[Event "Rubinstein - Mieses"] [Site "Frankfurt am Main GER"] [Date "1909.05.24"] [EventDate "1909.05.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Akiba Rubinstein"] [Black "Jacques Mieses"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.d4 {Notes by Leopold Hoffer.} d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nxd4 Nf6 {No doubt better than 7...e5, which he tried in the fourth game.} 8.e3 g6 9.Bc4 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Bd2 a6 13.Rac1 Qd8 14.Rfd1 e5 15.Nb3 e4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Nf6 18.Ba5 Qe7 19.h3 {A necessary precaution. Mieses intended to answer the obvious looking 19.Rc7 with 19...Qe5 20.Bxb7 Ng4 21.g3 Qh5 22.h4 Bxb7 23.Rxb7 g5 with the better game. Rubinstein saw the danger, of course.} Nxd5 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Rdc5 Bxb3 22.axb3 b5 23.Rc7 Qe5 24.R1c2 Qd5 25.b4 Rfd8 26.g4 Qd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kg2 Rb1 {? Up to here Mieses has played excellently. But being short of time he hits upon what appears to be an easy continuation - attacking the b2-pawn twice. It turns out inferior. 28...h6 is the obvious move.} 29.Rc8+ Rxc8 30.Rxc8+ Bf8 31.Bd8 Kg7 32.g5 {!} f5 33.Rc7+ {The remainder is played by Rubinstein with exemplary correctness.} Kg8 34.Bf6 Rd1 35.Bc3 Rd6 36.h4 Re6 37.Kh3 h6 38.gxh6 Bxh6 39.Bd4 Bf8 40.Bc3 Be7 41.Ra7 Kh7 42.Ra8 Bf6 43.Bxf6 Rxf6 44.Kg3 Rc6 45.Kf4 Kh6 46.h5 {!} Rc2 47.hxg6 Rxf2+ 48.Ke5 f4 49.exf4 Kxg6 50.Rxa6+ Kh5 51.f5 e3 52.Ra3 Rxb2 53.Rxe3 Rxb4 54.f6 Kg6 55.Ke6 Ra4 56.Rg3+ Kh7 57.f7 Ra8 58.Ke7 Ra7+ 59.Kf6 Ra6+ 60.Kf5 Ra8 61.Re3 1-0