he could
survive the position after 16.a3 4:\a6
1 7 . c x d 5 e x d 5 1 8 . 4:\ x d S c x d 5
( 1 8 . . . xd6 1 9 .4:\b4) 1 9 . .ll x a6 .ll x a6
20.xd5+ 4:\f7 2 l .f1fc l f1 c8 22 .d7 .
1 5.cxd5 e x d 5 16.b5 4) c 7 17.bxc6
Axc6 18.dl_xc7 E! xc7 19.-'l.f3 'it>h8
I f 1 9 . . . d4 , then s imply 2 0 . e x d4 or
20.xd4. The following moves indi
cate that B lack i s i n serious time
trouble.
20.4) xd5 E!d7 21.e6 E!d6 22.exf7
J}.xd5 23.-'l.xd5 'li\'d7
White wins on 23 . . . xd5 24.f8=+.
4 5 6 7 8 Total
y, 0 y, y, 4 12
0 y, I y, y, 3 '12
 Rubinstein-Marshal l Match 1 908
24.jlxa8 xd1 25.f8 = , 1-0
It is no wonder that after the shock of
such a downfall, Marshall plays uncer
tainly in the next game. Very quickly
he reaches an inferior position. The
rook endgame is another forgotten mas
terpiece of Rubinste i n ' s technique,
which we believe should take its place
in the endgame guides. As for the open
ing and the move 6.a4, we will speak
of i t in games 6 and 8.
(2 1 8) Marshall - Rubinstein
Warsaw (4) 1 908
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D27]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 dxc4 4.e3
f6 5 . A x c4 a6 6.a4 c5 7 . f3
c 6 8 . 0 - 0 c x d4 9 . e x d4 Jle7
1 0 . Af4? 0 - 0 1 1 . e 1 a 5
1 2 . e 5 ? 1 d81 1 3 . x c 6 b x c6
1 4 . d 2 a71 1 5 . a d 1 ad7
1 6 . Jle5 Ab7 17.h3 c 5 1 18.d5
x d2 1 9. x e7+ <it>f8 20. x d 2
<it> x e7 2 1 .d3 e8 22.g3 c x d4
2 3 . A x g7 x g7 2 4 . x g7 d3
25.d1 d2 26.f3 d4 27.g4 f51
28 . x d4 x d4 2 9 . b3 Jl d 5
3 0 . jl x d 5 x d 5 3 l . <it>f 2 d 3
3 2 . <it>e 2 x b3 3 3 . x d 2 b4 1
34.a2 a5 35.g4 <it>f6 36.<it>f2 <it>g5
37.e2 xa4 38. xe6
38 ... a2 + 39.<it>el f4! 40.e7 h6
1 69
4 1 . f7 a4 4 2 . <it> d 1 a3 43. f5+
<it>h4 44. x f4 f 2 4 5 . a4 a2
46.<it>c1 <it> xh3 47.a5 <it>g3 48.g5
If 48. l"la3 then 48 . . . l"l xf3 and wins.
48 ... a1 = +, 0-1
For if 49 . l"l xa l l"l fl + 5 0 . 'it>b2 l"l xa l
5 l .'it>xa l hxg5.
The first half of the match is completed,
and Rubinstein dominates by the score
of 3- 1 . Especially in the third and the
fourth games, he was almost perfect;
his opponent looked totally broken
down.
But as ifby magic, the second half rep
resents quite the reverse. Marshal l's
opening variations are much better: In
every single game he creates an arena
for his style. His imagination in the
middlegame often surpri ses Rubin
stein. Ultimately, Marshall misses his
chance to achieve the victory that would
have equalized the score, as we shall
see in the last game, because of the
weakness which haunted him all his
life : an eagerness to immediately ex
ploit an advantage in positions where
patience and technique are needed.
(2 1 9) Rubinstein - Marshall
Warsaw (5) 1 908
Dutch [A84]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.e3 d7 4.b3
gf6 5.Ab2 e41?
Perhaps home preparation. Marshall
avoids the unnamed system 5 . . . Jld6
6 . ..1ld3 0-0 7.0-0 c5 8.4:Jbd2, followed
with 4:Je5 (D05), used often, and suc
cessfully, by Rubinstein.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

6 . .1l,d3 .1l.b4+ 7.c3

Now the opening will transpose into the

Dutch Defense, here in a better edition
for B lack than in Game 3 . lt is possible
that 7.fd2 deserves attention, but such
o p e n i n g acrobat i c s are not i n
Rubinstein's style.

7 . . . Ad6 S.c4 0-0 9 . 0 - 0 c6

10 . .) bd 2 f5 11 . .le5 .f6 1 2 .f3
.) xd2 13. xd2 .h6 14 . .acl
40.c2
1 4.cxd5 exd5 1 5 .Axf5 xe5 1 6.dxe5
If 40.l":l xb7? then 40 ... .!le2 wins .
.!lxf5 17.exd6 'ti1xd6 is equal.

14 ... h4 15.g3 f6 16.f4 fSI 40 . . . .aS?

Avoiding 1 7 .g4. It looks as though Again 40 . . . Aa6!?.

Black is plunging into a rash adventure
and that White's position is preferable.
In reality, this position is well suited to
Marshall. His initiative on the kingside
will soon acquire significant dimen
sions.
4 1 . . x b7 ! A e 2 42 . . b l .gS
43 . .gl Af3 44.c6 AdS 45. f2
A x g2 + 46. x g 2 Ac7 47. x g4
fx g4 4S.g2 g7 49 . .bl f6
50 . .b7 .cS 51.g3 f5

17 . .) xd7 A x d7 1S.c5 Ac7 19.b4
f7 20.a4 a6 2l.Ac3 hS 22.b5
axb5 23.axb5 .gS 24.bxc6 .1l, xc6
25 . .f2 g5 26 . .bl g x f4 27.e x f4
h5 2S . .g2
Not 28.Ab5? l":l xg3+!.
2S ... .hg6 29. f2
If 29.Ab5 'ti1f3 !? 30 . .!lxc6? Axf4 , or
30.)":\ fl Axf4.
29 ... h6 30.Ad2 g7 3l . .al h5
32.Afl Ads 33.Ae3 Af6 34 . .a2
h4 35.gxh4 . xg2+ 36 . .1l, xg2 g4
37 . d 2 A x h4 3 S . h l A b 5
39 . .b2 Ac4
Even with an extra pawn, White still
has some problems.
5 2 . A d 2 e4 5 3 . x g4 x d4
54 . .b3 Ads 55.Acl c4 56 . .b7
. xc6 57 . .1l,b2 Ac7 5S.Ae51
In Black's favor is 58.h4 d4 .
5S ... A xe5 59.fxe5 d4 60 . .d7 .c5
6 1 . f4 d 3 62 . . d 6 . c l
6 3. . xe6 .fl+ 64.g5 e4 65.h4
d3 66 . .d6 .f5+ 67.g6 . x e5
6S.h5 .d5, Draw
(220) Marshall - Rubinstein
Warsaw (6) 1 908
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D27]

Here 39 . . . .!la6 deserves attention. l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 d xc4 4.e3

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 Rubinstein-Marshall Match 1 908
a6 5 . a4 4) f6 6 . A x c4 c 5 7 . 4) f3
4)c6 8.0-0
The so-called Rubinstein variation, ac
cording to many books and articles.
But wait a minute ! Rubinstein adopted
the move a2-a4 after this match, hav
ing failed with the black pieces in this
and the eighth game. Though he played
this variation many times after that, and
improved some ideas, Rubinstein did
not do so more than some other play
ers . Marshal l, for instance, played it
regularly before and after the match; in
the book Marshall s Best Games of
Chess, for instance, we see Marshall
playing the l i n e against Janowsky
(Ostende 1 906), Hodges (New York
1 9 1 1 ), and Griinfeld (Warsaw Olym
piad 1 93 5 ) . Further, the most funda
mental ideas were developed before
Rubinstein started to use the system .
W hy, t h e n , i s the l i n e c a l l e d the
R u b i n ste i n variation and n o t the
Marshall variation? Or the Marshali
Rubinstein variation? The answer is
that some author at some time named
this variation without considering all
the evidence, or because of political and
chauvinistic reasons; the nome nclature
was then used without question by other
authors.
171
Controversies surrounding the names
given to openings and variations are not
new. About 35 years ago, FIDE tried
unsuccessfully to settle this confusion.
And things are going from bad to
worse . . .
8 . . . c7
This position was revived at the end of
the 60 's and early 70's, and still is the
critical point of the whole variation.
Take our word for it - this, and espe
cially the eighth game, provides very
interesting information for those who
continue to research the line.
9.b3
Today's theory considers only 9.d5 or
9 . f e 2 , and White g a i n s nothing !
Marshall's 9.b3 is another move order
that can transpose into a recent line with
9.e2 (as in the eighth match game)
but as we shall see is probably more
consistent.
9 ... cxd4 10.exd4 4)a5?1
It i s tempting to exchange White 's
bishop, but the move is not the best.
Instead, B lack has the choice between
1 0 . . . la.e7 and 1 0 . . . .lld 6.
ll .e2 4) xc4 1 2.bxc4 Jl,e7
If now 1 3.-ilb2, we reach a recent theo
retical position (by transposition) that
is assessed as slightly better for White.
With the text move, we see a hitherto
missing practical example with a dif
ferent idea, probably worthy of inves
tigation.
1 3 . 4) e 5 1 ? 0-0 1 4 . -'1,f4 E{ d 8
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
15.E!.fd l dld7 16."f3 Ad6 17.c5
.11, xe5 18 . .11, xe5 c6 19.g3 e8
20.d51? xc5
Necessary. 20 . . . exd5 2 1 .4::\ x dS xc5
22.4Jf6+ 4::\ xf6 23 .Axf6 loses quickly.
2 l . e4 f8 2 2 . f6 + x f6
2 3 . A x f6 E!,e8 2 4 . d 6 E!, ac8
25.E!.abl b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.E!.al
E!,a8 28.Ae7 E!, x al 29. E!. x a l E!,a8
30.E!,cl E!,c81 31 .E!,el e8 32.Af6
f8 33.Ae7 e8 34.Af6 f8
Starting with move 2 1 , it is hard to say
where White could have played better
against Rubinstein's superb defense .
Now 35.Ae7 is a draw, but the score
and Marshall 's character, of course -
impels him to take a big risk.
35.h3 h8 36 ..Q.e7 e8 37.e5
h6! 3 8 . E!. e 3 f6! 3 9 . A x f6 g x f6
40. x f6+ h7 41..f3 E!,d8 42.h4
Ac6 43.E!.g3 E!.d7 44.h51
Marshall finds fresh resources for his
dead-l ooking attack. The fol l owing
moves clearly indicate that Black is in
serious time troub l e . Facing many
threats, he finally overlooks a mate !
44 . . . x h 5 4 5 . x e6 dl+
1 72
46.h2 x d6??
A fte r 46 . . . h 5 + 4 7 . 'it'g l ( 4 7 . El h3
g6) 47 . . . f7 Black still has difficul-
ties, but should win.
47.g8+ mate!, 1 -0
A dramatic finale.
(22 1 ) Rubinstein Marshall
-
Warsaw (7) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D30]
l .d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.c4 f6 4.Ag5
h6 5.Ah4 dxc4 6.e3
At the time of this match, it was still
not confirmed that the text is a dubious
gambit. Also 6.4Jc3 Ab4 is in Black's
favor. According to recent theory,
White should immediately regain the
pawn with 6.ih4+.
6 ... b5 7.a4 c6 8.Ae2 dlb4+ 9.c3
bd7 10.0-0 Axc3 l l .bxc3 Ab7?
A b l under. 1 1 . . . a6 keeps the extra
pawn.
1 2.bl a6 13.Axc4 c8 14.Ad3
0-0 15.E!.cl c51?
A practical decision. Instead of defend
ing a passive position, Marshall sacri
fices the pawn in return for a measure
of counterplay.
16.a x b5 c4 17 . .Q.e2 dle4 18.b4
d 5 1 9 . x c4 dl, x f3 2 0 . x c8
E!. f x c8 2 l .g x f3 x c 3 2 2 . A d 3
x b 5 2 3 . E!. x c8+ x eS 24. xa6
c3
A clear advantag e for White, but this
 Rubinstein-Marshall Match 1 908
t i m e the ac c l ai m e d t e c h n i q u e of
Rub instein i s steri l e . B y the way,
Marshall is the player against whom
Rubinstein had the most unreal ized
winning positions !
25.e4 e51 26 . .a7
If 26.d5, then Black still has defensive
chances after 26 . . . g5 27.Ag3 f6 28 . . c6
(or 2 . . d6 . c7) 28 . . . . xc6 29. dxc6
4Jb6 30.Aa6 4Ja8.
26 ... ., f8 27.dxe5 .,e6 28.Ag3 g5
29.,1la6 .c5 30 . .a8+ g7 31 . .c8
Loses a pawn, but it is hard to say how
White can win.
31 ... .,e2+ 32.fl ., xg3+ 33.fxg3
. xe5 34 . .1}.c4 g41 35.A xe6 . xe6
3 6 . f2 g x f3 3 7 . x f3 . a 6
38.g4 . a 2 39.h3 .e2 4 0 . .e8
. e l 4 1 . . e 5 f6 42 . . e 7 + f8
4 3 . . h 7 . x e4+ 44 . f3 .a4
4 5 . . x h 6 g7 46 . .h5 .a3+
47.f4 .a4+ 48.f3 Draw
(222) Marshall - Rubinstein
Warsaw (8) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D27]
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 dxc4 4.e3
., f6 5 . A x c4 a6 6.a4 c5 7 . ., f3
.,c6 8.0-0 '/tc7 9.b3
A repetition of the opening of the sixth
game. In comparison with recent theory,
the most interesting point of Marshall 's
move order is that he leaves 'lt1e2 for
later and gives priority to the quick de
velopment of the queenside, trying to
use the c-file.
9 . . . .1}.e7
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Evidence that . . . 4Ja5 and . . 4Jxc4, as
.
played in the sixth game, does not yield
a satisfactory result.
10.Ab2 0-0 l l .dxc5
Instead l l .'lt1e2 Ad7 12 . . fdl . ad8
can transpose into today 's book line.
ll ... A xc5 12 . .cl b6 13. '/te2 Ab7
1 4 . A d 3 '/te7 1 5 . .l g 5 ., b4
t6.Abt .fds
17.a51? h6
The continuation 1 7 . . . b x a 5 1 8 . 4Ja4
Ad6 (not 18 . . . . ac8? 1 9 .Axf6! gxf6
20.'lt1h5 !) is not so clear, but creates a
tactical commotion.
1 8 . ., ge4 ., x e4 1 9 . ., x e4 A x e4
20 . A x e4 . ac8 2 l . a x b6 A x b6
22.Aa3?1
An ineffective idea that decides the fate
of the match. It wins a pawn, but not
the game. The patient 22 .g3 maintains
the slight edge for a long time and of
fers many more practical winning
chances.
22 . . . a5 23 . . x c8 . x eS 24 . . d l
'/te8 2 5 . g3 . d 8 2 6 . . c l . c 8
27 . .dl .d8 28 . .cl .c8 29 . . xc8
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
xc8 30.b5 d8 31.Axb4 axb4
32. x b4 g6 33.c3 d6 34.b4
c7 3 5 . f6 d8 36. f4 Cjfjlg7
37.b5 Ac7 38.f3 f6 39.e2
c3 40.Ac6 Ab6 4 1 . Cjfjlg2 e5
42. c2 Ac5 43. a2 Ab6 44. a6
c7 45.h4 h5
An interesting endgame position. The
extra pawn is balanced by the differ
ent-color bishops, and the presence of
the queens does not change this assess
ment.
4 6 . a l + Cjfjl g8 47 . f6 d8
48.f4 c7 49.f3 d8 50.e4
Cjfjlg7 5 1 . c2 c7 52. c3+ Cjfjlg8
53.Cjfjlf3 d8 54.al d3 55.e5
dl+ 56.Cjfjlg2 d8 57.-'1,e4 c7
58. al d8 59. Cjfjlf3 d6 60.Ac6
d 3 6 1 . a8+ Cjfjlg7 6 2 . a l +
Cjfjlg8, Draw
[After 32 more moves, which are not
available.]
Lod.z 1 908
We have few details for the following
games played toward the end of 1 908.
We know of no tournament that was
held in Lodz during this time, though
the games are obviously serious con
tests.
(223 ) Daniuszewski - Rubinstein
Lodz (November 1 8?) 1 908
Queen 's Gambit Declined [06 1 ]
l .d4 d 5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 .,f6 4.Ag5
A e 7 5 . e 3 ., bd 7 6 . .) {3 0 - 0
7 . c 2 e8 S.dl c 6 9.a3 .,f8
1 0 . ., e 5 ., 6d7 l l . A f4 .1 x e 5
1 2 . d x e 5 c 7 1 3 . A d 3 d x c4
1 4 . A x c4 ., g 6 1 5 . e4 ., x f4
16.exf4 a6 17.Ad3 g6 18.h4 c5
t9.h5 Afs 20.f3 Ad7 2 t . .le4
-'1,g7 22.hxg6 h xg6 23 . .lf6+ Axf6
24 . e x f6 d8 2 5 . Ae4 x f6
2 6 . x d7 adS 2 7 . x b7 d4
28.0-0 Cjfjlg7 29.g3 h8 30.cl
d8 3 l . A x g6! Cjfjl x g6 3 2 . g4+
Cjfjlh6 33. xf7, 1-0
(224) Rubinstein - Rotlewi
Lodz (November?) 1 908
King 's Gambit [C30]
l .e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3 . .lf3 d6 4.c3 f5
5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 f xe4 7 .dxc5 exf3
8. x f3 .,f6 9.cxd6 0-0 10.Ac4+
Cjfjlh8 1 1 .0-0 xd6 12.Ae3 b4
13.4)d2 -'l.f5 14.a3 x b2
1 5 . A c 5 x d 2 1 6 . fd l a 5
1 7 . A x f8 ., c 6 1 8 . ,ilb4 ., x b4
1 9 . x b7 c 5 + 2 0 . Cjfjl h l e8
2 1 . x b4 f 2 2 2 . a 2 x f4
23.fl g 5 24. E!,e2, 1-0
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 St. Petersburg 1909

St. Petersburg 1 909 was one of the
greatest results of Rubinstein's career
and made the public start thinking of
him as a serious challenger to Lasker.
Equal first with the world champion
(first on Sonneborn-Berger), three and
a half points ahead of the field, Akiva
played several classic games at St.
Petersburg.
The field of20 participants was equally
represented by Russian and foreign
masters. The U.S. representative was
Lasker, who at the time was living in
New York.
(225 ) Rubinstein - Znosko-Borovsky
St. Petersburg ( 1 ) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Declined [055]

Hans Kmoch, who in his Rubinstein s Notes by Lasker (L), Kmoch (K) and
Chess Masterpieces stated, "In the tour Nimzovitch (N).
ney at St. Petersburg Rubinstein, in my
opinion, reached the zenith of his art l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5.e3 4)bd7 6.4)f3 0-0 7.'iflc2
istry, " chose no less than I 0, of his
b6?1
selection of 1 00 games, from this event.
Best known are his victory over Lasker
(K) Correct is 7 . . . c5.
and the famous pawn ending with E .
Cohn, but also outstanding are h i s wins
8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ad3 Ab7 10.0-0-0
over Schlechter and Mieses.
4)e4 l l .h4 f5 12.<if/bll c5

The time limit was two and a half hours

( L ) I n stead, B l ack s h o u l d p l ay
for 3 7 moves, after that one and a half
1 2 . . Jk8.
hours for 23 moves, and further on 50 (K) Lasker recommends 1 2 . . . c8 .
moves an hour. The playing schedule Nimzovitch considers 1 2 . . .h 6 1 3 .Af4
was five days a week from 1 1 a.m. to 9 Ad6 1 4 .Axd6 cxd6 would not have
p.m., with a break from 4 to 6 o 'clock. been bad. However, that White in both
The sixth day was reserved for the ter cases would have the better position is
mination of adjourned games and one not to be denied.
day a week was free.
13.dxc5 bxc5?
The total prize fund was 3 5 5 0 rubles,
ranging from 1 000 rubles for first to
30 for tenth. According to the tourna
ment book by Lasker, which came out
in 1 9 1 0, first prize was worth a bit more
than $500. All the participants also re
ceived an additional 1 0 rubles for each
win and five for each draw. Further
more, an honorarium of 50 rubles was
given to each Russian master and 1 00
to each foreign participant.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(L) If 13 . . . 4Jdxc5 then 14.4Jxd5 itxd5
(or Axg5) 1 5 . .11c4 . This combination
is feasible because B lack cannot cap
ture Ad3 with a check, which explains
White 's 1 2th move.
(N) With the pawn sacrifice 1 3 . . . c8!?
Black can convert the game into a bold
tactical fight: 14.cxb6 4:lxb6 (to give
one variation), or 14.4Jd4 (obviously
the best) 14 . . . bxc5 , etc.
1 4 . 4) x e4 f x e4 1 5 . -'t x e4 d x e4
16:{tb3+ \t>h8 17.xb7
(K) Rubinstein now wins a piece since
17 . . . .11 x g5 is refuted by 18.4Jxg5 . The
whole combination had to be very ex
actly calculated.
17 . . . exf3 18 . .. x d7 e8 19 . .. x e7
g6 + 2 0 . \t> a 1 ..ab8 2 1 . e4
x e4
(K) The only course that still offers
some resistance. If 2 l . . :i!'rb6 2 2 :itl'e5!
fol lowed by 23 .gxf3 and B lack may
resign. But if 2 l . . .fxg2 then 22.xg2
h6 (22 . . . c2 23.M6!) 23.g3! , etc.
2 2 . .. x e4 f x g 2 2 3 . .. g 1 .. x f2
24 . ..f4 ..c2
(L) If 24 . . . bxb2 then 2 5 . f8 + ! i s
decisive.
2 5 .b3 h 6 26. Ae7 ..e8 2 7 . \t> b 1
.. e 2 28. Jl, xc5 .. d 8 29.Ad4 ..c8
30 . ..g4, 1-0
[Time: White 1 :47, Black 2 : 00]
(226) Speyer - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg (2) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D27]
Notes by Lasker (L) and Kmoch (K).
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 dxc4 4.4){3
a6 5.a4 c5 6.e3
(L) Here White should play 6.e4. After
6 . . . 4Jc6 7.d5 4Ja5 8.4Jd2 4Jf6 9.4Jxc4
White 's position is preferable.
6 ... 4) f6 7.Jl,xc4 4)c6 8.0-0 c7
9.e2
(L) Here 9.d4 might have been done.
If 9 . . . exd5 1 0 . 4Jxd5 4Jxd5 1 l .xd5
Ae6 1 2.e4, White has certainly not
the worst of it. Likewise if 9 . . . 4Ja5
1 0 . .11a 2 c4 1 l .e4 White has all pieces
posted well.
9 ...Jl,e7 10.Jl,d2 0-0 l l ...acl ..d8
12.Ad3 cxd4 13.exd4 Ad7
(L) Naturally not 13 . . . 4Jxd4?? 14.4Jxd4
xd4 1 5 .4Jb5 .
14.4)e4 ..ac8 15.4)e5
(L) A witty trap. If 1 5 . . . 4Jxd4 1 6.4Jxf6+
.ll x f6 ( 16 . . . gxf6 1 7 . g4 + ) 1 7 . e4
xe5 (or 17 . . . 4Je2+ 1 8.'h1 4Jxc l )
1 8 . x h 7 + 'it'f8 , W h i t e w i n s w i th
1 9.Ab4 + .
( K ) Very pretty, but incorrect. 1 5 .b4
was also unsatisfactory since Black
answers 1 5 . . . b6. Therefore, 1 5 .itg5
was proper, with the threat of a dan
gerous attack.
1 5 . . . -'teS!
(L) This simple reply shows that the
trap was useless.
16.-'tc3
[Authors ' note : Kmoch, i n his book
Rubinstein s Chess Masterpieces, gives
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 St. Petersburg 1 909: seated L-R Vidmar, Bernstein, Lasker, Burn, Schlechter, Rubinstein, Mieses, Salwe and Spreyer;
Standing in the second row are Freiman, Duras, Levin, S. Znosko-Borovsky, Sossnitsky, Demidov, San Donato, Surbarev, Tschudowsky,
Perlis, Tartakover and Teichmann. In the back row are E. Cohn, Forgacs, E.A. Znosko-Borovsky and Spielmann
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
another move order: 1 6 .4::l x f6+ Axf6
1 7 .Ac3 4::l x d4, etc. We follow the or
der given in the original tournament
book Mezhdunaro dny Shakhmatny
Kongress v pamyat M I. Chigorina, St.
Petersburg, Feb. 1 9 1 0.]
16 ... ., x d4!
(L) Exactly calculated. If17.Axd4 ii:rxc l .
After the continuation in the actual
game Black will have two pawns extra.
1 7 . ., x f6+ A x f6 1 8 . e4 .i f5
19.g4
19 ... A xe5! 20. xe5
( L ) N atural ly not 2 0 . A x e 5 ii:r x c l
2 l . . x c l . x c l + 2 2 . 'it'g 2 ilc6, o r
20.gxf5 1.txh2+ 2 1 .'it'hl (or 'it'g2) l.tc6.
20 ... E{ xd3 2l. xc7 Et xc7 22.gxf5
exf5
(L) Also strong was 22 . . . ilxa4, because
2 3 . f6 w i l l be refuted by 23 . . . gxf6
24.Axf6 . xc l 25 . . xc l . d l + . This
game c l early s h o w s R u b i n s te i n ' s
mighty and solid style.
23.a5 f6 24.fdl cd7 25.Et xd3
xd3 26.el Ac6 27.Ete3 dl+
28.el d7 29 .f4 ct/f7 30.ct/f2
Ae4 3 1 . e 2 g5 3 2 . d 2 A d 5 !
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3 3 . ct/ g3 ct/e6 3 4 . e 2 + Ae4
3 5 . d 2 g7 3 6 . f x g 5 x g 5 +
37.ct/f4 g4+ 38.ct/e3 h4 39.f2
Ad5 4o.Ad4 Ete4+ 4t.ct/d3 Ac6
42.b4 Ab5+ 43.ct/c3 f4 44.Ac5
ct/f5 4 5 . ct/ d 2 h5 4 6 . ct/c3 Ae2
47. Etg2 f3 48. g7 Ab5 49 . Etg3
Etc4+ 50.ct/d2 ct/e4 51.-'l_b6 Et x b4
52.h3 b2+ 53.ct/c3 f2 54.e3+
<i!7f4 55.Ete6 <i!7f5, 0-1
[Time : White 3 :27, Black 2 :4 1 ]
(227) Rubinstein - Lasker
St. Petersburg (3) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [032]
Notes by Lasker (L), Tarrasch (T),
Kmoch (K), Razuvaev (R) and Fine (F).
l .d4 d5 2 . .,f3 .,f6 3.c4 e6 4.-'l_g5
c 5 ? ! 5 . c x d 5 e x d 5 6 . ., c 3 c x d4
7 . ., xd4 .,c6
(L) Because of this move, Black falls
into a difficult situation. Necessary was
7 . . . Ae7 8.e3 0-0, and Black's position
is without weaknesses.
(R) Lasker 's assessment is disputable.
In my opinion, after 7 . . . I/J..e 7 also Black
stands worse because it is difficult to
achieve active play.
(K) If 7 . . . ile7 it is clear that 8.g3 fol
lows with advantage.
8.e3
(T) Bad is 8.I/J.. xf6 xf6 9.4::l x d5? ii:rxd4
1 0 . 4::l c 7+ 'it'd8 1 1 . 4::l x a 8 Ab4 + and
Black wins, or 9.4::ld b5 .llb4 with ad
vantage for Black.
8 ... Ae7 9.-'tb5
(L) This is why 7 . . . 4::lc6 was not good.
9 ... Ad7 to.Axf6
 St. Petersburg 1 909

(L) Wins the pawn only temporarily. d4-d5 . Against the obvious threat
More exact was 10.0-0, and sooner or 1 6 . . . El xe3 White has a good defense,
later the d-pawn will be lost. as is shown by his 1 8th move.

10 . . . A x f6 l l . .j x d 5 -'l. x d4 t6 . . . E! x e3
1 2 . e x d4 g 5 1 3 . A x c 6 A x c 6
t4 . .l e3 0-0-0 (L) Also after 1 6 . . . 'it'b8 1 7. El c5 'ii1f4
18.d5 El xe3 19.'ii1c l El e4 20.dxc6 bxc6
(L) A weak move. B lack should cap 2 l .'ii1c 3 Black stands badly.
ture the g-paw n . A ft e r 1 4 . . . A x g 2
1 5 . El g 1 'ii1 a 5 + 1 6 . 'ii1 d 2 '\i1 x d 2 + 17. E! x c6+ bxc6 18.clll
17.'it'xd2 .lle 4, o r after 1 5 .4J xg2 '\i1xg2
16.'ii1e 2+ 'it'd8 17.0-0-0 'ii1g6 18.'ii1d 3 (K) This is the surprise ! After 18.fxe3
( 1 8 . El d3? 'ii1 c 6+) 18 . . . El c8+ 1 9 .'.t>b 1 '\i1xe3+ 19.'it'h1 'ii1 x d4 B lack eventually
El e8 B lack stands excellently.
obta i n s the advantage . [Authors :
(R) Lasker 's assessment is disputable.
Tarrasch prefers 1 9 . . . El xd4, also with
According to Bernstein, in the varia
an edge.]
tion 14 . . . Axg2 1 5 .Elg1 'ii1 a 5+ 16.'\i1d2
'\i1xd2+ 1 7 .'it'xd2 .ll e 4, White could
18 . . . E! xd4
continue 18.Elg4 .llg6 19.f4 with a bet
ter game. In my opinion, worthy of at
(L) Better defensive chances are of
tention was 14 . . . 0-0!? 1 5 .0-0 Elhe8 with
fered by 18. . . Ele5 1 9 .'ii1 x c6+ (not 19.f4
good counterplay for the pawn.
Elc5!) 1 9 . . . 'it'b8 20.dxe5 '\i1xe 5 .
( K ) In Lasker's variation, continuing
1 5.0-0 E!he8
with 2 1 . El c l , White has the superior
(T) At first sight B lack has no more game.
difficulties. All his pieces are in play
and he threatens 16 . . . El xe3. But this is 19.fxe31 E!d7
deceptive.
( K ) A ft e r 1 9 . . . El d6 2 0 . El x f7 , etc . ,
Black's game would b e still more pre
canous.

20.xc6+ d8 21.E!f411

(L) A remarkable conception ! Threat

ening to immediately decide the game
with an attack against the king by
2 2 .'ii1 a 8+ and El e4 + or El c4+, White
forces a winning rook endgame.

16.E!clll 21 . . . f5

(L) Extraordinarily fine ! Now White (L) If 2 l . . :a 5 then 2 2 .'1'fa 8+ '.t>e7

has the advantage, threatening l"l cS and 2 3 . El e4+ 'it'f6 24.'1'tc6+ 'it'gS 25 .h4 + ,

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
and White wins.
(T) No better i s 2 1 . . . . d l + 2 2 . f2
. d2 + 2 3 . 'it' e l xg2 24 . . d4 + e7
25.d6+ and mate next move.
22.c51 e7
( L ) A fter 22 . . . . d l + 2 3 . f2 . d 2 +
2 4 . e l x g 2 , W h i te w i n s w ith
2 5 .a 5 + .
23. x e7+ x e7 24 . . x f5 . d l +
25.f21
(K) Not 25 . .fl? because of 25 . . . .d2
26 . .bl . e2, or if 26 . . c l 'it'd7, and
B lack has drawing chances.
25 . . . .d2+ 26.f3 . x b2 27 . .a5
.b7
28 . .a6!
(R) A typical method. White 's rook on
a6 has the ideal position, s imulta
neously attacking the a7 pawn and -
paralyzing Black's rook and king.
28 . . . f8 29.e4 .c7 30.h4 f7
3 1 .g4 f8 32.f4 e7 33.h5 h6
(K) Played in order to prevent 34.g5
(followed by f5 , e5, etc.). However,
it creates a weakness at g6.
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(F) Passive defense also loses: 33 . . . f7
3 4 . 'it'f5 e7 3 5 .g5 f7 3 6 . e 5 e7
37.g6 h6 38 . . e6+! d7 (or 38 . . . f8
39 . . c6 e7 40 . . c8 and .g8) 39 . . f6!
e8 (39 . . . gxf6 40.g7 . b8 4 l . e xf6)
40 . . f7! . xf7 4 1 . gxf7+ xf7 4 2 . e6+
e7 43.e5 and White wins. After
33 . . . f7 White can win also by 34.h6
g x h 6 3 5 . . x h6 'it'g7 36 . . a6 f7
37.f5 . e7 38.e5 . b7 39 . . c6, fol
lowed by a4-a5 -a6.
34.f5 f7 35.e5 .b7 36 . .d6!
Threatening 37 . . d7 + ! . xd7 38.e6+
and wins.
36 ... e7 37. .a6 f7 38 . .d6
(K) Such repetition of moves to gain
time is often found in Rubinste i n 's
games. He avails himself of this expe
dient even when not in time difficulty.
38 ... f8 39 . .c6 f7 40.a31, 1-0
(K) Zugzwang! 40 . . . . e7 (or 40 . . . e8
4 1 . g6 and wins, since the only use
fu l answer 4 1 . . . . b4 is prevented)
4 l . e6+ g8 42.g6 . e8 43.e7, fol
lowed by . d6 and . d8.
(228) Vidmar - Rubinstein
St. Peters burg (4) 1 909
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D27]
Notes by Lasker (L) and Kmoch (K).
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lc3 dxc4 4.e3
.) f6 5 . .Q. x c4 a6 6 . .) f3 c5 7.0-0
.)c6 8.dxc5 .Q.xc5 9. x d8+ xd8
10.a3 e7 l l .b4 ,ild6 12.b5
(L) The idea behind this advance of the
pawn is that after 1 2 . . . axb5 1 3.<b xb5
 St. Petersburg 1 909
February 22 - March 1 2

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
I . Em Lasker X 0 I Y:z Y:z I I I I Y2 I I 0 I I I I I I 1 4 Y:z
2. Rubinstein I X I I Y:z y2 Y:z I I I I Y:z 0 I Y2 I I I I 1 4 Y:z
3 . Duras 0 0 X 0 0 I Y:z 0 I Y2 I 0 I I I I I I I 11
4. Spiehnann y2 0 I X 0 I I Y:z Y2 I Y:z Y:z I 0 Y:z I Y:z Y:z I 11
5. Bernstein Y2 Y:z I I X 0 I 0 I I I I Y:z 0 0 0 Y:z Y:z I I OY:z
6. Teichmann 0 Y:z 0 0 I X 0 Y:z y2 Y:z I Y:z I Y2 I y2 I I Y:z 10
7 . Perlis 0 Y:z Y:z 0 0 I X Y:z I Y:z I Y:z I Y:z I Y:z 0 0 I 9Y:z
8 . E . Calm 0 0 I Y:z I Y:z Y:z X 0 0 Y:z I Y:z 0 Y:z Y2 Y:z I I 9
9. Salwe 0 0 0 Y2 0 Y:z 0 I X 0 I Y:z I I Y2 0 I I I 9
I 0. Schlechter Y:z 0 Y:z 0 0 Y:z Y:z I I X 0 0 I I y2 0 I Y:z I 9
I I . Mieses 0 0 0 Y:z 0 0 0 Y:z 0 I X I Y2 I I I 0 I I 8 Y2

1 2 . Tartakover 0 Y:z I Y:z 0 Y:z Y:z 0 y2 I 0 X 0 0 Y2 I I I Y:z 8 Y:z

1 3 . -Chotirrmffiky I I 0 0 Y:z 0 0 y2 0 0 Y:z I X Y2 Y:z Y2 I 0 I 8
1 4. Fleischmann 0 0 0 I I Y2 Y:z I 0 0 0 I y2 X Y:z Y2 Y2 0 y2 7 Y:z
1 5 . Burn 0 Y2 0 Y2 I 0 0 Y2 Y:z Y:z 0 Y2 Y:z Y2 X I Y:z Y:z 0 7
1 6. VIdmar 0 0 0 0 I Y2 Y:z Y2 I I 0 0 Y:z Y:z 0 X Y:z I 0 7
1 7. Speyer 0 0 0 Y:z Y:z 0 I Y:z 0 0 I 0 0 Y:z Y2 Y:z X y2 Y:z 6
1 8. Freiman 0 0 0 Y:z Y:z 0 I 0 0 Y:z 0 0 I I Y2 0 Y:z X 0 5 Y2

1 9 . Znosko- Borovsky 0 0 0 0 0 Y:z 0 0 0 0 0 Y:z 0 Y:z I I y2 I X 5

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White 's knight has a dominant position.
Naturally, Black does not capture, and
as it turns out, it is White who has dif
ficulties.
(K) A nervous attack, which causes no
damage. At Prague 1 908 (game # 1 95),
Vidmar played practically the same
variation against the same opponent,
and lost by lack of initiative. This time
he does not want to make the same mis
take.
1 2 . . . 4) a 5 1 3 . .Q. a 2 .Q. d 7 1 4 . a 4
Ethc8 1 5 . .Q.b2 4)c4 16 . .Q. x c4 Et xc4
17.4)d2 Etc7
(L) White's queenside pawns are weak
and one of them will soon be lost. The
threat is 1 8 . . . .a.b4 1 9 . A a 3 .a. x a 3
20.l:'! xa3 axb5 .
18.4)ce4!
(K) Very proper! He must combine, oth
erwise Black gets an advantage because
of the bishops.
18 . . . .Q.b4
(K) After 18 . . . axb5 1 9 A::I x d6 'i!txd6
20.Aa3+ 'i!te5 2 1 ..lf3+ 'i!te4 22.l:'!fdl
B lack falls into a mating net.
1 9 . Et a b l 4) x e4 2 0 . 4) x e4 Etc4
2t . .Q.d4 a5 22.f3?
(L) Here White could save the game:
22.l:'! xb4! axb4 (or 22 . . . l:'! xb4 23 . .a.c5 +
'i!td8 2 4 . A x b 4 a x b4 2 5 . .J c 5 etc . )
23 . .a.c5+ 'i!td8 24 . .a.b6+ 'i!te7 25 . .a.c5+
xeS 26 . .Jxc5 b6 27 . .Ja6 .a.c8 28.bl ,
etc.
22 ...f6 23.Etfdl
(L) Here also 23.l:'! xb4! was possible.
1 82
23 ... Etac8 24.Etb3 e5 25 . .Q.b6 Etcl
2 6 . Et bd3 Et x d l + 27. Et x d l .Q.e6
28.h4 .Q.b3 29.Etal Etc2 30.g4 g6
3 1 .g5 f5 32.4)f6 h5 33.Etbl .Q.c4
34.Etdt .Q.d2 3 5.e4 f4 36.4)d5+
.Q. xd5 37.exd5 d6 38.fl .Q.e3!
(L) Very skillfully Black does not give
to White any chances.
39 . .Q. x a 5 .Q.d4 4 0 . Et d 2 Et c l +
4t.e2 b6 42 . .Q.b4+ xd5 43.a'
b x a 5 44.b6 Et b l ! 45 . .Q. x a5 Etb5
46.Eta2 e4 47.fxe4+ xe4 48.Eta4
f3+ 49.fl Etbt + 50 . .Q.el f2!
(K) Vidmar has no luck: 50 . . . xb6??
5 l .l:'! xd4+ 'i!txd4 52 .Af2 + would cer
tainly have pleased him much.
5 1 . Et x d4+ x d4 5 2 . x f2 Et x b6
5 3 . f3 Et b 5 5 4 . .Q. g 3 Et f 5 +
5 5 . .Q. f4 d 3 5 6 . g3 e4
5 7 . .Q.b8 Etf3+ 5 8 . g2 Etb3
59 . .Q.g3 f5 60.h3 Etd3 6t.g2
g4 62 . .Q.el Et d l 63 . .Q.f2 Etd2
6 4 . g l f3 6 5 . .Q. b 6 Et g 2 +
6 6 . h l Etg4 67 . .Q.g l Et x h4 +
6 8 . .Q. h 2 Etg4 6 9 . .Q.b8 Et x g 5
70.h2 Etg2+ 71.h3 g5 72 . .Q.c7
Et g l 7 3 . h 2 Et d t 74 . .Q. b8 g4
7 5 . .Q.g3 Et d 2 + 7 6 . g l x g3
77.fl f3 78.el .dS 0- 1
[Time: White 2 : 3 3 , Black 3 :0 7]
 St. Petersburg 1 909
(229) Rubinstein - Per/is
St. Petersburg (5) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
Notes by Lasker.
1 .d4 d5 2..')f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd 5
e x d 5 5.c3 c6 6.g3 c4 7 . .1lg2
-'te7 8.0-0 f6 9.e5 0-0 10 . .1lg5
.1le6 l l .f4 x e 5 ! ? 1 2 . d x e 5 d4
l 3 . e x f6 g x f6 14 . .1lh6 d x c3
1 5 .bxc3
Much better than 1 5 .xf8?!, because of
1 5 . . . cxb2 1 6.xe7 xe7 1 7 J"\ b l c3
18.c2 c5+ 1 9.h l l"l d8 20.l"lbd l
l"! x d l 2 l . l"'\ x d l x a 2 , threate n i n g
. . . b3 o r . . . b5-b4-b3.
1 5 .. :b6+ 16.'it;lh1
[Authors ' note : Recent theory consid
ers 1 6.e3 as better and leading to a
slight edge for White.]
16 ... Etfd8 17.c2 .1ld5
Premature . First B l ack should play
17 . . .f5, and if 1 8.l"lab l e3, threaten
ing 1 9 . . . l"ld2.
1 8.e4 .Q.c6 1 9 . e 2 f5 20.Etad1
Ete8
A ft e r 2 0 . . . x e 4 2 L x e 4 x h 6
1 83
22.xb7 l"'\ xdl 23.l"'\ xdl l"'\ d8 24.d5 ,
White stands better.
21. h5 .Q.xe4 22.-'txe4 fxe4 23.f5
f6 24.Etf4 'it;lh8
25.Etg4?
Wh ite ' s o n l y wrong m o v e . H ere
25.l"lh4 could decide the game quickly.
If 25 . . . l"l ad8 then 2 6 . l"! dfl , and i f
25 . . . e 3 26.g5 xf5 27.f6+!.
2 5 . . . Etg8 26 . .1le3 Et x g4 27. -'td4
Etg7 28 . .1lxf6 A x f6 29. e2 Ete8
30. xc4 e3 3 1.Ete1 Etgg8 32.'it;lg2
Et e 7 3 3 . 'iti'f3 Et ge8 3 4 . Et e 2 b6
3 5 .h4 h6 36.c6 'it;lg7 37.'it;lg4
h5+ 38.'it;lf4, Draw
[Time: White 2:32, B lack 2 : 30]
(230) Burn - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg ( 6) 1 909
Ruy Lopez [C77]
l .e4 e 5 2 . f3 c 6 3 . -'lb 5 a6
4 . .Q.a4 f6 5.c3 .Q.e7 6.d3 b5
7 . .1lb3 d6 8.a4 Etb8 9.axb5 axb5
10.0-0 0-0 l l .e2 .1le6 12.c3 d5
1 3 . g 3 d x e4 1 4 . d x e4 x d 1
1 5 . .Q. x d 1 Ac4 1 6 . Et e 1 A c 5
17 . .Q.c2 d7 18.f5 Eta8 19 . .Q.e3
g6 20.h6+ 'it;l g 7 2 1 .g4 .Q. x e3
22 . .j xe3 .Jb6 23.b3 -'te6 24 . .J g 5
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b4 25.4) xe6+ fxe6 26.c x b4 4) xb4
27 .,eel, Draw
[Time: White 1 :28, Black 1 :38]
(23 1 ) Rubinstein - Mieses
St. Petersburg (7) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D06]
Notes by Lasker (L), Kmoch (K) and
Razuvaev (R).
l .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.c4 4)f6 4.cxd5
cxd4 5.4) xd4 4) xd5 6.e4 4)f6
(L) Here interesting is 6 . . . f:Jc7!? The
continuation 7 .Af4 f:Jd7 8 . Ac4 e 5
9.'{{)-b 3 \'tf6 1 0.ltg3 leads t o a compli
cated game. [Authors ' note : Lasker 's
7 . . . f:Jd7 is missing in recent theory.]
7.4)c3 e5?1
(L) If 7 . . . a6 8.e5 f:Jd5 9.e6 and Black
stands worse. The right move here is
7 . . . e6.
s.Ab5+1
(K) I f 8 . f:Jdb4 , not 8 . . . '{{)' x d l +, but
8 . . . a6! , which is strong.
8 ... Ad7 9.4)f5 4)c6?!
(R) Relatively best was 9 . . . 1txb5. Now
Black's position grows weaker as White
achieves control over the black squares.
1 0 . 4) d6 + .i}. x d6 l l ." x d 6 "fJe7
12.xe7+ 4) xe7
(R) After 1 2 . . . xe7 1 3.Ag5 1te6 14.f4
White has a strong attack.
1 3 . Ae 3 a6 1 4 . A x d7+ 4) x d7
1 5 . e 2 .cS 1 6 . , hd l 4) c 5
17.A xc5
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(L) Better was to keep the bishop; e.g.,
1 7 .l:'=!.ac1 f:Je6 18.f:Jd5 , etc.
(R) A surprising decision. White ex
changes his strong bishop. Rubinstein's
idea will be clear after the 1 9th move.
17 ... . xc5 lS..acl 4)c6
(L) A mi stake . B l ack s h o u l d p l ay
18 . . . l:'=!. c7 followed by . . . 0-0.
(K) 1 8 . . . 0-0 would be insufficient be
cause of 1 9.f:Jd5, but the text move is
also inferior. Relatively best appears
to be 18 . . . l:'=!. c7 . White, however, re
plies with 19.f:Ja4! and retains the ad
vantage; e . g . , 1 9 . . . f:Jc6 2 0 . e3 0-0
2 l .f:Jc5 f:Jd4 2 2 . f:Jd 3 , etc. The ex
change 1 7 .Axc5 was therefore well
considered ! [Authors ' note: In the book
Akiva Rubinstein, Razuvaev mistakenly
claims that Kmoch 's analysis belongs
to Lasker. ]
19..d51 . xd5
(L) If 19 . . . l:'=!. c4 20.b3 . d4 2 l .e3 f6
22.f:Ja4 e7 23.f:Jc5 . xd5 (23 . . . l:'=!.b8
24.f:Jxb7) 24.exd5 f:Jb4 2 5 . d6+ with
advantage for White.
20.exd5 4)d4+ 21 .d3 e7 22.f41
f6 2 3 . f x e 5 f x e 5 2 4 . e4 d6
25..fl E!cS 26..f7 .c4 27.d3
.b4 28. . xg7
(L) Also strong was 28.b3 and White
will win at least a pawn; for example,
28 . . . f:Jb5 29.f:Jxb5! . xbS 30.. xg7 h 5
3 1 .l:'=!.h7 l:'=!. xd5+ 32 .e3.
28 . . . , x b 2 2 9 . . x h7 . x g 2
30..h6+ d7
(K) The king must retreat: 30 . . . c5
3 1 .f:Je4+ and i f 3 l . . . 'it> xd5 3 2 . El d 6+
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mate. And upon any other moves the
advance of the d-pawn wins.
31.Eth7+ d6 32.E{h6+ d7
33.4)e41
(R) An excellent move ! Black's king
will be repulsed on the last rank.
33 . . . E{ x a 2 34.Eth7+ d8 3 5 .d6
/Z)b5
(L) The threat was .:\f6 and h8+ mate.
(R) Stopping 37.'it'd5 with 37 . . . .:\c7+!,
but not 37 ... .:\d4+? 38 ..:\cS b6 39.h8+
mate.
37. E{ x b7 li\ a 3 + 38. b4! Et b 5 +
3 9 . E{ x b 5 !z) x b 5 4 0 . c 5 d 7
4 t . d 5 a 5 4 2 . /Z) c 5 + e 8
43. xe5 f7 44.4)b7, 1 - 0
[Time: White 3 :00, Black 3 : 00]
(L) Rubinstein conducted the endgame
of this game with monumental mastery.
(K) An elegant example of the power
of centralization, by virtue of which
White obtains an irresistible attack even
in the ending.
(232) Duras - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg (8) 1 909
Ruy Lopez [C77]
Notes by Lasker (L), Kmoch (K) and
Razuvaev (R).
l . e4 e5 2 . /Z) f3 !z) c 6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.Aa4 !z)f6 5.d3 d6 6.c4
(K) A favorite variation of the Czecho
slovak master. With it he has won many
successes.
6 . . . g6 7.d4 e x d4 8 . /Z) x d4 Ad7
9./Z) xc6 A,xc6 10.0-0 Ag7 1 1 ./Z)c3
0-0 12.f3
(L) A waste of time, which is possible
to be avoided with 1 2 . .ll x c6. In this
case, after 12 . . . bxc6 13 . .ll g 5 h6
1 4 . .lle 3 White wins an important tempo
for itd2 or .lld4 .
(R) Lasker's criticism of 1 2 .f3 is not
justified. After 14 . . . e8 Black achieves
an excellent game; for example, 1 5 .f3
d5!, or 1 5 .i1c2 ( 1 5.i1d3) 1 5 . . . .:\g4! with
initiative. In my opinion, 1 2 .f3 is not a
bad move.
12 ... 4)d7 13.Ae3 /Z)e5
(R) Possible was 13 . . . l"!. e8.
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t4.Ab3
(L) 14.c5 will be refuted by 14 . . . <lc4
1 5.'e2 <tlxe3 16.xe3 .lxa4 17.<tlxa4
dxc5 and . . . .lld4. Also unsatisfactory
i s 1 4 . e 2 b e c a u s e o f 1 4 . . . .1l x a 4
1 5 . <tlxa4 <tlxc4 16.xc4 b5.
(R) Not much better is 14 . .1ld4 :
14 . . . .1lxa4 1 5 .<tlxa4 b5! 16.cxb5 axb5
1 7 . <lc 3 b4 1 8 . <ld5 c 6 1 9 . <le 3 c 5
2 0 . .1l x e 5 .ll x e 5 , o r 1 9 . <tl x b4 c 5
2 0 . .1lxe5 .lxe5 2 1 .<ld3 .lld 4+ 22.'i1lh 1
c 4 2 3 . <lb4 .l x b 2 , and in both cases
Black has the advantage.
14... b6 1 5.f4?!
(R) Now the pawn e4 will be weak.
Better was 1 5 . .ld4 . e8 1 6.<Jd5 with
approximately equal chances.
1 5 ... .)d7 16.Ad4 .lc5 17.A xg7
(R) After this move Black takes con
trol of the diagonal a 1 -h8. Worthy of
consideration was 17 . .llc 2 a5 18. d2
h4, and Black is only slightly better.
17 ... 'if} xg7 18.Ac2 a5 19.g4
(L) Much better was 1 9.d4+, and if
1 9 . . . f6 20.xf6+ 'i1txf6 2 1 . . ae 1 , and
White can hope for a draw. If B lack
tri e s to avo i d the exchange of the
queens, then White's queen will have a
dominant position.
19 . . . .) x e4! 20 . .) x e4 f5 2 1 . f3
f x e4 2 2 . A x e4 A x e4 2 3 . x e4
f6! 24 . .f2?!
(R) Black wants to take the e-file. This
should be prevented by playing 24.c6
(shown by Yusupov). Possible is the
following variation: 24 . . . d4+ 25 .'i1lhl
c5 2 6 . x c 5 b x c 5 27 . . ae 1 . ae8
28.g3 g5!? 29.fxg5 . xfl + 30 . . xfl .e2.
24 ... . ae8 2 5 . d 5 f5 2 6 . .dl
.e4 27.g3 .fe8 28.'if}g2
28 . . . h 5
(L) Excellent! This threatens to even
tually play . . . h4 and . . . .e3.
29.b3 .e3 30 . .d4 'if}f6! 3l .h3?
(L) This makes B lack's task easier, but
White already was lost. For example,
3 l . . dd2 h4 3 2 .xf5 + gxf5 33 . . f3
hxg3 3 4 . hxg3 . e 2 + 3 5 . . f2 . x d2
36 . . xd2 . e3, to be followed by . . . a4-
a3 and final posting of the rook at b2.
3l ... h4! 32.xf5+
( R ) If 3 2 . g4 . g3 + 3 3 . 'i1lh 2 x d 5
34.cxd5 . ee3 and B lack wins.
32 ... g x f5 33.g x h4 .g8+ 34.'if}fl
. x h 3 3 5 . 'if}e 2 .e8+ 3 6 . 'if} d 2
. x h4 3 7. .g2 .eh8 38.'if}c3 .h3+
39 . .d3 . x d3+ 40. 'if} x d3 .h3 +
4 1 . 'if}d4 . f3 4 2 . 'if} d 5 . x f4
43.'if}c6 .g4 44 . .f2 . g7 45.'iftd5
.e7 46 . .fl 'i!Jg5 47 . . g l + 'if}f4
48.a3 'if}f3 49 . .fl + 'i!Jg4 5 0 . .gl +
'ifth3 5 1 . .fl .e5+ 5 2. 'i!Jc6 'i!Jg 2
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53 . .f4 g3 54 . .fl .c5+ 55.b7
f4 5 6 . . c 1 d 5 57 . . g 1 + f2
58. .b1 d4 59 . .c1 d3 60.b4 a x b4
61.axb4 d2 62 . .c2 e3 63.bxc5
d 1 = 64 . . c 3 + d4 6 5 . c x b6
xc3, 0-1
(K) A very good game !
(R) One of Rubinstein's best games !
Fedor Dus-Chotimirsky ( 1 879- 1 965)
won a special prize for beating both
Rubinstein and Lasker at St. Petersburg.
Here he had more than a little luck as
Akiva committed two horrible blunders
in a much better position to tum a prob
able win into a loss.
(233) Rubinstein - Dus-Chotimirsky
St. Petersburg (9) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
1.d4 d5 2 . .lf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5 . .lc3 .1l,e6 6.g3 .l f6 7 . .1l,g2
.jc6 8.0-0 c4 9.Ag5 Ae7 10 . .le5
b6 ? ! 11 . .1l, x f6 g x f6 12 . .1 x c4!
dxc4 13.d5 0-0
Here 13 . . . d8 would have been an
swered by 14:a4.
1 4 . d x e 6 x b 2 1 5 . e x f7 + h8
16 . .Jd5 .ab8 1 7 . .b1 e 5
18.a4 c 3 19 . .fc1?
According to Lasker, after 1 9 . 'c4
White has a clear advantage with his
extra pawn.
19 ... b5! 20 . . x b5?
Compounding his previous blunder.
Essential was 20.a6 with Lasker giv
ing the line 20 . . . 4Jd4 2 1 . 4Jc3 b4 22.e3
b x c 3 2 3 . e x d4 x b l ( 2 3 . . . ' x d4
2 4 . x b 8 x b8 2 5 . c 6 ) 2 4 . x b l
xd4 25.'e2. Dus-Chotimirsky, i n his
collection of best games, continues on
with 25 . . . J:ta3 26.dl ! e5 27.xe5
fxe5 28.1.te4 xf7. Black has an extra
pawn but White should be able to hold.
20 ... . xb5 21.xb5 .ld4 22.e8
.1 x e 2 + 2 3 . fl .1 x c 1 24 . .1 x e7
e2+ 25.g1 d1 + 26.Afl d8
27 . x d8 . x d8 28 . .l c 6 .f8
29.Ac4 .je2+, 0- 1
[Time: White 2 :02, Black 2 :02]
The following game features what may
be the most famous pawn ending of all
time. Praised as a model example of
strategic play, this example has been
passed along from endgame book to
endgame book as flawless. The volume
on pawn endings in the Encyclopedia
of Chess Endings series, published in
1 982, gives analysis by Unzicker that
does nothing to challenge the status
quo. While the ultimate assessment of
a B lack win is not in question, the
highly recommended A nalysing the
Endgame, by Jonathan Speelman, gives
analysis by compatriot Jonathan Mestel
which shows that there is much more
to this "simple" pawn ending than was
originally thought. Though others (see
Chess Life 1 97 5, p. 8 1 4 and 1 979 p.
638) had earlier pointed out some ana
lytical errors, Speelman 's and Mestel's
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
analysis of this ending is the most thor
ough we have seen.
Erich Cohn ( 1 884- 1 9 1 8), a doctor of
medicine who played Rubinstein sev
eral times, is not to be confused with
the professional chess player Wilhelm
Cohn ( 1 85 9- 1 9 1 3 ). Rubinstein played
both of them at Ostende 1 907. Profes
sor Elo rates E. Cohn the slightly higher
of the two (2480-2450).
(234) E. Cohn - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg ( 1 0) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D27]
Notes by Kmoch (K), Unzicker (U) and
Speelman and Mestel (SM).
l . d 4 d5 2 . 4) f3 c5 3.c4 d x c4
4.dxc5?! "tt xdl + 5.xd1 4)c6 6.e3
-'tg4 7.-'l, x c4 e6 8.a3 -'l, xc5 9.b4
-'1,d6 10.-'tb2 4)f6 1 1.4)bd2 e7
1 2 . e 2 -'1. e 5 ! 1 3 . -'l. x e 5 4) x e 5
1 4 . h c l ac8 1 5 . -'t b 3 hd8
1 6 . 4) c4 4) x c4 1 7 . x c4 x c4
1 8 . -'1, x c4 4) e4 1 9 . e l -'1, x f3
20.gxf3 4) d6 21 .-'te2?
(K) 2 1 .d3 should have been played.
If 2 1 . . . !'\ c8 2 2 . f4 ! w a s p l ayab l e
( 2 2 . . . !'\ c3 23.!i'd2 El b3?? 24.!i'c2).
21 ... c8 22.d2 4)c4+
(K) Psychologically played ! S i nce
White is merely try i ng to draw,
Rubinstein properly reasoned that his
opponent would now grasp the oppor
tunity to exchange both the remaining
pieces. But actually 22 . . . e5 was correct
(Lasker). That would have maintained
a small advantage.
23.Axc4 x c4 24.cl?
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(K) Now 24.f4 had to be played. If then
24 . . . !i'f6 25.!i'd3 b5 26.!'\gl and White
can hold the game.
24 ... xcl 25.xcl
25 ... f6! 26.d2 g5 27.e2
(K) With his march to c7, White would
be left too far behind: 27.!i'd3 'it>h4
28.!i'd4 !i'h3 29.!i'c5 !i'xh2 30.!i'd6
!i'g2 3 1 .'it'c7 b5!, etc.
27 . . . h4 28.fl h3 29.gl
e5!
(U) Not so clear is 29 ... b5 30.f4.
30.hl
(K) If 30.e4 there would follow 30 . . . g5
3 1 . !i' h l h5 3 2 . !i'g l h4 3 3 . 'it'h l g4
34.fxg4 'it'xg4 35 .!i'g2 h3+ and . . . !i'f3.
(SM) (? ! ) This gives B lack a tempo on
the queenside. The best chance was
30.a4 b6 3 1 .b5. Now the winning plan
used in the game (see note to White 's
3 5 th move) wouldn 't work as Black
doesn 't have the tempo-gaining . . . a6 in
reserve. However, he can still win by
another method: 3 l . . . f5 3 2 . !i' h l g5
3 3 . 'it>g l h5 3 4 . 'it' h l h4 3 5 . 'it' g l e4
3 6 . fx e4 (36.!i'h l e x f3 fo l low ed by
moving the black king to the que ens ide
 St. Petersburg 1 909
or e2; or 36.f4 gxf4 37.exf4 g4 etc.)
36 ... fxe4 37.<it>hl (37.f3 exf3 38.e4 g4
3 9 . e 5 g 3 ) 3 7 . . . g4 3 8 . g2 h 3 +
39.gl <it>f3 40.fl g 4 and wins.
30 . . . b5 3 l . g 1 f5 3 2 . h 1 g 5
33-g1 h5 34.h1 g4
35.e4
(K) The main variation was 3 5 . fxg4
hxg4 36.gl f4 37.exf4 exf4 38.hl
g3 39.fxg3 fxg3 40.hxg3 xg3 with a
decisive superiority of the queenside
pawns.
(SM) Black is winning this position but
care is required. White can draw after
38 . . . g3? by 39.fxg3 fxg3 40.hxg3 xg3
and despite Black's great king position
things peter out - 4 1 .<it>g l f3 42.fl
e3 43.<it>el d3 44.dl <it>c3 45.a4!
a6 4 6 . a x b 5 a x b 5 4 7 . c l x b 4
48.<it>b2 . After 3 8 . . . g3? White even has
a second way to draw ! 39.hxg3 fxg3
4 0 . g l g2 ( 4 0 . . . g4 4 l . <it>g 2 o r
40 . . . a6 4 l . fl or 4 l .f3) 4 l . f4 g4
42 .<it>xg2 xf4 43.f2 . However, the
position is winning after White 's 3 8th
m o v e . The c orrect way i s 38 . . . f3 !
39.<it>gl h4 and now : a) 40.<it>fl <it>h5!
4l .el g5 42.fl (42 .d2? h4-
h3-xh2) 42 . . . \t>f4 43.'it'e l 'it'e4 44.'it'd2
<it>d4 4 5 . c 2 'it'c 4 4 6 . \t> d 2 'it'b 3
47.<it'e3 'it'xa3 4 8.'it'f4 'it'xb4 49. 'it'xg4
a5 and wins; or b) 40.<it>hl g5 41 .h3
g x h 3 4 2 . h 2 g4 4 3 . g l f4
44.h2 e4 45 .<it>xh3 (or 45.<it>g3 h2!)
45 . . . d3 46.g4 e2 47.g3 a6 and
the extra tempo is decisive, but 4 1 .h3!
would have been drawn if B lack had
not got . . . a6 in reserve - see the note to
White 's 30th move.
35 ...fxe4 36.fxe4
( K ) O r 3 6 . fxg4 h x g4 3 7 . g l e 3
38.fxe3 e 4 39.hl g 3 etc.
36 ... h4 37.g1 g3 38.hxg3 h xg3,
0-1
For if 39.f4 exf4 40.e5 g2 4 l .e6 g3
42.e7 f3 and 43 . . .f2+ mate.
[Time: White 2 :4 1 , B lack 2:23]
In the eleventh round Rubinstein had
the bye.
(23 5 ) Teichmann - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg ( 1 2) 1 909
French Exchange [CO l ]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4 . .jf3
.Jf6 5.Ad3 Ad6 6.o-o o-o 7.Ag5
-'l,g4 8 . .j bd 2 .l bd7 9 . c 3 c 6
1 0 . c 2 c7 l l . E!fe1 E!fe8 12.h3
Axf3 13 . .l xf3 h6 14.-'l, xf6 .J xf6
1 5 . E! x e8+ E! x e8 1 6 . E! e 1 E! x e l +
1 7. .J xe1, Draw
[Time: White 0 : 3 5 , B lack 0: 1 8]
(236) Rubinstein - Schlechter
St. Petersburg ( 1 3) 1 909
Queen's Gambit Declined [067]
Notes by Lasker (L), Kmoch (K) and
Razuvaev (R).
1 .d4 d5 2 . .lf3 e6 3.c4 .jf6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5 . .lc3 .lbd7 6.e3 c6 7.-'l.d3
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

dxc4 8.J}.xc4 -i)d5 9.Axe7 xe7 and when p o s s i b l e . . . l"! cd 7 , w i t h

10.0-0 0-0 l l . .c1 .d8?1 counterpressure o n the queen 's file.
There is, however, a resultant weakness
(L) This plan does not promise an equal on e6, which Rubinstein exploits deci
game. Better is 1 1 . . .4Jxc3. sively in amazing fashion.

12. c2 -i)f8 19.a51

(K) Before the queen 's bishop is de
veloped, it is almost invariably bad to
remove the knight at d7 from its fine
post. The text is indeed in harmony with
the previous move, merely indicating
that the method of development cho
sen by Black is faulty.
(L) The attack against the a-pawn is
effective, because 1 9 ... 4Jc8 will be re
futed by 20.4Jxe6! On the other hand,
the promising looking move 1 9.d5 does
not bring someth ing decisive after
19 . . . exd5 20.exd5 <;!;>h8 or, perhaps
better, 19 . . . 1H7.

13.e4 -i) b6?! 19 ... g5

(L), (R) Not a favorable square for the
knight. Better is 13 . . . 4Jxc3.
(K) The knight is not favorably posted.
But if 1 3 . . . 4Jxc3 14.'lifxc3, White's su
periority is evident.
(K) Black is compelled to make this
further weakness if he wishes to save
the pawn. For if 19 . . . l"! a8 20.d5 exd5
2 l .exd5 cxd5 22.4Jxd5!, with decisive
effect.

14.Ab3 Ad7 20.-i)e2 -i)c8

(R) The tempting 14 . . . c5 does not bring

the expected re l i e f. After 1 5 . d x c 5
'lifxc5, White even has a choice between
the simple 16:e2 with pressure over
the c- and d-files, or the paradoxical,
but perhaps stronger, 16.4Jd5!? 'lifxc2
1 7 . 4Je7+ \t'h8 1 8.4Je5 ! , and Black's
defense is difficult.

1 5 . -i) e 2 1 J}.e8 1 6 . . fd 1 .ac8

17.c31
2 1 .d51
(R) An excellent idea! The transfer of
the queen to aS increases White's pres- (K) This onslaught is overwhelming.
sure.
21 ... .cd7
17 ... .c7 18.-i)f4 f6
(L) If 2 l . . .b6 2 2 . 'c3 exd5 23 .exd5
(K) Thereby B lack aims to play . . f7,
. 'lif x e 2 2 4 . d6+ . f7 2 5 . 'lif x f6 l"! dd7

1 90
 St. Petersburg 1 909
26. 1"\ e l b5 27.1"\ xe8 xb3 28. xg5+
and White wins.
22.4)ed4! cxd5 23.exd5 xd5
(L) Loss of an exchange was unavoid
able; for instance, 23 . . . exd5 24.a4 b6
(24 . . . l"i d6 2 5 . 4Jf5) 2 5 . a6 l"i c7 (or
l"i b7) 26.4Jf5 .
24.Axd5 xd5 25."e1
(K) Rubinstein now marshals his rela
tively slight advantage in material with
machine-like precision to victory.
25 ... 4)d6 26.4)e2! Ac6
(K) Schlechter defends himself as well
as is possible. After 26 . . . l"i b5 27.d2
4Je4 28.e3 White wins more easily
through his control of both open files.
2 7 . x d 5 A x d 5 2 8 . 4) fd4 e5
2 9 . .J c 3 ! 'lf!/f7 3 0 . 4) x d 5 'lf!/ x d 5
3 1.4)b3 b6 32.d1 'lf!/c6 33.'lf!/c3
'lf!/ x c3 3 4 . b x c 3 4) e4 3 5 .c4 f7
36.d8 e7 37.a8 a5 38.f3 4)c3
3 9 . c 5 b x c 5 4 0 . 4) x c 5 4) x a 2
4 t . a 7 + e8 4 2 . f2 4) b4
43. xa5 f7 44.e3 h5 45.e4
4) c6 4 6 . a 6 4) e 7 47.g4! h x g4
48.fxg4 g6 49.a7 f7 50.4)b7
g6 5 1 .4)d6 4) c6 5 2 . c7 4) d4
5 3 . .J f 5 4) x f5 5 4 . g x f 5 + h 6
55.f3 4) h 7 56. g4 e 4 57. e7
e3 58. xe3 g7 59.e7+, 1-0
[Time: White 3 :48, Black 3 : 52]
(L) White has played the entire game
with extraordinary power, and occa
sionally with subtlety.
Leo Fleischmann ( 1 88 1 - 1 930) enj oyed
a brief but distinguished career. Active
only from 1 905- 1 9 1 3 , his best result
191
was equal th ird with Schlechter at
Nuremburg 1 906 ahead of Chigorin,
Tarrasch, and Vidmar. Elo, in his The
Rating of Chessplayers, gives him a
five year rating high of 2520.
(23 7) Fleischmann - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg ( 1 4) 1 909
French Exchange [CO l ]
Notes by Lasker (L), Kmoch (K) and
Authors (A).
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.4)f3
.Jf6 5.-'td3 -'td6 6.o-o o-o 7.Ag5
Ag4 8 . 4) bd 2 4) bd 7 9 . c 3 c 6
10.'lf!/c2 'lf!/c7 l l . fe1 fe8 12.h3
A h 5 1 3 . x e8 + x eS 1 4 . e 1
xe1+ 15.4) xe1 Ag6
(K) The real battle now begins - with
reduced forces.
16.Axg6 hxg6
(K) An important advantage for Black:
he has retained the good bishop; White
has the inferior one.
17.4)ef3 4)f8 18.A xf6(?)
( A ) Rather than exchange o ff h i s
bishop, White might have considered
1 8.<\fl 4Je4 1 9 .cl 4Je6 20.<\el f5
2 1 .4Jd3, with a solid position and good
defensive prospects.
18 ... gxf6 19. 'lf!/a4
(L) A waste of important time. It was
necessary to parry B lack's maneuver
. . 4Je6-4Jf4 by playing 1 9 . 4Jb3-4Jc l -
.
4Jd3.
(K) White is working without a plan.
Besides, Lasker 's advice, 1 9.c4, was
worth considering.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
19 ... a6 20.fl e6 21.g3?
(L) Now the defense is not so easy, be
cause g3 is a target for attack.
(K) After this weakening move B lack
gets his attack. The ensuing greater dis
advantage might have been avoided by
2 l .c2, in order to answer 2 1 . . .4:\f4 by
22.4:\el and <tld3.
21 ... f51 22.Ci;flg2 f41 23.g4
23 . . . c51
(L) Black creates an attack which, in
comparison to the slight force put in
action, has extraordinary vigor.
(K) Three pawns move - three fateful
moves ! Now the various small over
sights of White bring their revenge .
Rubinstein understands how to inaugu
rate a strong attack, in spite of the di
versity of his materials, and to carry it
to a decisive conclusion.
24. e8+ Ci;flg7 25.g5?
(A) C ompro m i s i n g his game even
more. It was absolutely imperative to
get the queen, which is out of play on
e8, back into the game via the maneu
ver e8-a4 - dl .
25 ... cxd4 26.cxd4 e71 27.c8
1 92
(L) A fter 2 7 .xe7 -'txe7 2 8 . h4 f6,
White loses either the d- or g- pawn.
27 . . . x g5 28. 1d2 .1l.b4 29.h4
e4 30.fl d6 3 1 . g4 e4
3 2.h5 f 5 33.h xg6 f xg6 34.a3
.il.d6 35. 1d2 e2 36. g5 e3+
3 7 . Ci;flg 1 d 1 + 3 8 . Ci;fl h 2 f l +
39. xfl x f3 40.Ci;flg1 h31
(K) Threatening 4 l . . . f3 ! whereafter
White would quickly come to grief as
the r e s u l t o f the zugzwan g ; e . g . ,
4 l .xd5 f3 42 .g5 'it'h7 43.d5 b5. As
soon as White uses up his pawn moves,
he will be mated. Hence, he must now
exchange queens.
4 1 . g 2 x g 2 + 4 2 . Ci;fl x g 2 .il.c7
43.d2 .il.b6 44.b3 Ci;flf6 45.f3
g 5 4 6 . Ci;flf2 Ci;flf5 4 7 . Ci;fl f 1 g4
4 8 . f x g4 + Ci;fl x g4 4 9 . c 5 .il. x c 5
50.dxc5 d4 51 .b4 d3 52.a4 f3, 0- 1
[Time : White 3 :22, Black 2 :47]
(23 8) Rubinstein - Bernstein
St. Petersburg ( 1 5) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D53]
Notes by Lasker (L) and Authors (A).
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 e6 3.c4 f6 4 . .1l.g 5
.1l.e7 5.c3 bd7 6.e3 a6 7.c5
(A) This move is criticized by Lasker
in the tournament book. One way to try
to exploit Black's early . . . a6 is by head
ing into the Exchange Variation with
7.cxd5 exd5 8.-'td3. If White eschews
the minority attack, and plays in the
center or kingside, then . . . a6 will be a
loss of time.
(A) A more consi stent fol low-up to
 St. Petersburg 1 909
White 's last move would have been
8.M4, trying to keep Black cramped by
avoiding exchanges.
8 . . . x e7 9 . c 2 f5 1 0 . J}. e 2 c6
1 1.0-0 0-0 12.4) xe4(?)
(A) This leads to a rather sad position
for White. More interesting is 1 2 . b4
meeting 1 2 . . . e5 with 1 3 .dxe5 4Jxe5
14.4Jd4.
12 ... fxe4 13./i)el e5 14.d2 exd4
1 5.exd4 /i)f6 16 . .cl Ag4 17 . .c3
.f7 1 8 . f3 e x f3 1 9 . Jl x f3 4) e4
20.Jl x e4 . x f l + 2 Vii' x fl x e4
22 . .e3 f4+ 23.gl .f8 24.4)f3
J}.xf3 25.gxf3 h6
{ A ) C reat i n g luft and threat e n i n g
26 . . . g5 + 27.h l E! xf3 b u t Lasker
prefers the more direct 25 . . . g5 intend
ing . . . g4.
26. d3 .f5 27 . .e8+ f7
(L) Here 27 . . . 'itth7 28.f!f8 g6 29.f! xf5
should be a draw.
2 8 . e3 g 5 + 2 9 . f2 h 4 +
30.g2 . g 5+ 3Vit>hl . g6
(L) He ought to play 3 1 . . .'ittg6. Bl ac k
has so abs orbed himself with combi-
1 93
nations, that he is tired out and j udges
the situation wrongly. He thinks White
is in zugzwang, whereas he himself is
in want of moves.
32.a3?
(L) White is obviously also tired. What
c o u l d B l ack do against 3 2 . b4? I f
3 2 . . . E! f6 White would win b y 33.'l1fe7+
'ittg6 34. E! g8 and if 32 . . . 'l1ig5 33.i1fxg5
fo l l o w e d by 3 4 . E! b8 . F i n a l l y, i f
3 2 . . . i1if6 then 3 3 . f! b8 i1ff5 34.'l1ie8+
'ittf6 35.'l1id8+ winning.
(A) White can also consider Tarrasch's
suggestion of 32.E! b8 E! e6 33.f! xb7+
'ittf6 34.d2 E! e l + 35.'ittg 2.
32 ... a5 33.b4?
(A) 33.f!b8 was still possible.
33 ... a4 34.b5
(L) A deep combination which, how
ever, does not win. He should play 34.f4
in order to w i n a pawn in case o f
3 4 . . . i1if6 b y 35.E!b8.
34 ... c x b5 35 . .b8 .e6 36 . . x b7+
.e7!
(L) Here White had expected 37 . . .'.fif6
and for the contingency he had prepared
E! b6 by the sacrifice of a pawn.
37.c6 e8! 38 . .b8+ f7 39 . .b7
e8, Draw
(239) Rubinstein - Freiman
St. Petersburg { 1 6) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D27]
l .d4 d5 2./i)f3 4)f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3
e6 5 . Jl x c4 a6 6.0-0 c5 7.a4 b6?
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
8.e2 Ab7 9.1ilc3 4)c6 10.d1
c7 l l .d5! e x d 5 1 2. j}, x d 5 Ae7
13.e4 0-0 14.e5 4)e8 15. e4 4)a5?
16.j}, xb7, 1 -0
F o r i f 1 6 . . . x b 7 1 7 . x b 7 4:l x b 7
1 8 . . d7, or 1 6 . . . 4Jxb7 1 7 . 4Jd 5 , and
White wins.
[Time: White 0 : 5 8, Black 1 :07]
(240) Spielmann - Rubinstein
St. Petersburg ( 1 7) 1 909
Ruy Lopez [C87]
Notes by Lasker (L) and Kmoch (K).
l . e4 e 5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . A b 5 a 6
4.Aa4 4)f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.}3e1 b5
7.Ab3 d6 s.c3 Ag4?t 9.h3 Ah5
10.d3 0-0 1 1 . 4) bd 2 d 5 1 2.exd5
4) xd5 13.4)fl
( K ) I f 1 3 . g4 , there w o u l d fo l l o w
1 3 . . . Ag6 14.4:lxe5 4:l x e 5 1 5 . . xe5 4:lf4
with a strong attack.
13 . . . Af6 14.g4 Ag6 1 5 .g5 Ae7
1 6 . 4) x e 5 4) x e 5 1 7 . x e 5 4) b6
1 8 .d4 4) d7 1 9 . e 1 A x g5
20.j},xg5 xg5+ 21. g4
(L) Black regains the pawn, but White's
game is nicely developed.
(K) Now if Black exchanges queens he
has an unfavorable ending; the White
maj ority on the queenside would be
brought quickly to effectiveness. Hence
the queen must retreat, and White wins
time to obtain fine development.
2 1 . .. d8 2 2 . 4) g3 4) f6 2 3 . f3
d7 2 4 . h 2 a5 2 5 . a 3 ab8
26.13e5 fe8 27.g1
41 ... }3a4 42. d3 e7 43.g3
(L) Here White should take control of
the e-file, playing simply 27 . . ae l .
1 94
27 . . . b4
(L) Better was 27 . . . d6. This is one of
the v e ry rare o c c a s i o n s when
Rubinstein undertakes a doubtful com
bination.
2 8 . }3 x a 5 b x c3 2 9 . x c3 4) e4
3 0 . 4) x e4 }3 x e4 3 1 . 13 d 5 e7
32.13c5 e2 33. g3
(L) Here White could play 33 . . xc7.
A fter 3 3 . . . . x f2 + 3 4 . g 3 g 5 +
3 5 .xf2 f4+ 36.e l . e8+ 37.dl
.llh 5+ 38.'it'c2, the white king escapes
via b l -a2 (for example, if . . .xf2+ and
. . . xgl +), and White's pawns are very
strong.
33 ... d6 34. xd6?
(L) Losing all his advantage ! The right
c o nti nuation was 3 4 . A x f7 + ! ; e . g . ,
3 4 . . . .ll x f7 3 5 . l"l e5!! and White wins, or
34 . . . xf7 35 . . xc7+ 'it'e6 36.d5+ xd5
37.g4+, and White wins easily.
[Authors ' note: As the following play
shows, 34.xd6 is the decisive mistake
which loses the game.]
34 ... c x d6 35.13c7 x b2 36.}3gc1
f8 37.Ac2 a2 38.j},xg6 hxg6
3 9 . 1 c 2 x c 2 40 . x c 2 a S
4 1 . c3
B e l g i an GM O ' K e l l y, a p u p i l o f
Rubinstein's, gave the following analy
sis in Echec et Mat (July 1 5 , 1 947):
(4 1 .. c3?) 4 l ..a2! . a4 42.g2 . xd4?
4 3 . a 4 . c4 44 . a 5 . c7 4 5 . a6 a7
4 6 . f3 e7 4 7 . e 4 . S p i e l m ann
chooses a more passive defense.
(L) Here 43.d5 was necessary, stopping
 St. Petersburg 1 909
the advance of Black 's king. Then if
43 . . . f6 44 . . f3+, or 43 . . .f5 44 . .e3+
and 45 . . e6.
(K) Even 43.d5 was not sufficient,
though the advance of the black king is
thereby stopped for the time being.
However, instead of 43 . . . f6 or 43 .. .f5,
B lack can force the advance of his king
after the necessary preparation: 43 . . . g5
4 4 . g2 f6 4 5 . . f3 + g6 46 . . d 3
(otherwise 4 6. . . . d4) 4 6 . . .f6! and now
the king comes to e5 by way of f5.
(L) The mastery with which Rubinstein
implements the following endgame is
more than prizeworthy.
(K) The pawn at d4 must fall sooner or
later. Hence White surrenders it imme
diately in order to get some freedom of
action. B lack, however, takes his own
time in making the capture, and first
takes other precautions. In such end
ings, if one aims to win, it is quite right
not to consummate one 's advantage too
early.
46.E!b3 f6 47.ci!fe3 ci!}c4 48.E!d3 d5
49.ci!}d2 E!a8 50.ci!}c2 E!a7 5 1 .ci!}d2
E!e7 52.E!c3+
1 95
(L) White loses a pawn anyway. If
5 2 . . e3 . b8 53 . . d3 . b 2 + 54.e3
.a2 and White is in zugzwang.
52 ... cifjl x d4 53.a4 E!a7 54.E!a3 E!a5
55.E!a1 'it'c4 56.cifle3 d4+ 57.'it'd2
E!f5 58.'it'e1 'it'b4 59.cifle2 'it'a5
60.E!a3 E!f4 61.E!a2 E!h4 62.'it'd3
E! x h3+ 63. cifl x d4 E!h4+ 64.cifld3
E! x a4 65.E!e2 E!f4 66.cifle3 cifjlb6
6 7 . E! c 2 'it' b 7 6 8 . E! c 1 E! a 4
6 9 . E! h 1 cifjl c 6 70 . E! h 7 E! a 7
7 1 . 'it'e4 'it' d 6 7 2 . ciflf5 g6 + !
7 3 . cifl x g6 E! x h7 74. cifl x h 7 cifle5
75.ciflg6 g4, 0-1
[Time : White 4:38, Black 4:32]
(24 1 ) Rubinstein - Sa/we
St. Petersburg ( 1 8) 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D52]
1 .d4 d5 2.l) f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5.4)c3 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.Axc4
b5 s.Ad3 Ab7 9.a4 b4 10.it xf6
g x f6 1 1 . 4) e 2 4) d7 1 2 . c 2 c 5
1 3 . .Q. e 4 c 7 1 4 . A x b7 x b7
1 5 .0-0 E!c8 16.E!fcl 0-0 17.d3
E!fd8 18.b3 cxd4 19.exd4 4)b6
20.4)f4 e4 21 .4)d3 4)d5 22.4)c5
j}_ x c 5 2 3 . d x c 5 'it' h 8 2 4 . E! c 4
g 6 2 5 . a 5 E! c 7 2 6 .g3 E! dc8
27.E!acl h6 28.E! 1c2 f8 29.c6
d6 30. 4) d4 e 5 ? 3 1 . 4) f5 e6
3 2 . f3 E! x c 6 3 3 . E! x c 6 E! x c 6
34.g4, 1 - 0
[Time: White 2 :2 1 , Black 2 : 1 1 ]
Prior to the last round the leaders were:
I . Rubinstein 1 4; 2 . Lasker 1 3 Y2 ; 3 .
S p i e l mann I I ; 4 - 5 . Duras and
Teichmann I 0. Lasker managed to win
his last round game against Teichmann
very easily, leaving Rubinstein needing
a win for clear first.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

GM Ludek Pachman, in his Decisive (242) Tartakover - Rubinstein

Games in Chess History (pp. 43-44),
writing about the last round at St.
Petersburg, says: "It looked very much
as though Rubinstein had everything in
his favor. However, in past tournaments
a serious weakness had shown up in his
armour - his nerves. In vital games he
tended to make elementary mistakes
that were unworthy of h i s ab il ity.
Lasker, on the other hand, had the
St. Peters burg ( 1 9) 1 909
French Exchange [CO l ]
l.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4
.f}f6 5 . .flf3 Ae7 6 . .Q.e2 0-0 7.0-0
d x c4 8 . .Q. x c4 .f} bd7 9 . .flc3 .f} b6
10 . .Q.b3 .Q.g4?1
T h i s b i shop sortie lands B l ack i n
trouble. Safer is 1 0 . . . c 6 o r 1 0 . . <'lbd5 .
.

knack of applying all his energies at

decisive moments and concentrating
fully on the task in question. The dif
ference in purely sporting qualities
made itself felt in this case. Rubinstein
only j ust managed to share first place,
thus failing to demonstrate his superi
ority over the World Champion. It was
perhaps the decisive moment of his
chess career, for he was never given an
opportunity to measure swords with
Lasker in a world championship title
match. "
l l .h3 .Q.h5
Here 1 1 . . ..ilxf3 was more prudent.
1 2 .g41 .Q.g6 13 . .fle5 c5 14 . .f} xg6
hxg6 15.dxc5 A xeS t6:f3 'f1c7
1 7 . .Q.f4 'f1c6 1 8 . 'f1 x c6 b x c6
1 9 . l;:! a c l jtd4 2 0 . .f} e 2 1 jt x b 2
2 l . l;:! x c 6 l;:! ac8 2 2 . l;:! x c8 l;:! x c8
23.l;:!dl .f}c4?

P a c h m an i s certa i n l y right that

Rubinstein had a hard scrap in the last
round. To be fair, though, Black against
Tartakover wasn 't quite the same as
having White against Teichmann. Char
acterizing Rubinstein as a player with
weak nerves in 1 909 seems to us a case
of mixing up what was to come with
what had occurred. Prior to St. Peters
burg 1 909 (and really until the 1 920's),
Rubinstein had an excellent record in Correct was 23 . . . a 5 ! intending . . . a4 .
tense competitive situations. One need Now Rubinstein dri fts into serious
only recall his last round win over trouble.
Teichmann in their match at Vienna
1 908. Further evidence is Ostende and
Carlsbad from 1 907. If he had a weak
ness as a competitor it was that he was The last chance to keep White 's advan
often a slow starter - a weakness that tage to a minimum was by 25 . . . <'lxb3
proved fatal in short events like St. 2 6 . a x b3 .ila3 27 . . a l .il c S 2 8 .Ae3
Petersburg 1 9 1 4. .ilxe3 29.fxe3 . c7 30.4:'ld4 <'IdS.

1 96
 St. Petersburg 1 909

26.Ae3 .c7 27.g5 4) e8 28.Ad5 This lets Rubinstein off the hook. With
Acs 29 . .b8 <;t>fs 30. Af4 .d7 32 . .!"! c8 ! , preventing the knight from
3t.Af3 Ad6 32 . .a8? getting into play, Black would have a
difficult game.

32 . . . 4)c41

Now Rubinstein easily makes a draw.

33.A x d6+ 4) c x d6 34. 4) d4 .c7

35.4)c6 4)c8 36.a4 4) b6 37 . .b8
4) xa4 38.4) xa7 . x a7 39.Ac6 <ifi>e7
40 . . xe8+ <;t>d6 4 t . A x a4 . x a4,
Draw
[Time: White 2 : 30, Black 2 :30]

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 Rubinstein-Mieses 1 909
The second match between these two
players again sees Rubinstein victori
ous but not without a big fight. After
losing the first three games, the great
master from Lodz digs in his heels and
scores six of the next seven to keep his
match record unblemished. The con
trasting style of the two players is evi
denced by the openings in the match,
with Rubinstein employing the Queen's
Gambit as White and Mieses the Vienna
and Scotch.
(243 ) Mieses - Rubinstein
Berlin ( 1 ) May 1 2, 1 909
Vienna [C29]
Notes by Schlechter (S), and Hoffer
(H).
l .e4 e5 2 . .\c3 .\f6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5
.\ xe4 5 . .\{3 Ag4 6.-'1,e2 .\c6 7.d3
(S) If 7.0-0, then 7 . . . itc5+ 8.d4 itxf3
9.dxc5 4:lxc3 1 0.bxc3 itxe2 l l .xe2
e7.
7 ... -'l_ xf3 8.-'i, xf3 h4+
(S) Quite correct. Black obtains at least
two pawns and a strong attack in ex
change for the piece.
9 . g3 .\ x g3 1 0 . h x g 3 x g3 +
1 Vil7fl Ac5 12.d4 -'l_ x d4!?
[Authors : Long forgotten, this continu
ation probably deserves a second look.
T h e o ry g i v e s o n l y 1 2 . . . 4:l x d4
(Schlechter) with an attack for Black,
but the supporting variations are not
very clear.]
1 3 . e 2 0-0-0 1 4 . -'1, x d 5 !! he8
15.f3 xe5
(S) The following is worth considering:
1 5 . . . x f3 + 1 6 . it x f3 4:l x e 5 1 7 . ite 2
ltxc3 18.bxc3 h6, and Black remains
with good chances in the endgame.
1 6 . Af4 f6 1 7 . -'1, x c 6 b x c6
18 . .\e4 f5
(S) Or 1 8 . . . . xe4 1 9 . xe4 g5 20.c3
ltb6 2 l . e 5 x f4 + 2 2 . x f4 gxf4
23 . . xh7 . d7, etc.
1 9 . .\ g 3 b 5 + 2 0 . 'il;lg 2 g 5
21.g4+ f5 22.xg5 !!g8 23.h5
!!g4 24.!!hfl -'tf6 25. f7 !!d2+
2 6. -'1, x d 2 e2+ 2 7 . !!f2 !! x g3 +
28. 'il;l x g3 A h 4 + 2 9 . 'il;l h 3 g4+
30.'il;lh2 Axf2 3l .e6+ 'il;ld8
(S) If 3 l . . .'it'b7, then White wins by
32.b3+ 'it'a8 33 . . fl ! .
32.-'tg5+, 1 -0
(244) Rubinstein - Mieses
Berlin (2) May 1 3 , 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .\c3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5 . .\f3 .\c6 6.g3 -'te6 7.-'1,g 2
.\ f6 8 . 0 - 0 Ae7 9 . Ag 5 .\ e4
10.-'1,xe7 xe7 l l .!!cl
Better was 1 1 .4:le5 meeting 1 1 . . .4:lxc3
with 1 2 . 4:lxc6 4:lxdl 1 3 .4:lxe7 'it'xe7
1 4 . . fxdl .
11 ... .\ xc3 12.E{ xc3 c4 13 . .\e5 0-0
14.b3 b4 1 5. d2 E{ac8 1 6 . . dl
 Rubinstein-Mieses 1 909

b5 1 7.f4 .!) x e 5 1 8 .f x e 5 ? a 5 8 . .!)b3 b4 9.e3 Ae6 10.Ab5 +

19.bxc4 . xc4 2 0..b3 'ita4 2 1.e3 .!)c6
. fc8 2 2 .Af1 . c 2 2 3 . 'ite 1 b4
24.Ad3 'itxa2, 0-1 (H) 10 .. .4:'ld7 might be considered.

(245) Mieses - Rubinstein 1 1 . 0 - 0 .!)f6 1 2 .j't x c 6 + b x c6

Berlin (3) May 1 4 and 1 5 , 1 909 13.c2 Axb3
Vienna [C29]
(H) Forced, because of the threats of
1.e4 e5 2 . .!)c3 .!)f6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5
and d2.
4:'ld5, 4:'le2

.!) x e4 5 . .!)f3 Ag4 6 . d 3 .!) x c3

(A) After this exchange White obtains
7.bxc3 .!)c6 8.d4 f6 9.Ae2 Ae7
a c l ear advantag e . P r e ferab le i s
13 .. ..c8.
10.exf6 A xf6 1 1.0-0 0-0 1 2 ..!)g5
A x e 2 1 3 . 'lt x e 2 'itd7 1 4 . 'ltd3
1 4 .a x b3 b7 1 5 . f5 Ad6
A x g 5 1 5 . A x g 5 .!)a 5 1 6 .Af4
16 . .d1 .d8
.!)c4 17 . . f3 c6 18 . . a f 1 'lte6
1 9 .A c 1 'lt e 4 2 0 . . f4 . x f4
(H) Decidedly bad. 16. . .'d7 should
2 l . . x f4 'lt e 6 2 2 . . f 2 . e 8
have been played.
23.'lt f 3 h6 24.h3 .!)d6 2 5 . 'ltd3
'ite4 26.Af4 .!)b5 27.Ad2 .!)a3 17.e41 xb3?
2 8 . 'itg 3 'ite6 2 9 . 'lt d 3 .!)c4
30.Acl 'lte4 31 .h2 .le3 32.'lte2 (H) There i s noth ing left now but
.!)c4 33. 'itd3 .e6 34. 'itg3 .!)d6 17 .. . 0-0, and if 18 . J:ig5 e7 , or
35.Aa3 .g6 36.'ltd3 .!)c4 37.Ac1 18. e3 a6.
'ite8 3 8 .Af4 .f6 39 . . e 2 .e6
40..f2 .e4 41.'ltg3 .e6 42.Ac1 1 8 . Ag 5 x b 2 1 9 .A x f6 g x f6
.!)d6 43. 'ltf3 h7 44.Af4 .!)c4 20. xf6 .f8
4 5 . 'itg3 . e 1 46. 'lt d 3 + 'ite4
4 7. 'itg3 'itg6 48. 'lt h 4 .!)d6
49.Ae5 .e4 5 0 . 'ite7 .l f 5
51.'lt x b7 .le3 52.Axg7, 1-0

(246) Rubinstein - Mieses

Berlin ( 4) May 1 6, 1 909
Queen 's Gambit [D06]

Notes by Hoffer in The Field 1 909 (H),

and Authors (A).

