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| Aug-19-08 | | markgeoffrey: To see the full annotations of Em. Lasker on this game, search google.com with the subject "Epic Battles of the Chessboard - Google Books Result" (you're welcome) |
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| Jan-09-09 | | Bear With Me: One of the greatest wins ever scored against Lasker. (Chernev) |
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| Jan-11-09 | | WhiteRook48: why did Lasker have to annotate a lost game? |
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| Jan-29-09 | | laskereshevsky: <WR48>
Cause he wrote the tournament book. |
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| Jan-29-09 | | laskereshevsky: One of the most famous Rubinstein's moves is 18.  c1 played in this game.Somebody ever noticed that Rubinstein had beated another, in this case future, world champion with almost the same move?!... in the game:
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911
He won with 17.c1... the same move just with the little difference to be the 17th here and the 18th there. But somebody else was able to do even more!...
RETI in the games:
Reti vs Capablanca, 1924 and
Reti vs Alekhine, 1924
beated the actual and the future world champion with the EXACTLY same move 31. 1d5...and in the same tournament!!! interesting, isn't it?! |
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| Feb-10-09 | | Andrijadj: Rubinstein on his prime would not be able to hold his own against super GMs of today...Rubinstein in his prime equipped with rybka and informants would be able to hold his own against super GMs...He would probably be bashed for playing drawish though,as people tend to do with Kramnik novadays... |
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Feb-10-09
 | | whiteshark: The given annotations here are quite different to Lasker's annotations in the tournament book. So where did Lasker published the here given annotations? |
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| Mar-04-09 | | solskytz: The guy playing black, with all of his celebrated Laskery and trickery, could find nowhere a black-squared bishop to Bd2 his opponent with (answering his 18th move), as Fischer did against Shocron in a similar setup many years (and 22 moves) later. |
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| Mar-04-09 | | solskytz: This move would work despite the lack of Rxg3+ing possibilities for black after white would take the hypothetical B on d2, as black would now exploit the undefended state of the Qd2 by playing Re5 - or even more boldfaced, Rg3, and the black R would be immune. |
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| Apr-05-09 | | ROO.BOOKAROO: No doubt about it. Graham Burgess offers the most thorough, complete and in-depth (5-page long) analysis, with all the possible variations, of this game in his famous book, "The World's Greatest Chess Games", Game #12, p. 68-72, on which all the above quotes are based. |
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| Apr-05-09 | | wrap99: Maybe explained somewhere already, but why 14. ne3 and not nc7ch? |
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Apr-06-09
 | | Ulhumbrus: The move 19 fxe3 opens the f file and so discovers an attack on the f7 pawn as well as attacking the Rook on e3 |
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| Jun-06-09 | | wrap99: So my question is indeed answered earlier, sort of. It looks like nc7+
which certainly seems compelling to me is met with things like Kd7 and if the N takes the R, I think Re8ch is pretty bad for white |
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Aug-26-10
 | | sevenseaman: 16. Rc1 imparts momentum, pushes Black on the defensive. |
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Mar-26-11
 | | chancho: Picture of this game:
http://www.tabladeflandes.com/frank... |
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| Mar-26-11 | | tjipa: If anybody cares... What a chivalric thing for Lasker, to annotate this sad loss.. I am a fan of Akiba, but I laud Lasker for these comments. |
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| Mar-26-11 | | ARubinstein: Lasker was a great man in addition to great player. |
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| Nov-30-11 | | King Death: It's an odd coincidence that in Rubinstein's wins over two world champions, the key move was Qc1. For those who don't know the other game, here it is: Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911. Who knows what Rubinstein might have achieved if not for his mental illness? He was still one of the greatest players who didn't win the world championship. |
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Sep-10-12
 | | Conrad93: Rubenstein should have challenged Lasker in a World Championship match. That would have been a sight to see. |
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Dec-12-12
 | | Eduardo Bermudez: Akiba Rubinstein defeated Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine and Euwe the first time he played against them !! |
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| Feb-12-13 | | SirChrislov: This is the other Rubinstein classic rook endgame
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1911 |
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Feb-12-13
 | | keypusher: <SirChrislov: This is the other Rubinstein classic rook endgame Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1911>
"Other"?
