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Moishe Lowcki vs Akiba Rubinstein
3rd All-Russian Masters, Kiev (1903), Kiev, UKR (Russian Empire), rd 4, Sep-18
Queen's Gambit Declined: Alapin Variation (D31)  ·  1-0

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Nov-30-06
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Lowtzky might have been on the receiving end of Tartakower at his best in today's Puzzle (11/30/06), but here Akiba Rubinstein is on the receiving end of Lowtzky at his best--and it's a pretty darn good best.
Dec-18-06  Bridgeburner:

Rubinstein had fought his way back to full equality after a poorly played opening (11...c5?) but blundered with 28...Qb7?? allowing his Queen and Rook to be forked.

He probably wanted to prevent the Queen check on d5. This was not a serious threat and better would have been 28...Bxe5 29.Qd5+ Kh8 30.fxe5 Rxf3 31.Qxa8 Kg7 with equality (the extra pawn is offset by his badly placed Queen Knight):


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For example: 32.e6 Rf8 33.Qd5 Rf5 34.Qe6 Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Re5 36.Nc3 Kf6 37.Rb6 b4 38.Rxb4 Nc6 39.Rxc5 Ne7 followed by 40...Kxe6 1/2-1/2

Aug-08-10
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  jessicafischerqueen: From <Karpova>:

"1-0 Rubinstein had problems in the beginning but then his opponent played weaker and in the end Rubinstein missed a win and blundered instead."

Jan-29-13  Diglot: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 <An uncommon move here by Black. The main choices here are 3...Nf6, 3...c6, 3...Be7, and 3...c5> 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.e3 0–0 9.Bg3 Nbd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Bd3 c5 12.0–0 c4 <Moving the correct piece but to the wrong square! Black should have gone with 12...cxd4 and then 13.exd4 Ne4> 13.Bf5 Ra8 <Ostensibly this move by Black seems strange but it isn't actually bad, though 13...g6 and 13...Be7 are also playable> 14.Qa4 <I like moving the Queen over to the kingside instead with 14.Qf3>14...Nb8 <Not 14...Nxe5 because of 15.fxe5> 15.Bh4 a6 16.Qc2 g6 17.Rf3 Be7 18.Bxf6 <Maybe 18.Rd1 or 18.Raf1 would be better than going for the exchange> 18...Bxf6 19.Bh3 Bg7 20.Raf1 f5 <Not necessary to push the f-pawn and White has the good response 21.g4! Instead, Black should have played 20...Nc6> 21.g4 Bc8 <21...fxg4 22. Bxg4 Qd6 would have given Black better chances> 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5 <23.Qg2! is better> 23...Rxf5 24.e4 dxe4 25.Nxe4 <25.Qxe4 is preferable to capturing with the Knight> 25...Qxd4+ <Despite first appearances, this move actually is good for White. Black should have played 25...Qd5! followed by 26...b5> 26.Kh1 <Despite first appearances, this move actually is good for White. Rubinstein should have played 25...Qd5! followed by 26...b5> 26...b5 <Maybe better for Black would have been 26...Bxe5 27.Rd1 Qxb2 28.Qxc4+> 27.Rd1 Qb6 28.Qd2 <Not too good as it lets Black equalize with 28...Bxe5. White should have played 28.Rd6 first, and after 28...Qb7 29.Rd8+ Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8, then White should play 31.Qd2> 28...Qb7 <Blunder! 28...Bxe5 was needed and White would have a slight advantage> 29.Nd6 <Black resigns in face of either 29...Bxe5 30.Nxb7 or 29...Qe7 30.Qd5+ Kf8 31.Qxa8> 1-0
Sep-20-24
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  PaulPetrovitj: Regarding the opening, an interesting possibility for White was 6. e4 (instead of 6. Bf4), e.g. dxe4 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Bb5 Nf6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bg5 with an advantage for White.
Sep-20-24
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  PaulPetrovitj: Good comments by Diglot. Black's 10th move proved to lose tempi, when the R had to return to its original square, where it stayed buried till the end of the game. In effect Black played without participation of his QR and QN ... He could have played 10.-, c5 immediately, and he should not have released the tension in the center by 12.- c4 as indicated in the comments. By the way, beside the Black QR and QN, also the QB first moved, and then returned to its original square, this must be something of a record, and not even Ruby could get away with that!

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