1 .d4 d5 2 ..!)f3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5
'ita5+ 5.'ltd2 x d5 6 . .!)c3 a5
7 . .!)xd4 e5
(A) This continuation is not mentioned
inECO.
(H) If 20 . ...g8 , then 2l. .x a7. This
Mieses has overlooked, which explains
the wild captures of the pawns in so
dangerous a position.
21 ..!)e21

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(H) Threatening 4:Jg3 and 4:Jf5 . The
game is over.
2l .. :c2 22.xd6 E! xd6 23.'xd6
f6 2 4 . e6+ d S 2 5 .g3 E!eS
26.d6+ cS 27. xa7, 1-0
(247) Mieses - Rubinstein
Hannover (5) May 1 909
Vienna [C29]
1 .e4 e5 2 . .\c3 .1 f6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5
.1 x e4 5 . .\ f3 J}.g4 6 . d 3 .1 x c 3
7 . b x c3 .\ c 6 S . b 1 E! b S 9.Ae2
.Q.e7 10 . .\ d4 A x e 2 1 1 . x e 2
.\ x d4 1 2.c x d4 d7 1 3.0-0 0-0
14.Af4 b5 1 5.E!f3 E!b6 16.E!bfl
g 6 1 7 . Ae3 e6 1 S . h 1 b4
19.c1 a6 20.c3 bxc3 21. xc3
c6 22. xc6 x c6 23.E!fl bS
24.c1 d7 25.c2 E!b7 26.h3
.Q. a 3 2 7 . b 1 b6 2 S . A d 2 a6
29.Aa5 x b 1 + 30. x b 1 b5
3 l . x b 5 a x b 5 3 2 .J}. x c7 f S
33.Ab6 eS 34.g4 d7 35.g2
c6 3 6 . A a 7 b4 3 7 . f3 b 5
3 S . e 2 a4 3 9 . d 2 A b 2
40.c2 a3 41.b1 Ac3 42.Ac5
A e 1 4 3 . Ab6 A d 2 4 4 . A a 7 g6
4 5 . A b6 A e 1 46.Aa7 Ah4
47.Ac5 Ads 4s.Aa7 .Q.c7 49.Ac5
AdS 50.jlfS, Draw
(248) Rubinstein - Mieses
Hannover ( 6) May 1 909
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
1.d4 d5 2.Af4 e6 3.e3 Ad6 4 . .\f3
A x f4 5.exf4 d6 6.c1
Berlin, Hannover, Frankfurt, May 12-27, 1909
I . Rubinstein
2. Mieses
A forgotten continuation.
6 .. . .\ f6 7 . A d 3 b6 s . o- o Aa6
9.A x a6 .\ x a6 10.c3 0-0 l l .e3
c5 12 . .\ bd2 c x d4 13 ..\ x d4 .\c5
1 4 . fe 1 .\ ce4 1 5 . e 2 feS
1 6 . a e 1 .\ x d 2 1 7 . x d 2 .\ d 7
1S.de2 a 6 1 9 . g3 b 5 20.a3 fS
21 . .\f3 .\f6 22.e5 a5 23.f5 .\e4
2 4 . f4 adS 2 5 . d 1 .1 f6
26.f x e6 x e6 2 7 . d4 deS
2S.de1 x e 5 2 9 . .\ x e 5 .\ d 7
30 . .\ x d7+ x d7 3 l . c5+ gS
3 2 . x eS + x eS 3 3 . f l d7
34.b6 g6 35.xa5 d4 36.cx d4
x d4 37.c3 d1 + 3S. e1 c2
39. eS+ g7 40. e5+ f6 41. d4
c 1 + 4 2 . e 2 c6 4 3 . g3 g 5
44.d2 h5 45.h4 g4 46.d3 c1
47. e 2 c 2 + 4S.fl c 1 +
4 9 . g 2 c6 + 5 0 . h 2 c 2
51.g2 cl?? 52.d7+, 1-0
(249) Mieses - Rubinstein
Hannover (7) May, 1 909
Vienna [C29]
1.e4 e5 2 ..\c3 .1f6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5
.1 xe4 5 . .\f3 Ag4 6.d3 .\c5 7 .Ae2
.\ c6 S . 0 - 0 Ae7 9 . .\ d4 A x e 2
1 0 . .\ c x e 2 .\ x e 5 1 1 . .\ f 5 .\ e6
1 2 . .\ f4 0 - 0 1 3 . e 1 .1 x f4
1 4. x e 5 .\ e6 1 5 . .\ x e7+ x e7
16. xd5 c5 17.Ae3 E!adS 1S.e4
d7 19.E!f5? feS 20. h4 .1d4
2 l . g 5 .1f5 2 2 . g4 .1 x e 3
23. xg7+ hS 24. x h7+ x h7
2 5 . h 5 + g7 2 6 . g 5 + fS
27.h6+ e7, 0-1
000 1 Y:z I l l Y:z I 6
I I I 0 Y:z OOOY:zO 4
200
 Rubinstein-Mieses 1 909

(250) Rubinstein - Mieses The remainder is played by Rubin stein

Frankfurt (8) May 24, 1 909
Queen's Gambit Declined [D06]
Notes by Hoffer.
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5
a5+ 5. d2 x d5 6.4)c3 a5
7.4) xd4 4)f6
(H) No doubt better than 7 . . . e5, which
he tried in the fourth game.
S.e3 g6 9 . Ac4 Jtg 7 1 0.0-0 0-0
l l.e2 4)bd7 12.j'td2 a6 13 . .ac1
d S 14 . . fd 1 e5 1 5 . 4J b3 e4
1 6 . 4) d 5 4) x d 5 17 . .Q. x d 5 4) f6
1S.Aa5 e7 19.h3
with exemplary correctness.
3 3 . . . 'it>gS 34. Af6 . d 1 3 5 .Jtc3
. d 6 36.h4 . e 6 37.'it>h3 h 6
3 S . g x h 6 A x h 6 3 9 . Ad4 Jl.fS
40.Ac3 Ae7 41 . .a7 'it>h7 42 . .aS
Af6 43.A xf6 . xf6 44.'iflg3 .c6
45.'it>f4 'it>h6 46.h51 .c2 47.hxg6
. xf2+ 4S.'ifle5 f4 49.exf4 'it> xg6
50 . . x a6+ 'it>h5 5 1 .f5 e3 52 . .a3
. x b2 53 . . xe3 . x b4 54.f6 'it>g6
55.'ifle6 .a4 56 . .g3+ 'it>h7 57.f7
.aS

(H) A necessary precaution. Mieses in

tended to answer the obvious looking
19. Ek7 with 19.. .'lit'e5 20 . ilxb7 .lg4
2l. g3 h5 22. h 4 .llxb7 23 . El.xb7 g5
with the better game. Rubinstein saw
the danger, of course.

19 ... 4) xd5 20 . . xd5 Ae6 21 . .dc5 5 S . 'ifle7 . a 7 + 5 9 . 'iflf6 a6 +

A x b3 2 2 . a x b3 b5 23 . .c7 e5
24 . . 1c2 d5 25.b4 .fdS 26.g4
d 1 + 27. x d 1 .x d 1 + 2S.'iflg2
.b1?
Up to here Mieses has played excel
lently. But being short of time he hits
upon what appears to be an easy con
tinuation - attacking the b2-pawn
twice. It turns out inferior. 28 . . . h6 is
the obvious move.
[Authors : After 28 h6 White keeps the
.. .
advantage with 29. El.b7 E!.b l 30 . E!.cc7
E!.f8 3 1. .ll b 6, fo llowed by 32 . .ll c 5.
Also, 29. E!.e7 deserves attention.]
2 9 . .. c S + .. x c8 30 . .. x c 8 + AfS
3 1 .Jl.d8 g7 32.g5! f5 33 . ..c7+
60.'it>f5 .aS 6 1 . .e3, 1-0
The loss of this game, which lasted a
sitting of eight hours, affected the game
on the following day and probably also
the issue of the match.
(25 1 ) Mieses - Rubinstein
Frankfurt (9) May 25, 1 909
Scotch [C45]
l . e4 e5 2 . 4J f3 4) c6 3 . d4 e x d4
4.4) x d4 Ac5 5.Ae3 Ab6 6.j'tc4
d6 7.4Jc3 4)f6 S.4) xc6 bxc6 9.e51?
A completely forgotten continuation.
9 . . . A x e3 10.exf6 Ah6 1 1 . e2 +

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
<jfjlf8 1 2 .f x g7+ <ifi' x g7 1 3.0-0 d5
1 4.J}. d 3 .e8 1 5 . 'litf3 'litg 5
16 . . a e 1 J}.g4 1 7.'litg3 'litf4
18.tith4 J}.d7 1 9 .'lith 5 'litg4
2 0 . 'lit x g4 + J}. x g4 2 1 .h 3 -'td7
2 2 . .'je 2 f5 2 3 .f4 <it'f6 24 . .'lg3
. xe1 25 .. xe1 .e8 26.. x e8 AxeS
27..l xf5 Axf4, Draw
(252) Rubinstein - Mieses
Frankfurt (I 0) May 26-27, 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D06]
1.d4 d5 2 ..lf3 c5 3.c4 c x d4 4.cxd5
'lita5+ 5. 'litd2 titxd5 6 . .'lc3 'lita5
7..l xd4 g6
In previous games 7 . . e5 or 7 . . 4:)f6 was
. .
played.
8.g31?
A forgotten plan, perhaps much better
than 8.e3, as was played in the eighth
game.
202
8 ... Ad 7 9 .Ag 2 .'jc6 1 0 . .'1 x c 6
A xc6 l l.J}. xc6+ bxc6 1 2.0-0 Jtg7
13 ..d1 titc7 14.'litc2 .lf6 1 5.Ag5
Maybe 1 5 . .llf4, and if 1 5 . . . e5 1 6 . .llg 5,
is worth considering .
1 5 ... .c8 1 6 . .ac1 'lite5 17.A xf6
A x f6 1 8.b3 0 - 0 1 9 . . d 3 1 'litf5
20..cd1 Ag7 21.e4 'litc5 22.'litc1
'litb4 23. 'lite3 'lita5 24.. 1d2 .cd8
25 . . x d8 . x d8 26 . . x d8+ 'litxd8
27.<it'g2 Ad4 28.'litd3 e5 29 ..le2
c 5 30. tita 6 'litd7 3 1 .f4 'lite7
32.titc6 <it'g7 33.'litd5 f6 34.fxe5
fxe5 35 ..lg11 <it'h6?
After 35 . . . .ll x gl 36.'it>xgl White still
stands slightly better and without any
risk, an ideal situation considering the
score in the match. Now Black is lost.
36 ..'lf3 titf6 37.'litb7 titd6 38.g4
g5 3 9 .'litf7 Ae3 4o.h4 Af4
41.hxg5+, 1-0
 Vilna 1909
The autumn of 1 909 brought together
six masters from the Russian empire to
the principal Lithuanian city for a triple
round robin event. The unusual format
of the event, which was to have been
an all-Russian championship, is ex
plained by the absence of invitees
B e rn ste i n , Z n o s ko - B o ro v s ky,
Gon charov, Alekhine, and Nimzovitch.
Rubinstein and Salwe represented
Lodz, Dus-Chotimirsky (Moscow),
Freiman (St. Petersburg), and Globus
and A . R ab i n o v i c h ( Vi l n a ) . D u s
Chotimirsky led after the first leg with
4 p o i nt s out of 5 , j u st ahead o f
Rubinstein at 3 !h, but the Rubinstein
had no trouble catching him as "Dus"
stumbled, scoring only 3 !h points in his
remaining I 0 games.
Ru binstein won 350 rubles for his vic
tory, with Rabinovich and Freiman
splitting 375 for sharing second.
The absence of a tournament book for
this event is largely responsible for the
many missing games of Rubinstein's.
We were only able to dig up six of the
1 5 games he played at Vilna.
(25 3 ) Dus-Chotimirsky - Rubinstein
Vilna (4), September 24, 1 909
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D27]
Notes by Alekhine from Shakhmatnoe
Obozrenie # 8 8 - 8 9 , 1 909 (AA), and
H o ffer, from the A merican Chess
Bulletin 1 9 1 0 (H).
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lf3 dxc4 4 . .lc3
c5 5 . e 3 a6 6 . .1}.xc4 .) f6 7.0-0
b 5 8 . -'td 3 A b 7 9 . d x c 5 A x e S
10.e2
( A A ) With the obvious threat
l l ..ll x b5+.
10... .)bd7 1 1 .e4
(AA) There is much to be said against
this move. It not only closes an impor
tant diagonal to the bishop, but it per
mits Black further to occupy the d4 -
and c4 - squares and to secure the bette r
game. White is at trouble to develop his
bishop at cl . The move l l . a3 (with the
idea of posting the bishop on the al
h8 diagonal) is useless, in view of the
reply l l . . .!:l c8.
ll . . e5
.
(H) This advance is forced. White is
threatening to dislodge 4Jf6 with e4 - e5
and to clear the diagonal bearing on h7.
B lack must, therefore, submit to the
lesser evil of allowing White 's 4Jh4-
4Jf5 .
1 2 . .1lg5 h6 13 .1ld2 0-0
(H) Deutsche Schachzeitung suggests
here 1 3 . . . b4, which seems the better
move in the circumstances.
14 . .) h4
(AA) This move is the consequence of
B lack's 1 2th, but the weakness of the
move e3-e4 begins to be felt immedi
ately.
14 ... .\l.d4 1 5.b4
(AA) To stop 15 . . . 4Jc5 .
1 5 . . . E!c8 t6 . E! ac l .) b6 1 7 . .lf5
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

.1 c 4 1 8 . A x c4 E{ x c4 1 9 . Et fd l with a pawn extra - sufficient to win in

'1Pfc7?
(AA) A mistake that costs the game.
With 1 9 . . . d7! ( a l s o not bad i s
1 9 . . . 1.l.xc3 20.Ehc3 Axe4, i f 20.Axc3
c7) Black retains his distinct advan
tage. IfWhite answers by 20.Ae3, then
after 20 . . . ..fc8, he loses a pawn with
out any compensation. Also, 20. f3
w o u l d be d i s astro u s , i n v i e w o f
2 0 . . . 4Jxe4! .
20 .ld51 Axd5
an easy ending. If 24.Jlxh6, then Black
can, apparently, defend himself satis
factorily by 24 . . . xd5 .
24 . g xh6
( H ) A s Przep i 6rka i n d i c ate s, in
Munchener Neuesten Nachrichten, in
c a s e o f 24 . . . 'i!i'f8 W h i t e w i n s by
25 . .!'!c6!, after which Black can not cap
ture the d5-pawn (25 . . . 4Jxd5 26 . ..d6!,
or 25 . . . xd5 26 . ..xf6!).

(H) 20 . . . 4Jxd5 2 l . exd5 Axd5 would
probably have b e e n fo l l ow e d by
22.Jlxh6.
2 1 . e x d 5 E{ x c l 2 2 . E{ x c l '1Pfd7
23. '1Pif3 E{e8
2 5 .'1Pf x f6 '1Pf x d 5 2 6 . A x h 6 e4
27.'1Pfg5+ '1Pfxg5 28.A xg5
(AA) With a passed and extra pawn,
the better position, and command of the
open file, White wins easily.

28 E{e6 2 9 . <it> f l <it>g7 3 0 . A d 2

. .

<ifj>g6 3 1.<it>e2 f 5 32.J}.f4 <it>f6 33.g3

Ab2 34.E{c8 Jla3 35.Ad2 Eid6
36.h4 <it>e6 37.h5 <it>d7

(AA) The last hope. I f38 . ..f8 ? .. xd2+ ! .

38.E{a8, 1-0

(254) Rubinstein - Freiman

Vilna (7), September 30, 1 909
24 . .l x h6+1 Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D33]

(AA) White rightly plays for simplifi l .d4 d5 2 .lf3 c5 3.c4 e 6 4.cxd5

cation, as a result of which he is left e x d 5 5 . .l c 3 .l c 6 6 . g3 c x d4

Vilna 19 09

2 3 4 5 6 Total
I . Rubinstein XXX l l Y:z 1 1 \12 O I Y:z Y:zO I l l Y:z I OY:z
2. Freiman OOY:z XXX I Y:z \12 OY:z l \12 1 Y:z I l l 9
3 . A. Rabinovich OOY:z OY:zY:z XXX Y2 l l I l l 1 01 9
4. Dus-Chotimirsky I OY:z I Y20 \1200 XXX Y:zOI II Y:z 7Y:z
5 . Salwe \12 1 0 Y:zOY:z 0 0 0 \121 0 XXX Y:z!Y:z 6
6. Globus OOY:z 0 0 0 0 1 0 OOY:z Y:zOY:z XXX 3

204

7 . .J xd4 b6 8 . .l xc6 bxc6 9 . .Q.g2
.lf6 10.0-0 .Q.a6?
F o r the better try 1 0 . . e7 s e e
Rubinstein-Salwe (game #25 8 ) from a
later round in this tournament.
1 1 . a4 .1lc4 1 2.b3 .Q.b5 13. f4
.1le7 14 . .1le3 b7 1 5 . .J x b5 x b5
16.c71 .1la3 17.e5+ <iflf8
1 8 . b4 1 x b4 1 9 . f! ab 1
20.c3, 1-0
B lack ' s position is hopeless. White
threatens 2 l ..b3. If 20 . . . a5 2 l ..fc l ! ,
etc., o r 20 . . :e7 2 l ..b3 d6 22.xc6
with a winning position.
(255 ) A. Rabinovich - Rubinstein
Vilna (8), October 1 , 1 909
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [040]
1 .d4 d5 2 . .lf3 c5 3.e3 .l c6 4.c4
e6 5 . .J c 3 .l f6 6 . .Q. d 3 d x c4
7 . .Q. x c4 a6 8.0-0 b5 9 . .Q.d3 cxd4
10.exd4 -'lb7 1 1 . e2 .1le7 12.f!d1
.J b4 13 . .1lb1 .lbd5 14 . .1lg5 E!c8
1 5 . .J xd5 xd5 16 . .1ld3 0-0 17.a4
.1lc6 18.axb5 .1lxb5 19 . .Je5 E!fd8
20 . .Q. x b 5 x b5 2 1 . x b5 a x b5
2 2 . E! a 7 A c 5 2 3 . f! b7 Jl x d4
24 . .Jc6 E!xc6 25.E! xd4 E!a8 26.g3
.J d 5! 27 . E! x b5 h6 28. Af4 E!c2
Vilna 1 909
29.f!e4 g5 30 . .1le5 E!a1+ 31.<iflg2
f5 3 2 . E! d4 E! e 1 3 3 . E! b 8 + <iflf7
3 4 . E! b7+ <iflg6 3 5 . E! g7 + <ifl h 5
36.h3
36 . . . .Je3+1
The Russian magazine Niva from 1 909,
claims that Black can win also with
36 . . . . xe5, and if37.g4+ fxg4 38.hxg4+
h4 39..h7 <t'lf4+ 40.f3 h5, etc. But,
d6 in stead of 3 7 . g4+, White wi n s by
37.. h4+!! gxh4 38.g4+ fxg4 39.hxg4+
mate!
3 7 . <iflf3 g4 + 3 8 . h x g4 f x g4 +
39.<ifle4 .lf5+ 40.<ifld3 E! xe5 41 .f3
E!e3+ 4 2 . <ifl x c 2 .J x d4+ 43.<ifld2
E! x f3, 0-1
(256) Rubinstein - Dus-Chotimirsky
Vilna (9) 1 909
Queen's Gambit Declined [03 1 ]
1 .d4 d 5 2 . .lf3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 .ld7
5 . .J c 3 .Q.d6 6.e4 d x e4 7 . .J x e4
.Q.c7 8 . -'l d 3 h6 9 . 0 - 0 .l gf6
10.e2 .l xe4 1 1 . x e4 c5 1 2 . .1le3
.!f6 13.h4 cxd4 14 . .1l x d4 .Q.d7
1 5 . E! a d 1 e7 1 6 . Ae 5 .Q.c6
1 7 . .Q.e4 .J x e4 1 8. x e7+ <ifl x e7
19.Axc7 E!ac8 20 . .1la5 f6 21 . .Jd4
Ad7 22.f3 .lg5 23.h4 .Jf7 24.b3
e5 25 . .Q.b4+ <ifle8 26 . .l e 2 .l d8
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
27.Etd6 4)f7 28.Etd2 Ac6 29.Etfd1
Etd8 30.4)g3 Et xd2 31.Et xd2 4)d8
32.4)f5 C3;f7 33.4)e71 C3;e8 34.4)c8
C3;f7 35. 4) x a7 C3;g6 36. C3;f2 Ete8
37.Ac5 e4 38 . .1}.b6 4) f7 39.4) xc6
b x c6 40.a4 4) e 5 4 1 . f x e4 C3; h 5
42.a5 4)g4+ 43.C3lg3 f 5 44.ex f5,
1-0
(257) Freiman - Rubinstein
Vilna ( 1 2), October 7, 1 909
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D40]
Notes by Maliutin from Rech, October
25, 1 909.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 c5 4.e3 4)f6
5.4)f3 4)c6 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 A xc5
8.b4 Ad6 9 . c x d 5 e x d 5 10.Ab2
0-0 l l .Ae2 4)e5 12.0-0
Why not 1 2.<tJxd5!? <tJxd5 1 3 . <tJxe5 or
13 . .ilxe5, winning a pawn?
1 2 . . . Ae6 1 3 . 4)d4 Etc8 1 4 . b3
e7 15.Etfd1 Etfd8 16.Etacl Ab8
17.b5 4)c4 18.bxa6 b x a6 19.4)a4
Possible is 1 9 .<tJxd5, e . g . 1 9 . . : d6
20.<tJxf6+ gxf6 2 l .<tJf3, or 19 . . . .ilxd5
20 . .ilxc4 Vifc7 2 l ..ilxd5 Vifxh2+ 22.fl
fl x c l 23.Elxcl <tJxd5 24.Vifxd5 , etc.
1 9 . . . 4) e4 2 0 . 4) x e 6 A x h2+
2 l . C3; x h 2 h4+ 22.C3;g1 x f2+,
Draw
The following game fragment comes
from the Russian edition of the tourna
ment book, which, unlike the English
version, offers coverage of the second
section of the event, won by Alekhine.
There, on p. 270, hidden between the
notes to the game Rotl e w i
Daniuszewski (where B lack played
206
10 . . ...1la6 instead of 10 . . . .ile7), is the
following encounter.
(258) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Vilna, October 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D33]
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e 6 3.4)c3 c5 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . 4) f3 4) c 6 6 .g3 c x d4
7.4) xd4 b6 8.4) xc6 bxc6 9.Ag2
4)f6 10.0-0 Ae7
This line does not enjoy a great reputa
tion for Black, but the text is a big step
up fro m 1 0 . . . .il a 6 , as p l ayed i n
Rubinstein-Freiman i n round 7 at Vilna.
l l .e4
Rubinstein preferred l l . <tJa4 against
the same opponent the year before
(Lodz Triangular). The current game is
yet another example of his high level
of professionalism. Having hammered
Sal we at Lodz the year before in a clas
sic strategic squeeze, Rubinstein is still
conscientious enough to analyze the
game carefully. Unfortunately, we don't
get to see what novelty Salwe planned
against l l .<tJa4, as Akiva prefers an
other, equally good, method of play.
ll ... dxe4 12.4) xe4 0-0
G l i goric in Informant 3 15 5 3 , gives
12 . . . <tJd5 an exc lamation mark and
evaluates the position as slightly better
for White.
1 3 . Ae 3 x b 2 1 4 . Ad4 b 5
1 5 . 4) x f6+ .1}. x f6 1 6 . A x f6 g x f6
17.d6
Here Gligoric-Keres , Moscow 1 967,
went 1 7 . .cl (Gligo gives 1 7. l2.bl! as
 Vilna 1 909

better - while the Russian tournament
book on this event gives 1 7 . f3 ! )
1 7 . . . E! b8 18.d4 b2 1 9.xa7 e6
20.E! xc6 E! a8 2 1 .c5 E! xa2 2 2 .d5
.ll x d 5 2 3 . x d 5 E! a l 2 4 . f3 <it>g7
25 .E! xal xal + 26.'it'g2 d4 27.E!a6
E! e8, Draw.
17 ... Ae6 18.A xc6 a6 19.acl?
Why not 1 9 . ..fdl , breaking the pin?
19 ... Etac8 20.a4??
Akiva must have been in a daze, as
20 . .. fdl avoids the loss of the exchange
(20 . . . c4 2 l .M3). While it is true that
after 20.E!fdl the pin is annoying, th .ere
seems to be no way for B lack to ex
ploit it, and White should not have any
problems.
20 ... Ac4 ... 0-1
An exchange up, Black won easily.
Sometime in the fall of 1 909 Rubinstein
moved from Lodz to Warsaw. About
this time Rotlewi also left Lodz, and
the absence of the two masters defi
nitely had a major effect on the club.
We are not sure exactly why Rubinstein
moved, but feel it may have had some
thing to do with the transfer of Colonel
Manakin from Lodz to another district.
The colonel, who was the first presi
dent of the club, appears to have been
a maj or driving force of the club. His
i n v o lvement with Lodz chess ex
tended all the way into the 1 93 0 's, by
which time he had reached the rank of
general .
Another mystery is what happened to
pl ans for a Rubinstein-Capablanca
match. The American Chess Bulletin of
1 909 (p. 225) states: "Inasmuch as the
Bulletin is in possession of a cablegram
signed by A. Rubinstein and reading,
' Komme; wunsche Bedingungen, ' it is
fairly safe to announce with a certain
degree of positiveness that the great
Ru s s i an c h e s s master w i l l favor
America with a visit, presumably this
fall or early winter. Translated, this
message means, 'Am coming; desire

Rubinstein's round by round results at Vilna, 19 09 :

I Salwe-AR Draw
2 Freiman-AR 0- 1
3 AR-Rabinovich 1 -0
4 Dus-Chotimirsky-AR 1 -0
5 AR-Globus 1 -0
6 AR-Salwe 0- 1
7 AR-Freiman 1 -0
8 Rabinovich-AR 0- 1
9 AR-Dus-Chotimirsky 1 -0
10 Globus-AR 0- 1
II Sal we-AK 0- 1
12 Freiman-AR Draw
13 AR-Rabinovich Draw
14 Dus-Chotimirsky-AR Draw
15 AR-Giobus Draw

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
conditions. ' These were forwarded to
the champion promptly and in due
course, no doubt, we will be enabled
to announce the actual date of his de
parture upon his first j ourney to the
New World.
"In the course of cor respondence be
tween the Bulletin and Mr. Rubinstein,
last sp ring , the latter declared his will
ingness to engage in a set match with
Jose R. Capablanca and we expect that
this will be the event of the season of
1 909- 1 0 on this side of the ocean."
The match unfortunately never took
place. Another mysterious match that
also was never played was that between
Rub i n st e i n and R o t l e w i . R u s s i an
sourc e s, since Grekov in the thi rties ,
have reported a match between these
208
two with no venue given but the year
always listed as 1 909. The score was
always reported as + 8 , - 5 , = 3 for
Rubinstein. We are in full agreement
w i th R u s s i an c h e s s maven Jack
O 'Keefe of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He
points out that no journals of the time
reported on a match where Rubinstein
is alleged to have lost five games. It
seems hard to believe that Akiva could
have lost five games and that the chess
world would not have taken notice. Fi
nally, and most telling, he points to the
match between Rotlewi and Sa/we,
which was played in Lodz in 1 909 and
which ended +8,-5 ,=3 for the latter.
Substitute Salwe for Rubinstein and
every thing fits, which leads us to be
lieve that the names were accidentally
transposed by Grekov or some other
historian .
 Warsaw 1909

A handicap tournament, played at the onship of Buffalo in 1 894. Returning

very modem rate of 40 moves in two
hours and further 20 moves an hour,
was held in Warsaw from November 1 9
to the beginning of December. Players
were divided into three groups.
home at the end of the century he won
the Warsaw City Championship in 1 900
ahead of Flamberg. He was third in the
1 9 1 0 Warsaw City Championship be
hind Rotlewi and Rubinstein.

F i rs t c l as s : Rub i n s t e i n , Rot l e w i , (259) Lang/eben - Rubinstein

Lang1eben; Second class : Gonsovsky,
To m , D o b ronrav o v ; T h i rd c l ass :
Knapeis, Stavsky, Shenvid, Shipovsky.
The handicaps offered were :
First class gives to second class two
moves, to third class pawn and move.
Second class gives to third class two
moves.
Rotlewi withdrew after losing against
Knapeis and Gonsovsky.
Since the following game was between
two players from the first class, no han
dicap was given. Salomon Langleben
( 1 862- 1 939) had an interesting career.
Born in Warsaw, he lived in the United
States for awhile, winning the champi-
Warsaw 1 909
G iJ.Ioco Piano [C50]
1 .e4 e5 2 . .lf3 .lc6 3 . .l c3 .lf6
4 . Ac4 .ll c 5 5 . d 3 d6 6 . h 3 Ae6
7 . A b 3 'ltle7 s . Ag 5 h6 9 . A x f6
'ltJxf6 10. 'ltle2 0-0-0 1 1 . .l a4 'ltlg6
1 2 . .j x c5 d x c 5 1 3 . A xe6+ 'ltJ x e6
1 4 . c 3 ? E!, d 6 1 5 . 0 - 0 E!. hd 8
1 6 . E!, fd 1 'ltl d 7 1 7 . .J h4 g 6
1 8 .'1tle3 E!. x d 3 1 9 . E!. x d 3 'ltJ x d 3
2 0 .'1tlx h6 'ltl x e4 2 1 . .l f3 'ltle2
2 2 . b 3 e4 2 3 . .l h 4 b 6 2 4 .'1tlf4
E!. d 7 2 5 .g4 .j d8 26 . .J g 2 .j e 6
2 7 . 'ltlh 6 E!. d 3 2 8 . E!, f l 'lt1f3
2 9 . 'ltlh8 + <ill b 7 3 0 . .j e 1 'ltle 2
3 1 . 'ltlh6 g5 3 2 . .j g2 'lt1f3 3 3 . b4
.l f4 34 . .j x f4 g x f4 3 5 .b 5 E!,d6
3 6 .'1tlh4 'ltJxc3 3 7 .'1tlh7 'lt1f3
38.E!,e1 e3 39.fxe3 E!,d2, 0-1

Warsaw 1 9 09

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
I . Rubinstein X Yz I 7'h.
2. Langleben 0 X 7
3. Gonsovsky 'h. 0 X 'h. Yz 5'/z
4. Dobronravov 0 0 'h. X 0 'h. 4
5. Tom 0 0 'h. 0 X 0 3'h.
6. Stavsky 0 0 0 I I X 0 0 3
7. Shenvid 0 0 0 0 0 I X 'h. 2'h.
8. Knapeis 0 0 0 'h. 0 0 X 'h. 2
9. Shqlovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yz Yz X
 1910

In December-January of 1 9 0 9 - 1 0 , 4.Axc6 dxc6 5.d3 f6 6.Ae3 Ag4

during his visit to Moscow, Rubinstein
played Alekhine one on one. Ten years
the Polish master 's junior, Alekhine
was no match for his older rival at this
j uncture in their careers. Speculation
about a second game played between
these players in January of 1 9 1 0 has
circulated for a long time, but exten
sive research has yielded no confirma
tion. (See the chapter on Rubinstein's
exhibitions for more material on his
visit to Moscow.)
(260) Alekhine - Rubinstein
Moscow, January 2, 1 9 1 0
Ruy Lopez Exchange [C68]
Notes by Alekhine (AA) and Reinfeld
(R) from 100 Instructive Games of
A lekhine.
7 . bd 2 c5 8 . c4 Ad6 9 . d 2
e7 10.c3 c6 1 1 . xd6+ cxd6
1 2 . d 2 Ae6 1 3 .f4 0-0 1 4 . f3
d4 1 5.d2 d51
(R) B lack has the advantage . If now
1 6.fxe5 dxe4 1 7 . dxe4 fxeS 18 . .lxe5
h4+ and Black has a winning position.
16.c3 xf3+ 17.gxf3 c41 18.f5
(AA) If 1 8 . d4 d x e 4 1 9 . fx e 4 e x f4
20.Axf4 e8! 2 1 .Ad6? AdS! 22 .Axf8
xe4+ 2 3 . f2 f3+ or 2 3 . . . g2+
forcing mate.
(R) This variation can be greatly im
proved for White by playing 2 1 .0-0-0 ! .
Hence B lack's best reply to 18.d4 was
probably 18 . . . b5, intending a general
queenside advance.

l .e4 e5 2 . {3 c 6 3 . A b 5 a6 18 . . . Af7 1 9 . g l <it'h8 20.d x c4

Warsaw 19 10

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total
1 . F Iamberg X 0 9
2. Rubinstein 0 X \t2 I 8\t2
3 . Langleben 0 0 X 0 7
4. Einbikl I \t2 0 X y2 \t2 \t2 \t2 6 Y2
5. Kleczynski 0 0 0 Y2 X \t2 0 5
6. Shuld 0 0 0 Y2 0 X \t2 5
7. Gonsovski 0 0 0 \t2 \t2 0 X \t2 4\t2
8. Kerer 0 0 0 \t2 0 0 0 X 3\t2
9. Dobronravov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
I O. Rosenman 0 0 0 0 I \t2 0 0 0 X 2 Y2
I I . Masonbaum 0 0 0 0 0 0 \t2 0 0 0 X \t2

* Source : J. Gaige, who credits Daniel J. Greenway.

** Note: Some of the Polish amateurs here are sometimes s pelled differently; e.g.,
Ejnbild, Schulz, Gonsowskij, Dobronpawow, Mahonbaum.
 1910
dxe41 2 1.fxe4 A xc4 22.g2 f7
23.dl c7 24. c2 d8!
(AA) Avoiding the trap 24 . . . ..ll x a2?
2 5 . b3 a5 26. El a l Axb3 2 7 . xb3
xal + 28.'it>f2 and White wins.
2 5 . 'it' f 2 fd7 2 6 . a4 Ad3
27.b4 b5 28.g4
28 . . . .1l,e21
(R) Forcing a decisive penetration into
White's position.
2 9 . x d7 x d7 3 0 . g l Jl h 5
3 1 .el d3 32.e7 h 6 33.'it'gl
'it'h7 34.Af2
(AA) Thi s loses quickly. B etter i s
34.c7.
(R) A l ek h i n e ' s recommen dation
34 . c7 loses in this way : 34 ... Af3
35 . ..1lf2 (so as to answer 3 5 . . . ..1lxe4?
with 36.El xe4) 35 . . . d2! 36.Ele3 Eld3!
37.c5 cl + 38. El e l g5+ 39.Ag3
h5 and wins.
34 . . . h31 3 5 .Ad4 Af3 36.'it'f2
g 2 + 3 7 . 'it' e 3 A x e4 3 8 . e 2
exd4+ 39.cxd4 f3+, 0-1
191 0 was a quiet year for Rubinstein
and the chess world. Few events of any
21 1
consequence were held in Western
Europe , so Akiva was limited to play
ing in his new home of Warsaw.
The first of the events he participated
in was the War saw Ci ty Championship,
held February 3-21. Organized by the
local chess a s s o c i at i o n , the
Warszawskie Towarzystwo Zwolen
nikow Gry Szachowej WTZGSz for
-
short - on the occasion of its 1 Oth an
niversary , the event produced a major
surprise , as Rubinstein failed to cap
ture the first prize. The un known Pol
ish player Lucian Einbild played a ma
j or role as he took 1 Yz points from the
two leaders.
The name Kleczynski is a famous one
in Polish chess. Jan (1837-1895) was
the father of Jan Kleczynski Jr. (1875-
1939). There is also Jozef Kleczynski
( 1841-1900), who was the brother of
Jan Kleczynski Sr. He was a university
professo r specializing in economics
and statistics. It's not clear whether he
played chess.
(26 1 ) Flamberg - Rubinstein
Warsaw 1910
King's Gambit [C30]
Notes by Hoffer from the American
Chess Bulletin 1910 (H) , Deutsches
Wochenschach 1910 (W) , and Authors
(A).
l.e4 e5 2.f4 .Q.c5 3 . .lf3 d6 4.c3 f5
5.fxe5 dxe5 6.exf5 A x f5
(W) Probably 6 . . . 4Jc6 deserves at
tention.
7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ab4+?1
(A)ECO shows 8 . . ..1lb6!? as worthy of
.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
consideration, giving credit to Keres.
Glazkov and Estrin (Korolevsky Gam
bit 1 9 8 8 ) point out that the move
8 . . . .ll b 6! was actually recommended by
Tarrasch, who felt it gave B lack the
better game.
9 . .lc3!?
(A) Recent theory deals only with the
clearly weaker 9 . .1ld2 .
9 ... e7+ 10 . .11,e 2
(W) The typical idea in similar varia
tions is 10.'it'f2 (threatening .llb 5+ and
El e l ), but here it does not work because
of 1 0 . . . .ilxc3! l l .bxc3 4Jf6 1 2 . .1lb5+ c6
1 3 . Ei e l 4Je4+ and Black wins.
10 ... .Jc6 1 1 .0-0
(W) White has an excellent position.
11 . . . 0-o-o 1 2 . 'it1h1 .lf6 13.Ab5
.j b8
(H) Complications could be courted
with 13 . . . .1ld7, but it is difficult to dis
entangle all the contingencies.
1 4 . Af4 a6 1 5 . A d 3 .1l x d3
1 6 . x d3 A x c3 1 7 . b x c3 e4
18. d2 .j c6 1 9 . . a e 1 d 5
20 . .le5 .he8 2 1 . c2 h6 22.h3
.!d7 23 . .l xc6! x c6 24 ..1lg3 c4
( A ) A c c o r d i n g to Shakh matnoe
Obozrenie, this is perhaps the losing
move as it allows White 's decisive pen
etration by 26.'iig6.
25.'it1h2!
(H) A very good move. The king is in
safe quarters, and he may proceed with
the attack unhindered.
25 ... .j b6
(A) Deutsches Wochenschach gives
instead 25 . . . 4Jf6, which after 26.'iig6
El xe l 27.El xel 4Jd5 leads to the same
position as in the actual game. We fol
low the text given by Shakhmatnoe
Obozrenie and all other sources.
2 6 . g6 ! . x e 1 2 7 . . x e 1 .l d 5
2 8 . .e8! c 6 2 9 . f 5 + d7
30. . x d8 + <ifjl x d8 3 1 . f8+ e8
3 2 . x g7 e4 3 3 .c4 .l e 3
34 . -'l, x c7 + <ifjle8 3 5 . .1l e 5 .l f 1 +
36.<ifjlg1 .jd2 37.'it1f2 d3 38.d5
f5+ 39.'it1g1 .j xc4 40.Af6!, 1-0
(262) Rubinstein - Lang/eben
Warsaw 1 9 1 0
Queen's Gambit Declined [D5 5]
1 .d4 d5 2 . .lf3 .lf6 3.c4 e6 4 . .1lg5
Ae7 5 . .lc3 0-0 6.e3 b6 7.c xd5
e x d5 8 . .1ld3 .l bd7 9.c2 Ab7
10.0-0-0 c5 1 1 .h4 cxd4 12 . .j xd4
.c8
Alekhine-Yates, Hamburg 1 9 1 0, saw
1 2 . . . El e8 1 3.'it'bl a6 1 4 . g4 b5 1 5 . .ll xf6
4Jxf6 1 6.g5, with a big advantage for
White. In his notes to that game in My
Best Gam es of Chess 1908-1923,
A l ek h i n e m e n t i o n s that 1 2 . . . 4::\ e S
1 3 . .1l x f6 4J x d 3 + 1 4 . 'ii x d 3 .ll x f6
1 5 .'it'bl - intending . c l , g3, and Elhdl
- also favors White . It seems fairly
likely that Alekhine was familiar with
the present game and Rubinstein's ear
l i er e fforts versus Te i c hmann at
Carlsbad 1 907 (game # 1 34) and Vienna
1 908 (game # 178).
1 3 .'it1b 1 a6 1 4 .g4 b 5 1 5 . A x f6
212
 1 91 0
xf6 16.g5 d7 17.jtx h7+ h8
1 8 . Af5 b4 1 9 . e 2 g 6 2 0 . a4
Ac6 21. xc6 xc6 22.Ac2 g7
2 3 . h 5 e 5 24.f4 c4 2 5 . d3
h8 26. d4+ f6 27.h x g6 e6
28. x h8 xh8 29.f5, 1-0
[Schachmatnoe Obozrene,
March 1 9 1 0]
Match Rubinstein-Flamberg
Details are sketchy, but we would guess
that interest in this match, which was
held May 22-26 (some give the date as
May 1 7-26, or May 20-26), developed
from Flamberg 's victory in the War
saw championship held a few months
earlier. Quite possibly, as defending
Warsaw champion , Rubinstein had the
right to play a match with the new
champion. We do know for certain that
the conditions were that the victor was
the first to win four games.
Alexander Flamberg ( 1 880- 1 926) is not
well known today, but he was one of
the strongest Polish players ofhis time,
eclipsed only by Rubinstein, Janowsky,
and Sal we, of those who came up be
fore the First World War. Born in War
saw, Flamberg moved to England as a
youngster. There he learned the game
and was taught its fine points by the
redoubtable Richard Teichmann. When
he returned to Warsaw at the tum of
the century he was immediately con
sidered one of its best players, a status
he confirmed by winning the city cham
pionships in 1 90 I and 1 902. Later high
lights included winning a match against
Bogolyubov (+4 , -0 , =1 ) in 1 9 1 0 and
finishing third behind Alekhine and
Nimzovitch at St. Petersburg 1 9 1 4. The
latter was a qualification event for the
great St. Petersburg tournament of that
213
year (won by Lasker); Flamberg missed
his chance to play by only half a point.
In 1 9 1 4 , he p l ayed in Mannhe i m ,
Germany, and when war commenced
he was interned along with other Rus
sian players. He played in five tourna
ments arranged by the internees, and in
one of them, a double-round event at
Baden-Baden in 1 9 1 4, he won first
prize ahead o f B o g o lyubov, I . L .
Rabinovich, and Romanowsky.
Around 1 9 1 6 Flamberg was allowed to
return to Warsaw and promptly played
in its 1 9 1 6 event. He also played in
Warsaw 1 9 1 7 and 1 9 1 9, and was ac
tive in domestic tournaments right up
until the end of his life . He died on
January 24, 1 926, in Warsaw.
(263 ) Flamberg - Rubinstein
Warsaw (2) May 23, 1 9 1 0
Vienna [C29]
l .e4 e5 2.c3 f6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5
x e4 5 . {3 ? 1 f 5 6 . d 3 x c3
7.bxc3 d4 8.f4
A move omitted in ECO, perhaps bet
ter than 8..ild2 or 8.g3 .
8 ... c5 9.Ad2?1
Deserving of attention is 9 . .llb 2, and if
9 . 4Jc6 then 1 0 .4Jf3 a5 l l .d2 .
. .
9 ... c6 10.f3 Ae7 ll .Ae2 0-0
1 2.h4 c7 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.c3?
White should castle first.
14 ... dxc3 15.c4+ h8 t6.A xc3
b51 17. xb5 b8 1 8 .c4 b6
19.d4 b41 20.Axb4
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It's impossible to castle now because 14.'ltxd4 a6 15.E!acl E!e8 16.Ab3

of 20 . . . a6. e5 1 7 . 'ltd6! e4 1 8 . 'lt x e 7 E! x e7
19.g5 h6
20 ... A x b4+ 2Vit'fl Ab7 22.g5

I f 2 2 . E!. b l e4 23 .Ad3 .. fc8

(Maliutin).

22 . . . E! bc81 2 3 . f7 + E! x f7
24.'xf7 'ltxd4 25.'lt x b7
Also losing is 25 . .. d l f4+, etc.
25 ... 'ltxa1+ 26.f2 'ltd4+ 27.g3
'lt x e 5 + 2 8 . h 3 E! c 3 + 2 9 . Af3
j},d6, 0-1
[Rech, July 1 8, 1 9 1 0]
(264) Rubinstein - Flamberg
Warsaw (3) May 24, 1 9 1 0
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D55]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.c4 e6 4.c3
j},e7 5.Ag5 0-0 6.e3 e4 7.Axe7
'lt x e7 8 . 'ltc2 x c 3 9 . 'lt x c 3 c6
1 0 . Ae 2 d7 1 1 . 0 - 0 d x c4
1 2 . j}, x c4 c 5 1 3 . E! f d 1 c x d4 ?
2 0 . x f7 1 E! x f7 2 1 . E! c7 b5
2 2 . E! 1 x d7 A x d7 2 3 . E! xd7 E! af8
2 4 . f4 g 5 2 5 .g4 g7 2 6 . E! x f7 +
E! x f7 27 . A x f7 x f7 2 8 . f 5 b 4
29.f2 a5 30.e2 h 5 3 1 .g x h5,
1-0
[Rech, July 1 8, 1 9 1 0]
Warsaw 1910
(WTZGSz)
One of the most obscure tournaments
Rubinstein ever played in. A total of 1 6
players participated, 1 3 from Warsaw
(including Rubinstein, who had moved
there about a year before) and three
guests - Rotlewi and Salwe from Lodz,
and Efim Bogolyubov from Kiev.
Rubinstein lost against Hartmani s ,
drew against Flamberg and won all his
other games. Rotlewi declined the play
off for first place and gave it to Akiva.

Rubinstein-Flamberg
Warsaw, May 22-26, 19 10

I 2 3 4 5 Total
I . Rubinstein I I Y, I 4 Y,
2. Flamberg 0 0 0 Y, 0 Yz

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 1910

The following game was previously 2 l . A x d6 c x d6 2 2 . f4 h 6

thought to be from the match with
Flamberg, but new information pro
v i ded by Ricardo Alvarez C e l a of
Madrid shows that it was played dur
ing the Warsaw tournament.
(265) Flamberg - Rubinstein
Warsaw (4) October 28, 1910
Ruy Lopez [C84]
l . e4 e 5 2 . f3 c 6 3 . .Q.b5 a6
4.Aa4 f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.d4 exd4
7.e5 e4 8. x d4 c 5 9 . A xc6
d x c6 1 0 . c3 0 - 0 ll . .Q.e3 f6
1 2.exf6 x f6 13.h5 g6 14.h3
d7 15.adl f6 t6.f3 Ad6
1 7 . fe l f8 1 8 . Cif}h l Ad7
19 . .Q.f4 g4 2 0 . de 2 f6
2 3 . e6 A x e6 2 4 . x e 6 d 5
2 5 . d e l e 8 2 6 . x e8 x eS
2 7 . x d 5 x f3 2 8 .g x f3 d 6
2 9 . f4 h 4 3 0 . e 6 x f4
3l. xd6 xf3 32.Cif}g2, Draw
[Tygodnik Illustrowany 1910, week 46]
While nothing in Rubinstein 's career
comes close to his missed opportuni
ties to play world championship bouts
with Lasker and Capablanca, it was
certainly the royal game's loss never to
have seen Akiva face the formidable
Ossip Bernstein (historical Elo 2590)
in a match.
Born in 1 882, like Rubinstein and the
great Czech master Oldrich Duras,
B ernste i n ' s early career paral leled

Warsaw 1910
October 17 November 5
-

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
1. Rotlewi X 0 Yz 1 I I I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 13\12
2. Rubinstein 1 X Yz 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13\12
3. Flamberg Yz Yz X 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
4. Bogoljubow 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 I 1 12
5. Salwe 0 0 1 0 X 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
6. Langleben 0 0 0 0 1 X 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
7. Hartmanis 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
8. Dobronranov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 Yz 1 1 1 1 1 1 7\12
9. Smolenski 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 Y2 Y2 1 1 1 1 7
1 0. Faingritz 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Yz 0 X 1 Yz 0 1 1 1 6
11.Knapeis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yz 0 X 1 1 Yz 1 1 5
12.Konopliev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y2 Yz 0 X 0 0 1 1 3
13.Lasowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 0 0 Yz 2Y2
14.Tom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yz 1 1 X 0 0 2Y2
15.Chetirsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X Yz 2Y2
16.Chemiaovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yz 1 Yz X 2

Source: Wladyslaw Povarov

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Akiva's. Kiev I 903 was their first big
event, w i th B e rnste i n second and
Rubinstein fifth. They shared the first
prize at Ostende I 907, and Ossip was
second to Akiva at Viina I 9 I 2.
Had they met in December I 9 I 0, as
Casopis Ceskoslovenskych Sachistu
I9 I 0 (p. 1 84) reported that they would,
it would have been a tough fight. Ne
gotiations must have been fairly well
along before the match was aborted,
as the Czech magazine offers plenty
of details. The contest was to have
216
started on December 1 5 in Petrograd,
was to go I 6 games, and was to offer
a prize fund of I 600 rubles I 000 to
-
the winner. In I 909, I 000 rubles were
worth a bit more than $5 00 , so the
purse was quite large.
The only other mention we could find
ofthe match, in the December 25, I 9 I 0,
issue of Deutsches Wochenschach (p.
4 6 3 ), states that the start of the
Bemstein-Rubinstein match had been
p o stponed agai n . Yet another
Rubinstein match that never was.
 San Sebastian 1911
The big story of San Sebastian 1 9 1 1
was the European debut ofCapab1anca,
who was a most successful debutant.
Rubinstein defeated Capa in their indi
vidual game but a last round draw in a
winning position against Spielmann
cost him a share of first.

(266) Rubinstein - Teichmann

San Sebastian ( 1 ) 1 91 1
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
25.!!xcS !!xeS!
l .d4 d5 2 . .lf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4 . .lc3
.jc6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 .Q.e6 7.Ag2 N o t 2 5 . . . A x d 2 ? 2 6 . x d8+ x d8
.l f6 S . 0 - 0 Ae7 9 . d x c 5 A x c 5 27.d4! and White wins a piece.
10.a3 0-0 ll .b4 .Q.e7 1 2 . .Q.b2 lacS
13 . .l d4 .j xd4 14. x d4 a5 15.b5 26.fxe3 !!cl + 27.cif}f2 g5 2S.d4
d7 16.!!fdl !!fdS 17.!!acl eS x d4 29.exd4 gxf4 30.Ac6 cif}fS
1S.e3 Ac5 19. a4 e7 20 . .je2 3l.gxf4 cifte7 32.E!d3 cif}d6 33.ciftg3
h6 21 . .j f4 b6 2 2 . j}, x f6?1 x f6 .Q. f 5 34.!!e3 El d l 3 5 . d 5 !!d3
23.Axd5 .Q.g41 24.!!d2 .Q. x e3 3 6 . !! x d 3 A x d3 3 7 . cif}g4 cift c 5
San Sebastian 1 9 11
February 19 - March 1 7

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 5 Total
1 . Capablanca X 0 y, y, I y, y, I I y, 1 y, 1 y, I 9Y,
2. Rubinstein I X y, y, y, y, y, y, y, y, I y, y, I I 9
3 . VIdmar y, y, X 0 y, y, y, I y, y, I y, I I 1 9
4. Marshall y, y, I X y, y, y, y, y, I I y, y, 0 1 8 Y,
5 . N imzovitch 0 y, y, y, X y, 0 y, 1 I y, y, y, y, I 7 Y,
6. Schlechter y, y, y, y, y, X y, 0 y, y, I y, y, I y, 7 Y,
7. Tarrasch y, y, y, y, 1 y, X 1 y, 0 y, y, I 0 y, 7Y,
8. Bernstein 0 y, 0 y, y, 1 0 X 1 I y, I 0 I 0 7
9. Spiehnann 0 y, y, y, 0 y, y, 0 X y, y, I y, 1 1 7
I 0. Teichmann y, y, y, 0 0 y, I 0 y, X 0 y, y, I I 6Y,
l l . Janowsky 0 0 0 0 y, 0 y, y, y, I X 0 I I I 6
1 2. Mar6czy y, y, y, y, y, y, y, 0 0 y, I X y, y, 0 6
1 3 . Burn 0 y, 0 y, y, y, 0 1 y, y, 0 y, X 0 y, 5
14.Duras y, 0 0 I y, 0 I 0 0 0 0 y, I X y, 5
15. Leonhardt 0 0 0 0 0 y, y, I 0 0 0 I y, y, X 4
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

38 . d 6 x d6 3 9 . h 5 e7 2 2 . J}. d 2 '*a6 2 3 . -'lc 3 '*b6

40. x h6 f6 4 1 . -'ld7 e7
42.Ac6 f6 43.h4 Af5 44.-'tes
Ad3 45.Ac6 Af5 46.Aes Ad3
47.Ad7 e7 48.,il.g4 f8 49.-'ld7
e7 5 0 . ,il.c6 f6 5 1 . h 5 -'l e 2
52.-'ld7 Adl, Draw
24.a2 a6 25.d3 c5
(T) Trying to free his game. Otherwise
he is threatened with the continuation:
26.c5 Y'tfc7 27.4Je5 l"! e7 28.f4! and
B lack's game remains terribly tangled.

(267) Vidmar - Rubinstein 26.a5 '*c7 2 7 . d x c 5 x c5

San Sebastian (2) 1 9 1 1 28. xc5 . xdl 2 9 . . x d l . xdl
Queen 's Pawn [D04]
(M) After 29 . . . Y'tfxc5 Black is also in
l.d4 d5 2.f3 c5 3.e3 f6 4.-'ld3 trouble.
c6 5.0-0 .Q.g4 6.c3 e6 7 . bd2
30. x e61
J}.d6 8. '*a4 0 - 0 9 . . e l '*c7
1 0 . d x c 5 J}. x c 5 l l . e 4 ? 1 J}. x f3
(T) This pretty interlude wins an im
12. xf3 dxe4
portant pawn.
According to Mieses, 1 2 . . . 4Jg4!? offers
30 ... f x e6 3 1 . '* x d l e4 32. ,il.b4
winning chances.
c 5 3 3- '* h 5 b6 34. -'l d l '*e7
1 3 . J}. x e4 x e4 1 4 . '* x e4 e7 3 5 . Af3 J}.d6 3 6 . a x b6 a x b6
15.Jlg5 g6 16 . .adl h6 17.-'le3 37.'*g6 .Q.e5 38.-'la3 Af6 39.b4
'*d7
A x e3 1 8 . . x e 3 . fd8 1 9 . . ed 3
f4 20 . . x d8+ . x d8 2 1 . . x d8+
(M) The last attempt, which miracu
'*xd8 22.h3, Draw
lously succeeds. Relatively better was
39 . . . 4Ja4.
(268) Rubinstein - Bernstein
(T) In the knowledge that after 39 . . . 4Ja4
San Sebastian (3) 1 9 1 1
40.b3 Y'tfd7 4 l .Y'tfe4, things would go
Center Counter [BO I ]
from bad to worse, Black embarks upon
Notes by Tartakover (T) and Mieses (M). a desperate enterprise - and saves the
situation.
l.e4 d5 2.exd5 '*xd5 3.c3 '*a5
4.d4 f6 5.f3 Ag4 6.h3 ,il.xf3 40.bxc5 '*d2+
7.'*xf3 c6 8.J}.d2 bd7 9.0-0-0
e6 10.J}.c4 '*c7 ll . .hel 0-0-0
1 2.-'lb3 h6?!

(M) Better was 12 . . . e7, followed by

. . . 4Jb6 and . . . l"!d7 .

13.bl b6 14.e2 .Q.e7 15.c4

.d7 1 6 . a 4 a8 1 7 . Af4 J}.d6
1 8 . -'le 3 '* a 5 1 9 . .cl J}.b8
20 . .edl c7 2 1 . f4 . hd8

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 San Sebastian 1 9 1 1
4Vif}b3?
(M), (T) Unfortunate timidity. There
was a win after 4 l .'i!tbl e l + 42 .c2
c3+ 4 3 . d l and now 43 . . . x a 3
44.e8+ c7 4S.c6+ 'i!td8 46.d6+
c8 47.b7+! xb7 48.c6+ winning
B lack's queen, or 43 . . . b3+ 44.'i!tel
c3+ 4 S . fl xc4+ 4 6 . g l , and
White wins without difficulty.
41 ... c3+, Draw
(T) B lack draws by perpetual check.
Namely: 42.a4! (not 42.a2? xc4+
4 3 . b l b3+ 4 4 . c l gS+ and
B l ack w i n s ) 4 2 . . . aS+! (not
42 ... xc4+ 43.b4 bS+ 44.aS d8+
4S .'i!ta6 and White wins, because if
4 S . . .'a 2 + 4 6 . x b S , or 4S . . . x b4
46.xe6+ 'i!tb8 47.d6+ c7 48.f8+
followed by mate) 43. b3 c3+, etc.
(269) Marshall - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 4) 1 9 1 1
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [032]
Notes by Mieses (M), Kopaev (Ko) and
Karpov.
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4:\c3 c5 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . .\{3 .\c6 6 . Ag 5 Ae7
7.A xe7 .\gxe7 8.e3 cxd4 9.4:\ xd4
Ae6 10 . .\ xe6 fxe6 l l . g4 .\f5
12.e4 d4 13.0-0-0 h4 14. xh4
.\ xh4 15 . .\b5 0-0-0 16.e5 E!hf8
t7.4:\d6+ \tlb8 t8.f4 g5 t 9.Ab5
gxf4 20.g3 .1f3
(M) Stronger is 20 . . . 4:JfS ; e.g., 2 1 .4:lxfS
l':!xfS 22 .xc6 bxc6 23 .gxf4 l':!xf4 with
an extra pawn and the better position.
2 1 .1}. x c 6 b x c 6 2 2 . E! h f l f x g 3
. ing to analysis by Maizelis) S9 . . . c4
23.h x g3 c7 24.4:\e4 b6
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(M) With the idea of . . . cS. Stronger is
the i m m e d i ate 2 4 . . . E! fS and after
2S.4:lcS . xeS 26.4:lxe6+ E! xe6 27.E! xf3,
B lack should win this rook endgame
with his extra pawn.
25.b4 E!f5 26.4:\d6 E!ff8 27 . .\e4
\tlb5 28 . .\c5 .\ xe5 29. E! x f8 E! xf8
30 . .\ x e 6 E! f 2 3 1 . E! x d4 E! x a 2
3 2 . .\ c7 + <if}b6 3 3 . .\ e6 E!g 2
34 . .\ g 5 E! x g3 3 5 . .\ x h 7 <iftb5
3 6 . \tlc 2 .\ c4 3 7 . E! d 7 E!a3
3 8 . E! b 7 + .\ b6 3 9 . 4:\ f6 \tlx b4
4 0 . 4:\ d7 \tlb 5 4 1 . \tlb 2 E! a4
42.\tlb3 c5 43 . .\e5 E!b4+ 44.\tlc3
a5 4 5 . E! b 8 \tla4 4 6 . \tlc 2 4:\ d 5
4 7 . E! c 8 \tlb 5 48 . 4:\ d7 E!c4+
4 9 . \tlb 2 4:\ b6 50 . 4:\ x b6 \tlxb6
5 1 . \tlb3 E!b4+ 52. <iftc3 \tlb 5
5 3 . E! b8 + <if}a4 5 4 . E! c 8 E! b 3 +
55.\tlc2 E!b5 56.E!h8 <iftb4 57.E!hl
a4 58.\tlb2
58 . . . a3+?
(Ko) Black wins by S8 . . . aS+! S9.a2
(if S9.'i!ta3 E!b3+ 60.'i!ta2 b4 61 . . h8
E!d3 62 . E! b8+ c3 63.a3 d2! and
w i n s , or S 9 . c 3 a 3 6 0 . . h8 a 4
6 1 . . h4+ . b4 62 . E! h8 E! b3+ 63 .c2
.bS 64. E! a8+ b4! 6S . E! h8 c4 66.E!g8
.aS with a winning position, accord
60 . E! h8 c3 6 1 .a3 (if 6 1 . l':!h3 E!cS!
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

62.'it'b l a3 and w i n s - Karp o v ) Tarrasch, who was unable to win a

61 . . . E'k5 6 2 . h l 'it>b5 63 . g l d5 ! single game against him in twenty en
64 .hl 'it>c4 65.gl d2 66.h l c2 counters (-8,= 1 2).
6 7 . 'it> b 2 ( i f 67 . h4+ then not
67 . . . d4?? 68. xd4+ 'it>xd4 69 .'it>b2 (27 1 ) Tarrasch - Rubinstein
'it>d3 70.'it'cl and draws, but 67 . . . 'it>c3! San Sebastian (6) 1 9 1 1
and wins - Karpov) 67 . . . a3+ 68.'it>c l French Rubinstein [C l O]
dl+! .
t .e4 e6 2 .d4 d 5 3 . .\ c 3 d x e4
59.'it'a2! 'it'a4 60.Etcl! Eta5 4 . .\ xe4 'ild7 5 . .\f3 .\gf6 6.Ad3
Jl,e7 7 . 0 - 0 0-0 8 . .\ x f6 + .\ x f6
( K o ) If 60 . . . b2+ 6 l . 'it'a l 'it>b4 9 . .\ e 5 c5 10 .dx c 5 c7 1 1 . e2
62.c4+! and draws. Jl, x c 5 1 2 . Jl,g 5 .\d7 13 . .\ x d7
Jl, x d7 14.Etadl Jl,c6 1 5 . h5 g6
6t.Etbl c4 62.Etb8 Etc5 63.Eta8+
t 6 . h4 Et fe8 1 7 . Et fe l Ae7
'it'b4 64. Et x a 3 c3 6 5 . Et b 3 'it'c4
1 8 . Jl, x e7 x e7 1 9 . x e7 Et x e7
66.Etb8, Draw
2 0 . Jl,e4 Etc8 2 1 . c 3 e 5 2 2 . Et d6
(270) Rubinstein - Burn Jl,xe4 23.Et xe4 f5 24.Eta4 b6 25.g4
San Sebastian (5) 1 9 1 1 e4 2 6 .g x f5 g x f5 2 7 . 'it' f l 'it'f7
Queen's Gambit Declined [006] 2 8 . Et ad4 Et e 6 2 9 . Et d 7 + Ete7
30. Et4d5 Et x d7 3 l . Et x d7 + 'it'g6
l.d4 d5 2 . .\f3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 32. Et x a7
a5+ 5.d2 xd2+ 6.Jl,xd2 .\f6
7 . .\ x d4 .\ x d5 8 . .\b5 .\ a6 9.e4
.\ f6 1 0 . .\ l c3 e6 1 2 . Et c l Ae7
1 2 . Jl, e 2 0-0 1 3 . e 5 .\ d7 1 4 . f4
.\ dc 5 1 5 . 0 - 0 Et d 8 1 6 . Ae 3 b6
1 7 . Af3 Jl, b 7 1 8 . Jl, x b7 .\ x b7
19 . .\e4 .\ ac5 20. .\{2 a5 2 1. Etc3
Et d 7 2 2 . Et fc l Et ad8 2 3 . b 3 h 6
2 4. .\a7 Jl,f8 25 . .\c6 EtaS 26.'it'fl
.\d8 27 . .\ d4 Etb8 28.'it'e2 .\ a6
2 9 . Et c 8 A c 5 30 . Et x b8 .\ x b8
3 1 . .\ b 5 .\a6 3 2 . .\ e 4 Jl, x e3
3 3 . 'it' x e 3 .\ b4 3 4 . a 3 'il d 5 + 32 ... Etd8! 33.Eta6 Etd2!
3 5 . 'it'f3 'it' h 7 3 6 . .\ ed6 .\ b7
37 . .\ xb7 Et x b7 38.'it'e4 Etd7 39.g4 Active defense is the only chance.
g6 4 0 . Et c 6 'it' g7 4 1 . .\ d6 f 5 +
4 2 . g x f 5 g x f 5 + 4 3 . 'it'f3 'it' f8 34.Et x b6+ 'it'g5 35.'it'el
4 4 . Et c 8 + 'it'g7 4 5 . a4 'it'g6
46.Etg8+, Draw Smyslov and Levenfish, in their clas
sic Rook Endings (p. 1 87), have this to
A miracle save by Rub instein who say about the position: The immediate
draws two pawns down in a rook and advance of the passed pawn, 3 5 . a4 f4
pawn ending. Akiva had a hex on 36 . a5 f3 3 7 . 'it>el 1'!e2+, would lead

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 San Sebastian 1 9 1 1
straightaway to a draw, as White would
be forced to repeat moves : 38 . fl
:c 2 39.e l :e2+. If 39.dl then,
39 . . . :x f2 4 0 . a 5 e3 4 1 . a 7 :d 2 +
42 .c l f2 .
35 ... .c2 36 . .b51 g41 37.h3+1
Otherwise White is in trouble with . . .f4
and . 'i!i'f3 in the offing.
. .
37 ... x h3 38 . . xf5 . xb2 39 . .f4
. x a 2 40 . . x e4 h5 4 1 .c4 g 2
42 . .f4 .c2 43 . .h4 f3
But not 4 3 . . . :xf2?? 44 . :h 2 + ! and
White wins.
44.d1 . xf2 45.c5 e3 46 . . xh5
d4, Draw
(2 72 ) Rubinstein - Janowsky
San Sebastian (7) 1 9 1 1
Queen's Indian [E l 2]
l . c4 4) f6 2 . d4 e6 3 . 4) c 3 Ae7
4 . 4) f3 o-o 5.Ag5 b6 6.e3 Ab7
7.Ad3 d6 s:e2 c5 9 . .d1 4)c6
10.0-0 4)d7 l l .Af4 a6 1 2.Ab1
c7 1 3 . d 5 ! 4) d8 14. d 3 g 6
1 5 . d x e6 4) e 5 1 6 . Jl x e 5 d x e 5
1 7 . d7 4) x e6 1 8 . x c7 4) x c7
19 . . d 7 AdS 2 0 . 4) x e 5 Ac8
21 . .d6 Ae6 22.Ae4!
After 2 2 . :xb6 f6 2 3A:ld7 .ll. x c 3
24.<tlxf8 a5! 2 5 . :xe6 <tlxe6 26.<tlxe6
fxe6 Black has more defensive chances
(Mieses).
22 . . . .c8 2 3 . Ab7 .b8 2 4 . 4) c 6
. x b7 25.4) xd8 .bS 26.4)c6 .beS
27.4)d5 A xd5 28.c xd5 f6 29 . .d1
.f7 3 0. <i!;>fl <it>g7 3 1 .e2 4) b5
32. e6 .lc7 33. f! x e8 .l xe8 34.e4
221
4)d6 35-d3 g5 36.f3 .d7 37.g3
4) b 5 3 8 . a 4 4) d 6 3 9 . f4 g x f4
40.gx f4 f5 41.e5 4)e4 42.e3 b5
4 3 . a x b 5 a x b 5 44 . . g 1 + f8
45 . .d1, 1-0
(273) Leonhardt - Rubinstein
San Sebastian (8) 1 9 1 1
Ruy Lopez [C 98]
l . e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . Ab 5 a6
4.Aa4 4)f6 5.0-0 Jle7 6 . .e1 b5
7.Ab3 d6 8 . c 3 0 - 0 9.h3 4) a 5
10.Ac2 c 5 l l .d4 c7 1 2 . 4) bd2
4)c6 l3.4)fl c x d4 14.c xd4 e x d4
15.Ag5 h6 16.Ah4 .e8 17 . .c1
b6 18.d2 Ae6 1 9 .Ab1 4)e5
20 . 4) 1 h 2 4)c4 2 1 . x d4 x d4
2 2 . 4) x d4 4) x b 2 2 3 . 4) c 6 g 5
24 . 4) x e7 + ,Et x e7 2 5 . Ag 3 4) c4
26. 4) f3 .ae8 27 . .cdl d5 28.e5
4) h 5 2 9 . A h 2 4) g7 3 0 . g4 Acs
3 l . . x d 5 Ab7 32 . . d 3 A x f3
33 . . x f3 4) x e 5 34 . A x e 5 . x e 5
3 5 . . x e 5 . x e 5 3 6 . f 1 4) e6
37 . . a 3 4) f4 3 8 . . x a 6 . c 5
39 . . a 8 + g7 40 . .e8 .) x h3
4 1 . g 2 4) f4+ 4 2 . f3 4) e 6
4 3 . .b8 .c3+ 44. g2 .c4 45.Af5
4) f4 + 46.h2 b4 47 . .b7 4) e 2
48. g2 .f4 49.f3 h 5 50. f2 4)c3
51 . .a7 hxg4 52.Axg4 f6 53.a3
b3 54 . .b7 b2, 0-1
(274) Rubinstein - Duras
San Sebastian (9) 1 9 1 1
Queen's Gambit Declined [D30]
Notes by B . Lasker.
1.d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.Ag5
h6 5 . .1lh4?! dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.a4 c6
8.Ae2 AM + 9.4)fd2 Ab7 10.0-0
a6 l l .Jl xf6 gxf6
If ll...xf6 then 1 2 . a x b5 and White
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
regains the pawn with advantage; e.g.,
12 ... cxb5 1 3 .4:Jxc4! bxc4 1 4:{llr a4+ 4:Jc6
1 5 . .1lf3, or 1 2 . . . axb5 1 3J:ha8 .la.xa8
1 4 .4:Jxc4! bxc4 1 5 .'tlYa4, etc. Now this
last variation does not work because of
1 5 .. .'tlYa 5 .
12.b3! cxb3 13.'xb3 Jle7 14.c3
d7 1 5 . -'tf3 b6 1 6 . fe 1 0-0
17.Etab1 ab8 18.e2 f5 19.f4
g7 2 0 . c 3 b4 2 1 . b 2 h7
22.c4 c7 23.c2 g8 24.a5 c5
25.d5 e5 26. x e 5 x e5
27.ed1 bc 8 28.c4 f6 29.g3
e5 3 0 . e 2 e4?! 3 l . Ag 2 Ad6
32.fl g5 33.bd1 h5
34.f3! exf3
Very weak. Black should play 34 . . . h4,
and if 3 5 . fxe4 hxg3 3 6 . h 3 xe3+
37.h l l"l.g 5 . [Authors : After 3 5 . f4
g4 3 6 .l"l.f2 ! W h i te has good
counterplay on the kingside.]
3 5 . x f3 ce8 3 6 . d f 1 J}.c8
3 7 . -'t h 3 Ete5 3 8 . h 1 h8
3 9 . c 2 A,b7 40. x f 5 .1l x d 5 +
41.J}.g2 A,xg2+ 42.xg2 xe3?
Better is 42 . . . l"l.xf5 43. l"l.xf5 g6 and
after 4 4 . e4 ( 4 4 . b 2+? l"l.g7 ! )
44 . . . l"l.g7, White's only chance i s to play
for a draw by 45.a8+ h7 46. e4.
43 . x e 5 x e5 44 . f5 b 3 ? 1
4 5 . d3 e 6 46 . x h 5 + g7
4 7 . g 5 + f8 4 8 . f4! f6
49.Etf5 e7 50.d5 A,xf4
Better is 50 . . . b2.
5 l . x f4 h8 5 2 . e4 f6
5 3 . x c 5 + g7 5 4 . g4 + h6
5 5 . Et f4 b 2 + 5 6 . f 2 g7
5 7 . e 3 + h7 58 . x b3 f8
59.f5 g6 60.d5 f6 6 1 . e6
g7 6 2 .h4 b8 6 3 . h 5 b 2 +
6 4 . h 3 e 2 6 5 . x e 2 x f5
6 6 . g4 + x g4 67 . x g4 h6
68.h4 f5 69.g4 fxg4 70. xg4
g7 71.g5 h7 72.f6, 1-0
(275) Nimzovitch - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 1 0) 1 9 1 1
Four Knights [C46]
1 .e4 e5 2 . f3 c6 3 . c3 Ab4
4.d3 f6 5 . Ae 2 d6 6 . 0 - 0 0-0
7. A,d2 A,e6 8.e1 h6 9.h3 d7
1 0 . -'tfl h7 l l .g4 h5 1 2 . h 2
h xg4 13.hx g4 e7 14.e3 g6
1 5 . Et g3 f6 1 6 . A,g 2 c6 1 7 . e 2
J}. x d 2 18.xd2 g5 19.d4 e7
20.e1 c5 2 1 .d5 Ad7 22.c4 ae8
23.fl Ac8 24.a3 c7 2 5 . e3
b6 26.d2 A,a6 27.a4 b8 28.b3
A,c8 2 9 . Af 1 e7 3 0 . a 1 a 5
31.f3 Jld7 32. A,g2 f7 33.fl
h8 34.eg1 h6 35.e1 f4
3 6 . d 2 x f3+ 3 7 . x f3 g 5
3 8 . g 1 bh8 3 9 . c 2 g6
40 . d 2 h7 4 1 . f 1 g 7
42.d2 A,e8 43.Af3 A,g6 44.c3
h4, Draw
(276) Rubinstein - Schlechter
San Sebastian ( II) 1 9 I l
Slav [D I S]
1 .d4 d5 2 .l f3 .l f6 3.c4 c6 4. c3
.
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dxc4 5.e3 .1lf5 6 . .1lxc4 e6 7:l:fe2 (T) F i rst introduced by Schlechter

.1lg4 8.0-0 .1le7 9.E!dl 0-0 10.h3
.1l h 5 1 1 . g4 .1lg6 1 2 . e 5 b5
1 3 . x g6 h x g6 1 4 . .1lb3 bd7
15.e4 c7 16 . .1lg5 b4 17.a4 e5
1 8 . .1lh4 e x d4 1 9 . E! x d4 E! ae8
20 . .1lg3 e5 21.E!d2 g5 22.E{adl
a 5 2 3 .f3 E!d8 2 4 . <it'g 2 E! x d 2
2 5 . E! x d 2 E! e 8 2 6 . E! c 2 h7
2 7 . e 3 f8 2 8 . c 5 fg6
2 9 . d3 E!d8 3 0 . x e 5 x e 5
3 1 . E! d 2 .1l f 6 3 2 . .1l f 2 E! x d 2
33.xd2, Draw
(277) Maroczy - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 1 2) 1 9 1 1
French Exchange [CO l ]
l .e4 e 6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . e x d 5 e x d 5
4 . .1ld3 .1ld6 5.f3 e7 6.0-0 0-0
7.c3 c6 8.e2 .1lf5 9 ..1lf4 .1lxf4
1 0 . x f4 d6 1 1 . .1l x f5 x f5
1 2.d3 d7 13.c3 E!fe8 14.b3
c7 1 5 . E! fe l d 6 1 6 . E{ x e8 +
E! x e8 17.E!el, Draw
(278) Rubinstein - Capablanca
San Sebastian ( 1 3) 1 9 1 1
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [034]
Notes by Mieses (M), Tartakover (T),
Kmoch (K), Razuvaev (R) and Authors
(A).
(against Dus-Chotimi rsky, Prague
1 908), systematized by Rubinstein, this
positional maneuver has all but refuted
the Tarrasch Defense.
6 ... .1le6 7 . .1lg2 .1le7 8.0-0 E!c8
(T) Too dogmatic. Black devotes too
much attention to the queenside.
(K) Lasker recommends 8 . . . h6.
9 . d x c 5 .1l x c 5 1 0 . g 5 1 f6
l l . x e 6 f x e6 1 2 . .1l h 3 e7
13 . .1lg5
(M) A good move but not the best. Be
yond any doubt, with 1 3 .e4! White
achieves an advantage; for example,
13 . . . d4 14 . .ld5 exd5 1 5 .Axc8 dxe4
1 6 . b3 ! or 1 3 . . . dxe4 1 4 . Jlg 5 0-0
15 . .lxe4, etc.
13 . . . 0-0
(T) Too late, and yet - as the storm now
breaks - not late enough. Better would
be 1 3 . . . f\d8.
14 . .1lxf6 xf6

(T) In a game overflowing with the

finer points of positional play, the out
standing feature is perhaps the prob
lem-like tum 17.-l>kl , by which White
very elegantly saves all his unguarded
pieces and remains with an extra pawn.
(K) One of the most famous accom
plishments of the Polish grandmaster.

l .d4 d5 2.f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5

exd 5 5.c3 c6 6.g3 Jose Raul Capablanca

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( M ) A m i stake . In h i s c a l c u l ation
C apab l a n c a has o v e r lo o k ed the
opponent's 1 7th move. The right con
tinuation was 14 . . . gxf6.
(A) After 1 4 . . . gxf6, Razuvaev suggests
1 5 . 4J x d 5 e x d 5 1 6 . A x c 8 x c8
1 7.xd5+ h8 with some advantage
for White. Interesting but unclear com
plications are possible with 1 5 .e4!? d4
16.4Jd5!? exd5 (otherwise 17. g4+ and
18.xe6) 1 7.Axc8 dxe4 (if 1 7 . . . xc8?
18.g4+), etc.
15.4) xd5! h6
(K) It is clear that 15 . . . exd5 1 6.xd5+
fo l l owed by Jlxc8 etc . , as w e l l as
15 . . . Axf2+ 1 6.g2 h6 1 7.4Jf4, etc.,
would lead to speedy loss. After the text
move the real combination begins.
(K) This is the magnificent key move.
No matter how Black plays he loses a
pawn at the very least. It is a peculiar
c o i n c i dence that two years before
Rub instei n won against the world
champion ( R u b i n s te i n - L asker, St.
Petersburg 1 909, game #227) also by a
very beautiful combination devilishly
barbed with c l .
1 7... exd5 18.xc5 d2 19.b5
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(T) Having cleverly won a pawn, White
shows that he also can hold what he has
gained.
19 ... 4)d4 20.d3 x d3
(M) Black cannot avoid the exchange
of the queens : 20 . . . xb2 loses a piece
after 2 l . fb l , and if 20 . . . b4, then
2 l . fdl followed by Ae6+.
21.exd3 fe8 22.Ag4!
This i s stronger than 2 2 . fe l 4Jc2
23. xe8+ xe8 24.cl e2 25 .Ag4
d2 and Black has good counterplay.
22 . . . d6 23.fel xel 24. xel
b6
(M) I don 't like this move. The best
seems to be 24 . . . f7.
(K) Forcefu l counterplay ! The pawn
at b2 can not be protected with ad
vantage, for after 2 5.b3 a6 follows,
and 2 5 . b l would be deplorable. In
such events only counterattack is of
value.
(R) Now White must be very careful.
H e re R u b i n s t e i n p e r h a p s rej e c t s
2 5 .b3 because of 25 . . . a6, but maybe
this is not so bad? After 26.e5 xa2
27 . xd5 4Jc6 28.Ae6+ f8 29.d7
4Je5 30. xb7 White should win. The
move in the game is also enough for
victory.
(T) Very cleverly B lack obtains some
counterplay which will bring in a pawn
on the Q-side.
2 5 . e 5 x b 2 2 6 . x d 5 4) c 6
27.Ae6+ <it'f8 28.f5+ <it'e8
(K) After 28 . . . e7 29 . .1a.c4 with the
immediate threat of l"! f7+ .
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29.Af7+ 'it'd7 30.Ac4 a6 31.Etf7+
'it' d 6 3 2 . x g7 b 5 3 3 . ,1lg8 a 5
34. x h7 a 4 3 5 . h4 b4 3 6 . h6+
'it'c5 37.Eth5+ 'it'b6 38.Ad5?
(A) Al l annotators agree that this move
is a mistake and makes the win much
more difficult. The right continuation
is 38 . .llc 4! and 38 . . . .. xa2 is impossible
because of 39 . ..b5+.
38 . . . b3?
(A) Here all annotators are in agree
ment that Capablanca missed the stron
gest continuation, 38 . . . .. xa2, some of
them even claiming that this move leads
to a draw. Later analysts held that in
this case White wins by 39 . .llc4 (not
39 . .ll x a2?? b3) 39 . . . ..c2 40 . .. b5+ '3;c7
4 1 ..ll g 8! a3 42.h5 a2 43 . .ll x a2 .. xa2
44.h6 .. a8 45 .g4, etc. However, after
44 . . . .. a6! (instead of 44 . . . .. a8) Black
still has good chances for a draw; for
examp l e , 4 5 . g4 ( 4 5 . h7? .. a8 ! and
. . . .. h8) 45 . . . 4Je7 46.g5 .. b6! 47 . .. xb6
'3;xb6 48.f4! b3! 49.h7 4Jg6 50.f5 b2
5 l . fx g6 b l =Q 5 2 . h8=Q c2+ and
Black forces a draw.
However, the following analysi s by
Vladimir Vukovic, which isn't so well
known, suggests that Rubinstein was
stil l winning. He gives the path to vic
tory as: 39 . . h8 ! b3 4 0 . h 5 ! . a l (if
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40 . . . 4Jb4 4 1 . h6! or 40 . . . ..c2 4 1 .h6! b2
4 2 . .ll a 2 etc . ) 4 1 . .ll x c 6 '3;c7 (not
4 1 . . .'3;xc6? 42 . .. b8 '3;c7 43 . .. b4 and
wins) 42.Ae4 b2 43.d4 a3 44 . .. h7+
'3;d6 4 5 . .. b7 a2 46 . .. x b 2 .. g l +
47.'itt x gl a l =Q+ 48 . ..bl xd4 49.Jti3,
and White's position is winning.
Without doubt this controversial po
sition w i l l be the subj ect of further
examination.
39.ax b31
(T) The result of very precise calcula
tions. 39.ltxb3 is another way to win.
39 ...a3 40.J1,xc6
(M) This paradoxical capture is now
feasible ; e.g., 40 . . . a2 4 1 . .. b5+ '3;a6
(4 1 . . /.f>'xc6 42 . ..a5) 42 . ..b8! , etc.
40 . . . x b3 4t.Ad5 a2 42. h6+1,
1-0
(279) Spielmann - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 1 4) 1 9 1 1
French Rubinstein [C 1 0)
Notes by Mieses.
l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.,1lg5
d x e4 5.4) xe4 4) bd7 6.4)f3 Ae7
7 .4) xf6+ 4) xf6 8.Ad3 b6
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New and surpri sing ! [Authors : for Better was 18.e3.

191 1 !]
I f l l.. x c6+ it x c 6 1 2.1:l x c 6 d 5
1 3 .fle5 ( 1 3 .f:lxe7? xg5 1 4.f:lc6 xg2
and wins) then 1 3 . . . xg2 with a good
game for Black.
1 1 ... d5 1 2 . .1l.xf6 ex b5 13 . .1l. xg7?
1 8 . . . E{d8 1 9 .c3 e51 2 0 . .Il.e3 e4
2 1 . 4) b4 .ll.d 6 22.h3 E!h4 23.E!g1
f7 2 4 . d 2 E! x h 3 2 5 .a4 f5
26.4)c6 E!d7 27.d5 f4 28.Ad4 e3+
29.fxe3 fxe3+?
Here Black misses the win: 29 . . . . h2+!
30.e l Axd5 3 l .axb5 f3 32 . . fl Ae4,
etc.