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1909
Tarrasch vs Rubinstein, 1911
Janowski vs Rubinstein, 1907
H K Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929
Game Collection: Akiba Rubinstein's Rook Endings |
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Feb-18-13
 | | Diglot: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.e3 <Correct. Also playable is 8.Bxf6 after which play may continue with 8…Qxf6 9.Ndb5 Bc5 (9…Bb4? 10.Nc7+ Kf8 11.Nxd5) 10.Nc7+ Kf8 11.e3 d4 12.N3d5 Bb4+ 13.Nxb4 dxe3 14.fxe3 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qxb4+ 16.Qd2 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Rb8 and the position looks about equal> 8…Be7 9.Bb5 Bd7 <Lasker offers up a Pawn in order to defend his position and launch an attack. The natural looking 9…0–0 drops two pawns to 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc6 Qc7 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Nxd5> 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5 Bxd4 12.exd4 Qg5! <Simultaneously attacking the Knight and g-Pawn; a great attempt at counterplay from Lasker> 13.Bxc6 <Also possible is 13.Nc7+ Kd8, though not with the idea of 14.Nxa8 (as 14.Qxb5 leaves White in complete shambles), but rather followed with 14.Bxc6 to which Black can reply with either 14...Bxc6 15.d5 Kxc7 16.dxc6 Rhe8+ 17.Kf1 Rad8 giving a position with equal opportunities, or with the more unclear 14...Kxc7 which could then proceed with either 15.Bf3 Rhe8+ 16.Kf1 Qb5+ 17.Kg1 Rac8 18.Qd2 Kb8 19.h3 giving White an advantage, or perhaps with 15.Bxd7 Qxg2 16.Qc2+ Kxd7 17.Qf5+ Kd6 18.Qe5+ Kd7 19.0–0–0 which seems about equal> 13… Bxc6 <If 13…bxc6 then 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Nxa8 Qxg2 16.Kd2 Qxf2+ 17.Kc3 Qe3+ 18.Qd3 Qxd3+ 19.Kxd3 Bf5+ 20.Kc3 with White enjoying a comfortable advantage> 14.Ne3 <Also possible is 14.Qe2+ Kf8 15.Ne3 Bxg2 16.Rg1 Qa5+ 17.Qd2 Qxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Bc6 leading to equality> 14…0–0–0!? <A risky move by Lasker and probably an attempt to complicate things. Safer, and objectively better, is 14…Bxg2, to which White can respond with 15.Rg1 Qa5+ 16.Qd2 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Be4 18.Rg4 Bg6 19.Rc1 Rd8 with White maybe having a slight advantage, or possibly with 15.Nxg2!? though after 15…Qxg2 16.Qa4+ Kd8 17.0–0–0 Qe4 18.b4 Rc8+ 19.Kb2 Black may have an advantage here> |
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Feb-18-13
| | Diglot: 15.0–0 Rhe8 16.Rc1!! <The beginning of Rubinstein’s deep plan to leave the middlegame with an advantageous endgame. This move immediately threatens Rc5 and d5. Lasker called this move an “extra-ordinarily subtle move”> 16…Rxe3 <Maybe a safer alternative for Black is 16…Kb8 17.Rc5 Qxc5 18.dxc5 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 and Black has several ways to continue here, though White probably has an advantage> 17.Rxc6+ bxc6 18.Qc1!! <The point of 16.Rc1. Black’s Rook is now pinned to the Queen, so whatever move Lasker now makes, Rubinstein wins a Pawn and enters