His first preserved game - a nice miniature!
Rubinstein vs G G Bartoszkiewicz, 1897  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Amusing mating attack
Rubinstein vs NN, 1903  (000) Chess variants, 22 moves, 1-0
Pinned!
Rubinstein vs E Heilmann, 1905  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Wrecking your opponent's kingside
Rubinstein vs L Loewy Sr, 1905  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Akiba demonstrates his legendary endgame technique
Rubinstein vs Gajdos, 1905  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 50 moves, 1-0
Nice little combination
W Kunze vs Rubinstein, 1905  (C11) French, 37 moves, 0-1
Cambridge Springs Eternal
Rubinstein vs J Mieses, 1905  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
Brutal attack
Rubinstein vs Granas, 1905  (000) Chess variants, 31 moves, 1-0
Endgame tactics
Rubinstein vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1906  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 64 moves, 1-0
Combinative attack
Rubinstein vs Chigorin, 1906  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
King hunt
Rubinstein vs Flamberg, 1906  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Excellent endgame: 2R vs 2R
Rubinstein vs Chigorin, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Methodically grounding down the opponent
Rubinstein vs Duras, 1906  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 1-0
In style
Rubinstein vs Burn, 1906  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0
Endgame technique: 2R vs Q
Janowski vs Rubinstein, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
the instinct of a real master
Rubinstein vs J Perlis, 1906  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Nice tactics
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1906  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
Nice endgame
Kuczynski vs Rubinstein, 1907  (C48) Four Knights, 49 moves, 0-1
Suppressing counterplay
Rubinstein vs W Cohn, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 1-0
How to punish a wrong strategy
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 52 moves, 0-1
An instructive encounter
Rubinstein vs Olland, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Vicious attack
Rubinstein vs D Daniuszewski, 1907  (C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0
Absolutely fantastic endgame
Alapin vs Rubinstein, 1908  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 78 moves, 0-1
Famous endgame: R + Rookpawn vs B + Rookpawn
Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1908  (C49) Four Knights, 99 moves, 0-1
Drastic refutation
J Mieses vs Rubinstein, 1908  (C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 0-1
Strategic masterpiece
Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1908  (C49) Four Knights, 67 moves, 0-1
Nice endgame
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1908  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1-0
Accurate defense
Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908  (C49) Four Knights, 49 moves, 1-0
Downfall
Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
Masterpiece of endgame technique (R+3p vs R+3p)
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 0-1
King in the centre
Rubinstein vs J Mieses, 1909  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Exemplary correctness
Rubinstein vs J Mieses, 1909  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0
Trapped king
Rubinstein vs J Mieses, 1909  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Nice miniature
Rubinstein vs S von Freymann, 1909  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Attack in the endgame
A Rabinovich vs Rubinstein, 1909 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1
Attack against an uncastled king
Flamberg vs Rubinstein, 1910  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
Absolutely fantastic save in a rook ending - being down 2 pawns
Tarrasch vs Rubinstein, 1911  (C10) French, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Domination
Rubinstein vs Janowski, 1911  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
Build-up on the h-file
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0
Outmaneouvered
C Jaffe vs Rubinstein, 1911  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
R+2p vs R+p
Rubinstein vs O Chajes, 1911  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Powerful pawn moves and an active Queen
H Fahrni vs Rubinstein, 1911 (A13) English, 31 moves, 0-1
Two pawns versus three
Flamberg vs Rubinstein, 1911  (C11) French, 42 moves, 0-1
Pawn centre
Rubinstein vs Breyer, 1912  (A14) English, 43 moves, 1-0
Beautiful rook ending
Burn vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C01) French, Exchange, 64 moves, 0-1
Excellent attack versus excellent defense!
J Mieses vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rubinstein vs Z von Balla, 1912  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 40 moves, 1-0
Nice and crushing build-up
C Carls vs Rubinstein, 1912  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 0-1
Instructive rook ending
Levenfish vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C45) Scotch Game, 47 moves, 0-1
"One of Rubinstein's deceptively 'simple' games." (Reinfeld)
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1
A tense battle
Rubinstein vs Levenfish, 1912  (A84) Dutch, 33 moves, 1-0
Lucid, energetic and harmonious.
Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Calculation to the dot
Rubinstein vs J Gottesdiener, 1916  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1-0
Q vs R+p
Reti vs Rubinstein, 1919  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 77 moves, 0-1
Carefully prepared attack.
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1920  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
King's side attack
Rubinstein vs Kostic, 1920  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
An excellent battle
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1920  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 52 moves, 0-1
'epic style'
G A Thomas vs Rubinstein, 1925  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 63 moves, 0-1
Good Knight versus Bad Bishop
S Rosselli del Turco vs Rubinstein, 1925  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 64 moves, 0-1
3rd Brilliancy Prize at Marienbad 1925
Rubinstein vs D Przepiorka, 1925  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 33 moves, 1-0
Breakthrough on the King's side
Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A10) English, 58 moves, 1-0
Nice little attack
Rubinstein vs A Vajda, 1926  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0
Strike while the iron is hot!
Rubinstein vs M Oren, 1927  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0
Excellent endgame play after 30...Qc5!
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1928  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 0-1
Tartakower vs Rubinstein, 1928  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 0-1
'one of the finest achievements of the tournament' - Nimzo
Rubinstein vs K Treybal, 1929  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 64 moves, 1-0
Instructive winning plan in bishop vs knight endgame
Rubinstein vs P Johner, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 56 moves, 1-0
6th Brilliancy Prize
Menchik vs Rubinstein, 1929  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 30 moves, 0-1
Beautiful king-and-pawn endgame
A Brinckmann vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C48) Four Knights, 80 moves, 0-1
Queenside pawn majority versus strong centre
Rubinstein vs Maroczy, 1930  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 25 moves, 1-0
Typical Rubinstein maneuvering game
Rubinstein vs Kmoch, 1930  (A47) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 1-0
Masterly exploitation of Black's unstable center
Rubinstein vs Sultan Khan, 1930  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
textbook smash
Rubinstein vs Colle, 1930  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
The power of the hanging pawns
Rubinstein vs D Przepiorka, 1930  (A47) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
Another great endgame
Rubinstein vs V Mikenas, 1931  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 66 moves, 1-0
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