White should play 1 3 .xd5 . 30 . .1l. x e3 E! h 2 + 3 1 . c 1 E! e 2

32.J}.h6 J}. x d 5 33.axb5 a5 34.E!a4
1 3 . . . x f3 14.g x f3 E{g8 1 5.J1h6 E!e4 35.E! xe4 Axe4 36.E!g7+ e8
f6.4)d3 .ll. xf3 17.E!fl E!g4 18.Af4 37.E!g8+ f7 38.E!g7+, Draw

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 Carlsbad 1911
Carlsbad 1 9 1 1 is best remembered as
the great triumph o f R i c h ard
Teichmann's career. Rubinstein's final
score was not bad but his play was un
even (see the games with Marshall,
Tartakover, and Kostic).
The tournament starts with Rubinstein
fighting against his own weapon (6.g3
vs. the Tarrasch).
(280) Rotlewi - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 1 ) 1 9 1 1
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
l.d4 d5 2 . .lf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5 . .Jc3 .!c6 6.g3 .Jf6 7 . .Q.g2
.Q.e6 8 . 0 - 0 .Q.e7 9 . d x c 5 -'i_ x c 5
10.a3 0 - 0 l l .b4 .Q.e7 1 2 . .j d4 a5
13.b5 .Je5 14 . .j xe6 fxe6 15.d4
.lf7 t6 . .Q.h3 d6 17.f!dl E!ac8
1 8 . .Q. b 2 .l g 5 1 9 . .Q.g 2 b8
20.h4 h6 2Viti'hl E!f7 22. f4
.j fe4 2 3 . x b8 .j x f 2 + 24.<it'gl
E! x b8 2 5 . E!dcl .Q. c 5 26 . .j x d 5
.!d3+ 27.E! xc5 .J xc5 2 8. .Jf4 E!d8
2 9 . h4 .! ge4 30 . .1 x e6 .! x e6
3 1 . .Q. x e4 E! d 2 3 2 . .Q. c 3 E! x e 2
3 3 . .Q. d 5 <it'h8 34 . .Q. x a 5 E!d7
35 . .Q.c4 E!e4 36.E!cl .ld4 37.<it'g2
E! e 3 3 8 . E! f l g6 3 9 . -'1.b6 E! x a3
40 . .Q. x d4 + E! x d4 4 1 . f!f8+ <it'g7
42.E!f7+ <it'h8 43.E!f8+, Draw
(28 1 ) Rubinstein - Duras
Carlsbad (2) 1 9 1 1
English [A22]
Notes by Kmoch (K), and Razuvaev
(R).
l . c4 e 5 2 . .l c3 .l f6 3 . g3 .Q.b4
4 . .Q.g2 0-0 5 . .lf3 .e8 6.0-0 .lc6
(R) According to some theoretical pub
lications, this variation is a product of
our time but it turns out to have been
played long ago ! Today B lack 's last
m o v e is c o n s i dered i n exact and
6 ... xc3 is recommended.
(R) This is the only way to achieve an
advantage. Rubinstein 's move is still
considered best today.
7 ... .Q.f8 8.d3 h6 9.b3
(R) 56 years later the game Petrosian
Gheorghiu, Moscow 1 967, continued
9 . .\xf6+ xf6 10 . .\d2 d6 1 1 . .\e4 d8
1 2 . .\c3 with advantage for White. The
text is also good.
9 ... d6 10 . .Q.b2 .l xd5?!
(K) Black seeks a speedy liquidation
of the position in the center. He might
also have played 10 . . . g6 and . . . .llg7,
and awaited developments. In any event
h i s p o s i t i o n rema i n s s o mewhat
cramped.
(R) The wrong decision. Better was
10 . . . g6.
l l .c xd5 .le7 12.e4 c5
(K) After 12 .. .f5 White would obtain a
powerful attack by 1 3 . .\d2, followed
by f4.
l3.dxc6 .J xc6 14.d4 .Q.g4 1 5.d5
.Je7?
(K) Th is i l l-considered move is the
source of serious difficulties. 1 5 . . . .\b8
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
was necessary in order to bring the
knight via d7 or a6 into the game with
out interfering with the other pieces.
t6.d3 d7 17.4)d2 Ah3 18.a4
(R) White begins an attack on the
queenside. F irst he secures the c4-
square for the knight.
18 ... .1}. xg2 19.<itlxg2 eb8 20.4)c4
b5 2 1 .a x b5 xb5 22.a3 4)g6
(K) Duras has had poor luck with this
knight. Now he is placed quite out of
the game, instead of being brought to
the protection of the weak points on the
queenside by .lc8.
. . .
23.Etfal a6 24. .1l.cll
(R) Rubinstein has a special ability to
find the right square for each piece.
Here the ideal place for the bishop is
on e3.
24 ... b7 25 . .1l.e3 f6 26.f3 4)e7
(R) The culmination of the preparation !
White 's pieces are now ideally posted
and it is time for decisive action. In such
positions the road to victory usually lies
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in penetrating into the opponent ' s
camp . Now Rubinstein fi n d s a very
deep and paradoxical solution. Black's
most active piece is the queen - there
fore, it must be exchanged.
27 ... 4)c8 28.4)d2 b4 29.c41
(K) The pawn a6 will not run away.
By the exchange of queens the win
ning procedure is appreciably facili
tated.
29 ... x c4 30.4) xc4 ab8 31.4)d2
Etc7 32. xa6
(K) Finally the payoff arrives. The rest
is accomplished by Rubinstein with his
wonted technical precision.
32 ... c2 33.6a2 Et xa2 34. xa2
.1l.e7 35. <itlf2 <itlf7 36. <itle2 <itle8
3 7 . <itl d 3 <itld7 3 8 . <itl c 3 .1l.d8
39.4)c4 .1l.c7 40.g41
[Authors : Razuvaev has the game
continuing 40.b4 and makes some re
marks on the next few moves (i.e., that
Black should play . . . h5) that are not
relevant to how the game actually went.
We follow the game as it appears in the
tournament b o o k and Kmoch .
Razuvaev 's continuation transposes at
move 44.]
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August 2 0 September 24

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 Total
I. Teichmann X I I I y, I y, I 0 y, I I y, y, y, I 0 y, y, I y, I y, I I I 18
2 . Rubinstein 0 X y, y, 0 y, Y2 I I I y, 0 y, I I y, I I I y, y, y, I I I I 17
3 . Schlechter 0 y2 X 0 y, y, y, I 0 I y, Y2 I I I I I 0 y, I I I y, I I I 17
4 . Rotlewi 0 y2 I X I I 0 0 y, 0 I I I 0 I I 0 I I I I 0 0 I I I 16
5 . Marshall y, I y2 0 X y, 0 y, I y, y, y, y, y2 I I y, I 0 y, I I 0 I I I 1 5 \1,
6. Nimzovitch 0 y, y, 0 y, X y, y, 0 0 0 y, I I I y, y, I I y2 I I I I I I 1 5 \1,
7 . VIdmar y, y, y, I I y, X 0 I 0 y, I y2 0 I y, I 0 0 y, y, I I y, I I 15
8 . Alekhine 0 0 0 I y, y, I X I 0 I 0 0 I y, I 0 y, 0 I 0 I I I y, I 1 3 Y,
9 . Duras I 0 I y, 0 I 0 0 X I 0 0 y2 I 0 0 y, I I y, y, I y, I y, I 1 3 \1,
I 0 . Leonhardt y, 0 0 I y2 I I I 0 X y, y, y2 0 0 y, I y, I I 0 0 I I I 0 1 3 \1,
I I . Tartakover 0 y, y, 0 Y2 I y, 0 I y, X y, Y2 y, y2 I 0 I I I I 0 I 0 0 I 1 3 \1,
1 2. Spiehnann 0 I y2 0 y, Y2 0 I I Y2 y, X 0 I I y, y, y, I y,y, I 0 0 I 0 13
1 3 . Perli<i y, y, 0 0 y, 0 y, I y, y, y, I X Y2 I y, I I0 IY2 0 0 0 0 I 12
1 4 . E. Colm y, 0 0 I y, 0 I 0 0 I y, 0 y, X y, y, I 0 I 0 I 0 y, I I 0 I I Y,
1 5 . Levenfish y, 0 0 0 0 0 0 y2 I I y, 0 0 y, X I I y, y, I y, I I 0 I 0 I I Y,
1 6. Siichting 0 y, 0 0 0 y, y, 0 I y, 0 y2 y, y, 0 X I I 0 0 y, I y2 I I I 1 1 Y2
1 7. Burn I 0 0 I y, y, 0 I y, 0 I y2 0 0 0 0 X 0 y, y, I I I I 0 0 II
1 8 . Salwe y, 0 I 0 0 0 I y, 0 y, 0 y, 0 I y, 0 I X I y, y, 0 y, y, I y, II
1 9. P. Jolmer y, 0 y, 0 I 0 I I 0 0 0 0 I 0 y2 I y, 0 X I y, 0 I I 0 0 J OY,
20. Kostic 0 y, 0 0 y, y, Y2 0 y, 0 0 y, Y2 I 0 I Y2 y, 0 X y, y, I I 0 I l OY,
2 1 . Rabinovich y, Y2 0 0 0 0 y2 I y, I 0 y, 0 0 Y2 y, 0 y, y, y, X I y, 0 I I l O Y>
22. Dus-Chotimirsky 0 y2 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 I I 0 I I 0 0 0 I I y, 0 X I 0 0 I 10
2 3 . Alapin y, 0 y, I I 0 0 0 y, 0 0 I I Y2 0 y, 0 y, 0 0 Y2 0 X y, y, 0 8 Y,
24. Chajes 0 0 0 0 0 0 y, 0 0 0 I I I 0 I 0 0 y, 0 0 I I y, X 0 I 8 \1,
2 5 . Fahrni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 y, y, 0 I 0 I 0 0 0 I 0 I I 0 I y, I X 0 8 \1,
2 6 . Jaffu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 I 0 I I 0 I y, I 0 0 0 I 0 I X 8 \1,
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40 ... ,a.ds 41 . .a6 Ac7 42.h4 Ads
4 3 . h 5 Ac7 44.b4 . b 7 4 5 . . a S
Cjfj>dS 46.Cjfj>b3 .bS 4 7. . xbS Jl. x b8
4S.b5 4) e7 49.b6 f5 50.gxf5 4)gS
51.j}.f2 Cjfj>cS 52.Ah4, 1-0
(282) Leonhardt - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (3) 1 9 1 1
Ruy Lopez [C84]
t . e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . .1l b 5 a6
4.Aa4 4)f6 5.4)c3 Ae7 6.0-0 b5
7.Ab3 d6 S.a4 b4 9 . 4) d 5 4) x e4
10.d4 j}.b7 l l . .e1 4)f6 12.dxe5?1
According to Keres, most accurate is
12 . .:lxe7 'ii! x e7 1 3.dxe5 dxe5 14 . .:tlxe5
.:tlx e 5 1 5 . 1.l.f4 with a s l ightly better
game for White.
1 2 ... dxe5 13.4) xe5 4) xe5 14 . . xe5
4) x d 5 1 5 . A x d5 0-0 1 6 . j}.f4 c6
17 . . xe7
lf l 7 . .1lb3 then 17 . . . 1.l.f6 with an advan
tage for Black.
17 .. : x e7 1S.Ad6 f6 19.AxfS
. x fS 2 0 . Ae4 .dS 2 1 . h 5 g6
2 2 . a 5 . d 2 2 3 . b 6 x b 2
24 . . f 1 d4 2 5 . x b7 x e4
26. x a6 . xc2 27.b6 c5 2S.a5
e6 29. b5 d6 30 . .e1 . a 2
31.g3 Cit>g7 32 . . c 1 d 2 33. xc5
b3 34.Cit>g2 . xa5 35.c3+ xc3
36 . . xc3 .b5 37 . .c1 b2 3S . .b1
Cit>f6 39.Cit>f3 Cit>e5 40.Cit>e3 .b3+
41 .Cjfj>d2 Cit>e4 42.f4 Cit>f3 43.Cit>c2
.b7, 0-1
Carlsbad 1 9 1 1 was the great glory of
Richard Teichmann 's ( 1 868- 1 925) ca
reer. Nicknamed Richard the Fifth, for
his habit of finishing fifth in many tour
naments, Teichmann rose to the occa-
s i o n at C ar l s b a d , s c o r i n g 1 8 - 7
(+ 1 3 ,= 1 0,-2) for clear first place. I t is
said that the reason Teichmann was fi
nally able to play up to his potential in
this great tournament was that h i s
mother 's recent death had l e ft h i m a
smal l annuity, and that therefore he
could enter this event with his mind for
once free of financial worries.
(283) Teichmann - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (4) 1 9 1 1
Ruy Lopez [C90]
t . e4 e 5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.Aa4 4)f6 5.0-0 Ae7 6 . .e1 b5
7 . A b3 d6 S . c 3 0 - 0 9 . d 3 4) a 5
10.j}.c2 c 5 1 1 . 4) bd 2 4) c6 1 2.a4
Ab7 1 3 . 4) f 1 c7 1 4 . 4) g3 g6
1 5 . .1lg 5 . adS 1 6 . a x b 5 a x b 5
17.c1 .feS 1S.h3 .aS 19 . . x aS
. x a S 2 0 . 4) h 2 AcS 2 1 .f4 4) eS
2 2 . f 5 A x g 5 2 3 . x g 5 e7
24.h6 fS 25. c1 g7 26 . .fl
g5 27.4)g4 4)f6 2S. 4) xf6+ x f6
2 9 . h4 ! h6 3 0 . 4) h 5 d S 3 l .f6
Cit>h7 32.hxg5 Ag4 33.4)g7 Cjfj>g6
3 4 . A d 1 d7 3 5 . 4) f5 A x f5
36.exf5+, 1-0
(284) Rubinstein - E. Cohn
Carlsbad ( 5) 1 9 1 1
Dutch [A85]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 4)d7
5.4)c3 f5 6.4)e5 4)gf6 7.f4 Ad6
S.Ae2 0-0 9.0-0 4) e4 1 0 . 4) x e4
fxe4 l l .Ad2 4) xe5 1 2.dxe5 Ac5
1 3 . b4 j}.b6 14.c2 Ad7 1 5 .a4
.cS 1 6 . a 5 Ac7 1 7 . Ac 3 h4
1S.Ad4 a6 19. b3 Ads 20.Ac5
.f7 2 1 . . f2 .Q.e7 2 2 . g3 h6
23 . .Q.d6 g6 24.c5 fS 2 5 . .af1
g7 26 . .Q.g4 .cfS 27. d1 h6
2S.Cjfj>h1 Cjfj>hS 29 . .g1 ..gS 30.fl
23 0
 Carlsbad 1 9 1 1

. g f8 3 1 .h4 -'l_ x d6 3 2 . c x d6 g 5 38.f4 b5 39.f2 a4 40.bxa4 bxa4

3 3 . f x g 5 . x f2 34." x f2 x h4+
3 5 . g x h4 . x f2 36 . . d 1 g 7
37.g 1 , 1-0
(285) Nimzovitch - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 6) 1 9 1 1
French [C02]
41.4)c3 g5 42.e3 4)c2+ 43.d3
4) b4 + 44.c4 4) x a 2 4 5 . 4) x a 2
g x f4 46. 4) c3 g7 47. 4) e4 g6
48.b4 f3 49. x a4 f2 50. 4) x f2
g 5 5 1 . 4) d3 f6 5 2 . e x f6 x f6
53.4)f2 g 5 54.b4 e5 55.c4
e4, Draw

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 4)c6 (286) Rubinstein - Vidmar

5 . 4) f3 b6 6.-'l_d3 c x d4 7.cxd4
-'t d 7 8 . -'l_e 2 4) g e7 9 . b3 4) f 5
10.-'l_b2 -'tb4+ l l .fl h5 1 2 . g3
. c 8 1 3 . g 2 g 6 1 4 . h 3 -'te7
1 5 . d2 a5 16 . .c1 -'tf8 17.d1
-'t h6 18 . .c3 0-0 1 9 . g 4 4) fe7
2 0 . 4) a 3 4) b4 2 1 . 4) c 2 . x c3
2 2 . -'l_ x c 3 4) x c 2 2 3 . x c 2 . c 8
2 4 . b 2 -'t b 5 2 5 . .1}. x b 5 x b5
26 . -'l_ d 2 -'l_f8 27 . . c 1 h x g 4
2 8 . h x g 4 . c6 2 9 . a 3 . x c 1
3 0 . x c 1 4) c6 3 1 . -'th6 -'l_e7
3 2 . -'l_ g 5 e 2 3 3 . A x e7 4) x e7
3 4 . f4 e4 3 5 . x e4 d x e4
36 . 4) d 2 4) c6 37 . 4) x e4 4) x d4
Carlsbad (7) 1 9 1 1
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4)c3 4)c6 6.g3 4) f6 7.-'l_g 2
.1}. e6 8 . 0 - 0 -'te7 9 . d x c 5 -'l_ x c 5
10.a3 0-0 l l .b4 -'l_d6 12.-'l_g 5 -'l_e7
1 3 . 4) d4 . c 8 1 4 . 4) x e6 f x e6
1 5.-'th3 d6 16 . .1}.f4 d7 17.e4
d4 1 8 . e 5 4) d 5 1 9 . 4) x d 5 x d 5
2 0 . -'l_ g 2 d 7 2 1 . b3 -'l_d8
2 2 . -'t h 3 . e8 2 3 . .ad1 f7
24 . . fe1 .1}. b6 2 5 . . d 3 4) d8
26.-'l_d2 g6 27. g 2 .f8 28.f3
h8 29 . . e4 e8 3 0 . b 5 .f7

Amos Burn and unidentified player with dogs

23 1
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
3l. f4 x f4 32.A xf4 h6 33.Ag4
Ac5 34.h4 a6 35.bxa6 bxa6 36.h5
Aa7 37.Ad2 c6 38.Ab4 bs
39. a2 b5 40. e2 c8 41.d2
c6 42.e4 x e4 43.fxe4 'it>h7
44.f2 d3 45.f8 c2+ 46. 'it>h3
Ag t 47.Adt h2+ 48.'it>g4 .lc6
4 9 . A c 3 Ad4 50 . A x d4 4) x d4
51.Aa4 e2 52.Ae8 g5 53.hxg6+
'it>g7 54.f7+ 'it>g8 55.d7 x e4+
56.'it>h3 d2
5 7 . d 8 'it>f8 5 8 . A c 6 + 'it>g7
5 9 . d 7 + 'it>g8 6 0 . d 8 + 'it>g7
61.d7+, Draw
(287) Marshall - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (8) 1 9 1 1
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [034]
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4)f3 4)c6 6.g3 4)f6 7.Ag2
Ae7 8 . 0 - 0 Ae6 9 . d x c 5 A x e S
10.Ag5 0-0 l l .cl Ae7 12.4)d4
4) x d4 13.xd4 h6 14.Axf6 Axf6
1 5 . d 3 a 5 1 6 . 4) x d 5 A x b 2
1 7 . b l adS 18. fd l x a 2 ? ?
19.d2 A x d5 20.A xd5, 1-0
(288) Rubinstein - Tartakover
Carlsbad (9) 1 9 1 1
Dutch [A85]
l .d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.4)f3
23 2
Ab4 5 .g3 o-o 6.Ag2 d6 1.0-o
A x c 3 8 . b x c 3 e7 9 . b3 c 5
10.4)d2 4)c6 ll.d5 4)d8 12.dxe6
4) x e6 13.4)f3 b8 14.Ad2 4)e4
15.adl b6 16.Acl Ab7 17.d3
f4 18.4)d2 4) xd2 19.Axd2 A x g2
20. 'ifjl xg2 f6 21.dl bf8 22.f3
g6 23.e3 h4 24.e x f4 4) x f4+
25.A xf4 x f4 26.f2 h5 27.e2
h4 28.e4 xg3+ 29.hxg3 xg3+
3 0 . 'it> f l h3 3 1 . e 2 f6 3 2 . f4
h4 33. h2 h7 34.de3 h6
35.g3??
35 ... x e41 36. x e4 h2 37.e8+
'it>h71
But not 37 .. .'>f7? 38 . e7+! and White
.
wins.
38. d 3 + g6 3 9 . e 7 + 'ifjlh8
40.e8+ 'it>h7 4 1 . e 7 + 'ifjlh8,
Draw
(289) Burn - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 1 0) 1 9 1 1
Ruy Lopez [C79]
l .e4 e 5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . A b 5 a6
4 . A a4 4) f6 5 . 0 - 0 d6 6 . d4 b5
7 . d x e 5 d x e 5 8 . x d8 + 4) x d8
9.Ab3 4) d7 t0.4)c3 Ad6 l l.Ae3
f6 1 2 . ad l 4) c 5 1 3 . A d 5 bS
14.4)h4 'ifjl e7 15. b4 4)cb7 16.a3 c6
 Carlsbad 1 9 1 1
17.Aa2 g6 18 . .je2 Ae6 19.Axe6
.! xe6 20.g3 .lg5 2 1 .f3 a5 22.c3
Ac7 23 . .Jc1 .jd6 24 . .Jd3 .je6
2 5 . h 1 hd8 2 6 . .j b 2 a8
2 7 . a 1 a 6 28 . .l d3 .! x e4
29 . .J x e 5 A x e 5 3 0 . f x e4 A x c3
3 1 . a c 1 a x b4 3 2 . a x b4 A x b4
33.e5 f xe5 34 . .lf3 Ad6 35 . .J g5
f8 3 6 . fd 1 .l x g 5 37 . .Q. x g 5 +
e6 38.Ae3 f3 39.c3 b4 , 0-1
(290) Rubinstein - Schlechter
Carlsbad ( 1 1 ) 1 9 1 1
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
t . d4 d5 2 . Af4 .J f6 3 . e 3 Ag4
4 . .Jf3 e6 5.c3 .lbd7 6 . .Jbd2 Ae7
7.h3 Ah5 8.b3 c8 9.Ae2 a6
10.g4 Ag6 11 . .Jh4 .Je4 12 . .1 xg6
.j xd2 13.c2 hxg6 14. x d2 g5
15.Ag3 .Jf6 16.f3 d7 17.0-o-o
0-0-0 18.h4 gxh4 19.A xh4 df8
20.Ag3 .Je8 21 .Ad3 Ad6 22.Af2
f5 23.gxf5 exf5 24. c2 g6 25.c4
d x c4 26. x c4 Ae7 27.dg1 g5
2 8 . c 2 .l d 6 2 9 . x h8 x h8
30 . .Q.g3 b8 3 1 . A x d6 x d6
3 2 . .Q. x f5 h 2 3 3 . c4 x b 2
34 . x b 2 h 2 + 3 5 . A c 2 x g 1
3 6 . b 3 e 1 3 7 . Ae4 d 2 +
38.b1 e1+ 39.c2 e2+,
Draw
(29 1 ) Siichting - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 1 2) 1 9 1 1
French Exchange [CO l ]
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4 . .Jf3
Ad6 5.Ad3 Ag4 6.0-o .Je7 7.e1
.J d7 s . .Q. g 5 o - o 9 . .J bd 2 f6
10.Ae3 c6 l l .c3 f7 12. c2 .jf8
13.h3 Ah5 14 . .Jh4 d7 1 5 . .Jf1
g5 16 .J f5 .l x f5 1 7 . .Q. x f5 .Q.g6
.
1 8 . Jt x d7 A x c 2 1 9 . Ag4 Ag6
20.A f3 Ete7 2 1 . Ad2 .je6 22 . .lg3
23 3
f5 2 3 . e 2 ae8 2 4 . a e 1 f7
25.Ac1 f4 26 . .jfl h5 27.g3 f6
2 s . g 2 h 8 29 . .J h 2 Ad3
30.d2 Ah1 31.g4 h4 32.h3 Ag6
33.de2 he8 34.Ab2 b5 35.cl
Ad3 3 6 . d 2 Ae4 3 7 . e 1 .l f8
38.c1 b8 39.dd1 f7 40 . .jfl
.J d 7 4 t . .l d 2 .j f6 4 2 . e 1 a 5
43.a1 a 4 44.b4 be8 45.a3 g6
4 6 . a c 1 e6 4 7 . g 1 Ab8
4 8 . g 2 8e7 49 . g 1 h6
50.g2 .je8 51.g1 Ac7 52.Ag2
.J f6 5 3 . f3 Ad3 54. x e6 x e6
55.Afl Ac4 56.f2 .Jd7 57.e1
e3 58.Ae2 .! b6 59 . .lfl e8
60 . .jd2 e3 61.Axc4, Draw
(292) Rubinstein - Sa/we
Carlsbad ( 1 3) 1 9 1 1
King's Gambit [C30]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3 . .J f3 d6 4.c3
.Jc6 5 . .Q.b5 Ad7 6.d4 Ab6 7.fxe5
d x e 5 8 . d 5 .l b8 9 . A d 3 e7
1 0 . .J a 3 .j f6 1 1 . .l c4 .l g4
12 . .J xb6 axb6 13.h3 .jf6 14.0-0
0-0 1 5 . Ag5 d6 1 6 . e 1 .j e8
1 7.Ae3 f6 18.c4 c5 1 9 .a3 .l a6
20 . .J h4 e7 2 1 .c1 .jd6 22.g4
ac8 23 . .Jf5 Axf5 24.gxf5 .lb8
25.a4 .ld7 26.c2 aS 27.b3 f7
2 8 . g 2 h8 2 9 . h 2 .l f8
30.h4 h6 3l.fgl .l h7 32.g6
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
.af8 3 3 . g 4 .l g 5 34.h4 dB
3 5 .h x g 5 h x g 5 36 . g 2 g 8
37 . .h1 .e8 38.h5, 1-0
(293) Alapin - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 1 4) 1 9 1 1
Queen's Pawn [DOO]
Notes by Kmoch (K) and Authors (A).
1.d4 d5 2.lU4 .)f6 3.e3 Jl,g4
(K) Rubinstein, too, can play psycho
logical chess: to the great theorist he
presents something entirely new ! In
recent time, moreover, the opinion pre
vails that in this opening it is necessary
for Black to hem in his queen 's bishop.
3 . . .Af5 is recommended.
4.Jl,e2
(K) If 4 . f3 Af5 and White could hardly
avoid the exchange ofhis king's bishop
on d3 .
4 ... Jl, x e2
(K) Usually it is more than a moral vic
tory for B lack in a Queen's Pawn open
ing, to be able to exchange his queen's
bishop for the white king's bishop at
an early stage.
5.xe2 c6 6 . .)d2 e6 7.c3 .lbd7
8.e4 .) xe4 9 . .) xe4 dxe4 10.xe4
(A) ECO, volume D, first edition, stops
here assessing the position as slightly
better for White.
10 ... Jl,e7 1 1 . .lf3 0-0 1 2.0-0 .)f6
13.c2?!
(A) Better is 1 3 .i!i'e2.
1 3 ... b6 14 . .fe1 .adS 15.Jl.g 5
.feB 16.Jl,xf6?
(K) An error ! In the after-play the
bishop exhibits all the advantages of a
far-reaching piece, and is thereby su
perior to the knight.
16 . . . Jl, x f6 1 7 . .ad1 . d 5 18.h3
.ed8 1 9 . .d2 g6 20 . .ed 1 Jl, g 7
2 1 . .d3 c7 22 . .)h2?
(K) White tries to understand what his
opponent is aiming at. Hence his ner
vousness: with the following moves of
his knight he damages his position. The
knight stood best at f3.
(A) Black already stands slightly bet
ter. I f, for examp l e , 2 2 . i!i'e 2 , then
22 . . .i!i'd7 (or 22 . . . b5 first) threatening
. . . c6-c5 .
22 . . . b5 23 . .lfl h5 24 . .) g 3 d7
25 . .) e4 e5 26 . .lc5 e7 27.e2
f8 28 . .) b7?
(A) The decisive mistake ! Better defen
sive chances were offered by 28.4Jb3.
28 ... .e8 29.d xe5 .exe5! 30. f3
e7 31 . . xd5 cxd5 32 . .)a5
(K) 3 2 .l'h d5? would lead to an imme
diate loss: 32 . . . E!. xd5 33.i!i'xd5 i!i'e l +
34.h2 Ae5+ 3 5 .g3 i!:rxf2 + 36.i!i'g 2
Axg3+, etc. But even after the move
actually made, Black obtains a decisive
advantage in fine style.
32 . . . . e 1 + 3 3 . . x e 1 xe1+
34.h2 d41 35 . .)c6 dxc3 36.bx c3
Jl,xc3 37.g3
(K) If 37.L:Jxa7 then 37 . . . i.td4 wins as
fo l l o w s : 3 8 . g 3 i.t x f2 ! 3 9 . i!i' g 2 h4 !
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 Carlsbad 1 9 1 1
40.gxh4 eS+ 4 1 .'<!i'hl Axa7 42 .a8+
b8. It is to be noted that the advan
tage ofB1ack in all these variations rests
upon the bishop.
37 ... a5 38.'it'g2 'it'g7 39:d3
(K) With this move White regains the
pawn. But Rubinstein has prepared a
winning continuation worthy of study.
39 ... a41 40.xb5 e4+ 41.'it'g1 a3
42.c5 Jl,f6
(K) An amazing zugzwang position has
arisen. Black threatens 43 . . . bl +, fol
lowed by . . . x a 2 . If 4 3 . '<!i'h 2 e2
44.4Jb4 b2, after which the threat of
. . ..ltd4 is decisive. If 43.c l , obviously
43 . . . Ab2 wins.
4 3 . 4) b4 Jl,d4 44. c 1 f31
45.f4 Jlxf2+ 46.'it'h2 e2, 0-1
(K) "A logical game ! ," as Rubinstein
used to express it, when he was satis
fied with his work.
(294) Rubinstein P. Johner
- (T) Introducing ingenious regroupings
Carlsbad ( 1 5) 1 9 1 1
Queen 's Pawn [002]
l .d4 d5 2 . f3 e6 3 . A f4 Jld6
4 . .1}.g3 f6 5.e 3 0-0 6.bd2 c5
23 5
7.c3 4)c6 8.-'l.d3 4) g4? 9 . Jl, xd6
x d6 10.Jl,xh7+ 'ifi' x h7 1 1 . .lg5+
'it'g8 1 2 . x g4 e5 1 3 . g 3 f6
1 4 . 4) gf3 c x d4 1 5 . e x d4 e7
16.d xe5 fxe5 17.0-0 e4 18.4) g5
E!.f5 1 9 .f4 Jld7 2 0 . E!, ae 1 E!. af8
21 .c4 b4 22.cxd5 xd2 23.dxc6
j}_ x c 6 2 4 . h4 E!, x g 5 2 5 . f x g 5
E!, x f l + 2 6 . E!, x f 1 e3 2 7 . g3 e 2
28.E!,e1 g6 29.c3 xc3 30.bxc3
-'l.b5 31.'it'f2, 1-0
(295) Spielmann - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 1 6) 1 9 1 1
Four Knights [C49]
Notes by Spielmann (S) from 42nd Les
Cahiers de l 'Echiquier Francais, July
1 934 (p. 3 24), Tartakover (T) from 500
Master Games of Chess, and Mieses
(M).
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . .lc3 4) f6
4.Jl,b5 Jl,b4
(S) Later Rubinstein played 4 . . . 4Jd4
exclusively against the Four Knights.
This defense, analyzed and tested for
many years, has been proven correct,
and is the main reason why the Four
Knights is now played so rarely.
(A) Today, thanks to the efforts of En
glish GMs Nigel Short and John Nunn,
the Four Knights is seen again and
White is experimenting with new tries
against 4 . . . 4Jd4 .
5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Jl,g5 A x c3
8.bxc3 e7
( . . . 4Jd8-4Je6 and . . . . d8) which in
crease the security of Black's position.
This system, due to Metger, gives bet
ter results in practice than for instance
8 . . . 4Je7 or 8 . . . h6 9 . Ah4 .llg4, etc.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

9.Etel 4:\dS 10.d4 4:\e6

(T) He could quite well play 1 0 . . . -'tg4

first.

l l.Acl c6

(T) The most vigorous continuation is

the thrust l l . . .c5; e.g., 1 2.d5 (disap
pointing would be 1 2 . dx e 5 dxe5
1 3.4Jxe5, o n account o f 1 3 . . . 4Jc7, win
ning a piece) 12 . . . 4Jc7 1 3 .-'td3 Ag4
14 .h3 Ah5 , and Black holds his own. (M) If 1 7 . . . 4Jxc3 then 1 8.f3 followed
by f5 and White has a decisive attack.
t2.Afl
(S) Ifhere 17 . . . 4Jxc3, then 18.d3 4Je4
1 9.f5 with a stronger attack than in the
(S) As far as I know, played for the first
game.
time by Perlis in the tournament of
Ostende 1 906.
18.exf6!
(T) Intending entirely fresh activities
after g3 . The potential effect of the two
(M) But not 18.4Jxf5? 4Jxf4 .
bishops, to all appearances on the re
( S ) I f 1 8 . 4J x f5 l:! f8 ! ( b etter than
tired list, is remarkable.
18 ... 4Jxf4) 19.4Jg3 4Jxf4 20.4Jxe4 dxe4
1 2 ... E{d8 13.g3 c7 14.4:\h4 2 1 . l:! xe4 4Jh3 + 2 2 .-'txh3 Axh3 and
White has an extra pawn, but his king
(S) Also good is 14.-'tg2, but the text is exposed.
move, which involves the sacrifice of
a pawn, is more suitable to my style. 18 ... 4:\ xf6 19.f51 .\f8 20.f3 f7

14 . . . d5 (S) If 20 . . . 4Je4 2 l .Ad3 4Jxc3? 22 .Ag5

(S) Necessary.
(T) In quest of emancipation.
(M) A serious mistake.
1 5.f4! exf4
(T) H e l p i n g White ' s i nt e nt i o n s .
1 5 . . . 4Jxe4 would have served.
(S) Relatively better was 1 5 . . . 4Jxe4
16.dxe5 4Jxc3, but after 1 7.f3 White
will also have a good attacking posi
tion.
16.e5 .\e4 17.gxf4 f51
and White has a decisive attack.
2 t.Jld3 Ad7 22.Af4 Etes
(S) In case of22 . . . h5 23 .xh5! 4Jxh5
24.-'te5 White will win by doubling his
rooks on the g-file.
23.Jle5 c5 24. h l l c4 2 5 .Ae2
Jlc6 26.f4 4:\ 8d7 27.Af3 E{ e7
28.E{e2 E{f8 29.Etgl e8 30.E{eg2
E{ff7
( S ) I f 3 0 . . . 4J x e 5 3 1 . d x e 5 . x e S
3 2 . . x g7 + 'i!t h 8 3 3 . 4Jg6 + ! 'it' x g7

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 Carlsbad 1 9 1 1
3 4 . 4J x e 5 + h8 3 5 . 4Jg6 + h x g6
36.h6+ 4Jh7 37.fxg6 and White wins.
3 1.h6! f8
3 2 . .l g6 + ! h x g6 3 3 . h8+ .l g8
34.Ad6!
( S ) The point o f the combination.
White 's threat is 35.l:! xg6, followed by
36.. xg7.
34 . . . d8
(S) If 34 . . . . f6, then 3 5 . 1:! xg6 l:! xg6
36.fxg6 with the double threat: 37. l:! e l
and 37.Ah5 followed b y 38.l:! fl + .
3 5 . E! x g6 .l df6 36 . E{ x f6! E! x f6
37. E! xg71, 1-0
(296) Rubinstein - Levenjish
Carlsbad ( 1 7) 1 9 1 1
French Classical [C 1 4]
Notes by Levenfish (L) and Kmoch (K).
1 .d4 e6 2.e4
(K) An unusual case ! In this position
Rubinstein had always played 2 .4Jf3 or
2 . c4 .
2 ...d 5 3 . .lc3 .lf6 4.Ag5 Ae7 5.e5
.jfd7 6 . Jl x e7 "f!/ x e7 7."f!/d2 0-0
23 7
8.f4 c5 9 . .lf3 f6 10.exf6!?
(K) Rubinstein wishes to attack the
hanging pawns at e6 and d5. Sharply,
spiritedly and with iron precision, he
carries through his plan.
10 . . . x f6
(K) By 1 0 . . . 4Jxf6 fol lowed by . . 4Jc6
.
and . . . .l.td7 B lack could not attain an
ideal but an essentially playable game.
It is to be noted that the attempt to
strengthen the center by 1 0 . . . gxf6
w o u l d be refuted by l l . f5 ! e x f5 +
1 2 . .\.te2 .
l l .g3 .j c 6 1 2.0-0-0 a6 13.Ag2
.j b6
(K) Why not 1 3 . . . b5, which appears
even stronger? B ecause thereafter a
neat combination would be decisive:
1 4 . d x c 5 4J x c 5 1 5 . 4J x d 5 e x d 5
1 6 .xd5+ e6 17.4Jg5 ! .
14.E!he1 .jc4 1 5.f2 b 5 16.dxc5
(L) Black squares in the center are in
White 's control; the e6 pawn is weak.
-
The only counter-chance for Black is
to attack White 's king.
16 . . . .j x b2?
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King
(L) Rashness, which immediately loses
the game. Playing 16 . . . b4 1 7.4:Ja4 Jld7!
Black prevents the important maneuver
18.4:Jd4, threatening at the same time
1 8 . . . 4:Ja 5 . If 1 8 . c 3 , then 1 8 . . . b x c 3
1 9 . 4:Jxc3 b8 and Black's attack is ir
resistible.
1 7 . x b 2 b4 1 8 . d4 b x c3 +
1 9 . a 1 1 x d4 20. x d4 ab8
21.e3 g5 22. xc3 gxf4 23.gxf4
jtd7 24.c6 x d4 2 5 . x d4 Ae8
26.Ah3 f6 27.c7 c8 28. xd51
(K) It is to be observed that the origi
nal weakness of Black's game (e6 and
d5) finally comes into view.
28 ... xc7 29.A xe6+, 1-0
(297) Jaffe - Rubinstein
Carlsbad ( 1 8) 1 9 1 1
French Tarrasch [C09]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.e4
Axc5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Ab5+ c6
7.0-0 ge7 8.bd2 0-0 9 . b3
Ab6
By a roundabout way a position from
the Tarrasch French has been reached
that is very nice for B lack. Why? Be
cause he is a tempo up on the normal
line l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4:Jd2 c5 4.exd5
exd5 5 .4:Jgf3 4:Jc6 6.Ab5 Jld6 7.dxc5
Axc5 8.0-0 4:Jge7 9.4:Jb3 Jlb6, not hav
ing had to waste a tempo on . . Jld6-
c5-b6 . Equally good if not better is
9 . . . Jld6.
10.Ag5
It's curious that Capablanca chose to
repeat this opening against Rubinstein
at Berl in 1 928 (not London 1 922 as
ECO, volume C, second e d i t i o n ,
claims). He got the better o fi t there with
l O . e l Jlg4 1 l .Ad3 4:Jg6?! 1 2 .h3 Axf3
1 3 .ifxf3 4:Jce5 14.iff5 4:Jxd3 1 5 .ifxd3,
but Black 's play can be strengthened
by either l l . . .h6 or l l . . . ifd7 . B lack
should be able to meet h3 with . . . Jlh5 .
10 ...f6 11.Af4?1 Ag4 12.Ae2 g6
13.Ag3 f51 14.h3 f4 15.Ah2 Ae6
16.fd4 Af7 17.c3 f6 18.d2
ce5 19.f3 c4 20.A xc4 dxc4
2 1 . bd4 adS 2 2 . fe 1 A d 5
2 3 . e 2 f7 24.ad1 e7 25. c2
ed7 2 6 . e 2 h6 2 7 . f l a6
28.e5 e7 29.g4 g5 30.f3
xe2 3 1. xg5 xe1+, 0-1
(298) Rubinstein - Chajes
Carlsbad ( 1 9) 1 9 1 1
Queen's Gambit Declined [037]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3.c4 e6 4.c3
bd7 5.Af4 Ab4 6.e3 o-o 7.b3
c5 8.d2
Yet another one of Rubinstein's open
ing ideas not mentioned in ECO. His
idea of castling long is interesting and
perhaps worthy of further investigation.
8 . . . e8 9 . 0 - 0 - 0 1 ? a6 1 0 . d x c 5
A x c3 1 l . x c 3 x c 5 1 2 . c x d 5
ce4 1 3 . x e4 x e4 1 4 . c 2
e x d 5 1 5.b1 Af5 16.Ad3 c8
17.e2 b6 18.a1 f6 19.cl
. c 5 20. jt x f5 x f5 2 1 .Ag3 d4
2 2 . f3 d7 2 3 . e x d4 x d4
2 4 . c 3 d7 2 5 . h d 1 d 3
2 6 . d 2 x c l + 2 7 . x c 1 f5
28. d l a5 29.f3 dB 30.a3 h6
31. tf1tc2 d5 32.Ac7 d7 33. b3
a4 3 4 . tf1t x b7 h 7 3 5 . tf1t a6 f5
36. tf1tc4 E{ d4 37. ti1tc3 ti1td5 38.bl
tf1td7 39.A e5 Etd5 40.tf1tc4 E{ xe5
238
 Carlsbad 1 9 1 1
4 l . . x d 3 . e 1 + 4 2 . cifl a 2 e8
43 . .d5 . e 2 44. d 3 e6
4 5 . x f5+ x f5 46 . . x f5 . x g2
47.h4 . f 2 48 . . f4 g 5 4 9 . h x g5
hxg5 50 . . x a4 ,Et xf3
51 . .g4 ciflg6 52.b4 ciflh5 53 . .g1
g4 54.b5 g3 55.a4 ciflh4 56.b6 ciflh3
57.b7 .f8 5S.a5 ciflh2 59 . . x g3
cifl x g3 60.a6 .bS 6 1 . ciflb3 ciflf4
62. ciflc4 cifle5 63. ciflc5, 1-0
(299) Per/is - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (20) 1 9 1 1
French Rubinstein [C I I ]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5
dxe4 5.4) xe4 4)bd7 6.Ad3 Ae7
7 . e 2 4) x e4 S . .il, x e7 x e7
9.Axe4 4)f6 10.Ad3 c5 l l .dxc5
x c5 12 . .il,b5+ .il,d7 1 3 . A x d7+
4) x d7 1 4 . 4) f3 .cS 1 5 . c 3 0 - 0
1 6 . 0 - 0 . fd8 1 7 . . fd 1 4) f6
1 S . . d 2 ,Et x d 2 1 9 . x d 2 d 5
2 0 . x d 5 4) x d 5 2 1 . . d 1 ciflfS
2 2 . ciflfl cifle7 2 3 .g3 b 5 24 . . d4
4) b6 2 5 . cifle 2 . c 5 2 6 . h 4 h6
27 . .d3 4)c4 2S.b3 4) d6 29 . .e3
4)f5 30 . .d3 4)d6 3 1 . .e3 4) f5
32 . .d3 4)d6 33 . .e3 a5 34.4)d2 f5
35.cifld3 e5 36.f3 cifle6 37.c4 g6
3S . . e 1 b4 3 9 . a 3 b x a 3 40 . . a 1
4) b7 4t . x a3 .c6 42.ciflc3 .d6
43 . .a 1 <;!lf6 44 . .e1 4)c5 45 . .e3
23 9
. b 6 46 . . e 1 . d 6 47 . . e 3 g 5
4 8 . h x g 5 + h x g 5 49 . . e 1 . d 3 +
50.ciflc2 .d4 5 1 . .h1 g4 52.fxg4
fxg4 53 . .h6+ Wf5 54 . .h5+ ciflf6
5 5 . .Et h 6 + ciflf5 5 6 . .Et h 5 + Citlf6
57 . . h 6 + Wg 5 5 S . . c 6 4) d 3
5 9 . 4) e4 + W h 5 6 0 . 4) f6 + ciflg 5
61.4)e4+, Draw
(3 00) Rubinstein - Dus-Chotimirsky
Carlsbad (2 1 ) 1 9 1 1
Slav [D l 5]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 c6 4.4)c3
b6 5.c2 Ag4 6.c5 c7 7.4)e5
4) bd7 S . 4) x g4 4) x g4 9 .e 3 e 5
10 . .il,e2 4)gf6 l l .Ad2 Ae7 1 2.b4
b6 1 3 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 14 . . a b 1 . feS
1 5 . c x b6 a x b6 1 6 . 4) b 5 b7
17.dxe5 4) xe5 1S.4)d4 b5 19.4)b3
4)c4 20.4)a5 ,Et x a51 21.Axc4! .a6
2 2 . A b3 4) e4 23 . . f c 1 Af6
2 4 . A e 1 a7 2 5 . d 3 4) d 6
2 6 . A c 3 .il, x c3 2 7 . x c 3 4) c4
2S . .d1 .a3 29 . .d4 .e6 30 . .bd1
e7 3 l .e4 ,Et x e4 3 2 . , x e4 d x e4
3 3 . c 1 . a S 34 . .il, x c4 b x c4
3 5 . x c4 h6 36 . .e1 d7 37.g3
d5 3S.xd5 cxd5 39 . .a1 .a4
40.a3 WfS 4 l . Wf1 cifle7 42.cifle2
d4 4 3 . cifl d 2 cifld6 44 . cifl c 2 wc6
45.ciflb3 .aS 46.a4 .d8 47.ciflc4
d3 4 S . b 5 + cifl b 7 4 9 . ciflc3 ciflb6
50.cifld2 cifla5 5 1 ..a2 f5 52 . .b2
cifl x a4 53.b6 .bS 54.b7 Wa5 55.g4
Citla6 56.gxf5 ,Et x b7 57 . .a2+, Draw
(30 1 ) Kostic - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (22) 1 9 1 1
Scotch [C45]
l . e4 e 5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . d4 e x d4
4.4) xd4 Ac5 5 .Ae3 Ab6 6.4)f5
.il, x e 3 7 . 4) x e 3 4) f6 S . 4) c 3 d6
9.Ab5 0-0 10 . .Q.xc6 bxc6 1 1 .0-0
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
. e8 1 2 . d 3 a5 13 . . f e l Aa6
14.d4 b8 15 . .lf5 Ac8 16.b3
b4 17.a3 x d4 18 . .l x d4 Ad7
19.f3 .e7 20.a4 f8 2 l .f2 g6
22 . .e2 .ae8 23 . .ael .Jh5 24.g3
.!g7 25 . .e3 .!e6 26 . .J xe6+ fxe6
27.e5 d5 28 . .le2 c5 29 . .c3 c4
3 0 . b x c4 . b8 3 l .c x d 5 e x d 5
3 2 . . x c7 A x a4 3 3 . . x e7 x e7
34 . . a l A x c 2 3 5 . . x a 5 e6?
36 . .Jd4+ x e5??
The only logical explanation for this
move and White's reply is mutual time
pressure.
37 . .J x c 2 ? ? . b 2 1 38 . . c 5 d 6
39 . .c8 d7 40 . .c3 d4 41 . .c4 d3
42 . .d4+ e6 43 . . x d 3 . x c 2 +
44.gl g5 4 5 . .dl h 5 4 6. .fl f5
47 . .f2 .c4 48 . .a2 .b4 49.f2
.c4 50.h3 h4 51.gxh4 gxh4, Draw
(302) Rubinstein - Alekhine
Carlsbad (23) 1 9 1 1
Slav [D I S]
Notes by Kmoch, and Marin (as noted)
l.d4 d5 2 . .lf3 .!f6 3.c4 c6 4 . .Jc3
b6 5.c2 Ag4 6.Ag5
[Authors ' note: ECO deals mainly with
6.c5 and gives 6 . .ilg5 only as a move
deserving attention, mentioning no
games.]
6 ... .l bd7 7.e3 .le4
The simple 7 . . . e6 was to be preferred.
8 . j}.f4 e6 9 . Ad3 a 5 1 0 . 0 - 0
xc3 l l .bxc3 Axf3 1 2 .gxf3 dxc4
13.Axc4 b6
Now it is apparent that Black has been
following a definite obj ective during
the unsound development of the last
few move s : e . g . , 14 . .ild3 <tld5 ! and
White would be faced with the unpleas
ant choice of sacrificing the c-pawn or
submitting to a triple pawn on the f
file. This neat plan, however, is refuted
by a simple counterstroke.
After 1 4 . . . <tlxc4 1 5 .xc4! ( 1 5 . xb7
<tlb6 is unclear) White would remain
at a clear advantage by reason of his
strong center.
t 5 . A e 2 Ad6 t 6 . Ag3 A x g3
17.hxg3 0-0 18.f4 c5 19.Af3 .d7
20.a4 d5 2l . .fcl g6 2 2.b51
x b5 23.axb5 c x d4 24.c x d4 b6
25 . .c4 f5 26 . .c6 f7 27.Axd5
exd5 28 ..acl .fd8 29.fl e7
3 0 . e 2 . d 6 3 1 . . 6c 3 . 6d7
32.d3 .aS 33 . .c6 .d6 34.e2
White marks time a little in order to
formulate the winning plan at his lei
sure.
34 ... . x c6 35 . . xc6 d7 36.f31
Well calculated! If 36 . . . El c8 37.El xc8
'it>xc8 38.e4! fxe4 39.fxe4 dxe4 40.g4
and White wins.
Marin considers thi s move imprecise
and 36.'it'd3 more exact!
36 . . . .e8
36 . . . a5 ( S p i e lmann) 3 7 . El xb6 'it>c7
38. El c6+ 'it>b7 39.'it>d2 a4 40.'it>c2 E\ e8
4 1 . El c3 'it'b6 draws (Marin).
37.d3 ..e7 38.g4 ..e6 39 . ..cll
Now 39 . El x e6 would be insufficient
because after 39 . . . . 'it>xe6 40.e4 Black
240
 Top row : Chajes, E.Cohn, Leonhardt, Alekhine, Fahrni, Jaffe, Rotlewi and Marco;
Third row : Tartakover, Johner, Perlis, Hoffer, Fahndrich, von Gottschall, Spielmann,
Siichting, Rabinovich and Salwe; Second Row (sitting) Vidmar, Burn, Rubinstein, Tieitz,
b> Schlechter, Duras, Marshall, Nimzovitch and Alapin;
First Row (sitting on the ground) : Kostic, Levinfish, Dus-Chotimirsky and Havasi

f z,_
t'- Teichmann is missing from the photo while Tietz, von Gottschall, Havasi, Hoffer,
Fahndrich and Marco who didn't play are included.
I.
IF

Original signatures from the

back of the photo :
Teichmann, Nimzovitch, Tartakover,
Leonhardt, Burn, Siichting, Perlis,
Vidmar, Leonhardt, Fahrni,
Spielmann, Duras, Alekhine,
Rotlewi, Alapin, Kostic,
Dus-Chotimirsky, and
Marshall (on the side)
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
plays 40 . . . dxe4+ 4 l .fxe4 fxg4, etc., and
if White continues 40.g5 his king can
no longer break through.
39. 1"1 xe6 'it'xe6 40.gxf5 + gxf5 4 l .e4
'it'e7 42.e5 'it>e6 43.'it>e3 'it>f7 44.'it'f2
'it'g7 45.'it'g3 'it'f7 46.'it'h4 'it'g6 47.e6
f6 4 8 . 'it' h 5 'it' x e 6 4 9 . 'it'g 5 h 5
50.'it'xh5 'it>d6 5 1 .'it'g5 a 5 52.bxa6 'it'c6
53.'it'xf5 wins, according to Marin, who
gives 39.l"1 c l as dubious.
3 9 . . . .. e 7 40 . .. h 1 'it' e 6 4 t . ..c 1
'ifld7 42 . .. e 1 ..f7 4 3 . .. a 1 'it'd6
44 . ..c1 'ifld7 45 . ..c6 ..f8 46.'ifle2
..f7 47.'it'f2 ..f8 48.'iflg31
Finally the right idea: the king should
cross over via g5.
48.....e8 49 ...c3 ..e7 50.'it'h4 h6
5 1 . 'it'g3
The king has performed his service ! A
bad weakening of the 6th rank was
brought about, and thereby l"1 c6 has
become a permanent grave threat; e.g.,
5 1 . . . l"1 e8 5 2 . 'it>f2 l"1 e7 5 3 . 'it>e 2 l"1 e8
54.'it'd3 l"1 e7 5 5 . l"1 c6 l"1 e6 56.gxf5 ! ! .
T h i s i s t h e p o i nt ! After 5 6 . . . g x f5
5 7 . l"1 xe6 'it' x e 6 5 8 . e4 fo l l owed by
59.e5 wins, as Black cannot exchange
on e4.
242
51 ... h5 52.'if7h4 ..h7 53.'iflg5 fxg4
5 4 . f x g4 h x g4 5 5 . 'ifl x g4 .. h 1
56.'iflg5 ..b1
56 . . . l"1 gl + 57.'it'f6 'it'd6 58.l"1c6+ 'it'd7
59.'it>e5 is also hopeless (Marin).
5 7 . .. a 3 .. x b 5 58 . .. x a7 + 'it'd6
59. 'ifl x g6 ..b3 60.f5 .. x e3 61 .f6
.. g3 + 6 2 . 'if7 h7 ..f3 63 .f7 .. f4
64. 'it'g7 ..g4+ 65. 'it'f6
Ever cautious ! First the rook is forced
away from the pawn at d4.
65 . . . ..f4+ 66.'it'g5 ..fl 67.'it'g6
..g1+ 68.'it'f6 ..fl+ 69.'iflg7 ..gl+
7 0 . 'it'f8 ..d1 7 1 . 'it'e8 .. e 1 +
7 2 . 'it'd8 .. f 1 7 3 . .. d 7 + 'it'c6
74.'ifle8 ..f4 75 . ..e7 'it'b5 76. ..c71,
1-0
(3 0 3) Fahrni - Rubinstein
Carlsbad (24) 1 9 1 1
English [A 1 3]
1 .c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Ag2 d4 4.d3 c5
5.e4 e5 6.f4 exf4 7.A xf4?1
Better is 7.gxf4 and if 7 .. .'li'h4+ then
8.'it'fl followed by 9 . .Jf3.
7 . . . .)c6 8 . .) f3 .)ge71 9.Ag5 f6
1 0 . Af4 .) g6 1 1 . .) h4 .! x h4
1 2 . g x h4 Ae6 1 3 . Af3 Ad6
1 4 . Ag4 A x g4 1 5 . " x g 4 A x f4
1 6 . x f4 .l e 5 1 7 . g 3 a 5 +
18 . .)d2 0-0 19 . ..g1 ..f7 20.'ifle2
b5 2 1 . b 3 b x c4 22 . .) x c 4 .! x c4
23.bxc4 f51 24. e5 ..af8 25.exf5
a4 26.'it'd2 b4+ 27.'if7d1 c3
28 . .. c 1 x d 3 + 2 9 . 'ifl e 1 h 3
30 . ..c2 x h4+ 3Vifld1 g6!, 0- 1
 Carlsbad 1 9 1 1
(304) Rubinstein - A. Rabinovich
Carlsbad (25) 1 9 1 1
Dutch [A85 ]
l .c4 f 5 2 .d4 e 6 3.4)c3 4) f6 4.4)f3
b6 5 . g 3 Ab7 6 . Ag 2 g6 7 . 0 - o
Ag7 8.d5 e x d 5 9 . c x d 5 0-0
1 0 . Af4 4) a 6 l l . c l h6 1 2 .d6
c x d6 1 3 . A x d6 e8 14. b3+
Cit' h 7 1 5 . 4) g 5 + h x g 5 1 6 . A x b7
4) c 5 1 7 . A x c 5 E! b8 1 8 . A x b 6
a x b6 1 9 . Ag 2 e7 2 0 . e 3 E! h 8
243
2 l . fdl 4)g4 22.4)d5 e6 23.h3
4) e 5 2 4 . f4 4) f7 2 5 . E! c7 E!hd8
2 6 . Cit' h 2 Af8 2 7 . f x g 5 4) x g 5
28.4)f4 e7 29.h4 4) f7 30.d5
4)e5 31.4)e6 4)g4+ 32.Cit'gl dxe6
33. x e7+ A x e7 34.b3 E! x dl+
35.xdl E!d8 36. b3 Ac5 37.Af3
4) xe3 38. xe6 E!d2 39.b4 Ad4
40. e7 + Cit'h6 4 1 . Cit' h l 4) f l
4 2 . g 5 + Cit'g7 4 3 . Ag 2 4) e 3
44. e 7 + Cit' h 6 4 5 . g 5 + Cit'g7,
Draw
 Warsaw City Championship 1911
Little information is available on this
event. According to the Polish chess
historian Dr. Tadeusz Wolsza, this was
the e i ghth tournament of the
Warszawskie Towarzystwo Zwo/en
nikow Gry Szachowej (Warsaw Asso
ciation of Chess Players). It was held
in December 1 9 1 1 and served as the
1 9 1 2 Warsaw City Championship (like
the 1 9 1 1 event that was held in Novem
ber 1 9 1 0, this tournament was held the
preceding year) . The doub le round
robin event included the top players of
Warsaw and special guest Georg Salwe
ofLodz. According to the January 1 9 1 2
issue o f Casopis Ceskoslovenskych
Sachistu (p. 1 6), Rubinstein's first prize
was worth 1 00 rubles.
Confusion arises because some sources
have the event extending into the next
year, which doesn 't seem to be the case.
The significance of this is identifying
the year 1 9 1 2 with Rubinstein's five
tournament victories. San Sebastion,
Vilna, Breslau, and Pistyan are all well
chronicled, but win number five was
supposed to be an event in Warsaw.
Considering that the next WTZGZs
event that Dr. Wolsza found Rubinstein
playing in was 1 9 1 6, we would presume
that Akiva did not play another tourna
ment in Warsaw in the second half of
1 9 1 2. So this event, held in December
of the preceding year, was Rubinstein's
fifth tournament win for 1 9 1 2 !
Rubinstein's performance was almost
perfect, yielding only two draws in
fourteen games - no small feat when at
least three of the other competitors
(Salwe, Flamberg and Langleben) were
strong masters. Regrettably only one
game is available, if major discoveries
of Rubinstein games are to be made
in the future they are likely to come
from Polish newspapers covering his
domestic tournaments before 1 9 1 4 .
This i s truly the dark area o f his career.
(305) Flamberg - Rubinstein
Warsaw (2) 1 9 1 1
French Rubinstein [C l l ]
l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5
d x e4 5 . 4) x e4 4) bd7 6.4)f3 Jl,e7

1912 Warsaw City Championship

(December 19 11)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1. Rubinstein XX Y, i Y2 l 11 11 11 11 11 13

2. Salwe Y20 XX y2 y, Y,O 11 11 11 11 10

3. Flamberg Y20 y2 y, XX O Y2 11 11 11 11 10

4. Langleben 00 Y, i I V> XX 10 y,y, Y,O Y, i 7

5. Kulm 00 00 00 01 XX 1 y2 Y, i 11 6

6. Kleczynski 00 00 00 y,y, O Y:z XX II Y2 l 5

7. Rosenthal 00 00 00 Y, l Y20 00 XX Y,O 2 Y,

8. Hartmanis 00 00 00 Y:zO 00 Y20 Y2 l XX 2 Y:z

Source: Konstanty Wroblewski

 Warsaw City Championship 1 9 1 1

7. x f6+ xf6 8.Ad3 b6 9.e2 than enough compensation for the

-'1_b7 1 0 . -'1_ b 5 + c6 l l . A d 3 00
12.-'1_xf6 -'1_ x f6 13.000 c5!
If 1 4 . dxc5?! then 1 4 . . . c7 with more
pawn.
14.h4 d5 15.bl h5 16.Ae4
A x e4 1 7. x e4 c x d4 1 8 . x d4
adS 1 9 . f3 d 6 2 0 . g4 g6
2 l . b 5 x e4 2 2 . f x e4 x d l +
2 3 . x d l -'1_ x h4 2 4 . x a7 f5
2 5 . e x f5 e x f5 2 6 . g x f5 x f 5
27.c8 h 5 ! 28. xb6 -'1_f2 29.d5
h7 30.c4 g5 3 1.c2 g4 32.d3
h 6 3 3 . e 2 h4 3 4 . c 3 g3
35.e4 h3 36.d6+ h5 37.d8
e5 38. {3 f5+ 3 9 . e2 e5
40. {3 x e4 4 1 . x e4 h2
42.h8+ g4, 01

245
 San Sebastian 1912
This tournament marked the start of
Rubinstein 's magic year. Between Feb
ruary 1 9 and September 1 7 he played
in and won four strong tournaments.
His complete record was 39 wins, 24
draws, and 8 losses (72 percent) against
strong opposition. All the leading mas
ters of the day played with the excep
tion of Lasker and Capablanca.
(306) Rubinstein - Marshall
San Sebastian ( I ) February 1 9, 1 9 1 2
Slav [D l 3]
Notes by Mieses.
l .d4 d5 Vilf3 4)f6 3.c4 c6 4.4)c3
4)bd7?1
A dubious continuation. B lack should
play 4 . . . dxc4 or 4 . . . e6.
5.cxd5! cxd5 6.Af4 e6 7.e3 Ab4
Necessary, because of the threat 8..\bS.
8.Ad3 4)e4 9 :b3 a5 10.Axe4
dxe4 1 1 .4)d2 0-0
Black cannot defend the pawn because
of the threat .Jc4 followed by .Jd6+.
12.4)dxe4 e5
B l ack uses his only chance. S acri
fi cing the second pawn, he achieves
an endgame with opposite-co lored
bishops.
1 3 . d x e 5 4) c 5 1 4 . 4) x c 5 x c 5
1 5 . 0 - 0 A x c 3 1 6 . Et fc l l Ae6
17. Et x c3
But not 17.'li'rxb7? because of 17 . . . 'li'rb4 ! .
1 7 . . . A x b3 1 8. x c 5 Ae6 1 9 .e4
feB 2 0 . Ae3 b6 2 1 . Et c 3 Et x c3
22.bxc3 c8 23.Ad4 b5 24.a3 g6
25.Etb1 a6 26.f4 Etc4 27.r:t;f2 f8
28.e3 e8 29.Etfl Eta4 30.Ac5
Ad7 3 1 . d 1 Etc4 3 2 . Ab4 Etc6
33.h3 h5 34.f3 h4?
Trying to avoid the opening of the h
file, B lack creates new and decisive
weaknesses - the pawn h4 will be lost,
and with it also the game.
3 5 . Et d 5 Ae6 3 6 . d 6 Et x d6
3 7 . A x d6 ! d7 3 8 . A c 5 c6
39.Af2 a5 40.Axh4 c5 4t.Ad8
c4 42.e31
After 42 . .1lxa5 '<t'd3, followed by .lle6-
d7-c6, White will have much more dif
ficulty.
42 . . . xc3 43. A x a 5 + c4 44.g4
c5 4 5 .f5 g x f 5 46. Ab4+ c6
47. exf5 Ad5 48.h4 Ag2 49.h5,
1-0
(307) Schlechter - Rubinstein
San Sebastian (2) February 20, 1 9 1 2
French Rubinstein [ C I 0]
Notes by Mieses (M), Kmoch (K), and
Authors (A).
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag 5
d x e4 5 . 4) x e4 4)bd7 6.4)f3 Ae7
7 .4) xf6+ 4) xf6 8.Ad3 b6!
(M) Rubinstein 's idea. He played it al
ready a g a i n s t S p i e l m a n n at S an
 San Sebastian 1 9 1 2

Sebastian 1 9 1 1 (game #279). If 8 . . 0-0 . 1 3 . e 5 x g 2 1 4 . f3 x f3

then 9 . e 2 and B lack cannot play
9 . . . b6? b e c a u s e o f 1 0 . x f6 and
1 l .e4 .
(K) If 9 . ..1lb5+ Ad7; if 9 . .1lxf6 ..ll xf6
1 0 . .lle4 fl b8 1 1 . 4Je5 xe5, and queens
are exchanged. In both cases, White
attains no advantage.
(A) Recent theory recommends 9:l>'fe2
.llb7 10.0-0 0-0 1 l .f!ad1 with a slightly
better game for White.
9 ... Jtb7 10.Ab5+ c6 l l .jt xc6+?
(K) Thereafter B lack obtains a slight
superiority. If 1 1 .4:'lxc6 or 1 l .f3, then
1 l . . .d5! Best was probably 1 l ...Q.e2.
l l ... jtxc6 1 2.1Z) xc6 d5
(A) The point of Rubinstein's opening
id ea. B l ack regai ns the pawn and
forces an endgame with the better pawn
structure.
15. x f3 E{c8 16.0-0-0?!
(K) This increases his disadvantage.
White is weaker on the kingside, but
has a s l i g h t supe ri o ri t y on the
queenside. He must therefore prepare
to attack on the queenside. 1 6.c3 with
the intent of a4- a5 was indicated. Af
ter the text, White's attack cannot be
started without danger to the king.
16 ... d5 17.Jt xe7 c:J x e7 18.c:Jbl
E{hd8 19.Ethgl g6 20.e5 b4!
2l .c3 c6 22. xc6+?
(M) White should not exchange the
knights, because the rook endgame is
better for B lack. Correct was 22.4Jg4,
followed by 4:'le3 .
(K) Schlechter apparently does not
sense the danger, while his opponent
hopes to exploit his advantage in a
simple rook ending. This is evident
from the previous maneuver of his
knight. 22.4Jg4 and 4:'l e 3 was prefer
able.

San Sebastian 19 12
February 19 March 2 0-

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total
1 . Rubinstein XX Y, 1 01 Y, 1 y,y, 1 Y> 01 11 y,y, Y, 1 Y>F 1 2 Y,
2 . N imzovitch Y>O XX 01 I Y, O Y> II II y, y, y,y, II Y2F 12
3 . Spielmann 10 10 XX 10 I Y, Y2 l Y2 Y2 Y, 1 y,y, 1 Y> IF 12
4 . Tarrasch Y20 O Y2 01 XX II 01 Y20 y, y, 11 11 IF I I Y,
5. Perlis Y2 Y2 I Y2 O Y> 00 XX I Y, Y2 l y,y, y,y, I Y2 Y,F 10
6. Marshall O Y, 00 Y,O 10 O Y, XX Y2 1 I y, y,y, 11 IF 9 Y,

7. Duras 10 00 y,y, Y, l Y,O Y,O XX Y2 Y> Y, l 01 Y,F 8 Y,

8 . Schlechter 00 Y2 Y> Y,O y,y, y,y, O Y> y, y, XX y2 y2 1 Y> Y, F 8
9. Teichmann y,y, y, y2 y, y, 0 0 y,y, y2 y, Y20 y2 y2 XX y,y, Y,F 8
I 0. Leonhardt Y>O 00 O Y, 00 OY> 00 10 0 Y2 y,y, XX IF 5
I I . Fleischmann Y>O Y>O 00 00 Y20 00 Y20 Y,O Y>O 00 XX 3

Note: Fleischmann only played the first half tournament and forfeited his last I 0 games.

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22 13, xc6 23.13.d3 13.d5 24.13.h3 hS

.. Schlechter's move is not to be censured.
25.13.f3 That it offers no salvation is due to the
position.

25 ... e5t 26.d xe5

(A) lf 26.. gS, then according to analy

sis by I. Zaitsev, Black wins by 26 . . . .f6
27.. xf6 xf6 28.f4 (the pawn endgame
after 28. . xeS xeS 29.dxeS+ xeS is
lost for White) 28 . . . exf4 ! ! 29.13. xdS f3
and the f-pawn is unstoppable.

26 13, xe5 27.13.e3?

(M) The decisive mistake. White must
play 2 S . . e3, preventing the advance of
Black's e-pawn.
(K) Various commentators have noted
this move as an error and have recom
mended . e l or .e3 as preventing eS.
This view is not convincing as it over
looks the fact that Black's chief threat
is 2S . . . . fS ! ; e.g., 2 S . i3. e3 . fS 26.13.e2
(K) 27.. c l in order to continue with
c4 was possibly somewhat better.
(A) The decisive mistake. In this ob
jectively very difficult endgame, White
has more practical chances with both
rooks on the board.
28 13, x e3 28.fxe3 13.e6 2 9 . 13. e l
. .

.d6 27.13.dl (threatening c4) 27 . . . . f4! 13.f6 3 0 . 13, e 2 e 6 3 1 . c2 e5

28.. ed2 . dS 29.c4 . dfS , etc ., with 32 .c4 e4 33.b4 g5 34. c3 g4
practically a winning game . Hence 35.c5 h4 36.13,g2 13.g6 37.c4 g3

San Sebastian 19 12 : Seated L-R Nimzovitch, H allgarten, Hoffer, Spielmann,

Tarrasch, Leonhardt, and Marshall. Standing from left to right: M ieses, Duras,
Perlis, Schlechter, Rubinstein and Forgacs

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3 8 . h x g3 h x g3 3 9 . b 5 b x c 5
40.bxc5 f3 41.g1 a6+, 0- 1
(308) Rubinstein - Per/is
San Sebastian (3) February 22, 1 9 1 2
French [C I O]
l . d4 e6 2 . e4 d 5 3 . c3 d x e4
4 . x e4 f6 ? ! 5 . x f6 + x f6
6.f3 h6 7.h4 -'td6 8.-'1_g51 f5
9.-'te3 Af4 10.d2 Jl x e3 1 1 .fxe3
c6 12.-'1_d3 a5 13.xa5 xa5
1 4 . e 5 c 6 1 5 . x c 6 b x c6
1 6 . Ae4 Ad7 1 7 . 0 - 0 - 0 e7
18.d3 hb8 19.c3 b6 20.a4
According to Tarrasch, a more promis
ing plan i s . hd l , with the idea of
.dd3, . c4 and .dc3.
20 ... d6 2 1 .b3 e8 2 2 . Af3 e5
2 3 . a 5 b5 2 4 . d x e 5 + e x e 5
2 5 . d 1 + e 7 2 6 . -'1_ x c6 -'1_ x c6
27 . x c 6 ec5 2 8 . x c 5 x c 5
29.b4 e 5 30.d3 e4 3 l . c3
d7 32.d3+ e7 33.d4 xe3
34.c4 d6 35.g4 g6 36.d2
a3 37.d4+ c6 38.f4 g3
3 9 . x f7 x g 2 + 40 . c 3 g3 +
41.c4 g4+ 42.b3 x h4 43.c4
a6 44.f6+ b7 45. xg6 h3+
46.a4 h 5 47.h6 h 1 48.b5
a x b 5 + 49 . x b 5 b 1 + 5 0 . c 5
a 1 51 .b4 b1+ 52.c3 c1+
53.b3 h1 54.a6+ a7 55.b4
a1 56.c6 b8, Draw
(309) Fleischmann - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 4) February 2 3 , 1 9 I 2
French Rubinstein [C I I ]
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 f6 4.Ag5
d x e4 5.1) xe4 l) bd7 6.f3 Ae7
7 . 1) x f6 + .Q. x f6 8 . d 2 -'1_ x g 5
9.xg 5 xg5 10. 1) x g5 1)f6 1 1.g3
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h6 1 2 . f3 b6 1 3 . A b 5 + Ad7
14.-'1_xd7+ xd7 1 5.0-0-0 0-0-0
1 6 . h e 1 c6 1 7 . e 5 x e5
18. xe5 d6 19.c3 d7 20.f4,
Draw
(3 I 0) Rubinstein - Tarrasch
San Sebastian (5) February 24, I 9 I 2
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D33]
1 .d4 d5 2.f3 c5 3.c4 e 6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.c3 c6 6.g3 f6 7.-'lg2
cxd4 8. xd4 b6 9. xc6 bxc6
10.0-0 Ae6
ECO deals only with 1 0 . . . 1.ta6 and
1 0 . . . Ae7.
According to Tarrasch, White 's best
continuation is l l .e4!, as was played
for t h e fi rst t i m e in M a r s h a i i
Fleischmann, two rounds later.
l l . . . a5 1 2 . Ae3 c8 1 3 .a3 c5
1 4 . x c 5 A x c 5 1 5 . b4 A x b4
1 6 . a x b4 x b4 1 7 . Ad4 0 - 0 1
18.A xf6 gxf6 19. xa7 c41 20.e3
fc8 2 1 .7a1 d4 22.exd4 xd4
23.f3 g7 24.fb1 d6 25.h3
c2 26.d1 a2 27.ac1, Draw
(3 I I ) Duras - Rubinstein
San Sebastian (6) February 26, 1 9 1 2
Ruy Lopez [C79]
l . e4 e 5 2 . f3 c6 3 . A b 5 a6
4. Aa4 f6 5 . 0 - 0 d 6 6.d4 b5
7 . d x e 5 d x e 5 8 . x d8 + x d8
9.Ab3 d7 10.a4 b8 l l .a x b5
a x b 5 1 2 . -'te3 f6 1 3 . A a 7 b7
1 4 . d 1 c5 1 5 . A x c 5 A x c 5
16.a8 Ad7 17.1)h4 a7 18.b8
f8 19 . .J f5 g6 2 0 . h 6 a l
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
2 1 . -'l. gS ,1la7 2 2 . Et x dS + c:;ft x dS
2 3 . A x h7 c:;ftcS 24 . A x g6 Ei a 2
25.Af7 Et xb2 26.Etc1 Ac6 27.4)c3
b4?? 2S.4)d1 Et xf7 29.l xb2 Eld7
30.4)g4 Eld2 31.4)c4 E!d4 32.4)a5
Axe4 33.4) xf6 AaS?
H ere, a c c o r d i n g to M i e s e s , after
33 . . xc2! B lack has at least a draw.
. 4)c7 3S. '(fjd2 4)e6 39.hxg6 h x g6
34.h3 Ei d 2 3 5 . 4) g4 Ae4 36.c3
,1lf5 3 7 . 4) c6 A x g4 3 S . 4) x a7 +
c:;ftb7 3 9 . h x g4 b3 40. 4) b5 E! a 2
4 t . Ei b 1 b 2 4 2 . c:;ft h 2 c:;ftb6 43.c4
c:;ftc5 44. 4) c3 Eta3 4 5 . 4) d 1 Ei a 1
46 . Et x b 2 E! x d 1 47 . Et e 2 E!d4
4S . Et x e 5 + c:;ft x c4 49 . c:;ftg3 la d S
50.g5 c5 51 .f4 c:;ftd4 5 2 . la e 1 lacS
53.g6 c4 54.f5 c3 55.g7 c2 56.f6,
1-0
(3 1 2) Rubinstein - Teichmann
San Sebastian (7) February 27, 1 9 1 2
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D6 1 ]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.4)c3
Ae7 5 . .1lg5 4)bd7 6.e3 0-0 7.'(fJJc 2
c5 S . E! d 1 tfJJ a 5 9 . c x d 5 e x d 5
1 0 . -'l_ e 2 c x d4 1 1 . e x d4 ,1lb4
1 2 . A d 2 4) e 4 1 3 . 4) x e4 d x e4
1 4 . '(fJJ x e4 A x d 2 + 1 5 . Et x d2 4) f6
16.tfJJ b 1 Af5 17.b4 tfJJ d 5 1S.tfJJ b 2
Et acS 1 9 .0-0 4) e4 2 0 . Et d 3 4) f6
2 1 .lad2 4)e4 22.Etd3, Draw
(3 1 3 ) Leonhardt - Rubinstein
San Sebastian (8) February 29, 1 9 1 2
Hungarian [C50]
1 .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . Ac4 Ae7
4.d4 d6 5.d5 4)bS 6.Ad3 4)f6 7.c4
0-0 S.h3 4)eS 9.g4 4) a6 10.4)c3
4)c5 ll . .i}.c2 a5 12.Ae3 b6 13.a3
g6 1 4 . Et g 1 4) g7 1 5 . A h 6 Ad7
16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 .)a6 1S.b1
250
Eta7 19.Aa4 '(fjeS 20.-'l_ x d7 '(fJJ xd7
21 .c:;ftfl c5 22.dxc6 '(fj xc6 23.tfJJ d 5
tfJJ d 7 24. 4)b5 Eib7 2 5 . c:;ftg2 ladS
2 6 . Et gd 1 4) e 6 2 7 . 'it'g3 '(fJJ c S
2 S . A e 3 4) ec7 2 9 . 4) xc7 '(fJJ x c7
30.E!d2 EtaS 31.Etd3 '(fJJ bS 32.Etc3
Eiba7 3 3 . h4 4) c7 34. '(fJJ c 6 Eib7
35.Etcc1 4)a6 36.h5 '(fJJcS 37.tfJJd 5
40. '(fJJ d 5 Et a 3 4 t . Ei a 1 Eiba7
4 2 . Et x a3 Et x a 3 4 3 . Et h 1 Etc3
44 . 4) x e 5 d x e5 4 5 . '(fJJ x e 5 Et x e3
46.fxe3, Draw
Rubinstein had the bye for round nine.
(3 1 4) Rubinstein - Spielmann
San Sebastian ( 1 0) March 2, 1 9 1 2
Dutch [A85]
Notes by Mieses (M), and Tartakover
(T).
1 .d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.4)c3 .1lb4 4.,1ld2
4)f6 5.g3 0-0 6.,1lg2 d6 7.a3 ,1l xc3
S.A xc3 4)bd7 9.'(fJJ c 2 c5 10.dxc5
4) xc5 1 1 .4)f3 4)ce4 1 2 .0-0 Ad7
13.Etfd l ?
(M) White should play 14.Eladl . As the
game shows, the f2-pawn must be pro
tected.
13 . . . EtcS 14. A x f6 '(fj x f6 1 5 .tfJJ b 3
Etc7 16.4)e1?1
(M) Better was 1 6.4Jd4 .
(T) If 1 6. 4Jd4, then, as in the text,
1 6 . . . 4Jc5 17.b4 f4, etc. If 1 6.e3 eS.
16 ... 4)c5 17.'(fJJ b4 f4! 1S.4)d3
(T) I f 1 8 . . x d6 fxg3 1 9 . fxg3 f2 +
20 .'it'h l xe2 2 1 .h3 ( 2 1 . . d2 . fl +
followed by mate) 2 1 . . .4Je4 and wins.
 San Sebastian 1 9 1 2
1 8... fxg3 19.fxg3 .) xd3 20. E{ xd3
ttf2+ 2Vit>hl Jlc6! 2 2.e4 E!cf7
23.E!el
(T) I f 2 3 . . xd6 e2 2 4 .e l (sti l l
parrying the triple threat . . . . fl + or
. . . xe4 or . . . f2) 24 . . . xb2 25 . . xe6
.
. f2, etc.
23 ... a51 24. ttc3 ttc5 25.b4
2 5 . . . -'l. x e41
(M) Brilliant and correct!
26.E{ x e4
(M) The queen cannot be captured be
cause of mate in two moves. After
26.xe4 the fol lowing winning con
tinuation for B lack is shown: 26 . . . . fl +
27 . . xfl . xfl + 28.g2 . gl +! 29.f3
h 5 + 3 0 . e 3 x h 2 , etc . B u t , as
pointed out in Deutsche Schachblatter,
playing 26 . . f3! White has the oppor
tunity for strong resistance with big
draw i n g c h an c e s ; for examp l e :
2 6 . . . . xf3 27.xf3! . xf3 28.bxc5, or
26 . . :c6 27.b5! . xf3 28.xf3 xf3
2 9 . b x c6 xc6 3 0 . x c6 bxc6
3 l . . xe6, etc.
26 ... E!f l+ 27.-'l. xfl E! xfl+ 28.Ciflg2
ttf2+ 29 .Ciflh3 E!hl 30.E!f31
25 1
(T) If 30 . . f4 xh2+ 3 l .g4 h5+
mate, and if 30 . . xe6 xh2+ 3 l .g4
h3+, followed by 32 . . . xe6.
30 . . . tt x h 2 + 3 l . Ciflg4 tt h 5 +
32.cifj>f4 tth6+ 33.Ciflg4 g51
(T) A splendid point, establishing a
mating net at one stroke.
34.E{ x e6
(T) I f 34 . . f8+ 'it> x f8 3 5 . f3 a x b4
36.axb4 '<t>f7 with 37 . . . f6 to follow.
34... tt x e6+ 35.E!f5 h6
(M) Enough to win, but here was also
a quicker solution : 35 . . . e4+ 36.\t>xg5
h6+ 37.\t>f6 (37.g6 e8+) 37 . . . . e l !
38.\t>g6 g4 + .
3 6 . tt d 3 Ciflg7 3 7 . Ciflf3 E! f l + l
38.tt x fl tt x f5+ 39.Ciflg2 tt xfl+
40 . cifj> x f l a x b4 4 1 . a x b4 cifj>f6
42. Ciflf2 h5, 0-1
(3 1 5) Nimzovitch - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 1 1 ) March 4, 1 9 1 2
Four Knights [C48]
l .e4 e5 2 . .) f3 .)c6 3 . .) c3 .) f6
4 . -'l b 5 -'l c 5 5 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 6 . -'l x c6
dxc6 7.d3 Ag4 s.h3 Ah5 9.Ag5
h6 1 0 . Jl x f6 tt x f6 l l .g4 Jlg6
1 2 . Ciflg 2 E! ad8 1 3 . tt c l tte6
t 4 . .) h4 Ae7 t5 . .) f 5 Ag 5
16.ttdt c5 17.b3 E!d7 18.a4 c6
19.a5 Ads 20.ttf3 Ah7 2l.Ciflhl
g6 22 . .) a4 g x f 5 23 . .) x c 5 f x e4
24 . d x e4 tte7 2 5 . .) x d 7 tt x d7
2 6 . E{ fd l tte7 2 7 . tt e 3 tth4
2S.E!d7 Ag5 29.ttf3 Af4 30.Ciflg2
E!bS 3 l . E! adl a6 3 2 . d3 Ciflg7
33.Ciflfl Ag6 34.Cifle2 Ag5 35.c3
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.Q. f6 36.e3 <iflgS 37.<ifld3 Ag5
3 8 . g3 .Q.f6 3 9 . x h4 .Q. x h4
40.f3 <ifl f8 4 1 . <iflc4 <ifle8 4 2 . b4
.Q.e7 43.f!c7 AdS 44.cd7 Ae7
45.c7 .Q.d8, Draw
(3 1 6) Marshall - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 1 2) March 5 , 1 9 1 2
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D60]
l .d4 d5 2 . .lf3 .lf6 3.c4 e6 4 . .Jc3
.Q.e7 5.Ag5 .lbd7 6.e3 0-0 7.Ad3
dxc4 8 . .Q. x c4 c5 9.0-0 a6 10.dxc5
.l xc5 1 1.b4 .!ce4 12.xd8 A x d8
1 3 . .J x e4 .l x e4 1 4. Jl x d8 x d8
t 5 . f! f d t Ad7 t 6 . f! d4 Ac6
1 7 . c l .l f6 1 8 . x d8 x d8
1 9 . .J d4 .Q. d 5 2 0 . Jl x d 5 .l x d 5
2 l .a3 <jfj1f8 22.<iflfl <ifle7 23 . .l b3
d7 24.c8 dB, Draw
(3 1 7) Rubinstein - Schlechter
San Sebastian ( 1 3) March 7, 1 9 1 2
Queen's Gambit Semi-Tarrasch [D4 1 ]
Notes by Kmoch (K) and Razuvaev (R).
l .d4 d5 2 . .lf3 .lf6 3.c4 e6 4 . .lc3
c5 5.cxd5 .l xd5 6.e4 .l xc3 7.bxc3
cxd4 8.cxd4 Ab4+ 9.Ad2 a5?
(K) Leading to an ending that is favor
able for White. Correct is 9 . . . xd2+
1 0.xd2 0-0.
(R) A mistake, but before this game it
was not known ! Correct is 9 . . . xd2+
1 0.xd2 <\c6.
lO.bt! A xd2+
{K) Not 1 0 . . . <\c6?? because of l l .. xb4!
<\xb4 1 2 .bl xa2 1 3 .xa2 <\xa2
14.c4 and White wins.
l l . xd2 xd2+ 12.<ifl xd2! 0-0
(K) 1 2 . . . \t'e7 was indeed to be pre
ferred.
(R) In such positions the king is better
posted in the center. But here, after
12 . . . <it'e7 1 3 . d3 . d8 1 4 . . hc l <\c6
1 5 .<it'e3, Black has no useful move.
13.Ab511
(K) An exceptionally deep move ! Now
Black can develop none of his minor
pieces without disadvantage . If he
chases the b i shop he weakens h i s
queenside.
(R) An astonishingly deep decision. It
is important that now Black's pawns
will be posted on white squares and the
black squares will be at the disposal of
White's better developed pieces. Now
13 . . . b6 is bad, as after 1 4 . . hc l b7
1 5 .<it'e3 Black has no good continua
tion.
13 ... a6 14.Ad3 dB 15.hcl b5
16.c7 .ld7 17.1ifle3 .Jf6 18 . .Je5
Ad7 t9.g4t h6
( K ) I f 1 9 . . . Ae8, then 2 0 . g 5 <\h S
2 1 ..1'te2 f6 2 2 . g xf6 <\xf6 2 3 . l=! g l g 6
24.h4, and White has not only a posi
tional superiority but a strong attack.
The book of the tournament marks the
text move with a question mark, and
avers that the proper conti nuation was
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1 9. . . g5 20.h4 h6 2 1 .hxg5 hxg5 22.f4
exf4+, etc. Here it must be noted that
after 2 3 . x f4 White w o u l d sti l l
threaten g5 , and that Black would have
no adequate defense.
20.f4 A.eS 2 l .g5 h x g5 2 2 .f x g5
h7 23.h4 .deS 24 . .bcl . xc7
25 . . xc7 .dS 26 . .a7 f6
(K) According to Capablanca, this could
have been played on the previous move.
2 7 .g x f6 g x f6 2 S . g4 A. h 5
2 9 . 4) h 6 + hS 3 0 . A_ e 2 A. e S
3l . . xa6 g7 32.g4 f 5 33 . .a7+
hs
(K) If 33 . . . g6 34.h5+ g5 35.Eig7+
h4 3 6 . e x f5 e x f5 3 7 . 4Jh 6 4Jf8
38.4Jxf5+ h3 39.Afl + 'it'h2 40.fi g2+
hl 4 1 .4Jg3+ mate.
34. e 5 f x e4 3 5 . A. x b 5 ! f6
3 6 . A_ x eS . x eS 3 7 . f4 gS
3S.g5 .fS 39.g6, 1-0
(K) A game marked by wonderful depth
of conception and sureness of execution.
(3 1 8) Per/is - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 1 4) March 8, 1 9 1 2
Ruy Lopez [C77]
l . e4 e 5 2 . f3 c6 3 . A. b 5 a6
4.A.a4 f6 5. "il'fe2 b5 6.A.b3 A.c5
7.d3 d6 S.c3 "il'fe7 9.A.e3 A. x e3
10.fxe3 A.e6 1 1 .bd2 0-0 1 2.0-0
d 7 1 3 . g3 A_ x b3 1 4 . a x b3 f5
1 5 . e x f5 . x f5 1 6 . "il'fg 2 b 6
1 7 . h4 . x f l + l S . . x fl d 5
19.f5 "il'td7 20.g4 .fS 21 . .f2 g6
2 2 . h 6 + g7 2 3 . . x fS x fS
24. f2+ rtlg7 25.g5 "il'fe7 26.h4 a5
27. fl cS 2S. g3 d6 29. g4
25 3
dS 3 0 . "il't f3 c6 3 1 .e4 d x e4
3 2 . d x e4 Sf7 3 3 . e 2 h 6
34. xh6 x h6 35.gx h6+ xh6
3 6 . "il'fg4 "il't a 7 + 3 7 . g 2 "il'te3
3S.g3 "il'tf4 39."il'fxf4 exf4 40.e5
f7 4 t .e6 f x g3 4 2 . e x f7 g7
43 . x g3 x f7 44.b4 a x b4
45.cx b4 e6 46. g4, Draw
Rubinstein had the bye for round 1 5 .
(3 1 9) Tarrasch - Rubinstein
San Sebastian ( 1 6) March I I , 1 9 1 2
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]
Notes by Mieses (M) and Kmoch (K).
l .e4 e5 2 . f3 c6 3 . c3 f6
4.A.b5 A.c5 5. xeS d4
(K) At that time Rubinstein had just
introduced his defense ( 4 . . . 4Jd4), and
did not yet understand it thoroughly.
Hence the transposition of moves
which might have resulted in favor of
White. The proper order is 4 . . . 4Jd4, and
if 5 . 4J x e 5 'itie7, etc . {A uthors : see
Spielmann-Rubinstein from round 21.}
6.A.a4?!
(K) Thereafter everything clicks mer
rily again. Today it is accepted theory
that White gets the advantage by 6.Ae2!
6 ... 0-0 7.d3 d5 S.A.g5 c6
(K) White has a pawn plus but the
position is difficult. If 9.4Jf3 Ag4, if
9.0-0 Ei e8 1 0.4Jf3 Ag4, and finally if
9.h3 Black gets the better of it with
9 . . . Ei e8 10.4Jf3 4Jxe4!!.
9. d2 .eS 10.f4 b5 l l .A.b3 h6
1 2 . .Q.h4
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(M) If 1 2 .Axf6 xf6 1 3. 0-0-0 ( 1 3.exd5
!'! xeS+!) 1 3 . . . a5 1 4.a4 (or 1 4 .exd5 a4
1 5 . e4 e7 1 6 . d6 a x b 3 ! 1 7 . dxe7
bxa2 , and B lack wins) 1 4 . . . b4, and
Black has the better chances.
12 .. . ld x e41
(K) Black recovers his pawn and se
cures the superior position.
13 . .Q. x d8 4) x d2 14. Cit' x d 2 E! x d8
1 5 . 4) e 2 4) x e 2 1 6 . Cit' x e 2 E!e8
17.Cit'fl
( M ) If 1 7 . 'd2 f6 1 8 . x c 6 A e 3 +
1 9 .'<t'c3 Ae6! 20.'<t'b4 l"! ac8 2 1 .a5
Ac5 + , with dangerous mating threats.
(K) More economical was 1 7 .'<t'd2 .
Possibly White feared 1 7 . . .f6 18.xc6
ile3+, whereupon, however, 1 9.'e2!
could be played.
17 . . . .Q. b 7 1 8 . c3 f6 1 9 . 4) g4 h 5
20.4)f2 Ae3 21.Ad11
(K) Since the weakening g3 is not to
be avoided, the bishop must protect the
vulnerable white squares. White de
fends himself spiritedly.
21 ... h4 22.g3 a51 23.Af3 b4
(K) Opening the lines in order to bring
the bishops to full force.
24.Cit'g2 bxc3 25.bxc3 ,1la6 26.c4
E!ad8 27.cxd5 c xd5 28.E!hd1 E!e7
2 9 . 4) g4 h x g3 3 0 . h x g3 Ad4
31.E!ac1 E!b7 32.E!c2 Cit'f7 33.4)f2
E!b2!
(K) Five moves later Black effects the
exchange of the other rook. This is done
254
in order to increase the scope of the
king.
34 . E{ x b 2 A x b 2 3 5 . E! d 2 Ad4
36.4)h3 Cit'e6 37.E!c2 Cit'd6 38.f5
E!c8 1 39 . .1l d 1 E! x c 2 + 40 . A x c 2
Cit' e 5 4 1 .g4 A e 3 4 2 . Cit'f3 Cit'd4
4 3 . Ah 3 Ah7 44 . Cit' e 2 Aa6
45.Ac2
(K) If 45.ilxd5 i.txd3+ 46.f3 Afl and
wms.
45 ....Q.b5 46.a4 Ad7 47.Cit'f3 Cit'c3
48 . Cit' x e3 d4 + 1 4 9 . Cit' e 2 Cit' x c 2
5 0 . 4) f4 A x a4 5 1 . 4) e6 Ah3
5 2 . 4) x d4 + Cit'b2 5 3 . 4) b 5 a4
5 4 . Cit' e 3 a3 5 5 . 4) x a 3 Cit' x a 3
56.Cit'd4 Cit'b4, 0-1
(K) One of Rubinstein's grand endings.
(320) Rubinstein - Duras
San Sebastian ( 1 7) March 1 2, 1 9 1 2
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D26]
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3
e6 5 . A x c4 c5 6.0-0 4) c6 7:(;Je2
c x d4 8 . E! d 1 a6 9 . e x d4 .Q.e7
10.4)c3 0-0 l l .d5 exd5 12.4) xd5
4) x d 5 1 3 . .Q. x d 5 'i#/c7 14 . .Q.g 5
Jl xg5 15.4) xg5 Af5 16.'i#/f3 ,1lg6
17.h4 4)e5 18.'(;fg3 E!ae8 19.E!e1
'i#/b8 2 0 . E!e3 b5 2 1 . E! ae1 4) d3
22.E{xe8 'i#/ xg3?
L o s e s , but a l s o after 22 . . . l"! x e 8
23.xb8 l"! xb8 24. l"! e7 l"! f8 2 5 .g4!, or
24 . . . xb2 25 .xf7 Axf7 26 . l"! xf7 '<t'h8
2 7 . l"! a7 d3 2 8 . l"! xa6 c5 2 9 . l"! d 6
White has the advantage (Mieses).
2 3 . f x g3 x e 1 24 . E{ x e 1 h 6
25 . .lh3 E{c8 26.f4 Cit'h7 27.h5,
1-0
 San Sebastian 1 9 1 2

(32 1 ) Teichmann - Rubinstein 1 0 . b x c3 A x c 5 1 1 . .) e 1 Ae6

San Sebastian ( 1 8) March 1 4, 1 9 1 2 1 2 . .)d3 a5 1 3 . b3 Ab6
Four Knights [C48] 14 . .)f4 0-0-0 15 . ..d1 ..he8 16.e3
.) e5 17.Aa3 .)c4 18.Ab4 b5
1 .e4 e5 2 . .)c3 .) f6 3 . .) f3 .)c6 1 9.a4 c6 20.a5 Ac7 2 1 . .) x e6
4 . .1lb5 Ac5 5.0-0 0-0 6 . .) xe5 ..e8 f x e6 2 2 . c 2 g6 2 3 .e4 Wb8
7 . .) f3 .)d4 8.e5 .) xf3+ 9.gxf3 c6 24 . .. d 4 .. d 7 2 5 . b 3 ..ed8
10.e x f6 cxb5 l l .d4 Af8 1 2 .fxg7 26.exd5 exd5
A x g7 1 3 . 'i;tlh 1 d6 14 . ..g1 'i;tlh8
15.Ag5 f6 16.Af4 a6 17 . .)e4 d5
18 . .)g3 b6 19. d2 ..g8 20 . .)h5
Af5 21 . .1}.h6 Axh6 22. x h6 e7
23 . .. xg8+ .. xg8 24. x f6+ x f6
2 5 . .) x f6 .. f8 2 6 . .) x d 5 A x c 2
2 7 . .) e 3 Ag6 2 s . 'i;tlg 2 A h 5
29 . .)g4 Af7 30 . .)e3 ..d8 3 1 . ..d1
Axa2 32 . ..a1 Ag8 33 . .. xa6 .. xd4
34 . ..a8 ..a41 35 . ..b8 h5 36 . .)f5
'i;tlh7 37 . .. x b6 .ilc4 38 . .)d6 Ae2

27.Axd5 .. xd5 28 . .. xc4 d7?

Better was 28 . . . f6, threatening . . . f3

(Mieses).

2 9 . .. b 1 A x a 5 3 0 . j}, x a 5 .. x a 5
3 1 . ..b4 b 5 32.c4 a 6 33.cxb5 .. xb5
34 . .. x b 5 + a x b 5 3 5 . a4 b7
36.f4+ Wa7 37. ..a1+, 1-0

Rubinstein had the bye in round 20.

39 . .) x b5 .. f4 40 . .) c 3 A x f3 +
41.'i;tlg3 ..f7 42.h3 Ab7 4 3 . .)e2
..f3+ 44.'i;tlh4 Jlc8 45 . .)g3 ..f4+
46 . 'i;tl x h 5 A x h 3 47.b4 .. x f2
48 . .) e4 ..f5+ 49 . .) g 5 + 'i;tlg7
50 . ..g6+ 'i;tlf8 51 . ..d6 'i;tle7, Draw
(322) Rubinstein - Leonhardt
San Sebastian ( 1 9) March 1 5 , 1 9 1 2
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
1 .d4 d5 2.l:lf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 s . .Jc3 .Jc6 6 .g3 .Jf6 7.Ag2
.J e4 8 . 0 - 0 A e7 9 . d x c 5 .! x c 3
(323) Spielmann - Rubinstein
San Sebastian (2 1 ) March 1 8, 1 9 1 2
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]
Notes by Mieses.
1 .e4 e5 2 . .)f3 .) c6 3 . .)c3 .)f6
4.Ab5 .) d4 5.Ac4 Ac5 6 . .) xe5
e7 7 . .)f3
Bad is 7.{Jxf7? d5, or 7 . .ilxf7+? d8
and after 8 . . . d6 White loses a piece.
7 . . d5 8 . .J x d4?1
.

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
Here White has an opportunity to re
fute the opponent's variation by play
ing 8.l.txd5 <tlxd5 9.4:lxd4! <tlf4! 10:lif'f3
g5 1 1 . <l b 3 ! <tl x g 2 + 1 2.'it'fl 4J f4
1 3.d4, and White wins.
[Authors : This continuation, given by
Mieses in the tournament book, is to
tally omitted in ECO, and with good
reason. Later analysis by Spielmann
refutes it. For full information about the
whole variation see the game Bemstein
Rubinstein, Vilna 1 9 1 2 (game #365).]
8 d x c4 9.Jilf3 4) xe4 10.0-0 0-0
..
l l . d4 c x d3 1 2 . c x d3 4) x c 3 1
13.bxc3 Ag4 14.d4 j},d6 1 5.d3
.ae8 1 6 . h 3 A h 5 1 7 . a4 .il,g 6
1 8 . c4 e 2 1 1 9 . x e 2 , x e 2
20.Aa3
Black already has an obvious positional
advantage. If 20.l.te3 f5! .
2 0 ,c21 21.j}, xd6 cxd6 22..fe1
. .
Or 22 ...fcl f! c8 23.fl xc2 l.txc2 24.fla3
a5! with advantage.
22 . , xc3 23.E!e7 .b8 24.a5
Perhaps 24 .f!ael offers more drawish
chances.
24 <i!;>f8 25..d7
.
This loses an exchange, but after any
other moves B lack remains with an
extra pawn.
25 Jtf5 26., xd6 j},e6 27..b1
. .
With the idea if 27 . .'e7 28. f! a6. De
. m o v e , w h i l e N i mz o v i t c h kept a
serving attention was 27. f! e l threaten
ing <tlg5 . If then 27 . . . 'tle7 28 . . d5!, but
Black has 27 . . . . bc8 28.'tlh2 . a3, with
a win after the capture of the a-pawn.
27 .c71 28.,a6 .aS 2 9. . x e6
.
fxe6 30.4)g5 <i!;>e7 3 1 ..e1 <i!;>f6!
32.f4 .c6 33. 4) x h7+ <i!;>e7 34.4)g5
<i!;>d7 3 5 . E! e 5 E!f8 3 6 . d 5 e x d 5
3 7 . . x d 5 + . d 6 3 8 . . b 5 <i!;>c6
39.E!b4 E!f5 40..c4+ <i!;>d7 41.4)e4
E!c6 4 2 . .a4 .a6 4 3 .g4 E! f x a 5
44..d4+ <i!;>c7 45.4)c3 E!d6, 0-1
A typical Rubinstein game !
Heading into the last round Nimzovitch
was leading Rubinstein by half a point.
The Field of March 23 describes the
action:
"Rubinstein v. Nimzovitch. - The most
important game of the tournament,
highly so to the two players, and par
ticularly to Rubinstein. The difference
between winning and losing was at least
3 ,500fr. - a fair stake for a game of
chess. If he won he gained the first
prize, 5 ,000fr. , and if he lost he might
have obtained fourth place, 1 ,500fr. , or
even div ided that amount with Dr.
Tarrasch, who still had an ending to fin
ish with Dr. Perlis. To gain the first
prize he had to beat Nimzovitch - no
easy task even though he had the first
move.
"Nimzovitch, who had only to play for
a draw, avoided his opponent's favor
ite Queen's pawn variation with an ir
regular defense; but after five moves
the opening became a Philidor Defense
{A uthors : actually an Old Indian],
which Rubinstein developed steadily,
retaining the advantage of the first
cramped position. A quiet defensive
attitude would have only increased the
first player 's advantage, so Nimzovitch
boldly resolved upon a counter attack ,
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which he conducted with great vigor,
and in so complicated a manner that it
was difficult to judge who had the bet
ter game. In these trying circumstances,
Rubinstein, keeping cool and collected,
emerged from the attack with a piece
ahead; but even then Nimzovitch stuck
to his guns, still trying for a draw, and
only gave in when the last hope was
gone. It is to be regretted that this in
teresting game should be marred by
Rubinstein overlooking a mate in two
moves - and Nimzovitch as well -
(M) With the simple 17 .J:txe5 4:Jxe2+
1 8.xe2 xe5 1 9 J' d8! White can ob
tain also a decisive advantage.
(L) The point of the combination !
( T ) B etter was 1 8 . A x h 3 4:J x h 3 +
1 9.g2, and three pieces are hanging.
The text move should ultimately only
lead to the win of a pawn.
18 Axf1 19.xfl 4) h3+ 20.<jfjlg2
. .

which every one of the spectators saw." 4)g5

(324) Rubinstein - Nimzovitch (L) Threatening mate in two moves.

