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Frank Marshall vs Norman Whitaker
American National (1913), New York, NY USA, rd 9, Jan-31
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Henneberger Variation (D63)  ·  1-0

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Jul-12-23
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  gezafan: Whitaker loses a pawn in a common trap, gets it back, then screws up an even ending by playing too aggressively.
Jul-13-23
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  Sally Simpson: <Whitaker loses a pawn in a common trap....>


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White played 13.Nxd5 (13...cxd5 14.Bc7) This trap/trick/blunder is called the Rubinstein Trap because he fell for it twice. In 1928 v Euwe and Alekhine in 1930 It has it's own wiki page; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen...

In Kashdan vs Rubinstein, 1931 Rubinstein dared Kashdan to make it a hat trick. Here...


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...Rubinstein played 12...Re8 inviting the the Bishop to c7. (13.Bc7 Bd6+ 0-1)

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