[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "1911.02.23"]
[EventDate "1911.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Dr. Savielly Tartakower and Jacques Mieses.} d5
2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6
8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O e6 10.Bc4 Qc7 11.Rhe1 O-O-O 12.Bb3 h6 {?!
Mieses: Better was 12...Be7, followed by ...Nb6 and ...Rd7.}
13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Ne2 Be7 15.c4 Rd7 16.a4 Na8 17.Bf4 Bd6 18.Be3
Qa5 19.Rc1 Bb8 20.Red1 Nc7 21.Nf4 Rhd8 22.Bd2 Qa6 23.Bc3 Qb6
24.Ka2 Na6 25.Nd3 c5 {Tartakower: Trying to free his
game. Otherwise he is threatened with the continuation: 26.c5
Qc7 27.Ne5 Re7 28.Bf4! and Black's game remains terribly
tangled.} 26.a5 Qc7 27.dxc5 Nxc5 28.Nxc5 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1
{Mieses: After 29...Qxc5 Black is also in trouble.} 30.Nxe6 {!
Tartakower: This pretty interlude wins an important pawn.}
fxe6 31.Qxd1 Ne4 32.Bb4 Nc5 33.Qh5 b6 34.Bd1 Qe7 35.Bf3 Bd6
36.axb6 axb6 37.Qg6 Be5 38.Ba3 Bf6 39.b4 Qd7 {Mieses: The last
attempt, which miraculously succeeds. Relatively better was
39...Na4. *** Tartakower: In the knowledge that after 39...Na4
40.Kb3 Qd7 41.Qe4, things would go from bad to worse, Black
embarks upon a desperate enterprise - and saves the
situation.} 40.bxc5 Qd2+ 41.Kb3 {? Mieses, Tartakower:
Unfortunate timidity. There was a win after 41.Kb1 Qe1+ 42.Kc2
Qc3+ 43.Kd1 and now 43...Qxa3 44.Qe8+ Kc7 45.Qc6+ Kd8 46.Qd6+
Kc8 47.Bb7+! Kxb7 48.c6+ winning Black's queen, or 43....Qb3+
44.Ke1 Bc3+ 45.Kf1 Qxc4+ 46.Kg1, and White wins without
difficulty.} Qc3+ {Tartakower: Black draws by perpetual
check. Namely: 42.Ka4! (not 42.Ka2? Qxc4+ 43.Kb1 Qb3+ 44.Kc1
Bg5+ and Black wins) 42...Qa5+! (not 42...Qxc4+ 43.Bb4 b5+
44.Ka5 Bd8+ 45.Ka6 and White wins, because if 45...Qa2+
46.Kxb5, or 45...Qxb4 46.Qxe6+ Kb8 47.Qd6+ Bc7 48.Qf8+
followed by mate) 43.Kb3 Qc3+, etc.} 1/2-1/2