San Sebastian (22) March 1 9, 1 9 1 2
Old Indian [A55 ] 2l.f4 'ltg6

Notes by Lasker ( L ) , M i e s e s ( M ) , (L) If 2 1 . . .4:Jxe4 22.xd7 .

Nimzovitch (N), and Tarrasch (T).
22.fxg5 xe4
l .d4 4) f6 2 .c4 d6 3 . 4) f3 4) bd7
4 . 4) c 3 e5 5 .e4 -'\.e7 6 . A e 2 0-0
(N) The best chance. I f 22 . . . xe4+
7.0-0 e8 s:c2 Af8 9.b3 c6
2 3 . 'it'h 3 ! . e7 24 . . de l , winning a
p i e c e , or 22 . . . . e7 2 3 . A a 3 x e 4 +
(L) 9 . . . g6, followed by . . . Ag7, . . . exd4
(23 . . . c5 24.4:Jc3 with a big positional
and . . 4:Je5 seems to be a more solid
advantage for White) 2 4 . g l c 5
.

strategy.
2 5 . . fe l , etc.
to.Ab2 4) h5?1
2 3 . 'it x d 7 e 2 + 2 4 . f2 'lte4+
(L) Neglecting his development plan, 25.<it>gl
B lack begins an attack which is bluff.

l l .g3 4) b8 12.adl 'ltf6 13.4)bl

Ah3 14.fel 4)f4

(L) Looks good, but Rubinstein is ready

to handle it with a counter-combination.

1 5 . d x e 5 d x e 5 1 6 . 4) x e 5 1 x e 5
17.-'\.fl l

(L) Such quiet moves show the master

class. 25 . . . Ac5??

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(M) Both players are in very big time
trouble. Black misses 25 . . . .. xf2!. After
26.'it'xf2 c2+! 27.d2 Ac5 + 28.'it'g2
e4+ 29.'it'h3 f5 + , he has a draw
because 30.'i!th4 is too dangerous.
26 . .!ld4??
(L) Now it is clear that the tension and
time trouble are affecting both players.
Rubinstein overlooks 26.xf7+ and
mate next move.
26 ... Jl x d4 27." xd4 f!el+ 28.f!fl
f! x fl + 29 . <ifl x fl 'li\' h l + 3 0 . <jflf2
'li\' x h2+ 3l.<iflf3 f6 32.'1i\'d2!
Avoiding the cheapo 32.gxf6 .. f8! with
some attacking chances.
25 8
3 2 . . . '1i\' h 3 3 3 . '1i\'d7 f5 3 4 . c 3
'li\' h 5 + 3 5 . <jflg2 'li\' x g5 3 6 . '1i\'e6+
<ill h8 37. e 2 'li\'h5 38. f!d7 f!e8
39.f4 f! xe6 40. xh5
[Authors : In the first edition of this
book we wrote : "The tournament book
stops here with the note that ' White
won after a few more moves. ' The rest
of the game is perhaps lost forever."
Fortunately, the missing moves were
discovered by Alan Smith in The Field
(March 23, 1 9 1 2) and the Manchester
City News (July 1 3 , 1 9 1 2).]
40 ... h6 4 l . x g7 f! e 2 + 4 2 . <jflf3
f! x a 2 43 . f! x b7 a5 44. x f5 c5
4 5 . x h 6 a4 4 6 . b x a4 f! a 3 +
4 7 . <ifl f4 f! f 3 + 4 8 . <ifl g 5 f! x g 3 +
49.g4 f!d3 50.<jflg6, 1-0
 Pistyan 1912
P istyan, a small resort northeast of
Bratislava, was one of Rubinstein's
greatest triumphs and stands out even
in his magical year of 1 9 1 2 . Despite
making two quick draws at the end, he
was still first by 2Y2 points.
T h i s r e s u l t h e l p e d to s o l i d i fy
Rubinstein's position as a challenger to
Lasker for the world title. The Ameri
can Chess Bulletin 1 9 1 2 (p. 1 72) had
this to say under the heading Dr. Lasker
and Rubinstein : "Referring again to the
possible championship match between
h i m s e l f and A. K. Rub i n stei n , Dr.
Lasker expresses the hope that ' the
chess world will give him (Rubinstein)
the opportunity. ' The only obstacle the
champion sees in the way of a meeting
is the ' collection of a prize. ' We quote
from Dr. Lasker 's Berlin letter of June
I 0, contributed to the Evening Post of
June 26.
' Rubinstein has gained thirteen points,
enough to assure himself of first place,
even if he should lose all the games
that he has yet to play. The record that
he has made, 87 percent, of the pos
sible total, has seldom been equaled.
Taken in conj unction with his other
successes, it stamps him as one of the
very greatest masters. After an honor
able career of about eight years, he as
pires to the title of champion, and it is
hoped that the chess world will give
him the opportunity. To that end, no
more than the collection of the prize is
needed. "'
The tournament was held at the Hotel
Royal .
(325) Rubinstein - Alapin
Pistyan ( 1 ) 1 9 1 2
Slav [D l 5]
Notes by Tarras c h ( T ) from
Dreihundert Schachpartien, and Au
thors (A).
l .d4 d5 2 . .flf3 .flf6 3.c4 c6 4 . .flc3
dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 .fld5
(A) A rarity. The normal continuation
is 6 . . . b4.
7.axb5 .fl xc3 8.bxc3 c x b5
(A) This position can be compared with
that arising from the Slav Gambit ( l .d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3 dxc4 5 .e4
b5 6 . e 5 d5 7 . a4 e6 8 . axb5 xc3
9.bxc3 cxb5).
9 . .fle5 -'lb7 lO . .bl d5
(A) Borik-Campora, Dortmund 1 98 1 ,
continued 1 0 . . . a6 1 Ulxc4 e6 1 2 .g4!?
c7 1 3 . .ll e 2 d7 1 4 . x d 7 x d7
1 5 . 0- 0 , w ith a clear advantage for
White.
l l .f3 f5
(T) Restraining e3-e4. On l l . . . .ll a 6
then 1 2 . .ll xc4 bxc4 1 3 . a4 + 'it'd8
1 4.e4 e6 15 . .llf4, intending d4-d5 to
drive the queen away from d7, and then
xb8+ and d7+ mate.
12. c2 e6 13. b2 -'ld6
(T) If Black tries to hang on to his ex
tra material he ends up in serious
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
troub l e : 1 3 . . . .ila6 1 4 . .ll x c 4 ! b x c 4
1 5 .'xb8+ . xb8 1 6 . . xb8+ 'l;e7 17.e4!
dxe4 (forced, as 1 7 ... '11i'a 5 1 8 . .:\c6+ and
17 . . . '11i'd6 1 8.Ag5+ mate are not desir
able) 1 8 . .ilg5 + 'l;d6 1 9 . . d8 + 'l;e7
20 . . xd5 exdS 2 l .fxe4 dxe4 2 2 . 0-0,
and with .7+ looming White has much
the better ending.
14. x b5+ x b5 1 5 . Et x b5 Aa6
16 . .j x c4 Ac7 1 7 . Et c 5 Ab6
18.l) xb6 a x b6 19.Etc7 0-0 20.c4
Etf7 21.E{ xf7 xf7 22.d2 .lc6
23.c3 .la5 24.c5 bxc5 25.dxc5
Axfl 26.E{ xfl E{b8 27.Ad2 Etb5
28.E{a1?
(T) White's play, since emerging a pawn
up on move 1 6, has not been the most
exact, but he could still have won by
the problem-like 28.'l;d4 .:\b3+ 29.'l;c4
4::l x d 2 + 3 0 . 'l; x b 5 4:\ x fl 3 l . c6 'l;e7
32.'l;a6 (32.'l;b6?? .:\xe3) 32 .. .'it'd8 (or
32 . . . 'l;d6) 33.'l;b7, winning.
28 ... E{ xc5+ 29.cifJ>b4 Etd5 30.Ac3
.lc6+ 3 1 . c4 Etd7 32.c5 .l e7
33.e4 Etc7+ 34.cifj>d4 Etd7+ 35.e3
Etc7 36.Ae5 Etd7 3 7 . Et a6 .l g6
38.Ad6 Etb7 39.Eta2 d7 40.e5
b7 4 l . g3 b 3 + 4 2 . cifj> e 2 f4
4 3 . f2 b5 44 . Et a7 + g8
45.gxf4 .lh41, Draw
(326) Leonhardt - Rubinstein
Pistyan (2) 1 9 1 2
Giuoco Piano [C54]
l .e4 e5 2 . .l f3 .lc6 3 . Ac4 Ac5
4.c3 .lf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Ab4+
7.Ad2 Axd2+ 8. .jbxd2 d5 9.exd5
.J x d5 10.b3 .jce7 1 1 .0-0 0-0
12.fe1 c6 13.a4
For 1 3 . .:\e4 see Tarrasch-Rubinstein,
Berlin 1 9 1 8 (game #40 1 ).
260
13 . . . .J f5 14. A x d 5 x d5
1 5 . x d 5 c x d 5 1 6 . .J b3 f 6
17.E{ac1 Ad7
ECO, Volume C, first edition, stops
here, assessing the position as equal.
1 8 . c7 f7 1 9 . x b7 A x a4
2 0 . b4 A x b3 2 l . x b 3 Etc8
2 2 . b 5 d7 2 3 .g4 .J e7 24.b3
.l g6 2 5 . c 5 b8 2 6 . e 3 .l f4
27.fl b6 28 . .je1 f7 29 . .lc2
a6 30.b4 a2 31.f3 g5 32.b3
g6 33.cc3 Ete7 34.a3 b2
3 5 . Et a b 3 Et x b 3 3 6 . Et x b 3 Etc7
3 7 . b 2 h 5 3 8 .g x h 5 + x h 5
3 9 . a 2 g4 4 0 . e 1 h 3
4 1 . d 2 x h 2 4 2 . E{ a6 Et f 7
4 3 . .l e 3 g1 44.E{d6 f 5 45.e1
.Jd3+ 46.e2 .lf4+ 47.f3 .lh3
48 . .j x f5 x f5 49 . g4 E{f4+
50.xh3 xf2, 0- 1
(327) Rubinstein - Hromadka
Pistyan (3) 1 9 1 2
Queen's Gambit Declined [D63]
1 .d4 d5 2 . .lf3 .Jf6 3.c4 e6 4 . .Jc3
Ae7 5.Ag5 .lbd7 6.e3 0-0 7.c1
a6 8.c5 .je4 9.Af4!?
A forgotten continuation. ECO deals
only with 9 . .:\xe4.
9 ... .j df6 10.Ad3 .l xc3 l l . xc3
.le4 12.c1 f5 13 . .le5 Af6 14.f3
.l g 5 1 5 .c 6 ! .l f7 1 6 . 0 - 0 .l x e5
1 7 . A x e 5 A x e 5 1 8 . d x e 5 b x c6
1 9 . x c6 Ab7 2 0 . Et c 5 c6 2 1 .f4
b6 2 2 . c 2 fc8 2 3 . c3 a 5
24.E{c1 Aa6 25.Ab1 Ab7 26.a4
Cit> f7 2 7 . b 3 Cit> g8 2 8 . h3 f7
2 9 . d 1 cifj> g8 30 . j';l c 2 cbS
31 .cifj>h2 \tlh8 32.g4 g6
 Pistyan 1 9 1 2
May 1 9 - June 1 2

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 . Rubinstein x 0 Yz 1 Yz 1 Yz 1 Yz 14
2. Spiehnarm X Yz 0 Yz Yz Yz 1 Yz Yz 1 Yz Yz Yz 1 1 Yz
3. Marshall Yz Yz x 0 Yz Yz 1 1 1 Yz O 1 0 Yz Yz l OYz
4. Duras 0 1 l x Yz Yz 1 Yz Yz O O O 1 Yz Yz 10
5. Schlechter Yz Yz Yz Yz X Yz Yz Yz Yz Yz Yz Yz 1 Yz 1 Yz Yz 10
6. Teiclnnann O Yz Yz Yz Yz x 0 Yz 1 Yz Yz Yz Yz Yz 10
7. Balla Yz Yz O O Yz 1 x 0 1 Yz Yz Yz Yz Yz Yz 9 Yz
8. Breyer 0 0 0 Yz Yz 0 1 X 0 Yz Yz Yz 1 9 Yz
9. Alapin Yz Yz 0 Yz Yz Yz 0 1 X Yz Yz 0 0 Yz 9
1 0.Salwe 0 Yz Yz Yz 0 Yz 0 Yz X Yz Yz Yz 0 9
1 1 . Sterk 0 0 1 1 Yz Yz Yz Yz O Yz x Yz Yz 0 Yz 9
1 2. Lowcki 0 Yz 0 1 Yz Yz 0 0 Yz 0 Yz X Yz 0 8
1 3 . Banisz 0 Yz 1 0 0 0 Yz 0 0 0 Yz Yz x Yz Yz 1 I 0 6
1 4.Yates 0 0 Yz Yz Yz 0 Yz 0 0 Yz 0 1 Yz X Yz Yz 0 1 6
1 5 . E. Cohn 0 0 Yz Yz 0 Yz Yz Yz 0 0 0 0 Yz Yz X Yz Yz 1 5 Yz
1 6. Hromidka O Yz O O Yz Yz O Yz Yz I 0 0 Yz Yz X 0 0 5 Yz
1 7 . Leonhardt 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yz 0 0 0 0 1 Yz 1 X Yz 5 Yz
1 8. P. Johner 0 0 0 0 Yz Yz 0 0 Yz 0 Yz 0 0 0 Yz X 4Yz
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33.gxf5 g xf5 34 . .\l xf51, 1-0
(328) Schlechter - Rubinstein
Pistyan (4) 1 9 1 2
French Exchange [CO l ]
1 .e4 e6 2 .d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.exd5
e x d 5 5 . .1lg5 .ll e 7 6 . .1ld3 4) c 6
7 . 4) ge 2 4) b4 8 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 9 . 4) g3
4) xd3 10."xd3 h6 1 1 . .1lf4 .lle 6
12.4)d1 c5 13.dxc5 .ll xc5 14.4)e3
E{e8 1 5 . 4) ef5 4)e4 16.4)d4 ti\'f6
1 7 . .\le3 4) x g3 1 8 . h x g3 .\l x d4 ,
Draw
Rubinstein faces his pet system.
(329) Rubinstein - Sterk
Pistyan (5) 1 9 1 2
French Rubinstein [C l O]
l . d4 e6 2 . e4 d5 3 . 4) c3 d x e4
4.4) xe4 4)d7 5.4)f3 4)gf6 6 . .\lg5
.ll e 7 7 . 4) x f6 + 4) x f6 8 . .\ld3 c 5
9.dxc5 .ll xc5 10.0-0 0-0 l l .ti\'e2
ti\'c7 1 2.E{ad1 b6? 13.4)e51
The p o s i t i o n after 1 3 . .!l x f6 g x f6
1 4:e4 f5 1 5 .xa8 .!lb7 1 6.xa7 l"l a8
1 7.xa8+ -'l.xa8 is unclear.
13 ... 4)d5 14.c4 4) b4 1 5 . .1le4 .lld 6
1 6 . 4)g4 f5 17 . .\l x aS f x g4 18.g3
4)c6 19.ti\'xg4 4)e5 20.d4 .ll b7
262
2 1 . .\l x b7 ti\' x b7 2 2 . E{d 3 4) x d3
23.ti\' xd3 ti\'c6 24.b3 Etf5 25 . .1le3
h5 2 6 . E{ d 1 .ll f 8 2 7 . ti\' d 7 ti\'e4
2 8 . E{ d 4 ti\' b 1 + 2 9 . cifj> g2 e5
3 0 . ti\' d 5 + E{f7 3 1 . ti\' x e 5 ti\' x a 2
3 2 . ti\'e6 .ll e 7 3 3 . Et d 7 ti\' e 2
34.ti\'d51 h 4 35.Etxe7, 1 - 0
(330) Rubinstein - Spielmann
Pistyan (6) 1 9 1 2
Benoni [A43]
Notes by Tartakover.
The building up of an attack by the sec
ond player - especially in an opening
both peculiar and difficult to handle -
is a special art. We shall be able to fol
low some of its guiding principles here.
1 .d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 g6 4.e4 .llg7
5 . .1ld3 e6
It will be noticed that B lack carefully
refrains from blocking the long diago
nal either by 5 . . . e5 or, even temporarily,
by 5 . . . 4Jf6.
6.4)c3 4)e7 7.4)ge2
Here 7.f4, followed by 4Jf3, leads to
more straightforward development.
7 . . . e x d 5 8.e x d 5 4) d 7 9 . f4 4) f6
10.4)g3 h5
Sounding the general attack.
1 1 . 0 - 0 h4 1 2 . 4) ge4 4) x e4
13 . .\lxe4 .lld4+ 14.cifj>h1 4)f5
Black's attack has quickly assumed a
concrete form . The text move an
nounces the w e l l - known attack by
1 5 . . . 4Jg3+ .
 Pistyan 1 9 1 2
1 5 . A x f5 Jl x f5 1 6 . . e 1 + <it> fS
17.'li\'f3
White seeks to avoid fresh weaknesses;
e.g., if 17 . .lle 3 .ll x c3 18.bxc3 h3 1 9.g3
.lle 4+ 20.<it'g l fS (or 20 . . . .llg 2), and
White 's position remains restricted.
17 ... h3 18.g3
Evidently not 18.g4?? h4.
1 8 . . . 'li\'d7 1 9 .Ad2 Ag4 20.'li\'f1
'li\'f5
Threatening 2 l . . .c2 .
21.ac1 <;t>g7 22.Jl,e3 Af6 23.b3
.he8
[Authors : Tartakover gives this move
as 23 . . . . ae8. We follow the score as it
i s g i v e n i n Das Buch der
Schachmeisterpartien (Vierter Tei l ,
Leipzig 1 9 1 3) b y J. Mieses, and i n Bad
Pistyan 1 9 1 2 (Argentina 1 9 7 2 ) by
Lachaga.]
2 4 . A f 2 Af3 + 2 5 . <it>g 1 Ag 2
2 6 . . x e8 A x f 1 2 7 . . x a8 'li\' d 3 !
2 8 . . e8 'li\'f3 29 . <it> x f 1 'li\' h 1 +
3 0 . Jl,g 1 'li\'g 2 + 3 1 . <it> e 1 'li\' x g 1 +
32.<;t>d2 'li\' xh2+, 0-1
For i f 3 3 . .le2 g2 34 . . g l xg l !
3 5 . .\xg2 h2, etc.
Two old rivals bang heads again.
(33 1 ) Sa/we - Rubinstein
Pistyan (7) 1 9 1 2
French Exchange [CO l ]
l . e4 e 6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . e x d 5 e x d 5
4 . Ad 3 A d 6 5 . .1 f3 Ag4 6 . 0 - o
.1 c 6 7 . c 3 .\ ge7 8 . A g 5 'li\'d7
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9.Ah4 o-o 10.Ag3 .\g6 1 1 . .\bd2
.1 f4 1 2 . A x f4 A x f4 1 3 . 'li\'c2 g6
14..fe1 <;t>g7 15.h3 Jl,e6 16 . .\fl
f6 1 7 . . e 2 .ae8 1 8 . .ae1 .IdS
19 . .\g3 c6 20. .\h2 .1f7 2 1 . .\hf1
.1d6 22.'li\'b1 .e7 23.h4 f5 24.f3
.fe8 25 . .\ h 1 Ah6 2 6 .g3 <;t>f8
27 . .\f2 Af7 28.'li\'c2 .1 c4 29.f4
Ag7 30.A x c4 d x c4 3 1 .'li\'d2 b5
3 2 . . x e7 . x e7 3 3 . . x e7 'li\' x e7
3 4 . 'li\' e 3 b4! 3 5 . 'li\' x e7 + <it> x e7
3 6 . .\ d 1 b x c3 3 7 . b x c 3 <;t>d6
3 8 . <;t> f 2 c 5 3 9 . d x c 5 + <;t> x c 5
4 0 . <it> e 3 Jl, e 8 4 t . <;t> d 2 Jl, c 6
4 2 . .\fe3 Ae4 4 3. .\ b 2 Ab1 44.a4
Jl, a 2 4 5 . h 5 a 5 46 . h x g 6 h x g6
47 . .\ g 2 Jl,f6 48 . .\ h4 A x h4
4 9 . g x h4 <it> d 5 5 0 . <;t> e 3 Jl b 3
5 t . <it>f3 <;t>d6 5 2 . <ifle 3 <it> c 5
5 3 . <;t> d 2 <;t>c6 5 4 . <it> e 3 <it> d 5
55.<iflf3 Jl,c2 56.<;t>e3 <it>c5 57.<;t>d2
Ae4 58.<it>e3 Jlc6 59.<;t>d2 <it>d5
60.<it>e3 Ad7 61.<it>f3 <it>c5 62.<ifle3
Ae8 63. <;t>d2 Ac6 64. <it>e3
64 . . . A x a4?
This move is usually adorned with an
exclamation mark but in fact it should
lead to a loss.
65 . ., xa4+ <it>b5 66.<;t>d4??
Hypnotized, Salwe trusts Rubinstein
and misses his chance to win the game,
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
as was pointed out in the February
March 1 9 9 2 i s s ue ( p p . 5 6 - 5 7 ) o f
L 'Italia Scacchis tica : 66 . 4:J b 2 ! a4
(66 . . . c 5 67 . 4::l d l d5 6 8 . 4::l f2 or
67 . . . a4 68.d2 d5 69.4::lf2) 67.'<!td4
a3 68.4::l x c4 a2 69.4::l a 3+ a4 70.4::l c 2,
and Black can resign.
66 ... 'i!l x a4 67.<ifi1xc4 'i!la3 68.<it'b5
<ifi1 b3 69.c4 a4 70.c5 a3 71 .c6 a2
7 2 .c7 a t = 7 3 . c 8 = a 4 +
7 4 . <ifj1 b 6 b4+ 7 5 . <it' a 7 d4+
7 6 . <it' a 8 e4+ 7 7 . <it' a 7 e3+
7 8 . <ifj1 a 8 e4+ 79.<it'a7 d4+
80.<ifj1a8 c4 8 1 . <it'b7 f7+
8 2 . <it' b6 f6+ 8 3 . <it' b 5 x h4
84. c4+ <it' b 2 8 5 . e 2 + <it' c l
8 6 . e 3 + <it' d 1 87. <ifj1c6 e l
88.e5
88 . . . e4+ 89.<i!ld6 <ifj1e2 90.<ifj1e6
<it'f3 91.<it'f6 xf4 92.d5+ e4
9 3 . d l + <it'g 2 94. d 2 + <it' h 3
95.<ifi1 xg6 f4 96.<ifi1f7 f3 97.h6+
<it'g3 98. g7+ g4 99. c3 e4
100.g7+ g4 1 0 1 . c3 d7+
1 0 2 . <ifj1f8 <it'g 2 1 0 3 . c 2 + f2
104.g6+ <it'h2 105.h5+ h3
1 0 6 . e 5 + g3 1 0 7 . b 2 <it' h l
1 0 8 . c l + <it'g 2 1 0 9 . b 2 e 3
1 1 0 . g7+ <it'f3 l l l . b7+ e4
1 1 2 . b 3 + <it'f4 1 1 3 . d l c4
1 14.d6+ <it'f3 1 1 5.dl + 'it'g3,
0-1
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(332) Rubinstein - Breyer
Pistyan (8) 1 9 1 2
English [ A34]
l . c4 c5 2 . 4) c 3 4) f6 3 . g3 4) c6
4.J;l.g2 e6 5.4)f3 d5 6.cxd5 4) xd5
7.0-0 Ae7 8.d4 4) xc3 9.bxc3 a5
10.Ad2 c4 ll .e4 0-0 12. c2 Ad7
1 3 . El a b l 4) d8 1 4 . 4) e 5 Aa4
15. cl Elc8 16.f4 f6 17.4)g4 Ad7
18.4)e3 a6 19. c2 Aa4 20. b2
A b 5 2 1 . El bel E!c6 2 2 . f5 El b 6
23.Elbl Aa3
24. 4) x c41 J;l. x b2 2 5 . 4) x a5 A x fl
26. <ifj1 x fl El b 5 27.c4 Elb6 28.c5
Elb5 29.a4 E! x a5 30.A xa5 A x d4
3 1 . A x d8 E! x d8 3 2 . f x e6 A x c 5
33. El x b7 Ele8 34.e5 fxe5 35.Elc7
Ab6 36. Elb7 Ac5 37. Ac6 Elc8
3 8 . A d 5 <it'f8 3 9 . Elf7+ <ifi1 e8
4 0 . A b 7 Elb8 4 t . Ac 6 + <i!ld8
42.Eld7+ <it'c8 43.e7, 1-0
(333) Lowcki - Rubinstein
Pistyan (9) 1 9 1 2
Sicilian [B40]
l . e4 c5 2 . 4) f3 e6 3 . d4 c x d4
4.4) x d4 4)f6 5.4)c3 Ab4 6.J;l.d3
d5 7.e5 4) fd7 8. g4 g6 9.Af4
4)c6 10 . .l x c6 bxc6 1 1 .0-0 Af81
12.4)a4 Ag7 13.Elfel c5 14.Ab 5
c7 15.c4 d4 16.f3 Elb8 17.c6
 Pistyan 1 9 1 2
xc6 1S.-'\.xc6 -'\.fS 19 . .ed1 -'\.b7
20 . .1}. x d7 + <it' x d7 2 1 . b4 c x b4
2 2 . . x d4 + <it'c7 2 3 . .1le3 -'\.c6
24 . .1 b 2 -'\.g7 2 5 . .l d3 . h d S
26 . . x dS . x dS 27 . .l x b4 A x e5
2 S . .j a6 + <it'cS 2 9 . . b 1 Ae4
3 0 . . e 1 Ac3 3 1 . . c 1 Ad2
3 2 . -'\. x d 2 . x d 2 3 3 .f3 . x a 2
34.fxe4 . x a6 35.e5 <it'd7 36 . .fl
<it'e7 37 . . b 1 . b 6 3S . . a 1 a6
3 9 . <it'f 2 . c 6 40 . <it' e 3 . x c4
41 . . xa6
41 . . . h5 42 . .a7+ <it'fS 43 . .a2 g5
44 . .e2 .f4 45 . .e1 <it'g7 46.g3
.f5 47. <it'e4 .f2 4S . . h 1 .e2+
49.<it'd4 <it'g6 50.h4 .g2 51 .hxg5
. xg3 52 . .fl . xg5 53 . .f6+ <it'g7
5 4 . <it'e4 . f 5 5 5 . . x f5 e x f5 +
56. <it' x f5 h 4 57.<it'g4 <it'g6 5S.e6
fxe6, 0-1
(334) Rubinstein - Yates
Pistyan ( 1 0) 1 9 1 2
Queen's Gambit Declined [D63]
1.d4 d5 2 . .lf3 .lf6 3.c4 e6 4 . .lc3
.lbd7 5.Ag5 Ae7 6.e3 0-0 7 . .c1
b6 S.cxd5 exd5 9 . .le5 .1lb7 10.f4
c5 l l .Ad3 .j e4 1 2 . A x e4 d x e4
1 3 . A x e7 x e7 14 . .j x d7 c x d4
1 5 . .l x fS d x c 3 1 6 . 0 - 0 c x b 2
1 7 . E!. b 1 E!. x fS 1 S . a4 c 5
1 9 . E!. fe 1 E!. dS 2 0 . . x b 2 c3
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2 l . b4 d3 2 2 . e7 .1la6
2 3 . x a7 c3 24 . .bb1 .1ld3
2 5 . x b6 .fS 2 6 . b4 c7
27 . .bc 1 a7 2S.a4 h6 29 . .c5
. a S 30.a5 . b S 3 1 . d4 <it'h7
32 . .ec1 .b7 33.h4, 1-0
(335) Teichmann - Rubinstein
Pistyan ( 1 1 ) 1 9 1 2
French Rubinstein [C 1 0]
l . e4 e6 2 . d 4 d 5 3 . .l c 3 d x e4
4 . .j x e4 .l d7 5 . .l f3 .l gf6
6 . .1 x f6+ .! xf6 7 .Ad3 b6 S. e2
Ab7 9 . .1l b 5 + ? 1 c6 1 0 . Ac4 c7
11 . .le5 Ad6 12.-'tf4 0-0 13.0-0
.adS 14 . .ad1 .ld5 15 . .1lg3 c5
16.c3 .feS 17.Ab5 .fS 1S.dxc5
bxc5 19.c4? .lb6 20 . . xd6 . x d6
2 1 . .l d7 .l x d7 2 2 . j}. x d6 x d6
23 . .d1 e51, 0-1
(336) Rubinstein - Duras
Pistyan ( 1 2) 1 9 1 2
English [A3 8]
Notes by Kmoch.
l .c4 .l f6 2 . .l c 3 c5 3 . g 3 .j c6
4.Ag2 g6 5 . .lf3 Ag7 6.d4 b6
An unusual move which is not good.
7.d5 .ld4 S . .j xd4 cxd4 9 . .lb5 0-0
Or 9 . . . a6 1 0 . <J x d 4 <J x d 5 1 1 . <Jb 3
<Jf6 ( l l . . .ii!b4+ 1 2 .Ad2 xc4 1 3 . El c l
ii! b 5 1 4 . El c5 and wins) 1 2 . c 5 ! with
advantage.
10.0-0 a6
If 1 0 . . . <Je8 l l .e3!.
11 . .j xd4 .l xd5
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2 3 . A x g7 x g7 24. x e7 E{ x e7
25.4)d6 E{b8 26.A xe4 4)a7 27.b3
.lb5 28.Ag2 4) xd6 29. E{ x d6 E{e6

Black has lost a pawn and has a bad

position. Rubinstein handles the end
ing with his accustomed care.

30.E{d4 f8 31.E{cl e7 32.E{c7

Et d 6 3 3 . A d 5 f5 3 4 . f l ds
3 5 . Et c 5 e7 3 6 . e 2 Ab7
37. A x b7 E{ x b7 38. E{ xd6 x d6
12.c511 f6
39.E{c8 Etb6 40.d3 d5 41.h4
h6 42.E{c4 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.g4!
Forced. After 12 'lfl'xc5 1 3 A )b3 wins.
. . .

Wins another pawn.

13.e3 .!b4 14.Ad2 4)c6 15.Ac3

44 ... E{b5 45.gxf5 e5 46.E{a4 a5

Now White has far the better game. The
47.c4 Etd5 48.f3 d6 49.e4 Etc5+
c-pawn exercises a cramping effect on
50.d3 d5 51.E{d4 dxe4 52.fxe4
the black position.
g4 53.E{d8 f4 54.f6 Etc1 55.Etd5
Etc8 56.Etf5+ g3 57.f7, 1-0
15 ... e5 16.4)c2 e7 17.d5 E{b8
18.4)a3! b6 19.cxb6 E{ x b6 20.4)c4
(337) Bartisz - Rubinstein
Etb5 2 1 . d6 E{e8 22.E{fd1 e4
Pistyan ( 1 3) 1 9 1 2
French Exchange [CO l ]
Loss of a pawn is no longer to be
avoided, as Axc6 was threatened and
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.4)f3
the knight can neither move nor be pro
Ad6 5.Ad3 Ag4 6.Ae3 .Je7 7.o-o
tected.
.l bc 6 8 . c 3 d7 9 . E{ e 1 0 - 0
1 0 . 4) bd 2 4) g6 1 1 . b 3 4) ce7
12.c4 c6 13.Ag5 f6 14.Ah4 4) xh4
1 5 . 4) x h4 Ae6 1 6 . c 2 g6
1 7 . 4) hf3 Af7 1 8 . E{ e 2 E{ fe8

Akiva Rubinstein

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 Pistyan 1 9 1 2

19.E!ael 'iti'g7 20.c5 Ac7 21 ./ilfl

/il gS 2 2 . E! x eS E! x eS 2 3 . E! x eS
A x eS 24. e2 /ilh6 25./ile3 'ilf7
26.h3 /ildS 27.d2 /ile6 2S.g3 h5
29.h4 f7 30./ilg2 Ad7 31.e3
eS 3 2 . /il ge l /il d S 3 3 . x eS
A x es 34.'ifi'fl Ad7 35.'ifi'e2 Ag4
3 6 . 'ifi' e 3 /il e6 3 7 . /il h 2 Jlh3
3S.Afl A xf1 39./il xfl g5 40./ilg2
'iti'g6 4t .'ifi'd3 Ads 42./ild2 Ac7
43./ilfl g4 44./ilge3 f5 45./ilg2 f4
46.gxf4 Axf4 47.a4 Act 4S.'ifi'c3
Ah6 49./ild2 'iti'f5 50. /il b3 'ifi'e4
51./ilel a6 52./ila5 Ag7 53./il xb7 15 . .acl is equal.
A x d4+ 54.'ifi'c2 /il x c 5 5 5 . /il xc5
Axc5 56./ild3 Ae7, 0- 1 15 ... Ad6 16.f3 /ild5 17.Ab7 E!aeS
1 S . /il x a7 E! b S 1 9 . Ac 6 /il b4
(338) Rubinstein - E. Cohn 2 0 . Ae4 A x e4 2 l . f x e4 Et a S
Pistyan ( 1 4) 1 9 1 2 2 2 . /il b 5 /il x a 2 2 3 . A a 3 A x a3
English [A28] 24. E! x a 2 Ab4 2 5 . E! e 2 c5 26.d5
E!fdS 27.E!dl E!d7, 0- 1
l .c4 e5 2 . /il c3 /il f6 3 . /il f3 /ilc6
4.e3 Ae7 5.d4 exd4 6./il x d4 0-0
(340) Rubinstein - Marshall
Pistyan ( 1 6) 1 9 1 2
7.Ae2 Ab4?! S.0-0 A xc3 9.bxc3
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
d5 10.cxd5 /il xd5 1 1 . /il xc6 bxc6
12.d4! Ae6 13.Aa3 E!eS 14.Af3
l.d4 d5 2./ilf3 /ilf6 3.Af4 c5 4.c3
g5 15. c5 Ag4 16.Axg4 xg4
c x d4 5 . /il x d4 /il c 6 6 . e 3 b6
1 7 . x c6 h 5 l S . E! a d l E! adS
7.b3 xb3 S.axb3 /il xd4 9.exd4
1 9 . c 5 /il f6 20 . x h 5 /il x h 5
e6 10./ild2 Ae7 ll .Ae2, Draw
2 l . E! d4 E! x d4 2 2 . c x d4 E! e 6
23.E!cl c 6 24.d5, 1-0 (34 1 ) Balla - Rubinstein
Pistyan ( 1 7) 1 9 1 2
(339)P. Johner - Rubinstein French Exchange [CO l ]
Pistyan ( 1 5) 1 9 1 2
French Rubinstein [C I O] l . e4 e 6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . e x d 5 e x d 5
4.Ad3 Ad6 5./ilf3 /ilf6 6.o-o o-o
l . e4 e6 2 . d 4 d5 3 . /il c3 d x e4 7.Ag5 Ag4 S./ilbd2 /il bd7 9.c3 c6
4 . /il x e4 /il d 7 5 . /il f3 /il gf6 10.c2 c7 l l .E!fel E!feS 1 2.h3
6 . /il x f6+ /il x f6 7.Ad3 b6 S.0-0 A h 5 1 3 . E! x eS + E! x eS 1 4 . E! e l
Ab7 9 . e 2 Ae7 1 0 . b 3 0-0 E! x e l + 1 5 . /il x e l Jlg6 1 6 . A x g6
l l . A b 2 d 5 1 2 . A a6 e4 hxg6 17./ilef3 /ilfS 1S.Jl xf6 gxf6
13. xe4 A x e4 14./ile5 Axc2 19. dl /ile6 20.g3, Draw

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 Breslau 1912
While most found Rubinstein's play in 1 9 1 2 superb, there were a few dissenters.
One was the German master Paul Saladin Leonhardt ( 1 877- 1 934), to whom Elo
assigns a historical rating of 2500.

The following article appeared in the November 1 9 1 2 issue of the British Chess
Magazine.

According to Dr. Tarrasch, Rubinstein the victor of San

Sebastian, Pistyan, and Breslau, is a chess genius of a very high
order. His distinction is due to an imperturbable temperament,
and a remarkably clear, deep and sound appraisement of posi
tion. "His play," says the Doctor, "is to every expert, as, for
example, to myself, a matter for admiration." Dr. Lasker also
does not withhold his praise of the Russian champion, and
characterises his games as marvelous.

Leonhardt, however, thinks otherwise, and in the Hamburger

Nachrichten discounts the utterances of these two high authori
ties.

"Dr. Tarrasch 's praise is bestowed," he contends, patronisingly,

"with the idea of claiming Rubinstein as a pupil of his own, and
deriving a reflected glory for himself in the fact.

"In pleasant contrast to Dr. Tarrasch," continues Herr Leonhardt,

"one must concede matter-of-factness in the champion, which
is evidence by which he keeps his personality in the background.
If he now makes exaggerated declamations in honor of Rubin
stein, the reason is not too far to seek. A match between him
and Rubinstein is only a matter of time, and he would like to
smooth its way and bring it into the best relief. Lasker recog
nizes better than anyone the individual weaknesses of an oppo
nent, and knows better how to profit by them, and it is incred
ible that he should consider Rubinstein his equal, to say noth
ing of his superior. Unless, of course, he feels age is creeping
on him.

"The particular weakness of Rubinstein is no longer a secret.

After Spielmann had demonstrated the ease with which
Rubinstein could be upset by decoying him onto unknown
ground, and pestering him with attacks, newcomers such as
Banisz and Lowcki resorted in the Breslau tourney to the same
 Breslau 1 9 1 2

tactics. Lowcki, by help o f this recipe, was completely success

ful in disconcerting the Russian master, and won a game from
him that even Dr. Tarrasch described as 'very weakly played '
by Rubinstein. And Banisz, by similar but in this case much
looser and more unsoundly conducted tactics, succeeded in so
upsetting Rubinstein 's equanimity that he played like a novice,
overlooked a winning position, and only won because his op
ponent finally tried to force the game. Now, 'very weak' games
of this character by Rubinstein are by no means so infrequent.
He gave two instances of very weak play (against Freiman and
Alapin) at the All-Russian tourney in Vilna. As soon as he is on
unfamiliar ground he shows surprising weakness both in the
management of the game and in its tactical conduct . . . He has
a wonderful eye for the microscopic in chess, but his pupil is
too weak to see at a distance. He therefore confines himself to
a few openings, and is a specialist in endings . . .

"Rubinstein himself, who is possessed of a clear head, and who

is averse to ego culture a Ia Tarrasch, and well knows the bounds
of his talent, would be quick to disagree with Tarrasch 's ap
praisement of him as a genius. Genius is creative, sees and com
bines visions, is original and catholic, so far as possible. If one
may speak of genius in connection with chess, then you may
concede it to Morphy, Steinitz, Pillsbury, and Lloyd. But to call
Rubinstein a genius is a perversion of words. Rubinstein has a
reproductive, eclectic and critical talent, by means of which,
aided by immense industry, an iron will and a suitable disposi
tion, he has climbed to the summit of success. To speak of him
as a genius is nothing less than sheer thoughtless worshipping
of success."

There is a little bit of truth to what

Leonhardt says, but Rubinstein's excel
lent results and superlative play speak
for themselves. For those who are cu
rious, Leonhardt and Rubinstein met 1 0
times over the board from Ostende
1 906 through Pistyan 1 9 1 2 . The total
score was +6,=3 ,- 1 for Rubinstein, who
scored 5 Yl points from their last six
meetings.

Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch (at right)

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(342) Rubinstein - Barasz
Breslau ( 1 ) 1 9 1 2
Modem [B06]
Notes by Leonhardt.
1 .d4 d6 2.e4 .ld7 3.g3 e5 4 .le2
g6 5 . Ag2 Ag7 6.o-o h 5 ? 1 7 .h3
.l e 7 8 . f4 e x d4 9 .l x d4 .l f8
1 0 .l c 3 Ad7 1 1 . dle3 'IA'c8
1 2 . 'i;t>h 2 f5 1 3 . e x f5 g xf5 14.h4
'i;t>d8 1 5 . e 1 Ac6 1 6 .l x c 6 +
b xc6?1 1 7 .Ad4 A x d4 1 8. 'IA' x d4
g8 19. 'IA'f6 'IA'd7 20.e3?
White misses an immediate win by
20 . .1lxc6 'ltixc6 2 l .'ltixe7+ 'it'c8 22 .'ltit7
h8 23.'ltig7, etc.
20 . . .lfg6 21.ae1 'IA'e8
Better is 2 1 . . . b8, avoiding the follow
ing attack.
22 .l b 5 1 'IA'f8 2 3 . '1A'e 6 'IA'g7
24 .l x d6! c x d6 2 5 . 'IA' x d6+ 'i;t>c8
26.Axc6?
White misses again a forced win by
26 . .1lfl ! a5 27.b3 and 28 . .1la6+.
26 ds 27.Ab7+?
Instead, 27.'ltic5 wins easily.
27 . 'i;t> x b7 28.b3+??
After 28. xe7+ <tlxe7 29. xe7+ 'ltixe7
30.'ltixe7+ 'it'c6 3 l .'ltie6+ and 32 .'ltixf5 ,
White still should win.
28 'i;t>c8 29. 'IA'c5+ 'i;t>d7 30. 'IA'b5+
'i;t>d6 31.d3+ 'it>c7 32.'1A'a5+ 'i;t>b7
3 3 . b 3 + 'i;t>c8 3 4 . 'IA' c 5 + 'i;t>d7
3 5 . 'IA' b 5 + 'i;t>d6 36. 'IA' b 7 'IA'd4
3 7 . be3 'IA'd5 3 8 . E! d 3 x d3
270
3 9 . c x d 3 ab8 40 . 'IA' x a7 x b2+
4 1 . 'it>h 3 db8 42. 'IA' e 3 c 2
4 3 .'IA'd4+ .ld5??
After 4 3 . . . 'it'c7 4 4 . x e 7 + <\ x e 7
45 .'ltie5+ 'it'c8 46.'ltixe7 bb2, White
is forced to make a draw by perpetual
check .
[Authors: In case of 43 . . . 'it'c7 White has
44.a4!?, and if 44 . . . bb2 45 .cl ! main
taining winning chances.]
44.e51 bb2
If 44 . . . <\ge7 45. xe7! 'it'xe7 46.'ltie5+
and White wins.
45. 'IA' xd5+ 'i;t>c7 46. 'IA'f7+, 1-0
(343) Burn - Rubinstein
Breslau (2) 1 9 1 2
French Exchange [CO l ]
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4 .lf3
Ad6 5 . Ad3 Ag4 6 .l bd2 .lc6
7.c3 'IA'e7+ 8.'IA'e2 'IA' xe2+ 9.Axe2
.l ge7 10 .lf1 0-0 11 .le3 Ad7
1 2.dl_dl?l ae8 13.0-0 .la5 14.b4
.l c4 1 5 .a4 c6 1 6 .l x c4 d x c4
1 7 .l d 2 dl,e6 1 8 . Ae 2 .l d 5 1
19.Ab2
If 1 9 . <\xc4 <\ x c 3 2 0 . <\ x d6 <tl x e 2 +
2 1 . 'it'h l e7 w i t h s l i g h t l y better
chances for Black.
19 J;l x b41 20.fc1 .lf41 21 .Afl
dl_d6 2 2 .l x c4 A x c4 2 3 . A x c4
.l e 2 + 24 . A x e 2 x e 2 2 5 . A a3
A xa3 26. x a3 fe8 27.'i;t>fl b2
28.e1 'i;t>f8
According to Leonhardt, more exact is
28 . . . xe l + 29.'it'xel aS! .
29.a5 f! x e l + 30. x el a 6 3 l .c4
 Breslau 1 9 1 2
ctle7 3 2 .e3+ ctld7 33.E!f3 ctle7
3 4 . e 3 + ct}f8 3 5 . e 2 b l +
36.ct}d2 a 1 37.E!e5 f 6 38.c5
ct}e7 39.h4 E!a3 40.h5 h6 41.g3
ct}e6 42.c5 g6 43.ct}e2?
L e o n h ardt re c o m m e n d s 4 3 . h 5 g 5
44.e2 .
43 ... h51 44.ct}d2?
White 's last chance was the immediate
44.f3 and 44.g4.
44 ... ct}d6 45. ct}e2 ctlc7 46.f3 b6
47 . a x b6 ct} x b6 4 8 . g4 h x g4
49.fxg4 f!g3 50.g5 fxg5 5 1 . xg5
Also hopeless is 5 1 .hxg5 a 5 .
5 1 ... xg5 52.hxg5
5 2 . . . ct} a 5 1 5 3 . ctl d 3 ct}b4 5 4 . d 5
cxd5 55.cxd5 ctlc5 56.ct}e4 ct}d6
57. ct}d4 a5 58. ct}c4 a4 59. ct}b4
ct} x d5 60.ct}xa4 ct}e4 61.ct}b4 ct}f4
6 2 . ct}c4 ct} x g 5 6 3 . ctld 3 ct}f4
64. ct}e2 ctlg3, 0-1
(344) Rubinstein - Breyer
Breslau (3) 1 9 1 2
King's Gambit (C34]
1 .d4 d6 2.e4 .ld7 3.f4 e5 4 . .Jf3
e x f4?
271
Now the game transposes into a bad
e d i t i on of the K i n g ' s Gamb i t .
Leonhardt recommends in the tourna
ment book 4 . . :e7, followed by . . . g6
and . . .llg7.
.
5 . -'l, x f4 .! gf6 6 . .J c 3 .Jb6 7.a4
e7? s.Ad3 h6 9.0-o Ag4 10.h3
Ah5 l l .a5 .lbd7
Black has played originally, but the re
sulting position is clearly in White 's
favor.
1 2.e51 dxe5 13.dxe5 b4 14.c1
-'l, x f3 1 5 . x f3 c 5 + 1 6 . ct} h 1
.l d 5 1 7. .J xd5 xd5
1 8 . e6 ! f x e 6 1 9 . -'l, x c7 4) e 5
2 0 . -'l, x e 5 x e5 2 1 . -'l, g 6 + ct}d7
2 2 . e3 c 5 23. d 2 + Ad6
24.d1 adS 25.b4 c7 26.Af7
White wins more quickly with 26 . . xe6!
x e 6 2 7 . d 5 + d7 ( o r 27 . . . f6
28.f5+ e7 29.f7+ mate) 28.f5+
'<t>c6 29.b5+ mate.
26 . . . hf8 2 7 . -'l, x e6 + ct}e7
2 8 . A d 5 + ct}d7 2 9 . E! c 3 b8
30. d4 f6 3 1 . g4+ ct}e8
3 2 . x g7 Ae5 3 3 . E! e 3 d6
34. x e 5 + 1 x e5 3 5 . .ilf7+ ct}e7
36.Ah5+ e6 37.-'l,g4+, 1-0
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(345) Schlechter - Rubinstein
Breslau (4) 1 9 1 2
Queen's Gambit Declined [037 ]
t .d4 d5 2.l)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.4)c3
Ae7 5.Af4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.E!ct .!c6
8.Ad3 dxc4 9.Axc4 cxd4 10.exd4
b6 1 1 .0-0 .ll,b7 1 2.a3 E!c8 13.Aa2
d7 14.Ae3 4)g4 1 5 . e2 Ad6
t6.E!cd1 4) xe3 17.fxe3 4)e7 18.e4
.Jg6 t9 . .lg5 Af4 20. h5 Ae3+
2 1 . h l A x g 5 2 2 . x g 5 e7
23. xe7 .! xe7 24.d5 exd5 25.exd5
4)g6 26.E!fel E!fd8 27.gl f8
28.E!d2 E!d7 29.E!e3 E!cd8 30.f2
4) f4 3 1 . E! e 5 f6 3 2 . E! e4 4) g6
3 3 . E! a4 .ll, c 6 34. E! ad4 4) e7
35.E!dl Ab7 36.E!td2 g6 37.E!a4
Ac6 38.E!ad4 g7 39.Ab3, Draw
(346) Rubinstein E. Cohn
-
Breslau (5) 1 9 1 2
French Exchange [CO l ]
l .d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3 . .lc3 4)f6 4.exd5
e x d 5 5 . Ag 5 Ae7 6 . A d 3 4) c 6
7.4)ge2 .l b4 8.0-0 4) xd3 9.xd3
0 - 0 1 0 . .l g3 h6 l l . Af4 c6
12.E!ael Ad6 13.Ae5 4)e8 14.f4
f6 1 5 . A x d6 4) x d6 1 6 .f5 Ad7
17 . .lh5 Ae8 18.4)f4 Af7 19.4)e6
A x e6 2 0 . f x e 6 e7 2 1 .g4 h 5
22.gxh5 f 5 23.4)e2 x e6 24.4)f4
h6 25.4)g6 E!fe8 26. h3 d2
2 7 . h4 E!e4 28 . E! x e4 d x e4
29 . .l e7 + h 7 3 0 . 4) x f5 .! x f5
3 l . E! x f5 x d4 + 3 2 . g 2 E!e8
33. g5 E!e6 34.E!f7 E!d6 35. f5+
h6 36. f4+ h7 37. f5+ h6
38.f4+ h7, Draw
(34 7) Mieses - Rubinstein
Breslau (6) 1 9 1 2
Bishop 's Opening [C24]
Notes by Tartakover (T), M ieses (M),
and Schlechter (S).
272
l .e4 e 5 2 . Ac4 4) f6 3 .d4 e x d4
4 . .lf3 .! xe4 5. xd4 4)f6 6 . .1l,g5
Ae7 7 . .lc3 4)c6
(T) Another line of defense is 7 . . . c6
8 . 0-0-0 d5, or 7 . . . 0-0 8.0-0-0 c6, etc.
8. h4 d6 9.0-0-0 Ae6 10 . .1l,d3
(T) If 1 o . ;g he 1 .ll x c4 1 1 ..1lxf6 .lle 6,
again closing the e-file.
to ... d7 1 1.Ab5
(M) Preventing B lack from castling
long and threatening 1 2 .4Je5.
(T) Prevents 1 1 . . . 0-0-0, after which
would fol low 1 2.<j e 5 'i'i'Ye8 1 3 . 4Jxc6
bxc6 1 4 . .1la6+ 'it'd7 1 5 .4Ja4 (threaten
ing mate), and the king hunt has only
begun.
1 1 ... 0-0 12.4)d4
(T) Preventing above a l l 1 2 . . . .1lf5
( 1 3.4Jxf5 'i'i'Yxf5 14 . .1ld3 and wins). In
effective would be 1 2 .4Je5 'i'i'Ye8.
12 ... a6 1 3.Ad3 .le5 14.f4
(S) A m istake would be 1 4 . .1lxh7+?
4Jxh7 15 . .1lxe7 4Jg6, and B lack wins a
piece.
14 ... 4) xd3+ 15.E! xd3 c51
(T) In order to be able to place his
bishop at f5 , for if at once 15 . . . .1lf5
1 6 . ;g e3 .. ae8 17.;g xe7 ;g xe7 1 8 . .1lxf6
gxf6 19.4Jd5, and Black is at bay.
16.E!g31
(T) Seeing that his opponent is not
amenable, White intensifies his attack.
I f n o w 1 6 . . . c x d 4 1 7 . .1l x f6 .ll x f6
1 8 .xf6 g6 1 9 .xd4, etc.
 Breslau 1 9 1 2
July 1 4 - August 7

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 . Duras X y, y2 0 0 y2 0 Y, I I I I I 12
2. Rubinstein O x Y2 Y2 Y2 y, y, Y, 1 1 0 I I 12
3 . Teiclnnann V> V> x Y2 0 Y2 Y2 Y2 y, y, y, 1 1 12
4. Schlechter Y2 Y2 Y2 x Y2 y, y, y2 y, y2 y, Y2 Y, II
5. Tarrasch Y, I Y, X 0 0 Y, y, 0 0 II
6. Marshall O O Y2 0 1 x O Y2 12 Y2 0 Y2 9 Y2
?. Spielmann I 0 Y2 Y, l x O Y2 0 0 y, 0 0 9
8. Banisz 0 0 Y, Y, Y, Y, I X Y, 0 Y, Y, Y, y, y, y, 8 12
9. Breyer O O O Y2 0 0 V> Y2 x O I V> 1 1 Y2 8 12
I O. Mieses Y, Y, 0 Y, 0 Y, 1 1 1 X 0 Y, 0 0 Y2 Y, I 8 Y2
I I . Przepi6rka 12 12 0 0 12 1 12 0 l x O O O Y2 1 I 8 Y2
1 2 . Burn 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 Y, Y, Y, I x Y, Y2 0 7 12
1 3 . E. Cohn y, y, y, y, 0 0 y, y, 0 0 X Y2 0 0 Y2 7
1 4. Levitsky 0 0 0 y, y, 0 0 0 0 Y, 0 X y, 7
1 5 .Carl<> 0 0 Y, 0 I 0 I Y, 0 0 0 Y, Y2 0 x Y, I I 6 12
1 6 . Lowcki 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Y, Y, 0 1 0 Y, X 1 Y, 6
1 7. K . Treybal O O O V> I V> O Y2 0 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 x 0 5
1 8. Balla 0 0 0 y, 0 0 0 y, y, 0 0 0 y, y, 0 y, I X 4
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
t6 ... <it'h8 17.4Jf3
(M) After 1 7.<t\xe6 fxe6 1 8.f!.h3 .. f7
1 9 . xf6 gxf6, White ' s attack is re
pulsed.
17 ... 4)g8 18.J:l, xe7 t:/ x e7 19.4Jg5
4)h6
( S ) F o r c e d , b e c a u s e if 1 9 . . . <t'lf6
20.<t\xh7!
(M) Perhaps 1 9 ... h6 was Black's best.
But not 19 . . .Af5 20.f!.h3! followed by
.. e l .
(T) If 1 9 . . . h6, B lack's knight will re
main locked out for a long time to come,
although White has at the moment no
decisive attack at his disposal.
20.el t:/d7 21.ge3 fe8
(T) The sequel will show that 2 l . . . .. ae8
had some points in its favor.
22.4)ce4 Af5
23.4)f6!
(T) The break-up sacrifice was so to
speak "in the air" ever since B lack's
1 9th move, but now it is reinforced by
the unmasking of the e-file. The thrill
ing play hereafter offers an attractive
illustration of well-balanced attack and
defense - both perfectly conducted.
274
23 ...gxf6 24.t:/xh6 Jlg6!
( M ) Not 24 . . . fx g 5 ? 2 5 . tH6 + 'i1i'g8
26.f!.e7! and White wins.
25.4) x h7!
(T) This sacrifice, a sequel to the pre
ceding one (23.<t'lf6), shows its real sig
nificance only on White's next move.
Without this possibility, White would
have to retire and agree to exchanges,
bringing B lack, with his extra pawn,
nearer to victory.
25 ... Jl x h7 26.g31
(T) A magnificent point. White's linear
pressure culminates in a double threat
of mate (irg7 or irxf6).
26 ... xel+ 27.<it'd2 e2+1
(T) A pretty resource which saves Black
from defeat.
28.<it'dl
(T) White cannot take the rook, other
wise 28 . . . ire6+, followed by 29 . . . f!.g8,
parries all threats. And if 28.'i1i'c l , then
not hastily 28 . . .. xc2+ 29.'iff d l , but
.
calmly 28 . . . f!.el +, continuing his series
of checks.
28 ... el, Draw
(348) Rubinstein - Duras
Breslau (7) 1 9 1 2
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D3 3 ]
l .c4 e 6 2.4)c3 d 5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . 4J f3 4) c 6 6 .g 3 c x d4
7 . 4) x d4 Jlc 5 8 . Jl e3 Jl x d4
9 . Jl x d4 l1 x d4 1 0 . x d4 l1 f6
l l.Ag2 Ae6 1 2.0-o o-o 13.fdt
 Breslau 1 9 1 2
e7 14.d2 fd8 15.ad1 d7
16.h3 h6 17.g4 adS 18.e5 b6
19.f4 c5+ 20. d4 g6 21.g5 hxg5
2 2 . f x g 5 x d4+ 23 . x d4 h 5
24. xd5 ct;g7 25.e3 g3 26.ct;f2
f5 27.4d3 .Q.xd5 28 . .Q.xd5 c7
29 . .Q.b3 xd3 30. xd3 ct;f8 3 1.e4
g7 3 2 . f3 e8 3 3 . e 5 ct;g7
34. ctle3 e7 35. ct;d4 c7 36.f6
d7+ 37.ct;e4 a6 38.d6 c5+
3 9 . ct;f4 d 3 + 40 . ct; e4 c 5 +
4 t . ct;d4 x b 3 + 4 2 . a x b3 c7
43.e6 fxe6 44. xe6 ct;f7 45.f6+
ct;g7 4 6 . f 2 c 1 4 7 . h 4 h 1
4 8 . f4 h 2 4 9 . ctl c 3 h 3 +
5 0 . ct; c 2 b 5 5 1 . b4 a 6 5 2 . f4
ct;h8 5 3 . f6 ct;g7 54. f4 ct;g8
55.b4 ctlg7 56.ct;c1 h2 57.ct;b1
h1+ 58.ct;c2 h3 59.ct;b1 h1+
6 0 . ct; a 2 h3 6 t . ct; b 1 h 1 +
62.ct;a2 h3 63.b3 h2+ 64.ct;a3
h1 65.d4 ct;f7 66.d7+ ct;e6
67.a7 ctlf5 68.h7 <i!?g4 69.h6
ctlf5 70.h8 ct;g4 7 1 . h6 ct;f5
7 2 . ct; b 2 h 2 + 7 3 . ctl a 3 h 1
74 . h7 ct;g4 7 5 . g7 ctlf5
76.a7??
A blunder. Trying to win this drawn
endgame, Rubinstein steps across the
margin of safety and falls into a lost
position. This is not the first time that
this has happened to Rubinstein. Some
times his will to win is so strong that it
blocks out any sense of danger. His
game with Salwe from Pistyan 1 9 1 2
(game # 3 3 1 ) i s a good example of
Rub instein letting down his guard
(64 . . .l.txa4?) but getting away with it.
76 ... x h4 77. x a6 e41 78.c6
e5 79 .c5 ct;f4 80.ct;b2 xg5
81.ct;c3 f5 82.ct;d3 g5 83.ct;e2
ct;e4 8 4 . c 8 g4 8 5 . g8 ct;f4
8 6 . ct;f 2 ct;e4+ 8 7 . ct; e 2 ct; f4
88.ct;f2 d5 89.f8+ <i!?e4 90.g8
275
ct;d3 9 1 . xg4 ctlc3 92.ct;e1 ct; xb3
93.ct;e2 ctlc3 94.ct;e1 h5 95.<itld1
h1+ 96.ct;e2 b1 97.g3+ ct;c2
9 8 . g 5 x b4 9 9 . c 5 + ct; b 2
1 0 0 . ct; d 2 b 3 1 0 l . c 2 + ct; b 1
1 0 2 . c 1 + ct; a 2 1 0 3 . c8 b4
1 0 4 . a 8 + a 3 1 0 5 . b8 b3
106.ct;c3 a71, 0-1
(349) PrzepiOrka - Rubinstein
Breslau (8) 1 9 1 2
Sicilian [840]
l . e4 c5 2 . f3 e6 3 . d4 c x d4
4. xd4 f6 5.c3 .Q.b4 6 . .Q.d3
d5 7.e5 fd7 8 . g4 g6 9 . .Q.f4
c6 10. xc6 b x c6 1 1 .0-0 .Q.f8
1 2 . fe 1 .Q.g7 1 3 . a4 c7
14.g3 c5 1 5 .c4 d4 16.b3 .Q.b7
17.e2 0-0 18.ae1 a5 19.b2
b6 2 0 . a4 d 7 2 1 . .Q. c 2 b8
2 2 . d3 a6 23 .f3 b6 24.h4
b4 2 5 . x b4 x b4 2 6 . d 1
fd8 27.d3 d7 28.f2 b6
2 9 . e 1 c7 3 0 . g3 ct;h8
31 .ct;h2 g8 32 . .Q.g5 h6 33 . .Q.f6
g 5 3 4 . h 5 .Q. x f6 3 5 . e x f6 g4
36.xc7 xc7 37.f4 cc8 38.ct;g3
gd8 39.e5 g8 40 . .Q.d1 .Q.a8
4 t . d 2 c6 42 . .Q. x g4 b 6
4 3 . d 3 .Q. x g 2 44. ct; x g2 x g4+
4 5 . ctlf3 h4 4 6 . ct; g3 h 1
47. x c 5 c 1 48. c 8 + ctlh7
49.d8 c3 50 . 8 x d4 b x b3
51. xc3 x c3+ 52.ct;g4 a3 53.c5
c3 5 4 . e4 Et x c5 5 5 . e5 c4
56. xa5 e51 57. xe5 x a4, Draw
(350) Rubinstein - Levitsky
Breslau (9) 1 9 1 2
Queen 's Gambit Declined [046]
Notes by Schlechter (S ), and Authors (A).
(A) The Russian hi storian Maizel i s
m i s t a k e n l y c l a i m s ( Sh akh m atny
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

Byuletin 91 1 962, p. 2 84) that this game 13.E!ad1 Ac7?

was played at Vilna 1 9 1 2 . We follow
the tournament book, from which the (S) After 1 3 . . . <tlxf3 + 1 4 .xf3 'ii x d4
annotations by Schlechter are also 1 5.f:i xd4 c7 16.f:ifdl White has the
taken. advantage.
(A) In Schlechter 's variation, B lack can
1 .d4 d5 2.4)f3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 4)f6 play better with 1 5 . . . e7 (instead of
5.Jld3 Ad6 6.4)bd2 4) bd7 7.e4 1 5 . . . c7), and White 's advantage is
dxe4 very small. The move in the game seems
to be the decisive mistake.
(S) A very interesting position arises
after 7 . . . e5 8.exd5 cxdS 9.cxd5 exd4 14.c51 b6 1 5 . b4 a 5 1 6 . c3
10.<tlxd4 <tlxdS . There are eight pieces Jlf5
on the d-line ! In this position the tempo
is a decisive advantage. White achieves
a very strong attack by l l .<tlfS ! .
(A) The continuation 7.e4 (before Q-0),
and the variation given by Schlechter,
are missing in ECO, section D30. Af
ter the text, the opening transposes into
a well-known variation.

8.4) x e4 4) xe4 9.Axe4 e5

(A) Premature. Black should castle first.

( S ) Or 1 6 . . . <tl x f3 + 1 7 . x f3 x c 3
1 0 . 0 - 0 e x d4 1 l . x d4 f6 1 8.xc6+! , etc. Relatively better was
12.Ae3 16 . . . 0-0, but after 17.d4 White would
keep the advantage.
( A ) R e c e n t theory r e c o m m e n d s
17.Ag51 e6
1 2 .dl ! with advantage.

( S ) B etter was 1 7 . . . <tlxf3 + 1 8 . xf3

1 2 . . . 4)e5?1
xe4 1 9.'l1i'xe4+ 'iie 6 20.'ii x e6+ fxe6
2 l . f:i fe l , and White wins the e-pawn.
(S) This loses quickly. White must ex
change the queen s , e v e n if after
18.4)d4 d6 19.Axf5, 1-0
12 ... xd4 1 3 .xd4 0-0 1 4 . f:i adl his
position is disadvantageous. (35 1 ) Rubinstein K. Treybal
-

(A) According to ECO, Schlechter 's Breslau ( I 0) 1 9 1 2

variation leads to an equal game after Queen 's Pawn [D02]
14 . . . e7 1 5 .f:i fe l f6 1 6.f5 xd4
1 7 . <tlxd4 <tlb6, as in L. Szabo-Paoli, Notes by Schlechter.
Salgotarj an 1 96 7 . We shall also see
that 12 . . . <tle5 is still not the losing con 1.d4 d5 2.f3 f6 3. Jlf4 e6 4.e3
tinuation. Ad6 5.bd 2 0-0 6. Ad3 c5 7.c3

276
 Breslau 1 9 1 2
A x f4 S.exf4 c x d4 9 . .) x d4 .)c6
10 . .) 2f3 'li\'d6 l l .'li\'d2 a6?!
With 1 1 . . .4:Jxd4 Black can equalize eas
ily; for example: 1 2 . 4:Jxd4 e5 1 3 .fxe5
'li1xe5 +, etc. [Authors : After 1 4 . 'li1e2,
W h i t e stan d s s l i g h t l y better. ] Or
1 2 . cxd4 4:Je4! 1 3 .xe4 dxe4 1 4.4:Jg5
( 1 4.4:Je5 d7) 14 . . . .d8 1 5 . . d l 'li1d5
1 6.b3 d7, followed by c6.
1 2 . 0 - 0 Ad7 1 3 . . fe 1 .adS
1 4 . . e 2 .lh5 1 5 .g3 g6 1 6 . Cit'g2
AcS 17.h4 f6
The fight in the next moves will be
around the e5 - square. If B lack succeeds
in promoting . . . e6-e5, he will have a
good game.
1S . . a e 1 .l g7 19 . .e3 . feS
20. 'li\'e2 Cit'f7 2 1 .a3 .e7 2 2.Ab1
.deS 23.Aa2 Cit'fS 24.'li\'d21
24 ... e5?
Black thinks that now is the right mo
ment for the thematic advance. In fact,
just the opposite is true. This move is
the decisive mistake. Instead, deserv
ing consideration was 24 . . . b5, prevent
ing the possible breakthrough c3-c4.
2 5 . .) x c 6 b x c6 26.fxe5 fxe5
27 . . xe51 Af5
277
Black overlooked that after 27 . . . . xe5
White wins by 28.'li1f4 + .
28.'li\'{4 .xe5 29..xe5 .xe5 30.'/i\'xe5
'li\'d7 31 . .lg5 .)e8 3 2 . 'li\'hS+ Cit'e7
33. '/i\' x h7+ Cit'd6 34.'/i\' xd7+ Cit'xd7
35.Cit'f3 .lf6 36.Cit'f4 c5 37.f3 Cit'c6
3 S .g4 A c 2 3 9 . Cit'e3 c4 40 . Cit' d 2
A d 3 4 1 . .) e6 .l d 7 42 . .) f4 .l e 5
4 3 . .) xd3 cxd3 44.h5, 1-0
(352) Tarrasch - Rubinstein
Breslau ( 1 1 ) 1 9 1 2
Giuoco Piano [C50]
l .e4 e5 2 . .l f3 .)c6 3 . Ac4 .)f6
4 . .)c3 Ac5 5.d3 d6 6.Ae3 Ab6
7 . '/i\' d 2 Ag4 S .h 3 A x f3 9 .g x f3
.)d4 10.A xd4 Axd4 1 1 . .)e2 Ab6
12.f4 'li\'e7 13 . .fl 0-0-0 14.0-0-0
d5 1 5 .e x d5 .) xd5 1 6.fxe5 'li\' x e5
1 7 .d4 'li\'f6 1S.Ad3 c6 1 9 . Cit' b 1
.heS 20.c3 h 5 21 . .)g3 g6 22 . .)e2
dlc7 2 3 .c4 .l e7 2 4 . 'li\'c3 Cit'bS
25.'/i\'b3 'li\'f3 26. .)g1 'li\'f6 27. .)e2
.d7 2S.Cit'a1 'li\'f3 29 . .l g 1 'li\'g2
3 0 . A e 2 . e d S 3 1 . A f 3 'li\' h 2
3 2 .d5 cxd5 33.cxd5 Ab6 34 . .d2
. c S 3 5 . a 3 . c 5 36 . .fd 1 .l f 5
37.'/i\'a4 'li\'c7 3 S. .) e 2 .c4 39.'/i\'b3
. d 6 40 . .l c 3 .d7 4 t . d 6 'li\'cS
4 2 . A d 5 .d4 43 . A x f7 . 7 x d6
44 . . x d4 .) x d4 4 5 . '/i\'a4 'li\'c6
46 . '/i\' x c6 b x c6 47 . . g 1 .f6
4S . A x g6 .l f3 49 . .l e4 . f4
50 . .h1 .le5 51.Ah7 .ld3 52 . .d1
.l xf2 53 . .l xf2 A x f2 54.Ag6 h4
5 5 . A h 5 Ad4 56 . . d 2 Cit'c7
57.Cit'a2 a5 5S.Ag4 Cit'b6 59 . .e2
c 5 60.Ae6 . f3 6 t . Ag4 . g3
62.Ae6 Cit'c6 63.Cit'b1 , Draw
(353) Rubinstein - Balla
Breslau ( 1 2) 1 9 1 2
Sicil ian Four Knights [B45]
l . d4 e 6 2 .) f3 c5 3 . e4 c x d4
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
4.4) xd4 c6 5.4)c3 4)f6 6.db5
.i}.b4 7 . a 3 -'l. x c3 + S . 4) x c 3 d 5
9.exd5 xd5 10. xd5
More often seen i s 1 O . .Jld2 , as in
Fischer-Addison, US (ch) 1 962/6 3 ,
which continued 1 0 . . . <tlxc3 1 1 ..ll x c3
xd1 1 2 .El xd1 f6 1 3 .f4 .lld7 1 4 . .llc4
0-0-0 1 5 .0-0, with a clear edge for
White .
10 ... x d5 1 1 . xd5 exd5 1 2 . .1l,e3
ECO gives 1 2 . .llf4 Af5 1 3 .'it1d2 with a
slight edge for White.
1 2 . . . .i}.e6 1 3 .0-0-0 0-0 14.-'l.d3
4)e5 15 . .1l,e2 la fdS 1 6 . f4 4) c 6
17.g4 f 5 1S.g5 A f7 19.-'l.f3 laacS
20.lahe1 b6 2 1 .Af2 lac7 2 2 .c3
fS 2 3 . c 2 g6 24.h4 a 5
2 5 . Ad4 c4 26.a4 la e S 27.b3
la xe1 2S.la xe1 d6 29.Ae5 lac6
3 0 . -'l_ x d 6 + la x d6 3 l . d 3 ladS
32.d4
A typ i c a l R u b i n s t e i n p o s i t i o n !
(Schlechter, in the tournament book.)
32 ... lacS 33.lae5 lac7 34.Ag2 AgS
3 5 . .i}. h 1 h6 3 6 . .i}. x d 5 A x d 5
37.la xd5 h xg5 3S.h xg5 e7 39.c4
e6 40.a5, 1-0
278
(3 54) Spielmann - Rubinstein
Breslau ( 1 3 ) 1 9 1 2
Sicilian [B29]
1 .e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.f3 4)f6 4.e5
4)d5 5.4) xd4 c6 6.Ac4? a5+
7.c3 b6 S.-'l.b3 xe5+ 9.-'l.e3 e6
1 0 . 0 - 0 -'l.e7 1 1 . 4) x c 6 b x c6
1 2 . .i}.d4 f4 13.lael f6 14.4)d2
d5 1 5.a4 c5 16.a5 4)c41 17.Aa4+
f7 1S.Ae3 4) xe3 19.la x e3 lafS
20.Ac6 labS 21 . .i}.xd5 ladS!
Not 2 l . . .exd5, because of 22.h5 + .
2 2 . la a4 g 5 2 3 . Ac4 la x b 2
24.Ad3 Aa6! 25.la g4 la xd2, 0- 1
(355) Carls - Rubinstein
Breslau ( 1 4) 1 9 1 2
Queen 's Pawn [D04]
l .d4 d5 2 . e 3 4) f6 3 . d 2 -'l.f5
4 . 4) gf3 e6 5 . Ae 2 4) bd7 6 . 0 - 0
Ad6 7.b3 e4 S . .i}.b2 f6 9.c4 c6
10.a3 0-0 l l .b4 laadS 1 2.c5 AbS
13.lae1 g5 14.laa2 h6 1 5.fl
j}_g6 16.4)e5 f5 17.f3 4)ef6 1S.f4
e4
If 1 8 . . . gx f4 1 9 . e x f4 x f4? 20 . .Jlc l
h4 2 1 .<tlf3 and 22.<tlg5 , White wins.
19.g3 xe5 20.dxe5 lad7 2 1 . .i}.d4
lag7 2 2 . Af3 Aes 2 3 . lag 2 Ac7
2 4 . d 2 4) x d 2 2 5 . x d 2 A h 5
2 6 . -'l. x h 5 x h 5 2 7 . d 1 e S
2 S . a4 a6 2 9 . la b 1 h 5 3 0 . d 1
hs 31.labb2 lafgS 32.Ac3 AdS
3 3 . h 1 g6 3 4 . A e 1 h 6
35.f3 .1l,e7 36.fl h7 37.f3
g6 3S. f1 h6 39.Ac3 eS
40.f3 aS 41. fl lag6 42. f3
g7 43.dl
43.xh5?? loses to 43 . . . g4 and 44 . . . Elh8.
 Breslau 1 9 1 2
4 3 . . . h S 44 . .1l e 1 'l/f7 4 5 . f3
E!h7 4 6 . fl hS 4 7 . f3 g4
4S. d1 h4 49.gxh4 gh6 50. a4
'l/eS 5 1 . 'l/g 1 A x h4 5 2 . A x h4
E! x h4 53.a5 E!h3 54.be2 E!f3
55.E!ef2 E! xe3 56. b6
56 . . . g3 57. xg3 xg3+ 5S.hxg3
E!h1 + 59.'l/g2 h3+ 60.'l/f3 E!e1,
0-1
(356) Teichmann - Rubinstein
Breslau ( 1 5) 1 9 1 2
Ruy Lopez [C80]
l . e4 e 5 2 . .l f3 .lc6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.Aa4 .l f6 5.0-0 .1 x e4 6.d4 b5
7 . A b 3 d5 S . a4 .l x d4 9 . .l x d4
e x d4 1 0 . .l c3 .l x c3 l l .b x c3 c5
1 2.axb5 Ae7 13.cxd4 c4 14.Aa4
0 - 0 1 5 . Af4 Af5 1 6 . c 3 a x b 5
17.A xb5 b6 1S.e1 Aa31
1 9.Ae81
279
The only move ! If 1 9 . .ll.a4 .ll.b 2.
1 9 ... a 5 20.Ac1 Ad6 2 1 . x a 5
xa5 22.Ad2 a 2 23.Aa4 b2
2 4 . eS x eS 2 5 . -'t x eS A x h 2 +
2 6 . 'l; x h 2 b S + 2 7 . 'l/g 1 x eS
2S.e1 d7
B lack has won a pawn, but the posi
tion is a draw because of the opposite
colored bishops.
29. e5 f6 30. bS+ 'l/f7 31. g3
h 5 3 2 . h4 Ag6 3 3 . f4 e6
3 4 . 'l; h 2 e 2 3 5 . e 3 d 1
36.e1 c2 37.Af4 Af5 3S.d2
b 1 3 9 . e2 Ag4 40.f3 Ae6
41.Ad6 h4 42.Af4 d3 43.e1
h3 44.Ae3 h x g2 4 5 . 'l/ x g2 Af5
4 6 . Af4 Ag 6 4 7 . A d 2 A h 5
4S.e3 c2 49.e1 g5 50.'l/g3
d3 5 1 . e3 fl 5 2.Ac1 A x f3
5 3 . x f3 x c 1 54. x d 5 + 'l/g7
5 5 . x c4 e 3 + 5 6 . 'l;g 2 g4
5 7 . c 7 + 'l; h 6 5 S . g3 e4+
5 9 . 'l/f2 c2+ 6 0 . 'l; e 1 f5
61 .e3+, Draw
Rub instein loses to a fe l l o w P o l e ,
Moishe Lowcki.
(357) Rubinstein - Lowcki
Breslau ( 1 6) 1 9 1 2
Dutch [A84]
1 .d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 .lf6 4.Ad3
b6 5 . .le2 Ab7 6.f3 Ad6 7.0-o h5
s.e1 c 5 9 . .l bc3 .lc6 10 . .lb5
AbS 1 l . b 3 a6 12 . .l bc 3 h4
13.dxc5?? h3 14.g3 .le5 1 5 . .lf4
g5 1 6 . j,l e 2 g x f4 1 7 . e x f4 .l g6
1S.Ad3 'l/f7 19.c x b6 E!gS 20.c5
.l x f4 2 1 . Ac4 .! 6h 5 2 2 . A x f4
A x f4 23.E!d1 e7 24 . .je2 Ae3+
2 5 . 'l/ h 1 A x c 5 26 . .l d4 E! g 5
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
27."e5 f4 28.4)f5 fxg3+ 29.hxg3
4) xg3+ 30." xg3 .. xg3, 0-1
(358) Rubinstein - Marshall
Breslau ( 1 7) 1 9 1 2
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [03 3 ]
Notes b y Kmoch.
1.d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4)c3 4)f6 6.g3 4)c6 7.J}.g2
c x d4 8 . 4) x d4 Ac5 9 . 4) b3 Ab4
10.0-0 A xc3 l l .bxc3 0-0 12.Ag5
Jle6
[Authors : Recent theory recommends
12 . . . ia.g4 1 3 .h3 ia.e6 as relatively bet
ter, though White still keeps a slight
advantage.]
13.4)c51 e7 14.4) xe6 fxe6
15.c41 dxc4 16.Axc61
Rubinstein is never petty. He has
emerged from the opening with two
bishops and a fine position. Yet he sud
denly gives up his fianchettoed bishop
for an innocuous knight, and to this end,
he even sacrifices, if only momentarily,
280
a pawn. This conception, which would
have occurred to but a few masters, is
- as the sequel attests - indeed a bril
liant one. The shattered pawn position
proves a source of endless worry for
Black.
16 ... bxc6 17.d4 d8 18.A xf6!
The knight might have supported an
attack upon the white king. The weak
nesses of the Black position can be ex
ploited most easily by the heavy pieces.
Rubinstein handles such positions in a
manner unsurpassed.
18 ... .. x f6 19. xc4 d5 20 . ..ac1
..af8 2 1 .e41 h5 22.f41
After 22.xc6 . h6 23.h4 g4 White
could hardly avoid the draw.
22 ... a5 23.e5 ..h6 24 . ..c2 b6+
2 5 . <it'g 2 ..d8 26 . .. ff2 ..c8
27 . ..fd2 <it'h8 28 . ..d6
Now begins the winning procedure.
28 . . . b 1 29 . .. xc6 ..g8 30 . ..c8
b7+ 3 l . <it'g 1 b 6 + 3 2 . c 5
x c5 + 33 . .. 2 x c 5 g5 34 . .. x g8+
<it' x g8 3 5 . f x g 5 ..h5 3 6 . h4 h6
3 7 . g x h6 .. x h6 38 . .. c 8 + <it'f7
3 9 . .. c 7 + <it'g6 40 . .. x a7 <it'f5
41 . ..a5 ..h8 42. <it'g2 ..b8 43.<it'h3
..b1 44 . ..a3 ..h1+ 45.<it'g2 ..a1
46. ..f3+ <it' xe5 47. ..f2 <it'd4 48.h5
..cl 49.h6 e5 50.g4 e4 51 .h7 ..c8
5 2 .g5 e3 53.g6 e x f2 54.g7 <it'e3
55.g8 = <it'e2 56.e6+, 1-0
 Vilna 1912
Russian National Tournament
The fourth of Rubinstein's triumphs
was not as easy as his earlier victories.
His play was less consistent and he
overlooked things. It seems fair to say
that he may have been feeling the fa
tigue of having played so much chess
in such a brief period of time.
There is no tournament book for Vilna
1 9 1 2 despite the many famous names
w ho p l ay e d , and o n l y I I o f
Rubinstein's 1 9 games, plus one frag
ment, have surfaced.
4.4) xd4 Ac5 5.Ae3 Ab6 6.4)c3
d6 7 . d 2 4) f6 8 . 4) x c6 b x c6
9 . Ag5 h6 to. Af4 4) g4 n . Ag3
g5 12. xg5 hxg5 13.Ac4 e7
14.E!dl a5 15.h3 f6 16.e2 4)e5
17.A xe5 fxe5 18.4)a4 g4 19.hxg4
A xg4+ 20.f3 Ad7 2 1 .4) xb6 cxb6
22.a3 E!ad8 23.e3 Ac8 24.Ab3
b5 25.c3 Ad7 26.f2 E!b8 27.E!al
a4 28.Aa2 Ae6 29.A x e6 x e6
30.e3 d5 31.g3 g5 32.f4?! gxf4+
3 3 .g x f4 d x e4 3 4 . x e4 e x f4
35. xf4

Rubinstein starts the tournament well

by beating the future co-author of the
classic Rook Endings in an instructive
rook ending !

(359) Levenfish - Rubinstein

Vilna ( 1 ) August 1 9, 1 9 1 2
Scotch [C45]

l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . d4 e x d4

Vilna 1912
August 19 September 17
-

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total
1. Rubinstein XX 12 12 1 12 12 1 11 11 11 00 0 1 12 12 12
2. Bernstein Y2 12 XX 1 12 012 11 00 012 11 11 1 1 1 1 12
3. Levitsky 0 12 0 12 XX Y2 1 12 12 11 012 1 12 12 1 11 11
4. N imzovitch 120 1 12 120 XX 12 Y2 120 1 12 1 12 12 1 1 1 1 0 12
5. Flamberg 00 00 1212 1212 XX 1 12 10 12 1 1 12 1 12 9
6. Alekhine 00 11 00 12 1 OY2 XX 11 012 01 1 0 8 12
7. Levenfish 00 1 Y2 1 12 012 01 00 XX 12 1 12 1 12 12 8 12
8. Freiman 11 00 0 12 0 12 120 1 Y2 120 XX 12 1 1 0 8
9. Alapin 10 00 120 120 0 12 10 Y20 120 XX 12 1 6
l O. Salwe 12 12 00 00 00 0 12 01 1212 01 120 XX 5
Note: Abram Rabinovich withdrew after playing nine games and his results were erased.
He lost six games (against Rubinstein, Levitsky, Alekhine, Levenfish, Freiman, and
Alapin) and drew with Bernstein, Flamberg, and Salwe.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
35 ... d5 36.hd1+ c5 37.d2
hfS+ 3S.g3
Or 3 8 . 'it' e 3 t:! be 8 + 3 9 . 'it'd 3 . dB +
40.'it'c2 . xd2+ 4l .'it'xd2 t:!f2+ winning.
3S . . . b7 39.h2 h7+ 40.g1
g7 + 4 1 . g 2 x g 2 + 4 2 . x g 2
dS 43.f3 d2 44.a2 d1
A l s o w i n n i n g i s 44 . . . 'it'c4 4 5 . b 3 +
'it'xc3 .
45.e2 h1 46.d3 g1 47.c4
g3+, 0-1
[Source: the chess column of
K. Hromadka in Zlata Praha,
Feb. 1 4, 1 9 1 3]
(360) Rubinstein - Freiman
Vilna (2) August 20, 1 9 1 2
French MacCutcheon [C 1 2]
Notes by Leonhardt from The British
Chess Magazine 1 9 1 2.
1 .d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.lilc3 f6 4. .1lg5
.1lb4 5 . e 5 h6 6. ,1lh4 g5 7 . .1lg3
e4 S.ge2 c5 9.a3 Aa5 10.dxc5
xc3 1 1 . xc3 ,1l x c3 + 1 2 . b x c3
a 5 1 3 . d 2 d7 1 4 . h 4 gS
1 5.hxg5 hxg5 16.c4 xc5 17.h5
d x c4 1 S . x g5 hS 1 9 . d 1 b5
20.,1lh4! c7
282
Up to this point Rubinstein has played
the game excellently, and has acquired
such a decided superiority of position
that it is difficult to understand how he
could throw the game away.
2 1 .g3?
A glaring instance again in proof of
Rubinstei n ' s subordinate talent for
combination. Who would have mis
sed the decisive move 2 l .i;i<b4. Black
w o u l d have r e si gn e d at o n c e , for
against the threat of 2 2 . t:! g8+ there
is no remedy. If 2 1 . . . 4::\ c S 2 2 .i;i<xc5!
and w i n s . Rub inste i n ' s b l under
changes the whole situation with one
stroke.
2 1 ... .1lb7 22.b4 c5 23.xc5
xc5 24.,1le2 Ae41 25.d2 0-0-0+
2 6 . c 1 x d 1 + 2 7 . ,1l x d 1 c7
2S.h5 aS 29 . .1le7 b6 30.h4
.Q. d 5 3 1 . h7 a 5 3 2 . x f7 b4
3 3 . a x b4 a x b4 3 4 . d 2 a l
3 5 . ,1le 2 a 2 3 6 . ,1l x c 5 + x c 5
37.c1 c3 3S.b1 b2+, 0- 1
(36 1 ) A/apin - Rubinstein
Vilna (3) August 22, 1 9 1 2
Sicilian Nimzovitch Rubinstein [B29]
t .e4 c5 2 . f3 f6 3 . e 5 d 5
4.c3 xc3 5.dxc3 c 6 6 . .Q.c4
d6 7. ,1lf4 d x e 5 S . x e 5 x d 1 +
9.xd1 xe5 10.,1lxe5 a6 1 1 .,1lc7
,1lg4 1 2 .{3 c S 1 3 . .1lb6 .1lf5
14 ..1lb3 e5 15 . .1la4+ e7 16.c4 f6
1 7 . f2 f7 1 S . .Q.d7 .Q. x d7
1 9 . x d7 + ,1le7 2 0 . h d 1 e6
2 1 . x b7 Jl.d6 2 2 . A a 7 c 6
23. x g7 a5 24 . .b7 aS 25.d5
h5 26.a4 h4 27.b3 acS 2S.b 5,
1-0
 Vilna 1 9 1 2

(362) Alekhine - Rubinstein

Vilna (5) August 24, 1 9 1 2
Ruy Lopez [C83]

Notes by Tartakover (T) and Reinfeld

(R).

l .e4 e 5 2 . .) f3 .)c6 3 . .Q. b 5 a6

4 . .Q.a4 .)f6 5.0-0 .) xe4 6.d4 b5
7 . .Q.b3 d5 8.dxe5 .Q.e6 9.c3 .Q.e7
10 . .)bd2 .lc5 ll .Ac2 .Q.g4 12.h3

(T) The most reasonable course here is

12 . . e l , guarding the e-pawn.
[Authors : 1 2 . . e l was adopted by
Karpov in his match against Korchnoi, Alexander Alekhine
Baguio 1 978.]
(T) Or 16.f4 d4! .
1 2 ... .Q.h5 13. el?l (R) The more natural looking 16.f4 is
answered by 1 6 . . 0-0 1 7 . 4Jb3 d4! and
.

(T) Here again 13 . .el ensured a very Black has strong initiative.
good game for White.
16 ... g 51 17 . .Q.e3 0-0 18 . .lf3 d7
13 ... .)e6 14 . .)h2?1 19.d2

(R) White intends f4, with the frightful (T) White pays insufficient attention to
menace of g4 and f5 . This sounds for the scope of his opponent's threats. A
midable, but it looks childish after better course is 1 9 .4Jfd4 ( 1 9 4Jxe5
. . .

Rubinstein's imperturbable reply. 20.Axg5) seeking to establish equality.

(R) Completely mi ssing the point of
14 ... .Q.g61 15 . .Q.x g6 fxg6! Black 's last move. He should have
tried 1 9 . 4Jbd4 . Even in that event,
(T) Far seeing strategy! Black recog
nizes that the f-file and not the e-file
will be needed as a base for action.
(R) Violating the familiar rule of cap
turing toward the center, and at the same
time permitting White a passed pawn.
But all this is of less consequence than
the fact that Black will have an open f
file for his rook once he castles.

16 . .)b3

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however, Rubinstein would maintain Rundschau, Aug. 24, 1 9 1 2 . White

the initiative. sealed. Note: the wrong position was
given in the first edition of Uncrowned
19 . . . . x f31 King on page 24 1 .

(R) An artistic sacrifice of the exchange (363) Rubinstein - Nimzovitch

whose soundness can only be demon Vilna (6) 1 9 1 2
strated by a series of quiet but force
ful moves.

2 0 . g x f3 .1 x e 5 2 1 . e 2 . f8
22 . .)d2 .)g6 23 . .fel Ad6 24.f4
.)exf4 25.fl .l xh3+ 26.hl g4
27.e2 f5, 0- 1

(R) A likely finish is 2 8 J'! g l hS+

2 9 . x g4 <tl x f2 + etc . One of
Rub inste i n ' s deceptively " s i m p l e "
games.
While we do not have any of the actual
All that is available of the following moves played in this game, we do have
game is the d i agram pub l i shed i n the following reports by one of the two
N i mzovitch ' s c o l um n i n R igasche participants.

From the Master tournament in Vilna

(Report from the Rigaer Rundschau 's own reporter)

Vilna, 1 4 August, 1 9 1 2
I n the sixth round, the game Rubinstein-Nimzovitch was ad
journed after a hard-fought battle with a slightly better position
for Rubinstein - that was the result of today's round.

Nimzovitch sought to evade the usual Queen's Gambit varia

tions via the Dutch Defense. At first, he was successful as he
achieved a quite good position. In the first part of the early
middle game he made a rather weak move which allowed his
opponent to apply strong pressure to the backward pawn ( c7).
Because of an error it became possible for N. to liberate his
position; however, thereby he lost a pawn.

In the resulting endgame rook + knight + 3 pawns against rook

+ bishop + 2 pawns he was able to put up the toughest resis
tance; after 6 hours of battle the game was adjourned, not with
out chances for a draw for black.

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From the master tournament i n Vilna

(Report from the R igaer Rundschau 's own reporter)

Vilna, 22 August, 1 9 1 2
Today, adj ourned games were completed. This involved the
games Rubinstein-Nimzovitch, F lamberg-Rubinstein, and
Alapin-Nimzovitch.

However, in the first of these 3 games things were piling up,

as this game - against all expectations - dragged itself out
terribly.

Rubinstein had an extra pawn and tried everything possible to

force a win. He used his much-vaunted technique brilliantly,
worked with zugzwang finesses and use of tempos, threatened
now here, now there, and then, after maneuvering harmlessly
to attack his opponent from the rear. However, Nimzovitch was
at the top of his form and quite equal to the task, and every
blow was warded off. Nimzovitch understood how to keep
Rubinstein's invading king imprisoned on his side of the board,
and thereby the draw was assured.

In this position it was no longer possible to force a win. Total

duration of this game was 1 2 hours.

(3 64) Rubinstein - Levitsky 1 5 . 'l!t h4 4) x e 5 1 6 . 4) x e 5 t:J x e 5

Vilna (8) August 29, 1 9 1 2
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D06]
1 .d4 d5 2 . .Jf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5
.! f6 5 . 4) x d4 4) x d 5 6.e4 .J f6
7.4)c3 4) bd7 8.Jle3 a6 9.Ae2 e6
1 0 . " a 4 t:Jc7 1 1 . f4 e5 1 2 .f x e 5
t:J x e 5 1 3 . 4) f3 t:J b 8 1 4 . e 5 b 5
17. .A.d4 t:Je6 18.0-0 Ae7 19.Af3
.! g4 20. t:Jg3 Ad6 21.Axg4 t:Jh6
22.fe1 +, 1-0
[Source: Rech, Sept. 23, 1 9 1 2]
(365) Bernstein - Rubinstein
Vilna (9) September 2, 1 9 1 2
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]

Notes by Rub i n s t e i n fro m No vae

Vremya 1 9 1 2, which were translated
and published in the August 1 9 1 2 is
sue of the American Chess Bulletin.
[Authors : This is the earliest example
we found of Rubinstein annotating a
game. Here he explains one ofhis great
opening discoveries - the "Rubinstein
Var i at i o n " (4 . . . 4J d4) of the Four
Knights.]

