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Akiba Rubinstein vs Sergey F Lebedev
3rd All-Russian Masters, Kiev (1903), Kiev, UKR (Russian Empire), rd 9, Sep-25
French Defense: Rubinstein. Fort Knox Variation (C10)  ·  1-0

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  jessicafischerqueen: From <Karpova>:

"1-0 Lebedev played the Rubinstein French and his opening treatment was very modern. Still insufficient against Akiba."

Oct-15-12  darshandatta: Nice endgame prowess display
Feb-16-13  Diglot: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 <4…Nd7 is more common> 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nf6 <6…Nd7 is more common> 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bxe4 9.Bxe4 c6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.c3 Qc7 12.Bd2 Nd5 13.g3 Ne7 14.c4 b6 15.Rad1 0–0 16.Ng5 h6 17.Ne4 e5 <A mistake. A Rook move was necessary> 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Rfe1 Ng6 20.Bxg6 Qxg6 21.dxe5 Rfe8 22.f4 f6 <A mistake. 22...Rad8 or 22...Nc5 are the best options> 23.Bc3 Re7 24.Rd6 Qf5 25.Qe4 <Exchanging the Queens isn't White's best option here. Better is 25.Rxc6 fxe5 26.Rc7 Rae8 27.fxe5> 25...Qxe4 26.Rxe4 fxe5 27.Rxc6 Rae8 28.Bxe5 <Perhaps simplifying to reach the endgame isn't the best option. 28.Rc7, 28.Bb4, and 28.h4 all look better here> 28...Nxe5 29.fxe5 Rxe5 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Kf2 Re7 32.Rd6 Kf7 33.Rd3 Rc7 34.Rc3 Ke6 35.Ke3 Ke5 36.b4 a5 37.bxa5 bxa5 38.Ra3 Rxc4 39.Rxa5+ Kf6 40.Rd5 g5 41.Rd2 Kf5 42.Kd3 Rc1 43.Rc2 Rd1+ <43...Ra1 seems the best> 44.Kc3 h5 45.a4 Ra1 46.Kb3 Kg4 <46.Ke6 is the best> 47.Ra2 Rc1 48.a5 Kh3 49.Kb4 Rb1+ 50.Kc3 g4 51.a6 Rb8 52.a7 Ra8 53.Kb4 h4 54.gxh4 Kxh4 55.Kb5 Kh3 56.Kb6 Rh8 57.Kc5 Rc8+ 58.Kb6 Rf8 59.Rc2 <White has an easily won endgame here> 1–0
Dec-21-13  MarkFinan: I haven't been over this with an engine, but if 38...Rc5 instead of Rxc4, I'm fairly sure black could have held the draw? It looks a drawn game to me anyways.

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