a better endgame. Giving away White’s advantage is 18.fxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kh1 Qxd4> 18…Rxd4 <Not much better is 18…Qd5 19.fxe3 as after 19…f5 or 19…Re8 White has the advantage. Worse is 18…Re5 due to 19.Qxc6+ Kb8 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Rc1 with a strong attack> 19.fxe3 <This is better than 19.Qxc6+ Kb8 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.Qc7+ Ka8 22.fxe3 Qxe3+ 23.Kh1> 19…Rd7 <No better is 19…Rd6 due to 20.Rxf7> 20.Qxc6+ Kd8 21.Rf4!! <“A splendid conception” (Lasker) which, after say 21…Qa5, threatens 22.Qa8+ followed by either 22…Ke7 23.Re4+ or 22…Kc7 23.Rc4+. Thus Lasker is forced to exchange Queens and enter a lost endgame> 21…f5 <Preventing White from using the e4 square> 22.Qc5 <Rubinstein threatens 23.Qf8+> 22…Qe7 <Also possible is 22…Qf6 23.Rd4. Not as good for Black is 22…Rd1+ 23.Kf2. Losing for Black is 22…Rb7 23.Qf8+> 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 <Worse is 23…Rxe7 due to 24.Rxf5 Rxe3 25.Rf7> 24.Rxf5 Rd1+ 25.Kf2! <Now is the time to get the King activated! The alternative 25.Rf1 Rd2 allows Black more chances to sneak a draw in> 25…Rd2+ 26.Kf3 Rxb2 27.Ra5! <Protecting the a-Pawn and keeps Black’s Rook on the seventh rank protecting his a-Pawn> 27…Rb7 28.Ra6! <Confining Black’s King to the back two ranks> 28…Kf8 29.e4 Rc7 30.h4 Kf7 31.g4 Kf8 32.Kf4 Ke7 33.h5 h6 <Lasker has to create a hole at g6 for White’s King to invade in order to prevent White’s Pawn from getting to g6!> 34.Kf5 Kf7 35.e5 Rb7 36.Rd6 Ke7 37.Ra6 Kf7 <Rubinstein’s little Roof shuffle on moves 36 and 37 may have been due to a time scramble. Time control for this game was 2.5 hours for 37 moves, 1.5 hours for the next 23 moves, and then 1 hour for every 15 moves after> 38.Rd6 Kf8 39.Rc6 <Another fine move (and possibly a quicker route to victory?) would have been 39.Rd8+, for after 39…Ke7 White has 40.Rg8 Kf7 41.Rc8 Ke7 42.a4, and after 39…Kf7 mate follows starting with 40.e6+> 39…Kf7 <No better is 39…Rf7+ due to 40.Kg6 Rf4 41.Rc8+ Ke7 42.Rc7+ Ke6 43.Rxg7 Rxg4+ 44.Kxh6> |
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Feb-18-13
| | Diglot: 40.a3! <This neat little move prevents …Rb4 and effectively puts Black in zugzwang. In a lot of the possible continuations here, White will win due to obtaining connected passed Pawns on the Kingside. Play could continue with:
40…a5 41.Rc5 (41.Ra6 also good) 41…Rb3 42.e6+ Ke7 43.Rc7+ Kd6 44.Rd7+ Kc6 45.Rxg7 Rxa3 46.e7 Kd7 47.g5 hxg5 48.h6 40…Ke8 41.Kg6 Rb3 42.Kxg7 Rg3 43.Rc4 Rxa3 44.Kxh6
40…Re7 41.e6+ and the computer engine says this eventually leads to a forced mate. For example: (1) 41…Rxe6 42.Rxe6 a6 43.Re4 g6+ 44.hxg6+ Kg7 45.Re7+ Kf8 46.Kf6 h5 47.g7+ Kg8 48.Re8+ Kh7 49.Rh8# ; (2) 41…Kg8 42.Kg6 Kf8 43.Rc8+ Re8 44.Rxe8+ Kxe8 45.Kxg7 Ke7 46.Kxh6 and White has connected passed Pawns with mate on the horizon; (3) 41…Kf8 42.Rc8+ Re8 43.Rxe8+ Kxe8 44.Kg6 Kf8 (44…Ke7 45.Kxg7 Kxe6 46.Kxh6) 45.e7+ Kxe7 46.Kxg7 Kd6 47.Kxh6 and the connected passed Pawns win> |
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