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l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . .lc3 4) f6 9 ...c 6 tO.Ab3 .J d 7 n .Ag5

4.Ab5 .Jd4
This little-known defense makes the
game complicated and avoids the over
worked variations of the Four Knights '
opening. Whether the move be correct,
the future will decide. Opposed to it is
the principle that no piece should move
twice in the opening without real need.
5.Ac4
The retreat to a4 would keep the queen
pawn pinned only temporarily; there
fore the bishop takes up a more aggres
sive position at c4, threatening the
points d5 and f7.
5 . . . Ac5 6 . 4) x e 5 'l:/e7 7 . 4) f3 d5
8.jl xd5
In this dangerous position Bernstein
finds the best plan of defense; the white
king flees to the queen 's wing and
Bl ack's onslaught comes to an end.
Every other move would lose; for in
stanc e : l l . h 3 A x f3 1 2 . g x f3 h4
1 3 . fl <tle5 and wins. Or l l .Ae3 <tle5
1 2 .Axd4 .ll.x d4, and White has no de
fense against the threat of 13 .. :f6.
ll ... 'l:/d6 1 2.4)bl 'l:/g6
Also 1 2 . . . <le5 came under consider
ation.
1 3 . Ae 3 A x f3 1 4 .g x f3 'l:/g 2
1 5 . d 2 4) x f 3 + 1 6 . c l d 8
1 7 . h 3 A x e3 1 8 . f x e3 4) de 5
19. '1:/fl 'l:/g5 20. 'l:/e2

[Authors : Thus far, the game is identi Not 20.f2 because of 20 . . . !:l xd3 .
cal with one between Spielmann and
Rub i n stein at S an S ebastian 1 9 1 2 20 . . . 4) d4 2 1 .'1:/d2 4) df3 2 2:e2
[ G a m e # 3 2 3 ] . S p i e l m a n n p l ayed 4) d4, Draw
8.4Jxd4?!, whereupon followed 8 ... dxc4
9 .4Jf3 <tlxe4 1 0 . 0-0 0-0 l l . d4 exd3 After 23.f2 (or 23.e l ) would fol
1 2 .cxd3 <tlxc3 1 3.bxc3 Ag4, and Black, low 23 . . . <tlxb3 24.axb3 xd3, etc.
with his two bishops, had the better
game. In the annotations of this game
the critics suggested the following plau
sible refutation of the variation : 8.-'lxdS
<tlxd5 9.<lxd4 <lf4 1 0 .f3 g5 1 1 .<lb3
<tlxg2+ 1 2.<it>fl <tlf4 1 3 . d4 and White
wins. As shown by the game under con
sideration, however, B lack through the
sacrifice of a second pawn obtains an
attack which fully compensates for the
investment of the material . ]

s ... Ag4 9.d3

Ru binstein

If White also captures the b7 pawn, he

will have to face a still livelier attack. A Drawing of Rubinstein

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(366) Rubinstein - Levenjish Here the simple 22 . . . g6 would prevent

Vilna ( 1 2) September 3 , 1 9 1 2 White 's only hope for an attack (f4-f5),
Dutch [A85) and leave Black with the more favor
able position.
Notes by Levenfish from his book of
best games (pp. 3 9-4 1 ). 23.f51 .\c7

1 .d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.e3 .\f6 4 . .1ld3 Here 23 . . . b5 loses to 24.4Jd4!, etc.

b6 5 . .\c3 .1lb7 6.f3 c5
24 . .1lg5 b5 25. e2 f!ae8
With the idea of 7 . . . cxd4 8.exd4 d5.

7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 .\ xd5 9 . .\ xd5

.1l x d5 10 . .1l xf5 .1lf7

An interesting position, not easy to as

sess. White has four pawns against two
on the king's wing, but two against four
on the queen 's wing. Who w i l l be
quicker to exploit his pawn majority?

l l . f4 .1le7 1 2 . .\ f3 j'tf6 1 3 .e4

.1le61
26.f6! gxf6 27.exf6 .Q.d6

A good positional move, frankly, of

If 27 . . . Jlxf6 28.Jlxf6+ . xf6 29.e5,
necess ity. After the exchange at e6
and White wins.
Black will control the important squares
in the center.
28 . .\ e 5 .1l x e 5 2 9 . x e 5 f7
3 0 . d 6 b7 3 1 . d 7 1 ef8
1 4 . .1l x e6 d x e6 1 5 . b 3 c8
32 . .1lh6 c8 33. x c7, 1-0
16 ..1le3 0-0 17.0-0 h8 18.ad1
4)c6
Sergey Freiman did not particularly dis
Threatening . . . e5 and . . 4Jd4.
.
tinguish himself at Vi lna, finishing
eighth at 8- 1 0, but he did have the sat
19.e5 .1le7 20.g4 isfaction of beating Rubinstein in both
their encounters.
Better is 20.a3, avoiding B lack's next
move. (367) Freiman - Rubinstein
Vilna ( 1 3 ) September 5 , 1 9 1 2
20 . . . 4) b41 Bird [A02]

Threate n i n g 2 l . . . c 4 , fo l l o w e d by Notes by Lasker from The Evening

. . . 4Jd3 . Post, 1 9 1 2 .

2 1 . c4 4)d 5 22.-'lcl c6? l .f4 f5 2. 4) f3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e xf5

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exf5 5.d4 4)f6 6 . .Q.d3 .Q.d6 7.0-0
0-0 8.c4 c6 9.4)c3 4)a6?!
It would appear that 9 . . . <:le4 would be
better.
10.c51 .Q.c7 1 1 .4)e5 4) b8 1 2.c2
4)e4 13.Ae3 Ae6
13 . . . <:ld7 was imperative. Now White
begins a violent assault.
14.g41 g6 1 5 .g x f5 g xf5 16.<ifjlhl
f6 17.Axe41 fxe4
Black cannot capture 17 . . . dxe4 because
th en 1 8 . d 5 ! c x d 5 1 9 . . g l + h8
20 . .1ld4 would win at once.
18.f51 A xf5
The capture is compulsory, since Ag5
is threatened.
19.4)g4 A xg4
Again forced. lf 1 9 . . . e6 20.<:lh6+ and
2 l .f2 would win the bishop.
20 . . x f6 . x f6 2 1 . . g l . g6
22 . . xg4! . xg4 23.b31
The point of White 's play. He now
menaces both 24 .xb7 and 24 .J xd5 .
. 1 3 .f3 would have been preferable.
28 8
2 3 . . . 4) d 7 2 4 . 4:) x d 5 cxd5
2 5 . x d 5 + <ifjl h 8 26 . x d7 . g7
27.f5 'iflg8 28 . .Q.g5 .e8 29.d5
.f7 30.h3 .ef8 3 1.' e6 'iflh8
32 . .Q.h4!, 1-0
(368) Nimzovitch - Rubinstein
Vilna ( 1 7) September 1 0, 1 9 1 2
Scotch [C47]
Notes by Lasker (L) from the Evening
Post, 1 9 1 2, and Tartakover (T).
(T) The interesting feature here is how
Rubinstein discovers - one might al
most say creates - a weak point in his
adversary's position and how he fas
tens on it, never to let go, until the game
is won.
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 .d4 e x d4
4.4:) xd4 4)f6 5.4)c3 Ab4 6.4:) xc6
bxc6 7.Ad3 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.exd5
cxd5 10 . .Q.g5 c6 1 1 .4)e2 .e8
(T) From the wide repertory of possible
replies ( l l . . . .llc 5, 1 1 . . . .1ld6, 1 1 . . . .1lg4
or l l . . .h6), Black decides on the one
with the greatest initiative.
t2.4)d4 d6 13.Ah4
(L) This maneuver is finely refuted.
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(T) More astute than 1 3 . f3 <\e4
1 4.Ae3 g6, and B lack takes the lead.
13 ... -tle4 14.c3 -'tc5 15.f3 h6!
(L) The beginning of a channing attack.
If now 1 6.e l d6 1 7 .g3 <\c5 with
advantage.
16.fxe4 x h4 17.exd5 cxd5
(T) There is no hurry to win a pawn by
1 7 . . . Axd4+ 1 8.cxd4 xd4+ 1 9.'i!thl
il!xd5, by which the game would lose
in plasticity. Maintenance of the pres
sure gives Black richer and more var
ied chances.
18.-'tf5 g6 19.-'l.xc8 .axeS 20 . .f2
.e4
(L) B lack now concentrates his fire
upon the knight. Its position on d4 is
necessary, yet untenable against the
combined assault of the Black pieces,
and owing to this contradiction White's
game is lost.
21.g3 e7
(T) Now, frontal pressure on the e
file has become the theme of B lack's
strategy.
22. d2 f5 23 . .d1 .e3 24.<ifj>g2
e4+ 25.<it>g1 Ab6 26 . .f4 e7
27.<it>g2 .c4
( L ) N o w 28 . . . x d 4 , fo l l ow e d by
29 ... E! e2+, is threatened. White has no
valid defense, and resolves upon a des
perate sacrifice.
28 . .l x f5
(T) A despairing sacrifice. If 28.'it>f2
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E! e4, with an increase in B lack's attack-
ing resources.
28 ... .e2+ 29.<it>h1
29 ... e61 ... 0-1
(L) By this excellent move the game is
won. If now 30.il!xd5 E! xf4 and wins a
piece. White shortly resigned. The con
duct of the game by B lack impresses
one as lucid, energetic, and harmoni
ous from beginning to end.
(T) And wins. A clear-cut victory.
[Authors : The game went on a little
longer, but we were unable to find the
remaining moves.]
(369) Levitsky - Rubinstein
Vilna ( 1 9) September 1 3 , 1 9 1 2
Queen 's Pawn Richter Veresov [DO l ]
t .d4 d 5 2 . -'tg 5 c 6 3 . -tl c3 -'tf5
4.d2 <tld7 5.f3 <tlgf6 6.e4 dxe4
7.f4 a5 8.0-0-0 exf3 9.d51 g6
1 0 . d x c6 b x c6 1 1 . -tl x f3 Ag7
12.-tld4 0-0 13.-tl xc6 c5 14. c4
e6 1 5.h3 'l!:\' x c4 16.-'l.xc4 ... Draw
[The rest of the game is not available.]
(370) Rubinstein - Bernstein
Vilna (20) September 1 4, 1 9 1 2
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D66]
1 .c4 e6 2.-tlc3 d5 3.d4 <tlf6 4.-'tg5
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Jl.e7 5.e3 .i bd7 6 . .if3 0-0 7.c1 .id3 1 6 . J1_ x d 3 x d3 1 7 . .Jc3

c6 8.Ad3 dxc4 9.Axc4 b5 10.Jl.e2 E!fd8 18 . .if3 g6 19. c2 Jl.xf3
Jl.b7 1 1 .0-0 a6 12 . .id2 c5 13.dxc5 20. xg6 hxg6 21.gxf3 d2 22.b3
.l x c 5 1 4 . Jl. x f6 Jl. x f6 15 . .i x b5 Jl. xc3 23.E!xc3 E! x a2, Draw

Lasker-Rubinstein
The Proposed Match

The following articles appeared in American Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 3 - 1 4, chroni

cling background details and negotiations towards a proposed match between
Lasker and Rubinstein for the World Chess Championship.

At the conclusion of the Breslau tournament, A. K. Rubinstein visited Hiddensee

to consult with Dr. Emanuel Lasker with regard to the terms of their champion
ship match. The result was that Dr. Lasker obtained the Russian 's consent to
practically the same conditions made by him in reply to the challenge issued by
Capablanca in November last. Instead of six, the match is to be one of eight
games up, but the champion agrees to an extension of four games, after the thirty,
in case one of the players should be leading by a margin of only one point. As we
go to press, the following appears in The Evening Post of August 2 1 :

"Berlin, August 9 Returned from Hiddensee after a visit by Rubinstein, who

-

came to discuss the conditions for a match. We agreed on most points: The match
to be eight games, draws not counting; to be ended after the thirtieth game, if no
decision has been reached then; and winner to be he who holds the majority of
points, unless difference be one point, in which case the match shall be continued
until one side wins a game, or for four games at the utmost, and the match to be
drawn if these four games are drawn; the time limit to be twelve moves an hour;
five play days per week, and play to proceed four hours in succession or in two
sittings of two hours and a half each. But we disagreed on the hours of play. I
proposed hours within 2 and l 0 p.m. Rubinstein objects to playing at night, and
desires to start at 1 1 a.m. This seems a slight matter, but most of the spectators
have leisure only at night. And the success of the match depends, of course, upon
them."
American Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 2 (p. 1 93 ) .

If somewhat slowly, matters are certainly moving in the world 's championship
negotiations between Dr. E. Lasker and A. K. Rubinstein. The following item on
this interesting subj ect is taken from Dr. Lasker 's correspondence in the New
York Evening Post:

"Berlin, June - Rubinstein recently wrote to say that he yields in the matter of the
hours of play for our chess championship match. Thus, a match between us is
likely to take place, since, in all other parts discussed by us last year an agreement

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had been reached. The one disagreement arose from his insistence on fixing the
beginning of the game at I I a.m., whereas I pleaded for a later hour. For the
present nothing more definite can be stated, though I believe that, in all likeli
hood, the match, which should arouse great interest, will be played some time
next year."
American Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 3 , p. 1 7 5 .

The Lasker-Rubinstein Match

Conditions, rather more reasonable than those required of Jose Raul Capablanca,
have been agreed to between Dr. E. Lasker and A. K. Rubinstein to play a match
for the championship of the world next year, the months of April and October
being named in the document, and giving a somewhat indefinite hint as to the
actual time of the meeting between these greatest of modern masters. Twice there
is used the expression "word of honor"; the first time, in connection with the
duties of the director of play, who, in this way, must guarantee the infallibility of
the clock - which is unnecessarily harsh on the obliging director; the second
time, when the masters both pledge themselves to play.

A most important condition to be met, and one which we do not regard as at all
unreasonable, is the raising of a fund of $2,500 before the match can be assured.
For this purpose subscriptions to the official match book, to be issued to sub
scribers, will be solicited as soon as a treasurer has been selected. This excellent
plan does away with the undesirable matter of playing for stakes or for the hardly
less satisfactory purse. Seeing that the edition is to be limited, every subscriber of
$5, the minimum price of the book, will get full value for his money, and it is not
unreasonable to suppose that plenty of applications for copies will come in from
all quarters of the globe. To be sure, the aggregate of these will remain low so
long as the date of starting the match is left indefinite, as at present, but Rubinstein
and his followers have their remedy in sight. The book will be printed in Russian,
as well as German, and subjects of the Czar will no doubt see to it that a promis
ing impetus be given to the subscription fund. It cannot be expected that Dr.
Lasker will go out into the highways and byways to search for subscribers as it is
not he, though willing to play, who is seeking the match. On the other hand, the
army of followers, who still believe in his invincible prowess and who are as
eager as any of those of his rival to see their champion once more in action, will
do their full share in the way of contributions.

The conditions as printed in Dr. Lasker 's column in The Evening Post of New
York, on September I 3 , are for the most part all that could be desired. The only
exception is the time allotted for each play, viz., four hours. Over this we cannot
well enthuse, because of the many overnight adjournments the rule will entail.
Such adjournments are, to say the least, not desirable and should not be encour
aged. However, so long as the masters themselves are pleased and appear to mean
business, we have no quarrel with them on this score .

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For the rest, the conditions, appended herewith, speak for themselves. ' An
agreement has been concluded between myself and Rubinstein to play a match
for the chess championship of the world,' is the way the champion introduces the
subj ect.
American Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 3 (p. 220)

Conditions
( 1 ) The match is to consist of twenty games.
(2) Winner is he who obtains the majority of the points.
(3) The prize of victory is the title of world's champion.
(4) If the match ends drawn, the title is retained by the present holder.
(5) Time limit is thirty moves in two hours.
(6) No more than five playing days per week.
(7) The hours of play are from 3 to 7 p.m.
(8) The match shall begin, if possible, in April or October next year, and shall
then be terminated without interruption.
(9) For j ourneys from one club to another delay of two to three days is permitted.
( 1 0) Either player may take an off day three times during the match.

Rules of Play
( I ) If the same position is twice repeated, he whose tum it is to move shall have
the right, but not the obligation, to call the game drawn.
(2) The player whose tum it is to move at 7 o 'clock shall seal his move, provided
the 30th, 60th, 90th etc, move has been made.
(3) Failure to comply with the time limit involves loss of the game. The director
of play therefore, has to give his word of honor that the controlling clock shows
the right time.
(4) If fi fty moves are successively made without any important change of posi
tion, i.e. if neither the move has changed, nor a piece has been captured, nor a
pawn has been advanced, either player has the right to ask the director of play to
confirm the fact and to call the game a draw.

Compensation
( 1 ) Dr. Lasker shall negotiate with clubs that want to arrange games under their
auspices.
(2) The match shall take place in Europe.
(3) The cities where the games are to be played and the sequence in which they
are to be visited shall be announced as early as possible, and at least three months
in advance of the match.
(4) A book of the match shall be published. It shall contain the history of the
match and its games: and either player shall annotate the games.
(5) A subscription shall be opened for the book, and it shall be sold only to sub
scribers. It shal l be written in algebraic notation, in German and Russian, and
in other languages, too, in which at least one hundred subscribers desire to
receive it.

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( 6) The price of subscription shall not be limited, but shall be at least $ 5 (20
marks).
(7) The moneys subscribed shall serve as stakes. And the match shall take place
provided the fund realized by the subscription amounts to at least $2,500.
(8) The winner of a game receives $ 1 2 5 from the fund.
(9) All moneys received from onlookers of the games and the profit of the fund of
subscription, apart from those spent as under (8), shall be divided equally by the
players.
( 1 0) The right of publishing the games, as well as all rights deriving from the
authorship of the players in the games of the match, shall belong solely to Dr.
Lasker.

Organization
( 1 ) Differences concerning the games shall be settled by the director of play.
(2) In each city of play either player shall choose a second, who has to protect the
interests of the player.
(3) Other differences shall be settled by an umpire. He is to be chosen for the
whole match. The negotiations with him shall be conducted only in writing; he
has the right of invoking testimony, and his judgment is definite.
(4) The incoming moneys shall be held by a treasurer. Each club shall pay what it
owes to the players directly after the conclusion of the series of games to be
played there. The treasurer takes care of the fund of subscription, and delivers to
each player the amount due him immediately after the termination of the match.
(5) If the profit on the book amounts to more than $2,500, the remainder shall be
used for founding an international chess association, whose work shall consist in
the arrangement of international contests of every description.

The two masters, by word of honor, take the obligation on themselves of playing
the match, except they are prevented by force majeure, Rubinstein furthermore
acknowledges his obligations, not only if he wins the match, but also if for other
reasons Dr. Lasker should choose to resign the title in favor of his opponent to
hold on to the traditions created by Steinitz.
American Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 3 (p. 22 1 )

Lasker-Rubinstein Match Book

Berlin, August 26 -

Dr. Lasker has authorized the American Chess Bulletin to receive subscriptions
for the book of the match at $5 each.

Dr. Lasker explains in his letter of authorization that 'the minimum subscription
for a book is $5 . ' This means that all subscribers to the match fund to the amount
of $5 and upward will be entitled to a copy of the valuable book. It will be sold
only to subscribers, every one of whom will have his name inscribed in his own
copy.

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The book will contain the history of the match, together with the scores of all the
games, annotated by the principals. If the sum of $ 1 ,000 is thus subscribed by
Americans, an edition of the book in English will be printed; otherwise the sub
scriber can have the option of a German or Russian copy, with games in algebraic
notation. All funds collected by the Bulletin will be deposited with the treasurer,
to be named shortly.
American Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 3 (243).

Champion in Defense of his Terms

Dr. Lasker states that he is sanguine that his match with Rubinstein will be brought
about. He is further reported to have made the following statement to refute the
complaint against him by a number of the German players that he is commercial
izing chess:

"Supposing all my hopes are realized, the income from the match for both players
would amount to about $8,000. This would be our compensation for fully six
months of hard work. Why should the chess masters not earn a decent wage when
chess players all over the world be interested in such a match?

"The conditions made in this instance were adopted so as to give chess masters a
proper social standing, and if the public were to support such a movement, then
chess players would not starve as old age overtook them. Give a chess master his
just due, and it will be much better for him and the chess world at large."

Walter Penn Shipley, chess editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, commenting the
foregoing, has the following to say: "Personally we consider the charge by the
German players as absurd. Chess professionals are unquestionably entitled to
proper remuneration, and if the public does not support them, it merely shows
that the public interest in the game is not sufficient to warrant chess masters
devoting their time and study to chess as a means of profit."
American Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 4 (pp. 2-3)

Word comes from Dr. Lasker that his match with Rubinstein will take place in the
course of next summer. It cannot be played any earlier on account of the partici
pation of Rubinstein in the international masters ' tournament, beginning at St.
Petersburg on April l . According to Dr. Lasker, fourteen games of the match have
so far been bespoken, these having been bid for by the clubs in Berlin, Frankfurt,
Moscow, Lodz, and Warsaw.
American Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 4 (p. 3 )

Word comes from St. Petersburg that Dr. Lasker will go ahead with his arrange
ments to play the match for the championship with A. K. Rubinstein of Lodz. The
match will be begun in the fal l . Dr. Lasker offers four games to this country, but

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the price the American clubs will be required to pay i s a fancy one and militates
somewhat against the likelihood of these games being played here. Besides, most
chess players over here clamor for a match between Dr. Lasker and Capablanca.
On the other hand, Rubinstein, though he was a disappointment at St. Petersburg,
is still one of the finest players in the world today and in every way a fit contender
for the title. His abstention for one year from international play caused him to
lose his edge and he was not successful, as Dr. Lasker was, in playing himself
into form in the course of the preliminary tournament."
A merican Chess Bulletin, 1 9 1 4 (p. 1 3 9)

There is no record of Rubinstein playing any chess in 1 9 1 3 . We were unable to

discover if this was a conscious part of his training for his upcoming match with
Lasker or if the stress of p laying so much in 1 9 1 2 necessitated a maj or rest.
Another possibility is some fami ly crisis. It should also be pointed out that there
were not so many important events held in 1 9 1 3 as the previous year.

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1914 - 1918

St. Petersburg 1 9 1 4 was arguably the greatest failure of Rubinstein's career. After
drawing his first three games, including a very promising position against
Capablanca, Rubinstein suffered a disaster. Losing first to Lasker and then to
Alekhine, Akiva was for all intents and purposes eliminated after the first six
rounds. Ever the fighter, he did not give up and scored plus two the rest of the
way, but the damage had been done. In this stretch Rubinstein had a 96-move
draw with Bernstein, a 64-move win over Janowsky, and a 60-mover with Tarrasch,
as he struggled to try to reach the fifth and last qualification spot.

Eighty years later it seems a pity that such an artificial division was made be
tween the preliminary and final tournaments. Ten games were too few to settle
who should play in the final. A double round robin would have been a much truer
test and would not have lasted much longer. As it was, Rubinstein could only
watch from the sidelines as Lasker and Capablanca battled for first, his status as
a world championship contender diminished and Capablanca's enhanced.

For those who wish to know more about this historic event we can recommend St.
Petersburg 1914 (Caissa Editions 1 993). The following translation of an article
by Dr. Lasker in the Berliner Zeitung am Mittag, comes from this book (pp. 1 5-
1 6) and offers the world champion 's analysis of Rubinstein 's failure:

"It is difficult to explain this fact. To be sure, the reasons obtrude themselves
sufficiently upon the spectator. An unlucky game, perhaps with Alekhine, demor-

St. Petersburg 1 9 1 4 - Preliminary Section

April 21- May 22

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Total
I . Capablanca X y, y, y, I y, 8
2. Lasker '12 X '12 y, y, 0 '12 6Y,
3 . Tarrasch '12 y, X y, y, y, 0 6Y,
4. Alekhine 0 '12 '12 X y, y, y, y, 6
5. Marshall '12 y, y, 0 X y, y, y, 6
6. Bernstein 0 I 0 y, 0 X y, y, y, 5
7. Rubinstein y, 0 y, 0 y, y, X y, y, 5
8. N imzovitch 0 y, 0 y, y, y, y, X 0 '12 4
9. Blackburne 0 0 0 y, 0 y, '12 X 0 3 Y,
I O. Janowsky 0 0 y, 0 0 0 y, I X '12 3 Y,
l l .Gunsberg 0 0 0 0 y, 0 0 0 0 '12 X
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aiized him, robbed him of courage. Or perhaps the ventilation of the room, where
the masters sat confined, was not sufficient for him. Or perhaps he, who leads a
regular life and goes to bed very early, did not possess intellectual vigor in the
evening; or perhaps he is just at the height of his powers in the morning. But all
these reasons, either singly or jointly, are not fully satisfactory. Best turns out to
be: fate has here for the first time rudely taken hold of the one accustomed to
victory. He notes now that it is no mere phrase when one says that life is a struggle.
For a moment he has lost his self-control on that point. He is like a marksman
whose hand suddenly trembles and whose bullet therefore does not hit home.

"If that is so, the lesson will be beneficial to him. Whoever has once suffered a
defeat does not fear it any more. He has experienced the worst, and henceforth he
will bear injustice with equanimity. Such practical knowledge is a part of man, at
least of one who is accustomed to struggling.

"Rubinstein has the style that will certainly be dominant. The character of this
style is impersonal . Rubinstein does not feel that he is playing against an indi
vidual, but rather says: in this position, A plays against B, and then asks: What is
the right move? He does not merely ask, he finds. In this way he has enriched
chess theory, extraordinarily, like no other.

"But now fate has come and has said, a little ironically, but for all that smiling
benevolently: A against B? I do not believe you ! Your heart is too human for that.

Front row, left to right: I. Gunsberg, J.H. Blackburne, Dr. E. Lasker, Dr. S.
Tarrasch, A. Burn, Dr. R. Gebhardt (President of the German Chess Association),
A. K. Rubinstein, Dr. 0. S. Bernstein, J. R. Capablanca, and D. Janowsky.
Second row : S. 0. Wainstein, F. J. Marshall, A. A. Alekhine, N. J. Maxinow*, B. E.
Maljutin* (President of the St. Petersburg Chess Society), P. P. Sabonroff*, E.
Talwik*, J. 0. Sossnitzky* (Vice-President of the St. Petersburg Chess Society), W.
Robinow. Back row: A. Nimzovitch, N. A. Znosko-Borovsky*, and D. D. Korolew
(President of the Financial and Com mercial Society and Hon. Member of the
Congress). *Members of the Tournament Committee

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

"Now Rubinstein, the objective one, will return. He will endure, for the will cre
ates the enduring. "

Time control for the event was 30 moves in two hours, followed by 22 moves in
1 Y2 hours, and then 1 5 moves per hour for the rest of the game. According to the
tournament protocols, published in the Wiener Schachzeitung, pp. 80-8 1 ( 1 9 1 4),
the prize fund was 1 ,200 rubles for first, then 800, 5 00, and 3 00 for the next three
finishers. Like the present-day Linares tournament, St. Petersburg 1 9 1 4 had a
clause prohibiting players from agreeing to premature draws. Except for draws
due to perpetual check or threefold repetition of moves, all non-decisive games
were supposed to go at least 45 moves.

(37 1 ) Marshall- Rubinstein 2 2 . b x c3 .. d S 23 . .. d l .. x d l +

St. Petersburg ( 1 ) 1 9 1 4 24.ttlxdl g8 25.h4 c 5 26.dlxb7
Queen's Gambit Declined [D63] "ttJ xb7 27.ttJd6 b4

l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5

Ae7 5.e3 4)bd7 6.4)f3 0-0 7 . ..cl
..eS 8.a3 dxc4 9.A xc4 c5 10.dxc5
4) x c 5 1 1 . 0 - 0 a6 1 2 . b4 4) ce4
1 3 . 4) x e4 4) x e4 1 4 . A x e7 ttl x e7
1 5 .ttld4 4) d 6 t 6 . .. fd l 4) x c4
17 . .. x c4 b5 18.ttlc5 Ab7 19.ttlxe7
.. x e7 20 . ..cd4 f6 21 . ..d8+ .. x d8
22 . .. x d8+ f7 23.4)d4 ..c7 24.f3
2 3 . . . e7 2 5 . .. g8 d6 2 6 . f2
Ac8 27 . ..dS+ e7 28 . ..h8 ..c3
2 9 . .. x h7 f7 30 . ..h8 Ad7 28.ttlxc5?
3l . ..d8 e7 32 . ..g8 f7 33 . ..d8
e7 34 . ..g8 f7, Draw A mistake that enables Black to escape
with a draw. Correct is 28.c4 and if
Rubinstein had the bye in round two. 28 .. .'c8 29.'b6, followed by f3 and
g4 . Or if 28 . . .'l!ia7 2 9 .'l!i d 8 + h7
(3 72) Rubinstein- Capablanca 30.'a5, etc. (L. van Vliet in the Sun
St. Petersburg (3) 1 9 1 4 day Times).
Queen's Gambit Declined [D64] [Authors : Whether White can win or
not is open to question, but undoubt
l.d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.4)c3 edly 28.c4 was the best chance. For a
4)bd7 5.Ag5 Ae7 6.e3 0-0 7 . ..cl detailed analysis of this position see the
..eS 8. ttlc2 c6 9 . .Q.d3 d x c4 chapter by Keres on defending difficult
10.A x c4 b5 l l .dld3 a6 1 2.4)e5 p o s i t i o n s in Th e A rt of the
Ab7 1 3 . 4) x d7 ttl x d7 1 4 . .Q. x f6 Middlegame.]
A x f6 15 . .Q. x h7+ h8 t6 . .Q.e4 e5
17.dxe5 .. xe5 18.0-0 ttle7 19.Af3 28 ... bxc3 29.ttJxc3 ttl bl+ 30.h2
..c5 20.ttle2 .Q.xc3 2l . ..xc3 .. xc3 ttlxa2 31."c8+ h7 32.ttlf5+ g6

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33. 'ltf6 a5 34.g4 a4 35.h5 gxh5
3 6 . 'lt f 5 + g7 3 7 . 'lt g 5 + h7
38.'ltxh5+ g7 39.'ltg5+, Draw
(373 ) Lasker- Rubinstein
St. Petersburg (4) 1 9 1 4
Ruy Lopez [C82]
Notes by F i n e and Re i n fe 1 d fro m
Lasker s Greatest Chess Games 1899-
1 914.
l . e4 e 5 2 .-i)f3 .)c6 3 .-'1.b5 a6
4.Aa4 .)f6 5.0-0 .) x e4 6.d4 b5
7.Ab3 d5 8.dxe5 -'1,e6 9.c3 Ac5
10 . .) bd 2 0 - 0 1 1 . A c 2 .) x d 2
12.'ltxd2 f6 13.exf6 . x f6?1
Better is 13 . . . xf6 1 4 . .:)g5 g6.
14 . .)d4 4) xd4
Remaining with a backward c-pawn.
The alternative 14 . . . .:)e7 is safer.
1 5.cx d4 Ab6
To keep an eye on the d4-pawn, but the
bishop would be more useful at d6.
[Authors : Korchnoi (in ECO) recom
mends 1 4 . . . Ad6! 1 5 .e2 d7 w ith
equality.]
16.a41 .b8
Not 1 6 . . . c5? 17.dxc5 -'txc5 18.Axh7+
'it'xh7 1 9.t:i'c2+ , etc.
1 7 . a x b 5 a x b 5 1 8 . 'lt c 3 'ltd6
1 9 .-'1.e3 Af5 2 0 . . fc 1 -'1, x c 2
21.. xc2 .e8 22..acl .fe6
Preventing 2 3 . c6, which would be
answered by 23 . . . xc6 24 . ..xc6 ..xc6
2 5 . ..xc6 -'txd4.
299
23.h3 .e4 24. 'ltd2 .Se6 25..c61
'ltd7?
Consistent, but bad. A fter 25 . . . xc6
26 . ..xc6 .. xc6 27.b4 .. d6 28.xb5
h6, White would be a pawn ahead, but
a win would be almost impossible.
[Authors : This move, the near miss
against Capablanca, and the following
game against Alekhine indicate that
Rubinstein was not in his best form in
St. Petersburg.]
26. . x e6 'it x e6 2 7 . 'lt d 3 'lte8
28.'itc3 f7 29. 'ltd3 g8 30. 'ltc3
'lt e 6 3 1 . . a 1 'lte8 3 2 . f l h 6
33. 'ltd3 f7 34..c1 g8 3 5 .'ltb3
'ltf7 36..d1 c6
If 36 . . . d7 (to avoid the weakening
text move) 3 7 . f3 .. e6 3 8 . Af4 and
39.Ae5 with an appreciable advantage
for White.
37.f3 'ltf6 38.'ltd3 .e7 39.Af2
'ltd6 40.'ltc2 f7 4 1 . . c 1 .e6
42. 'ltf5+ .f6 43. 'lte5 .e6
No better would be 43 . . . d7 44 .Ah4,
say 44 . . . Ac7 4 5 . h 5 + ..g6 46 . .. e l
-'td6 4 7 . f4 ! a n d w i n s , w h i l e after
44 . . . ..f5 4 5 .e3 the threat of 46.g4
forces further weaknesses in B lack's
game.
44. 'lt x d 6 . x d6 4 5 . e 2 e7
46.d3 .g6 47.g3 .f6 48.f4 d7
49..e1 .f8 50..a1 h5
This is weakening, but no suitable de
fensive plan for Black is available. If
for example 50 . . . ..e8 5 1 .Ae3 .. e4
52 .t":!a6 '!ilc7 53 . ..a8, or 50 . . . g5 5 1 .-'te3
Ac7 52 . ..fl . In both cases White main
tains his superiority.
 Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King
5 1 . Jl.e 3 g6 5 2 . f 1 <itld6 5 3 .g4
hxg4 54.hxg4 c5
Leading to a lost rook ending, but if
54 . . . e6 (recommended in the tourna
ment book) 5 5 . e l ! and B lack's diffi
culties are far from over: 5 5 . . . d7
(55 . . .Ac7 56.f5+ f7 57 .Ag5) 56. h l
..Q.c7 57.h7+ c8 58.f5! gxf5 59.Ah6
f6 60 .Ag7! f7 61 .g5 f4 62.g6 f5
63 .Ah6 f3 64 .g7 f2 6 5 . g8=Q+ b7
66. xc7+ xc7 67.'lii'h 7+ and wins. An
elegant variation ! After the lapse on the
25th move, Black had no clear draw
ing line.
55.dxc5+ Axc5 56.A xc5+ <ifl x c5
57.f5 gxf5 58.gxf5 f6
59.f4! b4
If 59 . . . d4 60. e4 c4 6 1 .e5 and
WillS.
60.b3 f7
Or 60 . . . f8 6 1 . f6 f7 62 . fl d6
6 3 . d4 e6 64 . a l and w i n s
(Tartakover).
61 .f6 <itld6 62.'ifld4 <ifle6 63.f21
<ifld6
After 63 . . . l"lx f6 64 .l"!x f6 + x f6
300
65.xd5 e7 66.c4 d7 67 .xb4
the ending is won for White.
64 . a 2 c7 65. a6+ <ifld7
66.b6, 1-0
(374) Rubinstein- A/ekhine
St. Petersburg ( 5) 1 9 1 4
Nimzo-Indian [E49]
1.d4 4)f6 2.c4 e6 3 .Jc3 Jl,b4 4.e3
b6 5.Ad3 Jl,b7 6.f3 c5 7.a3 A xc3+
8.bxc3 d5 9.4)e2 0-0 10.0-0 4)bd7
11 . .lg3 tfJc7 1 2.cxd5 exd5 13.e4?
White has reached a favorable Samisch
type position but this move requires
more preparation.
1 3 . . . c x d4 14.c x d4 tfJc3 1 5 .Ae3
dxe4 16.fxe4 Aa6
Here 16 . . . Axe4! is much more convinc
ing. Now Rubinstein gets play for the
pawn.
17 .1l, x a6 tfJ x e3+ 1 8 . 'ifl h 1 4) x e4
1 9 .J f 5 1 4) f 2 + 2 0 . x f 2 tf1 x f2
21.tf1g4 g6
22.fl?
Rubinstein overrates the strength ofhis
counterattack.The simple22 ..le7 + fo-
l
 The Years of World War I
lowed by 23 .xd7 gives good winning
chances (A. Bum in The Field).
This leads to nothing at all. The attack
had to be continued with 4Je7+ fol
lowed by xd7; then White would have
had two pieces for the rook, and if
Black also obtained a pawn for it (after
. .ad8), the result of the game would
. .
nevertheless still have been doubtful,
while it is now plainly lost for White.
23 . . . g7 24 . .) x f7 b3 2 5 . d 5
.)f6 26.d4 x f7 27.J;tc4 a4
28.g4 c8, 0-1
(3 75) Bernstein- Rubinstein
St. Petersburg (6) 1 9 1 4
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]
1 .e4 e5 2 . .l f3 .)c6 3 . .lc3 .)f6
4.Ab5 .ld4 5.Aa4 Ac5 6.d3 o-o
7 . .)e2 d5 8 . .)exd4 exd4 9.e5 .)e8
10.-'l, xeS x eS 1 1 .0-0 J;tg4 1 2.h3
A x f3 13.xf3 xe5 14.Af4 e6
1 5 . a e 1 d7 1 6 . x e 6 f x e 6
17.Ae5 Ab6 18.g4 c5 19.f4 f8
20.f3 J;td8 21.g3 J;tf6 22. e2
f7 23.Etf3 h6 24.fl b6 25.e1
Ah4 26.Etfl g6 27.Etf3 h5 28.g3
J;tf6 29.g2 f5 30.-'l, xf6 x f6
3 1 .h4 h7 32.f2 g6 33.e1
f7 3 4 . ..e2 g6 3 5 . Et e 5 f5
36.f2 a5 37.e2 f6 38.g2
e7 3 9 . d 2 f7 4 0 . e 1 g6
41. d2 e7 42. e1 d6 43. f2
c 6 44. e 1 a4 4 5 . h 3 d6
4 6 . d 2 e7 47.g2 d7
48.e2 e7 49.d2 d6 50.f2
f6 5 1 . f1 g7 5 2 . f2 f6
53.fl e7 54.f2 e5 55.fxe5+
xe5 56 .d2 f6 57.h6 .f2+
58.\tlg1
30 1
58 . . . f3 5 9 . g2 .. f 2 + 60.g 1
c6 6 t . e6+ x e6 6 2 . xf2
f5 + 6 3 . g2 c 4 64.h8 c x d3
6 5 . e 8 + d6 66. d 8 + c6
6 7 . e 8 + d6 6 8 . d 8 + c 5
6 9 . e 7 + c4 7 0 . c 7 + b 5
7 l . c x d3 e6 7 2 . c 2 e 1
73.h2 a5 74.g2 b4 75.a3
e1 76.h2 b5 77.g2 e7
78 . d 2 c6 7 9 . f3 e 3 +
80. x e 3 d x e3 8 1 . x e3 c 5
8 2 . d 2 d4 8 3 . e 2 e 5
84.e3 d4+ 85.f2 f6 86.g2
e 5 87. f2 f5 8 8 . f3 g5
89 . h x g 5 x g5 9 0 . f2 f5
91.f3 g5 92.f2 f6 93.f3
g5 94. f2 g4 9 5-g2 f5
96.f3 g5, Draw
(376) Rubinstein - Tarrasch
St. Petersburg (7) 1 9 1 4
English [A29]
1 .c4 e5 2 . .)c3 .) f6 3 . .l f3 .)c6
4 .g3 g6 5 . -'tg2 Ag7 6.d4 e x d4
7 . .) xd4 0-0 8.0-0 e8 9.e3 .)e5
10.b3 d6 n.Ab2 Ag4 12.f3 Ad7
1 3 . h 3 .) c 6 14 . .) c 2 .l e 7 1 5 .e4
.l h 5 1 6 . h 2 .) c 6 1 7 . d 2 f5
18.exf5 J;txf5 19.ae1 f6 20.f4
J;t xc2 21. xc2 h8 22 . .)d1 f7
23 . .l c 3 .) f6 24 . .) d 5 .) x d 5
25.cxd5 .)d4 26 .f2 f5 27.g4
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Jl x b 2 2 8 . x b2 + g7 2 9 . d4 13.e5 b6 14.Ag5 Ad6 15.el

x e l 30 . x e l f8 3 l . g3 a5
32.e4 g8 33. c3 b6 34. c4
e8 35.a4 f6 36.Af3
36 ...c6 37. d2 cxd5 38.c6 e4+
39. Jl x e4 d x e4 40. x d6 x b3+
41.h4 f7 42.g5 e3 43.c7
x f4 + 44. x f4 h6+ 4 5 . x h6
x f4 4 6 . e7 f3 4 7 . h 4 f4
48. g 5 x a4 4 9 . x e3 b4
5 0 . e 6 h 7 5 1 . e 7 + g8
52.e6 h7 53.e7+ g8 54.h5
g x h 5 5 5 . g x h 5 c4 5 6 . e 6 b 5
57.b6 b 4 58.b5 a 4 59.h6 a 3
60.b8+, Draw
d 8 1 6 . d 2 Ae7 1 7 . a 3 0 - 0
18.d3 g6 19.Aa2 fe8 20.h3
h 5 2 1 . Jl x e7 x e 7 2 2 . A x d 5
Jl xd5 23.h4 f6 24. xd5 xd5
2 5 . f3 g7 2 6 . e4 f7
27.acl g7 28.g4 d6 29.c8
e8 30.ecl x eS 31. xc8 e8
32.g5 fxg5 33.e5+ e7 34.f3
f6 35.a8 xe5 36.a7+ d7
3 7 . d x e 5 x e 5 3 8 . d l d6
39. xd6+ x d6 40. xa6+ d5
41.fl g4 42.a7 d6 43.e2
h 5 44. a8 e 5 4 5 . a 6 + d7
4 6 . b 6 f3 4 7 . h 3 ? ? d4+
4 8 . f l g x h 3 49 . b7 + d6
5 0 . g7 f3 5 1 . f7 d 2 +
52.gl g5 53.h7 f3+ 54.hl
h4 5 5 . f7 e 5 5 6 . g7 f3
57.b3?!
Enough for a draw is 57.f7 g4 58.g7
4J e 5 5 9 . h7 4Jf3 60 . g7 , etc .
(Tarrasch).
57 . . . e5 58.a4 b x a4 59.b x a4 c5
60.f7 e4 61.e7 d5

(377) Janowsky- Rubinstein

St. Petersburg (8) 1 9 1 4
Queen 's Gambit Tarrasch [D40]

l .d4 d5 2.f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 f6

5.Ad3 c6 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Axc4 a6
8.c3 b5 9. Ad3 c x d4 10.e x d4
b4

ECO prefers 1 0 . . . .ilb7 l l . a 3 ite7

1 2 . .ile3 0-0 w i th equal i ty, Mun o z
O' Kelly, Leipzig Olympiad 1 960. It's
worth mentioning that O' Kelly studied 62.a5?
exte n s i vely w i th Rubinstein in the
1 940s. This loses. After 62 .g7 the position
.

is still a draw. Now follows a pretty fin

tt.Abt bd5 t2 . e2 Ab7 ish (Tarrasch).

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 The Years of World War I

62 ...g4 63 . .g7 g3! 64.fxg3 e3, 0-1 .l d 5 38 . .1}. d 2 b5 3 9 . .l e 2 .! b6

40.h4 jtd6 4 l .a3 .j a4 4 2 . .1}.c1
(378) Rubinstein - Gunsberg .1le7 43.'1/e3 .1lf8 44 . .jg1
St. Petersburg (9) I9 1 4
Center Counter [80I]

l . d4 a6 2 .e4 d5 3 . e x d 5 x d 5
4 . .lc3 a5 5 . .lf3 c 6 6 . .1ld3 e6
7.0-0 .lf6 8. e2 .1le7 9 . .le5 dB
10 . .1le3 .lbd7 ll . .ad1 0-0 1 2.f4
.e8 13 . .f3 .lf8 14 . .h3 g6 15.g4
.l d 5 1 6 . g 5 f6 1 7 . g x f6 .1}. x f6
18 . .j e4 .1lg7 19 . .1lc1 .le7 20.c3
.l f5 2 1 . g4 .e7 2 2 . b 3 .c7
23 . .1la3 b6 24 . .lg5 .aa7 25 . .1le4
e8 2 6 . g 2 .1lb7 2 7 . c 4 .1}.a8 44 ... .Jc5 45.dxc5 .1l xc5+ 46.'1/f3
28.d5 exd5 29.cxd5 .1l x e5 30.fxe5 .1}.xg1 47 . .1le3!, Draw
c x d 5 31 . .1}. x f5 g x f5 3 2 . .l x h7+
.g7 33 . .lf6+ 'l/f7 34.xg7+, 1-0 (380) Rubinstein - Nimzovitch
St. Petersburg (II) I9 I4
Blackbume, who was 73 at the time, Queen's Pawn [A46]
turned in a respectable performance at
St. Petersburg. Here he refuses to be 1.d4 .lf6 2 . .lf3 e6 3 . .1lf4 c5 4.c3
ground down by a man less than half cxd4 5 . .l xd4 .jc6 6.e3 d5 7 . .jd2
his age. .1}.d6 8 . .lb5 .1}.b8 9 . .1l x b8 . x b8
10 . .1}.e2 a6 1 1 . .jd4 e5 1 2 . .j 4b3
(379) Blackburne - Rubinstein .1lf5 1 3 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 14 . .1lf3 e7
St. Petersburg (IO) 1 9I4 1 5 . e1 .1ld3 16 . .1}.e2 .1lg6 17.f4
French Exchange [COI] e x f4 18.exf4 .1le4 1 9 .f2 .feB
20 . .fe1 c7 21 . .lc5 .e7 22 . .jfl
1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4 . .lf3 .be8 23 . .l g3 g6 24 . . a d 1 h 5
.1}. d 6 5 . .1l d 3 .1lg4 6 . 0 - 0 .J c 6
7 . . e 1 + .lge7 8.c3 d7 9 . .l bd2
f6 10 . .j f 1 0 - 0 1 1 . .l e 3 .1l h 5
1 2 . .1}. d 2 . ae8 13 . .l f l .j d8
1 4 . .l g3 .1lg6 1 5 . c 2 .l f7
1 6 . .1}. x g6 h x g6 1 7 . .l h4 .l h8
18. d3 'l;f7 19.f4 g4 20. e2
c8 2 1 . f3 c6 22 . . e 2 .l g8
23 . . a e 1 . x e 2 2 4 . x e 2 .e8
25. x e8+ x eS 26 . . x e8 '; x eS
27 . .le2 .l e7 28 . .lf3 .l f7 29.g4
Ac7 30.Ae3 .jd6 3 1 .'1/g2 'l/f7
32 . .!) d2 e6 33.h3 .!)c4 34 . .1) xc4
dxc4 35.f3 a5 36 . .!)g3 f5 37.g5 Blackburne with Marco i n background

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2 5 . h 4 c8 2 6 . /il g x e4 d x e4
2 7 . Et d 6 'it'g7 2 8 . E{ e d l /il g4
29.g3 /il h6 30.g5 f5, Draw
The years of World War I were diffi
cult ones for Rubinstein. The first ef
fect of the war was to end the world
champ i o n s h i p match w i th Lasker
scheduled for October 1 9 1 4. The sec
ond was to confine him to Poland for
the period 1 9 1 4- 1 9 1 7.
Little is known about Rubinstein's ex
periences during the war; but some his
torical facts are perhaps worth mention
ing. Poland was a major battleground
duri n g the war and Wars aw,
Rubinstein's city, was occupied by the
Germans fro m August 6, 1 9 1 5 to
November 1 3, 1 9 1 8 .
Considering these facts, it's amazing
that Akiva was able to play as much
chess as he did. Limited to only play
ing in Warsaw and Lodz against domes
tic p l ayers, Rubinstein nonetheless
managed to create some great works of
art (see his games with Belsitzman and
Factor).
Rubinstein's play immediate l y after
World War I lacks the consistency of
his earlier days and suggests that some
trauma affected his sensitive nervous
system. However, the war years were
I. Rubinstein XX
2. Lowcki 00
3. Kleczynski 01
4. Flamberg 012
5. Belsitzmann I Y2
6. Glotzer 00
7. Bojmwitz 00
not without some bright moments. Dur
ing 1 9 1 7 Akiva married Eugenie Lev.
[This information was provided to us
by Sammy Rubinstein and was con
firmed by Nevil Coles in the BCM of
1 980 (p. 426) : "The outbreak of war in
1 9 1 4 for the time being stifled all
Rubinstein's ambitions for the world
championship. The rigours of the time
might well have destroyed his reason
for good and all had he not found in
1 9 1 7 a wife in Eugenie Lev who gave
him much needed mental support and
enabled him to continue his career in
master chess for a further fifteen years."
Note that the American Chess Bulletin
of 1 920 gives a different account of
Rubinstein's marriage : "Latest reports
from the other side state that Akiva
Rubinstein, who was married not long
ago in Sweden (italics ours-Ed.) and
was said to have completed arrange
ments for coming to the United States,
had not arrived in Holland, but was
expected there in February for the pur
pose of playing at several of the clubs."]
Their union, which lasted unti l her
death in 1 954, was a good one. In 1 9 1 8
Rubinstein's first son Jonas was born.
Warsaw City Championship
March 6-28, 1 9 1 6
This event, organized b y the Warsaw
Association of Chess Players, seems to
Warsaw 1916
2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
II 10 112 012 11 11 9
XX 11 112 112 II 11 9
00 XX 11 11 00 11 7
012 00 XX 112 II 11 612
012 00 012 XX II II 612
00 II 00 00 XX I Y2 312
00 00 00 00 OY2 XX Y2
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have been Rubinstein's first significant
event since St. Petersburg - a lapse of
almost two years. Moishe Lowcki (his
torical Elo 2440) kept pace in the tour
nament, despite losing two games to
Rubinstein, as Akiva dropped games to
Jan K l eczyn s k i , Jr. and Z dz i s l aw
Belsitzman. Rubinstein won the play
off 2 Yz-Yz. First prize for the event was
75 rubles.
All that has been preserved from this
event is the following pawn ending
from the first game of the match.
(38 1 ) Lowcki- Rubinstein
Warsaw (Play-oft) April 1 9 1 6
Black to move
l .. f3!?
An interesting attempt to win the game.
Instead 1 . . .<e5 2. 'it'f3 'it'f5 is an easy
draw, and l . . .'it'd4?? loses after 2.'it>f3
'it'c4 3.'it>xf4 'it'b4 4.g4 hxg3 5 . 'it'xg3 ,
etc.
2.gxf3+ 'it7f4!?
After 2 . . . 'iti'd3 3 . f4 'it>e4 4 . f5 ! 'it'xf5
5 .'it'f3 it is B lack who should fight for
a draw : s . . . 'iti'e5 6.'it'g4 'it>e4! 7.'it'xh4
'it'f4 8.'it'h5 'it>f5 9.h4 'it'f6 1 0.'it'g4 'it'g6
1 1 . 'it>f4 'it'h5 with a draw.
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3.'it7e2!
The only move. Losing is 3.<<!;>g 2? 'it'e3
4 . f4 'it' x f4 5 . 'it'f2 'it'e4 6.'iti'e2 'it'd4
7.'it'f3 'it'c4 8.'it'e4 'it'b4 9.'iti'd4 'iti'xa4
1 0.'it>c4 'it'a3 l l .'it'c3 a4 1 2 .<c2 'it'b4
1 3 .'it>b2 'it'c4, etc.
3 ...'it7g3 4.'it7e3 'it7 xh3 5.'it7f2 'it7h2
6.f4 h3 7.f5 'it7hl 8.f6 h2, Draw
Lodz
December 1 9 1 6 - January 1 9 1 7
The activities of the Lodz Chess Soci
ety during the period 1 9 1 6- 1 9 1 7 are not
well-documented. Daniuszewski, in his
history of the Lodz Chess Society, men
tions that the Society held one tourna
ment in 1 9 1 6 and two in 1 9 1 7 . He also
adds that Rubinstein, then living in
Warsaw, was especially invited to join
Georg Salwe, Teodor Regedzifiski,
Samuel Factor, and Moishe Hirschbein
in a five-man, four-match tournament
played in 1 9 1 7 . It's not clear to us i f
this meant a four-round event or that
each player met the other four partici
pants four times. In either case (4 or 20
games) this is clearly a different event
than the one that was held in Decem
ber 1 9 1 6/January 1 9 1 7 . The Polish
chess historian Dr. Wolsza has found
newspaper accounts of the time which
have the 1 9 1 61 1 7 event as a eight-player
doubl e round robin. The absence o f
Josek Gottesdiener from the list of par
ticipants for the 1 9 1 7 event strongly
suggests that Rubinstein's games with
him are from the 1 9 1 6/ 1 7 event.
Rub i n st e i n won t h i s eight-p l ayer
double round robin event with a score
of 1 2 Yz from 1 4 ( + 1 1 ,=3,-0). No other
details are available.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

To add to the c o n fu s i o n , Swiat 1 1 . 4) e4 Jl,e7 1 2 . Jl, x f6 Jl, x f6

Szachowy from 1 928 states that a tour 1 3.b4!
nament was held in Lodz during 1 9 1 6-
1 7 with the following results, but no
scores provided:

1 . Rubinstein, 2. Salwe, 3. Regedzifiski,

4-5 . Gottesdiener and Hirschbein, 6 .
Factor.

According to some sources, the follow

ing two games were played at Lodz
1 9 1 6, without a clear record of when
they were played and in which event.
Especially confusing is the record for (A) A totally forgotten and strong-look
the game Rubinstein-Gottesdiener, ing innovation by Rubinstein. Recent
theory deals only with 1 3 .4:Jel ile7
for which Daniuszewski gives July
1 4 . 4:Jd3 b8 1 5 .4:Jf4 ilf5 1 6 . c l with
28, 1 9 1 6, while Wolsza gives Decem
a small plus for White, but in Korchnoi
ber 1 9 1 6 . We assume that both these
Spassky, B e l grade 1 9 7 71 7 8 (match
games were played in the Lodz 1 9 1 6/
game 1 5), Black successfully defended
1 7 event.
his position.

(382) Rubinstein - Gottesdiener

Lodz 1 9 1 6/ 1 7
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D34)
Notes by Daniuszewski (D) and by
Authors (A).
l .d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4)c3 4)c6 6.g3 4)f6 7.Jl,g2
Jl,e7 8 . 0 - 0 Jl,e6 9 . d x c 5 Jl, x c 5
10.Jl.g5
(D) White usually plays 1 0 . 4:Ja4, rec
ommended by Tarrasch. Rubinstein's
continuation is considered as leading
to a good game for Black, but after his
1 3 .b4 White has the advantage in all
variations.
1 3 . . . a6
( A) I f 1 3 . . . 4:J x b4? 1 4:i11 a 4 + 4:Jc6
1 5 . 4:Jxf6+ xf6 16.4:Jxd4! with a clear
advantage.
1 4 . a 4 4) x b4 1 5 . 4) x f6 + x f6
1 6 . x d4! x d4 17.4) x d4 0-0-0
1 8 . 4) x e 6 f x e 6 1 9 . fc l + b8
20.a5 d2?
(A) In the case of 20 . . . c8 White wins
a pawn by 2 1 .ilxb7 . The best defense
was 20 . . . 4:Jd5 .
2 1 . Jl, x b7!
(D) The point of the whole conception !

10 . . . d4 2 l . . . x b7 22.E!cbl E!d4 23.Eta4

E!b8 24.E!ax b4+ E! x b4 25.E! x b4+
(A) Better is 10 . . . 0-0. c7

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26.E! x b81
(D) This exchange requires calculation
to the dot.
26 . . . cifj' x b8 27.f4 cifi'c7 28.e4 h 5
29.e51 cifi'c6 30.cifi'f2 g6 3 1.h3 cifi'b5
32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 cifi'c5
(A) If 33 . . . xa5 34.f5 and wins.
34.cifi'e3 cifi'c6 35.cifi'e4 cifi'd7 36.f5
g x f5 + 3 7 . g x f5 e x f5 + 3 8 .cifi' x f5
cifi'e7 3 9 . e 6 cifi'e8 4 0 .cifi' e 5 cifi'e7
4 t .cifi' d 5 cifi'e8 4 2 .cifi'c6 cifi'e7
4 3 .cifi'b7 cifi' x e6 44.cifi' x a6 cifi'd7
45.cifi'b7, 1-0
Teodor Regedzifiski ( 1 894- 1 954) rep
resented Poland at several Olympiads,
including The Hague 1 928 where he
won the gold medal for the best result
on board three.
(383) Regedzinski- Rubinstein
Lodz 1 9 1 61 1 7
Queen's Gambit Declined [D60]
Notes by Kmoch.
A game w i thout a ny u n u s u a l
combinative brilliance. Yet it is notable
as furnishing a simple example of the
exploitation of the various weaknesses
of the isolated queen's pawn.
307
1 .d4 d5 2 .)f3 .lf6 3.c4 e6 4 .Q.g5
.)bd7 5 .lc3 Ae7 6.e3 0-0 7 .Q.d3
dxc4 s . .Q.xc4 a6 9.0-0 b5 10.Jl.d3
.Q.b7 l l .e2 c 5 1 2 . E! a d1 c x d4
13.exd4 .)b6 14 .)e4?
The isolated center pawn only offers
certain advantages if it can be employed
as the base for an attack. In a quiet po
sitional game it usually becomes a
source of weakness . Therefore White
should not simplify, but should play
1 4 .<tle5.
14 . . . .) x e4 1 5 .Q. x e7 x e7
1 6 .Q. x e4 E! fd8 1 7 . f! d 3 A x e4
18. x e4 E!ac8
As a result of the simplification White
has now no prospects for an attack. The
disadvantages of h i s isolated pawn
gradually make themselves felt. B lack's
position is superior.
1 9 . E! fd 1 .l d 5 2 0 . E! 3d 2 .)f6
2 1 . e3 b7 2 2 . h 3 h6 2 3 .E!e2
d5 24.b3 d 6 2 5 . E! c 1 .l d 5
26.d2
26 ... f41
Decisive! White cannot play 27.xf4
because he would lose the exchange.
If 2 7 .l:":id l then 27 . . . <tlc3! 2 8 .l:::iee l
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
xd2 or even 27 . . . xd2 at once, and
the ending is very unfavorab le for
White.
27 . . c 2 x d 2 28 . . e x d 2 . x c 2
2 9. . xc2 4) b4 3 0. .b2 cS 3Vit>fl
.cl + 32.<tfle2 .al 33.<tfld2 E! xa2
34 . . x a 2 4) x a 2 3 5 . 4) e 5 4) b4
3 6 .4)d7 f6 37.g3 <tflf7 38. 4) b 6
<tfle7 39.<tflc3 a 5 , 0-1
The following game is given in Kmoch
as being played in 1 9 1 7 . Keeping in
mind that Gottesdiener was not on
Daniuszewski 's list of players for the
1 9 1 7 event, and that the colors match
perfectly, we would guess that it is the
second game from Lodz 1 9 1 61 1 7 be
tween Gottesdiener and Rubinstein.
(384) Gottesdiener- Rubinstein
Lodz 1 9 1 6/ 1 7
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D64]
l.d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5.4Jc3 4)bd7 6.e3 0-0 7 . .cl
c6 8 . c x d 5 e x d 5 9 . A d 3 4) e4
1 0 .j't x e4 A x g 5 l l . A b l . e S
1 2.0-0 Ae7 13.4)e2 Ad6 14.4)g3
4)f6 1 5 . 4) d 2 Ac7 1 6 . .el d6
t7.f4 Ad7 t8.4Jb3 4Jg4 t9.f3
h6 20.h3?
20 ... 4) xe31 21.E{ xe3 E{xe3 22.xe3
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A x f4 2 3 . c 3 A x e l 2 4 . x c l
x c l + 2 5 . 4) x c l g6 2 6 . 4) d3 b6
27.4Je5 Ae8 28.<tflf2 a5 29.4)e2 f6
30.4)d3 <tflf7 31 .4)c3 <tfle7 32.4)a4
. b S 3 3 . A c 2 <tfld6 3 4 . a 3 Ad7
35.b4 a x b4 36.axb4 Af5 37.<tfle3
eS+ 3 8 .<tfjl d 2 .e4 3 9 .g4 Ae6
40 . 4) c 3 . x d4 4 1 . 4) e 2 .e4
42.4Jc3 .d4 43.4)e2 .e4 44.4Jc3
f5 4 5 .g x f5 g x f5 4 6 . 4) xe4 f x e4
47.4)f2 c5 48.bxc5 bxc5 49.<tfle3
<tfle5 50. A x e4 d x e4 5 1 . 4) x e4 c4
5 2 . h4 h6 5 3 .4Jg3 Af5 5 4 . 4) e 2
Ah7 5 5 .4Jg3 Ag6 5 6 . 4J h t c3
57.4)g3 <tfld5 58.h5 Ah7 59.4)e2
<tflc4 6 0 .<tfjl f4 c2 6 t . <tfl e 3 <tflb3
62.<tfjld4 <tflb2 63.<tfle3 Af5 64.<tflf4
Ad3, o-t
The following game is hard to place.
Kmoch has it being played in Lodz in
1 9 1 6 , w h i c h suggests the 1 9 1 6/ 1 7
event. On the other hand, Factor was
on Daniuszewski 's list of players for
the 1 9 1 7 tournament (we don 't know
w h o p l ayed i n 1 9 1 61 1 7 b e s ides
R u b i n s te i n , G otte s d i e n e r, and
Regedzifiski).
Samuel D. Factor was born in Lodz on
September 9, 1 892, and was one of the
stronger members of the Lodz club dur
ing the period 1 9 1 2-20. Shortly after
World War I he immigrated to the
United States and represented his new
homeland in the 1 928 Olympiad in The
Hague.
(385) Factor - Rubinstein
Lodz 1 9 1 6 or 1 9 1 7 (?)
Ruy Lopez [C68]
Notes by Kmoch (K), Tartakover (T),
and Kotov ( K o ) from Play Like a
Grandmaster (pp. 20 1 -203).
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l . e4 e 5 2 . 4) {3 4) c 6 3 . Ab 5 a 6
4.Axc6
(K) In the Exchange Variation White
obtai n s the b etter pawn p o s i t i o n .
Against this Black gets the two bish
ops. Since Rubinstein, in addition to
being an excellent player, is also an
outstanding artist in his handling of the
two bishops, this variation is a useless
weapon against him.
4 ... dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6. xd4 x d4
7.4) xd4 Ad6 8.f4 f6 9.Ae3 4)e7
10.4)d2 4)g6 l l .g3 c5 12.4)4f3 b6
1 3 . 0 - 0 Ab7 14 . . fe l 0 - 0 - 0
1 5 . A f 2 . he8 1 6 . . e 2 . d 7
17. .ael .de7 18.h4?
(K) A weakening. Now after h5 a hole is
created, and besides, the white bishop
is condemned to complete uselessness
by reason of the pawn position.
(Ko) First of all, the assessment. White
has weak squares at g4 and on the white
squares generally. His pawn at e4 i s
weak and u n d er threefo l d attack .
Black's bishops are well placed, but he
has the drawback of a doubled pawn,
which makes it harder for him to ex
ploit his advantage. Black's plan is to
improve his piece position by putting
his bishop on g6 or h7 and his knight
on g4. Then he will try to exploit his
309
well-placed pieces by advancing the
kingside pawns. In the long run, fur
ther pressure will be applied to the weak
pawn at e4 and the new weakness that
will arise at f4. White's plan is based
on advancing his e-pawn to divert
Black from his plan.
18 . . . h5!
(Ko) Fixing the weakness at g4.
19.c4?
(Ko) A bad mistake, robbing White of
the chance to advance his e-pawn sup
ported by a knight on c4 .
19 . . . a5
(Ko) Before preparing the opening of
lines on the kingside, B lack wants to
close the other side. White goes along
with this, though his only chance now
is to keep open options of active play.
2 0 . a 4 d7 2 1 .fl Ac6 2 2 .b3
c8 23 . .e3 .Q.d7
(T) Seeking a more favorable field of
action.
(Ko) Ruling out <ld5 and preparing a
possible retreat for the bishop if White
plays a desperate e5 advance.
25.4)bl Ac7 26.4)c3 4) h8
(K) Rubinstein gradually improves his
position: he prepares the breakthrough.
27 . . d 3 4) f7 28 . . e d l .Q.g4
29 . . td2 4)h6 30 . .Q.gt Ab8!
(Ko) A careful move to stop White get-
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
t i n g any i n i t i at i v e , e . g . 30 . . . .ll e 6
3 l . <tld5! cxd5 32.exd5 and 33.d6.
3 1 .,11.f 2 Ae6 32.dl .11.f7 33 . .11.g l
(K) Wh ite can do noth i n g . He can
merely look on as his opponent pre
pares his threats.
33 ... ,11.g 6 34.4)d2 4)f7
(Ko) Where is the knight going? Didn't
we say it was needed at g4? Yes, but
this maneuvering helps to mask his
plans so that the knight will reach g4
eventually with effect.
35.el Ah7 36.\tlf3 4)h6
(Ko) Why not g5 at once? Once again
the motives are conspiratorial. Remem
ber the classical phrase, "The threat is
stronger than its execution." The point
is that the threat removes some of the
tension that the opponent suffers from
as we keep him in suspense. This un
certainty can often induce panic.
37. .11.f2 4)g4 38.Agt g51
(T) After B lack 's lengthy and slow
preparation, the struggle now proceeds
at an accelerated pace.
39.e2 gxf4 40.gxf4 g8 41.el
eg7 42.4)e2
310
B lack was threatening 4 2. . . <tlh6 and
43 . . . El g4.
42 ...f51 43.exf5
(K) The threat was 43 . . .fxe4+ with the
same continuation as in the game. If
43.e5, then 43 ... .1lxe5! 44.fxe5 <tlxe5+
4 5 .'ifi'e3 f4+ ! and White 's game col
lapses.
43 . . . A x f5 44. 4) e4 A x e4+
45.\tl xe4 e8+ 46.\tlf3 f71
(K) The subtle point ! 47 . . . .1l x f4 i s
threatened. The pawn cannot b e held.
47. d d l ef8 48. f l A x f4
49 . 4) x f4 x f4+ 5 0 . \tlg 2 x fl
5 1 . x f l x f l 5 2 . \tl x fl 4) h6 !
5 3 . \tl e 2 4) f5 5 4 . A f 2 4) d4+
5 5 . \tld 3 4) x b3 5 6 . A e 3 \tld7
5 7 . \tl c 3 4) d4 5 8 .,11. x d4 c x d4+
5 9 . \tl x d4 \tl d 6 6 0 . \tl d 3 \tle5
6t.\tlc3 c5, 0-1
Warsaw City Championship
1917
The Warsaw C ity Championship of
1 9 1 7 was a great result for Rubinstein,
who scored 9- 1 against a field of strong
masters.
T h e fo l l o w i n g game i s o n e o f
Rubinstein's best-known efforts and a
rare miniature for him. Note that dif
ferent sources have the game ending on
move 1 6 or 1 8 .
(386) Belsitzman - Rubinstein
Warsaw, March 8, 1 9 1 7
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]
l.e4 e5 2 . .l f 3 .l c6 3 . .lc3 .lf6
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4.Ab5 .l d4 5.Ac4 Ac5 6.4) xe5 1918

'I!J e7 7 .4)d3?!
Rubinstein was able to travel to Berlin
Better is 7.4Jf3 . in the beginning of 1 9 1 8 despite the
German occupation of Warsaw. He was
7 ...d5! 8.4) xd5 'I!J xe4+ 9 .le3 J,td6
.
attracted there, as were many other top
10.0-0?
players, by the master Bernhard Kagan
( 1 866-1 932). Hooper and Whyld's The
This natural move is the decisive mis
Oxford Companion to Chess mentions
take. More resistance i s offered by
that the Polish born chess publisher and
1 0 . c3 4Jf5 l l .e2, though Black has
organizer financed many tournaments
the advantage after 1 1 0-0 (Razuvaev).
. . .

during this difficult period. Rubinstein,

10 ... b5 n.Ab3 Ab7 12 . .le1 'I!J h4 for one, p l ayed a match against
13.g3 'I!J h3 14.c3 Schlechter, and two very strong qua
drangular events against stiff opposi
tion. Rubi nstei n ' s resu l t s i n these

14 ... h5! 15.cxd4 h4 16.'1fJe2

Here 16.f3 does not help, as 16 . . . hxg3

1 7 . e2 gxh2+ 18.'iff h l 4Jh5 19.4Jf5+
'iff f8 wins for Black.

16 . . . '1fJ x h 2 + ! 1 7 . 1it' x h 2 h x g3 +
18.1it'g1 h 1 + mate, 0 - 1 Carl Schlechter

Warsaw 1917

2 3 4 5 6 Total
I . Rubinstein XX )Y, Y:zl II II II 9
2. Lowcki O Y2 XX 10 10 II II 6Y,
3. Belsitzmann Y,O 01 XX 01 I Y2 II 6
4. Flamberg 00 01 10 XX II II 6
5. Langleben 00 00 O Y, 00 XX 10 I Y2
6. Kleczynski 00 00 00 00 01 XX

Source: Jeremy Gaige (K. Wroblenski Lodz 1975)

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
events, while more than acceptable to
almost every chess player, indicated
that he was no longer the conqueror of
1 9 1 2 and that World War I had upset
his finely tuned nervous system.
Rubinstein's return to the international
arena, after a break of four years, saw
him defeat his old rival Carl Schlechter
by 3 Vl-2Vl. Typical ly, Akiva started
slowly and was a point down at the mid
point, but wins in games four and five
helped him keep his undefeated match
record intact.
(387) Schlechter - Rubinstein
Berlin (I) January 2 1 , 1 9 1 8
Vienna [ C28]
1 .e4 e5 2 . Ac4 lf:)c6 3.if:)c3 lf:)f6
4.d3 Acs s.Ae3 Ab6 6. d2 d6
7.if:)ge2 Ae6 8.A xe6 fxe6 9.A xb6
axb6 10.0-0 0-0 l l .f4 d51 1 2.exd5
exd5 13.fxe5 if:)xe5 14.1)d4 d7
1 5 . E! a e 1 E! ae8 1 6 . g 5 lf:)c6 !
1 7 . if:)c b S I) x d4 1 8 . 1) x d4 E! x e 1
19. E! xe1 E!e8 20.E!e5 h 6 2 1. e3
E! x e5 2 2 . x e 5 e8 2 3 . x e8+
if:)xe8 24.1)e6 f7, Draw
(388) Rubinstein- Schlechter
Berlin (2) January 22, 1 9 1 8
King's Indian [E68]
1 .d4 lf:)f6 2 .c4 d6 3.if:)c3 lf:)bd7
4.e4 e5 S . if:)ge 2 g6 6 . g 3 Ag7
7 . Ag2 e x d4 8 . 1) x d4 0 - 0 9 . 0 - 0
if:)c S 1 0 . h 3 E!e8 l l .f3 Ad7
12.Ae3 a6 13.d2 lf:)e6 14.h2
Rubinstein-Schlechter
Berlin, January 21-30, 1918
I 2
I. Rubinstein y,
2. Schlechter y2
b5 1 5.cxb5 lf:)xd4 16.A xd4 axb5
17.a3 E!b8 18.f4 Ae6 19.if:)d5 c6
2 0 . 1) x f6 + A x f6 2 l . f 5 g x f5
22.exf5 Ac4 23.E!fe1 E!e51
Best. After 23 .. J'!xe l 24.El.xel B lack
is lost; for example, 24 . . . .llg5 25.El.e8+!
xe8 26.xg5+ f8 27 .Ag7+ g8
2 8 . Ah 6 + and 2 9 . g 7 + mate
(Schlechter).
24.Axe5 AxeS 25.Axc6 f6
26.E! xe5
According to Bachmann, White was
in time trouble and preferred to re
turn the exchange, while 26.El.abl with
the idea of 26 . . . d5 27.b3! keeps win
n i n g c hances . We think that after
2 6 . . . h 8 ! ( i nten d i n g 27 . . . El.g8 , i f
2 7 . El.g l d 5 ! ) , B l ac k h a s strong
counterplay and good compensation for
the exchange.
26 . . . d x e 5 27. Ae4 E!d8 2 8 . e3
E!d4 2 9 . E! e 1 d8 3 0 . f6 x f6
31.Ag2 E!d3, Draw
3 4 5 6 Total
y, 0 I I y, 3Y,
y, 0 0 y, 2Y2
3 12
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(389) Schlechter- Rubinstein
Berlin (3) January 23, 25 and 26, 1 9 1 8
Ruy Lopez [C77]
l .e4 e S 2 . .!)f3 .!)c6 3 . -'l. b S a6
4.Aa4 .!)f6 s. e2 bS 6.Ab3 Acs
7.a4 .b8 8.axb5 a x bS 9.d3 0-0
1 0 . 0 - o d6 1 t . A e 3 Ag4 1 2 . h3
A x f3 1 3 . x f3 .!)d4 1 4 . -'l, x d4
A x d4 1S . .i)c3 g6
Lasker recommends 1 5 . . . Axc3, fol
lowed by . . . <)d7 or . . . aS.
.
16 . .!)d1 .i)h5 17.c3 JlcS 18 . .!)e3
b4 1 9 . Ac4 b x c3 2 0 . b x c 3 g S
21 . .fd1 .!)f4?
Better is 2 l . . .f4 with equality. Also
to be considered is 2 l . . . .b2.
22.d41 exd4?
A b lunder that loses a piece. B lack
should play 22 . . .b6, though 23.dxe5
dxe5 24 . . d7 favors White.
23.cxd4 Ab6
24.h4! x h4 25.g3 f6
Or 25 . . . <)h3+ 26.'.t>g2 h6 27.<)g4 and
wins.
313
2 8 . a 7 AdS 2 9 . . d a 1 . b4
30.-'l,dS .b2 31 .c1 hS 32 . .c2
.b1+ 33.<it'g2 <it'g7 34.-'l,a2 .e1
3S . .i)d5 . x e4 36 . .1) x c7 .e7
37 . .c6 .h8 3 8 . .i)b5 . x a7
3 9 . .!) x a 7 h4 40 . . x d6 h x g3
4 1 .fx g 3 .e8 42.-'l,c4 fS 43 . .!)c6
.1l,f6 44 . .!)d4 .e4 4S . .!)e6+ <ifjlh6
46 . .!)f4 <it'g7 47 .c6 .e1 48 .c7+
<it'h6 49 . .1l,g8 .b1 SO .c6 <it'g7
51 . .1l.d5 .d1 52 . .e61 .d4 53 . .1l.c6!
.d2+ s4.<ifi'h3 .d1 ss.Aes .h1+
S 6 . <ifjlg 2 . h 6 57 . b 6 .1l.e5
58. .1) xg6 .1l.f6 59 . .!)f4, 1-0
(390) Rubinstein- Schlechter
Berlin (4) January 26-27, 1 9 1 8
Slav [DIS]
Notes by Kmoch.
1 .d4 dS 2 . .i)f3 .!)f6 3.c4 c6 4 . .!)c3
dxc4 s.e3 .1l.g4
At a later period, Alekhine pointed out
that here 5 . . . b5 6.a4 b4 , etc., affords a
suitable defense.
6 . .1l, x c4 e6 7 . 0 - 0 .!)bd7 8 . h 3
Jl x f3?1
Preferable is 8 ... h5 .
9 . x f3 .1l,e7 1 0 . . d 1 0 - 0 l l .e4
.e8 12 .1l,f4 .!)f8
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
White certainly has the superior posi
tion by reason of his strong center and
hi s two bi shop s . Nevertheless, it i s
amazing how quickly Rubinstein anni
hilates the opposing army.
13.d511
Simple, yet White obtains an irresist
ible attack. It is interesting to note that
Rubinstein plays for ideas that are psy
chologically abhorrent to his particu
lar opponent. Aside from the from the
chess merit of the move - which more
often than not is good - such strategy
is an important weapon to the master
tournament p layer. There has been
much speculation about what grand
master Rubinstein used to think about
in the first 1 0 or 1 5 minutes that he used
at the beginning of each game. That this
time was employed in remembering his
game (#236) against the same opponent
in 1 909 seems convincing.
13 ... exd5 14.exd5 b6
If 14 . . . cxd5, B lack loses the b7 - pawn,
to s ay the l e a s t : 15 . <tJx d 5 {Jx d 5
16.-'txd5 ii'Yb6 1 7.-'txb7 ( 1 7 .Ae3! also
looks good) 17 . . . . ad8 1 8 . -'td5, and
now 18 . . . ii'Yxb2? is refuted by 19 . .1lxf7+
xf7 20 . .1le5 + .
15.d6 -'td8 16.g4!
Threatening 17 .g5 <tJ6d7 1 8 . .1lxf7+. If
Black plays 16 . . . ii'Yxb2 there would fol
low 1 7 . g 5 <tJd 5 1 8 . <tJx d 5 c x d 5
1 9.-'txd5, and n o less than four terrible
threats i mpend : 2 0 . .1lc1, 2 0 . -'te 5 ,
2 0..1lxf7+ and 20.-'txb7 fol lowed by
2 1 .d7 .
16 ... 4:) e 6 17.d7! Ete7
3 14
With 17 . . . . f8 18 . .1ld6 {Jxd7 , B lack
might have put up a better fight.
18 ..1l,d6 Etxd7 19.Axe6 fxe6 20.g5
Et xd6 21.Et xd6 c5
Losing a piece. But 2 1 . . . .1lc7 22 . . xe6
is also hopeless.
2 2 . Et x d8+ Et x d8 2 3 .g x f6 g5+
24.g4 x f6 25.Ete1 e5 26.g3
Ete8 2 7 . 4:) e4 e7 2 8 . Et d 1 Etf8
29.Etd6 h8 30. g4 Etd8 31.Ete6
b4 32.g5 e1+ 33.h2 Etf8
34.Ete7!, 1-0
For after 34 . . . . xf2 + 3 5 .<tJxf2 ii'Yxf2+
36.ii'Yg2 ii'Yf4+ 37. <;t>h1 ii'Yc l + 38. ii'Yg1,
there are no more checks.
(39 1 ) Schlechter- Rubinstein
Berlin (5) January 27 28, 1 9 1 8
-
Ruy Lopez [C68]
1 . e4 e 5 2 . 4:) f3 4:)c6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.A xc6 dxc6 5.4:)c3 f6 6.d4 exd4
7 . x d4 x d4 8 . 4:) x d4 .1l,d6
9.Ae3 4:)e7 10.0-0 Ad7 1 1 . Etad1
c5 1 2.4:)de2 4:)g6 13.4:)d5 0-0-0
14. 4:) b6+?? c x b6 1 5 . Et x d6 -'1_b5!
1 6 . Et x d8+ Et x d8 1 7 . 4:) c3 -'1_ x f l
1 8 . x f 1 c7 1 9 . e 2 c6
20.4:)b1 b5 21 .4:)d2 4:)e5 22.4:)fl
4:) c 4 2 3 . A c 1 a 5 2 4 . 4:) e 3 4:) x e3
25.A xe3 a4 26.f3 b4 27 . .1l,d2 b5
28.-'te3 c4 29.Ad2 b3 30.cxb3+
axb3 3 1 .a3 b5 32.g4 EtaS 33.Ac1
b4 34.axb4 Eta1 35.b5 Et xc1 36.b6
Etc2+ 37.d1 Et xb2 38.b7 Etxh2
39.b8 = b2, 0-1
(392) Rubinstein - Schlechter
Berlin (6) January 29-30, 1 9 1 8
Queen's Gambit Cambridge Springs [D52]
1 .d4 d5 2.4:)f3 4:)f6 3.c4 e6 4.4:)c3
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.lbd7 s . .il.g5 c6 6.e3 as 7.b3
.j e4 8 . A h 4 Ab4 9 . E! c 1 .j b6
1 0 . .il. d 3 d x c4 1 1 . .i}. x c4 a4
1 2 . Jtd 3 x b3 1 3 . a x b3 .l f6
1 4 .'\t'e2 .l bd 5 1 5 . .l e 5 Ae7
16.E!a1 .j b4 17.Ab1 b6 18.E!c1
.il.b7 19.f3 .!fd5 20.j'txe7 '\t'xe7
2 1 . .l d 3 E!he8 22 . .1 x d 5 + .! xd5
23.b4 g6 24.Ac2 f6 25.Ab3 E!ed8
2 6 . E! a 3 a6 27 .Jta4 E! ac8 28.e4
.lc7 29.Jt xc6 Jtxc6 30.E! xc6 .lb5
3 1 . E! x c8 E! x c8 3 2 . E! x a6 .l x d4+
3 3 .'\t'e3 .j c 2 + 3 4 .'\t'd 2 .j d4
35.'\t'e3 .lc2+ 36.'\t'd2 .ld4, Draw
Berlin 1918
Rubinstein's first international tourna
ment in many years was a disaster. Con
fronted by the n ew l y d i s c o v ered
Budapest Defense (it was introduced in
Esser-Breyer, Budapest in November
1 9 1 6) , he scored only a half point
against it in three tries.
Rubinstein was upset enough about his
result that immediately after the event
he challenged Vidmar, who had beaten
him twice, to a match the following
winter. Unfortunately this never came
to pass.
(393) Schlechter- Rubinstein
Berlin ( 1 ) April 20, 1 9 1 8
Ruy Lopez [C83]
l . e4 e S 2 . .l f3 .j c 6 3 . .il. b 5 a6
4.Jta4 .l f6 5.0-0 .! x e4 6.d4 b5
7.Jtb3 dS 8.dxe5 Jte6 9.c3 .il.e7
1 0 . .il. e 3 0-0 1 1 . d3 .l a S
1 2 . .jbd2 c5 13.Ac2 Af5 14 . .j xe4
.i}. x e4 1 5.e2 .jc4 16.E!ad1 c7
1 7 . .Q. c 1 .Q. x c 2 1 8 . x c 2 .j x e 5
1 9 .'lH 5 .l x f3+ 2 0 . x f3 .i}.d6
21 .g3 d4 22.c xd4 c4 23.d5 E!fe8
31 5
2 4 . A d 2 E!e7 2 5 . E! fe 1 E! ae8
2 6 . E! x e7 E! x e7 2 7 . Jt f4 g6
2 8 . Jt x d 6 x d 6 2 9 . c 3 h 5
30.d4 E!eS 31 .a4, Draw
(394) Mieses- Rubinstein
Berlin (2) April 2 1 , 1 9 1 8
Center Game [ C22]
l .e4 eS 2.d4 e x d4 3 . x d4 .Jc6
4. c4 .lf6 5 . .lc3 Ae7
B lack 's best is 5 . . . d5! 6.4:Jxd5 4:lxd5
7.exd5 4:Jb4, etc.
6 . .il.e3 0-0 7.0-0- 0 .l g4 8 . e2
.j x e3 9 . x e 3 d 6 1 0 . f4 Jtf6
1 1 . .j f3 Jt x c 3 1 2 . x c 3 f6
13.xf6 gxf6 14. .i}.b5 .le7 1 5.f51
a6 1 6 . Ad 3 .l c 6 17 . .l g 1 1 .l e 5
1 8 . .l h 3 .il. d 7 1 9 . .l f4 .il. c 6
2 0. .l h 5 .ld7 2 1 .g4 E!fe8 22.E!de1
E!eS 23.E!e2 E!ae8 24.E!he1 '\t'f8
25.'\t'd2 b5 26.a3 aS 27.b3 '\t'e7
28 . .j f4 E! g8 2 9 . h 3 .j b6 3 0 . c4
b x c4 3 l . Jt x c4 .l x c4 + 3 2 . b x c4
'\t'd7 33 . .lh5 '\t'e7 34 . .l f4 '\t'd7
3 5 . .l h 5 '\t'e7 36 . .l f4 '\t'd7
37 . .l d 5 Jt x d S 3 8 . c x d 5 E!b8
3 9 . E! e 3 E! ee8 4 0 . E! c 3 E! b 2 +
4 1 .'\t'e3 E! e b 8 4 2 . E! e c 1 E! 8b3
43. '\t'd4 E! d 2 + 44.'\t'e3 E! h 2
4 S .'\t'd4 E! b 7 4 6 . E! 1 c 2 E! h 1
47 . E! c 1 E! h 2 48. E! 1 c 2 E! x c 2
49.E! xc2 E!b1 SO.E!c4 E!h1 51.E!c3
E!h2 52.'\t'c4 c6 53.dxc6+ '\t'xc6
5 4 .'\t'd4 + '\t'd7 5 5 . E! b 3 '\t'c6
5 6 . E! c 3 + 'it'd 7 57. '\t'c4 '\t'c6
58. '\t'b3 + '\t'b5 5 9 . E! d 3 '\t'c6
6 0 .'\t'a4 E!e2 6 1 .'\t' x a S E! x e4
6 2 . E! c 3 + '\t'b7 6 3 . E! b 3 + '\t'c7
64.'\t'a6 E! a4 + 6 5 .'\t'bS E! f4
66.E!c3+ '\t'd7 67.a4 hS 68. E!c4
E!f3 69.a5 E!b3+ 70.'\t'a4 E! x h3
71 .a6 h xg4 72.a7 E!hS 73.b5 d5
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

74. Et x g4 'if; d 6 7 5 . Et f4 1 'it> e S the pioneers of the Budapest, and that

76.Etfl d 4 77.'if;b6 d 3 78.'if;b7 d 2
79.a8 = 'il11 Et x a8 80. 'if} x a8 dl = 'il11
S t . Et x d l 'if; x fS 8 2 . 'if}b7 'if}e4
8 3 . Et e l +I 'if}d4 84 . Etf l 'if; e S
8S.'if;c6 f S 86.'if;c5 'if;e4 87.'if;c4 f4
SS. Et e l + 'it>f3 8 9 . 'if; d 3 'if; g 2
90.Ete2+ 'it>g3 91.Ete7, 1-0
Andy Soltis's Karl Marx Plays Chess
(p. 1 4 1 ) gives the following story about
this game: "Desperation preparation is
a feature of some of the most memo
this newly di scovered gambit gave
Rubinstein fits in Berlin (Y2-2Y2! ) are
all beyond question. What doesn't seem
to work is the bit about this game be
ing played in round one. The tourna
ment book by Kagan states clearly that
it was played in the third round. Abonyi
may well have helped Vidmar prepare,
but it clearly was not five minutes be
fore round one.
(395) Rubinstein Vidmar
-

rable stories of the great masters of the
past. Take the case of Berlin 1 9 1 8 when
the first-round pairings were drawn up
five minutes before the clocks were to
be started. Milan Vidmar had virtually
no time to figure out what to do against
the v i rt u o s o of the w h i t e p i e c e s ,
Poland's Akiva Rubinstein. ' What shall
I play? ' Vidmar asked a friend, Istvan
Abonyi.
Berlin (3) April 22, 1 9 1 8
Budapest [A52]
Notes by Vidmar (V) and Trifunovic
(T).
l .d4 4) f6 2 .c4 eS 3 . d x e5 4) g4
4.Af4 4)c6 5 . 4) {3 Ab4+ 6.4)c3
'il1t e7 7.'il1f d5 A xc3+ 8.bxc3 'il1t a3
9.Etcl f6 10.exf6

"The Hungarian took three minutes to (V) I f 1 0 . e 6 d x e 6 ! l l . h S + g6

show him the latest idea against l .d4,
a curious gambit that had been kicking
around the local clubs. Vidmar tried it
and the opening gave him his most cel
1 2 .xg4 e5 1 3 .h4 exf4 1 4 .xf4 0-0
with advantage for Black.
10 4) xf6 ll.'il1fd2 d6 1 2.4)d4 0-0
..

ebrated victory." l3.e3 4) xd4!14.cxd4 4)e4 1 S.'il1f c2

'il1t a5+ 16.'if}e2
Like many stories involving Rubinstein,
this tale seems to have been embel (V) Or 1 6.'it'dl .ll f5 17 . .1ld3 4Jxf2 +
l i s h ed . That t h i s game is one of 18.xf2 .ll x d3 with a clear advantage
Vidmar's best, that Abonyi was one of for B lack.

Berlin 1918
April 20 - May 1

2 3 4 Total
I. Vidmar XX '12'12 Y2 1 II 4Y2
2. Schlechter '12'12 xx I '12 Y2Y2 3 Y2
3. Mieses '120 0'12 XX II 3
4. Rubinstein 00 '12Y2 00 XX

3 16
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16 . . . E{ x f41! 17.exf4 .1'U 5 18.'' b2
E{e8 19.f3
(T) If 19.dl then 19 . . . 4Jg3 wins.
(V) In case of 21.'i!tf3 Black wins by
2 1 . . . h 5 ! 2 2 . h 3 h 4 ! 2 3Jd l 4J g 5 +
2 4 . fxg5 e4+ 2 5 . 'ifi'e3 xg5 + 26.f4
xg2+ 27.'d3 g3 + .
(T) If, after 21. 'ifi'f3 h5!, White plays
22 .g3, then Black wins by 22 . . . 4Jd2 +
2 3 . 'ifi'g2 e4+ 24.'i!tgl 4Jf3+ 2 5 . 'i!tg2
4Jxd4+ 26.'i!tgl 4Jf3+ 27.g2 h4, etc.
21 . . . E{e6 2 2 .Ae2 Eth6+ 23.Ah5
E{ xh5+ 24.xh5 Ag6+, 0-1
(396) Rubinstein- Schlechter
Berlin (4) April 26, 1 9 1 8
Budapest [A52]
l . d4 4)f6 2 .c4 e S 3 . d x e 5 4) g4
4.Af4 4Jc6 s .4Jf3 Ab4+ 6.4Jc3
'f1e7 7.'f1d5 f6 8 . e x f6 A x c 3 +
9 . b x c 3 4) x f6 1 0 .'fJd3 d6 l l .e3
0 - 0 1 2 . Ae 2 4) e4 1 3 .'f1c2 4Jc5
14.4)d4 4Je5 1 5 . 0-0 Ad7 16.f3
E{ae8 17 . .Q.g3 'f1f7 18.Axe5 !! xeS
19.e4 a6 20.E{ae1 .Q.e6 2 1 . 4) xe6
'f1 x e6 2 2 . E{f2 Ete8 23 . .Q.f1 'f1d7
24. .d2 c6 25 . .bl d7 26 . .d5
317
t!Jf7 2 7 .'f1d2 b6 2 8 . E{ d 1 h6
29.'f1f2 h8 30.'fJe3 t!Jf6 3 1 .g3,
Draw
(397) Rubinstein- Mieses
Berlin (5) April 28, 1 9 1 8
Budapest [A52]
l .d4 4) f6 2 .c4 e5 3 . d x e 5 4) g4
4.Af4 4Jc6 s.4Jf3 Ab4+ 6.4Jc3
'f1e7 7.'f1d5 A x c3+ 8.bxc3 'fJa3
9 .'f1d3 'f1a5 1 0 . E{ c 1 4) g x e 5
1 1 . 4) x e 5 4) x e 5 1 2 .'f1g3 d 6
13.'f1xg7 4)g6 14.h4
14 .e4 was a better try (Lasker).
14 . . . h5 1 5 .e4 Ae6 16.Ag5 d7
17.f4 E{ae8 18.Ae2 'f1xa2!
With the point that 19 . f5 i s met by
19 . . . A x c 4
2 0 . A x c 4 . x e 4 + and
2 l . . .xc4 .
19.0-0 Ethg8 20.'fJd4 'fJ xe2 2 1.f5
A x c4 2 2 . f x g6 E{ x e4 2 3 .'fJ x a7
E{ xg6 24.E{f2 'f1d3 25.'fJ xb7 E{e2
2 6 . E{ x e 2 'fJ x e 2 2 7 . E{ a 1 E{ g8
2 8 . E{ a7 ? t!J e 1 + 2 9 . h 2 'fJ e S +
30.g1 'fJcS+ 31 .h1 AdS, 0-1
(398) Vidmar - Rubinstein
Berlin (6) April 30, 1 9 1 8
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D55]
1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.4Jc3 4)f6 4.Ag5
Ae7 s.e3 b6 6.4Jf3 Ab7 7.cxd5
exdS 8.Ad3 0-0 9.0-0 cS 10.E{c1
4) bd7 1 1 .'f1e2 c4?! 1 2. Af5 E{e8
1 3 .4J e 5 4) f8 1 4 . A h 4 4) e4 ?
1 5 . A x e4 .Q. x h4 1 6 . A b 1 A e 7
17.'f1f3 f 6 18.4) xc4 E{c8 19.4)d2
Ad6 2 0 . a 3 .Q.b8 2 1 . A a 2 h8
22.g3
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

If 2 2 . la.xd5 then 22 . . . . xc3! 23.la.xb7 32.E! xd6 E! xd6 33.E!h1 g7 34.g3

c7! is strong.
22 E! xc3 23.E! xc3 .le6 24.E!fc1
..
.l g S 2 S . g 2 d7 2 6 .h4 .l f7
27. te/f3 .lh6 28 . .1}.b1 e6 29.e4!
.1}.d6 30 . .1}.a2 dxe4 31 . .1}. x e6 exf3
32.dS fS 33 . .l xf3 g6 34 . .lg5 E!e7
3 S.b4 g7 36.E!c6 A xc6 37.E! xc6
.1}.eS 38.d6 E!e8 39.E!c7+, 1-0
Berlin 1918
After his debacle in Berlin earlier in the
year, Rubinstein returns to form and
turns in a solid result half a point be
hind the world champion. This was to
be one of the last tournaments for the
great Schlechter, who died on Decem
ber 27, 1 9 1 8 .
The event was held at the Cafe Kerkau
and organ ized by the indefatigable
Kagan.
Ac8 3 5 . E! c 1 Ad7 3 6 . E! a 1 Ac8
37.c3 E!d3 38.E!c1 .1l.d7 39.e2
E!d6 40. E! a 1 .1}.c8 4 1 . .l a S .l c7
42.c4 bxc4 43 . .lexc4 E!d4 44.E!c1
.lbS 4S . .Jc6 E!d7 46 . .!4a5 E!c7
47.E!cS Ae6 48 . .ld8 A gs 49.f4
E! x c S SO.b x c S e x f4 S 1 . g x f4 hS
S 2 .g x h 5 g x h S 5 3 . f3 f8
S4 . .j dc 6 e8 S 5 . g3 .l c 3
S6.f3 fS, Draw
(400) Rubinstein- Schlechter
Berlin (2) October I and 3, 1 9 1 8
Old Indian [A53]
Notes by Lasker (L), Kmoch (K) and
Authors (A).
l . d4 .l f6 2 . .l f3 d6 3 .c4 .11.g 4
4 . .l c3 .lbd7 S.h3 A x f3 6.exf3 eS
7 . .Q.e3 c6
(L) Unnecessary. B l ack must p l ay
7 ... la.e7 followed by . . 0-0 .
.

