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Rubinstein - Marshall, Match (1908)
Compiled by Karpova
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Frank Marshall visited Poland in the autumn of 1908 to play in a five-player tournament which never came to pass. Instead, he played at Game Collection: Lodz triangular tournament 1908 and contested a 8 games match against Akiba Rubinstein from October 25 to November 7* in Warsaw, Poland.

The match was a tense struggle with Rubinstein playing excellently during the first half, securing a +2 lead. But Marshall played strongly in the second half. Still, he didn't manage to equal the score.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rubinstein 1 0 1 1 = 0 = = 4.5 Marshall 0 1 0 0 = 1 = = 3.5

Rubinstein had White in the odd-numbered games.

Source: Pages 153 and 166-174 of J Donaldson & N Minev, The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein - Volume 1: Uncrowned King, 2nd edition, 2006, Russell Enterprises, Inc., Milford, CT, USA

* The dates for rounds 3 to 8 are taken from pages 282-291 of the 1910 'Wiener Schachzeitung' which indeed says that game 6 was played on Nov 3, game 7 at Nov 7 and game 8 at Nov 5 though they may have switched the later dates. But no correction was to be found in the editions of 1911, 1912 and 1913.

Addition: IM Nikolay Minev published analysis of the games in this article: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skitt...

R1: Material Imbalanca, accurate defense
Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908 
(C49) Four Knights, 49 moves, 1-0

R2: Play against an IQP
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0

R3: Black's position collapses
Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

R4: Masterpiece of endgame technique
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 0-1

R5: Counterplay as compsensation for a pawn
Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2

R6: Dramatic finale
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1-0

R7: Black manages to hold a draw
Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

R8: Winning a pawn to reach a drawn game
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2

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