The third game, between Rubinstein

8 . .1}.e2 Ae7 9.0-0 0-0 10. c2 c7
and Lasker sees their personal score
1 1 . E! ad 1 e x d4 1 2 . A x d4 E! fe8
stay at 50 percent ( 1 lh- 1 lh).
13.f4 E!ad8 14.E!d2 a6 1 5 . E!fd1
.lf8 16 . .Q.e3 .je6
(399) Lasker- Rubinstein
B erlin ( 1 ) September 28, 1 9 1 8
Ruy Lopez [C84]

l . e4 e5 2 . .jf3 .l c 6 3 . A b S a6
4.Aa4 .lf6 s . .Jc3 Ae7 6.0-o bS
7 . .Q.b3 d6 8 . d 3 .l a 5 9 . h 3 0 - 0
10.Ag5 Ab7 1 1 ..l d 2 h 6 12.Ah4
.l x b3 1 3 . a x b3 dS 14.E!e1 d x e4
1 S . d x e4 .l d 7 1 6 . A x e7 x e7
1 7 . .l f 1 .l c 5 18 . .l g3 g6 1 9 . b4
.Je6 20 . .ld5 g5 21. g4 xg4
2 2 . h x g4 f6 23 . .le3 E!fd8 24.f3
E!d6 25 . .l e 2 E!ad8 26 . .l c 1 c5
27.bxc5 .! xc5 28.b4 .je6 29 . .lb3
f7 30.f2 E!c8 3 1 . E!.ad1 E!.cd8 Emanuel Lasker

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(L) B lack intends to play 17 . . . b5. (K) Attack is the soul of the game.
White sacrifices an important pawn in
17.a4 a5 18.f5 .i)c5 19.Af4 Af8 order to make a breech in the enemy's
20.Af3 .l)fd7 king position.

(K) Half-famished Schlechter - what a 27 ... .1) xa4

great contestant he was ! He stands con
fined and senses the highly dangerous
attack of White's g-pawn. Hence he
resolves upon the spirited sacrifice of
a pawn, which even at White's best play
offers far better drawing chances than
a passive defense.
(A) Schlechter alertly realizes his d-pawn
is a goner and j ettisons it at a particu
larly good time. Rubin stein cannot
refuse the offer, as . . .le5 is coming.
.
(L) B lack is in trouble; for example:
27 . . . .\ x e 4 2 8 . fx e 4 f6 2 9 . c 5 ! , o r
27 . . . .ld7 28.f6, and if 28 . . . g6? 29.c5 ! .
T h e o n l y c h a n c e i s o ffered b y
27 . . . .ld7 28.f6 .\xf6 29 . .\xf6+ gxf6
30. xf6 d7 3 l .g2, and now per
haps 3 1 . . .b5.
28.f61 .i)c5

(L) Now White wins by force.

2 l . A x d 6 A x d6 2 2 . E{ x d 6 .i)e5
2 3 . Et x d8 .l) x f3 + 24.g x f3 E{ x d8 29 .1) xc5 bxc5 30.g4 g6 31.g3!

25 . .1)e4! E{ xdl +? dB 32. e5 a4 33.h4 h6 34.<if;lg2

c8 35.<if;lg3 d8 36.<if;lg2 c8
(L) Unnecessary ! Now White takes 37. xc5 e6 38.e7 c8 39.c5
control of the d-file. Why not 25 . . . b6,
followed by . . .f6?
( A) L a s k er ' s p o i n t i s w e l l taken .
White's material advantage is negli
gible (a tripled f-pawn) and the reason
he quickly gets the better of it in the
game is because of h i s beautifully
centralized pieces. The knight on e4
can ' t easily be removed, but there is
no cause to let White's queen come
to the center.

26.' xdl b6 27.d4! 39 . . . g5

Berlin 1918
September 28 - October 1

2 3 4 Total
I . Lasker XX 'lz'lz 'lz! II 4\li
2 . Rubinstein 'lz\li XX I \I, \Iii 4
3. Schlechter Y>O O'lz XX 'lz'h 2
4. Tarrasch 00 \1,0 y, y, XX I 'lz

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(K) B l ack fal l s i nto zugzwang. I f
3 9 . . .'bS then 40:d7! as 4 1 .h5 g5
42.f4! , etc. And if 39 . . . aS the deci
sive continuation is 40.h5 g5 4 l .d7
'it'fS 4 2 . 'it'g l gS 4 3 . f4 ! . The White
queen will penetrate on the g-file.
40 . h x g 5 h x g5 4 1 . e 3 e6
42. x g5 + Citlf8 4 3 . g7 + Citle8
44. g8 + Citld 7 4 5 . g4 Citle8
46 . x e 6 + f x e6 4 7 . Citlg3 Citlf7
48.Citlf4 Citlxf6 49.Citle4, 1-0
(40 I) Tarrasch- Rubinstein
Berlin (3) October 1 9 1 8
Giuoco Piano [C54]
l .e4 e5 2 . 4:) f3 4:)c6 3 . Jl.c4 Ac5
4.c3 4:)f6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 J}.b4+
7 . A d 2 A x d 2 + 8 . 4:) b x d 2 d 5
9.exd5 4:) xd5 10.b3 4:)ce7
This line might be seen more often in
GM practice if Black didn't have the
annoying option of 1 0 . . . 4Ja5 , when
1 1 . a4 + 4Jc6 ( p l a n n i n g . . . 4Jb6)
1 2 .b3 4Ja5 offers a draw by repeti
tion, as in M i l e s -Korchno i , S outh
Africa 1 979.
1 1 .0 - 0 0-0 1 2 . E! fe l c6 1 3 . 4:) e4
4:)b6 t4.Afl
This game is mistakenly given in ECO,
volume C, second edition, with the con
tinuation 1 4 . 4Jc5 4Jxc4 1 5 .xc4 b6
16.4Jd3 b7 with equality. It did not
go that way, but Tartakover, in My Best
Games of Chess, 1 905- 1 930 (pp. 1 82-
1 83), continues with 1 7 . ad l and the
assessment that Black's position is dif
ficult. Lasker, in Kagan's pamphlet on
the tournament, gives instead 16 . . . e6
17.c2 d5 1 S .4Je5 , while Tartakover
offers the pretty line 1 7 . xe6! fx e6
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1 8.xe6+ 'it'hS 19.4Jde5 eS 20.4Jg5
4Jd5 2 1 .4Jef7+ gS 2 2 . 4Jh6+ hS
2 3 . g S + x gS 2 4 . 4Jf7 + x f7
25 .xf7+ mate.
14 . . . 4:)f5 1 5 . E!adl Ae6 1 6 . a3
4:)c4 17.c3 4:)cd6 18.4:)c5 Jl,d5
1 9 . Ele 5 b6 2 0 . 4:) a 6 f6 2 1 . Elee l
Elc8 22.4:)b4 d7 23.4:) xd5 cxd5
24. b 3 4:) c4 2 5 . El c l 4:) fd6
2 6 . Ad 3 E! fe8 27 . E! x e8+ x eS
28.Elel d7 29.J}.bl Ele8 30. d3
g6, Draw
(402) Rubinstein- Lasker
Berlin (4) October 9, 1 9 1 8
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [D34]
Notes by Lasker.
l .d4 d5 2.4:)f3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5
exd5 5.4:)c3 4:)c6 6.g3 4:)f6 7 . .Q.g2
A e 6 8 . 0 - 0 Ae7 9 . d x c 5 J}. x c 5
1 0. .Q.g5 0-0 l l .E!cl Ab6!?
A bit speculative, but seems to be the
right continuation.
1 2.b3 Ele8 13.e3 4:)b41
Threatening 1 4 . . . h6 1 5 . x f6 xf6
1 6.a3 4Jc6 1 7.4Jxd5 b2 ! .
14.4:)d4 h6 15.Jl.xf6 x f6 16.a3
4:) c 6 1 7 . 4:) x d 5 A x d 5 1 8 . .Q. x d5
4:) xd4 19.exd4 E!e7 20.g4 Axd4
B etter i s 20 . . . x d4 2 l . cS + x eS
2 2 .xcS+ h7 2 3 . xb7 g6 24.a6
c7 and Black has a good position as
compensation for the pawn.
21.J}.xb71 Eld8
Natural ly not 21...Elxb7? because of
2 2 .ElcS + .
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2 2 . la c 6 t\'e5 2 3 . la c S la x cS
24. t\' x cS + <it>h7 2 5 . t\'c 2 + g6
2 6 .JU3 Jlb2 27.a4 a 5 2 S . la d l
t\'c3 29.t\'xc3 Jl xc3 30.<;t>g2 <it>g7
3l.lad6 Jlb4 32.ladS Ac3 33.Jld5
h5 3 4 . Jlc4 Ab4 3 5 . h4 A e l
3 6 . la d 5 Jl b 4 37.f3 A e l 3 S .g4
h x g4 3 9 . f x g4 laa7 40.h5 g x h 5
4 1 . la x h 5 la e 7 4 2 . <;t>f3 A d 2
43.lad5 Ab4 44.Ad3 <;t>fs 45.lab5
lael 46.Ae4 Ad2 47.labS+ <it>g7
4 S . A d 5 la e 3 + 4 9 . <iftf2 lae7
50.lab5, Draw
(403) Schlechter- Rubinstein
Berlin (5) October 6 and 9, 1 9 1 8
Vienna [C28]
l .e4 e5 2 . Ac4 f6 3 . c3 c6
4.d3 Ac5 5 .Ag5 h 6 6 . Ah4 d6
7.d5 g5 S.Ag3 x d5 9.Jlxd5
e7 1 0.h4 x d5 l l .e x d5 t\'f6
1 2 .t\' d 2 la gS 1 3 . h x g 5 h x g 5
14.e2 Ad7 15.d4 exd4 16.0-0-0
0-0-0 17. x d4 lahS 1S.b3 Ab6
1 9 . la x hS la x h S 2 0 . la e l Af5
2 1 .t\'e2 Jlg6 22.a4 a6 23.a5 Aa7
24.f3 g4 25.fxg4 t\'g5+ 26.t\'d2
t\'xg4 27.Axd6 t\'c4 2S.Ag3 ladS
29.d6 cxd6 30.ladl??
In time pressure, Schlechter blunders
(we assume the time control was 30
moves in two hours). Note there were
many ways to blunder here. For ex
ample, 3 0 . 'it'b l ?? l o s e s a p i ec e to
30 . . . xb3, and the natural- looking
30 . .ll f2 i s answered by 30 . . . .ll x c 2 ! ,
which leads t o a pawn-up endgame af
ter 3 1 . x c 2 x c 2 + 3 2.' x c 2 .ilxf2
33 . . fl .ila7 34 . . x f7 . g8, as in the
game . S i nce o fferi n g the trade of
32 1
queens with 30.c3 (White does get a
nice square on d4 for hi s knight) is
awfully committal on the last move of
the time control, it might have made
sense for White to make a neutral move
like 30.Ah2 anticipating 30 . . . .g8.
30 . . . Ae4??
And Rubinstein blunders back, miss
ing 30 . . . Ae3 winning on the spot. How
to explain the double blunder? Emanuel
Lasker, annotating the game in the tour
nament book, published by Kagan (Das
Gross meis ter- Turnier im Kerkau
Palast z u Berlin) mentions there was
time pressure.
3 l . Af2 A x c2 3 2 . t\' x c 2 t\' x c 2 +
3 3 . <ift x c 2 A x f2 3 4 . la f l Aa7
3 5 . la x f7 lagS 3 6 . d 2 la x g 2
3 7 . <ift d 3 Jlc5 3S.b3 d 5 3 9 . laf5
Jlb4 40.f3 lab2 41.laxd5 la xb3+
42.<;t>c4 labl 43.d2 lab2 44.b3
Ae7 4 5 . <it>c3 la a 2 4 6 . la h 5 la a4
47 . la hS + <it>d7 4 S . la h 7 <;t>d6
4 9 . c 5 laa3+ 5 0 . b3 la a 2
5 1 . la h 6 + <it> d 7 5 2 . la b 6 <it>c7
53.lae6 Ad6 54.lae4 lah2 55.lac4+
<it>d7 5 6 . c 5 + A x c 5 5 7 . la x c 5 ,
Draw
(404) Rubinstein- Tarrasch
Berlin ( 6) October 1 1 , 1 9 1 8
Benoni [A43]
l .d4 f6 2.f3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.c3
e5 5.dxe6 Axe6 6.e4 Ae7 7.Jlg5
bd7 S . Jl e 2 0 - 0 9 . 0 - 0 b6
1 0 .t\' d 2 d 5 l l .e x d 5 b x d 5
1 2 . xd5 t\'xd5 13.t\'xd5 x d5
14 . .1l x e7 x e7 1 5 . la fe l h6
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t 6 . Ac4 A x c4 1 7 . x e7 A d S
18.dl fd8 19.a3 Cit>f8 20.c7
Ac6 21 .el ac8 22. xc8 xeS
23.e5 e8 24.e3 d8 25.Cit>fl
Ae8 2 6 . Cit> e l d4 2 7 .g3 Aa4
28.b3 Ae8 29.f3 d6 30.d3 b6
3l.Cit>d2 Ab5 32.Cit>c3 Ad7 33.a4
g5 34.f4 f6 35.el e6 36. x e6
A x e6 37.b2 Cit>e7 38.dl gxf4
39.gxf4 Cit>f7 40.e3 Cit>g6 4t.Cit>d3
Cit>h5 42.Cit>e4 Ac8 43.Cit>d5 Cit>h4
44.Cit>d6 Cit>h3 4S.Cit>c7 Ae6 46.f5 51 .a61, 1-0
Af7 47.Cit>b7 h5 48.Cit>xa7 Cit>xh2
49.Cit>xb6 Cit>g3 50.a5 Cit>f3 For if 51. . . '<ti'xe3 then 5 2 . c4! wins.

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Warsaw City Championship
Zdzislaw Belsitzmann, probably best
known for losing a famous miniature
to Rubinstein (Warsaw 1 9 1 7 , game
#3 86), had the greatest result of his
short-lived career in the 1 9 1 9 Warsaw
City Championship. There, against a
very strong all-master field (historical
Elo ratings: Rubinstein 2640, Flamberg
2480, Przepi6rka 2470, and Lowcki
2440), he scored 1 1 out of 1 4, losing
only to Rubinstein. Tragically, he died
a year later.
Another budding talent in the field was
Jozsef Dominik. Like Belsitzmann, he
started his tournament career just be
fore World War I and perished not long
after the armistice.
Leon Szwarcman ( 1 887- 1 942)) has a
section (pages 1 2 1 - 1 23) devoted to him
in Tadeusz Wolsza's A rcymistrzowie,
m is trzowie, amatorzy. . . - Slo wn ik
biograficzny szachist6w polskich vol. 3
(Warsaw 1 999). Wolsza writes that
Szwarcman was born in Warsaw in
1 8 8 7 and studied in St. Petersburg as
a young man. He returned to Poland
but in the early 1 920s moved to France
where he played in many tournaments
including Hyeres 1 92 7 and won the
championship ofParis. During this time
h i s name was o ften spel l ed
Schwartzmann and even Szwarzman.
He was arrested in 1 942 and trans
ported to Auschwitz, where he died on
September 3, 1 942 .
Warsaw 1 9 1 9 , which was not one of
Rubinstein's most memorable tourna
ments , was to be his last event in Poland
for eight years. Shortly after the City
Championship he moved to Sweden,
which in the period 1 9 1 9- 1 92 1 was to
serve as a shelter in the storm for chess
masters trying to survive in the waste
land that Europe had become.
While Poland had re-emerged as an in
dependent nation in the aftermath of
World War I, there was still a war to be
fought with the Bolsheviks over the
border to the East. Germany, which had
been a good place to be in 1 9 1 8, was
now racked by the collapse of its cur
rency. Meanwhile, Scandinavia had
emerged comparatively unscathed .
Though not boasting a major chess tra
dition, it rose to the occasion and held
a wealth of interesting events in the
period 1 9 1 9- 1 92 1 .
Litmanowicz and Gizycki, in their sec
tion on Rubinstein, mention that he re
located from Poland for health and fi
nancial reasons . Stories have also cir
culated that Rubinstein lost a consider
able sum when the German mark plum
meted. We were not able to confirm
this, but it seems plausible. What is
certain is that Akiva was heavily in
volved in the Swedish chess scene for
the next few years.
(405) Rubinstein- Belsitzman
Warsaw ( City Championship) 1 9 1 9
Queen 's Gambit Declined [064]
Notes by F l amberg from Szachista
Polski 1 920.
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.c3 f6 4 . .Q.g5
.Q.e7 5.e3 0-0 6.f3 bd7 7.f!cl
c6 8. 'iWc2 f!eS 9 . .Q.d3 h6 10 . .Q.h4
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d x c4 1 1 . A x c4 b5 1 2 . A d 3 a 6
13.a4 Ab7 14.0-0 c8
B lack ' s best here is 14 . . . b4 1 5 .4Je4
4:l x e 4 1 6 . .1l x e 7 'it! x e 7 1 7 . .1l x e 4 f5
1 8 ..1ld3 c5 1 9 . dxc5 J:::i ac8 with a good
game. Giving up all thought of . . c6-c5
now and forever, B lack falls into a stra
tegically hopeless position.
1 5 . fd 1 .l d 5 ? 1 6 . A x e7 'lti x e7
1 7 . .\ x d 5 e x d 5 1 8 . A f 5 c7
1 9 . a x b5 a x b 5 2 0 . a 1 .1 b6
21.dc1 .\c4 22.b3 .1d6 23.Ad3
aS 24. 'ltic5 7c8 25 . .\e5 'ltic7
26. x a8 xa8 27.f3 f6?
3 0 . .\ f7 1 .\ x f7 3 l . E! x b7 .1 d 6
32.d7 a6 33.Ag6 f8 34.g4,
1-0
(4 0 6) Belsitzmann- Rubinstein
Warsaw (City Championship) 1 9 1 9
. Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]
Notes by Belsitzmann from Szachista
Polski 1 920.
l .e4 e5 2 . .\ f3 .\c6 3 . .\c3 .1 f6
4.Ab5 .1d4 5.Ac4 Ac5 6 . .\ xe5
'ltie7 7 . .\d3 d 5 8 . A x d 5 .\ x d 5
9 . .\ x d 5 'lti x e4 + 1 0 . .\ e3 A d 6
l l .f3 'ltig61

Weaker i s l l . . .'lil'h4+ 1 2 .4Jf2 , and if

1 2 . . . .1lxh2?, then 1 3 .c3 4Jf5 1 4 .'lil'e2
4Jg3 1 5 . 4Jf5 + 4:lxe2 1 6 . 4Jxh4 4:l x c l
1 7 . J:::i xh2 g 5 1 8 .J:::i x c l gxh4 1 9 .J:::i xh4 ,
with a clear advantage for White.

1 2 .b3?

[Authors : Better is 1 2 . 4Jf2 .]

12 ... Af51 13.Ab2

[Authors : The decisive mistake. Some
defensive chances were offered by
27 . . . 'lil'e7 .]
2 8 . 'lti x d 5 + 1 c x d5 2 9 . E! x c 7 a3
If 1 3 .4:lxf5, then 13 . . . 'lil'xg2! 1 4 .4:lxd4
(or 1 4 . 4:lxd6+ cxd6 1 5 . J:::i fl 0-0-0, fol
lowed by . . . J:::i e 8 + ) 'lil' x h l + 1 5 . e2
'lil'g2+ 16.4Jf2 .llc 5 1 7 .c3 0-0-0 1 8.d3

Warsaw 1919
September - October 1919

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
I. Belsitzmann XX Yz 1 YzO 11 1 Yz 11 11 Yz 1 11
2 . Flarnberg YzO XX Yz 1 Yz 1 01 10 11 Yz 1 9
3 . Rubinstein Yz 1 YzO XX 01 1 Yz 10 10 11 8 Yz
4. Przepi6rka 00 YzO 1 0 XX OYz 11 11 11 8
5. Dominik OY2 1 0 OYz 1 Yz XX 00 II 11 7 Yz
6. Szwarcrnan 00 01 01 00 11 XX 11 01 7
7. Kleczynski 00 00 0 1 00 00 00 XX II 3
8. Lowcki YzO YzO 00 00 00 10 00 XX 2

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. he8+ 1 9.Ae3 . xd4 20.cxd4 Axd4,
and Black wins.
13 . . . 4) x c 2 + 1 4. " x c 2 A x d 3
1 5 . c3 0 - 0 1 6 . 0 - 0 - 0 a5 17.h4
-'lb4
18.4)d51 fd8 19.h5 A x c3?
B etter is 19 . . . g5 2 0 . x d 3 . x dS
2 l . e2 . ad8, and Black wins the d
pawn .
2 0 . 4) e7 + <jfjlf8 2 1 . 4) x g6 + f x g6
2 2 . d x c 3 <it'f7 2 3 . d 2 Af5
24 . h x g6 + <jfjl x g6 2 5 . e 2 e8
2 6 . h e 1 Et x e 2 27 . Et x e 2 <it'f7
28.Aa3 Ae6 29.<ifi'b2 a4 30. e4
axb3 3 1 .axb3 d8 32.d4 Et x d4
33.cxd4 Ad5 34.<ifi'c3 g5 35.Ac1
<jfjlg6 3 6 . b4 h5 3 7 . <ifi' d 3 <it'f5
38.<ifi'e3 c6 3 9 . A d 2 g4 40.-'le1
g x f3 4 1 .g x f3 <ifi'g5 4 2 . Ag3 h4
4 3 . Ac7 h3 44.<jfjlf2 b5 4 5 . <ifi'g3
Jte6, Draw
(407) PrzepiOrka Rubinstein
- 0-0-0 1 2.0-0-0 .le7 13.4)e2 4)c6
Warsaw (City Championship) 1 9 1 9
Ruy Lopez [C79]
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . A b 5 a6
4 . Aa4 4) f6 5 . 0 - 0 d6 6 . d4 b5
7 . d x e 5 d x e 5 8 . x d8+ 4) x d8
9.Ab 3 .l d7 10 . .1}.e 3
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Recent theory prefers 1 0 .a4.
1 0 ... f6 1 l .c3 .lc5 1 2 . Ac2 Ab7
13 . .lfd2 Ad6 14.b4 .ld7 15 . .lb3
4) b6 16.d1 <it'e7 17 . .l a 5 -'lc8
1 8 . 4) d 2 Ad7 1 9 . Et a c 1 b 8
2 0 . 4) db3 4) e 6 2 1 . d 3 ? 4) c4 1
2 2 . e 1 4) x e3 2 3 . Et d x e3 hc8
24.d1 c5 25.Eted3 b6 26.4)b7?
A mistake in an already very difficult
position.
26 ... xb7 27. xd6 c x b4 28. x a6
bxc3 29.f3 b4 30.a3 Ab5 31.a5
Ac4 32.axb4 Axb3 33.-'lxb3 4)d4
34.Ad5 c2, 0- 1
(408) Rubinstein- PrzepiOrka
Warsaw (City Championship) 1 9 1 9
King 's Gambit Declined [C30]
1 .e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3 . .lf3 d6 4.4)c3
4) c 6 5 . -'l b 5 Ad7 6 . d 3 4) d4
7 . A x d7+ x d7 8 . f x e 5 4) x f3 +
9 . x f3 d x e5 10.f1 f 6 l l .Ad2
14. f5 4) d4 15 . .1 x d4 A x d4
16.g4 Ac5 17.de1 deS 18.h4
Ete6! 19.<ifi'b1 he8 20.Ac1 <jfjlbS
2 1 . d1 a4 22.b3 c6 23.Ab2
d 6 24. f3 ed8 2 5 . e 2 a 5
26.c3 a6 27.Etf3 b 5 28.a3 Ab6
29.<ifi'c2 c5 30.3fl a4 31.b4 c x b4
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3 2 . a x b4 Aa7 3 3 . A a 3 c 6
3 4 . A b 2 Cit'b7 3 5 . Cifi' b 1 Cit' a 6
36 . . d 2 d7 3 7. .fd1 e6 38.c4
Ad4 39.cxb5+ Cifi' x b5 40 . .c2 b3
4 1 . Cifi'c 1 a3 4 2 . -'l, x d4 . x d4
43 . . c 5 + Cifi' x b4 44 . . c 7 . 8d7
45.d2+ Cit'a4, 0-1
(409) Szwarcman- Rubinstein
Warsaw (City Championship) 1 9 1 9
Ruy Lopez Steinitz Deferred [C73]
Notes by Lowcki from Szachista Polski
1 920.
1 . e4 e 5 2 . /il f3 4) c 6 3 . A h 5 a6
4.Aa4 d6 5.Axc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6
7.h3 g6 8.0-0 4)h6 9.dxe5 fxe5
10.Ag5 d7 1 1.d2 /ilf7 12./ilc3
Ag7 1 3 . Ae3 .b8 1 4 . b 3 e7
15 ..ad1 Ae6 16.4)h2 0-0 17./ile2
h6 1 8 .c4 Cit'h7 1 9 . Cifi' h 1 . a S
20.a5 /il d S 21.f4 exf4 22.4) xf4
AgS??
Black should play 22 . . . .1lf7.
23./il xg6! . xfl+
If 23 . . . ' x g 6 , then 2 4 . x f8 x f8
2 5 . fl .ilf6 26. f5+ g7 27.4Jg4 , and
White wins.
24. . xfl xe4 25./ilfS+ Cifi'h8
Or 25 . . . .1lxf8 26. xf8 iirxe3 27.iirf5 +
g7 28.f6+ h7 29.4Jg4, White has
a decisive attack.
2 6 . 4) g4 /il b7 2 7 . d 2 . x fS
2S . . x f8 A x fS 29.-'l,d4+, 1-0
For if 2 9 . . . .1lg7 3 0 . 'il'x h 6 + h7
3 l ..ilxg7+ mate.
( 41 0) Flamberg - Rubinstein
Warsaw (City Championship) 1 9 1 9
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]
l .e4 e5 2 . /il f3 4)c6 3 . /il c3 4)f6
4.Ab5 4)d4 5.Aa4 Ac5 6.4) xe5
0-0 7./ild3 Ah6 S.e5 Jil eS 9.0-0
d6 10.exd6 /il xd6 1 1 .4)f4!? g5
1 2 . d 3 Ag4 1 3 . /il fd 5 A x d 1
1 4 . A x g5 A x c 2 1 5 . Ae71 . fbS
1 6 . A x c 2 /il x c 2 17 . . a c 1 4) d4
1 S . -'l, x d6 c x d 6 1 9 . /il x b6 a x b6
20 . .fe1 Cit'fS 2 1.f3 .a5 22. Cit'f2 f5
23.a3 Cit'f7 24.f4 4)e6 25.g3 .cS
26.4)e2 .ac5 27.Cifi'e3 .c2 2S.d4
. x c 1 29 . . x c 1 . x c 1 3 0 . 4) x c 1
/il c 7 3 1 . /il e 2 Cit' e 6 3 2 . Cifi'd3 d 5
33./ilg1 JileS 34.4)f3 4)f6 35.Cifi'c3
Cit'd6 36.Cjfjlb4 4)e4 37.Cifi'b5 Cit'c7
38./ilg5 4)d6+ 39.Cifi'b4 Cit'c6 40.a4
h6 4 1 . /il f3 Cifi'c7 4 2 . b3 Jil e S
4 3 . Cit'c3 4) e 7 44. Cit'b4 4) c 6 +
45. Cit'c3 Cjfjld6 46.4)e5 /ildS 47 .4)f3
4)c6 4S./ile5 /ildS, Draw
(4 1 1 ) Rubinstein- Flamberg
Warsaw (City Championship) 1 9 1 9
Dutch Stonewall [A95]
1 .d4 e6 2./ilf3 f5 3.c4 4)f6 4.g3 d5
5.Ag2 Ae7 6.0-0 0-0 7. b3 c6
S./ilc3 CjfjlhS 9.Af4 4)e4!?
This move is not mentioned in ECO.
1 0 . . a d 1 /il d7 1 1 . c 2 4) df6
1 2./ile5 Ad7 13.f3 4) xc3 14. xc3
d x c4 1 5 . x c4 /il d 5 1 6.A c 1 f4
1 7 . Ah3 Ad6 1 S . d 3 A x e 5
1 9 . d x e 5 g5 20. e 4 c5 2 1 .e3
fx g3 2 2 .f4 h5 2 3 .g2 g x h 2 +
24 . x h 2 A h 5 2 5 . . fe 1 4) b4
2 6 . . d 6 /il d 3 2 7 . . f l 4) x e 5 1
2 8 . f x e 5 A x f 1 2 9 . Ag 2 x h 2 +
3 0 . Cjfjl x h 2 E{ f 2 3 1 . g 1 . x g 2 +
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3 2 . <ifjl x f l . c 2 3 3 . dl. d 2 . x b 2
34. <ifjle2 <it'gS 0-1

Stockholm
December I - I 7, I 9 I 9

Two maj or tournaments were held in

Stockholm in the second half of I 9 I 9.
Rubinstein missed the first, won by
Bogolj ubow, because of passport dif
ficulties, but he participated in the sec
ond event. Held in December, the qua
22.c51 ttb4 23 . .Jf4 .lc3
drangular tournament was a great suc
cess for Rudolf Spielmann, who, with
a 3 \lz- Yz blowout of Bogolj ubow, eas I f 2 3 . . . .:tlxc5, then 24 . .:tlh5 . e6 25.c2
ily captured the first prize. Rubinstein . b8 26 ..1l.f3 d5 27.xf5 , etc.
had the distinction of not only scoring
50 percent in the tournament but also
doing the same against each ofhis three
adversaries. C l early better i s 2 5 . x b 2 e 5
26 . .llc 4+ d 5 27..bc l .
(4 I 2) Rubinstein- Reti
Stockholm ( I ) I 9 1 9 25 ... tt xd2 26 . . xd2 .J e4 27 . .b2
King's Indian [E90] .l xc 5 28 . .c1 <it'fS 29 . .c4 <it'e7
30 . .h4 h6 31 . .c4 <it'd7 32.dl.f3
Notes by the authors, based upon the . e S 3 3 . <it' h 2 <it' c 7 3 4 . <it'g3 a 5
annotations by Cela and Gaba from their 35.<it'h4 .le4 3 6. .bc2 d 5 3 7. .a4
I 973 book on the tournament. .aS 38.g41 <ifjld6?1 39.gxf5 .Jc5?1

1 . .J f3 .lf6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 g6 4 . .Jc3
Ag7 5.e4 dl.g4 6.h3 A x f3 7.tt xf3
0 - 0 8 . dl. e 2 .l fd7 9 . ttd 3 .J c 6
10.Ae3 e5 l l .d5 .l d4 1 2.0-0 f5
1 3 . e x f5 g x f5 1 4 . A x d4 e x d4
1 5 . .l b 5 .l c 5 1 6 . tt d 2 .J e4
17.ttd1 c5 18.dxc6 bxc6 19 . .J xd4
ttb6 20 . .Je6 Axb2 21 . .b1 .f6
Better, but scarcely enough for victory,
is 39 . . . . xf5 40 . .ll x e4 . f4 + 4 1 .r.t>g3
. xe4 4 2 . . xe4 dxe4 43.'it'f4, etc.
40 . .g41 .ld7
If 40 . . . . xf5? 4 1 . . g6+ 4.:\e6 42 . .ll g4
.e5 43.f4 and 44.f5, winning a piece.

Stockholm 1919

2 3 4 Total
I . Spiehnann xxxx Y:zO I Y:z I Y:z l l Y:z ! O Y:z 7 Y2
2. Rubinstein Y:z i O Y2 xxxx 00 1 1 Y:z i O Y:z 6
3 . Bogoljubuow O Y200 I I 00 xxxx 01 1 1 5 Y:z
4 . Reti Y20 I Y:z Y:zO I Y:z 1 000 xxxx 5

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4 1 . E!g7 E! af8 4 2 . Jl,g4 d4 43.f4
E!Sf7?
A waste of time. Better is 43 . . . c5.
44.E!g6 4)f8 45.\tlh5! c5 46.\tlxh6
4) x g6 47.fxg6 E!c7 48.\tlg5 E!f8
49.Ae2! E!e8 50.Jl,c4 E!e3 51 .h4
E!g3 + 5 2 . \tlf6 E!g4 53 .f5 E! x h4
54.g7 E! xg7 55.\tlxg7 \tle5 56.E!f2
E! g4+ 5 7 . \tlf7 \tle4 5 8 . \tl e 6 d3
59.f6 E!h4 60.f7 E!h6+ 61.\tle7, t-o
(4 1 3 ) Rubinstein- Spielmann
Stockholm (2) 1 9 1 9
Queen's Gambit Declined [D06]
1 .4)f3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 4)f6 4.cxd5
cxd4 5.xd4 xd5 6.4)c3 x d4
7.4) x d4 a6 8.g3 e5 9 . 4) c 2 Ad7
1 0 . Jl,g 2 Ac6 1 1 . 0 - 0 A x g 2
1 2 . \tl x g 2 4) bd7 1 3 . E! d l E!c8
14 . .le3 Ac5 15 . .lf5 g6 16.4)d6+
Jl, x d6 17.E! xd6 \tle7 18.E!dl \tle6
1 9 . Ag 5 E!c4 2 0 . E! d 2 E!d4
2 1 . E! a d l E! x d 2 2 2 . E! x d 2 E!c8
2 3 . \tlf3 4) e8 24 .e4 f6 2 5 . Ae3
4)d6 2 6 . 4) d 5 E!c4 27.b3 E!c6
28.g4 f5 29.gxf5+ gxf5 30.exf5+
4) xf5 31 . 4) b4 E!c3 32.4)d5 E!c6,
Draw
(4 1 4) Bogoljubow - Rubinstein
Stockholm (3) 1 9 1 9
Queen's Gambit Declined [D60)
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lf3 4)f6 4.4)c3
Ae7 5.Ag5 .lbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Ad3
0 - 0 8 . 0 - 0 d x c4 9 . A x c4 4) d 5
10.4)e4!?
A forgotten idea of Bogo1j ubow's that
was further developed and used by
A l e k h i n e in h i s match aga i n s t
Capablanca. ECO shows only 1 0 . xe7
328
xe7 l l .e4, which was the move
order Alekhine adopted.
10 . . . Jl, xg5 1 1 .4)exg5 h6 1 2 .4)e4
e7 13.E!cl .! 5b6 14.Ab3 E!d8
1 5.E!el 4)f8 16.e2 Ad7 17 . .Je5
Jle8 18.f4 f6 19 . .lf3 Af7 20.g4!
4) bd7 21 .Jl,c2 E!ac8 22.g5 hxg5
2 3 . f x g 5 f5 24 . 4) g3 g6 2 5 . E! f l
E!e8?! 26. g2 e5?!
Better is 26 . . . c5.
27.Jl,xf5! exd4
If 27 . . . gxf5 2 8 . xf5 e6 2 9 . h6+
'tig7 30.xf7 xf7 3 1 .xe5 gets three
pawns and an attack for the sacrificed
piece.
2 8 . h 3 ! x e3 + 2 9 . \tlg2 A d 5
30.Jl,xd7 4) xd7 3l.xd7 E!f8?
According to the tournament book, af
ter the game Rubinstein demonstrated
the fol l owing interesting variation :
3 l . . . . cd8! 3 2 . g4 d3!! 33 . . ce l d2
34 . . xe3 . xe3 35 . . d l ! . f8 36 . . xd2
xf3+ 37.'tif2 ! xg4+ 38.xe3, with
a slightly better endgame for White.
32 . ..cel A x f3+ 33.\tlh3 d2
l f 33 . . xg5 34 . xf3! and White wins.
. .
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34. "ll?/e 6+ r:t;g7 35. "ll?/e 5+1 r:tlh7
If 35 . . . 'it'g8 3 6 . f! xf3 ! f! x f3 3 7 . f! e4!
f! cf8 38.f!h4 and White wins.
36 . . xf31 . xf3 37 .e4, 1-0
(4 1 5) Reti- Rubinstein
Stockholm (4) 1 9 1 9
24."ll?/f4 "ll?/ e 2 25.h3 .d3 26."ll?/c7+
r:t;g6 27.r:t;g1 . x b3??
A blunder, which allows Reti to finish
the game with a mating attack. Instead,
27 . . . e6, with the idea of 28 . . . d7,
holds equality.
28 .1l,f81 e8

King's Gambit [C33 ]

Rubinstein overlooked that he is lost
Notes b y Bogoljubow. after 2 8 . . . e 3 + 2 9 . '1t' h l h 6
30.f! xf6+! xf6 3 l .e7+ f5 32 .f7+
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4. "ll?/ f3
'it'e4 33.c4+ ! .
f6 5.Ab5+ Ad7
29."ll?/ f7+ r:t;h6 30. .1}. xg7+, 1-0
[Authors : Recent theory recommends
5 . . . c6! 6. dxc6 <tlxc6 7.d4 d7 8.<tle2
(4 1 6) Spielmann - Rubinstein
b6 9:iil'd3 d6 1 0.c4 0-0! l l .Axc6
Stockholm (5) 1 9 1 9
xc6 1 2 . 0-0 ( 1 2 . c5 x c 5 1 3 . d x c 5
Ruy Lopez [C80]
x c 5 ) 1 2 . . . f! ad8, with advantage for
Black.]
l . e4 e 5 2 . f3 c6 3 . Ab 5 a6
4 . .1}.a4 f6 5.0-0 x e4 6.d4 b5
6.c3 Ab4 7.ge2 0-0 8 . .1l, x d7
7 . Ab3 d 5 8.d x e 5 Ae6 9 . c3 ?
bxd7 9.0-0 b6 10. xf4 "ll?/d7
x c3 1 0 . b x c3 e 7 l l . Aa3 a 5
Deserving of attention is 1 0 . . . xc3 1 2 . d4 a 4 13.f4 a x b3 14 . .1l, x e7
l l . d x c 3 <tl b x d 5 1 2 . <tl x d 5 xd5 .1l, x e7 15.f5 Ad7 16.e6
1 3 . g3 c6! 1 4 .e3 <tle4 .

1 l . d 3 .adS 1 2 . e4 f x d 5
13. xd5 xd5 14.a3 f5 15.f6+
x f6 1 6 . a x b4 "ll?/ d 4+ 1 7 . r:t; h 1
"ll?/ x b4 18 . x a7 c 6 19.b3

Here 19.xf5? does not work because

of 1 9 . . . <tlg4 2 0 . e6+ 'it'h8 2 l . f! e l
d4, etc.

19 "ll?/ c 5 20 . xb7 "ll?/ xc2 2 1 .Aa3

.f71 1 6 . . . b21 17 . .b1 . x a2 18.e x d7+

The right defense. If 2 l . . . f! fe8, then
2 2 . xf5 xd3 23.f! xg7 + ! .
2 2 . x f7 r:tl x f7 2 3 . "ll?/ x f5 "ll?/ x d 3
"ll?/ xd7 19.f6 A x f6 20."ll?/ e 2+ r:t;f8
21. xb5 h5 22."ll?/d3 .h6 23.d4
.g6 24. e 2 r:t;g8 2 5 . f4 .g5
2 6 . h 3 . e 5 2 7 . r:t; h l e8
28.gl c6 29.f3 .e4 30.h3 g6

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3 1 . 4) d4 .Q.g7 3 2 . d 2 E! e 3
33 . 4) x c 6 .Q. x c3 34 . x d S E! a 1
3S.h2 E! x b1 36.E{ xb1 E{e1, 0-1
(4 1 7) Rubinstein- Bogoljubow
Stockholm (6) 1 9 1 9
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
1 .d4 4)f6 2.4)f3 e6 3 ..Q.f4 cS 4.e3
b6 s. c 1 4)c6 6.c3 ds 7 . h 3
.ll. d 7 8 . 4) bd 2 E!c8 9 . .Q.e2 .Q. e 7
10.0-0 0 - 0 l l .E!e1 E!fe8 1 2 . .Q.d3
4)hS 13 . .Q.h2 cxd4 14.exd4 4) b4
1 S . .Q.b1 .Q.bS 16.4)eS g6 17.4)df3
4) c 6 1 8 .g4 4) f6 1 9 . f4 4) x e S
2 0 . 4) x e S E! f 8 2 l . d 2 d 8
2 2 . .Q.c2 4) d7 2 3 . 4) x d7?1 .Q. x d7
24 . .Q.es .Q.gS 2S.f4? .Q.h4 26.E!e3
b6 2 7 . f S e x fS 2 8 .g x fS .Q.gS
29.h4 .Q.h6 30.hS f6, 0-1
(4 1 8) Rubinstein- Reti
Stockholm (7) 1 9 1 9
King's Indian [E62]
1 .d4 4)f6 2.4)f3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.4)c3
.Q.g7 s.g3 0-0 6 . .Q.g2 4)fd7 7.e4
h6 8 . .Q.e3 es 9.h3 4)c6 10.0-0 E!e8
1 1 . E! e 1 h7 1 2 . h 2 4) f8
1 3 . d 2 Ad7 1 4 . E! a d 1 4) e 7
1S.dxeS d xeS 16.-'tcS b 6 17 . .Q.a3
cS 1 8 . b4 c7 1 9 . b x c S b x c S
20.4)ds 4) xdS 21.cxdS c4 22 . .Q.fl
.ll. b s 2 3 . b4 b6 2 4 . g 2 a s
2 S . b 2 a 6 2 6 . 4) d 2 E!ec8
27.E!e3 4)d7 28.E{c1 4)b6 29.c2
Aa4 30.b2 .Q.bs 31 .c2 .Q.a4
32. b2 AbS, Draw
(4 1 9) Rubinstein- Spielmann
Stockholm (8) 1 9 1 9
Benoni [A44]
l .d4 cs 2.ds e S 3 .e4 d6 4.-'td3
4)e7 s.c4 4)g6 6.g3 Ae7 7.h4 h6
3 30
8.4)c3 4)d7 9.4)f3 4)f6 10.4)h2
A d 7 1 1 . 4) f1 4) f8 1 2 . 4) e3 g6
1 3 . .Q.e2 hS 14 . .i}. d 2 c8 1 S .f3
4)g8 16.c2 4)h6 17.0-0-0 c7
1 8 . g4 0 - 0 - 0 1 9 . E! dg 1 b8
2 0 .g x h S g x h S 2 1 . 4) f S 4) x fS
2 2 . e x f S 4) h7 2 3 . E! g7 Af6
24.E{ x f7?? .Q. x fS 2 S . E! x c7 A x c2
2 6 . 4) b S AfS 2 7 . .Q.g S 4) x g S
28.hxgS .Q.xgS+ 29.d1 .Q.d7, 0-1
(420) Bogoljubow- Rubinstein
Stockholm (9) 1 9 1 9
Two Knights [C57]
l .e4 es 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . .Q.c4 4) f6
4 . 4) g s d S s . e x d s 4) d4 6 . d 6 ? 1
xd6 7 . .1l. x f7+ e7 8 . .Q.b3 4) x b3
9 . a x b3 h6 1 0 . 4) f3 e4 1 1 . 4) g 1
f71 1 2 . 4)c3 c6 1 3 . e2 .Q.cs
1 4 . b S e 3 1 1 S . 4) f3 e x d 2 +
1 6 . .Q. x d 2 E{e8+ 1 7 . f 1 .Q.g4
1 8 . x c6 b x c6 1 9 . 4) a4 .Q.d6
20 . .Q.e3 4)dS 2 1 . .Q.cs E!e4 2 2.c4
4)f4 23.4)c3 .Q.xf3 24.gxf3 E!ee8
2 S . .Q. x d6 c x d6 2 6 . 4) e4 E{eb8
27 . 4) x d 6 + e7 2 8 . 4) f S + f6
2 9 . 4) d4 cS 30. 4) b S a6 3 1 . 4) c7
E! a 7 3 2 . 4) d S + 4) x d S 3 3 . c x d S
E! x b3 34.g2 E! x b2 3S.E!he1 E!d2
36.E{e6+ f7 37.E!d6 c4 38.E{c6
E! xdS 39. E! x c4 aS 40.E!ca4 e6
41 .f4 d6 42.f3 c6 43.E!e4
E!ad7 44 . E! e s b6 4 S . h4 E! b S
46.g4 E!f7 47.E!a2 E!b4 48.E{f5
E! a 7 49 . E! f8 a4 S O . fS E! c4
S l . g6 E!c6+ S 2 .hS a3 S3.fS
Et a s s 4 . f4 c s s s .f6 b4 +
S 6 . g6 E! x f6+ S7 . E! x f6 g x f6
58.fS b3
White now plays a move that loses im
mediately. According to some autho rs,
White can sti ll save the game by play
ing 59 . . a l , and now 59 . . . a4 60. h5
.
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E! h4 6l .'it'xh6 E! g4 62.h7 a 2 63 . E! e l
E! g 2 64 . h6 b 2 6 5 . 'it' h8 a l = Q
66 . E! x a l xa l 67 .h7 is a draw. We
were unable to find a win for B lack
against this analysis but suspect that it
may be there.
59. .xa3+? .xa3 60.xf6 c4, o-1
(42 1 ) Reti - Rubinstein
Stockholm ( 1 0) 1 9 1 9
King's Gambit [C3 3]
Notes by Jan Ka1endovsky from Richard
Reti, Sachovy Myslitel.
l .e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.f3
.! f6 5 . A b 5 + Ad7 6 . .l c 3 Ab4
7. .!ge2 0-0 8.j}.xd7 .lbxd7 9.0-0
.!b6 10 . .j xf4 d7 l l .b3
Reti 's improvement, compared with the
game played in the fourth round.
l l . . . .ad8
After l l . . . .l1xc3 1 2 .dxc3 4Jbxd5 1 3 .c4,
White stands better.
1 2.-'lb2 f5
A m i stake is 1 2 . . . 4Jbxd5 1 3 .4Jcxd5
4J x d 5 1 4 . 4J x d 5 'l!'l' x d 5 b e c a u s e of
1 5 .'l!'l' g3 ! .
33 1
13.g3
This leads to big complications - not,
however, favorable for White. Correct
is 1 3 .d3 ! .
13 . . . xc2 14 . .!d3 Ad6 1 5 . g5
x d3?
R u b i n s t e i n m i s s e s the r e futat i o n
1 5 . . . h 6 ! 1 6 . ' e 3 ( 1 6 . 'l!'l'f5 'tif x d 2 )
1 6 . . . 4Jbxd5 ! 1 7 . 4Jxd5 .l1xh2 + ! 1 8.hl
4Jxd5 , and B lack wins.
16 . .j e4 Ae7 17 . .l x f6 + h8
18. .aell . x d5
1 9 . x g7 + 1 x g7 20 . .j x d 5 + f6
2l . . xe7+ .f7 22.A xf6+?
Now Reti misses the winning continu
ation 2 2 . E! xf6!.
22 . . . g8 2 3 . .e8+ . f8 24 . .e3
xd5 25 . .g3+ f7 26.Ag7+?
Better is 26 . .l1c3+ and 27.E!e3+.
2 6 . . . e6 27 . . x f8 x d 2 28.h3
.ld5 29.h2?
A mistake in time trouble. White should
preserve the a-pawn.
29 ... xa2 30 . .e8+?1 d7 3l . .e5
d2
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Now Rubinstein seizes the initiative
and eventually wins the game when
Reti misses his last opportunity to draw
on move 60 when he eschews the
theoretically drawn position (White :
g3, . f4, h3; Black: c5 , b2) .
32.E!e4 c5 33.Ae5 <3fc6 3 4 . .1}.b8
h6 3 5 . E!g8 <3lb5 36.E!d8 g5
37.E!f8 a5 38.E!e5 d2 39.E!ff5
4)e3 40.E! xc5+ <3fb4 41.E!b5+ <3la3
4 2 . E! x a 5 + <3f b 2 4 3 . E! g 5 h 6
44 . A e 5 + <3l x b3 4 5 . E! g3 x a 5
46.Af4 h5 47.E! x e3+ <3fc2 48.E!e5
a4 4 9 . <3fg3 h4+ 5 0 . <3fg4 b5
51.g3 hxg3 52.<3fxg3 c4 53.E!g5
e 2 5 4 . A e 5 b4 5 5 . Ag7 b3
5 6 . E! c 5 + <3f d 3 5 7 . E! d 5 + <3fc4
5 8 . E! d 4 + <3fc5 5 9 . E!g4
60.E!g5+? <3fd6 6 1 . .1}. x b2 x b2
62. E!f5
This position is featured in the Ency
clopedia of Chess Endings, in the vol
ume on queen endings (#3 65).
62 ... b1! 63. E!f2 h11 64.E!h2
e1+ 65. E!f2 <3fe5 66.<3fg2 <3fe4
67.E!fl e2+ 68.E!f2 e3! 69.E!fl
g5+ 70.<3fh2 <3fe3 71.E!g1 f4+
7 2 . <3f h 1 f 3 + 7 3 . <3f h 2 <3lf2
74 . E!g4 e 3 7 5 . E! g 1 f4+
76.<3fh1 f3+ 77.<3fh2 e3, 0-1
( 422) Spielmann- Rubinstein
Stockholm ( 1 1 ) 1 9 1 9
Scotch [C45]
l .e4 e 5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 .d4 e x d4
4.4) x d4 Ac5 5.Ae3 f6 6.4) b5?1
A dubious continuation introduced by
Blumenfeld.
6 ... .1}. x e3 7.fxe3 h4+ 8.g3 d8
Black's best continuation is 8 . . . xe4 ! .
Now White achieves a strong initiative.
9. g4 g6 10. f4 d6 1 1.Ac4 Ae6
1 2 . .1}. x e 6 f x e6 1 3 . 0 - 0 4) ge7
1 4 . 4) 1c3 4)e5 1 5 . f6 <3fd7
b2 1 6 . 4) d4 g8 1 7 . 4) cb 5 4) 7c 6
1 8 . 4) x c 6 b x c6 1 9 . E! ad 1 ! E! f8
20. x e 5 E! x f l + 2 1 . <3f x f 1 f7+
2 2 . <3fg 2 E!f8 2 3 . 4) x d 6 ! f3 +
2 4 . <3f h 3 x d 1 2 5 . g7+ <3f x d6
2 6 . x f8 + <3fd7 2 7 . f7+ <3fd6
28.e5+ <3f c 5 2 9 . x h7 x c 2
3 0 . e7+ <3l b 5 3 l . x e6 x b2
3 2 . b 3 + x b3 3 3 . a x b3 c 5
3 4 . <3tg4 <3f c 6 3 5 . <3lf3 g5 3 6 . h4
g x h4 3 7 .g x h4 <3fd5 38. <3ff4 c4
3 9 . b x c4+ <3fe6 40.h5 a 5 4 1 .h6
<3tf7 42.e6+, 1 -0
(423) Rubinstein- Bogoljubow
Stockholm ( 1 2) 1 9 1 9
Queen 's Pawn [D02]
1 .d4 4)f6 2.4)f3 e6 3.Af4 c5 4.e3
4)c6 5 . 4) bd 2 c x d4 6 . e x d4 Ae7
7.c3 0-0 8.4)c4 4) d 5 9 . .ild2 b6
1 0 . Ad 3 c7 1 1 . 4) ce5 4) x e 5
12.4) xe5 d 6 13.4)f3 Ab7 14.0-0
4) f6 1 5 . E! e 1 d5 16 . .i}.g 5 h6
17 . .ilh4 4) e4 18 . .i}. x e7 x e7
19.4)e5 g 5 20 . .e3 f6 2 1 . 4) f3
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f4 2 2 . b3 Etae8 2 3 . Et ae l g5
24.g3 d6 25.c2 g7 26.4)d2
4) xd 2 27. xd2 e5 28.Af5 Ac6
2 9 . e 2 Ete7 3 0 . d x e 5 f x e 5
3 1 . Et x e 5 Et x e5 3 2 . x e5 + x e5
3 3 . Et x e 5 Et d S 3 4 . Et e7+ f6
3 5 . Et e 6 + 1 x f5 3 6 . Et x c6 d4
3 7 . c x d4 Et x d4 3 8 . Et x h6 Et d 2
39.Eth7 a 6 40.Eta7 a 5 4l .b3 e4
4 2 . Et e7+ f3 4 3 . Et e 3 + g4
44.g2 f5 45.Ete8 b5 46.Etb8
Et d 5 4 7 . a 3 e4 4 8 . Et a 8 b4
49.ax b4 a x b4 50.Etb8 Etd4 51.h4
gxh4 52.gx h4 d3
Or 52 . . .'f5 53.h5 g5 54.b5+ h6
55.f3 and wins.
53.g3 c3 54.f4 x b3 5 5 .f5
Etdl 5 6 . h 5 c4 57. Etc8+ b5
58.f6 Etfl 59.h6 Et x f6 60.h7 Eth6
6 1 . h8 = Et x h8 6 2 . Et x h8 b3
63. f3 c4 64. e2 b2 65.Etb8,
1-0
Stockholm Handicap
Tournament
Rubinstein played in a most unusual
event from December 27, 1 9 1 9 to Janu
ary 4, 1 920. Utilizing a system devel
oped by the Swedish chess administra
tor and patron Ludvig Collijn, the play
ers were divided into groups according
to their ability:
I . (Class 3 ) A l mer, Ekebom, Hult,
Rosengren
2. (Class 2) L. Collijn, K. Olson
3 . (C lass 4) Sodermark, Strandberg,
Werner, L i ndgren, Nyberg, O l s o n ,
Gyller, and Johansson
4. (C lass 2) Nyholm and Jacobson
5. (Cla ss 1) Rubinstein
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6. (C lass 2) A. Olson plus (Class 3 )
Dahl and Svanberg
7. (Class I ) Bogolj ubow
8. (Class 1 ) Spielmann
As a player of the first class, Rubinstein
was required to play simultaneously (a
clock simul, if you please) against other
group s , w i t h the e x c e p t i o n o f
Bogoljubow and Spielmann, whom he
played on even terms.
To add to the novelty of the event, an
innovative scoring system was also
employed. Rubinstein, Spielmann, and
Bogolj ubow received the standard 1
point for a win and and \12 for a draw
when playing among themselves, but
things got interesting when they faced
other groups. Wins against class two
players netted them \12 of a point, ver
sus class three 1 14 and class four 1 /8 .
Draws were scored 1 14, 1 18, and 1 / 1 6
respectively. The end result was some
of the strangest final scores in the his
tory of chess.
Top scores: 1 . Bogoljubow 6 from 7;
2 . Rubinstein 5 \12; 3. Jacobsen 5 1 18 ;
4. Nyholm 4 3 / 8 ; 5 . Rosengren 4 1 18 ;
6. Spielmann 3 7/8 7 . Johansson 3 6/8 .
We were only able to find three of the
2 1 games that Rubinstein played, but
since he dropped only one and a half
points ( 1 to Bogo and 1 /4 to Nyholm
are results that are available) it's clear
that he must have beaten Spielmann.
(424) Bogoljubow - Rubinstein
Stockholm (Handicap) 1 9 1 9/20
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D30]
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)f3 a6 4.e3 4)f6
5.4)bd2 c5 6.Ad3 4)c6 7.0-0 cxd4
8.e x d4 Ae7 9.h3 0 - 0 1 0 . c 5 b6
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
l l .cxb6 x b6 12.4)b3 a5 13 . .fle5
a4 14.4) xc6 x c6 1 5. 4) d 2 Aa6
t 6 . 4) f3 .il, x d3 1 7. x d 3 E! ab8
18. 4)e5 b5 19.Af4!
With the point that 19 . . . xb2? is met
by 20 lxf7 xf7 2 l .f!abl .
..
19 . . . .il,d6 20. f3 4) e4 2 1 . E!ac l
E! bc8 2 2 . b 3 a x b3 23 . a x b3 f6
24.4)d3 e5 25.E!xc8 E! xc8 26.dxe5
fxe5 27.A xe5 A xe5
28.f51
A lertly avoiding Rubinste i n ' s trap
(28.<tlxe5 xfl + ).
28 . . . x d3 2 9 . x c8 + f7
3 0 . f 5 + Af6 3 l . E! c l 4) c 5
3 2 . h 5 + g6 33 . x h 7+ e6
34. g8+ d 6 35. b8+ e 6
3 6 . b 6 + f 5 37 . x c 5 x b3
3 8 . c8+ g 5 39. e 6 Ad4
40.g4+ 1-0
(425) Nyholm - Rubinstein
Stockholm (Handicap) 1 9 1 9/20
Ruy Lopez [C84]
Notes by Nimzovitch from Tidskriftfor
Schack 1 920, p. 200.
Rubinstein played two games at the
same time.
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . d4 e x d4
4.Ab5 a6 5.Aa4 4)f6 6.0-0 A.e7
7 . E! e l 0 - 0 8.e5 4)e8 9 .c 3 d x c3
10.4) xc3 d6 l l . .il,xc6!?
The plan with 9.c3 and l l ..ll x c6 is in
teresting and deserves some attention.
[Authors: The continuation l l ..ll x c6 is
not mentioned in ECO.]
ll . . . b x c6 1 2 . 4)d4 d7 1 3 . f3
d5?
The right answer was 13 . .llb 7 . The
. .
text should lose because of the follow
ing combination.
1 4. 4) x c6! x c6 1 5 . 4) x d 5 h8
1 6 . 4) x e7 x f3 1 7 . g x f3 .il,b7
18.b3 g6 19.Aa3?
White misses his chance: 19 . .llh6 <tlg7
20 . .1lg5 ! , which wins an important
tempo.
1 9 . . . 4)g7 20. E!acl 4)e6 2 1 . 4) c6
E! fe8 2 2 . E! e3 a 5 2 3 . Ae7 h 5
24.Af6+ h7 25.E!c4 a4 26.4)d4
A d 5 2 7 . 4) x e 6 A x e6 2 8 . E{ x c7
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a x b3 29.a x b3 E!eb8 30.h4 E! x b3
3 1 . E! e 7 E! ab8 3 2 . h 2 E! 3 b7
33. E! x b7 E! x b7 Draw
(426) Rubinstein- Sodermark
Stockholm (Handicap) 1 9 1 9/20
Old Indian [A5 5]
Rubinstein played eight players simul
taneously.
335
l .d4 .) f6 2 . .) f3 d 6 3 .c4 .) bd7
4 . .)c3 e5 5.g3 Ae7 6 . .Q.g2 0-0
7.0-0 c 6 8.e4 E!e8 9 .h 3 'i}Jc7
10.Ae3 .)f8 1 1 .'i}Jc2 a6 12.a4 c5
13.dxe5 dxe5 14.a5! Ad7 1 5 . .)d5
.) xd5 16.cxd5 Ad6 17.E!fcl E!ac8
t8 . .)d2 Ab5 t9.Af1 tNe7 20. tNb3
A xfl 2l. xfl E!c7 22 . .)c4 E!cc8
23.'i}Jb6 E!ed8 24.g2 h6 25.b4
c x b4 26 . .) xd6, 1-0

Rubinstein - Bogolj ubow
The beginning of 1 920 saw Rubinstein
engaged in a d i ffi c u l t match with
Bogolj ubow. The split-venue battle,
divided between the principal Swedish
cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg,
l o o k e d to be a runaway when
Rubinstein won the first two games, but
then Bogoljubow found Akiva's Achil
les' Heel - his pet 4 . . . 4Jd4 in the Four
Knights Game. Bogo scored a perfect
3 for 3 as White in this opening, but
declined to try it a fourth time in the
crucial I I th game. Instead, he used the
Ruy Lopez and Rubinstein won after a
hard fight. A draw with White in the
1 2th game kept Rubinstein's remark
able undefeated match record intact.
While Akiva never got a shot at the
world championship, Efim Bogoljubow
( 1 8 89- 1 952) got two tries - a telling
comment about a system that allowed
the champion to pick his challenger.
(427) Bogoljubow- Rubinstein
Stockholm-Gothenburg ( I ) 1 920
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D3 1 ]
Notes from the American Chess Bulle
tin, 1 920.
1 .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . ./ilf3 a6 4.cxd5
e x d 5 5 . ./il c 3 Ae7 6. b3 ./il f6
7 . .il.g5 c6 S.e3 ./ilbd7 9 . .il.d3 0-0
10.0-0
Stockholm - Gothenburg,
January 8 - February I,
I 2 3 4
I . Rubinstein I 0 0 y,
2 . Bogoljubow 0 0 I
1 920
[Authors : Today theory recommends
1 0 . iilc2 El e8 l l .Af4! with the slightly
better game for White, as in Griinfeld
Alekhine, Budapest 1 92 1 .]
10 . . . ./il e4 l l .itf4 ./il df6 1 2 . ac1
itd6 1 3 . it x d6 x d6 1 4 . -'l_ x e4
./il xe4 1 5 . ./il xe4 dxe4 16 . ./ile5 e7
Necessary before playing . . . .lle 6. White
is exerting considerable pressure upon
the queen 's wing.
1 7 . a4 ite6 1 S . c 2 f6 19 . ./il c4
b4 20.a5 adS 2 1 . d2 b5
An exchange of queens would not be
to B lack's advantage, inasmuch as the
knight would be somewhat stronger
than the bishop in the ensuing ending.
Now Black threatens 23 . . . c5.
23.b4 ith3 24.f4 e x f3 2 5 . x f3
Ae6 26.g3 d5 27 . ./il c4 feS
2S . ./ilb6 d6 29 . ./ila4 e7 30 . ./ilc5
deS 3 l . Etfl Af7 3 2 . f4 hs
33. f2 -'l_gS 34.h4?1 h6 35.gf3
.il. h 7 3 6 .g4 itg6 3 7 . Et g3 d 5
3S.g5 f x g 5 39.hx g5 h5 40.E{fS+
h7 41. xeS x eS
Th i s re c apture i s for c e d , for i f
4 l . . .Axe8 4 2 . iilf8 iild6 43.4Je4 iilc7
4 4 . 4Jf6 + ! gxf6 4 5 . iih6+ and White
wins.
1 920
5 6 7 8 9 0 2 Total
0 0 y, I y, 6\1,
y, 0 0 y, 0 y, 5 Y,
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3 5 . f3 .Q. h 6 36 . .Q. x d3 .Q.c6

37.h3 .Q.e4 38.E!cdl .1l x f4

42. f3

White was under time pressure here, in 3 9 . E! x e4! f x e4 40 . x e 6 e x d3

consequence of which he made a move
that cost him a couple of pawn s . If
4 2 . 4Jxb7? l::! b8 43.4Jc5 l::! xb4, with a
winning position for Black.
[Authors : White is already in a diffi
cult position. For example, if 42 .'h2
c4 43.d2 l::! f8, etc.]
4 1 . h x g6 h x g6 4 2 . x g 6 + E! g7
43 . e 6 + <ifi!h8 44. c8+ E!g8
45.h3+, 1-0
(429) Bogoljubow- Rubinstein
Stockholm-Gothenburg (3) 1 920
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]

42 . . . c4 43.4)d7 x b4 44. 4) e5 l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . 4) c3 4)f6

E!f8 45. e2 xa5 46.E!h3 at+ 4.Ab5 4) d4 5.4) xe5 e7 6.f4?!
47. <ifi! h 2 fl 48. x f l E! x f l 4) x b5 7.4) x b5 d6 8.4)f3 x e4+
49.<tld7 Af5, o - t 9.<ifi!f2 4)g4+ 10.<ifi!g3 <ifi!d8?

(428) Rubinstein- Bogoljubow

Stockholm-Gothenburg (2) 1 920
Queen 's Pawn [A46]

l .d4 4)f6 2.4)f3 e6 3.Af4 c5 4.e3

b6 5.cl 4)c6 6.c3 d5 7.4)bd2
Ad7 8.h3 E!c8 9.Ae2 Ae7 10.0-0
0-0 l l . E! e l E! fd8 1 2 . a 3 .1le8
13.Ad3 4)d7 14.c2 g6 1 5.E!acl
Af6 1 6.bl e5 17.d xe5 4) d xe5
1 8 . A f l 4) x f3 + 1 9 . 4) x f3 4) a 5
20.4)d2 Aa4 21.e4 4)b3 22.4) xb3 Later on, Rubinstein improved this
x b3 ? ! 2 3 . e 5 Ag7 2 4 . c 4 ! d4 variation with 1 0 . g6!, in his game
. .

25.Ad3 Ad7 26.h4 E!c6 27 . .1lc2 against Spielmann, Baden-Baden 1 925.

b6 28.h5 .e6 29.Ag3 E!f8 30.f4
f5 3 l . b4 .f7 3 2 . b x c 5 x c 5 l l . h3 4) h 6 1 2 . d4 .Q.e7 1 3 . E! e l
3 3 . x b7 ! d3 + 34 . .Q. f 2 x a 3 g 6 + 1 4 . <ifi! h 2 . e 8 1 5 .c4 Af5

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16.Ad2 Ac2 17. e2 d3 1S. f2
x c4 1 9 . 4) a 3 a4 20.g4 Jtd3
2 l . e3 Aa6 2 2 . a e 1 <if;ld7
2 3 . 4) g 5 c6 24. A c 3 d 5
2 5 . 4) x h7 b 6 26.4)c2 f 6 27. 4) b4
gS 2S.f31 Ab5 29.4)d5 Jtc6?
30. xe7+1 x e7 31.4)dxf6+, 1-0
(430) Rubinstein- Bogoljubow
Stockholm-Gothenburg ( 4) 1 920
Queen 's Pawn [DOS]
1 .d4 4)f6 2.4)f3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Jtd3
4)c6 5.0-0 d5 6.b3 Jtd6 7.Ab2
0-0 S.4)bd2 4)b4?!
"This move is only a waste of time. As
we shall see, White's bishop on e2 is
a l s o very w e l l s i tuate d . B etter i s
8 . . 'e7" (Rubinstein). Today theory
.
still considers 8 . . . 'lfte7 the best continu
ation for B lack.
9.Ae2 b6 10.a3 4)c6 1 1.4)e5 4)e7
1 2.Ad3 Ab7 13.f3 Etcs
ECO cites only the sixth game of this
match, where 13 . . . oJg6 was played.
14.h3 4)e4 15.f3 4)g5 16.h5
f6 17.h4 fxe5 1S.hxg5?
"White should play 1 8.dxe5! with a big
advantage" (Razuvaev).
1S . . . g6 1 9 .h3 c x d4 20. x e6+
Etf7 2 1 .exd4 c7
Threatening 2 2 . . . Ac8.
22. h3 AcS 23.g4 4)c6 24.dxe5
4) x e5 25.f4 4) xg4 26.f5
I f 2 6 . 'lftg3, then 26 . . . x g 5! with ad
vantage.
2 6. . . xg5 27.4)f3 e3+ 2S.<if;lh1
A x f5 29.A xf5 g xf5 30.Ad4 f4
31 .c3 ce7 32.a2 e6 33.4)h2
h6!, 0-1
(43 1 ) Bogoljubow- Rubinstein
Stockholm-Gothenburg (5) 1 920
Ruy Lopez [C83]
l . e4 e 5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.Aa4 4)f6 5.0-0 4) xe4 6.d4 b5
7.Ab3 d5 S.dxe5 Ae6 9.c3 Ae7
10.4)bd2 0-0 l l .Ac2 f5 12.4)b3
d7 13.4)fd4 4) x d4 14.c xd4 a5
1 5.f3 a4 16.fxe4 a x b3 17. A x b3
fxe4 1S.Ae3 x fl+ 19.xfl c6
20.c1 b7 21. e2 a6 22. c2
a7 2 3 . f2 b 6 2 4 . h 3 bS
25. g3 eS 2 6 . A h 6 g6
27. xg6 hxg6 2S.Jte3 b4 29.<if;lf2
<if;lf7 3 0 . <if;lg3 g 5 3 l . c 2 <if;leS
32.<if;lf2 <if;ldS 33.c1 aS 34.<if;le2
<if;lc7 35.<if;ld2 <if;lb6 36. fl <if;lb5
37.Etf2 Etds 3S.Etfl Ags 39.Ad1
aS 40.Ab3 Ae6 4 1 .<if;lc 1 \t>b6
42.<if;lb1 g4 43 . h x g4 hS 44.g5
h 2 4 5 . f2 c5 46.d2 h 1 +
47.<if;lc2 e1 4S.Af2 fl 49.Ae3
<if;l b 5 5 0 . d x c 5 A x c 5 5 1 . A x d 5
A x e3 5 2 . A xe6 A x d 2 53.<if;l x d 2
<if;l c 5 54.<if;le2 b 1 55.<ifile3 x b2
56.g4 g2 57.g6 g1 5S.<if;lf2 d1
5 9 . <ifile3 e l + 6 0 . <if;l f 2 h 1
61 .<if;le3 g1, Draw
(432) Rubinstein - Bogoljubow
Stockholm-Gothenburg ( 6) 1 920
Queen 's Pawn [005]
1.d4 e6 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.e3 c5 4.Ad3
4)c6 5.0-o d5 6.b3 Ad6 7.Ab2
0 - 0 S . 4) bd 2 4) b4 ? 1 9 . A e 2 b6
10.a3 4)c6 1 1 .4)e5 4)e7 1 2.A d3
Ab7 13.f3 4)g6 14. h3 cxd4?
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"Oddly enough, this exchange - which
opens for White the central file with
out compensation (as there is nothing
for B lack to do with the c-file) - is not
made infrequently even by very expe
rienced players" (Alekhine).
1 5 . x g6 ! h x g6 1 6 . e x d4 c S
17.fel c7 18.f3 e4 19.e5
A x e 5 2 0 . d x e 5 c 5 ? ! 2 l . Ad4
d7 2 2 . b4 e4 2 3 . e 3 fcS
2 4 . ae l Ac6 2 5 . g4 A b 5
26.A xe4! dxe4 27.c3 Ac6 2S.h4!
e8 29.f4
Carefully preparing an attack on the
kingside. If immediately 29.h5, then
29 . . . g x h 5 3 0 . x h 5 fS ! gives B l ack
more defensive chances.
29 ... Ad5 30.g3 <i!/h7 3 1 . ee3
a4 3 2 . g4 hS 3 3 . h 5 <i!/gS
34 . h x g6 f x g 6 3 5 . h 3 ! x h 3
3 6 . x h 3 e3 37 . x g6 e x f2 +
38.Axf2 dl+ 39.<i!/h2 e7
40.c4
White can also win with 40.ilh4 . f7
4 1 .ilf6! .
40 ... .Q.c6
If 4 0 . . . il x c 4 t h e n 4 1 . '(';Y h 7 + 'it' f7
42 .l'H 3 + 'it'e8 43 .ilh4 wins .
41.b5 e2
Or 4 1 . . .ilb7, then 42 . . d3 wins.
42.bxc6, 1-0
For if 42 . . . x f2 4 3 . h 7 + 'it'f7
44 . . f3 + .
(43 3 ) Bogoljubow- Rubinstein
Stockholm-Gothenburg (7) 1 920
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]
l .e4 e5 2 . f3 c6 3 . c3 f6
4 . .1l. b 5 d4 5 . x e 5 x e4?
6. xe4 xb5 7.d4
Good, but not the best. Later in the
match Bogoljubow improved the whole
variation for White - see the 9th game.
7 . . . d5 S . g5 d 6 9 . 0 - 0 .ll. e 7
10.h5 g6 l l .h6 f5
1 2 . gx f7 x h6 1 3 . .1l, x h6 d6
1 4 . x d6 + c x d 6 1 5 . d 3 .ll. e 6
16.ael <i!/d7 17.e3 .ll.f6 18.f4
heS 1 9 . x e 6 x e6 2 0 . x e 6
<i!/ x e6 2 l . c 3 b 5 2 2 . e l + <i!/ d 7
23.Ad2 b 4 24.<i!/fl a5 25.<i!/e2 a4
26.<i!/d3 bxc3 27 . .1l, xc3 Ag5 2S.g3
h 5 2 9 . f4 A h 6 30 . .Il, d 2 b S
3 l . Ac3 h 4 32.fl e S 33.gxh4
e4 34 . .1l, d 2 <i!/e7 3 5 . b4 a x b3
36.axb3 <i!/d7 37.h3 <i!/e7 3S . .Il.e3
<i!/f6 39.b4 e7 40.b5 b7 41.bl
.ll. f S 4 2 . Ad 2 .ll. e 7 4 3 . b 6 Ads
44 ..1l.a5 <i!/e6 45.cl bS 46.el +
<i!/f7 47. b l <i!/e6 4 S . g l <i!/f7
49.bl b7 50.<i!/c3 <i!/e6 51.<i!/d3
A x h4 52.<i!/e3 AdS 53.<i!/f3 .ll. f6
54.b4 <i!/f5 55.b5 <i!/e6 56 . .1l.c3
.ll, d s 57.Aa5 Af6 58.b4 <i!/f5
59.b5 <i!/e6 60 ..Il.c3 AdS 6l . .ll.a 5
.ll. f 6 6 2 . <i!/e3 .ll. h 4 63.b2 .ll. e 7
64.<i!/f3 b8 65.bl b7 66.el +
<i!/d7
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
If66 . . . f7. then 67 . . c l .lld8 68 . . c7+!
wins.
67 . . g t Af6 6 8 . e 3 Ads
69 . . x g6 c6 7 0 . f 5 A x b6
7 1 . A x b6 . x b6 7 2 . h4 . b 3 +
73.f4 .d3 74.h5 . x d4+ 75.g5
. d l 7 6 . h 6 . h l 77.f6 . g l +
78. f5 . f l + 7 9 . e6 . e l +
80.f7 d4 81.h7 .hl 82.g7 d3
83.h8 'ifJ' 1-0
= 2 2 . J}. x h6 4) x h6 2 3 . . x d6 'ifl a 5
(434) Rubinstein - Bogoljubow
Stockholm-Gothenburg (8) 1 920
Nimzo-Indian [E20]
l . d4 4) f6 2 .c4 e6 3 . 4) c 3 Jl.b4
4.4)f3 0-0 5.g3 c5 6.Ag2 A x c3+
This continuation is not mentioned in
ECO, but is probably worthy of con
sideration.
7.bxc3 'ifla5?1
More in the spirit of the variation seems
to be 7 . . . d6, followed by . . . Nc6 and
eventually . . . e6-e5 .
8.Ad2 d6 9.0-0 4)c6 10.d5 4)d8
1 1 . 4) h4 4) d7 1 2 . d x e6 f x e6
13.Af4 4)f7 14.4)f3 e5 15.Ae3 h6
A ft e r 15 . . . xc3 1 6 . 4J g 5
1 7 . .ll x g5 4Jb6 1 8 . . c l b2 ( 1 8 . . . d4
1 9 . .ll e 7) 1 9 . x d 6 , the act i v i ty o f
White's bishops give him the advantage.
1 6 . 'ifl d 3 4) b 6 1 7 . 4) d 2 'ifl a 6
1 8 . . f d l J}.e6 1 9 . 'iflg6 J}. x c4
20.J}.e4 .fd8 21.4)f3 4)d7
2 1 . . .4Jc8 is more stubborn.
2 4 . 'ifl h 7+ f 8 2 5 . . g 6 ? ! 4) f7
2 6 . 'ifl x g7 + e7 2 7 . 4) h4 . h 8
28.4)f5+ d8 2 9. .dl?
29.4Jd6 wins instantly.
29 . . . 'ifla4 30 . .d2?
3 0 . 4J e 3 ! c7 3 1 . .ll f5 4Jb6 32 . . d5 !
. af8 3 3 . . xc5+ b8 3 4 . . xb6 still does
the job.
30 . . . c7 3 1 . 4) e7 .af8 3 2.-'l.d5
A xd5 33.4) xd5+ b8 34.h4 'ifle4
35.4)e3 4) b6 36.h5
B l a c k can answer 3 6 . R f6 w i th
36 . . . . hg8.
36 . . . 'iflbl+?
36 ... . xh5 37.xf8+ 4Jc8 and Black is
winning.
37 . .dl 'ifl xa2 38.h6! 'ifl x e2??
38 . . . a4 39 . . f6 e8 allows the queen
to return for defense when the extra
piece is decisive. Mutual time pressure
seems a distinct possibility.
39 . ..f6 'ifla2 40.c4! 4) xc4?!
4J x g 5 Sterne r re s i s tance is o ffered by
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4 0 . . . 4J c 8 but after 4 1 . El x f7 El x f7
42:xf7 El xh6 4 3 . g7 El e6 44.4Jd5
White is still winning
41. xf7 fg8
4 2 . .1 x c41 <ifla8 4 3 . fd7 x c4
44. x h81, 1-0
(43 5) Bogoljubow- Rubinstein
Stockholm-Gothenburg (9) 1 920
Four Knights Rubinstein [C48]
Notes by Tartakover (T), and Reti (R)
from A lgemeen Handelsblad, March
1 7, 1 920.
l . e4 e5 2. /2)f3 .lc6 3 . .J c3 .l f6
4.Ab5 .!d4 5 . .1 xe5 12) xe4?1
(T) The only correct reply is 5 . . . e7.
6 . .j xe4 .J xb5 7. .J xf7 e7
(T) If 7 .. .C:tlxf7? 8.h5 +, followed by
9.xb5.
8 . .j xh8 x e4+ 9.<iftfl
(T) The fi rst surpri se. After 9 . e2
xe2+ 1 0 .'it'xe2 d5 , etc., Black would
have an easy task.
(R) The right continuation . After the
34 1
exchange of queens Black will capture
the knight on h8 for an advantage in
the endgame.
(T) Or 9 . . . g6 10.d3 e5 l l .f3 xh8
1 2 .Ag5 4Jd4 1 3 . El e 1 + 4Je6 1 4 . c3, and
White holds the reins.
(R) Better was 9 . . .f5, neutralizing the
threat 1 0 . h5+ and immediately leav
ing the dangerous e-file.
10.d3
[Authors : Tartakover, in 500 Master
Games of Chess, gives another order
of moves: 1 0.h4 b5 1 l .d3. We follow
the order given by Reti at the time and
all other sources.]
10 ... f5 l l .h4!
(T) The second surprise. Not only does
White 's king obtain a flight square, if
it should be wanted, but his h-pawn
becomes a trenchant weapon, whilst his
motorized rook on h1 threatens to get
into action via h3.
l l . . . b6
(R) With the idea of . . . Ab7 and . . . 0-0-0,
but thi s plan is unfeasible. Better is
1 1 . . .d5.
(T) He refrains from playing 1 1 . d5 in
. .
order to be able, later on, to obstruct
the open e-file by . . . 4Je6.
12 . Ag5
(T) Supported by the advanced h-pawn,
the white bishop is now comfortably
settled in the hostile camp . If now
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
1 2 . . . h6, he replies simply 1 3 .Jle3, fol
lowed by 14.h5 and 1 5 . <\g6, saving the
knight.
1 2 ...g6 13.d2 Ag7 14 . ..e1 + 4.)e6
(T) Or 14 . . . 'it>f8 l S .hS Jlxh8 16.hxg6
xg6 1 7 . f4+ g8 1 8 . l.':l h6, winning.
1 5.h5 gxh5 16.xh5 A x h8
(T) Or 1 6 . . . h6 17.l.':l xh6 ..ll x h6 1 8 . ..1lxh6
h7 1 9 . g5 x h 8 2 0 . h 5 + e7
2 l .Jlg5 +, winning the queen. After the
text move, Black has become the stron
ger in material, but the disorganized
position of his pieces will cause his
ruin.
(T) After 1 7 . . . d6 1 8.g4, and if 1 7 . . f7
.
18.e7+ g8 19.l.':l xe6! dxe6 20 . ..1lh6
wins.
18. h4 ctlf7
19 . .Q.d8! g6 20.h6 x h6
(R) If 20 . . . f5 2 l .g4, and White wins.
2 1 . x h6 4) xd8 22.h5+, 1-0
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(436) Rubinstein- Bogoljubow
Stockholm-Gothenburg ( 1 0) 1 920
Bogo-Indian [E 1 6]
l .d4 4.) f6 2.c4 e6 3 . 4.) f3 Ab4+
4.Ad2 A xd2+ 5. xd2 b6 6.4.)c3
.Q.b7 7.g3 o-o s . Ag2 d6 9 . 0 - o
4.) bd 7 1 0 . c 2 .. e 8 l l .e4 e 5
1 2 . .. a d 1 e x d4 1 3 . 4.) x d4 4.) c 5
1 4. ..fe1 a5 15.f4 c8 16.h3 4.)fd7
17.ctlh2 4.)b8 18.4.)f5 g6 19.4)h6+
ctlg7 20.4.)g4 h5 2 1 . 4.) e3 4.) bd7
22.4.)ed5 Axd5 23.cxd5 h4 24.g4
g5 25.e5 gxf4 26.e6 4.)e5 27.f5
fxe6 28.dxe6 xe6 29. xf4 ..ac8
3 0 . g5 + g6 3 1 . x h4 .. e 6
32.g3 c6 33 . .. f l f8 34. x f8
'1J x f8 35.4.)e2 ..f6 36.4.)f4 g5
3 7 . 4.) h 5 g6 3 8 . f 1 + ctle7
39.f2 h6 40.d4 ctld7 41.b4
axb4 42. xb4 ctlc7 43 . ..b1 4.)cd7
44.4.)g3 h8 45.4.)f5 d5 46 . ..e1
4.)c5 47.'1Jg1 e6 48. 4.) d4 e8
49 . ..fl 4.) ed3 50. c3 e 5
5 1 . .. f 7 + ..e7 5 2 . .. x e7+ x e7
53.4.)f5 e2 54.d4 xa2 55.g5
c4 56.f6 f4 57.e7+ 4.)d7
5 8 . 4.) g7 d4+ 5 9 . ctl h 1 a 1 +
60.ctlh2 e5+ 6 1 . x e5+ 4.) 3 xe5
62.h4 b5 63. ctlg3 b4 64.Ah3 b3
6 5 . h 5 4.) c 5 6 6 . 4.) e6 + 4.) x e 6
67.Axe6 ctld6 6 8. .Q.f5 ctle7 69.g6
ctlf6 70.'1Jf4 c5 71.g7

7 1 . . . 4) d 3 + 7 2 . e3 x g7
73.xd3 h6, Draw
(43 7) Bogoljubow - Rubinstein
Stockholm-Gothenburg ( 1 1 ) 1 920
Ruy Lopez [C84]
l . e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3 . A b 5 a6
4.Aa4 4)f6 5.d4 exd4 6.0-0 Ae7
7.e5 4)e4 S.el 4)c5 9.Axc6 dxc6
10.4) xd4 0-0 1 1 .4)c3 e8 1 2.-'\.e3
f6 13.e2 Af8 14.c4+ dle6!?
This continuation is not mentioned in
ECO.
1 5 . 4) x e 6 4) x e6 1 6 . ad l e7
1 7.f4 f51 18.a3 f7 19.4)e2 c5
20.a4 b6 2 1 . d5 ed8 2 2 . b7
e8 23. xd8 x d8 24.c6 e8
25.b7 b5 26.dl bxa4 27.4)c3
b8 28. xa6 xb2 29.d3 f7
30.4)e2 h5 31 .al a3 32.h3 h4
33. h2 a2 34.dlf2 4)d41 35.4) xd4
c x d4 3 6 . A x d4 b4 37.c3 c4
38.e2 d5 39.xa2 c5 40.a5
e6 41.-'\.f2 x f4 42.a6?? xf2
43. xf2 x a6, 0-1
(43 8) Rubinstein - Bogoljubow
Stockholm-Gothenburg ( 1 2) 1 920
Queen's Pawn [DOO]
l .d4 d5 2.dlf4 c6 3.c3 4) f6 4.e3
b6 5. b3 4) h 5 6 . dld3 4) x f4
Rotterdam 1920
March 6-7, 1920
I Rubinstein
. X
2. Factor
3 . Speyer
4. van Gelder
1 920
7 . e x f4 c7 8 .g3 e6 9 . 4) f3 c 5
1 0 . d x c 5 dl x c 5 1 1 . 4) bd 2 4) c 6
1 2.0-0 0-0 13.c4 4) b4 14.acl d4
15.dlbl d8 16.a3 4)c6 17.d3
g6 18.b4 -'\.f8 19.4)b3 a5 20.b5 a4
2 1 . 4) bd 2 4) a 5 2 2 .c 5 dl x c 5
23.c2 b6 24.xa4 e7 25.Ae4
a7 26.4)e5 A x a3 27.al Ab4
2 8 . 4) dc4 c 5 2 9 . 4) x b6 Ac3
3 0 . 4) x c8 x eS 3 l . a b l b6
3 2 .h4 f6 3 3 . 4) f3 4) c4 34.dl
g7 35. e2 c5 36. dld3 4)a5
37.fdl e7 38.-'\,e4 cc7 39.h5
4) c4 40. h x g6 h x g6 4 1 . 4) h4 f5
42.-'\,c6 c5 43.4)f3 e5 44.4) xe5
4) xe5 45.fxe5 xe5 46.f3 b6
47.g2 ce7 48.d3 E!.e2 49.hl
Ael 50.fl b2 5 1 . d5 ee2
5 2 . d 7 + f6 5 3 . d 6 + g7
54.d7+, Draw
During h i s S c an d i n a v i an s oj ourn,
Rubinstein found time to assist Reti and
Spielmann in editing the fourth and fi
nal edition of the C o l l ij n brothers '
Larobok - a kind of Swedish Bilguer 's
Handbuch. The Oxford Companion to
Chess notes: "The three parts of the
book deal with general information,
openings with illustrative games, and
endgames, in that order. The second
part of the last edition, occupying more
than 400 pages and including 1 3 3
games, was edited by Reti, Rubinstein,
and Spielmann, and was consequently
2 3 4 Total
Y2 2 Y2
0 X Y2 I Y.
y, y, X y2 I Y2
0 0 y, X y,
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the most important source of opening
information to be pub l i shed in the
1 920s."
Rotterdam 1 920
This tournament, which was played
between stops of Rubinstein 's simul
tour of Holland, is among the most ob
scure of his long career, which pitted
two Dutchman with two Poles (Factor
was from Lodz) . Only the following
fragment has been preserved.
(439) van Gelder- Rubinstein
Rotterdam, 1 920
Only the position from the diagram is
known. The tournament crosstable tells
us that Rubinstein won this game, but
from the diagram position Van Gelder
should have been able to achieve an
easily drawn ending. For example:
2 . . xg7+ xg7 3 .4:J xg7 <tlxh3+ 4.gxh3
. xg7 5 . xg7+ 'i!i'xg7 6 . 'i!i'g2 is also
good enough to make a draw.
2 ... x f6 3 . . x f6 . x f6 4.c5 .d2
5 . x c3 .) e 2 + 6 . . x e 2 . x e 2
7 . c4+ .ee6 should b e drawn.
[ Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet 1 920]
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Gothenburg 1 920
August 2-2 1 , 1 920
This tournament was one of the great
competitive successes of Richard Reti 's
life. Despite beating his rival in round
seven, Rubinstein finished second. A
draw with Breyer in the last round,
while Reti was beating Spielmann,
proved the difference.
( 440) Rubinstein - Tarrasch
Gothenburg ( 1 ) 1 920
Dutch [A85]
Notes by Kmoch.
l .d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3 . .lc3 Ab4 4.Ad2
b6 5.e3 Ab7 6.f3 Ad6
Preferable was 6 . . . <tlf6. Perhaps Dr.
Tarrasch was thinking of the game
Rub i n s t e i n - L o w c k i , B re s l au 1 9 1 2
(game #357), where Black chose a quite
similar setup and won quickly.
7 . .)h3 .)f6 8.Ad3 .)c6 9.e2 0-0
lO . .dl a6 1 1 .0-0 e8 1 2.a3 h5
13.b4 g5
Logical, but the attack does not make
much headway. It will be a question as
to which side succeeds in attacking in
the center. With this in view, White has
the better chances, and should be suc
cessful, thereby exposing the weakness
of . . . g7-g5.
14.c5 Ae7
Here 14 . . . .ll x h2+? 1 5 .'i!i'xh2 g4 1 6.fxg4
fxg4 would be a mi stake because of
1 7.'it>gl ! ! and White gets a decisive ad
vantage as 1 7 . . . gxh3 would be an
swered by 1 8 . l"!. xf6!
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1 5 . Ac4 h8 1 6 . A c l b x c 5 27 ... g6 28 . .) xg7 xg7 29. xc7

17.bxc5 .la5 18.Aa2 g4 19.fxg4 .)c6 30.Axc6 dxc6 31. xc6
.) xg4?
White has a winning game both in ma
B lack should play 1 9 . . . xg4 with a terial and in position. Rubinstein plays
playable game. strongly until the end.

20.e4 Af6 2 1 .exf5 e x f5 22 . .)d5

3l ... E!e2 32.Af4 E!g8 33. f3!
E!ae8 23. f3 Ag7 24.g3 Axd5
25.Axd5 g6 26 . .)f4 f6
This simple move is most effective.

33 . . . e7

A " s w i n d l e . " If 3 4 . e 5 + , then

34 ... El xe5 35 .dxe5 xe5. In this case
White would also win; e.g., 36.h3
x c 5 + 37.\t>hl <t\f2 + 38.El xf2 xf2
39.'1:;H6+, and mate the next move.

34.Ad6! e6 35.d51 e8 36.Ag3

E!e3 37.E!fel, 1-0

(44 1 ) Marco- Rubinstein

Carefully calculated ! If 27 . . . xd4+?,
which B lack possibly intended, then
2 8 . El x d 4 x d 4 + 2 9 . \t>h l <t\f2 +
30.xf2 ! and wins, as 3 0. . . xf2 i s re
futed by 3 1 .b2 + .
Gothenburg (2) 1 920
Goring Gambit [C44]
l.e4 e5 2 . .)f3 .)c6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
d5 5 . e x d 5 x d 5 6 .c x d4 .) f6

Gothenburg 1920

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 I 2 3 4 Total
1 . Reti X 0 I \12 I I I Y2 \12 \12 I \12 I I 9 \12
2. Rubinstein I X 0 0 I \12 I I \12 \12 I \12 I I 9
3. Bogoljubow 0 I X 0 0 I 0 I I I 0 I I I 8
4. Mieses \12 I I X 0 \12 I 0 Y2 0 \12 I \12 I 7 \12
5 . Tarrasch 0 0 I I X 0 \12 \12 I y2 I Y2 I \12 7 \12
6. Tartakover 0 \12 0 \12 I X y2 \12 \12 I I \12 I \12 7 \12
7. Kostic 0 0 I 0 \12 \12 X \12 \12 \12 I I I I 7 \12
8. Mar6czy \12 0 0 I y2 y2 \12 X \12 0 y2 \12 I \12 6
9. Breyer \12 Y2 0 \12 0 \12 \12 \12 X \12 I \12 Y2 0 5 Y2
I O. Marco \12 Y2 0 I \12 0 \12 I y2 X 0 0 \12 \12 5 Y2
I I . Spiehnann 0 0 I \12 0 0 0 \12 0 I X \12 I \12 5
1 2. N irnwvitch Y2 0 0 0 y, \12 0 \12 \12 I y, X 0 y, 4Y2
1 3. M0ller 0 y, 0 y, 0 0 0 0 y, y, 0 I X I 4
1 4 . A. Selemiev 0 0 0 0 y, y2 0 y, I y, Y2 Y2 0 X 4

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Georg Marco
7.J}.e2 Jlb4+ 8.c3 e4 9.-'ld2
J}. xc3 10.J}. xc3
ECO deals only with 1 0 .bxc3, which,
according to Marco, is worse because
Black can blockade the c-pawn by . b5,
. .
or . . 4Ja5-4Jc4 .
.
1 0 . . . 0 - 0 1 1 . 0 - 0 Jlg4 1 2 . b3
x b3 1 3 . a x b3 E!ad8 1 4 . Jl b 5
Jl x f3 1 5 .gxf3 d6 16.J}.xc6 bxc6
1 7 . E! x a7 b 5 1 8 . E! a 6 x d4
1 9 . Jl x d4 E! x d4 20 . E! x c6 E! b4
2 1.E!c3 E!fbS 22.E!d1 g6 23.E!dd3
c6 24. 'if}g2, Draw
Alexey Selezniev ( 1 888- 1 967) was not
only a good player (historical Elo 2470)
but also a fi rst-rate study composer.
Like Rubinstein, he sought refugee
status in Sweden at this time.
(442) Rubinstein- A. Se/ezniev
Gothenburg (3) 1 920
English (A32]
l . d4 f6 2 .c4 e6 3 . c 3 Ab4
4.J}.d2 c 5 5 . f3 c x d4 6 . x d4
c6 7.e3 0-0 8.Ae2 b6 9 . Af3
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Ab7 1 0 . a4 Ae7 1 1 .0 - 0 c8
1 2 . E!ac1 x d4 1 3 . A x b7 x b7
1 4 . e x d4 d 5 1 5 . c x d 5 x d 5
1 6 . x d 5 x d 5 1 7. Jle 3 A d 6
1 8 . E! c 6 E! ad8 1 9 . E! fc 1 ,il b 8
2 0 . c4 x c4 2 1 . E! 1 x c4 E! d 5
22.g3 E!fd8 23.E!c8 'if}fS 24.'if}fl
'it'e7 25. 'if}e2 'it'd7 26.E!Sc6 'it'e7
2 7 . 'it'f3 E! 5d 6 2 8 . E! c 8 E! x c8
29. E! x c8 ladS 30.E!c4 'it'd7 31.j},f4
j}, x f4 3 2 . 'if} x f4 'if}d6 33.'if}e4 g5
34.b4 f5+ 3 5 . 'iftd3 e5 36.d x e 5 +
'if} x e5+ 37.'it'e3 E!e8 38.f4+ 'if}d6+
3 9 . 'ift d 3 g x f4 4 0 . E! x f4 'it' e 5
4 t . E!h4 E!e7 42.'if}c4 a6 43.E!h6
E!c7+ 44.'if}d3 E!d7+ 45.'ifte3 E!c7
4 6 . 'if} d 3 E! d 7 + 4 7 . 'ift c 3 E! c 7+
4 8 . 'if} b 3 E! b 7 4 9 . 'if}c4 E! c 7+
5 0 . 'if}d 3 E! d 7 + 5 1 . 'it' e 2 E! c 7
5 2 . 'if}d 2 E! d 7 + 5 3 . 'it'e 3 E! c 7
5 4 . E! x b6 E! c 3 + 5 5 . 'if} d 2 E! a 3
56.E!h6 E! x a2+ 57.\t'c3 a5 58.b51
After 58.bxa5 l:! xa5 59.l:! xh7 'itlf6 the
position is a theoretical draw.
58 . . . E!a4 5 9 . E! x h7 E!b4 60. E!b7
'if}f6?
According to the Swedish tournament
book, after 60 . . . f4 B l ack has good
chances for a draw ; for examp l e ,
6 l . g x f4 + <it> x f4 6 2 . h 4 'itl g 4 ( b e s t)
63 . l:! b8 'it'h5 64 . b6 h6 65.b7 'it>h7
66.h5 'it'g7 67 .h6+ h7 draw.

61 . .b8 C3)g7 62 . .b6! f4 63. gxf4
. x f4 64 . .a6 .a4 6 5 . h4 . x h4
66 . . x a 5 . h 3 + 6 7 . ct;c4 .h4+
68.ct;c5 .h5+ 6 9 . ct; b 6 .h6+
70.ct;a7, 1-0
(443 ) Rubinstein- Kostic
Gothenburg ( 4) 1 920
Queen's Pawn [D05]
1 .d4 e6 2./ilf3 /ilf6 3.e3 c5 4 . .Q.d3
d5 5.0-0 /ilc6 6.b3 .Q.d6 7. .Q.b2 0-0
8./ilbd2 'ltJe7 9.c4 b6 10 . .e11 .Q.b7
l l . e 4 d x e4 1 2 . /il x e4 c x d4
1 3 . /il xd4 /il xd4 14. /il xd6 'ltJ x d6
1 5 . .Q. x d4 . fd8 1 6 . .Q. x f6 g x f6
17.'1tJg4+ C3)h8 18 . .Q. x h7 f5
If 1 8 . . . 'it'xh7 1 9 . . e3!.
19.'ftJh5 ct;g7 20..e3 'ltJf4
2 1 . .g3+ ct;f8?
This loses immediately. A better but still
insufficient defense is 2 l . . . 'it'f6. Ac
c o rd i n g to the tourn ame n t b o o k ,
White 's best response is 2 2 . . fl , and
n o w 2 2 . . . . h8 23 . . g6 + ! 't;e7 ( o r
2 3 . . . fx g6 2 4 . xg6+ 'it' e 7 2 5 . g7+
'it'd6 2 6 . x b 7 , etc . ) 2 4 . 1"! g7 . af8
25 . . d l e4 26. g 3 f3 27 . . xf7+ . xf7
2 8 . 1"! d 7 + a n d w i n s , or 2 2 . . 1"! d 2
. 50.ct;fl h4 51 . .aa4 .d2 52.ct;g1
2 3 . 1"! g 6 + fx g 6 2 4 . x g6+
1 920
2 5 . g 7 + and 2 6 . x b 7 , w i t h two
pawns and attacking chances for the
exchange.
2 2 . . g8+ ct;e7 2 3 . . g7 .f8
24. .Q.g81 'ltJe4 25 . .d1!, 1-0
The D a n i s h p l ayer J121rgen M 121 l ler
( 1 873- 1 944) was an interesting analyst
who conceived the line l .e4 e5 2 .{)f3
{)c6 3.Ac4 Ac5 4.c3 {)f6 5 .d4 exd4
6. cxd4 Ab4+ 7.{)c3 {)xe4 8. 0-0 Axc3
9.d5, and revived l . e4 e5 2 .{)f3 {)c6
3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4 {)f6 5 . 0-0 .ll c 5 - both
o f w h i c h bear h i s n a m e . Chess
Personalia adds that his pseudonyms
were Byssodomeno and Hodie-mihi .
(444) Meller- Rubinstein
Gothenburg (5) 1 920
Ruy Lopez [C77]
t . e4 e5 2 . /il f3 /ilc6 3 . .Q.b5 a6
4 ..Q.a4 /ilf6 5./ilc3 b5 6 . .Q.b3 .Q.e7
7.0-0 0-0 8 . .Q.d5 b4 9 . .Q. xc6 dxc6
1 0 . /il e 2 Jil x e4 1 1 . /il x e s 'ltJ d 5
1 2.d4 c5 13./ilf4 'lt1d6 14 . . e 1 f5
1 5 . 'ltJ e 2 .Q.e6 1 6 . /il ed 3 .Q.f7
17.dxc5 'lt1d4 18 . .Q.e3 'lt1c4 19.f3
/il xc5 20.b3 'lt1b5 2 1 . /il xc5 .Q.xc5
2 2 . 'ft1 x b5 .Q. x e3+ 23 . . x e3 a x b5
2 4 . /il d 3 . fd8 2 5 . /il x b4 c 5
26./ild3 c4 27./ile5 .d2 28./il xf7
C3} xf7 29.bxc4 bxc4 30 . .c3 .e8
3 l . . x c 4 .ee2 3 2 . g4 .g 2 +
3 3 . C3) h 1 . x h 2 + 3 4 . C3) g 1 C3)f6
3 5 .g x f 5 . dg 2 + 3 6 . C3) f 1 . f 2 +
3 7 . ct;g 1 . hg 2 + 3 8 . ct; h 1 . h 2 +
3 9 . ct;g 1 . fg 2 + 4 0 . ct; f l . d 2
4 t . ct;g 1 . hg 2 + 4 2 . ct; h 1 . h 2 +
43 . ct;g 1 . dg 2 + 4 4 . ct; f l . d 2
45.ct;g1 .dg2+ 46.ct;fl h5 47.a4
.d2 48.ct;g 1 ct;g5 49.a5 .dg2+
'l:t e 7 . hg 2 + 5 3 . Cit>h 1 . h 2 + 5 4 . Cit>g 1
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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
hg 2 + 5 5 . h 1 h 2 + 56.g1
dg 2 + 5 7 . f l d 2 5 8 . g 1
dg 2 + 5 9 . f l f 2 + 6 0 . g 1
hg 2 + 6 t . h 1 h 2 + 6 2 . g 1
fg 2 + 6 3 . f 1 d 2 64. g 1
hg 2 + 6 5 . h 1 h 2 + 66.g 1
he2 67.g4+, Draw
(445) Rubinstein - Bogoljubow
Gothenburg (6) 1 920
Queen's Indian [E l 8]
1 .d4 .)f6 2 . .lf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3
Ab7 5.Ag2 Ae7 6 . .lc3 d5 7 . .le5
0-0 8 . 0 - 0 c5 9 . d x c 5 A x c 5
1 0 . Af4? ! .) e4 1 1 . .) x e4 d x e4
1 2.b3?!
Better is 1 2 .4Jd3!?
12 ... c8! 1 3.Ae3? j}. xe3 14.fxe3
.) c 6 1 5 . .) x c 6 x c6 1 6 . a d 1
ac8 17.d4 f 5 18.fd 1? ! Aa6
19.c5 A x e 2 20.d6 x c5
2 1 . x e6+ h 8 2 2 . 1 d4 c 1 +
23.f2 c2, 0 - 1
(446) Reti - Rubinstein
Gothenburg (7) 1 920
Sicilian Nimzo-Rubinstein [B29]
Notes by Kmoch (K), Bogoljubow (B),
and Razuvaev (R).
l . e4 c 5 2 . .l f3 .) f6 3.e5 .l d 5
4 . .lc3 e 6 5.g3
(K) This setup is not justified here .
Better is 5 . 4Jxd5 exd5 6.d4 .
( B ) Not the best.
(R) In our opinion this move is perfectly
playable.
5 ... .)c6 6.j}, g2 .) x c3 7.bxc3 d6
8.exd6 A x d6 9.0-0 0-0 10.d3
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(R) More active is 1 0.d4 .
1 0 . . . -'l.e7
(K) In order to play . . . Af6 if the op
posing queen 's bishop occupies the
long diagonal.
(R) A bad place for the queen. White
should fight for the in itiative with
1 2 . fl b l . If 12 .. .'c7, then 1 3 .Af4 e5?
1 4.4Jxe5! 4Jxe5 1 5 .fl xb7 ifl'd6 1 6.Axe5
ifl'xe5 1 7 . fl xd7. In case of 12 . . . b6 then
1 3 .d4 is good.
12 . . . c7 13. E!fe1 adS 14.Af4
Ad6 1 5.A xd6 xd6 16.e3
(R) The move 1 6.c4 deserves attention.
16 ... b6 17 . .)d2 .)e7 18 . .)c4 c7
19.e5?
(K), (R) The endgame is unfavorable
for White because of his inferior pawn
position. He should try 1 9 .a4 with the
idea of a5-a6.
19 ... xe5 20 . .) xe5 Aa4! 21 .e2
.ld5 22.Jlxd5
(R) A critical moment. After the ex
change of the bishop for the knight
White's difficulties increase. Obviously
he should seek refuge in the variation
2 2 . c4 4Jb4 2 3 . fl c l f6 ( 2 3 . . . 4J x a 2
24 . f! a l 4J c 3 2 5 . El ee l ) 2 4 . 4Jf3 '<t' f7
25.4Je l , with a passive but steady po
sition.
[Authors : In the fi nal p o s i t i o n of
Razuvaev ' s variation B l ack stands
clearly better. Also, instead of 24 . . . '<t'f7,
B lack can play 24 . . . 4J x c 2 2 5 . f! c xc2
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Axc2 26Jhc2 . xd3 with the favorable
endgame of rook and two pawns against
two minor pieces.]
22 ... exd5 23 ..ael .fe8 24.f4 f6
2 5 . .l f3 f7 2 6 . f 2 . x e 2
2 7 . . x e 2 . e 8 28 . . x e8 x eS
29 . .lel e7
(K) The exchange of rooks has in
creased the effectiveness of the king
and bishop.
(R) A brilliant move, which prepares
the invasion of Black's king into f4. If
now 38.c4, then 38 . . . hxg4 39.hxg4 (or
38 . .\xg4 'it'e6 39 . .\h6 g5, etc.) 39 . . . g5!
40.fxg5 fxg5 and B lack's king rushes
into f4 .
3 8 . c x d 4 c x d4 39.d2 h x g4
40.hxg4
(K) After 40 . .\xg4 Axg4 4 1 .hxg4 g5,
Black wins the pawn ending.

30.e3 e6 3 1 .g4 d6 32.h3 g6 40 ... .Q.c6 4t.e2

33.d2 .Q.d71 34 . .lf3 e71
(B) In case of 4 l .c3 dxc3+ 42 .'it'xc3,
(K) Directed against g5. B lack wins i n an in structive way :
4 2 . . . Ag 2 ! (zugzwang ! ) 4 3 . \t>d4 b5
35.e3 4 4 . 'it'e 3 a 5 4 5 . a3 (or 4 5 . 'it'f2 Ad5)
4 5 . . . \t>d5 46.\t>e2 'it'd4 4 7 . \t>d2 a4
(K) If 3 5 . g 5 A x h 3 3 6 . g x f6 + 'it' x f6
48.g5 f5 .
37 . .\g5 Ad7! 38 . .\xh7+ \t>f5 39.'it'e3
Aa4 and B lack wins.
4 t . . . .Q. d 5 4 2 . a 3 b5 43 . .l f l a S
44 . .ld2 a4 45 . .le4
35 ... h5 36 . .lh2
(K) Or 45 .'it'dl g5!, etc.
(K) Or 36.gxh5 gxh5 37 .h4 'it'e6, and
. . .\t>f5 wins.
4S . . . .Q. x e4 46.d x e4 b4 47.d2
bxa3 48.cl g5, 0-1

(447) Rubinstein- Mieses

Gothenburg (8) 1 920
Dutch Staunton [A83]

t . d4 f5 2 .e4 f x e4 3 . .lc3 .l f6
4 . .Q.g5 .lc6 5.f3 d5 6.fxe4 .l xe4
7 . .l x e4 d x e4 8.d5 .l e 5 9 . '/Wd4
.l f7 10 . .Q.f4 ? 1 c 6 l l . .Q.c4 e6
1 2 .d6?

Better is 1 2 .xe4 with approximately

37 . . . d411 equal chances.

(K) Rubinstein conducts the ending 1 2 . . . j}_ x d6 1 3 . A x d6 '/W x d6

bri l l iantly. White 's possible moves are 14. '/W x g7 '/Wb4+ 1 5 .'/Wc3 '/W x c3+
reduced step by step. t 6.bxc3 .ld6 17.Ae2 e51

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1 8 . A h 5 + ? 1 ct;e7 1 9 . 4) e 2 ..f8 or l l . . .i<e7, with the possibility of put

20.4)g3 Ae6 2l.Ae2 ..adS 22.a4 ting the queen on f7 .
4) f5 2 3 . 4) f l 4) h4 24 . .J e 3 .lf5
25 . .Jdl 4)h4 26 . ..gl? ..g8 27.g3 1 2 ..1}.cl Ae7 13.a3 a5 14.c21
.j f3+ 28. A x f3 e x f3 29 . ..bl b6
30 . ..fl e4 3 l . ..b4 Af5 3 2 . 4) e3 (S) Avoiding the threat 14 . . . Axa3. In
ct;f6 33.a5 b5 34.a6 ct;e5 35 . ..f2 case of 1 4 .b4 Black has 14 . . . .tlxb4, and
h5 36.c4 ..d4 37 . ..b3 Ae6 38. ..a3 against 1 4 .d2 he could play 14 . . . i<b6
A xc4 39 . ..d2 ..f8 40. 4) xc4 bxc4 1 5 .b4 f5 , followed by 16 . . . .tld4 .
41 . .. xd4 ct; x d4 42.ct;f2 c5 43 . ..e3
..f6 44 . ..el .. xa6 45 . ..dl + ct;e5
46 . ..d8 ..f6 47 . ..e8+ ct;d4 48.h3
a5 49.g4 h xg4 50.h xg4 a4 5 1 .g5
..g6 5 2 . .. d 8 + ctlc3 5 3 . .. d 5 a 3
54 . .. xc5 a 2 5 5 . ..a5 ct;b2 56 . ..b5+
ct;xc2 57 . ..a5 ct;b2 58 . ..b5+ ctlc3
59 . ..a5 .. xg5, 0-1

(448) Spielmann- Rubinstein

Gothenburg (9) 1 920
Sicilian Nimzo-Rubinstein [B29]
Notes by Rubinstein (R) and Spielmann
(S).
l .e4 c5 2 . .Jf3 4)f6
[Authors : While the Sicilian was not
Rub inste i n ' s main defense to l . e4,
2 . . . .tlf6 was his trademark when he
ventured it.]
3.e5 .l d 5 4.c4 4)c7 5.d4 c x d4
6 : x d4 4)c6 7. e4 d5 8 . e x d6
xd6 9 . .lc3 e5
(R) The best continuation is 9 . . .f5 . If
White's queen leaves the e-file, then
1 0 . . . e5 with good development. I f
1 0.i<e2, then Black can play 1 0 . . . g6,
followed by . . . g7 and . . . e5.
10 . .1}.f4! f6 l l . ..dl b4
14 . . . e4!
(R) B lack's queen is in danger - the
threat is 1 5 .b4 when White wins at least
a piece. The ideas behind the pawn sac
rifice are to free the queen and obtain
good attacking chances.
t5.Ad2
(S) Not 1 5 .i<xe4 because of 1 5 . . . f5
16.i<e3 0-0 with a strong attack. Un
clear is 1 5 .b4 xb4!?.
1 5 ... exf3 16.4)d5 c5
(S) Here an interesting continuation is
1 6 . . . .tld4 and if 1 7 . i<e4 then 1 7 . . . i<c5
1 8.Ab4 Af5 with the advantage.
1 7 . 4) x c7 + ct;f7 1 8 . 4) x a8 Ag4
19.Ae3 a5+ 20 . ..d2 .. x a8 2 l .c5

(R) After this move Black runs into dif (S) Also worth considering is 2 1 .gxf3
ficulties. Better seems to be l l . . .i<e6 Axf3 22 .E! g l .

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21 ... .)e5 22.g3 d8 23 . .1lc4+
(S) White must make a difficult deci
sion. After 23.b4 xa3 24.a2+ xa2
25 . .. xa2, Black has good opportunities.
I rejected 23.b3+ e6 24.xb7 be
cause of 24 . . . .. xd2! 25 .Axd2 c5 .
23 ... .) xc4 24.t?/xc4+ Ae6 25.t?/b4
t?/ a 6 2 6 . \tl d 1 c8 2 7 . c 2 b6
28.\tlcl bxc5 29.t?/e4
(S) If 29.Axc5? c6.
29 ... c4 30.-'1,d4 d8 3 1 .e1 Af8
32.d2 g6 33. t?/xf3
(S) Not 33.g4?, because of 33 . . . c3! .
3 3 . . . A f 5 3 4 . t?/ e 3 c 8 3 5 . .1lc3
Ad3 36.t?/d4 t?/c6 37.g4?1
(S) This loses. True, after 37.xa7+
..c7 38.d4 (38.e3?? .. e7) 38 . . . Ac5!
39.'l1'h4 g5 40.h5+ g6 Black still
has good counterplay.
37 ... Ac5 38.t?/f4 g5 39.t?/g3 .1ld6
40. t?/e3 .1lf4 41. t?/e7+ \tlg6
42 . .1l x f6
( R ) T h i s sacri fi c e i s i n c orre c t .
Spielmann probably overlooked the
point of B lack's 43rd move. Better is
35 1
4 2 . .. e6 h l + 4 3 . .. e l x d 2 +
44.xd2, but Black still keeps the ad
vantage after 44 . . . f3 45 .'l1'xa7 xg4
46.e3 'l1'g2 47.'l1'g3 (if 47.h3 f5 )
47 . . . c6, intending . . . a4 or . . ..d8.
.
42 ... c7 43. t?/d8 d71
(S) But not 43 . . . xf6? 44.g8+ ..g7
4 5 . 'l1'e8+ and White wins the queen
with 46 . .. e6.
44. t?/g8 + \tl x f6 4 5 . t?/f8+ \tlg6
4 6 . t?/g8+ \tlf6 4 7. t?/ f8 + f7
48.t?/h8+ g7 49.h4 t?/d7 50.h5
\tlf7 5 1 .e3 -'1, x e3 52.fxe3 \tle6,
0- 1
( 449) Rubinstein - Nimzovitch
Gothenburg { l 0) 1 920
Owen [A40]
1 .d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3 . .lf3 Ab7 4.g3
A b 4+ 5 . A d 2 A x d 2 + 6 . t?/ x d 2
.) e7 ? 1 7 . .l c 3 d 5 8 . c x d 5 e x d 5
9 . Ag2 c5 1 0 . d x c 5 b x c 5 1 1 . 0-0
.ld7 1 2 . fd1 0-0 1 3 . .l e 1 .)b6
14 . .ld3 t?/d6 1 5 . .lf4 t?/f6 16.b3
c4 17.bxc4 .) x c4 18.t?/d4 t?/ xd4
1 9 . x d4 .) b6 20 . .) c x d 5 -'1, x d5
21 . .) xd5 .)exd5 22.-'1,xd5 .) xd5
23. xd5 fe8 24.e3 e6 25.a4 g6
2 6 . a d 1 \tlg7 2 7 . d 8 x d8
28. x d8 \tlf6 29.\tlfl a6 30.d4
\1jle6 31.\tle2 b6
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
3 2 .g4 . b 2 + 3 3 . \t'f3 .a2 34.g5
\t'e7 3 5 . h4 \t'e6 3 6 . . f4 \t'e7
37.\t'g3 \t'f8 38.h5 .at 39.hxg6
h x g6 40 . .e4 . a 2 4 1 .f3 . a t
42.\t'f4 . c t 4 3 . .b4 a 5 4 4 . .e4
.c3 4 5 . \t'g3 .a3 4 6 . f4 . a t
47.\t'f2 .a2+ 48.\t'f3 .a3 49.\t'e2
f6 5 0 .g x f6 \t'f7 5 1 . . c4 \t' x f6
5 2 . \t'f3 \t' e 6 5 3 . \t'e4 \t' d 6
54.\t'd4 . a t 55.e4 . d t + 56.\t'e3
.et + 57.\t'f3 .fl + 58.\t'g4 .gt +
59.\t'h4 .bt 60.\t'g5 .b4, t-0
(450) Tartakover- Rubinstein
Gothenburg ( 1 1 ) 1 920
Giuoco Piano [C50]
t .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . Ac4 4) f6
4.4)c3 Jtc5 5.d3 d6 6.Ae3 Ab6
7."t;t d 2 Ag4 s . . g 5 A h 5 f3 h6
t0.4)h3 d7 1 1 .g4 4)d4 t 2.Jtxd4
Jtxd4 13.4)gt Ag6 t4.4)ge2 Ab6
t 5.0-0-0 0-0-0 t6.d4 c6 t7.Jtb3
e7 t8.d5 c x d5 t 9 . A x d 5 4) e8
2 0 . 4) a 4 c7 2 1 . b4 4) f 6
22.4) x b6+ x b6 23. x b6 a x b6
24.4)c3
Better is 24.h4.
24 ... h5 25.g5 4) xd5 26 . . xd5 h41
27 . 4) b5 Jt h 5 28 . . f t . hf8
29 . . xd6 f5 30.gxf6 . x f6 3t . . x f6
g x f6 3 2 . 4) c3 .g8 33 . .f2 \t'd7
34.4)d5 \t'e6 35.4)e3 h3 36.\t'd2
.gt 37.\t'e2 .at 38.a3 .bt 39.b3
. h t 40.a4 Ae81 4 1 . 4) d 5 Ac6
4 2 . 4) x b6 f5 43 . e x f 5 + \t' x f5
44.4)c4 \t'f4 45.4)e3?
Better is 45 .<tlb2.
45 . . . . g t l 4 6 . 4) f t .g2 47. 4) d 2
.g t 48. 4) f l .g2 49 . 4) d 2 .g t
50.4)ft .g2 5t .4)d2 .gt, Draw
(45 1 ) Rubinstein- Maroczy
Gothenburg ( 1 2) 1 920
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D63]
N o t e s fro m Th e Chess A m a teur,
February 1 922 (A), Bogo1jubow (B),
and Kmoch (K).
t .d4 4)f6 2.4)f3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Jtg5
Ae7 5.e3 4)bd7 6.4)c3 0-0 7 . .ct
.e8?1 8. c2 dxc4?1
(K) Not customary and weaker than
8 . . . c6. Generally, taking the pawn is in
order only after White's king bishop has
moved.
9.Jtxc4 c5 t0.0-0 cxd4 1 1.4) xd4
a6
(B) Black should play l l . . .<tleS 1 2 .Jle2
ltd7 13 . .. fd l "tb6 with a satisfactory
position.
t2 . . fd t a5 1 3 . Ah4 4) e 5
t4.Ae2 4)g6
(K) The knight is misplaced here. It
belongs on the queenside, possibly on
c6, in order to secure the square c7 for
the queen - at the very least.
[Authors : Here Tartakover recommends
1 4 . . . 1td7 1 5 . <tlb 3 "t c 7 , b u t , as
Razuvaev indicates, after 1 6 . Jlg3 !
White has the advantage.]
t5.Ag3 e5
(A) I f lS . . . <tlhS, then 1 6 .<tlb3 "tgS
1 7 . <tle4 with much the better game.
t 6 . 4) b3 c7 t 7 . b t l b8
t8.Af3 a7 t9 . .la51
(A) Stop s Black from obtaining a little
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 1 920
more freedom by 1 9 . . . . b8 and 20 ... b5.
1 9 . . . J;lb4 20 . .lc4 Ad7 2 1 . .l d 5
.l xd5 22.J;lxd5 Ae6
According to Razuvaev, 22 . . . Ag4 of
fers better defensive chances.
23.e4
( B ) A l s o g o o d is 2 3 . 4:J x e 5 4:l x e 5
24.Axe5 and i f 2 4 . . . Ag4 25.Ad4 with
an extra pawn, but Rubinstein prefers
to keep the pressure on.
23 . . . J;l x d 5 24 . E! x d 5 E! ac8
25.E!cdl Af8
(K) Not 2 5 .. .f5? because of 26:1tfxf5 !
. x c 4 2 7 . . d7 4Jh8 2 8 . A x e 5 Af8
2 9 . A x g7 ! .lt x g7 3 0 . . x g 7 + 'it' x g7
3 1 . . d7+, etc.
26.b3 b5 27 .ld6 A xd6 28. xd6
E!c7?
( B ) B lack m i s s e s h i s last chan c e :
2 8 . . :1tfa8!. Now 29.R6d5 i s bad because
of 29 . . . f5 ! 3 0 . x f5 x d 5 3 l . . x d5
. c l + . lf 29.f5 then 29 . . .f6 30.h4 4Jh8
is possible and B lack's position is play
able.
29.h4! f6 30.d5+ h8
(K) Or 30 . . . .f7 3 1 .h5 4Jf8 32.h6, etc.
And if30 . . . 'it'f8 3 1 .e4, with the threat
of 32.h5, etc. The text move loses even
faster.
353
3 1 .h5 .l f8 32 .h6 .l g6 33. e6!
E!f8 34.d7 gxh6
35.Ah4! t-o
(A) For if 35 . . . 4Jxh4 36:1tfe7 wins.
(452) Breyer- Rubinstein
Gothenburg ( 1 3) 1 920
Queen's Pawn [D04]
t . d4 dS 2 . e3 .l f6 3 . .l f3 Af5
4.Ad3 e6 s . A x f5 e x f5 6 . d 3
c8 7.0-0 c 6 8.c4 d xc4 9 . x c4
A d 6 1 0 . .l c 3 0 - 0 l l . a4 .l a6
1 2 . A d 2 E!e8 1 3 . E! fc l d7
14 . .la2 .le4 1 5.Ab4 f4 16.Axd6
.l xd6 17.b3 fxe3 18.fxe3 e6
19.E!c3 .lc7 20 . .l b4 aS 21. xe6
E! x e6 22 .lc2 E!ae8 23.E!c5 .la6
24. E! xa5 .lc4 25.E!f5 g6 26. E!f4
h6 2 7 . E! f l g7 2 8 . b 3 .l d 6
2 9 . .l e 5 E! 8e7 30 . .l c4 .l c7
3 1 . .l x d6 E! x d6 3 2 . 4f3 .l d 5
33.e4 .l c7 34.E!el .l e6 3 5 .E!d3
E!ed7 36.E!edl .lc5 37.E!e3 .le6
3 8 . E! ed 3 .l c 5 3 9 . E! c 3 .l e 6
40.E!cd3, Draw
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Rubinstein was not a great simul player If 17 . . . g6 18.Ah6+ ! and wins.

in the style of Capablanca or Alekhine,
but he gave quite a few exhibitions in 1 8 . fJhs! Aa6 1 9 . A h4 fJg6
his life. What follows is a variety of 2 0 . x g6 f x g6 2 1 . -'i,f6 f7
games, primarily from exhibitions, but 22. 'lt!ig7+ e6 23.Ah4, 1-0
also from such diverse forms as blind
fold, consultation, and blitz play. (454) Goldfarb- Rubinstein
Lodz (Blitz) 1 907
The following game was published in Center Game [C22]
Pierwyj a/manach Lodzinskogo obs
zczestwa liubitielej szachmatnoj igry, 1 . e4 e5 2.d4 e x d4 3.f1 x d4 4)c6
Lodz 1 907. There is no record of what 4.f1e3 4)f6 5.4)c3 Ae7 6.Ad2 d5
competition it's from, but it can't be 7.exd5 4) xd5 8.4) xd5 f1 xd5 9.b3
from the Lodz 1 906 double round, Af5 10.0-o-o o-o-o n.Ac4
s i n c e according to the c r o s s t ab l e
Rubinste i n ' s scored I Yl - Yl against
Daniuszewski and in this game he loses.
Our gue s s , e s p e c i a l l y b e c a u s e o f
Rubinstein's cavalier play ( l l . . .g5?), i s
that it's an offuand game.

(453) Daniuszewski- Rubinstein

Lodz (Offuand) September 4, 1 906
Four Knights [C49]

l .e4 e5 2 .Jtl f3 4)c6 3 . 4) c3 4) f6

4.-'\.b5 Ab4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 -'1, xc3 l l ... fJa5!! 12.a4
7.bxc3 d6 8.-'i, xc6 bxc6 9.-'\.g5 h6
10.-'i,h4 E!e8 1 1 . e1 g5? 12.4) x g5 If 1 2 .Axa5 Aa3+ 1 3 .bl . xdl + and
hxg5 13.Axg5 f1e7 14.e3 f1e6 mate next move.
15.E!g3 f8 16.fJf3 4)g8 17.fJh5
b8 12 ... Aa3+ 13.b1 4) b4 14.Ad3
E! xd3! 1 5.cxd3 f1d5, 0-1

(45 5) Daniuszewski - Rubinstein

Lodz (Blitz) 1 907
Ruy Lopez [C60]

1 .e4 e5 2.4)f3 4)c6 3.Ab5 f6 4.d4

4)ge7 5.dxe5 4) xe5 6.4) xe5 fxe5
7.4)c3 4)g6 8.0-0 Ac5 9.h1 c6
10.-'i,c4 f6 l l .h5 d6 1 2.Ag5
f8 13 .f4, 1-0
 Non-Tournament Games 1 920

(456) Fandrich and Marco d8 t4.t/Jxe51 fxe5 t5.Jl,xd8 4)h6

Rubinstein and Sa/we t6.Ah4, t-0
Vienna (Consultation) May 1 908
Ruy Lopez [C98] Rubinstein 's Visit to Moscow

l . e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3 . Jl b 5 a6 According to Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie

4.Jl,a4 4)f6 5.0-0 Jl,e7 6.et b5 #90, p. 43 7, Rubinstein began to play
7 . A b 3 d6 8 . c 3 0 - 0 9 . h 3 4) a 5 simultaneous exhibitions only in the
tO.Ac2 c5 l l .d4 t/Jc7 t 2 . 4) bd2 late fall of 1 909. He started in Vilna
4) c 6 t 3 . d 5 4) d 8 t 4 . 4) f l 4) e8 and Warsaw against small numbers of
t5 . .lg3 g6 t6.Jl,h6 4)g7 t7.4)h2 players, but by the end of the year
f6 t8. t/Jd2 4) f7 t 9 . 4) g4 Jl,d7 (December 27 - January 3) was ready
20.f3 t/Jc8 2 1 . ft f5 2 2 . A x g7 for a big trip to Moscow.
'if/ xg7 23.exf5 gxf5 24.4)e3 4)h6
2 5 . 4) g4 4) g8 2 6 . 4) e3 Jl,h4
There the first large exhibition, on
27.4)h5+ 'if/h8 28.g4 f4 29.t/Jd3
December 2 7 , was against a strong
f7 3 0 . 4) g 2 t/Jd8 3 l .a4 A x f5
field of 35 players (Alexey Alekhine,
32.gxf5 t/Jg5 33.f6 t/J xh5 34.t/Jf5
Urusov, Perelzweig, et a! . ) . After 6
t!Jh6 35.t/Je6 xf6 36.t/Jd7 bxa4
hours and 45 minutes the score was
3 7 . Jl, f 5 Ag3 3 8 . E{ x a4 4) e7
+26,-4,=5 (This result has also been
3 9 . Ae6 t/Jg7 40 . fa t g6
reported as +27,-4,=6). The following
4 1 . x a6 x a6 42. x a6 h5
two games are from this event.
43.t/Je8+ 4)g8 44.a8 e4 45.Axg8
t/J x g8 4 6 . t/J c 6 e x f3 47. x g8+
(45 8) Rubinstein - Butiagin
'if/ x g8 48. t/Je8+ 'if/g7 49 . 4) x f4
Moscow (Simul) December 27, 1 909
A x f4 + 5 0 . 'if/f2 A c t 5 1 . t/Je7+
'if/h6 5 2 .b4 c x b4 53.c x b4 Jlg5 King's Gambit Falkbeer [C3 1 ]
54. t/Je4 f6 5 5 .h4 A c t 5 6 . b 5
'if/g7 5 7 . t/Jd3 A b 2 5 8 . b 6 E! f4 t .e4 e 5 2 . f4 d 5 3 . e x d 5 t/J x d 5 ?
59.b7 f8 60. t/Jc4, t-O 4 . 4) c 3 t/J e 6 5 . 4) f3 e x f4+ 6.'if/f2
t/Jb6+ 7.d4 Jl,d6 8 . Jl, b 5 + Jl,d7
(45 7) Daniuszewski- Rubinstein 9.et + 4)e7
Lodz (Blitz?) 1 908
Giuoco Piano [C53 ]

l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4) c 6 3.Ac4 Jlc5

4.c3 t!Jf6 5 . d4 Jl,b6 6 . 0 - 0 d6?!
7.Ag5 t/Jg6 8.dxe5 Ag4

An attempt to improve. After 8 . . dxe5

.

9A:Jxe5 ! xg5 10 . .lxf7, White has a

winning position.

9 . e x d 6 .Q. x f3 tO . t/J x f3 4) e 5
tl .d7+ 1 f8 1 2 . t/Jg3 f6 1 3 . E{dt tO . .Q. x f4! .Q. x b5

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If 10 . . . xf4 1 U 'i xe7+ ! , etc.
l l . Jl x d6 x d6 1 2 . .J x b5 d7
13.e2 .j bc6 14.d5 .l b4 1 5.d6!
c x d6 16 . .. a d l d5 1 7 . c 3 .l bc 6
18 . .. x d5!, 1-0
(459) Rubinstein - Mints
Moscow (Simul) December 27, 1 909
King's Gambit [C30]
l . e4 e 5 2 . f4 Ac5 3 . .l f3 .l c 6
4.f xe5 .! xe5 5 . .1 xe5 h4+ 6.g3
x e4+ 7 . e 2 x h l 8.d4 -'l.e7
9 . .Jf3
ECO gives credit for this continuation
to Seyboth.
9 ... b6!?
This interesting attempt, not mentioned
in ECO, is convincingly refuted by
Rubinstein.
10.c4 Aa6 l l .b3 d5 1 2.Aa3 dxc4
1 3 . A x e7 .j x e7 1 4 . .J bd 2 c 3
1 5 . x a 6 c x d 2 + 1 6 . <if}f 2 ! 0 - 0
1 7 . .. d l .. feB 1 8 . Ae 2 x d l
1 9 . jl x d 1 .l d 5 2 0 . d 3 .. e 3
2 1 . xd2 f6 22.b4 . . . 1-0
[White won in 40 moves; the rest is
not avai lable.]
356
(460) Rubinstein- Liubimov,
Rozanov, P. Selezniev
Moscow (Consultation) Dec. 28, 1 909
French Chigorin [COO]
l .e4 e6 2. e2 c5 3.f4 Ae7 4.d3
.lc6 5.g3 .lf6 6.Ag2 0-0 7 . .Jf3
d5 8.0-0 b6 9 . .Jc3 Ab7 10 . .jd1
c7 l l .e5 .je8 1 2.c3 d4 13.c4 g6
14 . .jf2 .lg7 15.Ad2 a6 16 . .Je4
b 5 1 7 . b 3 b x c4 1 8 . b x c4 .. a b8
1 9 . g4 Aa8 20 . .. a b 1 .. x b l
2 1 . .. x b 1 ..b8 2 2 . .. x b8+ x b8
2 3 . .J f6 + Jl x f6 2 4 . e x f6 .j e 8
25 . .l e 5 c8 26.g5 .j d 6 2 7. .J xc6
A x c6 2 8 . e 5 Jl x g 2 2 9 . x d 6
as 30.Aa5 Ah3 3 1 . <if}f2 Aft
3 2 . <if} x fl f3+ 3 3 . <if} e l e 3 +
3 4 . <if} d l x d 3 + 3 5 . Jl d 2 f l +
3 6 . jl e 1 d 3 + 3 7 . <if} c l x c4+
38.<if}d2 c3+?
Black can and should draw here with
38 . . xa2 + .
.
3 9 . <if} e 2 e 3 + 4 0 . <if} f l f3+
4t.<if}g1 g4+ 42.<if}f2 h6 43.e5
h4+
B lack's last move was sealed and the
game was not resumed. In the final po
sition White has some slight chances
for a win.
 Non- Tournament Games 1 920
(46 1 ) Rubinstein, Isakov
Bernstein, Urusov
Moscow (Consultation) Dec. 29, 1 909
Ruy Lopez [C66]
l .e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3.Ab5 4) f6
4.0-0 Ae7 5 . 4) c3 d6 6.d4 Ad7
7.Ag5 exd4 S.4) xd4 0-0 9.Axc6
b x c6 1 0 . d3 4) g4 ? ! l l . A x e7
x e7 1 2 . f4 c 5 l 3 . 4) f3 ..abS
14.h3 4)h6 1 5.b3 f6 16.4)d5 dS
17.c4 4)f7 lS . ..fel ..feS 19 . ..adl
Ac6 20.c3 A x d 5 21 . .. x d5 c6
22 . ..d2 c7 23 . ..de2 ..e6 24.1i!7fl
..beS 2 5 . d3 g6 2 6 . c 2 li!7g7
27.d3 e7?
2S.b4! c7
If 28 . . . cxb4 then 29.<ld4 wins the ex
change.
29.bxc5 dxc5 30.e5 fxe5 3 l .fxe5
e7 3 2 . h4 li!7 gS 3 3 . e 3 ..fS
34.1i!7gl ..eS 35.f4 ..fS 36.g3
.. e S 37 . .. e4 li!7 g7 3 S . h 5 g 5
39.4)h4 li!7hS
If 39 . . . <Jh6? 40 .flg4!
According to Bernstein, the immediate
4 l .f2 is better.
4t ... li!7gS 42. g3 h6 43. f2 .. xe5
44 . 4) x h6+ li!7g7 45 . .. x e 5 .. x e 5
46. 4) x f7 .. x e l + 47. x e l li!7 x f7
4S . f 2 + li!7g7 4 9 . b 2 + d4+
50. x d4+ cxd4 51.g4 c5, Draw
[White 3 :2 5 ; B lack 3 : 09.]
(462) Bernstein, Urusov
Rubinstein, /sakov
Moscow (Consultation) Dec. 30, 1 909
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D28]
l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.4)c3 dxc4 4.e3
4) f6 5 . A x c4 a6 6.4)f3 c5 7.0-0
4)c6 S. e2 b5 9.Ab3 c7 10.a4
b4 1 1 . 4) b l Ab7 1 2 . d x c 5 A x c5
1 3 . 4) bd 2 0-0 1 4 . 4) c4 .. acS
1 5 . ..dl 4)g4 16.Ad2 4)e7 17.h3
A x f3 1 S . x f3 h 2 + 1 9 . 1i!7fl
4)e5 2 0 . 4) x e 5 x e 5 2 1 . .. abl
..fdS 2 2 . Ac4 a 5 23.b3 4) f5
24.Aa6 ..c7 25.Ael ..fS 26.Ad3
4)h4 27.f4 x f4 2S.e xf4 4) g6
2 9 . A x g 6 h x g6 30 . .. bc l .. fcS
3 1 . A d 2 li!7fS 32 . ..c4 li!7e7
3 3 . ..dcl Ab6 34 . .. x c7 + .. x c7
35 . .. x c7 + A x c7 3 6 . 1i!7 e 2 li!7d6
3 7 . 1i!7 d 3 li!7d5 3 S . A e 3 Ads
39.Ad4 f6 40.f3 Ac7 4t.g4 Ads
42.h4 Ac7 43.h5 gx h 5 44.g xh5
Ads 45.Aat Ae7 46.Ab2 Ac5
47.Aat Af2
48.f51?
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

The last try. If now 48 . . . e x f5? then
49.Axf6! wins. The immediate 48 . .ilxf6
does not win : 48 . . . gxf6 4 9 . f5 ! .ilc5
50.h6 .ilf8 5 1 .fxe6 'it>xe6 5 2 .h7 .ilg7
5 3.c4 \t'd6! 54.'it>b5 f5 55 .xa5 'it>c5
56.a6 'it>c6 and draws (Bernstein).
A strong move, threatening ... 4:Jd4 or
.. . 4:Jf4. White 's reply is the only good
defense.
2 1 . Cifl f l Et x d l 2 2 . Et x d l !a d S
2 3 .l fe 5 Et x d l 24 . -lt x d l .l d 5

25.'ltb3!
48 e5 49.Ab2 Ag3, Draw
.

[White 2 : 3 0; Black 2 :40] An excellent move, which prepares f2-

Utro Rossii gives a result of +26,-7,=5
for a 3 8-board simul lasting six hours
that was held in Moscow on December
3 1 , 1 909.
(463) Alekhine and Bernstein-
Rubinstein and Goncharov
Moscow (Consultation Game)
Jan. I , 1 9 1 0
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D28]
Notes by Bernstein from Utro Rossii,
f3 and at the same time attacks the t7-
pawn; for example, if now 25 . . . .ilf6,
then 26.4:Jxt7!.
25 . . . .l dc7 2 6 . f3 'ltbl 2 7 . .l d 3
.lb5?
The d e c i s i v e m i stake. B etter i s
27 . . . .ilf6.
28 . .j d 2 'lt a l 2 9 . 'lta4! .l ec7
3 0 . Cifl e 2 Jl.f6 3 1 . .l b3 'lt b l
3 2 . .j d 2 'lt a l 3 3 .! b3 'ltbl

January 4, 1 9 1 0. 34. .jbxc5 Axb2 35.'ltb3 .lc3+

l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3 . .lf3 dxc4 4.e3

.lf6 5.A x c4 a6 6.0-0 c5 7.'lte2
.lc6 8.Eldl 'ltc7 9 . .lc3 b5 10.Ab3
Ab7 l l . d 5 e x d 5 1 2 . .11, x d 5 b4
13 . .lg5! .jd8

If 1 3 . . . b x c 3 ? then 1 4 . .il x f7 + e 7
1 5 . c4 4:Jd8 16.1"! xd8! and White wins.
[Authors: The risky looking 13 ... 0-0-0!?
is the best chance.]

In case of 1 5 . . . b5 White will play Looks risky, but this is the only correct
16.f3 1"! c8 1 7 .e4 with a strong attack; continuation.
for examp l e , 17 . . . ile7 1 8 . e 5 4:Jd7
19 .h3 ! , etc. 36 ... .!7d5 37.e4!

1 6 . .j d 2 0-0 17 . .lc4 h6 18 . .l f3 If 37 :itfc2? 4Je4+! and B lack wins the

.je6 19.Ad2 .fd8 20.-'tel e4! queen .

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 Non-Tournament Games 1 920
37 ... .)f4 38 . .) xb2
B u t n o t 3 8 . 4J x f4?? .ll c l mate , or
3 8 . x b 2 ? dl + 3 9 . 'lt' e 3 4J x d 3
40.4Jxd3 xe l + ! and Black has good
chances for a draw.
38 ... .) xg2 39 . .\bd3 a1 40.c2
.) x e 1 4 1 . .) x e 1 .) x a 2 42 . .) b3
e 5 4 3 . c8+ <it'h7 44. f 5 +
x f5 45.exf5 .\c3?
[Authors : Reinfeld, in 1 00 Instructive
Games ofA lekhine, gives 45 . . . g6! as the
last slim hope.]
46. .)c2 .)d5 47.<iftd3 g6 48.c;ftd4
.)f6 49.<ifte5 <it'g7 50 . .) xb4, 1-0
[White 3 :02 ; Black 2 : 54]
The fo l lowing day Rubinstein and
Alekhine squared off for the first time
(game # 2 6 0 ) . The report o f
Rubinstein's visit mentions that h e took
the train back to Warsaw on January 4,
which means that the day before his
departure was free for h i m to play
Alekhine a second game. Though ru
mors have circulated for a long time
about the existence of such a game,
nothing has ever surfaced.
The location where the next game was
played is not certain. It appeared in
Esser ' s chess column shortl y after
Rotlewi visited Amsterdam.
(464) Rotlewi - Rubinstein
Ofihand game 1 9 1 0
Four Knights [C49]
l .e4 e5 2 . .\ f3 .)c6 3 . .\c3 .) f6
4 . A b 5 A b4 5 . 0 - o o-o 6 . d 3 d6
7.Ag5 .le7 8 . .)h4 A xc3 9.bxc3
.) e8 1 0 . h 5 f6 1 1 . A e 3 c6
359
1 2 . Ac4+ d5 1 3.Ab3 .Q. e 6 14.f4
Af7 15. g4 c8?
White is left with a clear advantage af
ter 1 5 . . . dxe4 1 6 . fxe5 .ll x b3 1 7 . axb3
exd3 18.cxd3, e.g. , 18 . . . xd3 1 9 . .1lc5;
1 5 . . . exf4 is best with equal chances af
ter 1 6 .xf4 ( 1 6 Jhf4 dxe4 1 7 .dxe4
a5) 1 6 ... dxe4 1 7.dxe4 a5 .
16.g3?
16.xc8 . xc8 1 7 . fxe5 with the idea
17 . . . fxe5 18 . .1lc5 El c7 1 9.4Jf5 is very
strong.
16 . . . e x f4 1 7 . J;l x f4 d7 1 8 . e 5
c;fthS 19.ae1 g5?
This is suicide. Safer is 1 9 ... .1lg8, lim
iting White's advantage.
2 0 . e x f6 g x f4 2 1 . f x e7 gS
2 2 . x f4 .Q.g6 2 3 . d4 + .) g7
24 . .) x g6 + h x g6 2 5 . e 3 c;fth7
2 6 . h 3 + .) h 5 2 7 . f7 + c;ft h 6
2 8 . f4+ g 5 2 9 . x h 5 + c;ft x h 5
30.h7+ c;ftg6 31.f7+ mate, 1-0
[A lgemeen Handelsbad, January 1 9 1 2]
Shortly after the San Sebastian tourna
ment, on March 1 9, 1 9 1 1 , Rubinstein
gave a simul at the famous Cafe de Ia
Regence in Paris, scoring + 1 4,-2 ,=2 .
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

On March 2 7 , Akiva was in Berlin,

where he scored +36,- 1 ,=3 at the Cafe
Kerkau.

Dr. Fleck was the only winner against

Akiva in an exhibition held January 30,
1 9 1 2 , at the Frankfurt Schachverein
Anderssen. Rubinstein scored + 1 3 , - 1 ,
= I on 1 5 boards. The draw was with
Lipinsky. Rubinstein also gave a simul,
on April 30, 1 9 1 2, in Nuremberg at the
Chess Club Tarrasch, finishing with a
score +22-2=5 after 4 hours. His losses 20 .Q.h3

were to Dursch and Thumauer, and his

draws to Eismann, Kirschbaum, Muller, An interesting and possibly superior
Rothbarth, and Steinlein. alternative is 20.b4 a6 2 l .a4, which
was successfully used in a somewhat
Rubinstein gave a simultaneous display
s i m i l a r p o s i t i o n by B obby F i sher
at Munich (restaurant Richard Wagner)
against IM Minev at the Havana Olym
on May I , 1 9 1 2 . He played against 40
piad in 1 966.
opponents, but so slowly that after five
hours of play, more than half the games
20 e5
had to be adjudicated. Final score: 28
wins, 9 draws, and 3 losses.
This well-timed advance liquidates the
backward e-pawn.
(465) Rubinstein- Domsberger
Munich (Simul) May I , 1 9 1 2
2 1 .fxe5
French Classical [C l 4]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.l)c3 4)f6 4 . .Q.g5
Ae7 5 . e 5 4) fd7 6 . .Q. x e7 t:/ x e7
7.t:/d2 0-0 8.f4 f6 9.e x f6 4) x f6
1 0 .g3 c5 1 1 . .l f3 4) c 6 1 2 .Q.g 2
.Q.d7
2 l ..ilxd7 exd4 2 2 . .ilxe8 dxc3 yields
B l a c k equal c h an c e s in the rook
endgame arising after 23 ..,Q,xc6 bxc6
24.bxc3 l:':l b8 25.l:':le7 l:':lb2.
21 4) xe5 22 . .Q.g2 4)c4 23.E! xe8
..

The continuation 1 2 . . . cxd4 1 3 .<bxd4 eS E! x e8 24 .Q.xd5+ .Q. x d5+ 25.E! xd5

was tried several times in the 1 920s and

3 0s , but was found wanting after 2 5 . <bxd5 l:':lel + 26.'<t'g2 l:':le2+ 27.'<t'f3
1 4 . <b x d 5 <b x d S l S . .il x d S + h8 l:':l xc2 also offers nothing for White.
16.<be2, meeting both 16 . . . exf4 and
16 . . . .ilg4 with 1 7 . 0-0-0. 25 ... E!e1 + 26.<it>g2 E!e7?1

1 3 . 0- 0 c x d4 1 4 . 4) x d4 t:/ c 5 At first glance, 26 . . . l:':l c l looks easier

1 5 . E! a d 1 E! ae8 1 6 . <it> h 1 4) x d4 and more natural, but after 27.l:':ld8+
1 7 . t:/ x d4 t:/ x d4 1 8 . E! x d4 .Q.c6 '<t'f7 28 . d7 + '<t'g6 2 9 . l:':l xb7 l:':l x c2+
19.E!e1 4)d7 30. '<t'h3 <\xb2 (30 . . . x b2 3 l . l:':l xa7)

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 Non-Tournament Games 1 920
3 1 . <tld5 , B lack has troubles because
White 's pieces are better coordinated.
The right way to steer the game to
ward a draw is 26 . . . <tl x b 2 , meeting
27 . . d8+ (27 . . d7 . c l ) with 27 . . . f7
28 . . d7+ . e7.
27.E!d8+ f7 28.b3
2 8 . f3 <tl x b 2 2 9 . <tld 5 looks more
dangerous.
28 ... 4:)e3+ 29.f2 4:) xc2 30.4:)d5
E!e5 3 1 . 4:) f4 E!b5 32.E!d7+ f6
33.g4, Draw
Rubinstein has compensation for the
pawn but no more.
[Deutsche Arbeiter-Schachzeitung,
May 1 9 1 2 , pp.66-67]
Rubinstein played five strong masters
simultaneously at the Budapest Chess
Club on May 6, 1 9 1 2. He beat Abonyi,
Breyer (2500 Elo ), and Gaj dos, but lost
to Sterk and Asztalos (2480 Elo). The
following game seems to be all that has
survived from this event.
Karoly Sterk ( 1 88 1 - 1 946) is rated 24 1 0
o n Elo's list.
(466) Rubinstein- Sterk
Budapest (Simul) May 6, 1 9 1 2
Four Knights [C49]
l .e4 e5 2 . 4:) f3 4:)c6 3 . Ab5 4:) f6
4 . 4:) c 3 Ab4 5 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 6.d3 d6
7.Ag5 4:)e7 8.4:)h4 c6 9.Ac4 4:)e8
1 0 . h 5 A x c3 l l . b x c 3 Ae6
12.4:)f5 A x f5 13.exf5 d5 14.Ab3
f6 1 5 . .1le3 4:) d 6 1 6 . g4 e8
17.h3 b6 18.f4 e4 19.E!ae1 h8
20 . .1lc1 d7 21 .E!e3 4:)g8 22 . .1la3
feB 2 3 . h4 ex d 3 2 4 . h3 h6
36 1
2 5 . c x d3 E! e 2 2 6 . h 5 .) b 5
27 . .1l b 4 a5 28.a4 a x b4 29.a x b5
b x c3 30.bxc6 x c6 3 l .g5 E!b2
3 2 . E! e 1 c5+ 3 3 . h 1 f2
3 4 . E!g 1 x g l + 3 5 . x g 1 E! a l +
36.jld1 c2, 0-1
[Magyar Sakkvilag 1 9 1 2/ 1 3 , p.38]
We were unable to discover what con
ditions the following game was played
under, but if we had to guess we would
speculate it is from an exhibition. Our
j udgment is based in part on Black's
weak play in the opening, and the fact
that Kupczinski is not listed in either
Litmanowicz and Gizycki 's mammoth
two-volume encyclopedia or Gaige 's
Chess Personalia.
(467) Rubinstein- Kupczinski
Warsaw, November 1 5 , 1 9 1 4
Four Knights [C48]
1 .e4 e5 2 . 4:) f3 4:)c6 3 . 4:)c3 4:)f6
4.Ab5 4:) d4 5 . 4:) x d4 e x d4 6.e5
dxc3 7.exf6 xf6 8.bxc3
This move is not given in ECO, which
mentions only 8.dxc3. Considering that
Rubinstein is closely connected with
4 . . . <ld4, his play as White here is most
noteworthy. Primarily a l . d4 player,
Akiva usually played the King's Gam
bit when he opened l .e4 and his oppo
nent replied l . . . e 5 . This is the only
game we know of where he was faced
with 4 . . . <tld4 .
8 ... c6 9. e2+ d8? 10 . .1}.a4 .1lc5?
l l .d4 .1}. x d4 1 2.cxd4 xd4
The logical follow-up to Black's play.
He is now two pawns up but completely
lost because of White 's overwhelming
advantage in development.
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

13.0-0 x a4 14 ..el b4 1 5 ..bl

f8 1 6 . A,f4 f6 1 7 . d 2 b6
1 8 . Jl,d6 f7 1 9 . f4 Jl, a 6
20 . .. b d l x a 2 2 1 . f5 A, c 8
2 2 . ..e7 a5
L a s k e r preferred 1 5 . .\ b 3 against
Tarrasch at St. Petersburg 1 9 1 4.
15 ... .ld3! 16.Jl,xd3
(RE) If 16 . .\e4?, then 16 . . . g6 1 7.d1
.\xe 1 ! 1 8.xd4 .\xc2 and 1 9 . . . .\xa 1 ,
a s in Factor-Regedzifiski, Lodz 1 9 1 8 .

16 ... xd3 17 .)e4 ..adS?

(RE) Also favoring White is 17 . . . j}_b4

2 3 . Ac 5 d6 24 . .. x d6 + ! x e7
25 . ..d7+, 1-0
[Moskovskiye Vedomosti,
November 1 5 , 1 9 1 4]
(468) Regedziiiski, Factor,
Hirschbein - Rubinstein
Lodz December 26, 1 9 1 7
Ruy Lopez [C83]
Notes by Rubinstein (R), Regedzifiski
(RE), and Authors (A)
1 8 . j}_d2 Axd2 1 9 . . ad 1 followed by
20 . . xd2. B lack should play 17 . . . . fd8,
in which case the following combina
tion by White is impossible.
(A) ECO, in error once again, claims
that 17 . . . . ad8 is a recommendation by
Korchnoi - who wasn't born until 1 93 1 .
18.A,g5 Jl xg5 19. xg5! h6?
(R) B lack's best defense is 19 . . . d4!.
20.elf Jld5 2l . ..e3! d4?
(R) Losing immediately, but also after
the best try, 2 1 . . .c4, White can ob
tain a clearly advantageous endgame by
2 2 .xc4 .

l . e4 e5 2 .) f3 .) c 6 3 . Jl b 5 a6

4.-'l,a4 .)f6 5.0-0 .) x e4 6.d4 b5

7.Jl,b3 d5 8.dxe5 Jl,e6 9.c3 Jle7
lO . ..el 0-0 11 . .)bd2 .lc5 1 2.Jl,c2
d4! 13.cxd4

(RE) Favorable for B lack is 1 3 . .\e4

dxc3 1 4 . .\ x c S j}_xc5 1 5 . j}_e4 x d 1
1 6 . . xd 1 . adS! .
(A) ECO wrongly credits Keres for this
variation.
2 2 . .)f6+!, 1-0
13 .) x d4
. 1 4 . .l x d4 x d4
1 5.h5 (RE) For if 2 2 . . . g x f6 2 3 . . g 3 + h7

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 Non-Tournament Games 1 920
24.Eih3, or 22 . . . 'it>h8 2 3 . Ei h3 intending
24.Ei xh6+.
The November 1 97 1 issue of Chess Life
and Review, pp. 64 1 -644, featured an
article by Albrecht B uschke entitled
"When Sammy Was ' Shmulik, "' which
details the sole encounter between two
of the greatest players in the history of
chess.
"During the war winter of 1 9 1 6/ 1 7, first
rumors, then news, reached the West
em world from German-occupied Po
land: a little 5-year-old chess prodigy
was said to have beaten some better
than average Polish players and given
simple simultaneous exhibitions with
astonishing success. In its double issue
7/8 of February 25, 1 9 1 7, the German
chess magazine Deutsches und Berliner
Schachzeitung reported from Warsaw
that on February 1 1 , 1 9 1 7, the 5-year
old Schmul Rzeszewski had played a
game against the well-known master
A. Rubinstein 'who played blindfold'
Samuel Reshevsky (left) and Charles Jaffe (right)
363
and that, while 'the little man' was on
the defensive all the time, he gave the
great Rubinstein a valiant battle which
lasted about 90 minutes , ' presented
many interesting moments and became
particularly exciting in the final phase. '
Certainly, ' things were not made easy
for Mr. Rubinstein and the kiss he
pressed on the blond locks of his little
opponent, who after brave opposition
had to resign in the end after all, was a
token of warmest and most genuine ap
preciation . . . '
"Well, by now our readers will have
gathered that the poor little ' Schmul
Rzeszewski ' is none other than our se
nior grandmaster Samuel ( S ammy)
Reshevsky, just turning 60. He did not
quite live up to the prediction that
Rubinstein supposedly made. Accord
ing to the pamphlet by B. Kagan Samuel
Rzeschewski das Schachwunderkind
( B erl i n , c a . 1 9 2 0 ) , ' th e l i ttle guy
aroused such excitement (by his suc
cess in the Warsaw Chess Club) that
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
Chess Master Rubinstein decided to
play a game with him. This, of course,
the boy lost, but Rubinstein said to him
after the game: "You will some time
become the Chess Champion of the
World." It might also be mentioned that,
when Rubinstein showed him the game
he had won in the St. Petersburg Tour
nament of 1 909 against Lasker, the boy
pointed out a win in two moves less . '
"How much o f the preceding is legend,
how much truth, is of course very dif
ficult to prove after so many years. "
What is clear is that while Reshevsky
played exceptionally well for a five
year-old, he didn't have a chance against
Rubinstein, as the game score shows.
(469) Reshevsky- Rubinstein
Warsaw, February 1 1 , 1 9 1 7
Giuoco Piano [C50]
(blindfold)
1.e4 e5 2 . 4) f3 4)c6 3.Ac4 Ac5
4.0-0 4)f6 5.'dc3 d6 6.h3 h6 7.d3
g5 8.4)d5 g4 9.Jdg5 4) xd5 10.exd5
h x g5 l l .d x c6 bxc6 1 2 . h x g4 d5
1 3 . e 2 f6 1 4 . Ab3 h 6
1 5. x e5+ Ae6 16. x h8+ x h8
17.A xg5 1it'd7 18.c3 gS 19.Ae3
Axg4 20 . .i}.d1 Ah3 2 1 .g3 xg3+
2 2 . f x g 3 A x e 3 + 2 3 . f2 g7
24.Ag4+ xg4, 0-1
The following game is from a simul
Rubinstein gave in Berlin at the Cafe
Kerkau on January 1 9, 1 9 1 8 , shortly
before his match with Schlechter. Af
ter 3 hours and 30 minutes, the result
was + 24- 1 =0. Typically, all that seems
to have been preserved is the simul
giver 's sole loss.
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(470) Rubinstein- Preiswerk
Berlin (Simul) January 1 9, 1 9 1 8
King 's Gambit [C30]
1 .e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3.'df3 d6 4.4)c3
'd c 6 5 . Ab 5 Ag4 6 . h 3 A x f3
7.A xc6+ bxc6 8. xf3 h4+ 9.g3
e7 1 0 . d 3 4) f6 l l . A d 2 'd d7
1 2.0-0-0 0-0 13.f5 Etab8 14.1it'b1
Ad4 15.g4 d5! 16.b3 a3 17.g5?
The right defense is 1 7 . t'l dfl , followed
by dl .
1 7... 4)c5 18.Ac1 4) xb31 19.cxb3
Et x b3+ 20.a x b3 x b3+ 2 1 .Ab2
A x c3 2 2 . h 2 EtbS 2 3 . Etdd2 a5
2 4 . c 2 d4 2 5 .g6 h x g6 26.fx g6
fxg6 27.hg2 a4 28. xg6 A x b2
29 . x g7+ lit'h8 3 0 . g8+ x g8
3 1 . h 5 + h7 3 2 . x e 5 + g7
33 . x g7+ lit' x g7 34. x b 2 b5
3 5 . 1it' a 2 Et x b 2 + 36.1it' x b 2 c 5
37.1it'a3 c 4 38.1it' xa4 cxd3 39.1it'b3
c5 40.h4 c4+ 41.1it'b2 c3+ 42.1it'c1
d2+ 4 3 . 1it' d 1 lit'f6 44.1it'e 2 lit'e5
45.h5 lit' x e4, 0-1
S h o r t l y after h i s match with
Bogoljubow, which was played Janu
ary 8 to February 1 , 1 920, Rubinstein
gave an exhibition in the university
town of Lund. There, on February 8,
he played 25 boards, scoring 19 wins,
5 draws, and 1 loss in five hours. The
day before, he had won an exhibition
game against the Swedish player Arthur
Hakansson ( 1 889- 1 94 7).
The American Chess Bulletin of 1 920
(p.94) published the following account
of Rubinste in's simul tour of Holland
in late February and M arch of 1 920:
 Non-Tournament Games 1 920
"Like Dr. Lasker, Akiva Rubinstein has
also been touring Holland, but the Rus
sian champion gave only nine exhibi
tions in all, preparatory to departing for
Gothenburg to train the Swedish play
ers for the coming Jubilee Congress in
celebration of the fortieth anniversary
of the Gothenburg Chess Club, open
ing on July 1 5 ."
Lasker 's tour, which lasted from Janu
ary 3 1 to February 2 1 , took away some
of the interest in Rubinstein's exhibi
tions. Akiva did not do too well in the
big cities, but strong performances to
ward the end of his tour gave him a very
good overall percentage of close to 87
percent.
Tour of the Netherlands
February-April 1 920
Scheveningen, February 26,
1 0 (+6,=3 ,- 1 )
Rotterdam, March 1 , 3 (+ 1 ,= 1 ,- 1 )
Scheveningen, March 4, 1 0 (+5,=4,- 1 )
Rotterdam, March 1 5 , 28 (+ 1 3 ,=9,-6)
Amsterdam, March 1 7, 25 (+ 1 6,=6,-3)
The Hague, March 20, 28 (+2 1 ,=5,-2)
Haarlem, March 22, 26 (+2 1 ,=3 ,-2)
Nij megen, March 27, 28 (+25 ,=3,-0)
Gorinchem, March 29, 22 (+2 1 ,= 1 ,-0)
Deventer, April ?, 25 (+24,= 1 ,-0)
Enschede, April ?, 26 (+26,=0,-0)
23 1 (+ 1 80, - 1 6, =3 5) 85 %
Rubinstein's final score of 1 88 Y2 in 2 1 8
games was a very respectable 87%.
Where the following two games fit into
the tour isn't clear.
365
(47 1 ) Oskam and Factor - Rubinstein
New Rotterdam Chess Club,
March 1 , 1 920
Queen's Gambit Declined [D34]
l .d4 d5 2./df3 c5
Rubinstein was a principled player. If
White doesn 't play 2 . c4, he will play
2 . . . c5 and not 2 . . . e6.
3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5./dc3 4)c6
6.g3
Rubinstein plays against the variation
that he and Schlechter are credited with
inventing.
6 . . . 4) f6 7 . -'1,g2 Jle7 8 . 0-0 0-0
9.dxc5 Jl xc5 10.Ag5 d4 1 1 .-'1,xf6
xf6 1 2 .4)e4
1 2 .4Jd5 is the modern way to handle
this variation. White cedes the bishop
pair for play on the light squares.
1 2 . . . e7 13.4) xc5 xc5 14 . .cl
b6 15.d3
You won 't find this move in any data
b a s e . 1 5 . d 2 .ilg4 1 6 . 4J g5 l"!. a d8
1 7 .f4 .ilhS 18.h4 .ilg6 1 9 ..ile4 4Je5
20 .4Jxh7 l"!. fe8 2 1 .4Jg5 d3! led to an
equal position in lvkov-Keres, Belgrade
1 970.
1 5 ... x b2 16.4)g5?!
White can recover the pawn by 16.1"!.c2
b6 1 7 . 1"!. d2 l"!. d8 1 8 . 1"!. fd l , but with
no chance for an advantage. He should
do this anyway, as there is nothing bet
ter. The text is artificial.
t6 ... g6 t7.Ad5 Af5 t8.f3
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
18 ... ftae8?
18 . . . d3! 1 9.exd3? 09 . .ll. x c6 d2 is much
better for Black) 19 . . . .ld4 wins on the
spot.
19.g4 ttd2?1
19 . . . .ll. e 6 2 0 . h3 h5 2 1 . .ll. x e6 fxe6
22 .gxh5 b5 23.f4 f5 allows B lack
to hold.
20.e3?
20 . .Jl. x f7 + x f7 2 1 . .l x f7 .ll. x g 4
22.xg4 'itt x f7 23.bl would have left
Rubinstein hard-pressed to defend.
20 ... dxe3 2 1.fxe3 Et xe3
Now the tide has turned and B lack is
winning easily.
2 2 . ttf2 ft e 2 2 3 . tt h 4 tt d 4 +
24.'lt'hl tt x d5+ 25.f3 h 5 , 0-1
[Algemeen Handelsblad, April 3 , 1 920]
(472) Factor, Hartung, Oskam
Rubinstein
New Rotterdam Chess Club,
March 1 , 1 920
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D30]
l.d4 d5 2 . .jf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.c5 .lc6
366
5 . j}.f4 .l ge7 6 . e 3 .l g6 7 . .l c 3
.l xf4 8.exf4 Jl,e7 9.Ad3 b6 10.b4
Af6 1 1 . .j e 2 .Q.d7 1 2 . a 3 b x c 5
13.bxc5 .la5 14.a4 0-0 15.h4 tte7
t6 . .lg3 ftfb8
17.A x h7+ <tti' x h7 18 . .lg5+ <tti' g8
19.tth5 g6 20.tth7+ <tti' f8 2 1 .h5
Ae8 2 2 . h x g6 f x g6 2 3 . tt x e 7 +
<tti' x e 7 2 4 . ft h7+ <tti' f8 2 5 . .l x e6+
<tti'g8 26.ft xc7 .Q.f7 27 . .lg5 Jl, xg5
28.fxg5 Eib4 29 . .je2 fte8 30.<tti'f l
.lb3 3 1 .ftdl .jd2+ 32.'lt'el .jbt
3 3 . ft d 3 1 .l a3 3 4 . ft f3 Ae6?
35. x a3, Draw
Scheveningen
The exhibition in Scheveningen on
M arch 4 lasted 3 Y2 h o urs w i th
Rubinstein scoring +6,- 1 ,=3 . The sole
winner was de Bruyn, while Oskam, Dr.
Fich, and Fonteim drew. Others partici
p a t i n g were Van G e l d e r, L o m a n ,
Steffelaar, Dr. Escher, and d 'Aurn erie
w i th A l am e d e , Rottev e e l , and en
Joosten playing as a team.
Recently Master Rubinstein has played
two consultation games in Rotterdam
against Messieurs C.C.A. Oskam and
S . Factor and lost. The second game
will fol low below. In addition, there
 Non-Tournament Games 1 920
was a game by Rubinstein against Mes
sieurs Oskam, Factor and Hartong in
consultation, which was drawn.
Note: some sources give this exhibition
as occurring on February 26, as indi
cated in the American Chess Bulletin.
(473 ) Rubinstein- van Gelder
and Loman
Scheveningen (Simul) March 4, 1 920
Queen 's Gambit Declined [D64 ]
Notes by Rubinstein from
Nederlandsch-Indische Schaakbond
1 920, pp. 59-60.
l .d4 d5 2.4)f3 4)f6 3.c4 e6 4.4)c3
If 4 . .1lg5, then Black can play 4 . . . h6
5.1.th4 dxc4.
4 . . . .1l,e7 5 . Ag5 0-0 6.e3 4) bd7
7.cl e8 8.c2 c6 9.-'td3 dxc4
10.Jl, xc4 b5 l l .Ad3 Ab7
Compare this game with Rubinstein
Capablanca, St. Petersburg 1 9 1 4.
1 2.0-0 c8 13.<tle5 4)f8
Here 1 3 . . . h6 is better and saves sev
eral tempi.
1 4 . 4) e4 4) x e4 15 . .1l, x e7 x e7
1 6 . .1l, x e4 d6 1 7.f4 f5 1 8 . Af3
ec7 19.f!fdl 4)d7 20.d3 a5
B lack's plan is, by playing 2 1 . . . .lb6,
to stop W h i t e ' s i n i t i a t i v e on the
queenside. If White plays !!c3, then
. . . .la4, and the rook has to leave the c
file. In case of b3, there follows . . . b4 .
2 l .'il xd7 '& x d7 22.c3 a4
367
If not, White plans b3, and the pawn
on a5 is in danger.
23.f!c5 d6 24.g4 g6 25.g5 ct/f7
26.c3 e7 27.d5
White breaks through in the center, but
h2-h4-h5 and then d5 may be better.
Black would be unable to do anything
against this plan.
27 . . . b4 28. e5 e x d 5 29.A x d5+
ct;e8 30 . .1l,e6, 1-0
Here the game was adj ourned because
of the late hour and 30.1.te6 was the
sealed move. White has a significant
advantage. On 30 . . . !! d8, there follows
3 U ' ! l c4 l"!. d6 32.l"!.d4!!, and B lack can-
not capture the bishop by 32 . . . l"!. xe6
because of 3 3 . ifi'h8+ f7 ( 3 3 . . . ifi'f8
3 4 . l"!. d8 + ) 3 4 . l"!. d8 and w i n s . I f
3 2 . . . l"!. x d 4 , t h e n 3 3 . ifi'h 8 + ifi'f8
34.ifi'xd4, and Black has no defense
against the many threats. Upon being
shown these lines, van Gelder and
Loman resigned without further play.
Rotterdam, March 1 5
+ 1 3 , =9, -6
The organizers of the exhibition in
Rotterdam arranged for Rubinstein to
face the same players that Lasker had
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
met a month early in his simul there.
Lacking the magical name of the world
champion, Rubinstein did not draw as
many spectators, but that seems to have
been for the best. The locals gave him
a rough going over, winning six games
and drawing nine out of 28 contested.
Losses were to Meyer-Wolfsbergen,
S. Pappaport, Oskam, van der Koik,
Sanders, and Verveen, with Reyden,
Eishout, Visser, Groosjohan, and Snoek
(plus four others) drawing.
The newspaper account, in De Telegraf
of March 1 7, describes Rubinstein's
physical appearance. "Like Lasker he
is not very tall but there similarities end.
Rubinstein has a stout build. He is clean
shaven and has a healthy color to his
face which combined with his lively
eyes makes for a friendly look. He has
a full head of dark hair." Another news
paper account mentions that, when
Rubinstein gave an exhibition, he kept
his right hand in his trouser pocket the
whole simul, while his left went back
and forth between his chin and the next
piece he had to move.
(474) Rubinstein - E/zas
Rotterdam (Simul) March 1 5 , 1 920
King's Indian Four Pawns [E76]
1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 4)f6 4.4)c3
g6 5.e4 Ag7 6.f4 4)bd7 7.4)f3 0-0
8 . .Q.d3 'ifJ/c7 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 4)e8
ll .Ae3 e5 1 2.f5 4)ef6 13.h3 4)h5
14.'ifJ/d2 4)g3 15.E!f2 4)f6 16.4)h2
g x f5 1 7 . e x f5 e4 1 8 . .sl,c2 A x f5
1 9 . 4) f 1 4) fh 5 2 0 . 4) x g 3 4) x g3
2V lh2 .Q.e5 22 .sl,f4 e3 23.'ifJ/ xe3
.Q. x c 2 24 . .sl, x e5 d x e 5 2 5 . 'ifJ/ x g3+
Ag6 26.4)e4 f5 27.4)g5 f4 28.'ifJ/g4
E!f6 2 9 . 4) e6 'ifJ/e7 3 0 . E! e 1 E! f 5
31.4) xf4 1 - 0
[De Telegraf, March 1 7, 1 920]
3 68
(475) Rubinstein- Verveen
Rotterdam (Simul) March 1 5 , 1 920
Sicilian Dragon [B72]
l . e4 c5 2 .d4 c x d4 3 . .l f3 4) c 6
4.4) xd4 d 6 5 . .lc3 g6 6.Ae3 Ag7
7 . .sl,e2 4)f6 8.h3 0-0 9.'ifJ/d2 4)d7
10.0-0 4) b6 l l .a4 .sl,e6 12.4) x e6
f x e6 1 3 . a 5 4) c 8 1 4 . a 6 b x a 6
1 5 .Ac4 'ifJ/d7 1 6 . E{ x a 6 4) b4
1 7 . E! a 3 4) b6 1 8 .sl, x b6 a x b6
19. E! x a8 E! x a8 20.f4 E!c8 2 1 .Ab3
A x c3 2 2 . b x c3 4) a 6 2 3 .f5 .l c 5
2 4 . f x e 6 'ifJ/c6 2 5 . A d 5 4) x e4
26.'ifJ/d3?
26. d4 wins.
26 'ifJ/c5+ 27.cit;'h2 4) xc3 28.Ab3
..
'ifJ/e5+ 2 9 . 'ifJ/g3 'ifJ/ x g3+ 30. cit;' x g3
4) e4+ 3 1 . cit}g4 E!f8 3 2 . E{ a 1 h5+
33.cit;'h4 cit;'g7 34.g4?, 0-1
[De Telegraf, March 1 7, 1 920]
(476) Rubinstein- Oskam
Rotterdam (Simul) March 1 5 , 1 920
Ruy Lopez [C60]
1.e4 e5 2.4)f3 4)c6 3.Ab5 g6 4.c3
.1lg7 5.d4 'ifJ/e7 6.0-0 f6 7.4)bd2
4)h6 8.4)c4 4)f7 9.4)e3 0-0 10.a4
d6 1 1.4)d5 'ifJ/d8 1 2.a5 a6 13.Ac4
Ag4 1 4 . Ae3 f5 1 5 . h 3 A x f3
1 6 . 'ifJ/ x f3 f4 1 7 . A x f4 e x f4
18.'ifJ/xf4 cit}h8 19.'ifJ/d2 4)e7 20.f4
4) xd5 2 1 . J}. x d5 c6 22 . .Q.b3 'ifJ/e7
23.E!ae1 E{ae8 24.g4 'ifJ/h4 25.cit;'g2
E!e7 26.'ifJ/f2 'ifJ/ x f2+ 27.E! xf2 4)d8
28.h4 h 5 2 9 .g 5 d5 3 0 . e 5 4) e 6
3 l . Cit'g 3 E! ef7 3 2 . E! e f 1 cit;' h 7
3 3 . A c 2 c 5 34.f5 g xf5 3 5 . E! x f5
E! x f5 3 6 . J}. x f5 + E! x f5 37 . E{ x f5
cxd4 38.c xd4 4) xd4 39.E!f7 cit;'g6
40 . E{ x b7 J}. x e 5 + 4 1 . f2 4) e6
42.E!b6?? Ad4+, o-1
[De Telegraf, March 1 7, 1 920]
 Non-Tournament Games I 920
Amsterdam, March 1 7
+ 1 6, -3, =6
Rubinstein gave a 25-board simui at the
Amsterdam Chess C lub on March I 7,
I 920. The exhibition, which started at
8 : 3 0 in the evening, dragged on to I
a.m., in part because of a break at I 0
p.m. Even at this later hour, nine games
were still going and had to be adj udi
cated, a task that was performed by the
Dutch master Max Marchand (histori
cal Eio 2420) assisted by Schelfhout.
M. Lonnenberg, N. Moldauer, and H.
Verhoff beat the Polish GM, while I 9-
year-oid Max Euwe was among those
who drew. Others spl itting the point
were Reinma, Lohr, Scheifhout, Straat,
and J. G. Baay.
The newspaper account of the event
mentions that Rubinstein gave his game
with Euwe special attention. The future
world champion defended Rubinstein's
Q ueen ' s Gambit w i th a line from
B i lguer 's Handbuch , but the Polish
Max Euwe (left) and Geza Maroczy (right)
3 69
master was ready and after I 5 moves
had a winning position. It was only
thro ugh s o m e seri o u s errors on
Rubinstein's part that Euwe was able
to save the game.
(4 77) Rubinstein- Scheljhout
Amsterdam (Simul)
March I 7, I 920
Four Knights [C48]
l .e4 e5 2 .) f3 .lc6 3 . c3 .)f6
4.dlb5 a6 5 . A x c6 d x c6 6 . .) x e5
.) xe4 7 .) x e4 d4 8.0-0 xe5
9 .el Ae6 1 0.d4 d5 11 .l g5
0 - 0 - 0 1 2 .) x e6 f x e6 1 3 . g4
x d4 1 4. x e6 + d7 1 5 . dlg5
x e6 1 6 . . xe6 .d5 17 .e8+ <iftd7
1 8 . d 8 + <if(e6 1 9 . . e l + <iftf5
2 0 . . x d 5 c x d 5 2 1 . A e 7 <if(g6
2 2 . e 5 c6 23 .f4 <if(f7 2 4 . A x f8
. x f8 25.<if(f2 .e8 26 . x e8 <if( x e8
27.<ifte3 <ifte7 28.<if(d4 <if(d6 29.g4
c5+ 30.<if(d3 b6 3 l .c3 a5 32.<if(e3
<if(e6 33. <iftf3 <if(f6, Draw
[De Telegraf, March I 8, I 920, p. 7]
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
(478) Rubinstein- Lonnenberg
Amsterdam (Simul) March 1 7, 1 920
King's Gambit [ C30]
t.e4 e5 2.f4 Ac5 3.4)f3 d6 4.Ac4
4)f6 5.d3 4)c6 6.4)c3 Ag4 7.h3
Ae6 8 . 4) d 5 A x d5 9 . e x d 5 4) e7
1 0 . f x e5 4) f x d 5 l l .d4 A b 6
1 2.Ag5 d7 13.d3 h 6 t4.Ad2
c6 1 5.0-0-0 0-0-0 16.Ab3 Ac7
1 7 . c 4 4) b 6 1 8 . e x d 6 A x d6
19.hel Ac7 20.Ac2 <i!lbS 2l .b3
4)g6 22.e4 he8 23.del xe4
24. xe4 4)c8 25.h4 4)d6 26.d3
g4 27.4)e5 4) xe5 28.d xe5 4)c8
29.f3 xh4 30.xf7? xd2! o-1
[De Telegraf, March 1 9, 1 920, p. 7]
The Hague, March 20
+2 1 , -2, =5
On the e v e n i n g o f March 2 0 ,
Rubinstein gave a n exhibition at the
Discendo Discimus Chess Club - one
of Holland 's oldest and still in active
operation today. Akiva lost to G. J .
Reeser (assisted b y others) and H . J.
Walkate, w h i l e drawing with J . L.
B urge l , R . N . B lokbergen, W. van
Kooy, A. Mijnlieff and W. van der Vegt.
Most interesting was the report, in the
March 2 1 De Telegraf, of Rubinstein's
talk preceding the exhibition. The nor
mally reticent Akiva, who could be
quite talkative in private but preferred
the role of listener in company, clearly
had some things on his mind - princi
pally that he was not being treated fairly
with regard to the world championship
situation .
During this time, a match between
Lasker and Capablanca was the topic
of much discussion. Rubinstein wanted
370
to remind the public that he still had a
contract with Dr. Lasker and that only
World War I had interrupted their plans
for a world championship match. Fur
thermore, he said, while he felt that
Lasker and Capablanca were within
their rights to play a match for the title,
he believed that his record prior to the
war was superior to the Cuban 's. He
believed that an official body should
step in and administer things instead of
having public emotion decide the issue.
As a compromise he suggested the idea
of deciding the title by a triangular
match between Lasker, Capablanca,
and himself- each playing the two oth
ers 1 5 times !
Such a tournament, which would have
been one of the greatest events in the
history of chess, was of course not to
be. One can understand Rubinstein's
frustration. Having been so close to
playing a match for the title, fate now
seemed to have taken an intense dis
like for him. In fact, a simple explana
tion for his situation could be given in
one word: money.
Rubinstein, having lost his basis of sup
port in war-ravaged Europe, had no
where to go to raise the funds required
for a title match. Capablanca did, how
ever, and this is what induced Lasker
to play Capa on the Cuban 's home
ground - perhaps the only place in the
world, in 1 92 1 , that had the necessary
combination of funds and interest. The
fact that Lasker, like Rubinstein, was
in a difficult financial situation no
doubt speeded the negotiations and
persuaded the champion to play in a
climate that was not optimal for him.
Having said all this, we don 't want to
leave th e i m pre s s i o n that we fe e l
 Non- Tournament Games 1 920

Rubinstein was the strongest player in 1 6 . g5 g6 1 7 . dg 1 e7 1 8 .f5

the world in 1 920. Quite the contrary,
while we do believe he was Lasker 's
equal in 1 9 1 2 - and the still improving
Capablanca's superior - the post-World
War I Rubinstein was a different player
altogether. He was still capable of play
ing brilliant games but also some re
ally horrible one s . Capablanca was
without question the best player in the
world in the early 1 920s. Sti ll, it would
have been wonderful to see these three
giants square off in a marathon three
way match.
ae8 19.fx g6 fx g 6 20.h4? 4)e5
2 l . c.3 ? ? 4) x f3 2 2 . d 1 f4+
2 3 . b 1 e1 2 4 . b4 x d 1 +
2 5 . b 2 c l + 2 6 . b 3 x d3
27. xd3
Other sources end with 27.cxd3 4Jd2 +.
27 ... e3, 0-1
[De Telegraf, Mar. 22, 1 920, p. 1 0]
( 48 1 ) Rubinstein- Sasburg
The Hague (Simul) March 20, 1 920

(479) Rubinstein- Burge/

The Hague (Simul) March 20, 1 920
French MacCutcheon [C 1 2]

1 .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.4)c3 4)f6 4.Ag5

Ab4 5 . e 5 h6 6.Ah4 g 5 7 . Ag3
4) e4 8 . 4) ge 2 4)d7 9 . a 3 A x c3+
1 0 . 4) x c 3 4) x c3 l l . b x c3 c 5
1 2 .d2 c 4 13.h4 g4 14.h5 g5
15.xg5 h xg5 16.A,e2 f5 17.exf6
4) x f6 1 8 . h 6 e7 1 9 . Ae5 h7
1 .c5 e6 2.d5+ c x d5 3. d4 f5
20. -'l_ x f6 + x f6 2 1 . -'l_ x g4 A,d7
4 .g x f5 g x f5 5.c6 f4? 6 . c 5 f3
2 2 . d 2 ah8 2 3 . h 3 x h 6
7.b6 f2 8.c7 fl=Q 9.c8=Q+ e5?
2 4 . a h 1 x h3 2 5 . x h3 x h3
26.Axh3 Aa4 27.Ag4 b6 28.Ad1 A better try is 9 . .'f7 1 0 .';k 7 + 'i!te8
.

Ae8 2 9 . e 3 Ag6 3 0 . f4 Ae4 l l .'l:xh7 'l:f6+ .

3 1 .g4 Ag6, Draw
[De Telegraf, Mar. 22, 1 920, p. 1 0]
(480) Rubinstein- Reeser and
Company
The Hague (Simul) March 20, 1 920
King's Gambit Falkbeer [C32]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 4)f6
5.d x e4 4) xe4 6.4)f3 Ac5 7.e2
e7 8 . Ae3 A, x e3 9 . x e 3 0 - 0
1 0 . 4) bd 2 e 8 1 1 . 0 - 0 - 0 Ag4
1 2 . Jl. d3 4) x d 2 1 3 . x d 2 Jl. x f3
1 4 .g x f3 4) d 7 1 5 . hg 1 f6
1 0 . c7 + d4 1 1 . g7 + d 3
1 2 . x h7+ c 3 1 3 . g7+ x b3
14.h7 x a4 15.h8=Q, 1-0
[De Telegraf, March 2 1 , 1 920]
Haarlem, March 22
+2 1 , -2, =3
Rubinstein lost to Lintingh and Wij ssen
and drew with Groen, O skam, and
Schelfhout, while winning 2 1 games.
(Some sources give five draws as the
final total . )

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

(482) Rubinstein - Scheljhout 7.4)a4 0-0 8.4) xc5 dxc5 9.b3 e4

Haarlem (Simul) March 22, 1 920
Queen's Gambit Tarrasch [034]
1.c4 c5 2.4)f3 4)c6 3.4)c3 e6 4.d4
d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.g3 4)f6 7 . .\l.g2
.Q. e7 8 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 9 . Ag 5 A e 6
10.dxc5 h6 1 1 . .\l. xf6 .\l.xf6 12.c1
'{ta5 1 3 . 4) x d 5 .ll. x b 2 1 4 . b 1
adS 1 5.e4 .ll. a 3 16. x b7 4) b4
1 7 . 4) d4 4) x d 5 1 8 . 4) x e 6 f x e6
1 9 . e x d 5 '{t x c 5 2 0 . '{tg4 f7
2 1 . x f7 c:/ x f7 22. '{t x e 6 + c:/ f8
2 3 . .1l.e4 d 6 2 4 . 'lt f 5 + f6
2 5 . 'lt h7 '{td4 2 6 . .1l.g6 .ll. b4
2 7 . -{t hS + c:/e7 28 . '{t x g7 + c:/d6
2 9 . 'ltb7 A d 2 3 0 . '{t c 6 + c:/e7
3 1 . 'ltc7+ c:/f8 32 . .\l.c2 .ll. e 1
33.-{tcS+?
10.4)e1 4)d4 l l .h3 '{td6 12.Ab2
ad8 13 . .1l.c3 g 5 14.4)c2 h5 1 5.b4
b6 1 6 . b x c 5 b x c 5 17 . 4) e3 .ll. g 6
18.b1 4)d7 19.d3? exd3 20.exd3
.\l. xd3 2 1 . .Q. x d4 .ll. x b 1 2 2 . '{t x b1
c x d4 2 3 . 4) f5 '{tf6 2 4 .g4 h x g4
2 5 . h x g4 4) e 5 2 6 . '{t d 1 4) x c4
27.'{td3 4)d6 28.f4 4) xf5 29.fxg5
'{t x g 5 3 0. x f5 'lte3+ 3 1 . '{t x e 3
d x e3 3 2 . .Q. d 5 c 6 3 3 . A b3 d4
34.g5 c:/g7 35.c:/fl f6 36.c:/e2 e4
3 7 . a 5 f x g 5 3 8 . x a7+ c:/ h 6
39.c7 g4 40. x c6+ c:/g5 41 . .Q.d5
f2+ 42. c:/d3 e2, 0-1
[De Te/egraf, Mar. 24, 1 920, p. 1 0]
(484) Rubinstein- Ridderhof
Haarlem (Simul) March 22, 1 920

R u b i n s t e i n m i s s e s 3 3 . 'il'd 8 + f7
3 4 . Ag6+ , when 34 . . . !::! xg6 3 5 . !::! x e l
and 3 4 . . . xg6 35.'il'e8+ g7 36.'il'xel
leave White with a very easy win, as
the pressure against f2 has dissolved.

33 . . . c:/g7 34. '{td7+ f7 3 5 . '{te6

Axf2+ 36.c:/g2 .f6 37.'lte7+ f7
3 8 . '{te4 '{t x e4 + 39 . .1l. x e4 .ll. b6
40.Af3 c7 41 .Ah5 c2+ Draw
[De Telegraf, Mar. 24, 1 920, p. 1 0]
1. .. 4) d7 2 . .Q.e7 e8 3 .f6! g x f6
It's a little surprising to us that the game
4.4)h4! x e7 5.4)f5 e6 6.'{th5
was drawn at this point. While White
c:/f8 7. f3 c:/e8 8 . '{t x h7 c:/d8
is dropping the a-pawn and his king is
9.'lt xf7 e8 10.h3 c5? 1 1.4)g7,
far from ideally placed, he is still a
1-0
pawn up. Under normal circumstances,
[De Telegraf, Mar. 24, 1 920, p. 1 0]
Rubinstein could be counted on to play
until only kings remained.
(485) Rubinstein- Groen
(483) Rubinstein- Wijssen Haarlem (Simul) March 22, 1 920
Haarlem (Simul) March 22, 1 920 King's Gambit [C36]
English [A29]
Authors and Weenink { W)
l .c4 e5 2 . 4) c3 4)c6 3 . 4) f3 .ll. c 5
4.g3 4) f6 5 . .1l.g2 d6 6.0-0 .ll. f 5 l . e4 e5 2 . f4 e x f4 3 . 4) f3 4) f6

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 Non-Tournament Games 1 920
4 . .)c3 d5 5.exd5 .) xd5 6 . .) xd5
xd5 7.d4 .Q.d6 S.c4 e4+ 9.f2
0-0 1 0 . .Q. d 3 c 6 l l . c 5 Jl,e7
12 . .1}. x f4 .Q.g4 1 3 . e l .Q. x f3
1 4 . x f3 x f3 + 1 5 . x f3 .) c 6
16.Ae3
B oth 1 6 . d 5 4J d 4 + 1 7 . g 3 A x e S
1 8 . El ac l Ab6 1 9 .Axc7 and 1 6 . . xe7
4Jxe7 1 7 . A x c 7 look pro m i s i n g for
White.
16 . . . .1}.f6 1 7 . d 5 .) e 5 + 1 S . e 2
feS 19.d2?
White should finish his development
with 19 . . ad l , when 19 . . . 4Jg4 20.'it'f3
4Jxe3 2 1 .El xe3 . xe3+ 22 .'it'xe3 .ilxb2
2 3 . d6 Aa3 2 4 . c 6 l e ad s to e q u a l
chances.
19 ... }3adS 20.d6 .) xd3 2 l . x d3
cxd6 22.c6 bxc6 23.A x a7 .Q. x b2
2 4 . }3 x e S + x eS 2 5 . 13 b l .Q. e 5
26.13b7 .Q.xh2 27.a4
White 's more active rook and king, and
particularly his passed a-pawn offer
some compensation. It's j ust hard to
believe it's enough for three pawns!
27... h s 28.a5 .aS?
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The trade o f rooks not only drops the
pawn on d6 but also increases the value
of White 's a-pawn. Keeping the rooks
with 28 . . . d5 looks much better.
2 9 . bS + x bS 30 . .Q. x bS .Q.g l
3 1 . .Q. x d6
Now White has e x c e l l ent draw ing
chances.
3 l . .. g 5 3 2 . a6 f5 3 3 . c4 Jl. a 7
34.Jl.c5 Jl,b8 35 . .Q.b6?1
3 5 . Ad6 Aa7 36.Ac5 Ab8 3 7 . Ad6
draws on the spot. If 3 5 . a 7 A x a 7
36.Axa7 'it' f7 37.'it'c5 e 6 38.'it'xc6
e5 and B lack is winning.
35 . . . h4 3 6 . c5 g4 37. x c6 h3
3S.gxh3 gxh3 39 . .Q.gl?
(W) 39.b7! h2 40.xb8 h l 4 l .a7
with a draw.
39 . . . f4?
(HW) 39 . . . Aa7! 40.Ah2 f7 4 l .'it'd5 !
(4 1 .'it'b7 Ad4 42 .Ae5! e6 [ 42. .i.xe5 . .
43. a 7 h2 wins} 4 3 . Axd4 h2 4 4 . a7
h l + 4 5 . 'it'b8 b l + 4 6 . 'it'c8 a 2
47.'it>b8 b3 + 48.'it>c8 a 4 49.'it'b8
x d4) 4 1 . . . 'it'g6 ( 4 1 . . . 'it>f6? 42 . .ilf4
draw) 42.'it'c4 (42.Af4 h5 ; 42.'it'e6
'it'g5 43.'it'e5 'it'g4 44.'it'd5) 42 . . . 'it>g5
43. 'it'd3 'it>g4 ( 43 . . .f4? 44 .e4) 44. 'it>e2
f4 4 5 . fl f3 46.Agl Axgl 47.'it'xgl
'it'g3 48.a7 h2+ wins.
40.b7 f3 41.xb8 f2 42 . .Q. x f2
h2 43.a7, Draw
[The game was originally annotated
by Weenink in Oprechte
Haarlemsche Courant 1 920.]
 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
( 486) Rubinstein - Oskam
Haarlem (Simul) March 22, 1 920
Caro-Kann [B 1 3]
l .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c3
g 6 5 . Af4 4) c 6 6 . 4) f3 .Q.g7
7.4)bd2 Af5 s.b3 .Q.cs 9.Ad3
4) f6 1 0 . 0-0 0-0 l l . E! fe l 4) h 5
t 2 .Ag5 h6 1 3 . .1l.h4 g5 t4 . .1l.g3
4) xg3 1 5 . h x g3 d6 1 6 . E! e3 e5
1 7 . d x e 5 4) x e 5 1 8. 4) x e 5 A x e 5
1 9 . 4) f3 .Q. g 7 2 0 . E{ a e l .ll. d 7
21.4)d4 .ll.f6 22.4)f5
22.Ab l , preparing to bring the queen
to c2, is a logical way to exploit the
weaknesses created by B lack 's . . . g5 .
22 ... Axf5 23.Axf5 d4 24.cxd4 .ilxd4
25.E{f3 E{ae8
26.E{d l ?
26.Ah7+! 'i!th8 27.1'he8 El xe8 28.itl'xf7
(28.Ac2 ! ? planning itl'd3 , while f7 and
b7 are hanging a l s o l o o k s g o o d . )
28 . . . itl'e7 29 .Ad3 itl'xf7 30.El xf7 leaves
White with excellent winning chances.
26 . . . E{ d 8 27 . .Q.c2 b 6 2 8 .g4
x b3 29.A x b3 f!d7 30.g3 g7
31.g2 f6, Draw
[Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant,
March 24, 1 920]
3 74
Nij megen, March 2 7
Rubinstein scored 25 wins, no losses,
and three draws, with R .A. Meyer, Dr.
Hesselink, and Father Hendriks.
Deventer, April 2 ? or 3?
This exhibition, in which Rubinstein
played Black on half the boards, was
conducted at the Schaakgenootschap
Pallas-Units. The report in the 0. W.
Zuit Zutphen mentions that the event
was played in the evening and most of
the players were from Zutphen.
(487) Kloosterboer- Rubinstein
Deventer (simul), 1 920
Two Knights [C56]
l .e4 e 5 2 . 4) {3 4)c6 3 .d4 e x d4
4 . .Q.c4 4)f6 5.0--0 4) xe4 6.E{el d5
7 . .il xd5 xd5 8.4)c3 a5 9.4) xe4
Ae6 10 . .ilg5?l
This is seldom seen anymore. It was
superseded first by 1 0 . 4Jeg5 and later
by 1 0 .Ad2 .
to ... h6 u.Ah4 g5
ECO's refutation of 1 O .Ag5 is l l . . . Ab4
1 2 . El e2 g 5 1 3 . a3 A e 7 1 4 . b4 itl'd5
1 5 .Ag3 1 6.itl'e 1 Rhe8. The text
leads to really messy play.
This line was hot theory in the late
1 940s and early 1 950s.
13.b4 f5
1 3 . . . 4J x b 4 1 4 . .ll g 3 d 3 1 5 . c 3 4Jc6
1 6 . .ll x c7 itl'f5 1 7 .4Je4 'lt>d7 1 8 . Ag3
 Non-Tournament Games 1 920

.ilc4 1 9 . <\d 4 ! <\ x d4 2 0 . c x d4 .ile7 1 6 . . . c 5 l o o k s n atura l , b u t after

2 1 .<\c5+ .ilxc5 2 2 . i:! e 5 ! with a small 1 7 . <\xc6 bxc6 1 8 . .1le5+ 'l!i'xe5 19.i:! xe5
advantage for W h i t e . T h i s i s o l d x e 5 , White seems able to exp loit
analysis by Keres; however, i t was done Black's vulnerable king before Black
many years after this game was played ! can cash in on his large material advan
tage . F o r examp l e : 2 0 . 'l!i' d 3 ! .ile7
14 . .Q.g3? 2 l .'l!i'f3 .ild5 22.i:!el + d6 23 .a3+
c5 24.g3+ d7 2 5 . d3 wins.
A better try to confuse B lack is 1 4.b5
gxh4 (14 . . . xb5 1 5 .c4 [ 1 5 .<\xd4 <t\xd4 17. xc6
( 1 5 . . . c5?? 1 6 .<\xe6 fx e6 1 7 . d7+
x f6 1 8 . i:! xe6+ f5 1 9 . f7 + g4
20.i:!e4+ mate) 16.xd4 .ilg7 17.i:!abl
.ilxf6 1 8 .xf6+ xf6 1 9 . i:! xb5 gxh4
w i n n i n g ] 1 5 . . . x c4 1 6 . i:! c l x a 2
1 7 . i:! a l b2 18.<\d5+ d8 is given as
unclear by Gligoric in the second edi
tion of ECO) 1 5 .bxc6 xf6 1 6 . cxb7
i:! b8 1 7 .<\e5 ( 1 7.<\xd4 i:! xb7 18.<\c6+
e8 1 9 . i:! xe6+ fx e6 2 0 . h 5 + d7
2 1 .<\e5+ d8 22.<\c6+ leads to a draw
by rep e t i t i o n ac cord i n g to Fritz)
1 7 . . . 1:! xb7 1 8.xd4 Gligoric considers 17 . . . xdl
this winning for White in ECO, but it
looks like a draw as Black's king can A matter of taste, as 1 7 ... bxc6 18.xd5
not find a safe haven despite the extra .ilxd5 19 . .ile5+ 'it?g6 20 . .1lxh8 f6 2 l .a4
material : 1 8 . . . i:!b6 [18 . . . .ilg7 19.c5+ .ild6 22 . .ilxf6 'it?xf6 (Kostic-Gruber,
d8 2 0 . <\c6+ c8 2 1 .<\xa7+ i:! xa7 Lj ublj ana 1 94 7) is also winning for
2 2 . x a 7 x a l 2 3 . i:! x a l .il x a l B lack.
24:a8+ d7 25 :ifra4+ c 6 26.a7+
d6 2 7 . a 3 + =] 1 9 . i:! a d l e8 18 . .axdl
2 0 . a4+ c6 2 1 . <\d7 'l!i'b2 2 2 . xh4
.ilg7 23.<\e5 . b8 24.<\xc6 .1lf6 25:c4 After 1 8 . .ile5 + g6 1 9 . i:! a x d l .ilg7
i:! b7 26.c3 'it?f8 27.1:! xe6 fxe6 28.xe6 2 0 . .ll x g7 'it? x g7 2 1 . <\ d4 .il x a 2
g7 2 9 . g 4 + f7 , draw as i n (Sanguineti-Guimard, Mar d e l Plata
Vakulienko-S . Kiselev, Roslavl 1 989. 1 954 ), B lack went on to win.

14 ... <ifl x f6 15.b5 18 . . . <iftg6 1 9 . e 5 + <ifth7 2 0 . h4

.Q.g7 21. xf7
1 5 .<\xd4 i:! d8 1 6.<\xf5 . xdl 1 7 . i:! axdl
'it'xf5 18.b5 <\b4 1 9 . .ilxc7 .ilg7 is win A pawn down in the ending and facing
ning for B lack, as his minor pieces are the inevitable, Kloosterboer gets des
very active. perate.

1 5 ... x b5 16. x d4 d5 2 1 ... .Q. x f7 2 2 . .e7 .hf8

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 Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King
22 . . . gxh4 23 . .ilxh4 .ile8 and 23 . . . .. hf8
24 . ..dd7 'it>g6 are easy wins.
23 . .dd7 <if]g8
23 . . . gxh4 does the job again, as 24.Af4
means that that tricks with h5+ are no
longer available. If 23 . . . g6? 24.h5 + .
2 4 . h x g 5 h x g 5 2 5 . x c7 Jl f 6
2 6. .ed7 .11, e6 27 .d6 .11, xa2?
3 76
Better is 27 . . . .!"l. ae8 28 . .!"l. xb7 .. f7 with
every chance to win, though some tech
nique is still required.
28.Ae51 Axe5?1
28 . . . ..f7 29 . .!"l. xf6 .. xc7 30 . ..txc7 .!"l. c8
3 1 . ..tg3 .!"l. xc2 32 . .!"l. g6+ 'it>f7 33 . .!"l. xg5
allows White to recover his material,
but B lack should still have some ad
vantage due to his better-placed king.
29 . .g6+, Draw
[Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant,
April 3 , 1 920]
Rubinstein gave one of his biggest ex
hibitions in October 1 920 in the Swed
i s h town of Tro l l hatten ( n orth o f
Gothenburg). There, facing 46 players
repre s e n t i n g the B ohus-Dal
Vastergotland Chess Association, he
scored 36 wins, 9 draws and one loss.
 Addendum
(48 8) Rubinstein - Spielmann
Ostende - 3rd Stage, 1 906
Unfortunately, this is seemingly all that
has survived for this game, which is
given on page 3 3 7 of Ostende 1 906 by
Tony Gillam. There he quotes Hoffer:
"A well played ending on the part of
Rubinste i n . Spielmann, trusting i n
Bishops of opposite color for a draw,
brought about the ending as quickly as
possible. But Rubinstein won, in spite
of this fact, his position being superior.
It was a laborious process to win, but
w a s c l e v e r l y a c c o m p l i s h e d by
Rubinste i n . " We would add that it
would be most interesting to see the
winning plan. If White 's bishop leaves
h5 and tries to transfer to c4 B lack will
be ready with . . . E! e8-e7 . The bishop
appears to be able to defend f6 at all
times. The direct plan of g4 , h4, g5 and
g6 is met by trading on g5 and meeting
g6 with . . . 'it'h6. It would seem that
White needs a more subtle plan . 1-0
The following games and other infor
mation come from Ernst Jacobsson 's
column in the Dagens Tidning, a short
lived daily newspaper publi shed in
Stockholm from December 1 , 1 9 1 9 to
March 1 0, 1 922 . Peter Holmgren, who
uncovered the material in the archives
of Rolf Littorin, remarks that Dagens
Tidning must be quite scarce, since it's
noted in the Swedish Royal Library's
database that they do not have a com
plete run of it.
Stockholm Handicap
Tournament 1 9 1 9-1 920
Dagens Tidning contains reports about
the handicap tournament from Decem
ber 29'h to January 9'h. Included in them
were Rubinstein's individual results.
Round 1 : AR draw against Nyholm,
adj ourned with Jacobson (result never
reported but appears to be a draw).
Round 2: win against Spielmann.
Round 3 : AR beat the group A. Olson,
Dahl, Svanberg.
Round 4: AR lost to Bogoljubow.
Round 5 : AR won aga i nst A l mer,
Ekebom, Hult and Rosengren.
Round 6: AR won against L. Collijn and
K. Olsson.
Round 7: AR won against SOdermark.
The game against Johansson was not
finished. Unfinished games were ad
j udicated.
(489) Rubinstein - Rosengren
Stockholm (Handicap) 1 9 1 9/20
Caro-Kann [B 1 3]
l . e4 c6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . e x d 5 c x d 5
4 . .1l,d3
When Rubinstein opened with l . e4,
and his opponent played the Caro
Kann, this treatment, with 4 . .ild3 or
4 . c3 , was his favorite. He used it on at
 Addendum

least four occasions including game
#486 and tournament victories over
Davidson (The Hague 1 92 1 ) and Watts
(Southport 1 924).
4 ... 4)f6 5.c3 Ag4
5 . . . <\c6 6 ..M4 Ag4 7."itrb3 <\aS 8."itra4+
.lld7 9."itrc2 e6 1 0 . <lf3 'ltrb6 l l .a4! was
Fischer 's star novelty, which brought
the Exchange variation into promi
nence, and the future World Champion
a terrific victory over Tigran Petrosian
in the opening round of the USSR ver
sus the World match in 1 970.
6.b3 c7 7.f3 Ah5 8.4)e2 -'i,g6
9 . Af4 d 7 1 0 . -'i, x g6 h x g6
1 1 .4)d2 4)c6 1 2.0-0 e6 13. fe1
.fla5 14.c2 Ad6 15.-flfl -'i, x f4
16.4) xf4 h6?!
Rosengren correctly avoids the trade of
queens, where the resulting weakness
on a7 and awkwardness of the rook on
h5 would soon be felt. One possible
line : 3 1 . . . "itrxb5 32.axb5 <\d7 33 . . a l
. c 7 3 4 . . e e l <lf6 3 5 . <\ x f6 + g x f6
36 . . a6 g5 37.hxg5 fxg5 38 . . eal gxf4
39.gxf4 . h4 40 . . xa7 . xa7 4 l . . xa7
. xf4 42 . . a6 winning .
32 . .fle5 a6 33.d3 h6 34.g2
a5 35.g4 x h4?
35 . . . <\d7 had to be played, though
Rubinstein is clearly better. Why? Be
cause White has c l ear play on the
kingside, while B lack has steadfastly
avoided launching a minority attack
with . . . b5-b4 the entire game, and has
no c o rre s p o n d i n g p l ay on the
queenside.

This is an overreaction to the possibil

ity of <tlxg6, which is not currently a
threat. Better is the immediate 16 . . . <\c6,
bringing the knight back into play.

17 . .fld3 4)c6 18.a4

The lines are clearly drawn by the pawn

structure, which resembles the Ex
change variation of the Queen 's Gam
bit D e c l i ned with co lors reversed.
White 's play is on the kingside, utiliz
ing the outpost on e5, while B lack's in
volves a minority attack with . . . b5-b4
- hence the preventive text.
18 . . . c7 1 9 . e2 e7 2 0 . ae 1
a h 8 2 l .g3 c8 2 2 . b3 f8
23 . .flc5 b6 24 . .fld3 g8 25 . .fle3
d8 2 6 . 4) f2 e7 27.b5 d7
2 8 . 4) fg4 .fl x g4 2 9 . -fl x g4 h 5
30.f4 .flb8 3 1.h4 d6
37 . . . . h8 38.<\xf7 'it'xf7 39 . . xe6 itrxe6
(39 . . . "itrd7 4 0 . "itr x g6+ 'it>f8 4 l . . l e 5
. h l 42."itrf5 + 'it'g8 43 . . xd5 winning.)
40 . . x e 6 'it' x e 6 4 1 . "itr x g6 + 'it>d7
42 ."itrxg7+ 'it'c6 43 .'{;}-f6+ 'it'b7 44."itrf7+
'it'c6 4 5 . "itre6+ 'it'b7 4 6 . "itr x d 5 + and
White 's armada of pawns will prove
unstoppable.
38.4) x f7! x f7 39. x e6 x g5+

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4 0 . \t'f3 Et h8 4 1 . E{ x d 6 Et h 3 + 1 S . e4 x e 4 1 6 . '{;j' x e 4 x e S and

42. \t'f2, 1-0 White is probably lost already.
[Source: scoresheet from
Littorin archive] 10 4) xd4 1 1.' xd4 'it!Jc7 12.E{c1
..

4)g4 13. 'it!Jf4 'it!Jd8

One of the practices of the past that
appears to have been lost is the tradi
tion of consultation games. Typically
they involved a strong master partnered
with a weak-playing patron on each side
of the board, but the following game is
something quite different - two great
players aside and all four Swedes strong
amateurs.
Retreating to the home rank looks a
little odd, but Black wants to keep the
white queen as a target. A strong alter
native was 1 3 . . . '{;j'xf4 1 4 . 4J xf4 gS
1 S .g3 fS 1 6 . 4Je3 d4 1 7 . 4JedS 4::\e S
and the threat of . . . e4 is annoying.
14.4)d2 'it!Ja5?1

This, and Black's next move, leads to

(490) Reti , Spielmann, Nyholm and
some interesting complications, but
E. Olson - Rubinstein, Bogoljubow,
simpler was 14 . . . gS 1 S .'{;j'd4 ( 1 S .'{;j'b4
G. and L. Collijn
'{;j'f6 1 6 . f4 aS 1 7 . '{;j'a4 '{;j'xb2 1 8.4Jb3
Stockholm (consultation game)
e7 with a material and positional ad
December 1 8, 1 9 1 9
vantage.) 1 S . . . i,k7 16.g3 Af6 1 7.'{;j'b4
Caro-Kann Panov-Botvinnik [B l 3]
'{;j'eS and the white king looks vulner
able.
1 .e4 d5 2.exd5 4)f6 3.c4 c6 4.d4
15.4)d4
cxd5 5.c5 e5 6.j},e3

White has tried several other moves

here i n c luding, 6 . d x e S , 6 . 4Jf3 and
6.4Je3, but none are likely to trouble
B lack. What mistake was made in the
first four moves to justify S .eS?

6 ...exd4 7.Jl,xd4 4)c6 8.Ab5 Ae7

9.4)e2?1

9 . 4Jf3 0-0 1 0 . .ll x e6 bxe6 1 1 . 0-0 was

probably White 's best chance to keep 15 g51? 16.4) 2b3 'it!J xb5 17.'ifJxg4
.

his disadvantage to a minimum. 'it!J xb3 18.'it!Jxc8 'it!J x b2 19.'ifJc7?1

9 ... 0-0 10.0-0 1 9 . '{;j'g4 fi. ae8 20.fi.ab l .. xeS 2 1 . fi. e l

'{;j' x a 2 2 2 . fi. a l '{;j'b2 23.fi.ab l looks like
Castling was obligatory. Grabbing a a draw as neither side can safely vary.
pawn by 1 0 . 4Jbe3 4:lxd4 1 l .'{;j'xd4 '{;j'e7
1 2 .4::\ x dS 4::\ x dS 1 3 .'{;j'xdS is asking for 19 . . . .Q.f6 20.4)f5 E{ae8 2 1 . E{ab1
b i g troub l e : 1 3 . . . . d8 1 4 . '{;j'b3 .ll e 6 'it!J x a2

3 79
 Addendum
2 l . . .'e5 2 2 . xe5 . xe5 23 .<be3 is not
what B lack wants.
22: xb7 13e2 23:b3 d2
23 . . . . xf2 24.xa2 . xa2 25 .c6 and the
c-pawn is too strong.
24.c6 13fe8
Also to be considered was 24 . . . . xf2
2 5 . h3 .ld4 2 6 . h l Ab2 2 7 . . d l
c2 and White has trouble supporting
his c-pawn or generating an attack.
25.g4
25 . . fl looks much better; for example,
25 . . . f4 26.<bg3 Ae5 27.xd5 recov
ering the pawn.
25 ... 13 xf2 26.g3 13fe2 27.c7
27 . . . Ae5
It was also possible to throw in a check,
before playing . . . .le5, to force the king
to h i . 27 . . . Ad4 + 2 8 . h l A e 5
29.xe5 . 2xe5 30.c8= and now not
30 . . . . e l + winning the queen for two
rooks and a knight, but 30 . . . h 5 ! , which
creates luft, while at the same time
threatening to undermine the position
of the knight. Material is temporarily
3 80
even with three pawns for the piece,
but, more importantly, the white king
is exposed. For example, after 3 1 . c5,
either 3 l . . .f4 or 3 l . . . .e2 with excel
lent winning chances.
On 28.f3, Fritz shows the nice varia
t i o n 28 . . . .ld4 + 2 9 . <b x d 4 x d 4 +
30.hl e 5 3 l . g3 e4+ 3 2 .gl
. c8 3 3 . . b8 . g 2 + 3 4 . x g 2 e3+
3 5 .f2 xcl + 36.g2 xc7 winning.
28 . 132 xe5 29.c8 13el +
Again, 29 . . . h5! looks like the right way
to continue.
3 0 . 13 x e l 13 x c8 3 1 . .l e7 + 'it>g7
3 2 . .j x c8 d4+ 3 3 . 'ifl h l x g4
34 . .j xa7 f3+, Draw
[Dagens Tidning February 1 0, 1 920]
"Rubinstein beaten ... " was the headline
of a paragraph published on February
1 1 , 1 920 in the Dagens Tidning. It says:
" R u b i n s te i n , c u rren t l y stay i n g i n
Malmo, was on Sunday beaten i n a Ruy
Lopez by the Malmo player Owesson.
Rubinstein has also visited Lund, where
he defeated one of our master players
A. Hakansson of Kristianstad, and also
in a simul against 25 players from
M a l m o , L u n d , Tra l l e b o rg and
Halsingborg won 19 games, drew 5 and
lost 1 ." There is some confusion with
the dates of the simul. It appears it
might have been played on February 7,
the same date as the exhibition game
with Hakansson.
Arthur Hakansson was a Swedish mas
ter, who played two short matches with
Nimzovitch (in 1 922) and also played
 Addendum
GustafNyholm for the Swedish Cham
pionship in 1 9 1 9, drawing the match
2 Y2-2Y2 (Nyholm retained the title).
(49 1 ) Hakansson - Rubinstein
Lund (exhibition game)
February 7, 1 920
Queen 's Gambit Accepted [D27]
1.d4 d5 2.4)f3 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3
4) f6 5.-'\.xc4 a6 6.a4 e6 7.0-0 4)c6
8 . .lc3 cxd4 9.exd4 4)b4 10.Ag5
Ae7 1 1 . b3 4)c6
Necessary as 1 1 . . . 0-0 1 2 . Axf6 gxf6
1 3 .d5 would be ugly. The loss of time
entailed by the text is compensated by
the threat of . . . 4Ja5 .
1 2 . E! a d 1 .l a 5 1 3 . a 2 4) x c4
14. x c4 0-0 1 5.d5
1 5 . . . b5!
Well-played ! Rubinstein, who was a
great master of isolated queen pawn
positions, understands that capturing on
d5 allows White to realize his lead in
development: 15 . . . 4Jxd5 16.4Jxd5 exd5
1 7 . f\ xd5 'iie 8 1 8 . f\ e l Ae6 1 9 .itxe7
tf1xe7 20.t:Je4 f\ ad8 2 1 . f\ e 5 and the
threats of 4Jd4 and 4Jg5 give White a
clear advantage . ; 1 S . . . exd5 1 6 . 4Jxd5
4Jxd5 1 7 . E! xd5 t:Je8 1 8 .itxe7 tf1xe7
381
1 9 . f\ e l ite6 and play has transposed
into the line given after 1 5 . . . 4Jxd5 .
16.axb5 axb5 17.b3
1 7 . 'ii e 2 exd5 ( 1 7 . . . 4Jxd5?? 1 8 . f\ xd5)
1 8 . xf6 Axf6 1 9 . f\ xd5 e8 20.4Je4
Ab7 2 1 .4Jxf6+ gxf6 and after the ex
change of queens and a trade on f3 a
draw is inevitable.
17 . . . 4) x d 5 1 8 . A x e7 x e7
1 9 . .l x d 5 e x d 5 2 0 . x d 5 Ag4
2 1.h3 E!ad8 22. xb5
2 2 . 'ii b 3 was, of course, safer with a
draw in the offing.
22 ... j}, x f3 23. E! x d8 E! x d8 24.gxf3
h 6 2 5 . E! c 1 f6 2 6 . \flg 2 E! d 2
27.e8+
White forgets about u s i n g h i s rook
actively. He could have forced a draw
after 27.f\c8+ h7 28.f\c6 'iif4 29.f\ c4
f\ xb2 (29 . . . 'iif6 30.b4) 30.f\ xf4 f\ xb5
3 1 . f\ xf7. There was also nothing wrong
with 27.f\c6 with 27 . . . f\ xb2 28.f\ xf6
f\ xb5 again drawing.
27 ... \flh7 28.e4+ g6 29.b4
29.f\c2 f\ d4 30. 'iie 3 looks better. The
advance of the b-pawn should only be
undertaken when White 's pieces are on
good squares. From e3 the queen not
only attacks the rook but protects f3 and
watches the critical g5-square.
29 ... E!d4 30.el?!
30.t:Je3 was much more careful.
30 ... g5+ 3Vlt'fl ?
 Addendum
3 l .'it'h2 f4+ 32.'it'g2 xb4 33.e3
had to be played, but having captured
the b-pawn B lack would now torture
White for many moves.
3l ... t?/f5 32.t?/c3
If32.'it'g2, Black wins by gradually im
prov ing the position of h i s heavy
pieces : 32 ... h4 33.hl xb4 34.fl
h 4 3 5 . h l g 5 + 3 6 . 'it'h 2 f4 +
3 7 . 'it'g2 h 5 3 8 . d l f5 3 9 . h l
g5+ wining the rook.
32 ... f!d3 33.t?/c6 E! x f3, 0-1
[Dagens Tidning February 20, 1 920]
(492) Owesson- Rubinstein
Malmoe, 1 920
Ruy Lopez [C80]
It's not clear under what conditions the
following game, recently discovered by
Peter Holmgren, was played. It looks
to be "one on one." It first appeared in
Nya Dagligt Allehanda, a Swedish pa
per no longer published, whose editor
was the w e l l -known prob l e m i s t
Herman Jonsson. Birger Owesson, later
the same year, became champion of
Skfme, the most southern Swedish
"county." A little more than a month
prior to the encounter with Rubinstein,
the Swedish amateur played an indi
vidual game with Lasker on January 3rd
and drew. Not a bad result against the
reigning world champion and one of his
challengers !
l . e4 e 5 2 . f3 c 6 3 . Ab 5 a6
4.Aa4 f6 5.0-0 xe4 6.d4 b5
7.Ab3 d5 8.d x e 5 Ae6 9 . bd 2
c 5 1 0 .c 3 d4 l l . A x e6 x e6
1 2.cx d4 c x d4 n . xd4 t?/ x d4
14.t?/f3 E!d8 15.a4
3 82
White wisely rej ects 1 5 . c6+ d7
16.xa6 d5 ! threatening . . . a8. Af
ter 1 7 . a 5 x e S 1 8 . -bf3 d5, the
queen is protected here, which takes the
sting out of a4. 19.Ae3 White is un
able to develop an initiative before
B l ack g e t s c a s t l e d . F o r examp l e :
1 9 . . . Ae7 20.a4 bxa4 2 1 .xa4+ d7
22.xd7+ xd7 23.-beS d5 24.a8+
Ad8 and the game is heading for a
draw.
t 5 . . . Ab4!
1 5 . . . d5?! was played in the famous
Capablanca-Lasker game from St. Pe
tersburg 1 9 1 4, which ended in the well
known ending with bishop and knight
versus rook, and three pawns apiece on
the kingside. The text is a clear im
provement, which doesn 't appear to
have been played in a tournament game
until 1 980, when the Italian master An
tonio Rosino first used it. Since then it
has been tested in Luther - Haba,
Bundesliga 1 993, and Van den Doe! -
Gyimesi, Zagan 1 997, with satisfactory
play for Black.
The move 1 5 . . . Ab4 is first given in the
Liirobok I Schack (Stockholm 1 92 1 ) by
G u staf and L u d v i g C o l l ij n w i t h
Rubinstein, Spielmann and Reti. The
introduction to the book says that
 Addendum
Rubinstein took special care of the
closed openings. Spielmann reviewed
the whole book, particularly the open
games, except the King's Gambit, which
was Reti 's alone. Also N i mzovitch
made one significant contribution. It
seems to be a reasonable assumption
that Rubinstein was involved with the
Open Spanish, one of his specialties.
t6.c6+
16.4Jb3 e4 is given in the Liirobok.
1 7 .xa6? xd2 18.fidl 4JeS 19.a7
4Jb3 and B lack wins a piece (Liirobok).
17 . . . . x d7 1 8 . f3 0-0 1 9 .Ae3
.fd8
19 . . . bxa4 20.fi xa4 aS was another plan.
20.g3 h6 2l . .fcl c5 22.ax b5 ax b5
23 .a6 .dl +
23 . . . e4 looks more natural with Black
having the better chances.
24 . . xdl . xdl+ 25.g2 .bl
Again, 2S . . . e4 was quite strong.
26 . .b6
383
26 . . . Aa5?
26 . . .4Je7! 27.fib7 4JdS 28.fi xbS 4Jxe3+
29.fxe3 fi xb2+ offers good winning
chances.
27 . x b 5 Ab4 2 8 . d 2 . x b 2
29.e4 (29.4Je4) 2 9 ... .a2?1
Rubinstein is still playing for a win. He
could have easily drawn with 29 . . . e4
30.d2 a3 .
30.AxeS xeS 3 1 .4JxeS 4JxeS 32.fi xe5
leads to a rook and four vs. rook and
three pawn ending that Rubinstein
would have drawn in his sleep.
30 ... h7 31.d6 g6 (3 l . . .fi a7??
3 2 . fi xb4) 3 2 . .b7 Ac3?1 ( 3 2 . . . f6)
33. xf7 f5 34 . .b5 e4?
34 . . . 'it'g6 3S .4Jd6 xeS and B lack is
still drawing.
35 . .b6!
3 S .AxeS x e S (3S . . . 4JxeS 36. fi xeS
fi x f2 + (36 . . . d4 3 7 . 4J d 6 + 'it'd3
38.fidS fi xf2+ 39.'it'h3) 37.'it'xf2 Ad4+
38.'it>e2 AxeS draws.) 36.4JxeS 'it>xeS
3 7 . A e 3 + 'it>e4 and B l ack has good
chances to resist.
35 . . . d4?
3S . . . Ad4 was the last chance for a
draw.
36.e6 . a 7 3 7 . d 6 + d3
38 . A x d4 A x d4 39 . . b 3 + d 2
4 0. .b7 . x b7 41. xb7 1--0
[Nya Dagligt A llehanda, Apri l 20, 1 920]
 Addendum
Additional Notes
Page 1 2
The question of where Rubinstein was
born is not at issue, but exactly when is
still somewhat unclear. We use the date
of October 1 2, 1 882, as given by Jeremy
Gaige, who converted it from the Julian
Calendar (then in use in Poland) to the
Gregorian calendar we use today - an
adjustment of 1 3 days (September 30).
One would think that might be the end
of the matter, but, as the noted
Rubinstein expert Toni Preziuso o f
Switzerland indicates, there are sti ll
some loose ends, which he summarizes:
The September/October dates probably
stem from the Russian tournament book
of S t . P etersburg 1 9 0 6 , where " 3 0
Sentjabr ( September) 1 882 is given.
Later, Razuvaev, in his Rubinstein book,
used this date, taking the St. Petersburg
book as his source. But, note he wrote
"30 Sentjabija 1 882," at a time when
the Soviet Union did not have the
Gregorian calendar but used the Julian.
Was this a conscious decision or just an
error?
Another irritation comes from the entry
in Deutsche Schachzeitung no. 1 / 1 908,
where there is a biographical note about
Rub i n s t e i n "nach s e i nen e i genen
schriftlichen angaben" (which means:
taken from his own written informa
t i o n ) . There the birthday g i v e n i s
" 1 7 . IX. 1 8 82" (this means 1 3 days in
advance). My own hypothesis: the edi
tors of the D.S. Z. received "30.9. 1 882,"
written by Rubinstein and they incor
rectly converted the Gregorian/Julian
calendar with minus 1 3 days (instead
of plus 1 3 days).
3 84
The next entry about Rubinstein's birth
day that I know of is on page I 0 of the
tournament book San Sebastian 1 912,
written by Mieses & Lewitt. There is
another irritational date: not the 1 2th,
but the 1 6th of October ( 1 6.X. l 882).
Mr. Bachmann writes in the tournament
book for Teplitz-Schonau 1 922 (page
605) that Rubinstein's birthday is 1 2.
October ( 1 2.X. 1 882), which agrees with
the first Russian source.
Then c o m e s the fam o u s book by
Kmoch, Rubinstein Gewinn!t ( 1 933),
where Mr. Hannak writes: 12. December
1 882 ( 1 2.XII . 1 882). All later sources
seems to have taken the December date
from Hannak. Is he responsible for all
the confusion?
The later books published in Poland also
differ. Korcz and Pytel give different
birthdays, and Wolsza ( 1 999) gives the
two dates as possible birthdays. The
article from the website about Jews who
l iv e d in Lodz (http : //www. l o d z
jews.corn/us/ l r.htm) could b e just fol
lowing Hannak, because I guess that in
Poland it would be impossible to find
documents about Rubinstein's birth. Mr.
Lissowski told me some months ago that
he tried to find something, but it seems
all was lost "to the fire." World War II
has probably canceled a l l (Jewish)
sources.
Naturally the original birthday 1 2 .X.
(=30.IX. Gregorian) is the first to ap
pear in the sources, and there are rea
sons to believe that this is correct. But
who can know ifHannak - who has pro
duced some irritation by his "lyrical"
written introduction - is right in this one
instance (Rub instein's birthday)?
 Addendum
Pages 1 2-1 8
For more additional biographical mate
rial on Rubinstein's early years, see also
pages 290-292 in Akiba Rubinstein: The
Latter Years (Seattle 1 995).
Page 16
The chess column in the Neue Lodzer
Zeitung began in November 1 902, and
there is a report in that paper of the
meeting that resulted in the formation
of the club in late February 1 903 . There
is no evidence to believe (or disbelieve)
that Rubinstein had anything to do with
the formation of the club.
The 1 903 match was for the champion
ship of Lodz and a place at Kiev, and
because they drew, both were given a
spot. Rubinstein had clearly been in
Lodz long enough, and been playing
enough (successfully), for there to have
been some doubt as to whether he or
Salwe was the best player, hence the
match. H i s brief biography in the St.
Petersburg 1 906 tournament book, says
he went to Lodz in 1 903 and played
many free games versus Salwe. One
might assume that is how he established
his reputation.
Page 1 8
There are some unresolved issues re
garding the game between Rubinstein
and B artoszkiewicz. The gamescore
dates back to works on the Lodz Chess
Club, but page 38 of Jeugdpartijen van
Beroemde Mees ters by S . P o stma
(Venlo, 1 9 84) states the game was
played by correspondence in 1 897.
Pages 63-64
In the game Swiderski-Rubinstein, the
same variation was seen in the famous
385
g a m e Marshal l - B um ( P ar i s 1 900),
where Burn lost after l l ...Re8?. Some
rounds later, at Paris 1 900, the varia
tion was again played in Marshall
Marco. Marco tried l l ... c5 1 2 .hxg6
hxg6 (later he found that 12 ... fxg6 ! was
the proper move). Marco recommended
the move l l . . .Nd7.
Page 73
In reference to the game Rubinstein
Bernstein, we write correctly that in
ECO the game is given as a variation
by Kasparov up to 14.e5, with no ref
erence to the players. It should be men
tioned that, in the final edition of
B ilguer 's Handbuch, Karl Schlechter
does mention his two colleagues and
gives their game up until 14.e5, as
sessing the position as advantageous for
White.
Game no. 367 (on page 287)
Freiman-Rubinstein, Vilna 1 9 1 2
There is another version of this game
featuring several repetitions of moves
in Vilnius 1 9 1 2 published by Tony
Gillam.
They start with White 's 2 8th move :
28:d5+ (instead of the immediate
2 8 . g 5 ) 28 . . . 'iti'h8 2 9 . i>H5 'iti'g8
30:d5+ h8 3 l .f5 'ifi'g8 and then
 Addendum

32.-'tgS .. e8 33.d5 ..f7 34:i!jg4 .. g7

35 .f5 ..f7 36.'i'!'l'h3 .. ef8 37.e6 h8
38.Ah4 1 -0. Since the time control at
that time was mostly at move 30 this
seems plausible.

Also note that some sources have the

opening moves l .f4 e6 2 .<\f3 fS 3.e4
and not l .f4 fS 2 .<tlf3 e6 3.e4, as Lasker
gives.

Game no. 394 (on page 3 1 4)

Mieses-Rubinstein, Berlin 1 9 1 8
I n the original tournament booklet, pub
l i s h e d by B . Kagan, about the
"Viermeistertumier" in Berlin 1 9 1 8, the
The difference appears to be that in the
tournament book, instead of 60.a4,
the players first played 60 . .. c3 bS
6l ...d3 c6? (better 61 . . .a4 ) 62.a4
=

game ends at move 93 (and not 9 1 ). and then 62 . . . ..e2 etc.

386
 Bibliography

Two books, Pierwyj almanach Lodzinskogo obszczestwa liubitielej szachmatnoj

igry, edited by D . Dan iuszewski and A. Mundt, and Ksiega Jub ileuszowa
Lodzkiego Towarzystwa Zwolennikow Gry Szachowej 1 903- 1 938, edited by D.
Daniuszewski, were invaluable in covering Rubinstein's early career in Lodz.
Many of A.R. 's results and games would be lost if not for these two works.

Space limitations have forced us to confine ourselves to only a partial listing of

sources. The following proved to be the most helpful of the many books and
periodicals consulted.

Rubinstein Game Collections

Baca-Arus, J. and Lopez, J. R.: Rubinstein (Havana, 1 922)
Ganzo, J . : La Partida De Ajedrez (Rubinstein) (Madrid, 1 988)
Glattman, V. : Akiba Rubinstein 's Chess Academy (Moscow, 1 993)
Kmoch, H.: Rubinstein Gewinnt! (Vienna, 1 933)
Kmoch, H.: Rubinstein 's Chess Masterpieces (New York, 1 94 1 )
Korcz, W. : Akiba Rubinstein (Warsaw, 1 989)
Pytel, K. : Akiba Rubinstein (Warsaw, 1 987)
Razuvaev, Y. and Murakhveri, V. I . : Akiba Rubinstein (Moscow, 1 980)
Wenz, H . : Akiba Rubinstein. Ein Leben fur das Schach (Berlin, 1 966)

Other Game Collections

Kasparov, G.: My Great Predecessors, Part 1 (London 2003)
Lissowski, T. and Czaruszyn, V. : Daniuszawski: Niezany Rywal A lechina (War
saw 1 999)
Marin, M . : Learnfrom the Legends - Chess Champions at Their Best (Gothenburg
2004)

General Reference
Elo, A . : The Rating of Chess Players, Past and Present (New York, 1 978)
Gaige, J.: Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography (Jefferson, N.C., 1 987)
Gaige, J.: Chess Tournament Cross tables Vol. I (1 851-1 900) (Philadelphia, 1 969)
Gaige, J . : Chess Tournament Crosstables Vol. II (1 901 - 1 0) (Philadelphia, 1 97 1 )
Gaige, J . : Chess Tournament Crosstables Vol. III (1 911-20) (Philadelphia, 1 972)
Gaige, J . : Chess Tournament Crosstables Vol. IV (1 921-30) (Philadelphia, 1 974)
Golombek, H . : The Encyclopaedia of Chess (New York, 1 970)
Hooper, D. and Whyld, K. : The Oxford Companion to Chess (Oxford, 1 987)
Karpov, A.: Shakhmaty Encyclopedia Slovar (Moscow, 1 990)
Litmanowicz, W. and Gizycki, J . : Szachy od A do Z Vol. I (A-M) (Warsaw, 1 986)
Litmanowicz, W. and Gizycki, J. : Szachy od A do Z Vol. II (N-Z) (Warsaw, 1 987)
Sunnucks, Anne: The Encyclopedia of Chess (New York 1 970)

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Vesely, J., Kalendovsky, J. and Formanek, A. B . : Mala encyklopedie sachu (Prague,
1 989)
Wolsza,T. : A rcym istrzowie, m istrzowie, amatorzy - Slownik biograficzny
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Periodicals
American Chess Bulletin
British Chess Magazine
Chess Notes
Chess Review
Chess Life
Chess Life and Review
Deutsche Schachzeitung
Inside Chess
Lasker s Chess Magazine
Schachmatnoe Obozrenie
Shakhmatny Byuletin
Szachista Polski
Tidskrift for Schack
Wiener Schachzeitung

Tournament Books
Anderson, M . : Goteborgs Schacksallkapajubleumstureringar (Gothenburg 1 92 1 )
Chigorin, M . : Kiev 1 903 (Moscow 1 904)
Kautsky, V V: Partie mezinrodnich turnaju sachovych v Praze 1 908 (Prague 1 909)
Lasker, Em. : The International Chess Congress, St. Petersburg 1 909 (New York
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Marco,G and Schlechter, C. Das internationale Schachmeisterturnier in Karls bad
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Marco, G.: Das II. Internationale Schachmeisterturnier in Ostende (Wien 1 907)
Marco, G.: Internationales Schachturnier Vienna 1 908 (Vienna 1 908)
Mieses, J . and Lewitt, M . : Internationales Schachturnier zu San Sebastian
(Berlin 1 9 1 1 )
Mieses, J . and Lewitt, M . : II. Internationales Schachturnier zu San Sebastian
1912 (Berlin 1 9 1 2)
Tarrasch, S . : St. Petersburg 1914 (Yorklyn, DE 1 993)
Vidmar, M.: Karlsbad 1911, 2 vols. (Potsdam 1 9 1 2)
von Bardeleben, C . : Das Schachturnier zu Ostende 1 906 (Gross-Lichterfelde
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Znosko-Borovsky, E.: St. Petersburg 1 906 (St. Petersburg 1 907)

3 88
 Players Index
(refers to game numbers)

Alapin, S. 53, 1 57, 1 59, 1 90, 293, 325, Evtifeev, P. 50

36 1 Factor, S. 385, 468, 47 1 , 472
Alekhine, A. 260, 302, 3 62, 3 74, 463 Fandrich, H. 456
Amateur 2, 3 Fahrni, H. 8 1 , 303
Balla, Z. 70, 34 1 , 353 Flam berg, A. 60, 63, 66, 26 1 , 263-
Banisz, Z . 337, 342 65, 305, 4 1 0, 4 1 1
Bardeleben, C. 1 7 1 , 1 82 Fleischmann (Forgacs), L. 1 04, 237,
Bartoszkiewicz, G. 1 309
Belsitzmann, Z. 3 86, 405, 406 Freiman, S. 1 5 1 , 239, 254, 257, 360,
Benima, L. 33 367
Benko, P.P. 8 Gaj dos, J . 3 7
Berger, J. 1 32, 1 62 Gattie, W. 74
Bernstein, 0. 20, 7 1 , 82, 1 0 1 , 238, Goldfarb, J. 1 55 , 1 56, 454
268, 365, 3 70, 375, 46 1 , 462, 463 Goncharov, A. 463
Billecard, M. 1 1 7 Gottesdiener, J. 3 82, 3 84
Blackburne, J. 96, 379 Granas 45
Bleij kmans, D. 35 Groen 485
Blumenfeld, B . 52 Gunsberg, I. 378
Bogolj ubow, E. 4 1 4, 4 1 7, 420, 423 , Hakansson, A. 49 1
424, 427-3 8 , 445, 490 Hartung 472
Breyer, G. 332, 344, 352 Heilmann 28
Burget, J.L. 474 Helbach, G. 47
Burn, A. 75, 230, 270, 289, 343 Hirschbein, M. 468
Butiagin 458 Hromadka, K. 327
Capablanca, J.R. 278, 3 72 Isakov, K. 46 1 , 462
Carls, C. 355 Izbinsky, S. 1 5 , 56
Chajes, 0. 298 Jacob, F. 1 08
Chigorin, M. 1 7, 6 1 , 64, 67, 1 4 1 Jaffe, C. 297
Choj nacki 23 Janowsky, D. 72, 83, 1 27, 1 87 , 272,
Collij n, G. & L. 490 377
Cohn, E. 32, 1 1 9, 1 40, 1 6 1 , 234, 284, John, W. 1 1 1
338, 346 Johne P. 1 33 , 1 73 , 294, 3 3 9
Cohn, W. 1 2 1 Kalinsky, N . 7
Daniuszewski, D. 94, 1 50, 223, 453, Kieseritzky, L. 39
455, 457 Kloosterboer 487
Domsberger 465 Kostic, B. 30 1 , 443
Duras, 0. 34, 42, 73, 98, 1 29, 1 5 8, Kuczynski 95
1 83 , 232, 274, 28 1 , 3 1 1 , 320, 336, 348 Kulomzin, V. 1 6
Dus-Chotimirsky, E. 1 0, 26, 58, 1 26, Kunze, 0. 4 1
1 5 3 , 1 86, 233, 253, 256, 300 Kupczinski 467
Elzas 474 Kvieala 1 89
Englund, F. 27 Langleben, S. 259, 262

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Lasker, Em. 227, 373, 3 99, 402 Regedziiiski, T. 3 8 3 , 468
Lebedev, S. 1 4 Reshevsky, S. 469
Lee, F. 97 Reti, R. I 6o, 4 1 2, 4 1 5 , 4 1 8, 42 1 , 446,
Leonhardt, P. 76, 1 1 8, 1 36, 1 67, 1 9 1 , 490
273, 282, 3 1 3 , 322, 326 Ridderhof 484
Levenfish, G. 296, 3 59, 3 66 Romanovsky, P. 5 1
Levitsky, S. 1 8, 54, 350, 3 64, 3 69 Rosengren 489
Liubimov, B. 460 Rosenkrantz, K. 49
Loman, R. 473 Rotlewi, G. 87, 88, 9 1 , 92, 1 52, 224,
Lonnenberg, M. 478 280, 464
Lowcki, M. 9, 333, 357, 3 8 1 Rozanov, V. 460
Lowy, L . 30 Salwe, G. 4, 5, 2 1 , 24, 25, 5 5 , 62, 65,
Maliutin, B. 57 68, 78, 90, 1 23 , 1 3 1 , 1 44- 1 47, 1 70, 1 80,
Marco, G. 1 02, 44 1 , 456 207-2 1 4, 24 1 , 258, 292, 33 1 , 456
Maroczy, G. 1 3 9, 1 69, 1 96, 277, 45 1 Sartori, A. 38
Marshall, F. 80, 1 3 7 , 1 74, 1 84, 1 99- Sasburg 48 1
206, 2 1 5-222, 269, 287, 306, 3 1 6, 340, Schelfhout, W. 477, 482
358, 3 7 1 Schiffers, E. 1 9
Metger, J. 1 1 0 Schlechter, C. 85, 1 3 8, 1 64, 1 94, 236,
Middleton 29 276, 290, 307, 3 1 7, 328, 345, 3 87-93 ,
Mieses, J. 43, 44, 1 00, 1 30, 1 76, 1 88, 396, 400, 403
23 1 , 243-252, 347, 394, 397, 447 Selezniev, A. 442
Mints 459 Selezniev, P. 460
Moewig, A. 36 Shoosmith, H. 1 1 3
Moller, J 444 Shories, G. 1 07
Mortimer, J. 1 1 4 Sodermark 426
Mundt, A. 89, 93 Speyer, A. 226
Nikolaev 1 2 Spielmann, R. 1 03 , 1 3 5 , 1 75 , 1 97,
Nimzovitch, A. 1 06, 1 24, 275, 285, 240, 279, 295 , 3 1 4, 323, 3 3 0, 3 54, 4 1 3 ,
3 1 5 , 324, 363, 368, 3 80, 449 4 1 6, 4 1 9, 422, 448, 488, 490
Nyholm, G. 425 , 490 Stamm, W. 1 1
Olland, A. 1 42 Sterk, K. 329, 466
Olson, E. 490 Siichting, H. 1 09, 1 65 , 1 98, 29 1
Omeliansky, V. 46 Swiderski, R. 79, 1 1 2, 1 68
Oskam, G. 69, 47 1 -472, 476, 486 Szwarcman, L. 409
Owesson, B. 492 Talvik, E. 59
Perlis, J. 84, 1 1 6, 1 72, 229, 299, 308, Tarrasch, S. 27 1 , 3 1 0, 3 1 9, 3 52, 3 76,
318 40 1 , 404, 440
Petzold, K. 40 Tartakover, S. 1 05 , 1 2 8 , 1 66, 242 ,
Preiswerk, W. 470 288, 450
ProkeS, L. 1 92 Teichmann, R. 86, 1 20, 1 34, 1 63 , 1 77-
Przepiorka, D. 1 48 , 1 49, 349, 407, 1 79, 1 85 , 235, 266, 283, 3 1 2, 32 1 , 3 3 5 ,
408 356
Rabinovich, A. 6, 1 93 , 2 5 5 , 3 04 Treybal, F. 1 8 1
Reeser, G.L. 480 Treybal, K. 3 5 1

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U rusov 46 1 , 462
van Gelder 439, 473
van Vliet, L. 1 1 5
Verveen, A. 475
Vidmar, M. 3 1 , 1 25 , 1 95, 228, 267,
286, 395, 398
von Scheve, T. 99
Wij ssen 483
Wolf, H. 1 43
Yates, F. 334
Yurevich, V. 1 3
Znosko-Borovsky, E . 22, 48, 77, 1 22,
1 54, 225

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 Openings Index
(refers to game numbers)
Alapin 1 59
Benoni 330, 404, 4 1 9
Bishop's Opening 347
Bird 1 3 , 367
Bogo-lndian 436
Budapest 395-97
Caro-Kann 486, 489-90
Center Counter 1 06, 1 1 5 , 268, 378
Center Game 7, 394, 454
Chigorin 67
Colle System 1 67
Danish Gambit 44, 1 88
Dutch 6, 8, 1 0, 3 5 , 46, 58, 1 03 , 1 97,
206, 2 1 7, 2 1 9, 284, 288, 304, 3 1 4, 357,
366, 4 1 1 , 440, 447
English 28 1 , 303, 332, 336, 3 3 8 , 376,
442, 483
Four Knights 95, 1 22, 1 27, 1 29, 1 80,
1 93 , 200, 208, 2 1 0-2 1 2, 2 1 5 , 275, 295,
3 1 5 , 3 1 9, 32 1 , 323, 365, 375, 3 86, 406,
4 1 0, 429, 433, 435, 453, 464, 466-67,
477
French 1 4, 1 7- 1 9, 26-27, 29, 3 1 , 4 1 -
42, 47, 49, 5 3 , 64, 6 1 0 1 39, 1 4 1 ,
1 43 , 1 50, 1 75 , 1 96, 235, 237, 242, 27 1 ,
277, 279, 279, 285, 29 1 , 296-297, 305,
307-309, 328-329, 33 1 , 3 3 5 , 337, 339,
34 1 , 343 , 346, 360, 379, 460, 465
Giuoco Piano 59, 62, 68, 1 3 1 , 1 44,
1 70, 207, 259, 326, 352, 40 1 , 450, 457,
469
Goring Gambit 44 1
Hungarian 1 3 5 , 3 1 3
King's Gambit 65, 87, 93, 1 07, 1 45 ,
1 90, 224, 26 1 , 292, 344, 408, 4 1 5 , 42 1 ,
45 8-459, 470, 478, 480, 485
King's Indian 1 05 , 388, 4 1 2, 4 1 8, 474
Modern 342
Nimzo-lndian 3 74, 434
Old Indian 50, 324, 400, 426
Owen 449
Philidor 1 1 7
3 92
Queen 's Gambit Accepted 72, 92,
1 46, 1 48 , 1 62, 1 79, 1 98, 2 1 8, 220, 222,
226, 228, 234, 239, 253, 320, 462-463,
49 1
Queen's Gambit Declined 9, 1 1 - 1 2,
1 6, 22, 24-25, 28, 32-33, 36-40, 43, 52,
54-5 5 , 57, 66, 68, 70-7 1 , 73, 75, 78-
79, 80, 82, 86, 88, 90, 9 1 , 1 00, 1 02,
1 1 9- 1 2 1 , 1 24- 1 25 , 1 34, 1 3 7- 1 3 8 , 1 47,
1 52, 1 5 5 - 1 56, 1 63 , 1 69, 1 73 , 1 77- 1 78,
1 83 , 1 86, 1 89, 1 9 1 , 1 94- 1 95 , 1 99, 20 1 ,
204-205 , 209, 2 1 3-2 1 4, 2 1 6, 22 1 , 223 ,
225, 227, 229, 23 1 , 23 3 , 236, 238, 24 1 ,
250, 252, 254-25 8 , 262, 264, 266, 269,
270, 274, 278, 280, 286-287, 298, 3 1 0,
3 1 2, 3 1 6-3 1 7, 322, 327, 334, 345, 348,
3 50, 3 5 8 , 364, 3 70, 3 7 1 -372, 377, 3 82-
3 84, 3 92, 398, 402, 405, 4 1 3-4 1 4, 424,
427, 45 1 , 47 1 - 473, 482
Queen 's Indian 1 08, 272, 445
Queen 's Pawn 5 , 2 1 , 30, 48, 60-6 1 ,
74, 70, 77, 83-85 , 97, 1 1 0- 1 1 1 , 1 1 3 - 1 1 4,
1 1 6, 1 1 8, 1 23 , 1 26, 1 3 0, 1 32, 1 36, 1 40,
1 42, 1 5 1 , 1 53 , 1 5 8, 1 60- 1 6 1 , 1 65 , 1 68,
1 7 1 , 1 74, 1 84, 1 87, 203 , 248, 267, 290,
293-294, 340, 35 1 , 3 5 5 , 369, 3 80, 4 1 7,
423 , 428, 430, 432, 438, 443 , 452
Ruy Lopez 1 5 , 34, 5 1 , 56, 63, 96, 99,
1 0 1 , 1 04, 1 3 3 , 1 49, 1 5 7, 1 64, 1 8 1 , 1 85 ,
1 92, 230, 232, 240, 260, 265 , 273 , 282-
283, 289, 3 1 1 , 3 1 8, 362, 373, 3 8 5 , 3 89,
39 1 , 393, 399, 407, 409, 4 1 6, 425, 43 1 ,
437, 444, 455-456, 46 1 , 468, 476, 492
Scotch 20, 25 1 , 30 1 , 359, 368, 422
Sicilian 4, 1 66, 1 72, 1 82, 3 3 3 , 349,
353-354, 36 1 , 446, 448, 475
Slav 98, 1 28, 276, 300, 302, 306, 325,
390
Two Knights 1 , 420, 487
Vienna 89, 1 76, 202, 243 , 245 , 247,
249, 263 , 3 8 7, 403
 ECO Codes Index
(refers to game numbers)

A02 367 C14 296, 465

A03 13 C20 1 59
A13 303 C21 44, 1 8 8
A22 28 1 C22 7, 394, 454
A28 338 C24 347
A29 376, 483 C28 1 76, 202, 387, 403
A32 442 C29 89, 243 , 245 , 247, 249, 263
A34 332 C30 65, 1 07, 1 45 , 1 90, 224, 26 1 , 292,
A38 336 408 , 459, 470, 478
A40 449 C3 1 87, 458
A43 3 3 0, 404 C32 480
A44 419 C33 93, 4 1 5, 42 1
A46 3 80, 428 C34 344
AS2 395-397 C36 485
AS3 50, 400 C41 1 1 7
ASS 324, 426 C44 44 1
A83 447 C4S 20, 25 1 , 30 1 , 359, 422
A84 8, 1 0, 3 5 , 46, 206, 2 1 7, 2 1 9, 3 5 7 C46 275
ASS 6, 5 8 , 1 03 , 1 97, 2 8 4 , 288, 3 04, C47 368
3 1 4, 366, 440 C48 95, 1 22, 3 1 5 , 3 1 9, 32 1 , 323, 365,
A9S 4 1 1 375, 3 86, 406, 4 1 0, 429, 433, 43 5, 467,
BOt 1 06, 1 1 5 , 268, 378 477
B06 342 C49 1 27, 1 29, 1 80, 200, 208, 2 1 0-2 1 2,
B13 486, 489, 490 2 1 5 , 295, 453, 464, 466
B22 1 72 cso 62, 68, 1 3 1 , 1 44, 207, 259, 3 1 3 ,
B29 3 54, 36 1 , 446, 448 352, 450, 469
B40 1 82, 3 3 3 , 349 CS3 59, 457
B44 1 66 CS4 1 70, 326, 40 1
B4S 353 CSS I , 1 3 5 , 1 93
BS7 4 CS6 487
B72 475 CS7 420
coo 1 7, 1 09, 1 75 , 460 C60 455, 476
COl 1 8, 27, 42, 69, 1 4 1 , 1 50, 1 96, 235, C66 46 1
237, 242, 277, 29 1 , 328, 3 3 1 , 337, 34 1 , C68 260, 3 8 5 , 39 1
343, 346, 379 C73 409
C02 285 C77 34, 96, 230, 232, 3 1 8, 3 89, 444
C09 297 C79 289, 3 1 1 , 407
ClO 1 4, 1 9, 1 3 9, 1 43 , 27 1 , 279, 307, C80 356, 4 1 6, 492
308, 329, 3 3 5 , 339 C82 373
Cll 26, 29, 3 1 , 4 1 , 47, 49, 5 3 , 64, 299, C83 1 5 , 362, 393, 43 1 , 468
3 05, 3 09 C84 5 1 , 56, 99, 265, 282, 399, 425 , 437
C 1 2 360, 479 C87 63 , 240

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C90 1 49, 1 64, 1 8 1 , 1 85 , 1 92, 283 D60 5 5 , 86, 3 1 6, 3 8 3 , 4 1 4
C91 1 33 D61 80, 1 02, 1 1 2, 1 20, 1 9 1 , 223, 3 1 2
C98 1 0 1 , 1 04, 1 5 7, 273, 456 D63 66, 327, 334, 3 7 1 , 45 1
DOO 1 54, 1 60, 1 70, 1 84, 293, 438 D64 3 72, 384, 405, 473
DOl 369 D66 370
D02 2 1 , 30, 77, 83, 85, 97, 1 23 , 1 26, D67 236
1 40, 1 42, 1 6 1 , 203 , 248, 290, 294, 340, E12 272
3 5 1 , 4 1 7, 423 E14 1 08
D03 84 E16 436
D04 74, l l 8, 1 53 , 1 5 8, 1 65 , 1 68, 267, E18 445
3 5 5 , 452 E20 434
D05 5 , 48, 60, 6 1 , 70, 1 1 0, I l l , 1 1 3 , E49 3 74
1 1 4, 1 1 6, 1 30, 1 32, 1 36, 1 5 1 , 1 67, 1 7 1 , E60 1 05
1 87, 430, 432, 443 E62 418
D06 52, 1 55 , 23 1 , 246, 250, 252, 270, E68 388
364, 4 1 3 E76 474
D07 67 E90 412
DlO 98
Dll 1 28
D13 3 06
D 1 5 276, 3 00, 302, 325, 3 90
D25 1 98
D26 92, 1 46, 1 62, 320
D27 72, 2 1 8, 220, 222, 226, 228, 234,
239, 253, 49 1
D28 1 48, 1 79, 462, 463
D30 1 73 , 22 1 , 274, 424, 472
D3 1 9, 1 2, 204, 256, 427
D32 1 6, 37, 82, 1 00, 1 2 1 , 1 24, 1 37,
1 47, 1 77, 20 1 , 205, 2 1 6, 227, 269
D33 1 89, 209, 254, 258, 3 1 0, 348, 3 5 8
D34 1 94, 1 99, 2 1 4, 229, 233, 244, 266,
278, 280, 286, 287, 322, 3 82, 402, 47 1 ,
482
D37 38, 69, 7 1 , 75, 77, 78, 88, 9 1 , 298,
345
D40 1 1 , 28, 36, 54, 1 1 9, 1 25 , 1 3 8, 1 52,
1 56, 1 63 , 1 69, 1 83 , 1 86, 1 95 , 2 1 3 , 255,
257, 274, 377
D4 1 3 1 7
D46 40, 57, 350
D52 39, 43, 84, 24 1 , 392
D53 2 5 , 32, 90, 238
D55 22, 24, 33, 73, 76, 79, 94, 1 34,
1 78, 225, 262, 264, 398

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 Annotator Index
(refers to game numbers)

Alekhine, A. 253, 260 Marco, G. 1 59

Authors 4, 5 , 6, 1 2, 29, 3 1 , 43 , 44, 56, M arin, M. 67, 302
6 1 , 67, 68, 69, 7 1 -73, 75-76, 78-79, 82, Marshall, F. 1 74, 205
9 1 , 94, 1 24, 1 33 , 1 40, 1 43 , 1 44, 1 47, Mestel, J. 234
1 5 1 , 1 59, 1 60, 1 78, 1 79, 1 89, 1 95 , 2 1 5- Mieses, J. 268, 269, 278, 279, 295,
222, 237, 238, 246, 2 5 8 , 26 1 , 278, 293, 306, 307, 3 1 4, 3 1 9, 323, 324, 347
307, 325, 350, 3 82, 400, 4 1 2, 465 , 468, Nimzovitch, A. 1 24, 225 , 324, 425
47 1 , 485, 487 Razuvaev, Y. 1 2, 1 34, 1 47, 1 52, 1 78,
Bachmann, L. 205 1 90, 1 97, 203, 209, 227, 23 1 , 232, 236,
Bardeleben, C. 29 278, 2 8 1 , 3 1 7, 446
Belsitzmann, Z. 406 Regedziiiski, T. 468
Bernstein, 0. 7 1 , 463 Reinfeld, F. 260, 362, 373
Bogolj ubow, E. 4 1 5 , 446, 45 1 Reti, R. 435
Cela, R. 4 1 2 Rubinstein, A. 365, 448, 468, 473
Chigorin, M . 67 Schlechter, C. 85, 1 34, 1 44, 1 50-53 ,
Daniuszewski, D. 4, 9 1 , 94, 3 82 1 5 8, 1 60, 1 74, 1 76, 1 96, 1 99, 200, 243 ,
Fine, R. 227, 373 347, 350, 3 5 1
Flamberg, A. 405 Speelman, J. 234
Gaba, L. 4 1 2 Spielmann, R. 295 , 448
Hoffer, L. 85, 1 24, 1 50, 1 5 1 , 1 53 , 209, Tarrasch, S. 1 76, 227, 324, 325
243 , 246, 250, 253, 26 1 Tartakover, S. 1 52, 268, 2 7 8 , 295,
Janowsky, D. 1 3 5 3 1 4, 330, 347, 362, 368, 3 85 , 435
Kalendovsky, J. 42 1 Trifunovic, P. 395
Karpov, A. 269 Unzicker, W. 234
Kmoch, H. 1 27, 1 29, 1 3 1 , 1 3 3 , 1 34, Vidmar, M. 3 1 , 395
1 44-47, 1 52, 1 53 , 1 5 8, 1 78, 1 90, 1 95 , Weenink, H. 485
1 97, 200, 203, 209, 225-28, 23 1 , 232, Zinkl, A. 1 99
234, 236, 237, 240, 278, 2 8 1 , 293 , 296, Znosko-Borovsky, E. 1 79
302, 307, 3 1 7, 3 1 9, 336, 3 5 8 , 383, 3 8 5 ,
390, 400, 440, 446, 45 1
Konstantinopolsky, A. 60, 6 1 , 63, 67
Kopaev, N. 269
Kotov, A. 385
Lasker, B. 274
Lasker, Em. 76, 84, 85, 1 34, 1 39, 225-
229, 23 1 , 232, 236-3 8, 240, 324, 367,
368, 400, 402
Levinfish, G. 296, 366
Leonhardt, P. 342, 360
Lowcki, M. 409
Maliutin, B. 2 5 7

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 Index of Illustrations
(refers to page numbers)

Alekhine, A. 283
Blackbu rne, J. 303
Burn, A. 23 1
Carlsbad ( 1 907) 93
Carlsbad ( 1 9 1 1 ) 24 1
Capablanca, J. 223
Euwe, M. 369
Gunsburg, I. 65
Jaffe 363
Lasker, E. 3 1 8
Marco, G. 303, 346
Maroczy, G. 369
Marshall, F. 1 67
Reshevsky, S. 3633
Romanovsky, P. 46
Rubinstein, A. 37, 266, 286
Schlechter, C. 3 1 2
St. Petersberg ( 1 909) 1 77
St. Peterburg ( 1 9 1 4) 297
San Sebastian ( 1 9 1 2) 248
Schiffers, E. 29
Tarrasch, S. 269
Teichmann, R. 1 36

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 General Index
(refers to page numbers)

Abrahams, Gerald 1 2 , 1 7, 54 Dus-Chotimirsky, Fedor 1 87

Aguilera, Ricardo 1 8 Factor, Samuel 308
Alapin, Simon 46, 1 1 7- 1 1 9, 1 25 , 1 27, Flamberg, Alexander 2 1 3
1 40, 1 46, 234, 259, 269, 28 1 , 282, 285 Fleischmann (Forgacs) , Leo 8 1 , 1 9 1
Alekhine, Alexander 1 6, 1 23 , 1 3 7, Freiman, Sergey 1 20
1 43 , 203, 206, 2 1 0-2 1 3 , 240, 28 1 , 283, Kagan, Bernhard 3 1 1
296, 297, 299, 300, 3 1 3 , 328, 336, 339, Kleczynski family 2 1 1
3 54, 3 5 8, 359 Langleben, Salomon 209
Alekhine, Alexey 355 Lowcki, Moishe 22-23
Algemeen Handelsblad 34 1 , 366 Przepi6rka, Dawid 1 1 5
Almanach 2 1 Regedzifiski, Teodor 307
Amateur 1 8, 1 9 Rotlewi, Gersz 73
American Chess Bulletin 1 1 7, 1 1 9, Salwe, Georg 1 9
1 20, 1 23 , 207, 285, 290-295 , 3 04, 363, Szwarcman, Leon 323
367 Blackburne, Joseph 59, 73, 79, 297,
Arcymistrzowie, mistrzowie, amatorzy .. 3 03
- Slownik biograjiczny szachistow Blanchard, C.T. 1 3 , 79
polskich voL 3 323 Bleij kmans, D. 3 8
Blokbergen, R.N. 370
Bachmann, Ludwig 2 1 , 1 5 8, 3 1 2, 384 Blumenfeld, Beniamin 1 5 , 46, 49, 50,
Bad Pistyan 1912 263 332
Balla, Zoltlin 60, 267, 277, 385 Bogolj ubow, Efim 2 1 3 , 2 1 4, 327-333,
Barasz, Zsigmond 266, 268-270, 273 336-343 , 348, 352, 364, 377, 379
Bardeleben, Curt von 34, 1 32, 1 43 Breyer, Gyula 264, 27 1 , 3 1 5 , 344, 353,
Bartoszkiewicz, G. 1 3- 1 6, 1 8, 385 361
Belsitzmann, Zdzislaw 3 04, 305, 3 1 0, Brilliant Touch, The 5 4
323, 324 British Chess Magazine 1 7, 268, 282
Benima, Levi 3 7 Burgel, J.L. 370, 37 1
Benko, P.P. 22 Burn, Amos 59, 65, 73, 1 59, 1 83 , 220,
Berger, Johann 95, 1 30 23 1 , 232, 270, 297, 30 1 , 385
Berliner Schachzeitung 1 1 7, 1 5 5 Buschke, Albrecht 363
Berliner Zeitung am Mittag 296 Butiagin 355
Bernstein, Ossip 1 3 , 1 5 , 2 1 , 29, 58,
59, 6 1 , 70, 8 1 , 1 79, 1 92, 203 , 2 1 5, 2 1 6, Cafferty, Bernard 1 7
2 1 8, 256, 28 1 , 285, 286, 289, 296, 297, Capablanca, Jose Raul 1 3 , 1 6, 1 07,
30 1 , 357, 358, 3 85 207, 208, 2 1 5 , 2 1 7, 223-225 , 238, 246,
Bialystok 1 3- 1 5 253, 290, 29 1 , 295-299, 328, 354, 367,
Bilguer's Handbuch 343, 369, 386 370, 37 1 , 3 82
Billecard, Moritz 86 Carls, Carl 278
Biographies - Casopis Ceskoslovenskych Sachistu
Cohn, Erich 1 88 1 1 8, 1 53 , 2 1 6, 244
Duras, 01drich 3 8 Ceskoslovensky Sach 40

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Chajes, Oscar 238 70, 76, 80, 8 1 , 85 , 9 1 , 97, 1 0 1 , 1 02, 1 27,
Chess Amateur, The 352 1 29, 1 3 1 , 1 32, 1 45 , 1 47- 1 49, 1 62, 1 64,
Chess Mind, The 54 1 99, 2 1 1 , 2 1 3 , 234, 238, 240, 249, 256,
Chess Notes 1 7, 1 1 5 260, 275-277, 299, 302, 320, 326, 328,
Chess Panorama 33 334, 337, 340, 343, 346, 356, 36 1 , 374,
Chess Personalia 1 7, 3 6 1 375, 385
Chess Treasury of the Air 1 2 Elo 23, 26, 47, 5 1 , 1 1 5 , 1 20, 1 88, 1 9 1 ,
Chigorin, Mikhail 1 5, 1 6, 2 1 , 2 2 , 28, 2 1 5 , 268, 305, 323, 346
29, 50, 5 1 -5 5 , 59, 73, 1 05 , 1 1 9, 1 29, Elzas 368
1 53, 1 9 1 Encyclopaedia Judaica 1 7
Chojnacki 3 1 Encyclopedia of Chess Endings 332
Cohn, Erich 3 7 , 86, 1 04, 1 29, 1 75 , Englund, Fritz 34
1 88, 230, 267, 272 Estocolmo 1 919 1 8
Cohn, Wilhelm 87, 1 66, 1 88 Estrin, Yakov 2 1 2
Collijn, Gustaf 343 , 379, 382 Evtifeev, Peter 45
Collij n, Ludvig 3 3 3 , 344, 3 77, 3 79,
382 Factor, Samuel 304-306, 308, 344,
362, 365, 367
Dagens Tidning 3 77 Fahrni, Hans 70, 242
Daniels, David 33 Fandrich, Hugo 3 54
Daniuszewski, Dawid 1 7, 1 8, 20, 4 1 , Field, The 40, 1 1 7, 1 1 8, 1 25 , 1 60, 1 6 1 ,
74, 76, 77, 99, 1 1 7- 1 1 9, 1 74, 206, 305, 1 99, 256, 258, 3 0 1
306, 308, 3 54, 355 500 Master Games of Chess 235
Das Buch der Schachmeisterpartien Flamberg, Alexander 5 1 , 5 3 , 54, 57,
263 209, 2 1 1 , 2 1 3-2 1 5, 244, 28 1 , 285, 323,
Decisive Games in Chess History 1 96 326
De Telegraf 368-372 Freiman, Sergey 1 1 8- 1 20, 1 93 , 203,
Deutsche Arbeiter-Schachzeitung 36 1 204, 206, 207, 269, 28 1 , 282, 287, 386
Deutsche Schachblatter 25 1 Fleischmann (Forgacs), Leo 8 1 , 83,
Deutsche Schachzeitung 30, 3 1 , 97, 1 9 1 , 247, 249
1 09, 1 20, 1 23, 1 26, 1 29, 1 33 , 1 3 5 , 1 3 8,
1 53, 1 54, 203 , 384 Gaige, Jeremy 1 7- 1 9, 1 1 8, 2 1 0, 3 1 1 ,
Deutsches und Berliner Schach 36 1 , 3 84
zeitung 363 Gajdos, Janos 38, 3 6 1
Deutsches Wochenschach 1 56, 2 1 1 , Gattie, Walter 65
2 1 2, 2 1 5 Gillam, Tony 33, 60, 377, 3 8 5 , 386
Domsberger 360 Glazkov, Alexander 2 1 2
Duras, Oldoich 1 4, 1 5 , 3 3 , 3 8 , 40, 63, Goldfarb, J. 1 8, 1 25 , 354
64, 76, 79, 94, 1 26, 1 43, 1 44, 1 85 , 1 95 , Goldstein, Alexander 1 1 5
2 1 5, 22 1 , 227, 228, 248, 249, 254, 265, Goncharov, Alexey 203 , 3 5 8
274 Gottesdiener, Josek 3 0 5 , 3 06, 3 0 8
Dus-Chotimirsky, Fedor 1 7, 23, 33, Granas 42
50, 9 1 , 1 1 8- 1 20, 1 23 , 1 44, 1 45 , 1 5 3 , Groen 37 1 , 3 72
1 54, 1 87, 203, 205 , 207, 223 , 239 Gunsberg, Isidor 58, 59, 65, 297, 303
ECO 36, 4 1 -43, 46-48, 5 5 , 57, 6 1 , 65, Hakansson, Arthur 3 64, 3 80, 3 8 1

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Hannak, Jacques 1 2, 1 6, 3 84 Korn, Walter 54
Hartung 366 Kostic, Boris 227, 239, 347, 375
Heilmann 34 Ksiega Jubileuszowa Lodzkiego
Helbach, Grigory 43 Towarzystwa Zwolennikow Gry
Hirschbein, Mojshe 305, 306, 362 Szachowej 1903-1938 1 6, 1 08, 1 1 8
Hodges, Albert 39 Kuczynski 78, 1 1 8
Hoffer, Leopold 72, 88, 93, 1 0 1 , 1 1 8- Kulomzin, Viacheslav 27
1 20, 1 23 , 1 25 , 1 60, 1 6 1 , 1 98, 1 99, 20 1 , Kunze, Otto 40
203 Kupczinski 3 6 1
Holmgren, Peter 382 Kvieala 1 45
Hromadka, Karel 260, 282
Langleben, Salomon 1 8 , 209, 2 1 2,
Inside Chess 1 66 244, 29 1
Isakov, Konstantin 3 5 7 Larobok 343
Izabranie Partie 33 Lasker, Berthold 22 1
Izbinsky, Stefan 27, 48 Lasker, Emanuel 1 3 , 1 4, 1 6, 39, 48,
58, 6 1 , 62, 7 1 , 72, 77, 98, 1 02, 1 50, 1 75,
Jacob, Franz 83 1 76, 1 78- 1 80, 1 83 - 1 85, 1 87- 1 89, 1 9 1 -
Jaffe, Charles 238, 363 1 96, 2 1 3 , 2 1 5, 223 , 224, 246, 257, 259,
Janowsky, Dawid 1 9, 59, 6 1 , 62, 7 1 , 268, 287, 288, 290-297, 299, 304, 3 1 3,
9 1 , 1 00, 1 06, 1 44, 1 7 1 , 2 1 3 , 22 1 , 296, 3 1 7-32 1 , 362, 364, 365, 367, 368, 370,
297, 3 02 37 1 , 3 82, 386
Jeugdpartijen van Beroemde Meesters Lasker 's Chess Magazine 1 4, 48, 58,
18 62, 7 1 , 98, 1 02
John, Walter 84 Lebede Sergey 26, 27
Johner, Paul 73, 97, 98, 1 33 , 235, 267 Lee, Francis 79
Leonhardt, Paul 65, 66, 86, 1 0 1 , 1 3 1 ,
Kagan, Bernhard 3 1 1 , 3 1 6, 3 1 8, 320, 1 47, 22 1 , 230, 248, 250, 255, 260, 268-
32 1 , 363, 386 270, 27 1 ' 282
Kalinsky, N. 22 Les Cahiers de l'Echiquier Francais
Karl Marx Plays Chess 3 1 6 235
Keres, Paul 88, 90, 1 1 3, 206, 2 1 2, 230, Levenfish, Grigory 220, 23 7, 28 1 , 287
36 1 , 365, 375 Levitsky, Stepan 28, 47, 275, 28 1 , 285,
Kieseritzky, Lionel 39, 1 20 289
Kloosterboer 374, 375 L'ltalia Scacchistica 264
Kmoch, Hans 9 1 , 93, 95, 97, 98, 1 00, Liubimov, Boris 356
1 05- 1 07, 1 09, 1 1 0, 1 1 2, 1 1 3 , 1 2 1 - 1 23 , Lloyd, Sam 269
1 26, 1 36, 1 45 , 1 49, 1 50, 1 5 1 - 1 53 , 1 56, Loman, Rudolf 366, 367
1 6 1 , 1 62, 1 75, 1 76, 1 78, 1 80, 1 84, 1 85 , Lombardy, William 3 3
1 88, 1 89, 1 9 1 , 1 94, 223, 227, 228, 233, Lonnenberg, M. 369, 370
237, 240, 246, 252, 253, 265, 280, 307, Lowcki, Moishe 22, 23, 264, 268, 279,
308, 3 1 3 , 3 1 8, 344, 348, 352, 3 84 305, 323, 326, 344
Konstantinopolsky, Alexander 50, Lowy, Leopold 3 5 , 36
52-54, 5 7 Lundin, Erik 54
Korcz, Wladyslaw 3 84 Magyar Sakkvilag 3 6 1

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Maizelis, Ilia 1 40, 2 1 9, 275 1 75 , 203 , 2 1 3 , 1 22, 23 1 , 248, 25 1 , 256,
Malin tin, Boris 49, 1 1 9, 206, 2 1 4 257, 282, 284, 285, 288, 297, 303, 334,
Marco, (;eorg 59, 63, 8 1 , 99, 1 27, 1 53, 35 1 , 3 80, 383
3 03, 345, 346, 3 5 5 , 385 Niva 205
Marin, Mikhail 56, 240, 242 Novoe Vremya 1 3 , 1 3 8, 285
Maroczy, (;eza 58, 59, 6 1 , 73, 78, 1 02, Nyholm, (;ustaf 333, 334, 377, 379, 3 8 1
1 03, 1 06, 1 32, 1 40, 1 50, 223, 352, 369
Marshall, Frank 1 6, 1 7, 59, 69, 73, O'Keefe, Jack 4 3 , 208
1 0 1 , 1 08, 1 1 3 , 1 2 1 , 1 22, 1 26, 1 33, 1 43, Olland, Adolf 1 05
1 53, 1 54, 1 56, 1 5 8- 1 60, 1 66- 1 74, 2 1 9, Olson, Anton 333, 377
227, 232, 246, 248, 249, 252, 267, 280, Olson, Erik 379
297, 298, 385 Olson, Karl 333, 377
Marshall 's Best Games of Chess 1 7 1 Omeliansky, Vasily 43
Metger, Johannes 84, 235 I 00 Instructive Games ofAlekhine 2 1 0
Middleton 34 Oprechte Haarlemsche Courant 373
Mieses, Jacques 1 4- 1 6, 4 1 , 80, 95, Oskam, (;erard 60, 365-368, 37 1 , 374
1 26, 1 3 5 , 1 45 , 1 75 , 1 84, 1 98, 1 99-202, 0. W. Zuit Zutphen 3 74
2 1 8, 2 1 9, 22 1 , 223, 225, 235, 246, 248, Owesson, Birger 380, 3 82
250, 253-257, 263 , 272, 3 1 5, 3 1 7, 349, Oxford Companion to Chess 58, 343
3 84, 386
Mij nlieff, A. 3 70 Pachman, Ludek 1 96
Mints 356 Perlis, Julius 58, 59, 7 1 , 73, 86, 1 32,
Moewig, Alfred 38 1 83 , 236, 239, 248, 249, 253, 256
Moller, Jorgen 347 Petzold, Kurt 39
Morphy, Paul 269 Pierwyj A lmanach Lodzinskogo
Mortimer, James 85 Obszczestwa Liubitielej Szachmatnoj
Moskovskiye Vedomosti 362 Ig 1 6- 1 8, 33, 74, 76, 354
Munchener Neuesten Nachrichten 204 Pillsbury, Harry Nelson 25, 55
Mundt, A. 1 7, 1 8, 74, 77 Postma, S. 1 8
My Best Games of Chess, 1 905-1930 Povarov, Wladyslaw 33
(Tartakover) 320 Preiswerk, Walter 364
My Fifty Years ofChess (Marshall) 1 7, Prezioso, Toni 3 84
1 33 ProkeS, Ladislav 1 48
Przepiorka, Dawid 1 1 4- 1 1 6, 204, 275,
New YorkerStaats-Zeitung 65, 66, 68, 323, 325
1 60, 1 6 1 Pytel, Krzysztof 3 84
Nederlandsch-Indische Schaakbond
367 Rabinovich, Abram 22, 1 48, 203 , 205 ,
Neue Freie Presse 1 53 207, 2 1 3 , 243 , 28 1
Neue Lodzer Zeitung 1 8, 1 9, 32, 1 08, Radulov, Ivan 65
1 53, 385 Rech 206, 2 1 3 , 285
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant 374, Reeser, (;.J. 370, 3 7 1
3 76 Regedziiiski, Teodor 305-308, 362
Nikolaev, B. 25 Reinfeld, Fred 1 05- 1 07, 2 1 0, 283, 299,
Nimzovitch, Aaron 83, 88, 1 6 1 , 1 66, 3 59

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Reshevsky, Samuel 363 , 364
Reti, Richard 1 29, 327, 329-332, 34 1 ,
343 , 344, 348, 379, 3 82, 383
Ridderhof 3 72
Romanovsky, Peter 46, 1 1 8, 1 24, 1 25,
213
Rook Endings 220
Rosengren 333, 377, 378
Rosenkrantz, Karl 45
Rotlewi, Gersz 1 6, 1 7, 73, 76, 1 2 1 ,
1 74, 206-209, 2 1 4, 227, 359
Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet 344
Rozanov, Vasily 356
Rubinstein, Akiva -
Ancestry 1 2- 1 6
Apocryphal stories -
Vidmar and the Budapest Gambit
(Berlin 1 9 1 8) 3 1 6
Wolf anecdote (Carlsbad 1 907)
1 06, 1 07
Exhibition game with Reshevsky
363-364
Incidents -
Alapin (Lodz 1 907 /8) 1 1 7 - 1 1 9
Blumenfeld (St. Petersberg 1 906)
48
Last round abilities 1 96
Lodz Chess Club 1 3 - 1 7
Matches -
Bogoljubow 36, 343
Duras 40-4 1
Flamberg 2 1 3-2 1 5
Lowcki 305
Marshal 1 66- 1 74
Mieses 4 1 , 42, 1 98-202
Salwe 20, 2 1 , 32, 1 08- 1 1 4
Schlechter 3 1 1 -3 1 5
Teichmann 1 36- 1 3 8
Non-matches -
Bernstein 2 1 5 , 2 1 6
Capablanca 207, 208
Capablanca, Lasker Rubinstein
trian g ul ar 3 70, 3 7 1
Lasker 289-294
Place of Birth (Stawiski) 1 2, 1 4, 1 5
40 1
Rotlewi 208
Rubinstein s Chess Masterpieces 1 2
Rubinstein Gewinnt 1 2
Quality o f Play (Leonhardt) 268-269
Son (Jonas) 304
Visit to Moscow 3 5 5-359
Wife (Eugenie Lev) 304
Writing -
Shakh-Zaytung 1 9
Larobok 343
Lasker-Rubinstein match book
(planned) 293
Salwe, Georg 1 3-2 1 , 30, 3 1 , 33, 47,
5 1 -54, 57, 67, 76, 88, 95, 1 08- 1 1 4, 1 1 8,
1 32, 1 40, 1 53 , 1 60, 1 6 1 , 1 63 , 1 64, 1 95 ,
203 , 205-208, 2 1 3 , 2 1 4, 233, 244, 263,
275, 28 1 , 305, 306, 3 5 5 , 3 8 5
Samuel Rzeschewski das Scach
wunderkind 363
Sartori, Arthur 39
Sasburg 3 7 1
Savage, Alan 3 7
Scheltbout, Willem 369, 3 7 1 , 372
Schiffers, Emanuel 26, 29, 1 3 3
Schlechter, Carl 5 8-60, 72, 73, 98,
1 00, 1 02, 1 09, 1 1 9- 1 24, 1 26, 1 29, 1 30,
1 3 3 , 1 3 5 , 1 45 , 1 48, 1 50, 1 53 , 1 54, 1 64,
1 75 , 1 89, 1 9 1 , 1 98, 222, 223 , 233, 246-
248, 252, 262, 272, 275 , 276, 278, 3 1 1 -
3 1 5 , 3 1 7-3 1 9, 32 1 , 364-3 86
Selezniev, Alexey 346
Selezniev, P. 356
Shaakhmaty v SSSR 1 1 8
Shakmatnoe Obrozenie 203 , 2 1 1 , 2 1 2,
355
Shipley, Walter Penn 294
Shoosmith, Hector 85
Shories, Georg 83
Smyslov, Vasily 54, 76, 220
Sodermark 333, 335
Soltis, Andrew 1 53 , 3 1 6
Sossnitz 1 3
Sozin, Veniamin 20
Speyer, Abraham 1 76
Spielmann, Rudolf 8 1 , 1 00, 1 34, 1 5 1 , Treybal, Karel 1 42, 276
1 94, 1 95 , 2 1 7, 225 , 235, 240, 246, 248, Trifunovic, Petar 3 1 6
250, 253, 255, 256, 262, 268, 278, 286, Tygodnik Illustrowany 2 1 5
327-329, 332, 3 3 3 , 337, 343, 344, 350,
3 5 1 , 377, 3 79, 3 82, 383 Urusov 3 5 5 , 3 5 7
St. Petersburg 1914 296 Utro Rossii 358
Stamm, Wilhelm von 25 van der Vegt, W. 3 70
Stawiski 1 2- 1 7 van Gelder 344, 3 66, 367
Steintz, Wilhelm 1 1 , 269, 293 van Kooy, W. 3 70
Sterk, Karoly 262, 3 6 1 van Vliet, Loins 85, 298
Siichting, Hugo 84, 1 30, 1 44, 1 52, 233 Verlisnky, Boris 1 7
Swiat Szachowy 1 1 5 Verveen, A. 368
Swiderski, Rudolf 68, 69, 85, 1 3 1 , 385 Vidmar, Milan Sr. 36, 9 1 , 1 40, 1 49,
Szachista Polski 323, 324, 326 1 80, 1 82, 1 9 1 , 2 1 7, 2 1 8, 23 1 , 3 1 5-3 1 7
Szachy od A do Z 1 9 von Scheve, Theodor 80
Szwarcman, Leon 323, 326
Walkate, H.J. 307
Talvik, Eduard 49, 50 Weenink, Henri 3 72, 373
Tarrasch, Siegbert 79, 80, 1 29, 1 3 5 , Western Daily Mercury 1 3, 79
1 45 , 1 6 1 , 1 64, 1 78, 1 79, 1 9 1 , 1 93 , 2 1 2, Wiener Schachzeitung 1 66, 298
220, 248, 249, 253, 256, 257, 259, 260, Wijssen 3 7 1 , 372
268, 269, 277, 296, 297, 3 0 1 , 302, 3 06, Winkelman, Barnie 1 2, 1 6
320, 32 1 , 344, 362 Wolf, Heinrich 73, 1 06, 1 07
Tartakover, Saviely 83, 94, 1 1 2, 1 2 1 , Wolsza, Dr. Tadeusz 244, 305, 306,
1 3 1 , 1 45 , 1 96, 2 1 8, 223 , 227, 232, 235, 323 , 383
250, 262, 263 , 272, 283, 288, 300, 308,
320, 34 1 , 352 Yates, Frederick 2 1 2, 265
Teichmann, Richard 59, 73, 87, 94, Yurevich, Vladimir 1 5 , 26
98, 99, 1 23 , 1 30, 1 36- 1 3 8, 1 44, 1 89,
1 95 , 1 96, 2 1 2, 2 1 3 , 2 1 7, 227, 230, 250, Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene 1 3 , 30,
255, 265, 279 4 5 , 49, 66, 67, 8 8 , 1 1 8, 1 24, 1 3 8, 1 75 ,
Tidskrift for Schack 334 203
Treybal, Frantiek 1 42 Zukertort, Johannes 2 1

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